User Manual for the NETGEAR RangeMax™ Wireless PC Card WPN511 2-6 Introdu ction
February 2005
Use printers in a
comb in ed
wireless and
wired n etwork.
1. Use the
Windows
Printers and
Fax features to
locate
available
printers in the
comb in ed
wireless and
wired n etwork.
2. Use the
Windows Add
a Printer
wizard to add
access to a
ne two rk p rin te r
from th e
notebook P C
you are using
to w ire le s sl y
co nn e ct to the
network.
3. From the File
menu of an
application
such as
M icrosoft
Word, use the
P ri nt S e tu p
fea tu re to
direct your
p rin t ou tp u t to
the p ri nte r i n
the n etw ork .
1. The notebook computer I am
u si ng to c on n ec t to th e
wireless network need s to be
co nfi gu re d wi th th e W i n d ows
Client and File and Print
Sharing.
2. The notebook computer I am
u si ng to c on n ec t to th e
wireless network need s to be
co nfi gu re d wi th th e s am e
Wi ndows W orkgroup or
D o m ai n s e ttin gs a s th e oth e r
Wind ows computers in the
comb ined wireles s and wired
network.
3. Any Windows networking
security access righ ts such as
login user name/ password
that h ave been assigned in the
Windows network must be
provide d when Wi n dows
prompts for such information.
4. If so-called Wind ows ‘peer’
networking is being used, the
printer need s to be enabled for
sharing.
Wind ows Dom ain settings are
usually managed by corporate
comp uter supp ort groups.
Wind ows Workgroup settings
are commonly managed by
ind ividu als wh o wan t to set up
sm a ll n etw ork s i n the i r h om e s, or
small offices.
F or a s si sta n ce wi th s e ttin g u p
W in d o ws ne two rki n g, re fer to th e
P C N e two rk in g T u tori a l o n th e
NETGEAR RangeMax™
Wireless PC Card WPN511
Resource CD and the Help
information provided in the
Wind ows system you are using.
F or a s si sta n ce wi th s e ttin g u p
pri nters in W i nd ows , re fer to the
Help and S up port informa tion
tha t c om e s w ith th e v e rsi on of
the Windows operating systems
you are using.
Table 2-1. A Road Map for How to Get There From Here ...
If I Want To ... ? What Do I Do? What’s Needed? How Do I?