Linksys WMP54G manual Instant Wireless Series, Wireless-G Notebook Adapter, Creating a New Profile

Instant Wireless® Series

Import - Click the Import but- ton to import a profile that has been saved in another location. From the screen

that appears (shown in Figure 7-7), select the appropriate file, and click the Open button.

Figure 7-7

Export - To save the profile(s) in a different location, click the Export button. On the screen that appears (Figure 7-8), direct Windows to the appropriate fold- er and click the OK button.

Figure 7-8

Delete - Click the Delete button to delete a profile.

Click the X (Close) button in the upper right corner to exit the WLAN Monitor.

Note: If you have more than one profile, all profiles will be auto- matically selected and exported to the same folder.

Wireless-G Notebook Adapter

Creating a New Profile

1.On the Profiles screen, shown in Figure 7-6, click the New button to create a new profile.

2.When the Create connection profile screen appears (Figure 7-9), enter a name for the new profile. Click OK to save the profile name or click Cancel to return to the previous screen.

Figure 7-9

3.The Choose a network type screen (Figure 7-10) shows a choice of two wireless modes. Click the Infrastructure Mode radio button if you want your wireless computers to communicate with computers on your wired network via a wireless access point. Click the Ad-Hoc Mode radio button if you want multiple wireless computers to communicate directly with each other. Click the Next button to continue or the Back button to return to the previous screen.

Infrastructure Mode - This mode allows wireless and wired networks to communicate through an access point.

Ad-Hoc Mode - This mode allows wireless-equipped computers to com- municate directly with each other. No access point is used.

Figure 7-10

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