NETGEAR MA311 - Manual (Page 3)

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CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................... 1
FEATURES AND BENEFITS ...........................................................................................................1
APPLICATIONS ...............................................................................................................................1
RELATED NETGEAR PRODUCTS .................................................................................................2
CHAPTER 2: INSTALLING THE DRIVERS AND UTILITY FOR WINDOWS 98, ME, 2000, AND
XP...................................................................................................................................... 3
CHAPTER 3: HARDWARE INSTALLATION..................................................................... 7
PACKAGE CONTENTS ...................................................................................................................2
HARDWARE DESCRIPTION............................................. ERROR! BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED.
INSTALLING THE WIRELESS PCI ADAPTER ...............................................................................7
CHAPTER 4: VERIFYING DRIVER INSTALLATION ........................................................ 8
Verifying Driver Installation under Windows 98 ............................................................................8
Verifying Driver Installation under Windows Me ...........................................................................8
Verifying Driver Installation under Windows 2000 ........................................................................8
Verifying Driver Installation under Windows XP ...........................................................................8
CHAPTER 5: INSTALLING THE DRIVERS AND UTILITY FOR WINDOWS NT............. 10
Installing Drivers Software for Windows NT ...............................................................................10
Verifying Driver Installation .........................................................................................................11
CHAPTER 6: WIRELESS LAN CONFIGURATION ......................................................... 15
WLAN CONFIGURATION UTILITY ...............................................................................................15
System Tray Applications (for all Windows users) .....................................................................17
WLAN Utility Parameter Modification .........................................................................................18
Profile..........................................................................................................................................19
Security (WEP) ...........................................................................................................................21
ADAPTER PROPERTIES CONFIGURATION...............................................................................24
Device Properties Page ..............................................................................................................24
Device Properties Modification ...................................................................................................25
CHAPTER 7: WIRELESS NETWORK FUNDAMENTALS .............................................. 27
WIRELESS NETWORK CONFIGURATION ..................................................................................27
Ad-hoc Mode (Peer-to-Peer Workgroup)....................................................................................27
Infrastructure Mode.....................................................................................................................27
SERVICE SET IDENTIFICATION (SSID) ......................................................................................28
AUTHENTICATION AND WEP ENCRYPTION .............................................................................28
WIRELESS CHANNEL SELECTION .............................................................................................29
APPENDIX A: HARDWARE SPECIFICATIONS ............................................................. 30