How to set-up a computer network – Philips CPWBS154 User Manual

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How to set-up a computer network?

The next pages will show you an example of how to set-up a computer
network using the Philips ADSL Wireless Base Station.

Warning:

The ADSL Wireless Base Station only establishes a connection between
your wireless network devices. How you use this connection is up to you.

Setting-up a computer network is to be seen as an independent application
that requires networking software from other manufacturers.
For example, the networking software that has been incorporated in the
Windows Operating System by Microsoft.

Therefore, the description below is to be seen as an example only.

What is your Windows version?

WHAT IS YOUR WINDOWS VERSION?

1. Start setting-up your network with the computer that has the latest

operating system.The order of preference being: Windows XP,
Windows 2000, Windows Me, and finally Windows 98SE.

2. Use its Networking Setup Wizard and allow it to make a networking

setup diskette.

3. With this diskette, set-up your remaining computers.

For Windows XP and Windows 2000.
See further on in this chapter for Windows Me and Windows 98SE.

Click the Windows Start button, and click “Control Panel” from the list.

ENGLISH

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