NETGEAR RANGEMAX WPN511 - Manual (Page 14)

User Manual for the NETGEAR RangeMax™ Wireless PC Card WPN511
2 -4 I n trod u ction
February 2005
P rote ct m y
wire le ss
con n e ction from
sn oop in g,
h a ckin g, or
in form a tion
th e ft.
1 . A ssu re th a t th e
wire le ss
n e twork h a s
se cu rity
fe a tu re s
e n a b le d .
2 . C on figu re m y
W P N 5 1 1 with
th e se cu rity
se ttin gs of th e
wire le ss
n e twork.
3 . U se W in d ows
se cu rity
fe a tu re s.
1 . A wire le ss n e twork with
a u th e n tica tion a n d W E P
e n cry p tion e n a b le d .
2 . W ire le ss n e tworkin g
e qu ip m e n t th a t su p p orts W E P
e n cry p tion , su ch a s th e
W P N 5 1 1 a n d a ll N E T G E A R
wire le ss n e tworkin g p rod u cts.
To le a rn a b ou t wire le ss
n e tworkin g se cu rity, se e
“A u th e n tica tion a n d W E P ” on
p a ge B -2
.
To u se W E P se cu rity fe a tu re s,
se e
“E n a b lin g W ire le ss S e cu rity
F e a tu re s” on p a ge 4 -7 a n d
con figu re y ou r W P N 5 1 1
a ccord in gly.
Note: S e cu re I n te rn e t site s su ch a s b a n ks a n d on lin e m e rch a n ts u se e n cry p tion se cu rity b u ilt in to b rowse rs
like I n te rn e t E xp lore r a n d N e tsca p e . A n y wire le ss n e tworkin g se cu rity fe a tu re s y ou m igh t im p le m e n t a re in
a d d ition to th ose a lre a d y in p la ce on se cu re I n te rn e t site s.
C on n e ct to th e
I n te rn e t ove r m y
wire le ss
n e twork.
1 . A ctiva te m y
wire le ss lin k
a n d ve rify m y
n e twork
con n e ction .
2 . O p e n a n
I n te rn e t
b rowse r su ch
a s I n te rn e t
E xp lore r or
N e tsca p e
N a viga tor.
1 . A n a ctive I n te rn e t con n e ction
like th ose from ca b le or D S L
se rvice p rovid e rs.
2 . A wire le ss n e twork con n e cte d
to th e ca b le or D S L I n te rn e t
se rvice th rou gh a ca b le /D S L
rou te r a s illu stra te d in
“C on n e ctin g to a n A cce ss
P oin t in I n fra stru ctu re M od e ”
on p a ge 4 -2
.
3 . T C P /I P I n te rn e t n e tworkin g
softwa re in sta lle d a n d
con figu re d on m y n ote b ook P C
a ccord in g to th e re qu ire m e n ts
of th e I n te rn e t se rvice p rovid e r.
4 . A b rowse r like I n te rn e t
E xp lore r or N e tsca p e
N a viga tor.
To con figu re y ou r W P N 5 1 1 in
I n fra stru ctu re M od e , se e
“B a sic
I n sta lla tion I n stru ction s” on
p a ge 3 -3
, a n d loca te th e se ction
for y ou r ve rsion of W in d ows.
F or a ssista n ce with con figu rin g
th e T C P /I P I n te rn e t softwa re on
a P C , se e
“P re p a rin g Y ou r
C om p u te rs for T C P /I P
N e tworkin g” on p a ge C -1
or re fe r
to th e P C N e tworkin g T u toria l on
th e NETGEAR RangeMax™
Wireless PC Card WPN511
Resource CD a n d th e H e lp
in form a tion p rovid e d in th e
W in d ows sy ste m y ou a re u sin g.
.
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