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NETGEAR 108 Mbps Wireless PC Card WG511T User Manual

Network Connections and Wireless Security 2-3

v3.0, January 2007

The screen shows the following information for each network scanned:

• Network Name (SSID): The name assigned to a wireless network. This is the same as the

SSID or ESSID configuration parameter. Note that as a security measure, some wireless

access points do not broadcast their SSID. In such cases, the SSID field will be blank even

though the rest of the information will still be displayed.

• Channel: The channel determines which operating frequency will be used.

• Security: Identifies whether the wireless network uses security settings such as WEP,

WPA2-PSK, or WPA-PSK.

• Signal: Identifies the signal strength of the communications.

• MAC Address: Identifies the hardware address (MAC Address) of the wireless device

broadcasting this information.

• Mode: Identifies the type of wireless network — Access Point (Infrastructure) or Computer-

to-Computer (Ad Hoc)

The buttons located at the bottom of the Networks tab are:

• Help: Display online help.

• Find a Network: Find and connect to a network. See “Finding a Network” on page 2-4.

• Connect: Connect to the network that you selected.

• Scan: Check for wireless networks. Clicking Scan refreshes the page.

• Close: Close the window of the Wizard.

Figure 2-2

You can click a column

heading to sort.

If many networks use

the same channel they

can interfere with each

other.

he Status bar shows

our network connection

nd Internet connection.

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