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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v1.0, April 2006
Starting a Computer-to-Computer (Ad Hoc) Network Connection
1. On the Settings tab page of the Smart Wizard, select or type the Network Name (SSID).
2. Select the Computer-to-Computer (Ad Hoc) network type.
3. Click Initiate Ad Hoc. The Ad Hoc Setting dialog box opens:
4. In the Start Ad Hoc field, choose the wireless standard (802.11b, or 802.11g) for your Ad Hoc
computer-to-computer network.
5. In the Channel field, Automatic should work.
6. Click OK.
The Wireless Adapter automatically selects the highest connection speed.
Note: Ad Hoc is supported in 802.11b and 802.11g only. It is not supported at the
draft 802.11n specification.
Figure 3-6
Note: If there is interference from another nearby wireless device, use the Networks
tab page to see which channels are in use in your area. Then use a different channel.
For example, if your neighbors use channel 6 and the signal strength is strong, then
channels 4-8 would probably be poor choices for you.