Linksys FENSK05-CA User Guide - Page 10

File and Printer Sharing

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Linksys EtherFast® Series 4. If you'd like others to be able to access the files on your PC's hard drive, select I want to be able to give others access to my files. 5. If you'd like to share your printer with other users on the network, select I want to be able to allow others to print to my printer. 6. Click the OK button. File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks should now appear in the list of installed components. Note: If you do not enable File and Print Sharing, your PC will be invisible on the network and inaccessible to other users. 10/100 Network In a Box 8. Click on the Identification tab. Type the name of your computer in the Computer Name box. Choose a name that is unique from the other computer names on the network. 7. After ensuring that all of the listed network components are installed on your system, in the Primary Network Logon box select Client for Microsoft Networks . Note: Your Computer and Workgroup Names must both be fewer than 15 characters, and should only consist only of numbers and letters. 9. Type the name of your workgroup in the Workgroup box. The Workgroup name should be the same Workgroup Name in use by all of the other PCs on the network. Use the same Workgroup Name that is in use on your other computers for ease of use. Do NOT click OK when you are done. 10. Enter a description of your computer in the Computer Description box. This box is optional, and can be left blank. 14 15

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10/100 Network In a Box
15
Linksys EtherFast
®
Series
14
8.
Click on the
Identification
tab. Type the
name of your computer
in the
Computer Name
box. Choose a name that is unique from the other com-
puter names on the network.
9. Type the
name of your workgroup
in the
Workgroup
box. The
Workgroup name should be the same Workgroup Name in use by all of
the other PCs on the network. Use the same Workgroup Name that is in
use on your other computers for ease of use. Do
NOT
click
OK
when you
are done.
10. Enter a
description of your computer
in the
Computer Description
box.
This box is optional, and can be left blank.
4.
If you'd like others to be able to access the files on your PC's hard drive,
select
I want to be able to give others access to my files
.
5.
If you'd like to share your printer with other users on the network, select
I
want to be able to allow others to print to my printer
.
6. Click the
OK
button.
File and Printer Sharing
for Microsoft Networks
should now appear in
the list of installed components.
7.
After ensuring that all of the listed network components are installed on
your system, in the
Primary Network Logon
box select
Client for
Microsoft Networks
.
Note:
If you do not enable
File and Print Sharing, your
PC will be invisible on the
network and inaccessible
to other users.
Note:
Your
Computer and
Workgroup
Names must
both be fewer
than 15 charac-
ters, and should
only consist
only of numbers
and letters.