User manual NETGEAR WN511T

[. . . ] NETGEAR RangeMaxTM NEXT Wireless Notebook Adapter WN511T User Manual NETGEAR, Inc. 4500 Great America Parkway Santa Clara, CA 95054 USA 202-10170-02 April 2006 Technical Support For customer support see http://kbserver. netgear. com/kb_web_files/n10005. asp NETGEAR, INC. E-mail: support@netgear. com North American NETGEAR Web site: 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. NETGEAR does not assume any liability that may occur due to the use or application of the product(s) or circuit layout(s) described herein. © 2006 NETGEAR, Inc. [. . . ] Open the network connections from the System Tray icon, click the Properties button, click the Wireless Networks tab and then clear the "Use Windows to configure my wireless network settings" check box. When you have installed the software from the NETGEAR Resource CD, the icon appears on your desktop and in the Windows System Tray. You can either double-click this icon on the desktop, or click it in the System Tray at any time, to use the Smart Wizard. The Smart Wizard provides a complete and easy to use set of tools to: · Choose the network that you want to use. · Configure wireless settings for your wireless notebook adapter. The following sections in this chapter explain how to use the Smart Wizard. Network Connections and Wireless Security vv1. 1, April 2006 11 NETGEAR RangeMaxTM NEXT Wireless Notebook Adapter WN511T User Manual Finding a Network During the Wireless Adapter software installation, the Smart Wizard lists the available networks. After installation you can use the Find a Network button on the Network tab at any time to view the available networks and select the one that you want to use. Note: Make sure that you know the security settings for the network that you want to use. If you use secure networks frequently, set up profiles for each network with the wireless network and security settings. Follow the steps of the wizard to specify the wireless security if used, and to create a profile. Review you settings, and click Finish. Hidden Network Figure 3-1 The Smart Wizard initiates your wireless connection. For more information, see "The Smart Wizard Status Bar" in Chapter 2. 12 Network Connections and Wireless Security vv1. 1, April 2006 NETGEAR RangeMaxTM NEXT Wireless Notebook Adapter WN511T User Manual Profiles The WN511T Smart Wizard uses profiles to store all the settings for a particular wireless network. Default: The Profile named Default automatically scans for any available network. Profile: If you do not enter a name in the Profile Name box, then the name Profile is used to save your settings. If you do this more than once then you will be asked if you want to replace the previous settings stored in Profile. Adding Profiles You can store multiple profiles and recall the one which 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. For example, this mode is used when computers in a house connect to an access point that is attached to a router, which lets multiple computers share a single cable or DSL broadband Internet connection. Computer-to-Computer (Ad Hoc) -- connect directly to another computer with the 802. 11 ad hoc mode. For example, Ad Hoc mode is used when two Windows computers are configured with file and print sharing enabled and you want to exchange files directly between them. · For more information on 802. 11 wireless network modes, see the wireless reference document at: http://documentation. netgear. com/reference/enu/wireless/index. htm. Network Connections and Wireless Security vv1. 1, April 2006 13 NETGEAR RangeMaxTM NEXT Wireless Notebook Adapter WN511T User Manual Setting up a Profile to Connect to an Access Point or Router Follow these instructions to set up the WNT511T Wireless Notebook Adapter to connect to a wireless access point or router. In the Network Type section, be sure that Access Point (Infrastructure) is selected. [. . . ] Please refer to the link to "Internet Networking and TCP/IP Addressing:" in Appendix B. Troubleshooting Tips Symptom I can connect to an access point, but I cannot connect to other computers on the network or the Internet. Cause This could be a physical layer problem or a network configuration problem. Solution Check to make sure that the access point is physically connected to the Ethernet network. Make sure that the IP addresses and the Windows networking parameters are all configured correctly. [. . . ]