Gateway LT 1000 User Manual

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Sharing resourceswww.gateway.com39■ Run the New Connection Wizard■ Make sure that your access point is plugged in and compare the status lightson the front of the access point with the patterns described in the access pointdocumentation■ Temporarily turn off any firewall software on your computer■ Turn off all of the devices, then turn them back on■ Contact your Internet service providerSharing resourcesWith a network, you can share your Internet connection, drives, and printers.Sharing drives and printersImportantTo share a printer among the networkcomputers, each computer must have theshared printer’s drivers installed. Followthe instructions included with yourprinter to install the printer drivers oneach computer.With a network, you can share drives (for example hard drives and DVD drives)and printers among the computers connected to the network.After the drives and printers on each network computer are shared, you can accessthem as though they were attached directly to your computer. Then you can:■ View a network drive■ Open and copy files stored on other network computers■ Print documents on network printersSharing drives or foldersIf you want to share a drive or folder, use the following instructions.To share drives or folders:1 In My Computer or Windows Explorer, right-click the drive or folder thatyou want to share, then click Sharing and Security. The folder propertiesdialog box opens.If you share a drive, the entire contents of that drive will be available toeveryone on your network. If you share a folder, only the contents of thatfolder will be available to everyone on the network.