User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Technical Support
- Trademarks
- Statement of Conditions
- FCC Statement
- Antenna Statement for North America and Australia
- Industry Canada Compliance Statement
- Europe - EU Declaration of Conformity
- Requirements For Operation in the European Community
- Contents
- Chapter 1 About This Manual
- Chapter 2 Introduction
- Chapter 3 Basic Installation and Configuration
- Chapter 4 Management
- Chapter 5 Advanced Configuration
- Chapter 6 Troubleshooting
- No lights are lit on the access point.
- The Wireless LAN activity light does not light up.
- The LAN light is not lit.
- I cannot access the Internet or the LAN with a wireless capable computer.
- I cannot connect to the WG102 to configure it.
- When I enter a URL or IP address I get a timeout error.
- Using the Reset Button to Restore Factory Default Settings
- Appendix A Specifications
- Appendix B Wireless Networking Basics
- Index
Reference Manual for the NETGEAR WG102 ProSafe 802.11g Wireless Access Point
About This Manual 1-1
October 2004
Chapter 1
About This Manual
Congratulations on your purchase of the NETGEAR WG102 ProSafe 802.11g Wireless Access
Point. The WG102 provides connection for multiple personal computers to the Internet through an
external broadband access device (such as a cable modem or DSL modem).
Audience, Versions, Conventions
This reference manual assumes that the reader has basic to intermediate computer and Internet
skills. However, tutorial information is provided in the Appendices and on the NETGEAR Web
site.
This guide uses the following formats to highlight special messages:
This manual is written for the WG102 Access Point according to these versions.:
Note: This format is used to highlight information of importance or special interest.
Table 1-1. Product, Firmware Version, Manual Version, and Publication Date
Product NETGEAR WG102 ProSafe 802.11g Wireless Access Point
Manual Part Number
Manual Publication Date October 2004
Note: Product updates are available on the NETGEAR Web site at
www.netgear.com/support/main.asp.