NETGEAR WPN111 User Manual page 13

User Manual for the NETGEAR RangeMax™ Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter WPN111
Table 2-1. A Road Map for How to Get There From Here
If I Want To? What Do I Do?
C on n ect to a
1 . I d en tify th e
wireless
wireless n etwork
n etwork
n a m e (S S I D ) a n d ,
if u sed , th e
wireless secu rity
settin gs.
2 . S et u p th e
N E T G E A R
R a n geM a x™
W ire less U S B 2 . 0
A d a p te r W P N 1 1 1
with th e settin gs
from step 1 .
P rotect m y
1 . A ssu re th a t th e
wireless
wireless n etwork
con n ection from
h a s secu rity
sn oop in g,
fe a tu res en a b led .
h a ckin g, or
2 . C on figu re m y
in form a tion
W P N 1 1 1 with th e
th eft.
secu rity settin gs of
th e wireless
n etwork.
3 . U se W in d ows
secu rity fea tu res.
Note: S ecu re I n tern et sites su ch a s b a n ks a n d on lin e m erch a n ts u se en cryp tion secu rity b u ilt in to b rowse rs
like I n tern et E xp lore r a n d N etsca p e. A n y wireless n etworkin g secu rity fea tu res you m igh t im p lem en t a re in
a d d ition to th ose a lrea d y in p la ce on se cu re I n te rn et sites.
I n trod u ction
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What's Needed?
1 . A wirele ss n e twork
2 . A P C with in th e op era tin g
ra n ge of th e wire less
n etwork. F or gu id elin es
a b ou t th e ra n ge of
wireless n etworks, see
"O b servin g L oca tion a n d
R a n ge G u id e lin e s" on
p a ge 3 -2 .
1 . A wirele ss n e twork with
a u th e n tica tion a n d W E P
en cryp tion en a b led .
2 . W ire less n etworkin g
equ ip m en t th a t su p p orts
W E P en cryp tion , su ch a s
th e W P N 1 1 1 a n d a ll
N E T G E A R wireless
n etworkin g p rod u cts.
How Do I?
To se t u p th e W P N 1 1 1 , se e
C h a p ter 3 , "B a sic S e tu p "
follow th e in stru ction s p rovid ed .
To lea rn a b ou t wirele ss
n etworkin g tech n ology, see
"W irele ss N e tworkin g O ve rview"
on p a ge B -1 for a gen e ra l
in trod u ction .
To lea rn a b ou t wirele ss
n etworkin g se cu rity, see
A u th en tica tion " on p a ge B -7
To u se W E P secu rity fea tu res,
see "E n a b lin g W ireless S ecu rity
F ea tu re s" on p a ge 4 -7 a n d
con figu re you r W P N 1 1 1
a ccord in gly.
a n d
"W E P
.
2 -3