NETGEAR WAG511 User Manual page 16

User's Manual for the NETGEAR Dual Band Wireless PC Card 32-bit CardBus WAG511
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To help overcome potential barriers to successfully using wireless 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's Needed?
Connect to a
1. A wireless network
wireless
2. A notebook PC within the
network
operating range of the
wireless network. For
guidelines about the range
of wireless networks, see
"Observing Location and
Range Guidelines" on
page
Protect my
1. A wireless network with
wireless
authentication and
connection from
encryption enabled.
snooping,
2. Wireless networking
hacking, or
equipment that supports
information
encryption, such as the
theft.
WAG511 and all
NETGEAR wireless
networking products.
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.
2-4
What Do I Do?
1. Identify the
2. Set up the
3-2.
1. Assure that the
2. Configure my
3. Use Windows
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How Do I?
To set up the WAG511, see
Chapter 3, "Basic Setup"
wireless network
follow the instructions provided.
name (SSID) and,
if used, the
To learn about wireless
wireless security
networking technology, see
settings.
Appendix , "Wireless Networking
Overview"
NETGEAR Dual
introduction.
Band Wireless PC
Card 32-bit
CardBus WAG511
with the settings
from step 1.
To learn about wireless
networking security, see
wireless network
"Wireless Networking Overview"
has security
on page
features enabled.
To understand WEP security
WAG511 with the
features, see
security settings of
on page
the wireless
network.
To understand WPA security
features, see
security features.
Security" on page
and
for a general
B-1.
"WEP Overview"
B-7."
"WPA Wireless
B-13."
Introduction