User's Manual
1. Install the DWL-520 Wireless PCI Adapter (please refer to the
Quick Install Guide.)
2. Check the Device Manager to confirm that your adapter is installed
correctly. Please refer to the Networking Basics section in this
manual entitled: Checking the Installation of the Drivers for the
Wireless Adapter.
3. Install your Internet Sharing Software
4. If required by the ICS software, set the static IP Address for the
wireless adapter. Please refer to the Networking Basics section in
this manual entitled: Assigning an IP Address.
Note: The IP Address for all the computers on the network must be in the same IP
Address range, and the Subnet Mask must be the same for all the computers on the
network. For example: If the first computer is assigned an IP Address of 192.168.0.2
with a Subnet Mask of 255.255.255.0, then the second computer can be assigned
an IP address of 192.168.0.3 with a Subnet Mask of 255.255.255.0, etc.
5. Learn to share printers and files. Please refer to the Networking
Basics section in this manual entitled: Adding and Sharing Printers.
If the Internet Sharing Software will be installed on a computer other than
the one in which you are installing the DWL-520 Wireless PCI Adapter,
then follow these steps:
1. Install the DWL-520 Wireless PCI Adapter into the computer
(please refer to the Quick Install Guide.)
2. Check the IP Address for the wireless adapter. Please make
certain that all the computers on your network are in the same IP
Address range. Please refer to the Networking Basics section in
this manual entitled: Checking your IP Address.
Note: By default, the wireless adapter is set to obtain a Dynamic IP
Address, automatically.
3. Learn to share printers and files. Please refer to the Networking
Basics section in this manual entitled: Adding and Sharing Printers
in Windows XP.