NETGEAR WG311 manual Netgear 54 Mbps

Installation Guide for the NETGEAR 54 Mbps Wireless PCI Adapter WG311

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?
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.	Activate my	1.	An active Internet connection	To configure your WG311 in
Internet over my					Infrastructure Mode, see “Basic
wireless		wireless link		like those from cable or DSL	Installation Instructions” on
		and verify my		service providers.
network.					page 2-4, and locate the section
		network	2. A wireless network connected
					for your version of Windows.
		connection.
				to the cable or DSL Internet
	2.	Open an		service through a cable/DSL	For assistance with configuring
		Internet		router as illustrated in
					the TCP/IP Internet software on
		browser such		“Connect to an Access Point in
					a PC, see “Preparing Your
		as Internet		Infrastructure Mode” on	Computers for TCP/IP
		Explorer or		page 3-3.
					Networking” on page C-1 or refer
		Netscape	3.	TCP/IP Internet networking
					to the PC Networking Tutorial on
		Navigator.
				software installed and	the NETGEAR 54 Mbps
				configured on my PC	Wireless PCI Adapter WG311
				according to the requirements	Resource CD and the Help
				of the Internet service provider	information provided in the
			4.	A browser like Internet	Windows system you are using.
				Explorer or Netscape	.
				Navigator.

1-4 Introduction