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 You
are invited to use the Cass County Public Library wireless network using
your own wireless-enabled laptop computer. Free access is provided in all
branches and at all times the libraries are open. Simply ask a librarian
for a temporary username and password, launch your browser, enter the
username and password, and begin surfing immediately.
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Hardware Requirements
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- You will need a WiFi-compliant 802.11b
or 802.11g wireless Ethernet device installed in your laptop or a laptop with
built-in WiFi capability.
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Software Requirements
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- Use a web browser, such as Microsoft
Internet Explorer or Netscape.
- Set your TCP client software to obtain
addresses automatically from a server.
Install and configure TCP/IP software by
opening the Network icon in the Control Panel. Under Protocol settings,
add TCP/IP. Set the IP address to obtain an IP address automatically.
Leave all other fields blank. Restart the laptop for the changes to take
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Troubleshooting Windows
NT, XP, and Windows 2000 Systems
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- First,
go to your start button, go up to settings, then to Control Panel
- Now
double click the Network Connections icon
- Each icon is a connection on
the PC, one of the connections should say wireless either in bold or
grayed out below the name of the connection.
- Right click this icon, make
sure that it is enabled. To do this it should either say Disable or
Enable when you right click the icon. If it says Disable the
connection is enabled, likewise if it says Enable the connection is
disabled and you will need to left click on the word Enable.
- If the connection was disabled
minimize this window and try to connect to the Internet, if the
connection was enabled or enabling the connection did not solve the
problem continue on to the next step.
- Right
click the wireless icon and go down where it says repair and left
click the word Repair. After clicking this it should automate trying
to flush the DNS and try to get a new IP address.
If our previous options did not
solve the issue right click each of the icons that are not the wireless
icon and click Disable. If
the icon says Enable when you right click just leave it alone. Again try
to log on to the Internet and see if this fixed the problem .
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Troubleshooting Windows 95
and Windows 98 Systems
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- Go to Start, Run and type: WINIPCFG.
Click OK. The IP configuration window will appear.
- Click on the More Info button.
If you are having an IP conflict, click on the Release All button to
release the current IP and then click on the Renew All button.
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Troubleshooting Apple
Macintosh Powerbooks or iBooks
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- Your laptop must have the MacTCP Control
Panel installed. This control panel comes with recent versions of the
system software and should be pre-installed.
- If you have other MacTCP configurations
that you would like to save, MacTCP Switcher is a useful utility for
storing several set-ups.
- To configure your MacTCP, choose to
Connect via Ethernet.
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Limitations and
Disclaimers
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- The Library's wireless network is not
secure. Information sent from or to your laptop can be captured by
anyone else with a wireless device and the appropriate software,
within three hundred feet.
- Library staff is not able to provide
technical assistance and no guarantee can be provided that you will be
able to make a wireless connection.
- The Library assumes no responsibility
for the safety of equipment or for laptop configurations, security, or
data files resulting from connection to the Library's network.
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