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Installation Guide for the NETGEAR 54 Mbps Wireless PC Card WG511V2H1
Table 1-1.
A Road Map for How to Get There From Here ...
If I Want To ... ? What Do I Do?
Protect my
1. Assure that the
wireless
wireless
connection from
network has
snooping,
security
hacking, or
features
information
enabled.
theft.
2. Configure my
WG511V2H1
with the security
settings of the
wireless
network.
3. Use Windows
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.
Connect to the
1. Activate my
Internet over my
wireless link
wireless
and verify my
network.
network
connection.
2. Open an
Internet
browser such
as Internet
Explorer or
Netscape
Navigator.
1-4
What's Needed?
1. A wireless network with
authentication and WEP
encryption enabled.
2. Wireless networking
equipment that supports WEP
encryption, such as the
WG511V2H1 and all Netgear
wireless networking products.
1. An active Internet connection
like those from cable or DSL
service providers.
2. A wireless network connected
to the cable or DSL Internet
service through a cable/DSL
router as illustrated in
3"Connect to an Access Point
in Infrastructure Mode" on
page
3-22.
3. TCP/IP Internet networking
software installed and
configured on my notebook PC
according to the requirements
of the Internet service provider
4. A browser like Internet
Explorer or Netscape
Navigator.
How Do I?
To learn about wireless
networking security, please see
B"Authentication and WEP" on
page
B-36.
To use WEP security features,
please see
3"Enabling Wireless
Security Features" on page 3-28
and configure your WG511V2H1
accordingly.
To configure your
WG511V2H1
Infrastructure Mode, please see
2"Basic Installation Instructions"
on page
2-10, and locate the
section for your version of
Windows.
For assistance with configuring
the
TCP/IP Internet software on a
PC, please see
C"Preparing
Your Computers for TCP/IP
Networking" on page
C-43or
refer to the PC Networking
Tutorial on the NETGEAR 54
Mbps Wireless PC Card
WG511V2H1 Resource CD and
the Help information provided the
Windows system you are using.
.
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