NETGEAR WG311v3 manual Road Map for ‘How to Get There From Here’

Reference Manual for the NETGEAR 54 Mbps Wireless PCI Adapter WG311 v3

A Road Map for ‘How to Get There From Here’

The introduction and adoption of any new technology can be a difficult process. Wireless technology has removed one of the barriers to networking—running wires. It allows more people to try networking, while at the same time exposes them to the inherent complexity of networking. General networking concepts, set up, and maintenance can be difficult to understand. In addition, 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 v3, 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 v3 with
		the settings
		from step 1.

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