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CONTENTS CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION 1 FEATURES AND BENEFITS ...1 APPLICATIONS ...1 RELATED NETGEAR PRODUCTS 2 CHAPTER 2: INSTALLING THE DRIVERS AND UTILITY FOR WINDOWS 98, ME, 2000, AND XP...3 CHAPTER 3: HARDWARE INSTALLATION 7 PACKAGE CONTENTS ...2 HARDWARE DESCRIPTION ERROR! BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED. INSTALLING THE WIRELESS PCI ADAPTER 7 CHAPTER 4: VERIFYING DRIVER INSTALLATION 8 Verifying Driver Installation under Windows 98 8 Verifying Driver Installation under Windows Me 8 Verifying Driver Installation under Windows 2000 8 Verifying Driver Installation under Windows XP 8 CHAPTER 5: INSTALLING THE DRIVERS AND UTILITY FOR WINDOWS NT 10 Installing Drivers Software for Windows NT 10 Verifying Driver Installation ...11 CHAPTER 6: WIRELESS LAN CONFIGURATION 15 WLAN CONFIGURATION UTILITY 15 System Tray Applications (for all Windows users 17 WLAN Utility Parameter Modification 18 Profile ...19 Security (WEP) ...21 ADAPTER PROPERTIES CONFIGURATION 24 Device Properties Page ...24 Device Properties Modification 25 CHAPTER 7: WIRELESS NETWORK FUNDAMENTALS 27 WIRELESS NETWORK CONFIGURATION 27 Ad-hoc Mode (Peer-to-Peer Workgroup 27 Infrastructure Mode...27 SERVICE SET IDENTIFICATION (SSID 28 AUTHENTICATION AND WEP ENCRYPTION 28 WIRELESS CHANNEL SELECTION 29 APPENDIX A: HARDWARE SPECIFICATIONS 30 iii

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CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION
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1
FEATURES AND BENEFITS
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1
APPLICATIONS
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1
RELATED NETGEAR PRODUCTS
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2
CHAPTER 2: INSTALLING THE DRIVERS AND UTILITY FOR WINDOWS 98, ME, 2000, AND
XP
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3
CHAPTER 3: HARDWARE INSTALLATION
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7
PACKAGE CONTENTS
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2
HARDWARE DESCRIPTION
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ERROR! BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED.
INSTALLING THE WIRELESS PCI ADAPTER
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7
CHAPTER 4: VERIFYING DRIVER INSTALLATION
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8
Verifying Driver Installation under Windows 98
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8
Verifying Driver Installation under Windows Me
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8
Verifying Driver Installation under Windows 2000
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8
Verifying Driver Installation under Windows XP
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8
CHAPTER 5: INSTALLING THE DRIVERS AND UTILITY FOR WINDOWS NT
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10
Installing Drivers Software for Windows NT
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10
Verifying Driver Installation
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11
CHAPTER 6: WIRELESS LAN CONFIGURATION
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15
WLAN CONFIGURATION UTILITY
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15
System Tray Applications (for all Windows users)
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17
WLAN Utility Parameter Modification
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18
Profile
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19
Security (WEP)
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21
ADAPTER PROPERTIES CONFIGURATION
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24
Device Properties Page
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24
Device Properties Modification
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25
CHAPTER 7: WIRELESS NETWORK FUNDAMENTALS
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27
WIRELESS NETWORK CONFIGURATION
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27
Ad-hoc Mode (Peer-to-Peer Workgroup)
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27
Infrastructure Mode
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27
SERVICE SET IDENTIFICATION (SSID)
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28
AUTHENTICATION AND WEP ENCRYPTION
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28
WIRELESS CHANNEL SELECTION
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29
APPENDIX A: HARDWARE SPECIFICATIONS
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30