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4. If you chose
Infrastructure
Mode, go to Step
5now. If you
chose Ad-Hoc
Mode, select the
correct operating
channel for your
network from the
Channel drop-
down menu.
Then, select the
Network Mode
from the drop-
down menu.
Click the Next
button, and go to Step 5. Click the Back button to change any settings.
Channel - The channel you choose should match the channel set on the
other devices in your wireless network. If you are unsure about which chan-
nel to use, select the default channel (Channel 6).
Network Mode - Keep the default setting, Mixed, if you have Wireless-G
and Wireless-B devices in your network. Select G-Onlyif you have only
Wireless-G devices in your network.
5. The Setup Wizard
will ask you to
review your set-
tings before it
starts to copy
files. Click the
Next button to
save these set-
tings, or click the
Back button to
change any set-
tings.
Figure 4-4
Figure 4-5
2. Read the License Agreement and click the Next button to continue the
installation. If
you click the
Cancel button,
you will end the
installation.
3. The following screen, shown in Figure 4-3, will ask for some information
about your wireless network. In the SSIDf ield, enter your network’s SSID
(Service Set Identifier). The SSID is your network name and must be iden-
tical for all devices in the network. The default setting is linksys (all low-
ercase).
Next, choose a wireless mode. Click the Infrastructure Moderadio button
if you want your wireless computers to network with computers on your
wired network using a wireless access point. Click the Ad-HocMode radio
button if you
want multiple
wireless com-
puters to net-
work directly
with each other.
Click the Next
button to contin-
ue, or click the
Back button to
return to the
previous page.
Figure 4-2
Figure 4-3