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Table of Contents
1. INTRODUCTION....................................................................................................4
1.1 T
HE
WLAN 802.11
G MINI
-PCI M
ODULE
.............................................................4
1.2 F
EATURES
.............................................................................................................4
1.3 HARDWARE INSTALLATION & ANTENNA INFORMATION ...................4
2. PLANNING YOUR WIRELESS NETWORK .....................................................8
2.1 N
ETWORK
T
OPOLO GY
...........................................................................................8
2.2 A
D
-H
OC VERSUS
I
NFRASTRUCTURE
M
ODE
...........................................................8
3. SOFTWARE INSTALLATION AND UNINSTALLATION..............................10
3.1
S
ETUP
W
IZARD
I
NSTALLATION
....................................................................10
3.2 A
DDITIONAL
S
ETUP
P
ROCESSES
..........................................................................12
3.3 D
ISABLE
W
INDOWS
XP Z
ERO
-C
ONFIGURATION
.................................................14
3.4 U
NINSTALLATION
................................................................................................15
4. USING THE CONFIGURATION UTILITY......................................................17
4.1 O
VERVIEW
..........................................................................................................17
4.2 A
CCESSING THE
C
ONFIGURATION
U
TILITY
..........................................................17
4.3 L
INK
S
TATUS
.......................................................................................................21
4.4 S
ITE
M
ONITOR
....................................................................................................22
4.5 S
TATISTICS
..........................................................................................................23
4.6 D
IAGNOSTICS
......................................................................................................24
4.7 I
NFORMATION
......................................................................................................25
APPENDIX A: FAQ...................................................................................................26
APPENDIX B: GLOSSARY.....................................................................................29
APPENDIX C: SPECIFICATION ...........................................................................34