Connecting To An Access Point In Infrastructure Mode - NETGEAR MA701 User Manual

User Guide for the NETGEAR 802.11b Wireless Compact Flash Card MA701
For example, if you use your notebook PC to connect to a wireless network in an office and a
wireless network in your home, you can create a profile for each wireless network. Then, you can
easily load the profile that has all the configuration settings you need to join the network you are
using at the time.
There are two types of wireless network connections you can configure:
• Infrastructure Mode — uses the 802.11 infrastructure mode.
• Ad-hoc Mode — uses the 802.11 ad-hoc mode
For more information on 802.11 wireless network modes, see
on page B-1 of this manual.

Connecting to an Access Point in Infrastructure Mode

NETGEAR Wireless
Adapter in a Notebook PC
Figure 6-1: MA701 Wireless Compact Flash Card connecting to a wireless access point.
This section provides instructions for configuring the NETGEAR 802.11b Wireless Compact
Flash Card MA701 to connect to a wireless access point.
6-2
Wireless Access Point
Cable/DSL Router
Cable or DSL modem
M-10204-1
"Wireless Networking Overview"
Notebook Configuration