Gateway setting up window networks User Manual
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i Contents Section A Networking Basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1 Learning the Basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Selecting a network connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Wired Ethernet network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Wireless Ethernet network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Using a wired Ethernet network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, or Gigabit Ethernet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Example wired Ethernet network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Equipment you need for a wired Ethernet network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Setting up a wired Ethernet network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Using a wireless Ethernet network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Wireless Ethernet speed and frequency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Example access point wireless Ethernet network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Equipment you need for an access point wireless Ethernet network . . . . . . . 12 Setting up an access point wireless Ethernet network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Example peer-to-peer wireless Ethernet network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Equipment you need for a peer-to-peer wireless Ethernet network . . . . . . . . 15 Setting up a peer-to-peer wireless Ethernet network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 For more information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Section B Wired Ethernet Networking. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 2 Creating a Wired Ethernet Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Determining if your computer has wired Ethernet already installed . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Installing Ethernet cards and drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Setting up the hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Setting up a peer-to-peer wired Ethernet network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Setting up a network using a hub or switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Setting up a network using a router and optional hub or switch . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Where to go from here . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 3 Configuring Windows for a Wired Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Naming the computers and the workgroup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Naming the computers and the workgroup in Windows XP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Naming the computers and the workgroup in Windows 2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Configuring the TCP/IP protocol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Terms you should know . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Entering the IP address and subnet mask on each computer . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
ii Configuring your router . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47 Where to go from here . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48 Section C Wireless Ethernet Networking. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49 4 Configuring Windows for a Wireless Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Installing the wireless Ethernet driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52 Naming the computers and the workgroup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54 Naming the computers and the workgroup in Windows XP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54 Naming the computers and the workgroup in Windows 2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Configuring the TCP/IP protocol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63 Terms you should know . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Entering the IP address and subnet mask on each computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Where to go from here . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70 5 Creating a Wireless Access Point Network. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71 Setting up your access point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Mounting the access point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72 Configuring the access point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Connecting to an access point network in Windows XP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75 Connecting to an access point network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75 Configuring computer settings for an access point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77 Adding an access point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79 Connecting to an access point network in Windows 2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Using the Broadcom Wireless Configuration Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82 Using Intel PROSet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86 Using the ORiNOCO Client Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 Where to go from here . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .97 6 Creating a Peer-to-Peer Wireless Network. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 Connecting to a peer-to-peer wireless Ethernet network in Windows XP . . . . . . . 100 Creating a peer-to-peer wireless Ethernet network in Windows XP . . . . . . . . 100 Connecting to a peer-to-peer wireless network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 Configuring computer settings for a peer-to-peer network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 Connecting to a peer-to-peer wireless Ethernet network in Windows 2000 . . . . . 107 Using the Broadcom Wireless Configuration Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 Using Intel PROSet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 Using the ORiNOCO Client Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 Where to go from here . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 7 Turning Your Wireless Emitter On or Off. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 Turning your wireless emitter on or off in Windows XP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
iii Turning your wireless emitter on or off in Windows 2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 Using the Broadcom Wireless Configuration Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 Using Intel PROSet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 Using the ORiNOCO Client Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 Where to go from here . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 Section D Using Your Ethernet Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 8 Sharing Your Resources. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 Sharing an Internet connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 Sharing drives and printers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 Sharing drives or folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 Un-sharing drives, folders, and files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141 Sharing printers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141 Using the network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142 Viewing shared drives and folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142 Mapping a Network Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143 Opening files across the network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143 Copying files across the network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 Printing files across the network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 9 Troubleshooting Your Ethernet Network. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 Wired Ethernet Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146 Wireless Ethernet Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147 Technical Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 Safety, Regulatory, and Legal Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
A 1 Networking Basics Read the following chapter to learn the benefits of using a wired and wireless Ethernet network and the types of wired and wireless Ethernet networks. ■“Learning the Basics” on page 3
1 3 Learning the Basics Connecting your home, small office, or home office computers lets you share drives, printers, and a single Internet connection among the connected computers. Read this chapter to learn about: ■“Selecting a network connection” on page 4 ■“Using a wired Ethernet network” on page 5 ■“Using a wireless Ethernet network” on page 9
4 Networking Basics www.gateway.com Selecting a network connection The biggest decision you need to make when creating your network is what type of connection you will use. Gateway supports both wired and wireless Ethernet networks. Use the following criteria as a guide when selecting a network connection. Wired Ethernet network Create a wired Ethernet network if: ■You are building a new home or your existing home already has Ethernet cable installed in each room that has a device you want to connect ■You are creating a network in an office or business where network speed is more important than moving about with your computer ■Your computer has an Ethernet jack for connecting to the network For more information, see “Wired Ethernet Networking” on page 17. Wireless Ethernet network Create a wireless Ethernet (IEEE 802.11a, IEEE 802.11b, or IEEE 802.11g) network if: ■You are looking for an alternative to installing cable for connectivity ■The ability to move about with your computer is as important as network speed ■Your computer has wireless Ethernet for networking For more information, see “Wireless Ethernet Networking” on page 49. Help and SupportFor more information about selecting network connections in Windows XP, click Start, then click Help and Support. Type the keyword networks or network types in the HelpSpot Search box , then click the arrow.