User manual GATEWAY MX6452

[. . . ] USER GUIDE PLATINUM EDITION Contents Chapter 1: Getting Help . 34 i Contents www. gateway. com Drivers and applications recovery . . 35 Copying drivers and applications recovery files to a network 38 Creating discs from recovery files on a network . . 42 Recovering your system using Microsoft System Restore 43 Recovering your system from the hard drive . [. . . ] The workgroup name must be the same for all computers on your home network, and the name must be different than any computer name on your network. 6 Click OK to close the Computer Name Changes dialog box. 131 CHAPTER 9: Wireless Networking Turning the wireless radio on After you have completed your initial Windows setup, turn on the wireless radio. Press FN + F2 on the keyboard to turn on the optional wireless Ethernet radio, or Fn + F6 to turn on the optional Bluetooth radio. The wireless networking status indicator turns on when the wireless Ethernet radio is turned on. Connecting to your network Help and Support For more information about connecting to your network, click Start, then click Help and Support. Type one of the following keywords in the Help and Support Search box, then click the arrow: · connect to an available network · manually add a wireless network · connecting to wireless network. After you have named your computer and workgroup and turned on your wireless radio, you need to set up the network connection on your notebook. To connect to your wireless network: 1 Click Start, right-click My Network Places, then click Properties. The Network Connections window opens. 2 Right-click the Wireless Network Connection icon, then click View available wireless networks. The Wireless Network Connection dialog box opens. 132 Testing your network 3 Click the network you created in the Choose a wireless network list, then click Connect. If you successfully connected to the network, go to "Testing your network" on page 133. If you can see the network name in the Choose a wireless network list but you cannot connect to it, your network is using security. You will need to modify the security settings for the network in your notebook. If your network does not appear in the Choose a wireless network list, your network is not broadcasting its SSID. This is not an error and is one way to add security to your wireless network. You will need to manually add the network to your notebook. Testing your network Now that your home network is set up, log onto your notebook and access a favorite Internet Web site. If you are unable to connect to the Internet: Run the New Connection Wizard Make sure that your access point is plugged in and compare the status lights on the front of the access point with the patterns described in the access point documentation Temporarily turn off any firewall software on your notebook Turn off all of the devices, then turn them back on Contact your Internet service provider 133 CHAPTER 9: Wireless Networking Sharing resources With a network, you can share your Internet connection, drives, and printers. Sharing drives and printers Important To share a printer among the network computers, each computer must have the shared printer's drivers installed. Follow the instructions included with your printer to install the printer drivers on each computer. With a network, you can share drives (for example hard drives and DVD drives) and printers among the computers connected to the network. After the drives and printers on each network computer are shared, you can access them as though they were attached directly to your computer. Then you can: View a network drive Open and copy files stored on other network computers Print documents on network printers Sharing drives or folders If you want to share a drive or folder, use the following instructions. To share drives or folders: 1 In My Computer or Windows Explorer, right-click the drive or folder that you want to share, then click Sharing and Security. If you share a drive, the entire contents of that drive will be available to everyone on your network. If you share a folder, only the contents of that folder will be available to everyone on the network. 134 Sharing resources 2 Click the Sharing tab. 3 If this is the first time you have shared a drive or folder, click Network Setup Wizard to enable remote access, then follow the on-screen instructions. - OR If you have previously enabled remote file access and you want to share a drive or folder with others on the network (network sharing), click to select the Share this folder on the network check box, type a shared name in the Shared name box. To let other users have full permissions to read and write to the shared drive or folder, click to select the Allow network users to change my files check box. 4 Click OK. 135 CHAPTER 9: Wireless Networking Un-sharing drives and folders To un-share drives or folders: 1 In My Computer or Windows Explorer, right-click the drive or folder that you want to un-share, then click Sharing and Security. 2 Make sure that the Share this folder on the network check box is not selected. 3 Click OK. Sharing printers To share printers: 1 Click Start, then click Control Panel. If your Control Panel is in Category View, click Printers and Other Hardware. 2 Click/Double-click the Printers and Faxes icon. The Printers and Faxes window opens. 3 Right-click the name of the printer you want to share, then click Sharing. 4 Click Share this printer. [. . . ] If you are unable to insert the plug into an outlet, contact an electrician to install the appropriate outlet. If you use an extension cord with this notebook, make sure that the total ampere rating on the products plugged into the extension cord does not exceed the extension cord ampere rating. If your notebook is fitted with a TV Tuner, cable, or satellite receiver card, make sure that the antenna or cable system is electrically grounded to provide some protection against voltage surges and buildup of static charges. Care during use Do not walk on the power cord or allow anything to rest on it. The best way to avoid spills is to avoid eating and drinking near your notebook. [. . . ]