Installation Guide for the NETGEAR 54 Mbps Wireless PCI Adapter WG311
•MAC Address: The MAC address of this adapter. The Media Access Control address is a unique 48-bit hardware address assigned to every network interface card. Some wireless networks will restrict access based on a list of known MAC addresses. If you are communicating with such a network, you would have to provide the address shown here to the network administrator before you would be allowed to connect. Restricting access by MAC address adds an obstacle against unwanted access to your network. However, unless you use data encryption security, the data broadcast over the wireless link is fully exposed.
•IP Address: The IP address assigned to this adapter.
•Configuration Utility Software: The version and release date of this utility.
