Specifications
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Local network configuration
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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:
ì Click Start – Settings – Control Panel – System.
ì Select the Network Identification tab and click Properties.
ì In the Computer Name field, enter the name the PC is to appear under in the
network. This name must be unique within the network.
ì In the Workgroup field, enter a name for the workgroup. This name must be the
same for all the PCs in the network.
ì 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 53).
3. Install the TCP/IP protocol (see page 54).
4. Make TCP/IP protocol settings (see page 55).
5. Synchronise the TCP/IP settings with the Gigaset SE587 WLAN dsl (see page 62).
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:
ì Click Start – Settings – Control Panel.
ì Double-click the Network icon and then open the Configuration tab in the
Network window.
ì Check whether the list of components contains the entry Client for Microsoft
Networks.
ì If it is not there click Add.