NETGEAR WG311 manual Exchange files

Installation Guide for the NETGEAR 54 Mbps Wireless PCI Adapter WG311

Table 1-1.	A Road Map for How to Get There From Here
If I Want To ... ?	What Do I Do?		What’s Needed?	How Do I?
Exchange files	1.	Use the	1. The desktop computer I am	For assistance with Windows
between a		Windows	using to connect to the	networking software, see
wirelessly		Network	wireless network needs to be	Appendix C, “Preparing Your
				PCs for Network Access” for
connected		Neighborhood	configured with the Windows
				configuration scenarios or refer
notebook		feature to	Client and File and Print
				to the Help system included with
		browse for	Sharing.
computer and				your version of Windows.
		computers in	2. The desktop computer I am
other		the combined		Windows Domain settings are
			using to connect to the
computers in a		wireless and		usually managed by corporate
			wireless network needs to be
my combined		wired network.	configured with the same	computer support groups.
wireless and	2.	Browse the	Windows Workgroup or	Windows Workgroup settings
wired		hard drive of	Domain settings as the other	are commonly managed by
network.		the target	Windows computers in the	individuals who want to set up
		computer in	combined wireless and wired	small networks in their homes, or
		the network in	network.	small offices.
		order to locate	3. Any Windows networking	For assistance with setting up
		the directory or	security access rights such as	Windows networking, refer to the
		files you want
			login user name/ password	PC Networking Tutorial on the
		to work with.
			that have been assigned in the	NETGEAR 54 Mbps Wireless
	3.	Use the	Windows network or for	PCI Adapter WG311 Resource
		Windows	sharing particular files must be	CD and the Help information
		Explorer copy	provided when Windows	provided in the Windows system
		and paste	prompts for such information.	you are using.
		functions to	4. If so-called Windows ‘peer’
		exchange files
		between the	Workgroup networking is being
			used, the drive, file system
		computers.
			directory, or file need to be
			enabled for sharing.

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