NETGEAR MA 301 - Manual (Page 3)

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CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................ 1
B ENEFITS ........................................................................................................................................................ 1
F EATURES ....................................................................................................................................................... 1
R ELATED NETGEAR PRODUCTS ..................................................................................................................... 1
CHAPTER 2: WIRELESS NETWORK FUNDAMENTALS ........................................................................... 2
W IRELESS N ETWORK C ONFIGURATION ............................................................................................................ 2
S ERVICE S ET I DENTIFICATION (SS ID) ........................................................................................................... 3
A UTHENTICATION AND WEP E NCRYPTION ...................................................................................................... 3
W IRELESS C HANNEL S ELECTION .................................................................................................................... 4
CHAPTER 3: HARDWARE INSTALLATION ................................................................................................. 5
P ACKAGE C ONTENTS ........................................................................................................................................ 5
H ARDWARE D ESCRIPTION ................................................................................................................................ 5
I NSTALLING W IRELESS PCI A DAPTER AND W IRELESS PC C ARD ................................................................... 5
CHAPTER 4: DRIVER INSTALLATION ......................................................................................................... 6
W INDOWS 95/B D RIVER S OFTWARE ............................................................................................................... 6
W INDOWS 98 D RIVER S OFTWARE ................................................................................................................... 7
W INDOWS M E D RIVER S OFTWARE .................................................................................................................. 8
W INDOWS NT 4.0 D RIVER S OFTWARE ............................................................................................................ 9
W INDOWS 2000 D RIVER S OFTWARE ............................................................................................................. 10
CHAPTER 5: WIRELESS LAN CONFIGURATION..................................................................................... 12
A DAPTER P ROPERTIES C ONFIGURATION ........................................................................................................ 12
APPENDIX A: HARDWARE SPECIFICATION ........................................................................................... 18