NETGEAR WPN111 On n e ct to a E n tify th e Wire le ss n e twork, Wire le ss n etwork, Twork

User Manual for the NETGEAR RangeMax™ Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter WPN111

Table 2-1.	A Road Map for How to Get There From Here
If I Want To?	What Do I Do?			What’s Needed?				How Do I?
C on n e ct to a	1 .	I d e n tify th e		1 .	A	wire le ss n e twork		To se t u p th e W P N 1 1 1 , se e
wire le ss								C h a p te r 3 , “B a sic S e tu p ” a n d
		wire le ss n etwork		2 .	A	P C with in th e op e ra tin g
n e twork								follow th e in stru ction s p rovid e d .
		n a m e (S S I D ) a n d ,			ra n ge of th e wire le ss
		if u sed , th e			n e twork . F or gu id e lin e s			To le a rn a b ou t wire le ss
		wire le ss se cu rity			a b ou t th e ra n ge of
								n etworkin g te ch n ology, se e
		se ttin gs .			wire le ss n e tworks, se e
								“W irele ss N e tworkin g O ve rview”
	2 .	S et u p th e			“O b se rvin g L oca tion a n d
								on p a ge B -1for a ge n e ra l
		N E T G E A R			R a n ge G u id e lin e s” on
								in trod u ction . 
		R a n ge M a x™			p a ge 3 -2 .
		W ire less U S B 2 . 0
		A d a p te r W P N 1 1 1
		with	th e se ttin gs
		from	ste p 1 .
P rote ct m y	1 .	A ssu re th a t th e		1 .	A	wire le ss n e twork with		To le a rn a b ou t wire le ss
wire le ss								n etworkin g se cu rity, se e “W E P
		wire le ss n etwork			a u th e n tica tion a n d W E P
con n e ction from								A u th e n tica tion ” on p a ge B -7 .
		h a s se cu rity			en cryp tion en a b le d .
sn oop in g,
		fe a tu re s e n a b le d .		2 .	W ire le ss n e tworkin g
h a ckin g, or								To u se W E P se cu rity fe a tu re s,
	2 .	C on figu re m y			e qu ip m e n t th a t su p p orts
in form a tion								se e “E n a b lin g W ire le ss S e cu rity
		W P N 1 1 1 with th e			W E P e n cryp tion , su ch		a s
th eft.								F ea tu re s” on p a ge 4 -7 a n d
		se cu rity se ttin gs of			th e W P N 1 1 1 a n d a ll
								con figu re you r W P N 1 1 1
		th e wire le ss			N E T G E A R wire le ss
								a ccord in gly.
		n e twork .			n e tworkin g p rod u cts .
	3 .	U se W in d ows
		se cu rity fe a tu re s .
Note: S e cu re I n te rn e t site s su ch a s b a n ks a n d						on lin e m e rch a n ts u se e n cryp tion se cu rity b u ilt in to b rowse rs
like I n te rn e t E xp lore r a n d			N e tsca p e . A n y wire le ss n e tworkin g secu rity fea tu re s y ou m igh t im p le m e n t a re in
a d d ition to th ose a lre a d y in p la ce on se cu re I n te rn e t site s .

I n trod u ction 2 -3

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