NETGEAR WNA1000 - Wireless-N 150 USB Adapter, User Manual

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NETGEAR Wireless-N 150 USB Adapter WNA1000 User Manual
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The router will connect to the adapter.
3.
You can use the Status Bar to verify your network connection. For more information, see
“Smart Wizard Status Bar” on page 1-9 .
Creating a Profile
The WNA1000 Smart Wizard uses profiles to store all the settings for a particular wireless
network. There are two special profile names: Default and Profile.
•
Default
. The profile named Default automatically scans for any available network. You cannot
change this profile name.
•
Profile
. If you do not enter a name in the
Profile Name
field, the name Profile is used to save
your settings. If you do this more than once, you are asked if you want to replace the previous
settings stored in Profile.
You can store multiple profiles and recall the one that matches the network you want to join. If you
use your computer to connect to different wireless networks, you can create a profile for each
wireless network. Then, you can easily load the profile that has all the settings that you need to
join the network you are using at the time. There are two types of wireless network profiles that
you can set up:
•
Access Point (Infrastructure)
. Connect to an access point or router with the 802.11
infrastructure mode.
•
Computer-to-Computer (Ad Hoc)
. Connect directly to another computer with the 802.11
Ad Hoc mode.
For more information about wireless network modes, see the link to the online document in
wireless reference document at:
“Wireless Communications:” in Appendix B
.
Note:
The adapter security is set to WPA-PSK [TKIP] by default. Some WPS routers
support WPA2-PSK [AES], with the same SSID and passphrase. You can
change the adapter to WPA2-PSK [AES] using the Security setting in the
Settings screen.