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User Manual for the NETGEAR RangeMax™ 240 Wireless Notebook Adapter WPNT511 You can check the status bar in the Smart Wizard for the current connection status. Note: If you cannot connect, see Chapter 5, "Troubleshooting". Also, for problems with accessing network resources, the Windows Client and File and Print Sharing software might not be installed and configured properly on your computers. Please refer to "Internet Networking and TCP/IP Addressing:" on page -1. Computer-to-Computer (Ad Hoc) Profiles The computer-to-computer setting of the WPNT511 uses Ad Hoc mode. Ad Hoc mode is an 802.11 networking framework in which devices or computers communicate directly with each other, without the use of an access point. For example, this mode is used when two Windows computers are configured with file and print sharing enabled and you want to exchange files directly between them. Computer with wireless adapter card Computer with WPNT511 Wireless Notebook Adapter Figure 4-3 Note: Ad Hoc mode will not work using DHCP settings. Ad Hoc mode requires either static IP addresses (such as 192.168.0.1) or the IPX protocol. For instructions on setting up static IP addresses on a Windows PC, refer to the PC Networking Tutorial included on the NETGEAR Resource CD. Follow the instructions below to create an Ad Hoc mode profile. 1. Run the WPNT511 Smart Wizard. Network Connections and Wireless Security 4-5 v1.0, October 2005

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User Manual for the NETGEAR RangeMax™ 240 Wireless Notebook Adapter WPNT511
Network Connections and Wireless Security
4-5
v1.0, October 2005
You can check the status bar in the Smart Wizard for the current connection status.
Computer-to-Computer (Ad Hoc) Profiles
The computer-to-computer setting of the WPNT511 uses Ad Hoc mode. Ad Hoc mode is an
802.11 networking framework in which devices or computers communicate directly with each
other, without the use of an access point. For example, this mode is used when two Windows
computers are configured with file and print sharing enabled and you want to exchange files
directly between them.
Follow the instructions below to create an Ad Hoc mode profile.
1.
Run the WPNT511 Smart Wizard.
Note:
If you cannot connect, see
Chapter 5, “Troubleshooting”
. Also, for problems
with accessing network resources, the Windows Client and File and Print
Sharing software might not be installed and configured properly on your
computers. Please refer to
“Internet Networking and TCP/IP Addressing:” on
page -1
.
Figure 4-3
Note:
Ad Hoc mode will not work using DHCP settings. Ad Hoc mode requires either
static IP addresses (such as
192.168.0.1
)
or the IPX protocol. For instructions on
setting up static IP addresses on a Windows PC, refer to the PC Networking
Tutorial included on the
NETGEAR Resource CD
.
Computer with
Computer with
wireless adapter card
WPNT511 Wireless Notebook Adapter