User manual NETGEAR WN311B

[. . . ] NETGEAR RangeMax NEXT Wireless PCI Adapter WN311B User Manual NETGEAR, Inc. 4500 Great America Parkway Santa Clara, CA 95054 USA 202-10203-02 February 2007 Technical Support Please refer to the support information card that shipped with your product. By registering your product at http://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 Website: http://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. [. . . ] 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 on 802. 11 wireless network modes, see the wireless reference document at: http://documentation. netgear. com/reference/enu/wireless/index. htm Setting up a Profile to Connect to an Access Point or Router Follow these instructions to set up the WN311B Wireless PCI Adapter to connect to a wireless access point or router. Network Connections and Wireless Security v2. 0, February 2007 2-5 NETGEAR RangeMax NEXT Wireless PCI Adapter WN311B User Manual 1. In the Network Type section, be sure that Access Point (Infrastructure) is selected. Note: You will not get a wireless network connection unless the network SSID matches exactly the SSID used by the access point. Click Close to exit the wizard, or Cancel to return to the previous settings. Verify wireless connectivity to your network. 2-6 Network Connections and Wireless Security v2. 0, February 2007 NETGEAR RangeMax NEXT Wireless PCI Adapter WN311B User Manual Use a browser such as Netscape or Internet Explorer to connect to the Internet, or check for file and printer access on your network. You can check the status bar in the Smart Wizard for the current connection status. Note: If you cannot connect, see Chapter 4, "Troubleshooting" . For problems with accessing network resources, the Windows Client and File and Print Sharing software might not be installed and configured properly on your computers. Refer to "Internet Networking and TCP/IP Addressing:" in Appendix B. Setting up a Computer-to-Computer (Ad Hoc) Profile The Computer-to-Computer setting uses Ad Hoc mode. Ad Hoc mode is an 802. 11 networking framework in which devices or computers communicate directly with each other, without the use of an access point. For example, this mode is used when two Windows computers are configured with file and print sharing enabled and you want to exchange files directly between them. You must set up static IP addresses (such as 192. 168. 0. 1) or the IPX protocol. For help setting up static IP addresses on a Windows PC, see the PC Networking Tutorial on the Resource CD. Enter the network settings. Network Connections and Wireless Security v2. 0, February 2007 2-7 NETGEAR RangeMax NEXT Wireless PCI Adapter WN311B User Manual a. Click Close to exit the Smart Wizard, or Cancel to return to the previous settings. Configure each PC with either a static IP address or with the IPX protocol. Note: For instructions on configuring static IP addresses, refer to the networking tutorial on your Resource CD. Verify wireless connectivity between your peer devices with the Ping program: a. On the Windows taskbar click the Start button, and then click Run. Figure 2-6 b. Assuming the target PC is configured with 192. 168. 0. 1 as its IP address, type ping -t 192. 168. 0. 1 and then click OK. 2-8 Network Connections and Wireless Security v2. 0, February 2007 NETGEAR RangeMax NEXT Wireless PCI Adapter WN311B User Manual c. This will cause a continuous ping to be sent to the device with the 192. 168. 0. 1 static IP address. [. . . ] Otherwise, the WN311B will still be connected to the previous access point and you will not be able to change to the WPA-PSK access point. · If the access point is WEP protected (either 64 or 128 bit encryption), you will be prompted to enter the WEP encryption security information. The wireless LEDs show an alternate blink and the WN311B is not connected to an access point. I cannot connect to an access point. The access point is available and there is good signal strength. Troubleshooting v2. 0, February 2007 4-1 NETGEAR RangeMax NEXT Wireless PCI Adapter WN311B User Manual Table 4-1. See Chapter 3, "Wireless Network Performance" for help in understanding how to get the best performance from your WN311B Wireless PCI Adapter. The Smart Wizard keeps asking me to save If you change the settings the Smart Wizard offers you the settings. [. . . ]