User Manual
Table Of Contents
- Chapter 1 About This Manual
- Chapter 2 Basic Setup
- Chapter 3 Network Connections and Wireless Security
- Understanding the Smart Wizard
- Finding a Network
- Profiles
- Setting up a Profile to Connect to an Access Point or Router
- Setting up a Computer-to-Computer (Ad Hoc) Profile
- Wireless Security
- Wireless Network Name (SSID) and Security Settings
- Setting up WEP Encryption Security
- Setting up WPA2-PSK Security
- Setting up WPA-PSK Security
- Networks Page
- Statistics Page
- About Page
- Chapter 4 Troubleshooting
- Appendix A Default Configuration Settings and Technical Specifications
- Appendix B Related Documents
NETGEAR RangeMax NEXT Wireless Notebook Adapter WN511B User Manual
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a. Click Save Profile.
All the configuration settings are saved in this profile.
b. Click Apply.
c. Click Close to exit the Smart Wizard, or Cancel to return to the previous settings.
4. Configure the PC network settings.
a. Configure each PC with either a static IP address or with the IPX protocol.
b. Restart the PCs.
5. Verify wireless connectivity between your peer devices.
You can use the ping utility to verify your wireless connection:
c. This sends a continuous ping to the device with the 192.168.0.1 static IP address. The ping
response should change to “reply.”
At this point the connection is established. For more information about using ping, see
http://kbserver.netgear.com/kb_web_files/N101453.asp.
a. On the Windows taskbar click Start, and
then click Run.
b. Assuming the target PC is configured
with 192.168.0.1 as its IP address, type
ping -t 192.168.0.1 and then click
OK.
Figure 3-4
Figure 3-5
Note: If you cannot connect, see “Removing the Software” in Chapter 2. Also, for
problems with accessing network resources, the Windows Client and File and Print
Sharing software might not be installed and configured properly on your computers.
Please see the link to “Internet Networking and TCP/IP Addressing:” in Appendix B.