wireless network, managing your favorite networks. Hercules HWGEXT-54-LB

Hercules HWGEXT-54-LB

3.10.

Computers running Windows wireless network, disconnecting from a wireless network, managing your favorite networks

Windows 2000 does not include any Assistant allowing you to access these functions. You must therefore use the proprietary software furnished with your WiFi device to carry out all of these operations

(example: Hercules WiFi Station , bundled with Hercules WiFi adapters).

3.11.

Computers running Windows 2000: Sharing folders, a printer or an ADSL connection

To create a network of computers, share data, a printer or an ADSL connection in Windows 2000, it is preferable that the computers belong to the same workgroup .

3.11.1.

Creating a workgroup in Windows 2000

1. Click Start/Settings/Control Panel. Double-click System.

2. In the System Properties window, select the Network

Identification tab.

3. Click the Properties button.

4. In the Computer name zone, enter a name sufficiently distinctive that it can easily be recognized in the list of computers for the workgroup (my-computer, wificomputer or julie, for example).

5. In the Workgroup zone, enter a name for the group

(HOME, OFFICE or HERCULES, for example).

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.

6. Click OK. A Windows message indicates that the task has been carried out successfully and that you must restart the computer.

7. Click OK once more.

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