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SHARING DRIVES AND FOLDERS
To allow access to the resources on another
computer, ”File Sharing” must be enabled
on the computer you wish to access.
Enabling file sharing in Windows®98SE/Me
1. Click ”Start”, ”Settings”, ”Control
Panel” and double-click the
”Network” icon.
2. Click on the ”File and Printer Shar-
ing” button, then select ”I want to be
able to give others access to my
files” and click ”OK”. The same window
also allows you to enable printer shar-
ing.
3. After restarting, it will be possible to
right-click on drives and folders and
select ”Sharing”. You can then deter-
mine how access to the shared re-
sources will be administered.
Enabling file sharing in Windows®2000
1. Click ”Start”, ”Settings”. Double-click
on ”Network and Dial-Up Connec-
tions”. Double-click on the ”LAN Con-
nection” icon and click on
”Properties”.
2. Ensure that ”File and Printer Sharing
for Microsoft Networks” is selected.
NB: If the ”File and Printer Sharing” service
is not installed, install it. Do so as follows:
1. In the ”LAN Connection Properties”
window, click on ”Install”.
2. Double-click on ”Service” and then
select ”File and Printer Sharing…”.
Click ”OK”.
Enabling file sharing in Windows®XP
1. Right-click on the drive or folder you
wish to share on the network and select
”Sharing and Security”.
2. Select ”Share this Folder”, then click
”OK”.
NB: If you wish to share an entire drive, on
the ”Sharing” tab, click ”If you under-
stand the risk but still want to share
the root of the drive, click here”.
Using the Network
When the network is configured and work-
ing correctly, it is possible to access other
computers and their resources, e.g. to read
or copy the contents of hard disks and
drives, share printers, etc.
Wake on LAN
Your Sandberg Gigabit PCI supports Wake
on LAN, which enables you to start your
computer from another computer on
the network.
To use the Wake on LAN function, you must
know MAC address of your network card,
i.e. its physical address. The physical
address is unique to each individual
network card, and can be used to identify
each individual computer on a network. The
physical address is the one used for the
Wake on LAN function.
To find out the MAC address, launch a
command or DOS prompt and type the
following:
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