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Chapter 11: Using a Wireless Ethernet Network

Identifying this notebook on the network in Windows 2000

If this is the first time you have used networking on your notebook, you need to provide Windows with the name of your notebook and the workgroup to which it belongs.

To identify this notebook on the network:

1 Click Start, Settings, then click Control Panel. The Control Panel window opens.

2 Double-click the Network icon. The Network dialog box opens. 3 Click the Identification tab.

4 Type a unique computer name in the Computer name box. This name identifies this notebook on the network.

5 Type the name of the workgroup this notebook belongs to in the Workgroup box. This name is usually assigned by the network administrator and identifies which group of computers this notebook is most likely to communicate with.

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