NETGEAR user manual Chapter Introduction, About the WG111U

User’s Manual for the NETGEAR Super AG Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter WG111U

Chapter 2

Introduction

This chapter introduces the features, package contents, and appearance of the NETGEAR Super AG Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter WG111U.

About the WG111U

The NETGEAR Super AG Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter WG111U gives you ultimate mobility in your office or while you are traveling. It frees you from traditional Ethernet wiring and helps you create a wireless network for sharing your broadband Internet access among multiple PCs in and around your home. The WG111U is designed for PC computers running Microsoft® Windows®. It is a USB 2.0 device and is backwards compatible with USB 1.1 ports.

Its auto-sensing capability allows high packet transfer at up to 108 Mbps for maximum throughput or dynamic range shifting to lower speeds due to distance or operating limitations in an environment with a lot of electromagnetic interference.

The WG111U provides reliable, standards-based 802.11a/b/g wireless connectivity that is protected with the strongest industry-standard WPA and WEP security. In addition, it offers the fast 54 Mbps speeds of the 802.11a and 802.11g standards. It works with Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows ME, and Windows 98SE operating systems.

When used with a router that supports the NETGEAR Super AG technology such as the Super AG Wireless Firewall Router WGU624, the WG111U can provide:

•802.11a standards-based wireless networking at up to 108 Mbps

•802.11g standards-based wireless networking at up to 108 Mbps

Note: The WG111U Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter can be operated in either 802.11a mode or 802.11 g mode, but not both modes at the same time. See “802.11a and 802.11b/g Wireless Networking” on page 2-2and “Comparing the 802.11a, 802.11b, and 802.11g Modes” on page 2-3for more information.

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