Gateway 1450 User Manual

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Chapter 11: Using a Wireless Ethernet Network
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Identifying this notebook on the network in 
Windows 2000
If this is the first time you have used networking on your notebook, you need 
to provide Windows with the name of your notebook and the workgroup to 
which it belongs.
To identify this notebook on the network:
1
Click 
Start
Settings
, then click 
Control Panel
.
 
The Control Panel window 
opens.
2
Double-click the 
Network
 icon. The Network dialog box opens.
3
Click the 
Identification
 tab.
4
Type a unique computer name in the 
Computer name
 box. This name 
identifies this notebook on the network.
5
Type the name of the workgroup this notebook belongs to in the 
Workgroup
 box. This name is usually assigned by the network 
administrator and identifies which group of computers this notebook is 
most likely to communicate with.