Hama 49276, Operating Instruction

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Enable file and printer sharing
To provide files and/or printers of your computer
to other users on the network, click on
File and
Print Sharing enable : You can the file and/or
printer sharing for your computer if this function
is not already active. Afterwards please click on
➩ OK. Later you can share folders, drives and
printers.
Setting up computer name and workgroup
Click on . Please ensure that ➩ Identification
each computer has been given a unique name,
not to conflict with each other. Make sure the
workgroup name is the same for all the
computers in the network. Furthermore the
workgroup name must not be the same as a
computer name. Then click on
. The basic
➩
OK
settings are finished now.
Insert the
if needed and Windows CD-ROM
then click on (Possibly you must then enter "OK"
another drive letter for your CD-ROM drive).
Answer the following question about the restart
with .
"Yes"
Share folders, drives or printers:
In the Windows Explorer mark the folder, the
drive or the printer that shall be shared and then
click the right mouse button. Then click
➩
Sharing. Now select "Shared As:", enter a share
name and change the access type if needed
➩
Apply OK. The system shows the sharing of ➩
resources in the Windows Explorer with a hand
in the symbol.
Accessing shared folders and drives:
Click on "My Network Places" resp. "Network
Neighborhood" in the Windows Explorer or on
the desktop. Then choose the corresponding
resources.
Setting up shared printers:
Please click on Start Settings Printers ➩ ➩ ➩
➩ ➩ ➩ ➩
Add Printer Next Network printer
Next Browse. Select the computer which is ➩
connected to the printer and then the
corresponding model
OK. At "Do you print ➩
from MS-DOS-based programs?" select Yes or
No according your requirements
Next. Then ➩
enter a name for the printer Next. Select if ➩
you would like to print a test page Finish.
➩
The printer gets installed now. The installation
may differ for some models resp. when using
different Windows versions.
Driver installation under Windows 98SE:
When booting the system there appears a
window "New Hardware Found”. The network
card gets identified as "PCI Ethernet Controller”.
Shortly after Windows starts the
Add New Hard-
ware Wizard and searches for new drivers for
"PCI Ethernet Controller”. Please click on ➩
Next . In the following window ("What do you
want Windows to do?“) select " Search for the
best driver for your device" Next ➩ . Insert the
enclosed floppy disk. Then mark only "Specify a
location " "A:\Win98" Next and type in ➩ ➩
Next . The necessary files are copied from the
disk now.
Insert the
if needed and Windows 98 CD-ROM
then click on (Possibly you must then enter "OK"
another drive letter for your CD-ROM drive).
Then click on
. Take the disk out of the ➩ Finish
drive and answer the question about the restart
with .
"Yes"
Verifying the installation (Windows 98SE/ME)
You can check if the network card has been
installed properly. Click
➩ ➩ ➩ Start Settings
Control Panel System Device Manager ➩ ➩ ➩
Network adapters . There must be an entry
"Realtek RTL8169 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter"
without a yellow exclamation mark.
Basic configuration of a new network
(Windows 98SE/ME)
After the proper installation of the network card,
you have also to configure the LAN settings.
That includes to install and setup a network
protocol. With it, the computers of a network
interchange data. Most frequently, TCP/IP is
used. Also the most topical multi-player games
communicate via this protocol. There must be an
own address assigned for each computer when
using this protocol. The automatical address
setting only functions reliable if there is a DHCP
server available in the network. Normally there
is no such server existent. It is recommended to
manually assign an address to the network card.
The following example shows the basic setup by
configuring the IP addresses manually. For local
networks there are special number blocks,
which are not routed in the internet.
One of this range, which you can use for your
network is 192.168.1.1 to 192.168.1.254. The first
computer then gets the address 192.168.1.1, the
second 192.168.1.2, the third 192.168.1.3 and so
on.
Installing and configuration of the TCP/IP
protocol
Click on
➩ ➩ ➩ ➩
Start Settings Control Panel
Network . In the new window, please check if
there is an entry "TCP/IP -> Realtek RTL8169...".
The name of the entry is "TCP/IP" if the network
card is the only network device. The TCP/IP
protocol is not installed if such an entry is
missing. To add it to the system, click
➩ ➩ Add
Protocol Add ➩ . In the left window
(Manufacturers) mark t. At the right
➩
Microsof
(Network Protocols) please select . TCP/IP
Then click on . ➩ OK
Afterwards assign an IP address to the network
card. Highlight
"TCP/IP -> Realtek RTL8169..."
resp. "TCP/IP" Properties and then click on
➩ ➩
Specify an IP address "IP Address" . At enter a
number according to above instructions , for
example 192.168.1.1 for the first computer and
for the second 192.168.1.2 and so on. At
Subnet
Mask 255.255.255.0 enter . Then confirm with ➩
OK.
Installing the Client for Microsoft Networks
For accessing files and/or printers of other
computers on the network, the
"Client for Microsoft Networks" has to be
installed.If it is not listed at the network
components, you can add it by clicking
➩ ➩ Add
Client Add. ➩ In the left window
(Manufacturers) select . At the right ➩ Microsoft
(Network Clients) mark Client for Microsoft
Networks OK.
➩
Afterwards you have to configure the network
logon. At P
choose rimary Network Logon
"Client for Microsoft Networks" .