User manual NETGEAR MA111V2

[. . . ] User Manual for the NETGEAR 11 Mbps Wireless USB Adapter MA111 NETGEAR, Inc. 4500 Great America Parkway Santa Clara, CA 95054 USA 202-10032-01 Version v1. 0 June 2004 Technical Support Please refer to the support information card that shipped with your product. By registering your product at www. netgear. com/register, we can provide you with faster expert technical support and timely notices of product and software upgrades. Support Information Phone: 1-888-NETGEAR, for US & Canada only. [. . . ] The Default Key setting must match what is set in the access point and the other 802. 11 wireless devices. Configuration 202-10032-01 4-7 User Manual for the NETGEAR 11 Mbps Wireless USB Adapter MA111 4. d. Click the Profile tab and type a descriptive name in the "Profiles" field. All the configuration settings are saved in this profile. Click Close to exit the configuration utility. 5. Click Apply for the changes to take effect. How to Configure WPA Encryption Security Follow the steps below to configure WPA Encryption Security. Run the MA111 Configuration Utility. a. b. Make sure the MA111 software is installed and the MA111 is connected to your PC. Click the icon on the Windows desktop or in the system tray to open the Wireless Configuration Utility. 2. This is also called the Wireless Network Name. Note: You will not get a wireless network connection unless the network SSID matches exactly what is configured in the access point. Tip: You can select from the drop-down list of the available wireless networks and their SSIDs at your location. 3. c. On the Configuration tab, select the Enable Encryption check box. Note: The characters are case sensitive. Be sure to use the same passphrase for all the WPA wireless devices in the network. 4. Save your settings in a Profile. a. 4-8 202-10032-01 Click the Profile tab and type a descriptive name in the "Profiles" field. Configuration User Manual for the NETGEAR 11 Mbps Wireless USB Adapter MA111 b. All the configuration settings are saved in this profile. Click Close to exit the configuration utility. 5. Click Apply for the changes to take effect. Configuration 202-10032-01 4-9 User Manual for the NETGEAR 11 Mbps Wireless USB Adapter MA111 Statistics Page The Statistics page provides real time and historical trend information on the data traffic and performance of your wireless adapter. · · · · Transmit/Receive Performance (%): A real time graph identifying the total, receive, and transmit utilization as a percentage the total possible. Total/Receive/Transmit Graph: Identifies the trend of transmit/receive data communications over time. Transmit Kbits and Transmit Packets: Identifies transmit kilobits per second, and transmit packets per second (Tx Packets/s), total transmitted packets, and transmit errors. Receive Kbits and Receive Packets: Identifies receive kilobits per second, receive packets per second (Rx Packets/s), total received packets, and received errors. Advanced Settings Page The Advanced settings should not require adjustment. [. . . ] A technique by which several hosts share a single IP address for access to the Internet. NIC Network Interface Card. An adapter in a computer which provides connectivity to a network. packet A block of information sent over a network. A packet typically contains a source and destination network address, some protocol and length information, a block of data, and a checksum. Glossary 202-10032-01 3 User Manual for the NETGEAR 11 Mbps Wireless USB Adapter MA111 router A device that forwards data between networks. An IP router forwards data based on IP source and destination addresses. Routing Information Protocol RIP. [. . . ]