User Manual
Table Of Contents
- Overview
- Setting Up the Gateway on a Network
- Changing the Gateway Settings
- Using the Advanced Feature Set
- Accessing advanced features
- Changing your gateway password
- Changing your advanced wireless settings
- Setting your transfer rate
- Setting your operating channel
- Using system tools
- Establishing routing protocols
- Refining DHCP server addressing
- Assigning virtual server settings
- Using access control features
- Changing your gateway IP address
- IP addressing in network adapters
- Universal Plug and Play
- Troubleshooting
- Glossary
- Glossary
- 802.11b
- Ad Hoc Mode
- Adapter
- Access Point (AP)
- ASCII characters
- DHCP
- Driver (Device Driver)
- DNS
- Encryption
- Ethernet
- Ethernet address (MAC address)
- Firewall
- Gateway
- Hexadecimal
- Hub
- Infrastructure Mode
- IEEE
- ISP
- LAN
- Mbps
- NAT
- Peer-to-Peer Mode
- Profiles (Network Profiles)
- Protocols (Network Protocols)
- Resources (Network resources)
- Roaming
- SSID
- Subnet
- Subnet mask
- Switch
- TCP/IP
- UPnP
- USB
- VPN
- Glossary
- Specifications
- Regulatory Compliance Statements
- Index
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Contents
Chapter 1 – Overview 1
Decide how to set up the Intel
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WirelessGatewayII........2
FeaturesoftheIntelWirelessGatewayII.................3
Verify system and service requirements ..................4
Alookatthegatewayhardware........................5
Configurationsoftwareandsettings.....................9
Accessingtheconfigurationsoftware....................9
Wheretofindmoreinformation........................12
Chapter 2 – Setting Up the Gateway on a Network 13
Planning your network ..............................14
Connecting the gateway to an Ethernet hub or switch . .....14
Configuringthegatewayasanaccesspoint .............16
Installing wireless adapters on other PCs................20
Using Windows* XP Client Configuration Manager . . . .....21
Configuring the adapter .............................22
Chapter 3 – Changing the Gateway Settings 23
Opening the gateway configuration software .............24
Viewing your connection status .......................25
Viewingmorestatusdetails ..........................25
Printingyourgatewaysettings ........................25
Changing your wireless settings .......................26
Changing or disabling your encryption settings ...........28
Changing your device settings ........................32
Savingsettingsandrestartingyourgateway .............37
Chapter 4 – Using the Advanced Feature Set 39
Accessingadvancedfeatures.........................40
Changing your gateway password .....................40
Changing your advanced wireless settings...............41
Settingyourtransferrate ............................42
Setting your operating channel ........................42
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