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User Manual for the NETGEAR 54 Mbps Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter WG111 Configure your WG111 and save the Profile. a. Click the WG111 icon on the Windows desktop or in the system tray to open the WG111 Wireless Assistant. The utility opens to the Settings tab page. Click Help for instructions on using the SMART WIZARD Wireless Assistant. b. For the Network Name (SSID), use the default of Any (First available network) or type an SSID for your network. Tip: As an alternative to typing in the SSID, you can use the drop-down list or the Networks tab to view the available wireless networks, and choose the one you want. c. Click Apply to activate the connection. d. You can also enter a profile name and click Save Profile to store the current settings. Tip: If you use your desktop PC to connect to a wireless network at work and at home, create profiles called work and home. Then, activate whichever one you need for wherever you are located. Click here to open the Wireless Assistant. WG111 system tray icon WG111 Wireless Assistant Note: The NETGEAR default settings are Infrastructure mode, with Any (first available network that replies) for the wireless network name SSID, and WEP disabled. If your WLAN settings are different from the NETGEAR default settings, you will not connect. Set up your WG111 accordingly. Note: This procedure assumes you are connecting to a wireless network which is not using WEP security. If your network includes WEP settings, click the Security tab page and configure the WG111 accordingly. For help with these steps, click the Help button in the WG111 Wireless Assistant to view help information for each tab, or see "Enabling Wireless Security Features" on page 4-7. Basic Setup 202-10026-01 3-11

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User Manual for the NETGEAR 54 Mbps Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter WG111
Basic Setup
3-11
202-10026-01
Configure your WG111
and save the
Profile
.
a.
Click the WG111 icon
on the
Windows desktop or in the system tray
to open the WG111 Wireless Assistant.
The utility opens to the Settings tab
page.
Click Help for instructions on using the
SMART WIZARD Wireless Assistant.
b.
For the Network Name (SSID), use the
default of
Any
(First available network)
or type an SSID for
your network.
Tip
: As an alternative to typing in the
SSID, you can use the drop-down list or
the Networks tab to view the available
wireless networks, and choose the one
you want.
c.
Click
Apply
to activate the connection.
d.
You can also enter a profile name and
click
Save Profile
to store the current
settings.
Tip
: If you use your desktop PC to
connect to a wireless network at work
and at home, create profiles called
work
and
home
. Then, activate whichever one
you need for wherever you are located.
WG111 system tray icon
WG111 Wireless Assistant
Note:
The NETGEAR default settings are
Infrastructure mode
, with
Any
(first available
network that replies) for the wireless network
name SSID, and WEP disabled. If your WLAN
settings are different from the NETGEAR default
settings, you will not connect. Set up your WG111
accordingly.
Note:
This procedure assumes you are
connecting to a wireless network which is not
using WEP security. If your network includes WEP
settings, click the Security tab page and configure
the WG111 accordingly. For help with these steps,
click the Help button in the WG111 Wireless
Assistant to view help information for each tab, or
see
“Enabling Wireless Security Features”
on page 4-7
.
Click here to open the Wireless Assistant.