Hi Jean,
Don can help a lot more with this so he will elaborate I'm sure. I'm just now getting into all of this myself but I know that in addition to the wireless card for the mpower, you'll need a wireless router which hooks up to the network card on one of your pcs. As I said in a previous message we're all hooked up to the internet, but figuring out this file sharing among computers has my head spinning at the moment. Good luck to you as we plunge into new deptths here. Pam On Wed, 31 Aug 2005 10:37:24 -0600, you wrote: >Hello Don > >Can you please explain a bit more about a Network connection with >Windows XP? I've been a happy mPower user for almost a week and haven't >quite got the nerve to try connecting to the PC yet. Are you saying >that Windows XP Home already has networking software? If that's the >case, then all I would need is a wireless card for the BN? Or can this >also be done with the USB cable? Of course I'd rather go wireless, but >I'll work with what's already here first. > >I've read the chapter on connections, etc., but I just want a bit of >clarification on what Windows XP already has for connectivity software >before I go further and maybe buy what I don't need. > >So far I'm very impressed with the mPower. > >Jean > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Don Bishop" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected]> >Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2005 12:57 PM >Subject: Re: [Braillenote] I'm psyched all over again > > >> Hi Pam, >> >> That's great about going for the braille display. The display on the >> MPower is really good and I don't think you'll regret the extra money. >> >> As for transferring files, there are two basic ways you can do that. >> One is to install a program on your pc which will most likely be on >> the CD you receive with >> your MPower. It's actually a program from IBM called activesync and >> allows for the transfer of files among other things. >> >> The other way is to get a connection to your pc over a network such as >> through an ethernet or wireless ethernet card. With this method you >> really don't need >> any external programs on your pc except for the network connectivity >> which you undoubtedly already have, especially if you're running xp. >> >> You just establish the connection over the network and then you use >> the file manager on the braillenote to move files to or from the >> braillenote from the pc. >> >> If you take the activesync approach, you would perform the file >> transfers from the pc side of the connection. >> >> This is a brief and somewhat incomplete explanation, but maybe it will >> give you an idea of how it all blends together. >> >> Don >> >> >> >> >> >> ___ >> To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit >> http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote >> >> > > > >___ >To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit >http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote
