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Cisco Aironet

Consult the documentation provided with your wireless card to install the Cisco Aironet adapter, then 
follow these steps:

1.

Double-click the Aironet Client Utility icon on your desktop. The Aironet Client Utility screen 
appears.

2.

Click the 

Profile Manager

 button. The Profile Manager screen appears.

3.

Click 

Add

.

4.

In the Profile Management field, enter your profile name. The profile name identifies your wireless 
profile, and should be no more than 29 characters in length.

5.

Click 

Apply

. The 340 Series Properties screen appears.

Summary of Contents for third-party wireless Ethernet adapters

Page 1: ...Wireless Client Configuration Guide for third party wireless Ethernet adapters ...

Page 2: ...IN CONNECTION WITH THIS MANUAL THE SOFTWARE OR OTHER INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN OR THE USE THEREOF 2Wire Inc reserves the right to make any modification to this manual or the information contained herein at any time without notice The software described herein is governed by the terms of a separate user license agreement Updates and additions to software may require an additional charge Subscrip...

Page 3: ... Introduction 1 Locate the serial number and wireless encryption key 1 Agere ORiNOCO PC Card Silver or Gold 2 Cisco Aironet 6 D Link Air DWL 650 9 Apple AirPort card 11 Other wireless Ethernet adapters 12 Wireless configuration with Windows XP 13 ...

Page 4: ...Contents ...

Page 5: ...he instructions for the Apple card are for computers running MacOS 9 0 Because not all Windows and Macintosh versions respond to new hardware in the same way screens may appear in a different order and may have a slightly different appearance than the screens shown in these instructions Locate the serial number and wireless encryption key Your HomePortal is configured with unique security paramete...

Page 6: ...pter to install the Agere ORiNOCO PC Card Silver or Gold then follow these steps 1 From the Start menu select Programs ORiNOCO Client Manager The ORiNOCO Client Manager screen appears 2 From the Actions menu select Add Edit Configuration Profile 3 The Add Edit Configuration Profile screen appears ...

Page 7: ... the Network Type pulldown menu select Access Point 6 To identify your network click Next The Edit Configuration screen appears 7 In the Network Name field enter the word 2WIRE followed by the last three digits of your HomePortal serial number located on the bottom of your HomePortal This is the Wireless Network Name The Wireless Network Name is case sensitive so it is important that you enter the...

Page 8: ... Key field enter your ten digit Wireless Encryption Key located on the bottom of your HomePortal 10 Verify that Key 1 is selected in the Encrypt data with pulldown menu this is the default 11 To select a power management option click Next The following screen appears 12 Select the power management option that you wish to use the default is Off and click Next ...

Page 9: ...5 13 In the TCP IP Behavior field check the Renew IP Address when selecting this profile checkbox 14 Click Finish The following screen appears 15 Click OK ...

Page 10: ...nt Utility icon on your desktop The Aironet Client Utility screen appears 2 Click the Profile Manager button The Profile Manager screen appears 3 Click Add 4 In the Profile Management field enter your profile name The profile name identifies your wireless profile and should be no more than 29 characters in length 5 Click Apply The 340 Series Properties screen appears ...

Page 11: ...rs 8 In the Power Save Mode field verify that the CAM Constantly Awake Mode radio button is selected this is the default 9 In the Network Type field verify that the Infrastructure radio button is selected this is the default 10 Select the Network Security tab In the WEP field select the Use Static WEP Keys radio button 11 In the WEP Key Entry Method field verify that the Hexadecimal 0 9 A F radio ...

Page 12: ...13 Click OK The Profile Manager screen appears Your profile name should now appear in the second line of the Profile Management field indicating that your Cisco adapter is properly configured 14 Click OK ...

Page 13: ...tion provided with your wireless adapter to install the D Link Air DWL 650 then follow these steps 1 From the Start menu select Programs D Link DWL 650 Control Utility Configuration Utility 2 The D Link Air DWL 650 Configuration screen appears ...

Page 14: ...ter the word 2WIRE in capital letters 6 In the Tx Rate pulldown menu verify that Fully Automatic is selected this is the default 7 In the PS Mode pulldown menu verify that Disabled is selected this is the default 8 Click Apply Changes 9 Select the Encryption tab 10 From the Encryption WEP pulldown menu select 64 Bit 11 In the WEP Key Entry field select the Manual Entry radio button 12 In the Key 1...

Page 15: ...lient software revision 2 0 or greater Consult the documentation provided with your wireless adapter to install the Apple AirPort wireless adapter then follow these steps 1 From the Apple pull down menu select AirPort to open the AirPort dialog box 2 In the AirPort Network panel click the Choose Network pull down menu ...

Page 16: ...1 Set the network type to Infrastructure Refer to your wireless card documentation for instructions on editing the card s network profile Your wireless card should be configured to operate with an access point or residential gateway This mode of operation is typically enabled by setting network type to Infrastructure 2 Set the wireless network name The wireless network name of your HomePortal is 2...

Page 17: ...ainder of configurable settings for your network card should allow your wireless card to communicate with the HomePortal Although the HomePortal is set by default to communicate using channel 6 it is not required to change your card to this setting as most cards will automatically detect the appropriate channel Wireless configuration with Windows XP Note The following steps are completed using the...

Page 18: ... followed by the last three digits of the HomePortal serial number located on the bottom of your HomePortal 4 In the Network key field enter your ten digit Wireless Encryption Key located on the bottom of your HomePortal 5 Click Connect 6 A notification message now appears next to the Wireless Network Connection icon indicating that your wireless adapter is connected to your network ...

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