D-Link DI-824VUP Router Manual PDF (Setup & Configuration Guide)

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Networking Basics

Checking the Wireless Connection by

Pinging in

W

indows XP

a

nd

2000

Checking the Wireless Connection by

Pinging in

W

indows Me a

nd

98

Go to

Start

>

Run

>

type

cmd

. A window

similar to this one

will appear. Type

ping

xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx

,

where

xxx

is the

IP

Address

of the

Wireless Router or

Access Point. A

good wireless

connection will show

four replies from the

Wireless Router or

Acess Point, as

shown.

Go to

Start

>

Run

> type

command

.

A window similar to

this will appear.

Type

ping

xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx

where

xxx

is the

IP

Address

of the

Wireless Router or

Access Point. A

good wireless

connection will

show four replies

from the wireless

router or access

point, as shown.

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87

Networking Basics

Adding and Sharing Printers in

Windows XP

After you have run the

Network Setup Wizard

on all the computers in your network

(please see the

Network Setup Wizard

section at the beginning of

Networking Basics

),

you can use the

Add Printer Wizard

to add or share a printer on your network.

Whether you want to add a

local printer

(a printer connected directly to one computer),

share an

LPR printer

(a printer connected to a print server), or share a

network printer

(a printer connected to your network through a Gateway/Router), use the

Add Printer

Wizard

. Please follow the directions below:

First, make sure that you have run the

Network Setup Wizard on all of the computers

on your network.

On the following pages, we will show you these 3 ways to use the

Add Printer Wizard:

1. Adding a local printer

2. Sharing an network printer

3. Sharing an LPR printer

For help with other tasks, that we have not covered here, in home or small office net-

working, see

Using the Shared Documents

folder and

Sharing files and folders

in

the

Help and Support Center

in Microsoft

Windows XP

.

(Other Networking Tasks)

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Networking Basics

Adding a local printer

(a printer connected directly to a computer)

A printer that is not shared on the network and is connected directly to one computer

is called a

local printer

.

If you do not need to share your printer on a network, follow

these directions to add the printer to one computer.

Go to

Start

> Printers

and Faxes

Click

on

Add a printer

.

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Networking Basics

Adding a local printer

Click

Next.

Select

Local printer

attached to this

computer

.

(Deselect

Automati-

cally detect and install

my Plug and Play

printer

if it has been

selected.)

Click

Select

Use the follow-

ing port:

From the pull-down menu

select the correct port

for your printer.

(Most computers use the

LPT1:

port,

as shown in the illustration.)

Click

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Networking Basics

Adding a local printer

Select and highlight

the

correct driver

for

your printer.

Click

(If the correct driver is

not displayed, insert the

CD or floppy disk that

came with your printer

and click

Have Disk

.)

At this screen, you can

change the name of the

printer (optional).

Click

Select

Yes

, to print a

test page.

A successful

printing will confirm that

you have chosen the

correct driver.

Click

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