NETGEAR WG511v2 user manual Netgear 54 Mbps Wireless

User Manual for the NETGEAR 54 Mbps Wireless PC Card WG511v2

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?
Note: Secure Internet sites such as banks and online merchants use encryption security built into browsers
like Internet Explorer and Netscape. Any wireless networking security features you implement are in addition
to those already in place on secure Internet sites.
Connect to the	1.	Activate my	1. An Internet service such as		To use your WG511v2 in
Internet over my					Infrastructure Mode, see “Basic
wireless		wireless link		cable modem or DSL.	Setup” on page 3-1, and locate
		and verify my	2.	A network with a wireless
network.					the section for your version of
		network		router or access point
					Windows.
		connection.		connected to the cable/DSL
	2.	Open an		modem.	To set up a Profile, see.
		Internet	3.	TCP/IP Internet networking	“Profiles” on page 4-3.
		browser such		software installed and	For TCP/IP See the Web link to
		as Internet		configured on your PC based
					“Internet Networking and TCP/IP
		Explorer or		on the requirements of the
					Addressing:” on page B-1.
		Netscape		Internet service provider
		Navigator.	4.	An Internet browser.
Exchange files	1.	Use the	1.	The computer that you are	For help with Windows
between a					networking software, see the
		Windows		using to connect to the
wirelessly					Learn More About TCP/IP
		Network		wireless network needs to be
connected					Internet reference at the end of
		Neighborhood		configured with:
computer and					this table.
		feature to		• Windows Client and File
other computers
		browse for		and Print Sharing	Windows Domain settings are
in a my
		computers in		• The same Windows	usually managed by corporate
combined
		the combined		Workgroup or Domain	computer support groups.
wireless and
		wireless and		settings as the other	Windows Workgroup settings
wired network.
		wired network.		Windows computers in the
					are commonly managed by
	2.	Browse the		combined wireless and
					individuals who want to set up
		hard drive of		wired network.
					small networks in their homes, or
		the target	2.	Any Windows networking
					small offices.
		computer in		security access rights such as
					For TCP/IP See the Web link to
		the network in		login user name/ password
					“Internet Networking and TCP/IP
		order to locate		that have been assigned in the
		the directory or		Windows network or to files	Addressing:” on page B-1.
		files you want		must be provided when	For assistance with setting up
		to work with.		Windows prompts for such	Windows networking, refer to the
	3.	Use the		information.	PC Networking Tutorial on the
		Windows	3. If so-called Windows ‘peer’		NETGEAR 54 Mbps Wireless
		Explorer copy		Workgroup networking is being	PC Card WG511v2 Resource
		and paste		used, the drive, file system	CD and the Help information
		functions to		directory, or file need to be	provided in the Windows system
		exchange files		enabled for sharing.	you are using.
		between the
		computers.
Chapter 2-4					Introduction

v2.2, December 2005