User Manual for the NETGEAR RangeMax™ Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter WPN111
I n trod u ction
2 -3
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Table 2-1.
A Road Map for How to Get There From Here
If I Want To?
What Do I Do?
What’s Needed?
How Do I?
C on n e ct to a
wire le ss
n e twork
1 . I d e n tify th e
wire le ss n e twork
n a m e ( S S I D ) a n d ,
if u se d , th e
wire le ss se cu rity
se ttin gs.
2 . S e t u p th e
N E T G E A R
R a n ge M a x™
W ire le ss U S B 2 . 0
A d a p te r W P N 1 1 1
with th e se ttin gs
from ste p 1 .
1 . A wire le ss n e twork
2 . A P C with in th e op e ra tin g
ra n ge of th e wire le ss
n e twork. F or gu id e lin e s
a b ou t th e ra n ge of
wire le ss n e tworks, se e
“O b se rvin g L oca tion a n d
R a n ge G u id e lin e s” on
p a ge 3 -2
.
To se t u p th e W P N 1 1 1 , se e
C h a p te r 3 , “B a sic S e tu p ”
a n d
follow th e in stru ction s p rovid e d .
To le a rn a b ou t wire le ss
n e tworkin g te ch n ology, se e
“W ire le ss N e tworkin g O ve rvie w”
on p a ge B -1
for a ge n e ra l
in trod u ction .
P rote ct m y
wire le ss
con n e ction from
sn oop in g,
h a ckin g, or
in form a tion
th e ft.
1 . A ssu re th a t th e
wire le ss n e twork
h a s se cu rity
fe a tu re s e n a b le d .
2 . C on figu re m y
W P N 1 1 1 with th e
se cu rity se ttin gs of
th e wire le ss
n e twork.
3 . U se W in d ows
se cu rity fe a tu re s.
1 . A wire le ss n e twork with
a u th e n tica tion a n d W E P
e n cry p tion e n a b le d .
2 . W ire le ss n e tworkin g
e qu ip m e n t th a t su p p orts
W E P e n cry p tion , su ch a s
th e W P N 1 1 1 a n d a ll
N E T G E A R wire le ss
n e tworkin g p rod u cts.
To le a rn a b ou t wire le ss
n e tworkin g se cu rity, se e
“W E P
A u th e n tica tion ” on p a ge B -7
.
To u se W E P se cu rity fe a tu re s,
se e
“E n a b lin g W ire le ss S e cu rity
F e a tu re s” on p a ge 4 -7
a n d
con figu re y ou r W P N 1 1 1
a ccord in gly.
Note:
S e cu re I n te rn e t site s su ch a s b a n ks a n d on lin e m e rch a n ts u se e n cry p tion se cu rity b u ilt in to b rowse rs
like I n te rn e t E xp lore r a n d N e tsca p e . A n y wire le ss n e tworkin g se cu rity fe a tu re s y ou m igh t im p le m e n t a re in
a d d ition to th ose a lre a d y in p la ce on se cu re I n te rn e t site s.
