User manual BELKIN F5D5130-8

[. . . ] 5-and 8-Port 10/100 Network Switch Share your files and Internet connection network F5D5130-5 F5D5130-8 Table of Contents Introduction . . 7-9 Installing the Network Card Drivers . . 10 Installing Software to All PCs on Your Network . . 11 Configuring Your Computer Using Belkin NetSetup . [. . . ] The computer will now need to be restarted. Repeat these steps for the rest of the computers on your network. 19 Sharing Files and Peripherals Sharing Files and Peripherals To enable file sharing and access between network computers to hard drives, floppy drives, or CD-ROM drives, you must set sharing settings for each PC in the network. Belkin has simplified the sharing of files, peripherals, and internet connections by providing you with the Belkin NetShare Utility to set up your sharing options. From the Start menu, click Programs and select Belkin NetShare Utility to set up your sharing options. The following screen will appear: 20 Sharing Files and Peripherals 2. The Network Info tab allows you to change the name of the computer and the workgroup by clicking on the change buttons. Verify that the computer name and workgroup match what you entered in the Belkin NetSetup Software. If you press the File Sharing tab the following screen will appear: 21 Sharing Files and Peripherals 4. This screen will show you all the PC drives available for sharing with the entire network. To make a drive accessible to all PCs in your network, highlight the drive in the left-hand column and select Share. To stop sharing highlight the drive in the right hand column and click Stop Sharing. The drive(s) will appear in the left hand column. For advanced sharing options, highlight the shared drive you'd like to set sharing options to and click on the Properties button and the following screen will appear: 22 Sharing Files and Peripherals 7. On this screen you can share files on your computer as Read Only or Read/Write files. In addition, you can set passwords so only authorized users can change these settings. Click on the Printers tab and the following screen will appear: 23 Sharing Files and Peripherals 9. This screen will list all printers connected to your PC. Highlighting the printer you would like to share (or not share) and select the Sharing button the following screen will appear: 10. Select the preferred sharing option for this printer and click OK. Clicking on Connect to Network Printers will allow you to locate shared printers on your network. Once you have located the printer you want to share over the network, NetShare will automatically install printers from the host computer. 24 Accessing Resources on Other Computers Accessing Resources on Other Computers: 1. From the Start menu, go to Programs and select Belkin NetShare Utility. [. . . ] This completed the Home Networking Wizard, click Finish to have the Wizard make any of the changes. 41 Software Internet Connection Sharing with Multiple PCs Configuring client computers 1. Insert the Setup disk in the floppy drive of the client computer. From the Start menu go to Run and type, "A:\setup. exe" and click OK. The screen will look something like this: 2. [. . . ]