NETGEAR WG511U user manual Netgear Double

User’s Manual for the NETGEAR Double 108 Mbps Wireless PC Card 32-bit CardBus WG511U

Table 2-1.	A Road Map for How to Get There From Here
If I Want To?	What’s Needed?		What Do I Do?		How Do I?
Protect my	1. A wireless network with		1.	Assure that the	To learn about wireless
wireless					networking security, see
		authentication and		wireless network
connection from					“Wireless Networking Overview”
		encryption enabled.		has security
snooping,					on page B-1.
	2.	Wireless networking		features enabled.
hacking, or
		equipment that supports	2.	Configure my
information					To understand WEP security
		encryption, such as the		WG511U with the
theft.					features, see “WEP Overview”
		WG511U and all		security settings of
					on page B-7.”
		NETGEAR wireless		the wireless
		networking products.		network.	To understand WPA security
			3.	Use Windows
					features, see “WPA Wireless
				security features.	Security” on page B-13.”
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 might implement are in
addition to those already in place on secure Internet sites.
Connect to the	1.	An active Internet	1.	Activate my	To configure your WG511U in
Internet over my					Infrastructure Mode, see “Basic
wireless		connection like those from		wireless link and	Installation Instructions” on
		cable or DSL service		verify my network
network.					page 3-4, and locate the section
		providers.		connection.
					for your version of Windows.
	2.	A wireless network	2.	Open an Internet
		connected to an Internet		browser such as	For assistance with configuring
		service through a router as		Internet Explorer
					the TCP/IP Internet software on
		illustrated in “Connecting		or Netscape
					a PC, see “Preparing Your
		to an Access Point in		Navigator.
					Computers for TCP/IP
		Infrastructure Mode” on
					Networking” on page C-1 or refer
		page 4-2.
					to the PC Networking Tutorial on
	3.	TCP/IP Internet networking
					the NETGEAR Double 108
		software installed and			Mbps Wireless PC Card 32-bit
		configured on my notebook			CardBus WG511U Resource CD
		PC according to the			and the Help information
		requirements of the			provided in the Windows system
		Internet service provider.			you are using.
	4. A browser like Internet				.
		Explorer or Netscape
		Navigator.

2-4 Introduction

August 2004