User manual NETGEAR WG511T

[. . . ] User Manual for the NETGEAR 108 Mbps Wireless PC Card 32-bit CardBus WG511T NETGEAR, Inc. 4500 Great America Parkway Santa Clara, CA 95054 USA Version v1. 0 August 2003 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. [. . . ] Save your settings in configuration profiles. The section below introduces these capabilities of the configuration utility. Using Configuration Profiles The WG511T configuration utility uses profiles to store all the configuration settings for a particular wireless network. You can store multiple profiles and recall the one which matches the network you want to join. Configuration 4-1 User Manual for the NETGEAR 108 Mbps Wireless PC Card 32-bit CardBus WG511T 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 Wireless Access Point Cable/DSL Router NETGEAR 54 Mbps Wireless PC Card WG511v3 in a Notebook Computer Cable or DSL modem Figure 4-1: WG511T Wireless PC Card connecting to a wireless access point. This section provides instructions for configuring the NETGEAR 108 Mbps Wireless PC Card 32-bit CardBus WG511T to connect to a wireless access point. 4-2 Configuration User Manual for the NETGEAR 108 Mbps Wireless PC Card 32-bit CardBus WG511T How to Configure an Infrastructure Mode Profile Follow the instructions below to configure an infrastructure mode profile for connecting to an access point. Run the WG511T Configuration Utility. a. b. Make sure the WG511T software is installed and the WG511T is fully inserted in an available CardBus slot in your PC. Open the configuration utility by clicking on the WG511T icon system tray. in the Windows Figure 4-2: Smart Wireless Settings page c. Click on the Settings tab to display the view shown above. In the Network Type section, be sure that Infrastructure is selected. 4-3 2. Configure the wireless Network settings. a. Configuration User Manual for the NETGEAR 108 Mbps Wireless PC Card 32-bit CardBus WG511T b. Enter the SSID. 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 click the Network tab to view a list of the available wireless networks and their SSIDs at the location where you are. 3. d. Type a descriptive name for the Profile in the "Profiles" field. Click Save Profile. All the configuration settings are saved in this profile. Click Close to exit the configuration utility or Cancel to return to the previous settings 4. Verify wireless connectivity to your network. Verify connectivity by using a browser such as Netscape or Internet Explorer to connect to the Internet, or check for file and printer access on your network. You can check the status bar in the configuration utility for the current connection status. Note: If you cannot connect, see the "Troubleshooting" on page 3-14. Also, for problems with accessing network resources, the Windows Client and File and Print Sharing software might not be installed and configured properly on your computers. [. . . ] 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. Glossary 3 User Manual for the NETGEAR 108 Mbps Wireless PC Card 32-bit CardBus WG511T 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. router A device that forwards data between networks. An IP router forwards data based on IP source and destination addresses. Routing Information Protocol RIP. [. . . ]