User manual HERCULES HWGEXT-54

[. . . ] Hercules HWGEXT-54 CONTENTS Click a title in this table of contents to access the corresponding section 1. YOUR HERCULES WIFI EXTENDER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Recommendations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 System requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] Click Start/All Programs/Accessories/ Communications/ Network Setup Wizard. Click Next twice. 54/104 ­ User Manual Hercules HWGEXT-54 The window opposite may appear if The Wizard found disconnected network hardware. If your Hercules Wireless Adapter wireless network connection is not displayed in the list, tick the Ignore disconnected network hardware box, then click Next. Otherwise, exit the Wizard by clicking Cancel and establish the connection from your network device to your modem router (if you use a Hercules Wireless G PCI, USB or PCMCIA adapter, please refer to the "The WiFi Station utility" chapter of your User Manual). The window opposite may appear if The Wizard found a shared Internet connection on the computer. Select No, let me choose another way to connect to the Internet, then click Next. 5. In the following window, select This computer connects to the Internet directly or through a network hub, then click Next. User Manual ­ 55/104 Hercules HWGEXT-54 7. If the window opposite appears, select the Hercules Wireless G wireless network connection, then click Next. 8. If you are using a modem router including a firewall, your computers are already protected. 9. If your computer has at least three connections (or network devices), the window opposite appears. Give the computer a name that is unique and sufficiently distinctive, making it easy to recognize on your network (my-computer, wifi-computer or julie, for example). Enter the workgroup name (HOME, OFFICE or HERCULES, for example) and a description, if required. The workgroup name must be identical (be sure to respect the case of letters) for all computers you wish to link together in a network. Verify the configuration settings you have entered in the window that appears, then click Next. Before completing the procedure, you may select the Create a Network Setup Disk option. This consists of copying this Wizard onto a storage medium (your choice of floppy disk or USB key) so that it can be launched on computers equipped with operating systems other than Windows XP. This operation is carried out automatically, once you have selected a medium for saving the Wizard. User Manual ­ 57/104 Hercules HWGEXT-54 17. Once the procedure is finished, Windows XP may prompt you to restart your computer. The procedures described in this chapter are specific to Windows XP. For all other questions related to sharing folders, a printer or an Internet connection, or on using Windows, please refer to the Windows online help utility. 3. 9. 2. Windows XP: Sharing folders After having configured all of your computers using the Network Setup Wizard, you can now share data located on different disk drives, as long as the user has authorized access. In the Network sharing and security section of the Sharing tab, tick the Share this folder on the network box. On the Share name line, enter the folder name as it will be displayed on the network (12 characters maximum to ensure compatibility with other operating systems). [. . . ] This publication may not be reproduced in whole or in part, summarized, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any language or computer language, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, magnetic, photocopying, recording, manual or otherwise, without the prior written permission of Guillemot Corporation S. A. Disclaimer Guillemot Corporation S. A. reserves the right to make changes to specifications at any time and without notice. The information provided by this document is believed to be accurate and reliable. either for its use or for the infringement of patents or other rights of third parties resulting from its use. [. . . ]