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Table 5: Setting an IP Address

6. Click [OK]. The [Local Area Connection Properties]

window appears again.

7. Click [OK]. When a message appears prompting you

to restart the computer, click [Yes].

Checking the full computer name and workgroup

1. Click [Start] -> [Settings] -> [Control Panel].

2. Double-click the [System] icon. [System Properties]

appears.

3. Click the [Network Identification] tab.

4. Check [Full computer name] and [Workgroup]. Ask

your network administrator and check the setting.

Table 6: Checking computer name and workgroup

5. Click [OK]. When a message appears prompting you

to restart the computer, click [Yes].

Sharing

In this section, you set sharing of the drive, folder, and
printer.

You only need to set this when you are sharing files or a
printer with other computers on the network.

When you share a drive, folder, or printer, you can use
them from any computer on the network.

Setting [File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft
Networks]

1. Click [Start] -> [Settings] -> [Control Panel].

2. Double-click the [Network and Dial-up

Connections] icon. The [Network and Dial-up
Connections] windows appears.

3. Right click the [Local Area Connection], then click

[Properties] from the menu that appears. [Local

Area Connection Properties] appears.

4. If [File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks]

is displayed in the list, make sure that it is checked. If
it is not checked, check it and click [OK]. You do not
have to perform the following steps. Go to the next
section, entitled “Sharing Files.”

If [File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks]
is

not

found in the list, click [Install], and perform

Step 5 and subsequent steps. When you click
[Install], the [Select Network Component Type]
window appears.

5. Perform the following steps.

■

Click [Service].

■

Click [Add]. The [Select Network Service] window
appears.

6. Perform the following steps.

■

Click [File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft
Networks].

■

Click [OK]. You will go back to [Local Area Connec-
tion Properties], and [File and Printer Sharing for
Microsoft Networks] is added to the list.

7. Click [OK].

Item

Description

For AdHoc
Network

Set the IP address and subnet mask:

Click [Use the following IP address],
and enter a value for [IP address] and
[Subnet mask].

Refer to “Setting IP Addresses” on
page 87 to set an IP address and
subnet mask.

For
Infrastructure
Network

Select [Obtain an IP address
automatically]:

For the DNS server, select [Obtain
DNS server address automatically].

For the IP address, DNS server, and
default gateway, follow the network
administrator's instructions, if any.

Item

Description

Full
Computer
Name

A name to identify the computer on
the network. You can specify any
name to each computer.

For easier identification, use the model
name or user name.

Workgroup

A name for the network group:

■

AdHoc Network:

Specify the same name to all com-
puters within the same network.

■

Infrastructure Network:

Specify a

workgroup name to connect to.

To change the setting, click
[Properties], and follow the instruc-
tions on the screen. [System Proper-
ties] appears again.

P O I N T

More than one network adapter is installed in your
system if more than one [Local Area Connection] entry
is displayed. In this case, select the [Local Area Connec-
tion] entry with [Intersil PRISM Wireless LAN PCI Card]
displayed under [Device Name].

P O I N T

If you have changed the setting, [Close] is shown
instead. Click [Close].

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