Table Of Contents - NETGEAR ProSafe WG102-500 Reference Manual

WG102-500, WGAP150 ProSafe™ 802.11g Wireless Access Point

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction
About the Wireless Access Point
Supported Features, Standards, and Conventions
System Requirements
What's In the Box?
Hardware Description
Chapter 2 Installation and Basic Configuration
What You Need before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Installing and Configuring the Wireless Access Point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Testing Basic Wireless Connectivity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Supported Standards and Conventions
Key Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
802.11g Standards-based Wireless Networking
Wi-Fi Multimedia (WMM) Support
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Rear Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Recommendations for Placement of the Wireless Access Point
Wireless Equipment Placement and Range Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Ethernet Cabling Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
LAN Configuration Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Computer Hardware Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Connecting the Wireless Access Point to Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Logging in to the Wireless Access Point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Web Interface Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Configuring Basic System Settings, IP Settings, and LAN Settings . . . . 18
Configuring Basic System Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Configuring IP Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Configuring LAN Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Configuring Basic Wireless Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Configuring 802.11b/g Wireless Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Configuring Basic Wireless Network Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
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