Asus P5Q Computer Hardware User Manual


 
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4.3.9 ASUS AI Direct Link
ASUS AI Direct Link allows you to form a computer-to-computer network via a
network cable to share les with high transfer rate. You must rst connect two
computers (at least one of them is ASUS product) using a network cable, and then
install the utility to both computers to avail the AI Direct Link feature.
Turn off your rewall software other than Windows Firewall before launching
AI Direct Link.
The transfer rate is limited if you use a 10/100 LAN card.
Using AI Direct Link
To enable the incoming folder:
1. From the Windows
®
taskbar, right click on the AI Direct Link icon and
select
Incoming folder > Enable incoming folder
.
2. If you want to verify the incoming
user, select
Use my account
and
set your username and password.
Otherwise, select
Use public
account
.
For security’s sake, it is
recommended that you set a
username and password.
3. Click
OK
and the “Ready for incoming” message
appears.
To disable the incoming folder, select
Incoming
folder > Disable incoming folder
.
For Windows XP Home
edition users, click Steps of
enabling le sharing on this
pop-up message and follow
the instructions to enable the
incoming folder.