HWDB-600
Hercules Wireless Dual Band
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5.
WELCOME TO THE WIRELESS ATTITUDE™!
In the following chapters, we will show you how wireless computing is closely linked to user-friendliness and
ease of use. Sharing your folders, your printer, or letting friends use your ADSL connection for online gaming
are some examples of the things we will help you to do. Enter the world of wireless and join in the
Wireless
Attitude!
5.1.
Some requirements
- Each computer that you wish to connect to the network must be equipped with a WiFi adapter.
- To share an ADSL connection, your ADSL modem must be switched on and your ADSL line enabled.
- You must determine in advance whether you are using an
network.
Reminder
:
Infrastructure
is a type of network with an access point + at least two computers, whereas in
Ad hoc
mode,
you have two computers without an access point.
5.2.
Computers running Windows 7: Sharing folders, a printer
or an ADSL connection
To create a network of computers, share data, a printer or an
ADSL
connection between
computers running
Windows 7
, it is not imperative that the computers belong to the same
homegroup
. However, if you wish to share between
Windows 7
and an earlier operating
system, make sure to define the same homegroup on all computers. For information on how to
create a
homegroup
, please refer to the manual of your Hercules product.
Before proceeding as described below, please make sure that you have administrator rights.
For more information on how to obtain administrator rights, please refer to the Windows 7
online help.
The access paths described hereafter may vary slightly if you have modified the default
display in Windows 7 (that is to say, the Start menu properties and the Control Panel display).
You have connected your computer to a
private network
(as opposed to a
public network
). Therefore, the
discovery
options (namely, the ability to view outside devices and computers and to be seen from other
networks) are enabled, and you may or not already have chosen to activate or deactivate
sharing
options (for
more information on how to activate sharing options, please refer to section 5.2.2)
.
5.2.1.
Windows 7: Sharing an ADSL connection in an
Infrastructure type network
Reminder:
If you have a Livebox, a modem router or a router connected to a modem and one or more
computers, your network will be in
by default. In this mode, the WiFi adapters are
connected to your
, which might be your Livebox, your Hercules Modem Router or your Hercules
is ideal for exchanging data, playing online, and also for
sharing an Internet connection and/or printer among several computers. Follow the instructions below to
finally free yourself from the cable that connects you to your modem… without cutting the links to your ADSL
connection. Viva the Wireless Attitude!