User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Understanding your AnyPoint™ Wireless II Network 1
- What is a network?
- Components required to connect a PC to a network
- How does my Wireless II adapter operate?
- How do I use my Wireless II laptop in different locations?
- What is the AnyPoint Connection Manager?
- What is sharing and mapping?
- What is Internet Sharing Software (ISS)?
- Guidelines for setting up your network
- Set Up the AnyPoint™ Wireless II Network 2
- Share Drives and Printers 3
- Connect to the Internet 4
- Managing your Wireless II Network 5
- Using the AnyPoint Connection Manager
- View and edit current settings using the Wireless Control Panel tab
- Activate a profile
- Creating a new profile
- Scan for public access points
- Create a profile for a public access point
- Create an AnyPoint profile for your home or small office
- Create a profile for a corporate wired network
- Troubleshooting 6
- I can’t see a network PC from another PC
- I have an insufficient permissions error when running Windows 2000
- Remove incompatible network adapters
- I can’t connect to my ISP from an ISS client PC
- Make sure the ISS server PC is turned on and running the ISS software
- Make sure both the ISS server and ISS client PCs are on the network
- If you are using AOL*, check the AOL software
- If you are using AT&T WorldNet*, or CompuServe 2000*, check their settings
- Find out if the problem is ISS or your ISP connection
- I keep getting disconnected from the Internet without hanging up
- Can I use Internet sharing software from more than one manufacturer?
- ISS and ICS (Internet Connection Sharing)
- Network game problems
- I can’t see a drive or printer on a network PC
- I can’t map or print to a printer
- I can’t map to a drive
- I can’t write or save files to a drive on a network PC
- Printer drivers not found
- My laptop has speaker noise
- I am trying to access my Wireless II network with an Intel PRO/Wireless adapter
- I am trying to install a Wireless II adapter into an Intel PRO/Wireless network
- My Wireless II connection keeps getting interrupted
- What do the lights on my Wireless II adapter mean?
- Internet Service Provider Reference 7
- Technical Support Option 8
- Agency Notices
- Glossary
- Specifications
77
M
Mapping 71
Drives 30
Printers 30
Multiple user profiles 32
N
Netscape
and America Online*
63
and CompuServe 65
and Connecting to the Internet using ISS 33
Network Identification code (See SSID) 71
Network Neighborhood
Verifying network connections
57
Viewing network drives 27
Network profile, with ACM 7
Network setup
Guidelines
10
Network switching concepts 7
Not Shared 16
P
Parental Control 23
Concepts 10
Passwords
America Online*
54, 64
Windows logon 15
PC Name 12
PCs
Name and workgroup
12
Naming 66
Peer-to-peer mode 3
Phone support 67
Preamble 71
Printer drivers
Installing
31
Not found 59
Printers
Mapping
30
Sharing 30
Troubleshooting 58
Unmapping 31
PRO/Wireless 61
Profiles 71
Profiles, user 32
R
Removing
Incompatible network adapters
53
S
Security levels 21
Server 71
Server PC
Defined
14
ICS 56
Shared - Full 16
Shared - Read Only 16
Sharing 71
Drives 29
Printers 30
Sharing drives 16
SSID 71
Support, phone 67
Support, Web 67
Switching between networks, with ACM 7
T
Transfer rate 71
Troubleshooting
Internet connection hanging up
55
ISS client PC cannot connect to ISP 54
Mapping drives 59
Network games 57
Printer drivers 59
Saving files across the network 59
Viewing a network PC from another PC 51
Viewing drives and printers across the network
58
U
Unmapping
Drives
30
Printers 31
User name 15
User profiles 32
V
Video files, viewing 28
View connection status 36
Virtual Private Network 37
VPN, connecting with 37
W
Web browsers
and Connecting to the Internet using ISS
33
Web support 67
WEP (see Encryption) 70
Windows logon
Password
15
User name 15
Wired Equivalent Privacy (see Encryption) 70
Wireless networking 5