NETGEAR WG511U user manual Connecting to an Access Point in Infrastructure Mode

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

For example, if you use your notebook PC to connect to a wireless network in an office and a wireless network in your home, you can create a profile for each wireless network. Then, you can easily load the profile that has all the configuration settings you need to join the network you are using at the time.

There are two types of wireless network connections you can configure:

•Infrastructure Mode — uses the 802.11 infrastructure mode.

•Ad-hoc Mode — uses the 802.11 ad-hoc mode

For more information on 802.11 wireless network modes, see “Wireless Networking Overview” on page B-1of this manual.

Connecting to an Access Point in Infrastructure Mode

Figure 4-1: WG511U Wireless PC Card connecting to a wireless access point.

This section provides instructions for configuring the NETGEAR Double 108 Mbps Wireless PC Card 32-bit CardBus WG511U to connect to a wireless access point.

4-2 Netgear Smart Wireless Wizard

August 2004