User manual BELKIN F5U004

[. . . ] Belkin USB Direct Connect Manual Table of Contents 1. Environmental Conditions Data Rate Operating Systems Power Consumption Dimensions LEDs Compliance 3. Network Topology 4. 0 Belkin USB Direct Connect Installation 4. 1. 1 Installation of USB Driver for Win 98 4. 1. 2 Installation of USB Driver for Win 95 4. 2. 0 Installation of Network Drivers 4. 3. 0 Sharing resources between computers 5. Setting Up Network Support Manually 5. 1. [. . . ] If you select `Advanced installation', the Windows 98/95 Network Control Panel will be launched and you will need to install the Belkin Direct Connect Network Adapter drivers manually. To install the Network adapters manually see Section 5. Click OK. 3. A window will appear asking for a Computer Name. The Computer Name that you assign should be unique for each computer (e. g. Computer 1, Computer 2, PC1, PC2, PC3, Jonathan, Winston, Majid, Chris, Melody, Justin, Derek or Ferdi). Type one in and click next. 4. A window will appear asking for a Workgroup name. Use only one Workgroup name for all computers( e. g. Home Computers , Office Computers or Tech Support ) . That is, the Workgroup name on all the computers should be exactly the same . Type one in and click Next. 5. A window will appear asking for a PC description. You can type anything on the computer description or you can just leave it blank . 6. A window will appear asking if you want to assign your own IP address. It is recommended that you choose `Yes'. If you choose 'Yes', proceed to the next step. You can choose to let Windows pick an IP address but this will lengthen the time it takes for your computer to boot. 7. Enter the IP address for this computer on in the four entry boxes. The first three should be the same for all computers. Click 'Continue'. 8. The network drivers for your computer will now be installed. There may be periods of inactivity up to ten seconds. You may be asked to insert your Windows 95/98 CD or for the location of your Windows 95/98 CAB files. When the driver installation is finished, you will be asked to reboot. Eject the driver diskette on Drive A then click 'Yes'. 9. After reboot your computer should be ready to go . 4. 3. 0 Sharing resources between computers After installing the services necessary for networking, you can share your resources between each computer e. g. Hard Drives and CD-ROMs, so the user can do file transfer. The following procedure outlines the steps on how to share Hard Drives (also applicable to CD-ROMs): 1) Double click on the MY COMPUTER Icon on your Desktop. 2) Left click on the hard drive available on your computer (e. g. On the pull down menu that appears, select Sharing. 3)A window like the one below will appear. Select `Shared As', Share name is `C', set the Access Type to `Full then click Apply. [. . . ] Make sure the edit box contains the name of your Floppy drive (typically A:). Click "OK" again in the last dialog box. After exiting the Network Configuration, Windows may also ask for the location of `KLNETSET. EXT', just type the path A:\win95 or A:\win98 then click OK. 5. 3. 2. Installing Client for Microsoft Networks If Client for Microsoft Networks is already in the installed component list from section 5. 1 (Determining Your Existing Configuration), go on to the next section. [. . . ]