User manual SIEMENS A31008-M1029-B101-1-7643

[. . . ] 15 15 18 19 20 21 24 24 26 27 29 32 37 37 40 40 41 44 46 Using released files and printers . 50 50 53 55 58 58 58 61 63 63 1 Contents Accessing released drives or folders from your PC . 95 2 Introduction Introduction This document provides a number of example applications for the use of Siemens Gigaset devices for local networks. It describes the most frequently used of the variety of options that these Siemens products offer you. [. . . ] You will now see the released resources on that PC. ì Left click the resource you want to hook on. ì Open the pop-up menu with the right-hand mouse button and select Map network drive. ì Select the drive name under which the remote drive is to be hooked on to your PC. The next free drive will be prompted. If you select the option Reconnect at logon, Windows will hook the drive on every time you start your PC, provided the remote PC is running. can access the files as if they were on your own PC. ì Now open the desktop. You 68 Using released files and printers Accessing released printers from your PC If there is a printer on your local network and it has been released, you can use it to print out your data. This can be done as follows: ì Open the printer manager with Start ­ Settings ­ Printers. ì ì ì ì Double-click the Add printer icon. Click Next again. 69 Using released files and printers ì Enter the name under which the printer was released for the network. To do this ì Select the printer you want and click OK. click Browse. This will open a screen in which you can search the network environment for the printer. ì The printer will now be displayed. Click Next. 70 Using released files and printers ì Now enter a name for the printer on your PC. ì Click Next. This will show you whether the printer is functioning properly on the network. ì Click Finish. Insert the CD and click OK. ì Once the driver files have been successfully installed, a test page will be printed. ì The newly installed printer will now appear in the printer list and can be used just like a local printer. 71 Defining IP addresses Defining IP addresses The IP address is used for the unique identification of a network component. In many cases the IP addresses are defined as dynamic and so can change every time you log in to the network. For some applications however you have to make sure that the PCs always have the same IP address. If you opted for automatic assignment of IP addresses during installation, you can change this via the PC network configuration. Network configuration differs depending on the Windows operating system you are using. Below you will find the procedure for Windows 98 from page 73, for Windows XP from page 77 and for Windows 2000 from page 80. Private IP addresses You can determine your own private IP addresses for the PCs in your local network. To do this use addresses from an address block reserved for private use. This is the address block 192. 168. 0. 0 ­ 192. 168. 255. 254 Example: PC 1: 192. 168. 15. 1 PC 2: 192. 168. 15. 2 etc. This means that the first three address segments for all network components (including the router) must be identical. u Correct is e. g. : Router address: 192. 168. 2. 1 PC 1: 192. 168. 2. 12 PC 2: 192. 168. 2. 60 . . . u Incorrect would be e. [. . . ] WAN Wide Area Network A WAN is a network that is not restricted to one particular area, such as the Internet. A WAN is run by one or more public providers to enable private access. WEP Wired Equivalent Privacy WEP is a security protocol defined in the IEEE 802. 11 standard. It is used to protect wireless transmissions in a WLAN against unauthorised access through Encryption of the data transmitted. [. . . ]