Draytek 550 manual Chapter Network Application, 1Surveying the Network Neighborhood

Vigor550 Wireless 11g USB Adapter

Chapter 8

Network Application

This section consists of the network applications of Vigor550 Wireless 11g USB Adapter, including:

To survey the network neighborhood

To share your folder with your network member(s) To share your printer with your network member(s)

To access the shared folder(s)/file(s) of your network members(s) To use the shared printer(s) of your network member(s)

In fact, the network applications of Vigor550 Wireless 11g USB Adapter are the same as they are in a wired network environment. You may refer to the following 3 examples of Surveying the Network Neighborhood, File Sharing and Using the Shared Folder.

8.1Surveying the Network Neighborhood

When multiple base stations are up and running in your wireless network, you can use the procedure described below to display the other computers: Double-click My Network Places to display all stations in your Microsoft Windows Network Group.

To display other workgroups in the network environment, double-click Entire Network.

If there is a second network operating system running in your network environment (for example a Novell NetWare network), the “Entire Network” window will also display available servers running under the second network operating system. If you click on these servers, you may be asked to enter your user name and password that applies to the other network operating system. If you cannot find it, verify whether the other wireless computers are: Powered up and logged on to the network.

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