User manual LINKSYS WGA54G

[. . . ] Instant Wireless® Series Wireless-G Game Adapter Use this guide to install: WGA54G User Guide COPYRIGHT & TRADEMARKS Specifications are subject to change without notice. Copyright © 2003 Linksys, All Rights Reserved. Instant Wireless, Linksys, and the Linksys logo are registered trademarks of Linksys Group, Inc. Microsoft, Windows, and the Windows logo are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. [. . . ] Network Type - Choose the Game Adapter's wireless operating mode here. Keep the default setting, Infrastructure, if you want your wirelessequipped device to communicate with computers and other devices on your wired network using a wireless access point. Select Ad-Hoc button if you want multiple wireless-equipped devices to communicate directly with each other, such as when playing head-to-head. If you chose Ad-Hoc mode, then select the correct operating channel for your network in the Channel drop-down menu. The channel you choose should match the channel set on the other devices in your wireless network. · · · Figure 7-2 The Utility provides a convenient, web-browser-based way to alter the Game Adapter's settings. It offers five main tabs: · · Setup - Enables you to configure the IP address and wireless settings. Advanced - Lets you change the advanced wired and wireless settings, clone a MAC address onto the Game Adapter, change the password, and restore default settings. Help - Provides explanations of various configuration settings and links to online technical support resources. · WEP - To enable WEP encryption, click the Enable radio button. You should always employ WEP to increase wireless network security. Then click the WEP Key Settings button to configure the WEP settings. To disable WEP encryption, keep the default, Disable. · 20 21 Instant Wireless® Series An acronym for Wired Equivalent Privacy, WEP is an encryption method used to protect your wireless data communications. WEP uses 64-bit or 128-bit keys to provide access control to your network and encryption security for every data transmission. To decode a data transmission, each device in a network must use an identical WEP key. Higher encryption levels offer higher levels of security, but due to the complexity of the encryption, they may decrease network performance. The wireless networks available to the Game Adapter are listed below. Detailed information about the networks is listed on each line. This information includes SSID, MAC Address, Channel, Signal Strength (as a percentage), and Mode. To join a wireless network, click the radio button next to the SSID. MAC Address - The MAC address of the network's access point. Signal Strength (%) - The percentage of wireless signal strength. Mode - The type of wireless standard, network mode, and status of WEP encryption. Wireless-G Ethernet Bridge · · · · Figure 7-3 Note: You may have to refresh this page to see any new settings. [. . . ] Software tells the hardware how to process the data. SSID (Service Set IDentifier) - A unique name shared among all points in a wireless network. The SSID must be identical for each point in the wireless network and is case-sensitive. Subnet Mask - The method used for splitting IP networks into a series of subgroups, or subnets. [. . . ]