NETGEAR WPN311 - Manual (Page 13)

User Manual for the NETGEAR RangeMax™ Wireless PCI Adapter WPN311
I n trod u ction C h a p te r 2 -3
A Road Map for ‘How to Get There From Here’
The introduction and adoption of any new technology can be a difficult process. Wireless
technology has removed one of the barriers to networking—running wires. It allows more people
to try networking, while at the same time exposes them to the inherent complexity of networking.
General networking concepts, set up, and maintenance can be difficult to understand. In addition,
wireless technology adds issues such as range, interference, signal quality, and security to the
picture.
To help overcome potential barriers to successfully using wireless networks, the table below
identifies how to accomplish such things as connecting to a wireless network, assuring appropriate
security measures are taken, browsing the Internet through your wireless connection, exchanging
files with other computers and using printers in the combined wireless and wired network.
Table 2-1. A Road Map for How to Get There From Here
If I Want To ... ? What Do I Do? What’s Needed? How Do I?
C on n e ct to a
wire le ss
n e twork
1 . I d e n tify th e
wire le ss
n e twork n a m e
( S S I D ) a n d , if
u se d , th e
wire le ss
se cu rity
se ttin gs.
2 . S e t u p th e
N E T G E A R
R a n ge M a x™
W ire le ss P C I
A d a p te r
W P N 3 1 1 with
th e se ttin gs
from ste p 1 .
1 . A wire le ss n e twork
2 . A d e sktop P C with in th e
op e ra tin g ra n ge of th e wire le ss
n e twork. F or gu id e lin e s a b ou t
th e ra n ge of 8 02 . 1 1 b /g
wire le ss n e tworks, p le a se se e
“O b se rve L oca tion a n d R a n ge
G u id e lin e s” on p a ge 3 -2
.
To se t u p th e W P N 3 1 1 , se e
C h a p te r 3 , “B a sic S e tu p ” a n d
follow th e in stru ction s p rovid e d .
To le a rn a b ou t wire le ss
n e tworkin g te ch n ology, se e
A p p e n d ix B , “W ire le ss
N e tworkin g B a sics”
for a ge n e ra l
in trod u ction .