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Chapter 1 Introduction This chapter describes some of the key features of the NETGEAR ProSafe 802.11a/g Dual Band Wireless Access Point WAG102. It also includes the minimum prerequisites for installation ("System Requirements" on page 1-5.), package contents ("What's In the Box?" on page 1-6) and a description of the front and back panels of the WAG102 ("Hardware Description" on page 1-7). About the ProSafe 802.11a/g Dual Band Wireless Access Point WAG102 The ProSafe 802.11a/g Dual Band Wireless Access Point WAG102 is the basic building block of a wireless LAN infrastructure. It provides connectivity between Ethernet wired networks and radioequipped wireless notebook systems, desktop systems, print servers, and other devices. The WAG102 provides wireless connectivity to multiple wireless network devices within a fixed range or area of coverage-interacting with a wireless network interface card (NIC) via an antenna. Typically, an individual in-building access point provides a maximum connectivity area of about a 500 foot radius. Consequently, the ProSafe 802.11a/g Dual Band Wireless Access Point WAG102 can support a small group of users in a range of several hundred feet. Most access points can handle between 10 to 30 users simultaneously. The ProSafe 802.11a/g Dual Band Wireless Access Point WAG102 acts as a bridge between the wired LAN and wireless clients. Connecting multiple WAG102 Wireless Access Points via a wired Ethernet backbone can further lengthen the wireless network coverage. As a mobile computing device moves out of the range of one access point, it moves into the range of another. As a result, wireless clients can freely roam from one Access Point to another and still maintain seamless connection to the network. The auto-sensing capability of the ProSafe 802.11a/g Dual Band Wireless Access Point WAG102 allows packet transmission at up to 54 Mbps, or at reduced speeds to compensate for distance or electromagnetic interference. 1-1 v2.0, September 2006

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1-1
v2.0, September 2006
Chapter 1
Introduction
This chapter describes some of the key features of the NETGEAR ProSafe 802.11a/g Dual Band
Wireless Access Point WAG102. It also includes the minimum prerequisites for installation
(
“System Requirements” on page 1-5
.), package contents (
“What’s In the Box?” on page 1-6
) and
a description of the front and back panels of the WAG102 (
“Hardware Description” on page 1-7
).
About the ProSafe 802.11a/g Dual Band Wireless Access
Point WAG102
The ProSafe 802.11a/g Dual Band Wireless Access Point WAG102
is the basic building block of a
wireless LAN infrastructure. It provides connectivity between Ethernet wired networks and radio-
equipped wireless notebook systems, desktop systems, print servers, and other devices.
The WAG102 provides wireless connectivity to multiple wireless network devices within a fixed
range or area of coverage—interacting with a wireless network interface card (NIC) via an
antenna. Typically, an individual in-building access point provides a maximum connectivity area
of about a 500 foot radius. Consequently, the ProSafe 802.11a/g Dual Band Wireless Access Point
WAG102 can support a small group of users in a range of several hundred feet. Most access points
can handle between 10 to 30 users simultaneously.
The ProSafe 802.11a/g Dual Band Wireless Access Point WAG102 acts as a bridge between the
wired LAN and wireless clients. Connecting multiple WAG102 Wireless Access Points via a wired
Ethernet backbone can further lengthen the wireless network coverage. As a mobile computing
device moves out of the range of one access point, it moves into the range of another. As a result,
wireless clients can freely roam from one Access Point to another and still maintain seamless
connection to the network.
The auto-sensing capability of the ProSafe 802.11a/g Dual Band Wireless Access Point WAG102
allows packet transmission at up to 54 Mbps, or at reduced speeds to compensate for distance or
electromagnetic interference.