Netgear WAG311 Installation Guide

M-10148-01 Version v1.0July 2003NETGEAR, Inc.4500 Great America Parkway Santa Clara, CA 95054 USAInstallation Guide for the NETGEAR Dual Band Wireless

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Installation Guide for the NETGEAR Dual Band Wireless PCI Adapter WAG311Introduction 1-1Chapter 1 IntroductionThis chapter introduces the features, pa

Installation Guide for the NETGEAR Dual Band Wireless PCI Adapter WAG3111-2 Introduction• 802.11g Standards-based wireless networking at up to 108 Mbp

Installation Guide for the NETGEAR Dual Band Wireless PCI Adapter WAG311Introduction 1-3What’s in the Box?The product package should contain the follo

Installation Guide for the NETGEAR Dual Band Wireless PCI Adapter WAG3111-4 IntroductionTable 1-1. A Road Map for How to Get There From Here If I Want

Installation Guide for the NETGEAR Dual Band Wireless PCI Adapter WAG311Introduction 1-5Connect to the Internet over my wireless network.1. Activate m

Installation Guide for the NETGEAR Dual Band Wireless PCI Adapter WAG3111-6 IntroductionExchange files between a wirelessly connected notebook compute

Installation Guide for the NETGEAR Dual Band Wireless PCI Adapter WAG311Introduction 1-7Use printers in a combined wireless and wired network.1. Use t

Installation Guide for the NETGEAR Dual Band Wireless PCI Adapter WAG3111-8 Introduction

Basic Setup 2-1Chapter 2 Basic SetupThis section describes how to install your NETGEAR Dual Band Wireless PCI Adapter WAG311 and set up basic wireless

iiTechnical SupportPlease refer to the support information card that shipped with your product. By registering your product at www.netgear.com/registe

Installation Guide for the NETGEAR Dual Band Wireless PCI Adapter WAG3112-2 Basic SetupObserve Location and Range GuidelinesComputers can connect over

Installation Guide for the NETGEAR Dual Band Wireless PCI Adapter WAG311Basic Setup 2-3WAG311 Default Wireless Configuration SettingsIf this is a new

Installation Guide for the NETGEAR Dual Band Wireless PCI Adapter WAG3112-4 Basic SetupFor Windows XP Users Installing a WAG311Use the procedure below

Installation Guide for the NETGEAR Dual Band Wireless PCI Adapter WAG311Basic Setup 2-5f. Mount the antenna in the stand.Connect the antenna to the ad

Installation Guide for the NETGEAR Dual Band Wireless PCI Adapter WAG3112-6 Basic SetupConfigure your WAG311.a. Right-click on the network icon in the

Installation Guide for the NETGEAR Dual Band Wireless PCI Adapter WAG311Basic Setup 2-7Verify wireless connectivity to your network.a. Open the WAG311

Installation Guide for the NETGEAR Dual Band Wireless PCI Adapter WAG3112-8 Basic SetupFor Windows 2000 & 98/Me Users Installing a WAG311Install t

Installation Guide for the NETGEAR Dual Band Wireless PCI Adapter WAG311Basic Setup 2-9Install the WAG311 Wireless PCI Adapter and Antenna. a. Prepare

Installation Guide for the NETGEAR Dual Band Wireless PCI Adapter WAG3112-10 Basic Setupf. Mount the antenna in the stand.Connect the antenna to the a

Installation Guide for the NETGEAR Dual Band Wireless PCI Adapter WAG311Basic Setup 2-11Configure your WAG311.a. Open the WAG311 Smart Wireless Settin

iiiCertificate of the Manufacturer/ImporterIt is hereby certified that the Model WAG311 Wireless PCI Adapter has been suppressed in accordance with t

Installation Guide for the NETGEAR Dual Band Wireless PCI Adapter WAG3112-12 Basic SetupVerify wireless connectivity to your network.a. Verify that yo

Installation Guide for the NETGEAR Dual Band Wireless PCI Adapter WAG311Basic Setup 2-13WAG311 Wireless Connection Indicators The NETGEAR Dual Band Wi

Installation Guide for the NETGEAR Dual Band Wireless PCI Adapter WAG3112-14 Basic SetupBasic Troubleshooting Tips If you have problems connecting to

Installation Guide for the NETGEAR Dual Band Wireless PCI Adapter WAG311Basic Setup 2-15About PageThe About page displays important information about

Installation Guide for the NETGEAR Dual Band Wireless PCI Adapter WAG3112-16 Basic Setup• MAC Address: The MAC address of this adapter. The Media Acce

Configuration 3-1Chapter 3 ConfigurationThis section describes how to configure your NETGEAR Dual Band Wireless PCI Adapter WAG311 for wireless connec

Installation Guide for the NETGEAR Dual Band Wireless PCI Adapter WAG3113-2 ConfigurationFor example, if you use your PC to connect to a wireless netw

Installation Guide for the NETGEAR Dual Band Wireless PCI Adapter WAG311Configuration 3-3• Wireless Network Name (SSID): Wireless Network Name (SSID)

Installation Guide for the NETGEAR Dual Band Wireless PCI Adapter WAG3113-4 Configurationb. Click on the Settings tab to display the view shown below.

Installation Guide for the NETGEAR Dual Band Wireless PCI Adapter WAG311Configuration 3-54. Verify wireless connectivity to your network.Verify connec

ivOperation of this equipment in a residential area may cause harmful interference, in which case the user will be required to correct the interferen

Installation Guide for the NETGEAR Dual Band Wireless PCI Adapter WAG3113-6 ConfigurationFigure 3-3: Settings tab pageb. Click the Settings tab to di

Installation Guide for the NETGEAR Dual Band Wireless PCI Adapter WAG311Configuration 3-7b. Assuming the target PC is configured with 192.168.0.1 as i

Installation Guide for the NETGEAR Dual Band Wireless PCI Adapter WAG3113-8 ConfigurationFigure 3-4: Ad-Hoc Setting page4. In the Start Ad-Hoc field,

Installation Guide for the NETGEAR Dual Band Wireless PCI Adapter WAG311Configuration 3-9Before You Change the SSID and WEP SettingsTake the following

Installation Guide for the NETGEAR Dual Band Wireless PCI Adapter WAG3113-10 ConfigurationHow to Configure WEP Encryption SecurityFollowing the steps

Installation Guide for the NETGEAR Dual Band Wireless PCI Adapter WAG311Configuration 3-11Tip: You can click the Networks tab to view a list of the av

Installation Guide for the NETGEAR Dual Band Wireless PCI Adapter WAG3113-12 ConfigurationStatistics PageThe Statistics page provides real time and hi

Installation Guide for the NETGEAR Dual Band Wireless PCI Adapter WAG311Configuration 3-13Advanced Settings PageGenerally, Advanced settings should no

Installation Guide for the NETGEAR Dual Band Wireless PCI Adapter WAG3113-14 Configuration• RTS/CTS Threshold: The packet size that is used to determi

Technical Specifications A-1Appendix A Technical SpecificationsThis appendix provides technical specifications for the NETGEAR Dual Band Wireless PCI

vCanadian Department of Communications Radio Interference RegulationsThis digital apparatus (Model WAG311 Wireless PCI Adapter) does not exceed the

Installation Guide for the NETGEAR Dual Band Wireless PCI Adapter WAG311A-2 Technical Specifications

Wireless Networking Basics B-1Appendix BWireless Networking BasicsThis chapter provides an overview of Wireless networking.Wireless Networking Overvie

Installation Guide for the NETGEAR Dual Band Wireless PCI Adapter WAG311B-2 Wireless Networking BasicsAd Hoc Mode (Peer-to-Peer Workgroup)In an ad hoc

Installation Guide for the NETGEAR Dual Band Wireless PCI Adapter WAG311Wireless Networking Basics B-3• Shared Key. With Shared Key authentication, on

Installation Guide for the NETGEAR Dual Band Wireless PCI Adapter WAG311B-4 Wireless Networking Basics2. The access point authenticates the station.3.

Installation Guide for the NETGEAR Dual Band Wireless PCI Adapter WAG311Wireless Networking Basics B-5Figure B-2: Shared key authenticationOverview o

Installation Guide for the NETGEAR Dual Band Wireless PCI Adapter WAG311B-6 Wireless Networking BasicsKey SizeThe IEEE 802.11 standard supports two ty

Installation Guide for the NETGEAR Dual Band Wireless PCI Adapter WAG311Wireless Networking Basics B-7WEP Configuration OptionsThe WEP settings must m

Installation Guide for the NETGEAR Dual Band Wireless PCI Adapter WAG311B-8 Wireless Networking BasicsThe radio frequency channels used in 802.11b/g n

Installation Guide for the NETGEAR Dual Band Wireless PCI Adapter WAG311Wireless Networking Basics B-9Table B-3: 802.11a Radio Frequency ChannelsNote:

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Installation Guide for the NETGEAR Dual Band Wireless PCI Adapter WAG311B-10 Wireless Networking BasicsThe WAG311 user can use five channels in turbo

Preparing Your PCs for Network Access C-1Appendix CPreparing Your PCs for Network AccessThis appendix describes how to prepare your PCs to connect to

Installation Guide for the NETGEAR Dual Band Wireless PCI Adapter WAG311C-2 Preparing Your PCs for Network Access1. On the Windows taskbar, click the

Installation Guide for the NETGEAR Dual Band Wireless PCI Adapter WAG311Preparing Your PCs for Network Access C-3d. Select Client for Microsoft Networ

Installation Guide for the NETGEAR Dual Band Wireless PCI Adapter WAG311C-4 Preparing Your PCs for Network AccessVerify the following settings as show

Installation Guide for the NETGEAR Dual Band Wireless PCI Adapter WAG311Preparing Your PCs for Network Access C-5Selecting the Internet Access Method1

Installation Guide for the NETGEAR Dual Band Wireless PCI Adapter WAG311C-6 Preparing Your PCs for Network Access2. Type winipcfg, and then click OK.T

Installation Guide for the NETGEAR Dual Band Wireless PCI Adapter WAG311Preparing Your PCs for Network Access C-7DHCP Configuration of TCP/IP in Windo

Installation Guide for the NETGEAR Dual Band Wireless PCI Adapter WAG311C-8 Preparing Your PCs for Network AccessNow you should be at the Local Area N

Installation Guide for the NETGEAR Dual Band Wireless PCI Adapter WAG311Preparing Your PCs for Network Access C-9DHCP Configuration of TCP/IP in Windo

Contents viiContentsChapter 1 IntroductionAbout the NETGEAR Dual Band Wireless PCI Adapter WAG311 ...1-1802.11a and 80

Installation Guide for the NETGEAR Dual Band Wireless PCI Adapter WAG311C-10 Preparing Your PCs for Network AccessThe Local Area Connection Properties

Installation Guide for the NETGEAR Dual Band Wireless PCI Adapter WAG311Preparing Your PCs for Network Access C-11Verifying TCP/IP Properties for Wind

Installation Guide for the NETGEAR Dual Band Wireless PCI Adapter WAG311C-12 Preparing Your PCs for Network Access

Glossary 1GlossaryList of Glossary TermsUse the list below to find definitions for technical terms used in this manual.10BASE-T IEEE 802.3 specificati

Installation Guide for the NETGEAR Dual Band Wireless PCI Adapter WAG3112 GlossaryBecause domain names are alphabetic, they're easier to remember

Installation Guide for the NETGEAR Dual Band Wireless PCI Adapter WAG311Glossary3Ranges of addresses are assigned by Internic, an organization formed

Installation Guide for the NETGEAR Dual Band Wireless PCI Adapter WAG3114 GlossarypacketA block of information sent over a network. A packet typically

Installation Guide for the NETGEAR Dual Band Wireless PCI Adapter WAG311Glossary5wide area networkWAN. A long distance link used to extend or connect

Installation Guide for the NETGEAR Dual Band Wireless PCI Adapter WAG3116 Glossary

Index 1Numerics802.11b 1Aad-hoc mode 2BBSSID 2EESSID 2Ffeatures 2Iinfrastructure mode 2IP networkingfor Windows 1, 6OOpen System authentication

viii ContentsBefore You Change the SSID and WEP Settings .....3-9How to Configure WEP Encryption Secur

Contents ixVerifying TCP/IP Properties for Windows XP or 2000 ............ C-11 GlossaryList of Glossary Terms ...