User Manual

Local network configuration

Selecting a computer name and workgroup

Your PC is assigned a name during installation and assigned to the default workgroup

WORKGROUP. To change the name or the workgroup assignment, you have to:

Click Start – Settings – Control Panel – System.

Select the Network Identification tab and click Properties.

In the Computer Name field, enter the name the PC is to appear under in the net-

work. This name must be unique within the network.

In the Workgroup field, enter a name for the workgroup. This name must be the

same for all the PCs in the network.

Confirm this with OK.

Network configuration with Windows 98, SE, ME

To integrate a PC with Windows 98 SE or ME into a local network, you have to carry out

the following steps:

1. Set up the PC as a client for Microsoft networks (see below).

2. Select computer names and workgroup (see page 62).

3. Install the TCP/IP protocol (see page 63).

4. Make TCP/IP protocol settings (see page 64).

5. Synchronise the TCP/IP settings with the Gigaset SE587 WLAN dsl (see page 71).

Have your Windows Installation CD to hand. You may be prompted to insert it.

Setting up a PC as a client for Microsoft networks

Before the PCs in your network can work together, you have to configure them as clients

of a Microsoft network. This is done as follows:

Click Start – Settings – Control Panel.

Double-click the Network icon and then open the Configuration tab in the Net-

work window.

Check whether the list of components contains the entry Client for Microsoft

Networks.

If it is not there click Add.