User`s guide

Connecting To A Wireless LAN 3-1
Connecting To A Wireless LAN
After installing your USB Adapter, you can connect to a wireless LAN.
Before you can connect to a network, you need to decide if you are connecting to
another wireless client or to an access point (you may easily switch between
modes if your requirements change). Use Ad-hoc mode if you are connecting
directly to another wireless client. Use Infrastructure mode if you are connecting to
an access point.
In either mode, the Service Set Identifier (SSID) and Wired Equivalent Privacy
(WEP) must have the same settings. For more information, see "About Wireless
LANs" on page A-1.
About the
Network
Blaster
Wireless USB
Adapter Utility
Icon
Name Description
❍ Startup icon
❍ After installing the driver and Network Blaster Wireless USB
Adapter Utility, this icon appears on your computer’s
taskbar.
❍ Network Blaster
USB Adapter Utility
icon
❍ When your USB adapter is connected to a network, this icon
appears on your computer’s taskbar.
❍ The Network Blaster USB Adapter Utility icon
disappears when you disconnect the USB adapter from your
computer, or when you are not running Network Blaster
Wireless USB Adapter Utility.
❍ Low signal
strength icon
❍ The bars on the Network Blaster Wireless USB Adapter
Utility icon indicate the signal strength. If the signal
strength is low, this icon appears.
❍ Disconnected icon
❍ When your USB adapter is not connected to a network, the
Network Blaster Wireless USB Adapter Utility icon
looks like this.