User manual NETGEAR WG111V2

[. . . ] User Manual for the NETGEAR 54 Mbps Wireless USB 2. 0 Adapter WG111 NETGEAR, Inc. 4500 Great America Parkway Santa Clara, CA 95054 USA 202-10026-01 Version 2. 0 May 2004 202-10026-01 Technical Support Please refer to the support information card that shipped with your product. By registering your product at www. netgear. com/register, we can provide you with faster expert technical support and timely notices of product and software upgrades. E-mail: support@netgear. com Web site: www. netgear. com Statement of Conditions In the interest of improving internal design, operational function, and/or reliability, NETGEAR reserves the right to make changes to the products described in this document without notice. [. . . ] Encryption: Identifies whether the wireless network requires WEP or WPA-PSK security settings. MAC Address: Identifies the hardware address (MAC Address) of the wireless device broadcasting this information. · · · · · Configuration 202-10026-01 4-11 User Manual for the NETGEAR 54 Mbps Wireless USB 2. 0 Adapter WG111 · Mode: Identifies the type of wireless network -- Access Point (Infrastructure) or Computer-to-Computer (Ad Hoc). Statistics Page The Statistics page provides real time and historical trend information on the data traffic and performance of your wireless adapter. Figure 4-9: Statistics Page · Transmit/Receive Performance (%): A real time graph identifying the transmit, receive, or total utilization as a percentage the total possible. The Transmit, Receive, and Total (TxRx) radio buttons let you select whether to display the transmit performance, the receive performance, or the total of both in the same graph. Transmit Statistics: Identifies transmit megabits per second (Mbps), transmit packets per second (Tx Packets/s), total transmitted packets, and transmit errors. Receive Statistics: Identifies received megabits per second (Mbps), received packets per second (Rx Packets/s), total received packets, and received errors. · · 4-12 202-10026-01 Configuration User Manual for the NETGEAR 54 Mbps Wireless USB 2. 0 Adapter WG111 About Page The About page displays the current software version information: Figure 4-10: About page The following information is displayed in the About page: · Regional Domain: This is the region setting for the wireless adapter. Operating the wireless adapter in a different region may violate local laws. The Media Access Control address is a unique 48-bit hardware address assigned to every network interface card. Some wireless networks will restrict access based on a list of known MAC addresses. If you are communicating with such a network, you would have to provide the address shown here to the network administrator before you would be allowed to connect. Restricting access by MAC address adds an obstacle against unwanted access to your network. However, unless you use data encryption security, the data broadcast over the wireless link is fully exposed. Firmware Version: The wireless adapter firmware version. 4-13 202-10026-01 · · · · Configuration User Manual for the NETGEAR 54 Mbps Wireless USB 2. 0 Adapter WG111 · · IP Address: The IP address assigned to this adapter. SMART WIZARD Wireless Assistant: The version and release date of this utility. Advanced Settings Page The Advanced settings should not require adjustment. Except for the power saving setting, changing any of the settings incorrectly on this page could cause your wireless connection to fail. To display the Advanced Settings Page, click the Advanced Settings button on the Settings Page, as shown below. Figure 4-11: Settings page, Advanced Settings button 4-14 202-10026-01 Configuration User Manual for the NETGEAR 54 Mbps Wireless USB 2. 0 Adapter WG111 The Advanced Settings screen is shown below: Figure 4-12: Advanced Settings The following options are available: · · Power Saving: Choices are Off, Maximum, or Dynamic. Preamble: A long transmit preamble may provide a more reliable connection or slightly longer range. Transmit Rate: Lowering the output power level lets you reduce the chance of interference with other nearby access points, but reduces the range of your adapter. Depending on your wireless adapter, you can choose one or both of the available 802. 11 wireless protocols. RTS/CTS Threshold: RTS is request to send and CTS is clear to send; their purpose is to avoid collisions. RTS/CTS will be enabled if the data frame size is larger than the threshold value set here. The maximum frame size is 2346 octets, so if the threshold is 2346, RTS/CTS will be disabled. Note: This setting is reserved for wireless testing and advanced configuration only. [. . . ] An IP router forwards data based on IP source and destination addresses. Routing Information Protocol RIP. A protocol in which routers periodically exchange information with one another so that they can determine minimum distance paths between sources and destinations. router A device that forwards data between networks. An IP router forwards data based on IP source and destination addresses. SSID A Service Set Identification is a thirty-two character (maximum) alphanumeric key identifying a wireless local area network. For the wireless devices in a network to communicate with each other, all devices must be configured with the same SSID. [. . . ]