User Manual

CHAPTER 1 ABOUT THE WIRELESS ACCESS POINT MODULE.................. 3
1-1 I
NTRODUCTION.......................................................................................................... 3
1-2 U
SING A WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORK.............................................................. 3
1-3 F
EATURES AND REQUIREMENTS................................................................................. 4
CHAPTER 2 NETWORK CONFIGURING AND PLANNING ............................. 5
2-1 A
D-HOC NETWORK ................................................................................................... 5
2-2 A
CCESS POINT (INFRASTRUCTURE) NETWORK .......................................................... 6
CHAPTER 3 ATHEROS CLIENT UTILITY INSTALLATION.......................... 7
3-1 A
THEROS CLIENT UTILITY INSTALLATION.................................................................. 7
CHAPTER 4 ATHEROS CLIENT UTILITY (ACU) CONFIGURATION ......... 10
4-1 A
THEROS CLIENT UTILITY ICON............................................................................... 10
4-2 C
URRENT STATUS TAB ............................................................................................. 11
4-3 P
ROFILE MANAGEMENT .......................................................................................... 13
4-3-1 C
REATE OR MODIFY A PROFILE ............................................................................ 14
4-3-2 S
ECURITY SETTINGS IN PROFILE MANAGEMENT .................................................. 16
4-3-3 A
DVANCED SETTINGS IN PROFILE MANAGEMENT................................................. 20
4-4 D
IAGNOSTIC TAB..................................................................................................... 21
4-5 A
CTION MENU......................................................................................................... 22
4-5-1 E
NABLE/DISABLE RADIO ..................................................................................... 22
4-5-2
ENABLE/DISABLE TRAY ICON............................................................................... 22
CHAPTER 5 WIRELESS CONFIGURATION USING WINDOWS XP................. 23
5-1 C
ONFIGURING YOUR WIRELESS NETWORKING SETTINGS ....................................... 23
5-2 A
DVANCED WIRELESS SETTINGS ............................................................................. 23
5-3 D
ISABLING THE RADIO ............................................................................................ 24
5-4 H
ELP AND SUPPORT INFORMATION........................................................................... 24
APPENDIX A – ATHEROS CLIENT UTILITY UNINSTALL PROCESS.............. 25
APPENDIX B - GLOSSARY......................................................................................... 28
APPENDIX C –WIRELESS NOTICES....................................................................... 29