Gateway 200ARC Guía Del Usuario
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Contents
Section A Networking Basics
Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, or Gigabit Ethernet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Example wired Ethernet network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Equipment you need for a wired Ethernet network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Setting up a wired Ethernet network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Example wired Ethernet network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Equipment you need for a wired Ethernet network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Setting up a wired Ethernet network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Wireless Ethernet speed and frequency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Example access point wireless Ethernet network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Equipment you need for an access point wireless Ethernet network . . . . . . . 12
Setting up an access point wireless Ethernet network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Example peer-to-peer wireless Ethernet network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Equipment you need for a peer-to-peer wireless Ethernet network . . . . . . . . 15
Setting up a peer-to-peer wireless Ethernet network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Example access point wireless Ethernet network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Equipment you need for an access point wireless Ethernet network . . . . . . . 12
Setting up an access point wireless Ethernet network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Example peer-to-peer wireless Ethernet network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Equipment you need for a peer-to-peer wireless Ethernet network . . . . . . . . 15
Setting up a peer-to-peer wireless Ethernet network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Section B Wired Ethernet Networking
Determining if your computer has wired Ethernet already installed . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Installing Ethernet cards and drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Setting up the hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Installing Ethernet cards and drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Setting up the hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Setting up a peer-to-peer wired Ethernet network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Setting up a network using a hub or switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Setting up a network using a router and optional hub or switch . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Setting up a network using a hub or switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Setting up a network using a router and optional hub or switch . . . . . . . . . . . 25