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Linksys Instant EtherFast® Series 6. If you want to assign access passwords, type the passwords into the Password boxes. 7. When you're done, click on the Apply button, followed by the OK button. Repeat steps 1-7 for any drive or folder you desire to share on the network. You have successfully enabled File Sharing on your PC. Your selected drives or folders can now be accessed by other network users. If a user tries to access one of your password-protected drives or folders, he or she will be asked for the appropriate Read-Only or Full-Access password. Continue on if you wish to share your PC's printer over the network. Enabling Printer Sharing Note: Any printer you 1. Double-click on the My Computer icon. wish to share from your PC must be phys- ically connected to 2. Double-click the Printers folder. A window of avail- your PC. able printers will appear. 3. Using your right mouse button, click once on the printer that you want to share with other users. Click on Sharing, followed by the Sharing tab. 4. Click on Share As. In the Share Name box, give a Note: Not all printers name to the printer you want to share. If you want to may be shared on the assign a password to the printer so that only certain network. Others may users can access it, type a password in the Password require special instructions. Refer to your box. printer's user guide or contact your printer 5. Click on the Apply button, followed by the OK but- manufacturer if you ton. Your printer(s) are now shared. think this may be the case with your printer. The Printer Sharing setup and installation is complete. Your printer can now be accessed by other network users. The printer's driver may have to be installed on other PCs. Consult your printer's documentation. 55 EtherFast® 10/100 LAN Cards Installing the Driver in Windows 95 Version A 1. Windows 95 will detect the EtherFast card and display a New Hardware Found window. 2. Slide the EtherFast Card Driver Disk into drive A. 3. Select Driver from disk provided by hardware manufacturer, then click OK. 4. When asked for the location of the files, type a:\ and click OK. If Windows 95 goes straight to the desktop, refer to the Troubleshooting section. 5. Windows 95 will copy the appropriate network drivers to your PC. If Windows 95 asks you to supply your original Windows 95 installation CDROM or setup files, enter the appropriate path for those files (e.g.: A:\, D:\WIN95, C:\WINDOWS\OPTIONS\CABS). 6. During the installation, windows may ask you for a computer and workgroup name. Once you have established computer and workgroup names, return here to continue with the installation. 7. After Windows 95 has completed copying the necessary files to your PC, it may ask you to restart your computer. Remove the floppy disk and click OK. The Windows 95 Version A driver installation is complete. Please continue on to Windows 95 Network Component Configuration section in the Windows 95 Installation and Setup chapter. Consult your Windows documentation for network configuration information if necessary. 56

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Linksys Instant EtherFast
®
Series
55
EtherFast
®
10/100 LAN Cards
Installing the Driver in Windows 95 Version A
1. Windows 95 will detect the EtherFast card and display a
New Hardware
Found
window.
2. Slide the
EtherFast Card Driver Disk
into drive A.
3. Select
Driver from disk provided by hardware manufacturer
, then click
OK
.
4. When asked for the location of the files, type
a:\
and click
OK
. If Windows
95 goes straight to the desktop, refer to the
Troubleshooting
section.
5. Windows 95 will copy the appropriate network drivers to your PC. If
Windows 95 asks you to supply your original Windows 95 installation CD-
ROM or setup files, enter the appropriate path for those files (e.g.:
A
:\,
D
:\
WIN
95,
C
:\
WINDOWS
\
OPTIONS
\
CABS
).
6. During the installation, windows may ask you for a computer and workgroup
name. Once you have established computer and workgroup names, return
here to continue with the installation.
7. After Windows 95 has completed copying the necessary files to your PC, it
may ask you to restart your computer. Remove the floppy disk and click
OK
.
The Windows 95 Version A driver installation is complete. Please continue
on to Windows 95 Network Component Configuration section in the
Windows 95 Installation and Setup chapter. Consult your Windows docu-
mentation for network configuration information if necessary.
6. If you want to assign access passwords, type the passwords into the Password
boxes.
7. When you're done, click on the
Apply
button, followed by the
OK
button.
Repeat steps 1-7 for any drive or folder you desire to share on the network.
You have successfully enabled File Sharing on your PC.Your selected
drives or folders can now be accessed by other network users. If a user tries
to access one of your password-protected drives or folders, he or she will
be asked for the appropriate Read-Only or Full-Access password.
Continue on if you wish to share your PC’s printer over the network.
Enabling Printer Sharing
1. Double-click on the
My Computer
icon.
2. Double-click the
Printers
folder. A window of avail-
able printers will appear.
3. Using your right mouse button, click once on the printer that you want to
share with other users. Click on
Sharing
, followed by the
Sharing
tab.
4. Click on
Share As
. In the Share Name box, give a
name to the printer you want to share. If you want to
assign a password to the printer so that only certain
users can access it, type a password in the Password
box.
5. Click on the
Apply
button, followed by the
OK
but-
ton. Your printer(s) are now shared.
The Printer Sharing setup and installation is complete.
Your printer can
now be accessed by other network users.The printer’s driver may have to
be installed on other PCs. Consult your printer’s documentation.
Note:
Not all printers
may be shared on the
network. Others may
require special instruc-
tions. Refer to your
printer’s user guide or
contact your printer
manufacturer if you
think this may be the
case with your printer.
Note:
Any printer you
wish to share from
your PC must be phys-
ically connected to
your PC.