D Link DI524G2 Wireless Router User Manual 4
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Please follow all the instructions in this window:
Networking Basics
Click Next
In the following window, select the best description of your computer. If your computer
connects to the internet through a gateway/router, select the second option as shown.
Click Next
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Enter a Computer description and a Computer name (optional.)
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Click Next
Enter a Workgroup name. All computers on your network should have the same
Workgroup name.
Click Next
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Please wait while the Network Setup Wizard applies the changes.
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When the changes are complete, click Next.
Please wait while the Network Setup Wizard congures the computer.
This may take a few minutes.
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In the window below, select the option that ts your needs. In this example, Create
a Network Setup Disk has been selected. You will run this disk on each of the
computers on your network. Click Next.
Insert a disk into the Floppy Disk Drive, in this case drive A.
Click Next.
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Please read the information under Here’s how in the screen below. After you complete
the Network Setup Wizard you will use the Network Setup Disk to run the Network
Setup Wizard once on each of the computers on your network. To continue click Next.
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Please read the information on this screen, then click Finish to complete the
Network Setup Wizard.
The new settings will take effect when you restart the computer. Click Yes to restart
the computer.
You have completed conguring this computer. Next, you will need to run the Network
Setup Disk on all the other computers on your network. After running the Network
Setup Disk on all your computers, your new wireless network will be ready to use.
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Naming your Computer
To name your computer, please follow these directions:In Windows XP:
Click Start (in the lower left corner of the screen)
Right-click on My Computer
Select Properties and click
Select the Computer
Name Tab in the System
Properties window.
You may enter a
Computer Description
if you wish; this eld is
optional.
To rename the computer
and join a domain, Click
Change.
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Naming your Computer
In this window, enter the
Computer name
Select Workgroup and enter
the name of the Workgroup
All computers on your
network must have the same
Workgroup name.
Click OK
Checking the IP Address in Windows XP
The wireless adapter-equipped computers in your network must be in the same IP Ad-
dress range (see Getting Started in this manual for a denition of IP Address Range.)
To check on the IP Address of the adapter, please do the following:
Right-click on
the Local Area
Connection icon
in the task bar
Click on Status
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Checking the IP Address in Windows XP
This window will appear.
Click the
Support tab
Click Close
Assigning a Static IP Address in Windows XP/2000
Note: Residential Gateways/Broadband Routers will automatically assign IP Addresses
to the computers on the network, using DHCP (Dynamic Host Conguration Protocol)
technology. If you are using a DHCP-capable Gateway/Router you will not need to
assign Static IP Addresses.
If you are not using a DHCP capable Gateway/Router, or you need to assign a Static
IP Address, please follow these instructions:
Go to Start
Double-click on
Control Panel
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Networking Basics
Assigning a Static IP Address in Windows XP/2000
Double-click
on Network
Connections
Double-click on
Properties
Right-click on Local Area
Connections