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
Chapter 1 – Overview
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Non-Windows clients can access the Internet through the
Intel Wireless Gateway II, but not configure the gateway.
These PCs must meet the following system
requirements:
• Macintosh* OS 9.2 or later, with Internet Explorer 5.x
or higher
• Linux* system, with Netscape 4.75 or higher
All PCs and laptops connected to the gateway must
have:
• For a wireless connection: a Wi-Fi* approved IEEE
802.11b-compatible adapter (we recommend the
AnyPoint
®
Wireless II or Intel PRO/Wireless LAN
network adapters).
• For a wired network: IEEE 802.3 10/100 Ethernet
network adapter, or a hub or switch.
Service
requirements
To use the Intel Wireless Gateway II to manage your
broadband Internet access, you need:
• An Internet access account from your local telephone
company or an Internet Service Provider (ISP).
• A broadband modem (cable or DSL) with an Ethernet
connection.
A look at the gateway hardware
Front panel The front panel of the Intel Wireless Gateway II has a
series of nine lights that provide information about the
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