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3.9.

Computers running Windows XP: Sharing folders, a printer or an ADSL connection

A simple solution for sharing folders, a printer or an ADSL connection in Windows XP is to use the Network

Setup Wizard. This Wizard will help you create a real home network.

Note: the access paths mentioned below may vary slightly if you have modified the default display configuration in Windows XP (meaning the Start menu properties and Control Panel display).

3.9.1.

Windows XP: Using the Network Setup Wizard in an

Infrastructure network

Proceed as follows for each computer:

1. Click Start/All Programs/Accessories/

Communications/ Network Setup Wizard.

The Network Setup Wizard is launched.

2. Click Next twice.

The window opposite may appear if The Wizard

found disconnected network hardware.

3. If your Hercules Wireless Adapter wireless network connection is not displayed in the list, tick the Ignore disconnected network

hardware box, then click Next. Otherwise, exit the Wizard by clicking Cancel and establish the connection from your network device to your Livebox (if you use a Hercules

Wireless G PCI, USB or PCMCIA adapter, please refer to the “The WiFi Station utility” chapter of your User Manual).

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The window opposite may appear if The Wizard

found a shared Internet connection on the

computer.

4. Select No, let me choose another way to

connect to the Internet, then click Next.

5. In the Select a connection method window, select the Other option.

In the following window, select This computer connects to the Internet directly

or through a network hub, then click Next.

7. If the window opposite appears, select the

Hercules Wireless G wireless network connection, then click Next.

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8. When this warning screen appears, ignore it by clicking Next.

If you are using the Livebox, your computers are already protected by the integrated firewall.

9. If your computer has at least three connections (or network devices), the window opposite appears. In this case, let the Wizard determine the appropriate connections.

10. Click Next.

11. Enter the computer name and a description, if required.

Give the computer a name that is unique and sufficiently distinctive, making it easy to recognize on your network (my-computer, wifi-computer or julie, for example).

12. Click Next.

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13. Enter the workgroup name (HOME, OFFICE or HERCULES, for example) and a description, if required.

The workgroup name must be identical (be sure to respect the case of letters) for all computers you wish to link together in a network.

14. Click Next.

15. Verify the configuration settings you have entered in the window that appears, then click

Next.

The Wizard configures the computer for the home network. This may take a few minutes.

16. Before completing the procedure, you may select the Create a Network Setup Disk option. This consists of copying this Wizard onto a storage medium (your choice of floppy disk or USB key) so that it can be launched on computers equipped with operating systems other than Windows XP.

This operation is carried out automatically, once you have selected a medium for saving the

Wizard.

17. Click Finish to exit the Wizard.

Once the procedure is finished, Windows XP may prompt you to restart your computer.

The procedures described in this chapter are specific to Windows XP. For all other questions related to sharing folders, a printer or an Internet connection, or on using Windows, please refer to the

Windows online help utility.

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