A Road Map For 'How To Get There From Here - NETGEAR WG511U Double 108 Mbps Wireless PC Card WG511U WG511U User Manual

User's Manual for the NETGEAR Double 108 Mbps Wireless PC Card 32-bit CardBus WG511U

A Road Map for 'How to Get There From Here'

The introduction and adoption of any new technology can be a difficult process. Wireless
technology has removed one of the barriers to networking—running wires. It allows more people
to try networking while at the same time exposes them to the inherent complexity of networking.
General networking concepts, setup, and maintenance can be difficult to understand. In addition,
wireless technology adds issues, such as range, interference, signal quality, and security to the
picture.
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
Introduction
What Do I Do?
1. Identify the
2. Set up the
3-2.
August 2004
How Do I?
To set up the WG511U, 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 Double
introduction.
108 Mbps
Wireless PC Card
32-bit CardBus
WG511U with the
settings from step
1.
and
for a general
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