Gateway 600ygr Guía Del Usuario

Chapter 2: Getting Started

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You can use your notebook’s Ethernet jack for more than just networking. Many 
broadband Internet connections, such as cable modems and DSL modems, 
connect to your notebook’s Ethernet jack. For more information, see “Using 
the Internet” on page 71 and “Networking Your Computer” on page 189.

Your computer has one or more of the following ports: IEEE 1394 (also known 
as Firewire

®

 or i.Link

®

), Universal Serial Bus (USB), serial, and parallel. You use 

these ports to connect peripheral devices such as printers, scanners, and digital 
cameras to your computer. For more information about port locations, see 
“Checking Out Your Gateway 600” on page 1 and “Using the Gateway 600 Port 
Replicator” on page 259.

IEEE 1394 and USB ports support plug-and-play and hot swapping, which means 
that your computer will usually recognize such a device whenever you plug it 
into the appropriate port. When you use an IEEE 1394 or USB device for the 
first time, your computer will prompt you to install any software the device 
needs. After doing this, you can disconnect and reconnect the device at any 
time.

Parallel and serial port devices are not plug-and-play. See the device 
documentation for detailed information and installation instructions.

Before you install a printer, scanner, or other peripheral 
device, see the device documentation and installation 
instructions.

For more information about installing peripheral devices in 
Windows XP, click Start, then click Help and Support.

Type the keyword 

installing devices in the HelpSpot 

Search box 

, then click the arrow.