NETGEAR WAG311 Installation Manual page 14

Installation Guide for the NETGEAR Dual Band Wireless PCI Adapter WAG311
Table 1-1. A Road Map for How to Get There From Here
If I Want To ... ? What Do I Do?
Connect to a
1. Identify the
wireless
wireless
network
network name
(SSID) and, if
used, the
wireless
security
settings.
2. Set up the
NETGEAR
Dual Band
Wireless PCI
Adapter
WAG311 with
the settings
from step 1.
Protect my
1. Assure that the
wireless
wireless
connection from
network has
snooping,
security
hacking, or
features
information
enabled.
theft.
2. Configure my
WAG311 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.
1-4
What's Needed?
1. A wireless network
2. A desktop PC within the
operating range of the wireless
network. For guidelines about
the range of 802.11b/g
wireless networks, please see
"Observe Location and Range
Guidelines" on page
1. A wireless network with
authentication and WEP
encryption enabled.
2. Wireless networking
equipment that supports WEP
encryption, such as the
WAG311 and all NETGEAR
wireless networking products.
How Do I?
To set up the WAG311, see
Chapter 2, "Basic Setup"
follow the instructions provided.
To learn about wireless
networking technology, see
Appendix B, "Wireless
Networking Basics"
2-2.
introduction.
To learn about wireless
networking security, see
"Authentication and WEP Data
Encryption" on page
To use WEP security features,
please see
Security Features" on page 3-8
and configure your WAG311
accordingly.
and
for a general
B-2.
"Enabling Wireless
Introduction