User manual NETGEAR WG111V2

[. . . ] User Manual for the NETGEAR 54 Mbps Wireless USB 2. 0 Adapter WG111 NETGEAR, Inc. 4500 Great America Parkway Santa Clara, CA 95054 USA 202-10026-01 Version 2. 0 May 2004 202-10026-01 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. [. . . ] For more information on WPA security, see "WPA Wireless Security" on page B-8. 4-10 202-10026-01 Configuration User Manual for the NETGEAR 54 Mbps Wireless USB 2. 0 Adapter WG111 Networks Page The Networks Page scans and displays all available wireless networks in your area. Figure 4-8: Networks page The following information is displayed for each network scanned: · Wireless Network Name (SSID): Wireless Network Name (SSID) is the name assigned to a wireless network. This is the same as the SSID or ESSID configuration parameter. Note that, as a security measure, some wireless access points do not broadcast their SSID. In such cases, the SSID field will be blank even though the rest of the information will still be displayed. Channel: The channel determines which operating frequency will be used. Authentication: Identifies whether the wireless network requires authentication. Encryption: Identifies whether the wireless network requires WEP or WPA-PSK security settings. Signal: Identifies the signal strength of the communications. MAC Address: Identifies the hardware address (MAC Address) of the wireless device broadcasting this information. · · · · · Configuration 202-10026-01 4-11 User Manual for the NETGEAR 54 Mbps Wireless USB 2. 0 Adapter WG111 · Mode: Identifies the type of wireless network -- Access Point (Infrastructure) or Computer-to-Computer (Ad Hoc). Statistics Page The Statistics page provides real time and historical trend information on the data traffic and performance of your wireless adapter. Figure 4-9: Statistics Page · Transmit/Receive Performance (%): A real time graph identifying the transmit, receive, or total utilization as a percentage the total possible. The Transmit, Receive, and Total (TxRx) radio buttons let you select whether to display the transmit performance, the receive performance, or the total of both in the same graph. Transmit Statistics: Identifies transmit megabits per second (Mbps), transmit packets per second (Tx Packets/s), total transmitted packets, and transmit errors. Receive Statistics: Identifies received megabits per second (Mbps), received packets per second (Rx Packets/s), total received packets, and received errors. · · 4-12 202-10026-01 Configuration User Manual for the NETGEAR 54 Mbps Wireless USB 2. 0 Adapter WG111 About Page The About page displays the current software version information: Figure 4-10: About page The following information is displayed in the About page: · Regional Domain: This is the region setting for the wireless adapter. The approved channels for this region are automatically scanned. Governments regulate the channels used for wireless transmission. Operating the wireless adapter in a different region may violate local laws. Driver Version: The wireless adapter driver version. Driver Date: The wireless adapter driver release date. MAC Address: The MAC address of this adapter. The Media Access Control address is a unique 48-bit hardware address assigned to every network interface card. Some wireless networks will restrict access based on a list of known MAC addresses. If you are communicating with such a network, you would have to provide the address shown here to the network administrator before you would be allowed to connect. Restricting access by MAC address adds an obstacle against unwanted access to your network. [. . . ] A protocol in which routers periodically exchange information with one another so that they can determine minimum distance paths between sources and destinations. router A device that forwards data between networks. An IP router forwards data based on IP source and destination addresses. SSID A Service Set Identification is a thirty-two character (maximum) alphanumeric key identifying a wireless local area network. For the wireless devices in a network to communicate with each other, all devices must be configured with the same SSID. This is typically the configuration parameter for a wireless adapter. [. . . ]