Connecting To A Lan; To Connect To A Lan - HP OmniBook 500 Reference Manual

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Connecting to a LAN

Important
Connecting to a local area network (LAN) gives you access to network resources, such as
printers and file servers on your corporate network, and possibly to the Internet.

To connect to a LAN

If your computer does not have a LAN port, the LAN port on an expansion base will not
work.
1. Make sure the existing LAN supports Ethernet 10Base-T (10 Mbps) or 100Base-TX
(100 Mbps) connections.
2. Plug the LAN cable (not supplied) into the built-in LAN port on the computer or on
the expansion base. The cable must have an RJ-45 connector.
3. Windows 98: open Network in Control Panel to set up support for a LAN connection
on your network. For example, you can add the Microsoft TCP/IP protocol.
Windows 2000 or XP: automatically detects and sets up a LAN connection. To edit
the settings, open Network Connections in Control Panel.
See Windows Help for information about setting up and using LAN connections—click
Start, Help (or Help and Support). Contact your network administrator for network
information.
Two lights next to the LAN port indicate the status of the connection (see the figures
above): the green light indicates that a link is established to the network, and the yellow
light indicates network activity.
Modem and Network Connections
Connecting to a LAN
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