NETGEAR WAB501 User Manual page 5

2. Click Properties.
3. Open Device Manager:
Windows 98/Me users – Select the Device Manager folder tab.
Windows 2000/XP users – Select the Hardware folder tab, and click on the Device
Manager button.
4. Double-click Network Adapters. There should be no yellow exclamation mark or red cross
icon on the NETGEAR WAB501 802.11a/b Wireless PC Card selection, as shown here:
5. Double-click NETGEAR WAB501 802.11a/b Wireless PC Card. On the General folder
tab, the Device Status window should indicate that the device is working properly, as
shown here:
The installation of the Wireless PC Card driver is complete.
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3 Configuring the WAB501 Wireless
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PC Card
NETGEAR's wireless Configuration Utility program will help you learn more about your wireless
network, so that you can customize it to better suit your networking needs. The Configuration
Utility program will provide information about signal quality and link conditions and let you
modify various configurable wireless parameters.
Now that the WAB501 802.11a/b Wireless PC Card has been installed, you can use the WAB501
802.11a/b Configuration Utility to view and customize configuration settings and features.
To display the WAB501 Configuration Utility:
• Open the NETGEAR WAB501 PC Card programs group or double-click the
WAB501 icon that appears in the Windows System Tray, as shown here:
• WAB501 Wireless PC Card SysTray icon
To view or change your configuration settings:
• If you are using Windows 98/Me/2000, turn to page 11.
• If you are using Windows XP, turn to page 8.
About the WAB501 SysTray Application
The SysTray (System Tray) resides on one end of the taskbar in the Microsoft Windows Desktop.
It displays interface icons for memory-resident applications that execute continuously in the
background, such as the clock, speaker volume, and virus detection. The wireless Configuration
Utility installation for the WAB501 Wireless PC Card will add a configuration and status
reporting utility icon in your SysTray.
Once you have completed the utility installation, the Windows SysTray will show the icon in
different colors, as described here:
Color Ad-Hoc Mode
Red
The Wireless PC Card has
not initiated communication
with any other wireless node.
Yellow N/A
Green The Wireless PC Card has
communicated successfully
with another wireless node.
Infrastructure Mode
Either the Wireless PC Card is not able to link to
any Access Point, or the link between the Wireless
PC Card and the Access Point is lost.
The link condition between the Wireless PC Card
and the associated Access Point is weak.
The Wireless PC Card has established good
communication with an Access Point and the
signal is strong.
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