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NETGEAR 54 Mbps Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter WG111v3 User Manual

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v1.0, March 2008

2. Click the Networks tab to view the following screen:

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, and identifies

which wireless mode (G, N) is supported.

• WPS. The access point supports WPS.

• 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.

• Join a Network: Join a network. See “Joining a Network” on page 2-4.

Figure 2-2

You can click a column

heading to sort.

If many networks use

the same channel they

can interfere with each

other.

The Status bar shows

your network connection

and Internet connection.

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