User Manual

NETGEAR RangeMax Dual Band Wireless-N USB Adapter WNDA3100v2 User Manual
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v1.0, December 2008
2. Click the Networks tab to display the following screen:
The screen shows the following information for each network scanned:
• Network Name (SSID). The name assigned to a wireless network. This is the same as the
SSID or ESSID configuration parameter. Note that as a security measure, some wireless
access points do not broadcast their SSID. In such cases, the SSID field is blank even though
the rest of the information is still displayed.
• Channel. The channel determines which operating frequency is used. In this column (A)
indicates a 5 GHz network, and (G) indicates a 2.4 GHz network.
• N. The access point supports wireless N mode.
• WPS. The access point supports WPS.
• Security. Identifies whether the wireless network uses security settings such as
WPA2-PSK, WPA-PSK, or WEP.
• Signal. Identifies the signal strength of the communications.
• MAC Address. Identifies the hardware address (MAC address) of the wireless device
broadcasting this information.
• Mode. Identifies the type of wireless network — Access Point (Infrastructure) or Computer-
to-Computer (Ad Hoc)
The buttons located at the bottom of the Networks tab are:
• Help. Display online help.
• Join a Network. View networks and join a network. See “Joining a Network Manually” on
page 2-4.
Figure 2-2
You can click a column
heading to sort.
If many networks use
the same channel they
can interfere with each
other. (A) indicates a 5 GHz
The status bar shows
your network connection
and Internet connection.
network, and (G) indicates a
2.4 GHz network.