NETGEAR Double 108 Mbps Wireless PC Card WG511U - Manual (Page 36)

User’s Manual for the NETGEAR Double 108 Mbps Wireless PC Card 32-bit CardBus WG511U
4-2 Netgear Smart Wireless Wizard
August 2004
For example, if you use your notebook PC to connect to a wireless network in an office and a
wireless network in your home, you can create a profile for each wireless network. Then, you can
easily load the profile that has all the configuration settings you need to join the network you are
using at the time.
There are two types of wireless network connections you can configure:
• Infrastructure Mode — uses the 802.11 infrastructure mode.
• Ad-hoc Mode — uses the 802.11 ad-hoc mode
For more information on 802.11 wireless network modes, see “Wireless Networking Overview”
on page B-1 of this manual.
Connecting to an Access Point in Infrastructure Mode
Figure 4-1: WG511U Wireless PC Card connecting to a wireless access point.
This section provides instructions for configuring the NETGEAR Double 108 Mbps Wireless PC
Card 32-bit CardBus WG511U to connect to a wireless access point.