NETGEAR WG511v2 user manual About

User Manual for the NETGEAR 54 Mbps Wireless PC Card WG511v2

•Receive Statistics: Identifies receive megabits per second (Mbps), receive packets per second (Rx Packets/s), total received packets, and reception errors.

About Page

The About page displays the current software version information.

Figure 4-14

The following information is displayed in the About page:

•Regional Domain: This is the region setting for the wireless adapter. The approved channels for the 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.

•Firmware Version: The wireless adapter firmware version.

•Driver Date: The wireless adapter driver release date.

•MAC Address: The MAC address of the 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. However, unless you use data encryption security, the data broadcast over the wireless link is fully exposed.

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v2.2, December 2005