Intel AnyPoint Wireless II Network User manual

AnyPoint
Wireless II Network
User’s Guide
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Contents
1 Understanding your
AnyPoint™ Wireless II Network..................................... 1
What is a network?............................................................................................................. 2
Components required to connect a PC to a network.......................................................... 2
Your Wireless II network adapter.............................................................................. 2
Device driver and wireless adapter settings............................................................... 2
The AnyPoint Connectivity Software Suite CD ........................................................ 3
How does my Wireless II adapter operate?........................................................................ 3
Peer-to-Peer mode...................................................................................................... 3
Infrastructure mode.................................................................................................... 4
How do I use my Wireless II laptop in different locations?............................................... 5
What is the AnyPoint Connection Manager?..................................................................... 6
What are Wireless II adapter and operating system settings?.................................... 6
What is a profile? ....................................................................................................... 7
What is network switching?....................................................................................... 7
What settings are switched in a network profile? ...................................................... 7
What is sharing and mapping?........................................................................................... 8
What is Internet Sharing Software (ISS)?.......................................................................... 9
What is a Firewall?..................................................................................................... 9
What is Web site filtering?....................................................................................... 10
Guidelines for setting up your network............................................................................ 10
2 Set Up the
AnyPoint™ Wireless II Network................................... 11
Where do I begin?............................................................................................................ 11
Install the AnyPoint software........................................................................................... 11
Share drives and printers.................................................................................................. 15
Configure the Internet Sharing Software (ISS) server..................................................... 18
Configure the ISS connection .................................................................................. 19
Set up the Firewall ................................................................................................... 20
Set up Parental Control ............................................................................................ 23
Set up AnyPoint Connectivity Suite Extras ............................................................. 26
Registration ...................................................................................................................... 26

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3 Share Drives and Printers .......................................... 27
Use network drives........................................................................................................... 27
Use files across the network............................................................................................. 28
Viewing video files across the network ........................................................................... 28
Change drive sharing and mapping.................................................................................. 29
Change drive access................................................................................................. 29
Change drive mapping ............................................................................................. 30
Change printer sharing and mapping ............................................................................... 30
Change printer sharing............................................................................................. 30
Change printer mapping........................................................................................... 30
Install printer drivers................................................................................................ 31
Unmap a printer........................................................................................................ 31
Share and map automatically ................................................................................... 32
Multiple user profiles....................................................................................................... 32
4 Connect to the Internet ............................................. 33
Connect to the Internet using ISS..................................................................................... 33
Connect from the ISS server .................................................................................... 33
Connect from an ISS client ...................................................................................... 34
Exiting or bypassing ISS when connecting to the Internet .............................................. 35
View connection status and settings................................................................................. 36
Change the ISS server...................................................................................................... 36
Connecting with Virtual Private Network (VPN)............................................................ 37
5 Managing your Wireless II
Network .................................................................... 38
Using the AnyPoint Connection Manager ....................................................................... 38
Wireless Control Panel tab....................................................................................... 38
Profile Manager tab.................................................................................................. 38
View and edit current settings using the Wireless Control Panel tab .............................. 39
Activate a profile.............................................................................................................. 40
Creating a new profile...................................................................................................... 41
What are the profile configuration types?................................................................ 41
What are the profile modes? .................................................................................... 41
Scan for public access points ........................................................................................... 42
Create a profile for a public access point......................................................................... 43
Create an AnyPoint profile for your home or small office .............................................. 46
Create a profile for a corporate wired network................................................................ 50

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6 Troubleshooting ......................................................... 51
I can’t see a network PC from another PC....................................................................... 51
I have an insufficient permissions error when running Windows 2000........................... 52
Remove incompatible network adapters.......................................................................... 53
I can’t connect to my ISP from an ISS client PC............................................................. 54
I keep getting disconnected from the Internet without hanging up.................................. 55
Can I use Internet sharing software from more than one manufacturer?......................... 55
ISS and ICS (Internet Connection Sharing)..................................................................... 56
Network game problems .................................................................................................. 57
I can’t see a drive or printer on a network PC.................................................................. 58
I can’t map or print to a printer........................................................................................ 58
I can’t map to a drive........................................................................................................ 59
I can’t write or save files to a drive on a network PC...................................................... 59
Printer drivers not found .................................................................................................. 59
My laptop has speaker noise ............................................................................................ 60
I am trying to access my Wireless II network with an Intel PRO/Wireless adapter........ 60
I am trying to install a Wireless II adapter into an Intel PRO/Wireless network............. 61
My Wireless II connection keeps getting interrupted...................................................... 62
What do the lights on my Wireless II adapter mean? ...................................................... 62
7 Internet Service Provider
Reference.................................................................. 63
Set up the network to share Internet access.............................................................. 63
Set up America Online* (AOL*) with ISS .............................................................. 63
Set up AT&T WorldNet* with ISS.......................................................................... 64
Set up CompuServe* 2000 with ISS........................................................................ 65
Set up continuous Internet connections with ISS..................................................... 66
8 Technical Support Option .......................................... 67
E-mail and Web Support.................................................................................................. 67
Phone Support.................................................................................................................. 67
Agency Notices ......................................................... 68
Glossary .................................................................... 70
Specifications ............................................................ 73
Index ......................................................................... 76

1
Understanding your
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AnyPoint™ Wireless II Network 1
This chapter provides a basic understanding of network principles, so you
can begin to take advantage of your new AnyPoint™Wireless II Network.
It also gives you useful information that will help you modify your network
to meet your changing needs.
To get the most out of your home or small business network, think about
what you can gain when you connect all your PCs together so they work as
a group. For example, with two or more PCs connected together, you can:
•Share an Internet connection
•Share a printer
•Share files such as spreadsheets and written documents
•Play digital audio from another PC
•Play head-to-head multi-player games
•Use your laptop at home and at work
And the included Firewall and Web site filtering features help you to:
•Protect your network from electronic intrusion
•Block access to objectionable Web sites
A network allows multiple users to share resources.
AnyPoint
Wireless Home
Network

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What is a network?
A computer network consists of two or more PCs that are able to
communicate with each other. Through a network, multiple PCs can share
resources, such as printers, an Internet connection, or stored data. It costs
less to share resources than provide every PC with its own printer or
Internet connection.
You can also access a file located on other PCs in the network just as if the
file was located onyour own PC. For instance, from a PC upstairs, you may
want to listen to a large music file or view digital photos located on another
PC downstairs. You can keep the files for large applications on a system
with a larger drive capacity and then access those files with other PCs in the
network.
Components required to connect a PC to a network
To make your AnyPoint™Wireless II network function, you need three
components.
1A Wireless II network adapter for each PC
2A device driver and wireless settings
3An AnyPoint™Connectivity Suite CD
Your Wireless II network adapter
A network adapter is a hardware device that provides the connection
between your PC and the network. The adapter converts the data inside
your PC to a form that can be sent to other PCs. It connects externally to
your PC through the Universal Serial Bus (USB), or in the case of a laptop
PC, through a PC card.
Wireless adapters use radio waves as the means of connection, and transmit
data through the air just like a cordless telephone; no connecting wires
between PCs are necessary. The wireless adapter can communicate with all
PCs in the network as long as they are in close proximity to each other (up
to 300 feet). Keeping the adapters physically close to one another will
improve the speed of data transmission.
Device driver and wireless adapter settings
Your Wireless II adapter requires a device driver to function. The driver is
actually software code that specifically controls how the PC and the adapter
communicate with each other. The wireless adapter settings control how
your Wireless II adapter communicates with the other adapters in the
network. You cannot change the device driver software, but as you will
learn later in this chapter, you can change the adapter settings.

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The device driver and adapter settings are installed when you first set up
your AnyPoint™Wireless II Network using the Installation Guide.
The AnyPoint Connectivity Software Suite CD
The AnyPoint Connectivity Software Suite is on your CD. It contains
programs for your home and small business network. During network
installation, you install this software:
•Device driver for your network adapter
•AnyPoint Sharing and Mapping software
•AnyPoint Internet Sharing software (ISS)
•Firewall for Internet security
•Web site filtering for Parental Control
•The AnyPoint Connection Manager to manage your Wireless II
network
•Anypoint Extras for additional entertainment applications
For instructions to install the AnyPoint Connectivity Software Suite, see
"Install the AnyPoint software" on page 11.
How does my Wireless II adapter operate?
The network mode is one of the adapter settings you must enter during
installation. Wireless networks can operate in one of two modes:
1 Peer-to-Peer (sometimes called Ad Hoc)
2 Infrastructure
Peer-to-Peer mode
In the peer-to-peer mode, sometimes called ad-hoc mode, PCs transmit and
receive data directly with other PCs in the network using radio waves.
Coordination of data traffic between PCs is done automatically. The

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following figure shows PCs with Wireless II adapters in various rooms of a
house communicating directly with one another in peer-to-peer mode.
Infrastructure mode
In the Infrastructure mode, PCs transmit and receive data to and from a
gateway or an access point (AP). Many corporate networks use access
points, which serve as a communications hub for all PCs using 802.11b
wireless adapters to connect to a wireless or wired LAN. A residential
gateway can be used in home networks to connect to the Internet.
The following figures show examples of two types of Infrastructure
networks. The first illustration shows a wireless PC and a public access
point in an airport. These access points are sometimes called hotspots. The

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laptop with a PC card adapter is accessing the Internet by transmitting and
receiving data from the access point.
The second illustration shows how wireless PCs connect to a corporate
network through an access point. Laptops with wireless adapters can access
the resources on the wired network including the Internet and servers.
How do I use my Wireless II laptop in different
locations?
You can connect your laptop to potentially any network with 802.11b
technology. In your home, you can carry your laptop from room to room
and stay connected. You can take your laptop to your office, change a few
wireless adapter settings, and connect to your office network. And while at
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work, you can travel between your office, a conference room, and an
outdoor courtyard and remain connected to the work network and its
resources.
To easily connect to other networks, you can use the AnyPoint Connection
Manager software.
What is the AnyPoint Connection Manager?
The AnyPoint Connection Manager is asoftware tool that is available when
you install your AnyPoint Wireless II adapter. The basic job of the
AnyPoint Connection Manager is twofold:
•Edits Wireless settings - You can quickly edit your current Wireless II
settings of your adapter.
•Creates Profiles - You can save the Wireless II adapter and operating
system settings into a single network profile. The software lets you
create as many profiles as you wish, and switch between them at any
time.
Before you can perform these tasks, you need to understand three concepts:
1Wireless II adapter and operating system settings
2Profiles
3Network switching
What are Wireless II adapter and operating system
settings?
The wireless II adapter settings are wireless controls that the adapter
needs to communicate with the network. Within the standard 802.11b
technology, there are several settings as defined by Institute of Electrical
and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). To use your Wireless II laptop in
multiple networks, you need to change a few of these settings using the
AnyPoint Connection Manager Profile Manager tab (see "Profile Manager
tab" on page 38). The major settings include:
•Network ID Code (SSID) - This is the network identification code. All
devices that you are connecting to must have the same SSID to
communicate with each other.
•Mode - There are two operating transmission modes: Peer-to-Peer, or
Infrastructure. See page 3 in this chapter for more details.
•Encryption password- This is a security feature. The encryption
password is a unique feature of the AnyPoint software.Every AnyPoint
Wireless II adapter in the network must have the same encryption
password, which the AnyPoint software uses to automatically generate
the required 802.11b encryption keys.

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•Other settings - In some networks, you will be prompted to provide
other 802.11b settings.
The operating system settings define shared and mapped drives, printers,
browsers, TCP/IP (addressing) functions and standard windows operating
settings. You can also save these settings in network profiles using the
Profile Manager tab.
What is a profile?
Network profiles contain all the setting listed in the previous section. For
example, you can set up several network profiles —one for your AnyPoint
home network; another for your place of business, and yet another for
public access points. The AnyPoint Connection Manager software lets you
setup as many profiles as you need.
What is network switching?
The AnyPoint Connection Manager lets you easily witch between multiple
networks. When shutting down or starting your PC, you can select which
network profile to use. For more details, see "Using the AnyPoint
Connection Manager" on page 38.
What settings are switched in a network profile?
Each network profile contains the settings found in the Network Control
Panel, as well as a few others.
Wireless settings:
•All 802.11b settings including network ID code, mode, channel, and
encryption
Operating system settings:
•Microsoft Internet Explorer* (4.0 and later) proxy settings
•Network resource settings, such as file and printer sharing settings,
default printers, mapped drives (Windows 95 and Windows 98 only),
and shared folders
•Some TCP/IP settings (found on the network control panel’s TCP/IP
properties tab)
•Windows domain settings
•User name and Host name
•Software running at startup for the AnyPoint applications
Note: You rarely change profiles on your desktop PC, unless you
are adding an access point or gateway into your network. For a
laptop PC, you may add several profiles for use in several
networks.

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What is sharing and mapping?
The concept of sharing and mapping is actually a two-fold process that
allows two or more PCs to locate and use each other’s drives and printers as
if they were on one single PC. The two processes work together. The
AnyPoint Sharing and Mapping software allows you to first decide which
drives and printers on each PC are to be shared with the network. Then, the
software allows you to map to each shared drive and printer from each PC.
The sharing process lets you control the degree of access by setting the
share status for each of your drives and printers. For drives, you would
select either Shared-Full, Shared-Read Only or Not Shared. For printers,
you would select either Shared or Not Shared. Refer to "Share drives and
printers" on page 15 for a description of each type of share status. The
mapping process sets up a drive letter on your PC that points to each shared
drive on the other PC. You can even assign your own letters to a drive (if
they are not already used by the system).
D:
F:
D: Home Office
E: Joe's Room
F: Jane's Room
Printer
E:
Printer

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What is Internet Sharing Software (ISS)?
AnyPoint Internet Sharing Software (ISS) allows all of your PCs to share
one PC’s Internet connection. With AnyPoint Wireless II adapters, ISS is
available only in Peer-to Peer mode, when all PCs communicate directly
with each other. You merely set up the PC with the Internet connection as
an ISS server. You then set up the remaining PCs as ISS clients. The ISS
server PC directs data between the Internet and all PCs on the network.
Because each client PC connects to the Internet through the server, only the
server PC needs the actual physical connection to the Internet (see
"Connect to the Internet" on page 33). With the server on, any other PC in
the network has access to the Internet. Also, for connecting to virtual
private networks with Internet access, see "Connecting with Virtual Private
Network (VPN)" on page 37.
The ISS server also provides Internet security with Firewall and Web site
filtering.
What is a Firewall?
A Firewall helps prevent intruders (hackers) from breaking into your home
or office network. When your connection to the Internet is active, the
Firewall acts like a barrier to outside intrusion.
Note: If you are connecting to a network such as an access point
or a gateway, you cannot use ISS, the Firewall, and Web site
filtering. Refer to the documentation for the access point or
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Once you install the Firewall through your ISS server, it works silently to
protect your PC whenever the ISS server PC is operating.
The Firewall has four security levels: Trusting, Cautious, Nervous and
Paranoid. Inbound traffic is blocked according to the security level you
select. The more restrictive the security level, the more likely the Firewall
will block unsolicited inbound traffic. Paranoid is the most restrictive and
Trusting is the least restrictive. Refer to the section "Set up the Firewall" on
page 20 for more information.
What is Web site filtering?
The AnyPoint Connectivity Software Suite identifies and filters Web page
content in specified categories (such as pornography, hate speech, weapons,
drugs, and gambling). At home, you can set up Parental Control to block
undesirable Web pages from appearing on specific PCs on your network.
Refer to the section "Set up Parental Control" on page 23 to set up each PC
with different levels of Web access:
•Select the option Automatically filter Web sites to automatically filter
objectionable sites. You can add exceptions to the automatic option for
sites you wish to allow or filter.
•Select Allow these sites only to specify an acceptable list of Web sites
each PC can visit. You must click Configure and type the specific
HTTP sites you want to allow.
•Select No restrictions to disable Parental Control.
Web site filtering does not block chat programs, download sites, e-mail, or
news groups.
Guidelines for setting up your network
It is easy to set up your network, but you need to plan a little. Draw a
diagram showing the location of PCs and printer(s). Indicate the location of
data or printers you want to be available to everyone on the network and
other data or printers you do not want to be available to everyone. It is
important to identify the PC you will use for your shared Internet
connection. This is usually the PC with the fastest connection through your
modem (or cable).
Important: A Firewall provides protection against unauthorized
access by hackers, but you will still need additional software to help
protect you against computer viruses.

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Set Up the
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AnyPoint™Wireless II Network 2
Where do I begin?
See "What is a
network?" on
page 2.
There are four steps to successfully installing and configuring your
AnyPoint™Wireless II Network:
1Install the hardware and drivers and your 802.11b wireless settings.
Refer to the AnyPoint Wireless II Network Installation Guide (the
poster included with the adapter) for detailed, step-by-step instructions.
2Install the AnyPoint Connectivity Software Suite.
See "What is
sharing and
mapping?" on
page 8.
3Share drives and printers.
"Share drives and printers" on page 15 explains how to share your
network drives and printers for the first time.
See "What is
Internet Sharing
Software (ISS)?"
on page 9.
4Set up the Internet Sharing Software (ISS) server.
ISS also enables the Firewall and Parental Control features on the
AnyPoint Wireless II Network. See "Configure the Internet Sharing
Software (ISS) server" on page 18.
Install the AnyPoint software
Once you’ve installed the hardware and drivers using the Installation
Guide, you are ready to install the software using the setup program and the
instructions from this chapter. The setup program guides you through the
Important: If you already have BlackIce Defender* installed on your
system, you may want to choose between AnyPoint or BlackICE
Firewalls before installing your software. To help you decide, review
the table in the section"Set up the Firewall" on page 20.
Important: If you are upgrading your operating system, uninstall
your AnyPoint™software first, perform the upgrade, then install the
AnyPoint Software.
Important: (Windows* 2000 users) You will receive a screen
notifying you not to install the AnyPoint Wireless II Network unless
you log in to an account that has administrative rights.

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installation process. During installation, you will be making decisions that
will affect the way your network operates, so be sure to pay careful
attention to the screens.
1Insert the AnyPoint Connectivity Suite CD in the CD-ROM drive.
Using Windows Explorer, double-click the CD-ROM drive, then
double-click Setup to begin. The main presentation screen appears.
2Click Install. An installation summary screen appears. Click Next. The
license agreement screen appears.
See "Your
Wireless II
network adapter"
on page 2.
If Setup detects an incompatible network adapter already installed on
your PC, the More than one network adapter found screen appears. If
you receive this screen, refer to "Remove incompatible network
adapters" on page 53, which will show you how to resolve the adapter
conflict. If you do not receive this screen, go to the next step.
3Click I Accept or I decline the agreement. If you decline, the Setup
program exits. If you click Accept, the destination directory appears.
4Click Next to select the default directory. The PC name screen appears.
5Assign a name to the PC. Be sure to use a different name for each PC
on the network. Make a note of the Workgroup name. All PCs must use
the same Workgroup name.
The PC name
can have up to
15 characters,
including any
combination of
letters (A-Z),
numerals (0-9),
and dashes (-).
Important: If your ISP has named the PC, don’t change the PC’s
name.

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6When the summary screen appears, review your network configuration
choices carefully before you click Install. Once you install, you cannot
come back to this screen without reinstalling the software.
7You will be notified that your software installed successfully. Click OK.
The following screen helps you decide if you want to install the
AnyPoint Internet Sharing Software (ISS) for use with an Internet
Service Provider (ISP).
8Select one of the following options:
•I want to install AnyPoint Internet Sharing Software. Choose this
default option if you want to use the AnyPoint Internet Sharing
Software (ISS) to share Internet access with all PCs in your home
network. For more information on ISS, refer to "Connect to the
Internet using ISS" on page 33. If you choose this option, go to step 9.
•I do not want to share my Internet connection. Choose this option if
you use other software for Internet sharing, a Virtual Private Network
(VPN), a gateway or access point, or do not want AnyPoint™Internet
Sharing Service (you can always install it later). For installing to
VPN, refer also to "Connecting with Virtual Private Network (VPN)"
on page 37.
After you select one of the above options, click Next.
If you do not install the Internet Sharing Software, the install program
will skip the remaining ISS screens.
If you use other
software for Internet
sharing or you have
chosen not to have
Internet Sharing
Service, then click
here. Also, if you plan
to install a gateway,
an access point
device, or a Virtual
Private Network, do
not install Internet
Sharing Software.
Click here if you want
to install ISS on your
server PC.

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9A decision screen appears. Decide whether this PC is going to be the
ISS server or an ISS client, then click Install.
10 If this PC is the ISS server, type in a Parental Control password for Web
site filtering. If you don’t want a password, just click Next.
The password can be from 1-10 characters and is case-sensitive.
Therefore, PASSWORD, Password, and password would each be
considered unique. If you choose to create a password, no one can
make changes to the Parental Control settings unless they enter the
password when prompted.
Note: For most Internet Service Providers (ISPs), the Internet
connection is shared automatically when you install ISS. However,
some ISPs may require extra steps to work with ISS. Cable
modems and DSL may also require special steps (see "Internet
Service Provider Reference" on page 63 for more information).
ISS Server
The network can have only
one ISS server and it must be
set up and running (not
turned off) to share its
Internet connection with ISS
clients.
ISS Client
ISS clients can access the
Internet through the ISS
server PC.
Be sure to write
down the password
you enter. If you forget
the password later,
you will have to
uninstall and then
reinstall the AnyPoint
Connectivity Software
Suite to make any
changes to the
Parental Control
settings.

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11 Click Next then Finish. A confirmation screen appears notifying you
that your software has successfully installed. You will then be
prompted to restart the PC.
12 When your PC restarts, you are prompted to type a user name to log on
to the network.
Share drives and printers
See "What is
sharing and
mapping?" on
page 8.
The Sharing and Mapping Software lets you locate and use drives and
printers from several PCs as if they were on one single PC. The first time
you run the Setup program, the Sharing and Mapping Software runs
automatically (skip to step 2 below).
To share a drive:
1Click Start > Programs > Intel AnyPoint Network > Sharing and
Mapping Software
The Windows user name can be
different from the PC name you
typed when you installed the
AnyPoint Wireless II Network
software. You do not need to
have different user names at
each PC, but you can if you
wish.
Windows passwords are associated
with user names. If you don’t create a
password now, you are not prompted
to type your user name each time you
restart this PC. If you create a
password, you must type the same
password each time you log on to this
PC with this user name.
Important: Do
not click Cancel!
If you do, this PC
willnotconnect to
the network.
Note: At this point, your system includes a default network profile.
To view or edit those values, see "View and edit current settings
using the Wireless Control Panel tab" on page 39.
Important: Windows 2000 users should see "I have an insufficient
permissions error when running Windows 2000" on page 52.

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A decision screen asks if you want to set up your PC to share drives and
printers. Click Yes. An informational screen describing Sharing and
Mapping appears. Click Next to continue.
2In the Share Drives With Other PCs screen, right-click on any drive to
change the share status, selecting options from the menu. By default, all
drives, except floppy disk drives, are set up as Shared - Read Only.
3Click Next. The Share Printers with Other PCs screen appears.
If you don’t want others to use the drive, select Not Shared.
If you want others to see or copy the files and folders from the
shared drive, but not change, save, or delete them on the
shared drive, select Shared - Read Only.
If you want others to view, copy, change, save, or delete the
files and folders on the shared drive, select Shared - Full.
Printers are shared
by default. If you
don’t want to share
a printer, right-click
the printer in the list
and select Not
Shared.