NETGEAR WG311 manual Road Map for How to Get There From Here

Installation Guide for the NETGEAR 54 Mbps Wireless PCI Adapter WG311

wireless technology adds issues such as range, interference, signal quality, and security to the picture.

To help overcome potential barriers to successfully using wireless networks, the table below identifies how to accomplish such things as connecting to a wireless network, assuring appropriate security measures are taken, browsing the Internet through your wireless connection, exchanging files with other computers and using printers in the combined wireless and wired network.

Table 1-1.	A Road Map for How to Get There From Here
If I Want To ... ?	What Do I Do?		What’s Needed?		How Do I?
Connect to a	1.	Identify the	1.	A wireless network	To set up the WG311, see
wireless					Chapter 2, “Basic Setup” and
		wireless	2. A desktop PC within the
network					follow the instructions provided.
		network name
				operating range of the wireless
		(SSID) and, if
				network. For guidelines about	To learn about wireless
		used, the
				the range of 802.11b/g
					networking technology, see
		wireless
				wireless networks, please see
					Appendix B, “Wireless
		security
				“Observe Location and Range
					Networking Basics” for a general
		settings.
				Guidelines” on page 2-2.	introduction.
	2.	Set up the
		NETGEAR 54
		Mbps Wireless
		PCI Adapter
		WG311 with
		the settings
		from step 1.
Protect my	1.	Assure that the	1.	A wireless network with	To learn about wireless
wireless					networking security, see
		wireless		authentication and WEP
connection from					“Authentication and WEP” on
		network has		encryption enabled.
snooping,					page B-2.
		security	2.	Wireless networking
hacking, or
		features
				equipment that supports WEP
information					To use WEP security features,
		enabled.
				encryption, such as the
theft.					please see “Enabling Wireless
	2.	Configure my
				WG311 and all NETGEAR
					Security Features” on page 3-8
		WG311 with		wireless networking products.
					and configure your WG311
		the security
					accordingly.
		settings of the
		wireless
		network.
	3.	Use Windows
		security
		features.

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