NETGEAR WGR614 v5 manual Road Map for How to Get There From Here, Network

Reference Manual for the 54 Mbps Wireless Router WGR614 v5

exposes them to the inherent complexity of networking. General networking concepts, setup, 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 home 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 2-1.	A Road Map for How to Get There From Here
If I Want To?	What Do I Do?		What’s Needed?	How Do I?
Set up a	1.	Set up the 54 Mbps	• A wireless network	To set up the WGR614 v5, see
wireless		Wireless Router	• A computer within the	Chapter 3, “Connecting the
network		WGR614 v5	operating range of the	Router to the Internet” and follow
	2.	Identify the wireless	wireless network. For	the instructions provided.
			guidelines about the range
		network name
			of wireless networks, see
		(SSID) and, if used,		To learn about wireless
			“Observe Performance,
		the wireless		networking technology, see
			Placement, and Range
		security settings.		Appendix 4, “Wireless
			Guidelines” on page 4-1”.
	3. Set up the wireless			Configuration” for a general
				introduction.
		computers with the
		settings from step
		1.
Protect my	1.	Assure that the	• A wireless network WEP or	To learn about wireless
wireless		wireless network	WPA security enabled.	networking security, see
connection		has security	• Wireless networking	“Wireless Networking Basics” on
from snooping,		features enabled.	equipment that supports	page D-1.
hacking, or
	2.	Configure my	WEP or WPA, such as the
information
			WGR614 v5.
		WGR614 v5 with		To use WEP security features,
theft.
		the security settings		see “Implement Appropriate
		of the wireless		Wireless Security” on page 4-2”
		network.		and configure your WGR614 v5
	3.	Use Windows		accordingly.
		security features.
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.

2-8 Introduction

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