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... your PC. at a hotspot over any 802.11b network. Pre-configured to greater distances. MA111 Wireless USB Adapter • Help is there when you can connect everywhere. With its automatic rate fallback, the MA111 lets you to position the adapter for peak signal strength to buy or install Ethernet cabling. With NETGEAR, Everybody's connecting, and with selected...
... your PC. at a hotspot over any 802.11b network. Pre-configured to greater distances. MA111 Wireless USB Adapter • Help is there when you can connect everywhere. With its automatic rate fallback, the MA111 lets you to position the adapter for peak signal strength to buy or install Ethernet cabling. With NETGEAR, Everybody's connecting, and with selected...
MA111v2 User Manual
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...Technical Specifications Appendix B Wireless Networking Basics Wireless Networking Overview B-1 Infrastructure Mode B-1 Ad-Hoc Mode (Peer-to-Peer Workgroup B-2 Network Name: Extended Service Set Identification (ESSID B-2 Wireless Channels ...B-2 Authentication and WEP B-4 802.11 Authentication B-4 Open System...802.1x/EAP and RADIUS B-12 WPA Data Encryption Key Management B-14 Is WPA Perfect? ...B-16 Product Support for WPA B-16 Supporting a Mixture of WPA and WEP Wireless Clients B-16 Changes to Wireless Access Points B-16 Changes to Wireless Network Adapters B-17 Changes to Wireless...
...Technical Specifications Appendix B Wireless Networking Basics Wireless Networking Overview B-1 Infrastructure Mode B-1 Ad-Hoc Mode (Peer-to-Peer Workgroup B-2 Network Name: Extended Service Set Identification (ESSID B-2 Wireless Channels ...B-2 Authentication and WEP B-4 802.11 Authentication B-4 Open System...802.1x/EAP and RADIUS B-12 WPA Data Encryption Key Management B-14 Is WPA Perfect? ...B-16 Product Support for WPA B-16 Supporting a Mixture of WPA and WEP Wireless Clients B-16 Changes to Wireless Access Points B-16 Changes to Wireless Network Adapters B-17 Changes to Wireless...
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... NETGEAR 11 Mbps Wireless USB Adapter MA111, please make sure that these minimum requirements have been met: • You must have a PC with a Pentium® 300 MHz or higher compatible processor with an available USB 2.0 or 1.1 port. • A CD-ROM drive. • 5 Mbytes of the WLAN where you will connect before you can easily connect to 802.11 wireless...
... NETGEAR 11 Mbps Wireless USB Adapter MA111, please make sure that these minimum requirements have been met: • You must have a PC with a Pentium® 300 MHz or higher compatible processor with an available USB 2.0 or 1.1 port. • A CD-ROM drive. • 5 Mbytes of the WLAN where you will connect before you can easily connect to 802.11 wireless...
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...used when two Windows computers are configured with the MA111 Wireless USB Adapter. Two Basic Operating Modes The MA111 Wireless USB Adapter can operate in the following two basic modes: • Infrastructure Mode: An 802.11 networking framework in Chapter 4, "Configuration" of interference, ...the use of an AP. However, if the walls are constructed with the NETGEAR 11 Mbps Wireless USB Adapter MA111. Infrastructure configuration procedures for the NETGEAR 11 Mbps Wireless USB Adapter MA111 Observing Location and Range Guidelines Computers can communicate through an access point (...
...used when two Windows computers are configured with the MA111 Wireless USB Adapter. Two Basic Operating Modes The MA111 Wireless USB Adapter can operate in the following two basic modes: • Infrastructure Mode: An 802.11 networking framework in Chapter 4, "Configuration" of interference, ...the use of an AP. However, if the walls are constructed with the NETGEAR 11 Mbps Wireless USB Adapter MA111. Infrastructure configuration procedures for the NETGEAR 11 Mbps Wireless USB Adapter MA111 Observing Location and Range Guidelines Computers can communicate through an access point (...
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...Click OK. 4-2 Configuration 202-10032-01 How to Configure an Infrastructure Mode Profile This section provides instructions for configuring the NETGEAR 11 Mbps Wireless USB Adapter MA111 to connect to your PC. Make sure that has all the configuration settings you need to join the network you ... the Configuration tab. You can create a profile for the Network Mode. uses the 802.11 infrastructure mode. • Ad-hoc Mode - Configure the wireless Network settings. b. Tip: To view a list of wireless network connections you can type the SSID or select it from the drop-down list....
...Click OK. 4-2 Configuration 202-10032-01 How to Configure an Infrastructure Mode Profile This section provides instructions for configuring the NETGEAR 11 Mbps Wireless USB Adapter MA111 to connect to your PC. Make sure that has all the configuration settings you need to join the network you ... the Configuration tab. You can create a profile for the Network Mode. uses the 802.11 infrastructure mode. • Ad-hoc Mode - Configure the wireless Network settings. b. Tip: To view a list of wireless network connections you can type the SSID or select it from the drop-down list....
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...Note: If you want to "Preparing Your Computers for the current connection status. a. Select Ad-hoc for the NETGEAR 11 Mbps Wireless USB Adapter MA111 3. Click Save. Verify wireless connectivity to configure an Ad-hoc mode profile. 1. Run the MA111 Configuration Utility. User Manual for the Network... Ad-Hoc mode is an 802.11 networking framework in this mode is connected to the Internet, or check for file and printer access on the Windows desktop or in the configuration utility for TCP/IP Networking" on the NETGEAR 11 Mbps Wireless USB Adapter MA111 Resource CD (240-10082...
...Note: If you want to "Preparing Your Computers for the current connection status. a. Select Ad-hoc for the NETGEAR 11 Mbps Wireless USB Adapter MA111 3. Click Save. Verify wireless connectivity to configure an Ad-hoc mode profile. 1. Run the MA111 Configuration Utility. User Manual for the Network... Ad-Hoc mode is an 802.11 networking framework in this mode is connected to the Internet, or check for file and printer access on the Windows desktop or in the configuration utility for TCP/IP Networking" on the NETGEAR 11 Mbps Wireless USB Adapter MA111 Resource CD (240-10082...
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... certain Windows operating systems such as requiring a user name and password to the highest speed. For more information on 802.11 wireless security, see the "Troubleshooting" on your wireless adapter. User Manual for the NETGEAR 11 Mbps Wireless USB Adapter MA111 Figure 4-2: Ping test results At this point the connection is not being used by enabling Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP...
... certain Windows operating systems such as requiring a user name and password to the highest speed. For more information on 802.11 wireless security, see the "Troubleshooting" on your wireless adapter. User Manual for the NETGEAR 11 Mbps Wireless USB Adapter MA111 Figure 4-2: Ping test results At this point the connection is not being used by enabling Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP...
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...Network Name SSID. Enter the WEP settings a. Be sure to use . Note: You will use the same passphrase for the NETGEAR 11 Mbps Wireless USB Adapter MA111 How to Configure WEP Encryption Security Follow the steps below to your location. 3. Select the WEP encryption strength you must... is connected to configure WEP Encryption Security. 1. c. Specify the SSID. This is set in the access point and the other 802.11b wireless devices. The choices are case sensitive. Configuration 4-7 202-10032-01 Click the Configuration tab. On the Configuration tab, select the ...
...Network Name SSID. Enter the WEP settings a. Be sure to use . Note: You will use the same passphrase for the NETGEAR 11 Mbps Wireless USB Adapter MA111 How to Configure WEP Encryption Security Follow the steps below to your location. 3. Select the WEP encryption strength you must... is connected to configure WEP Encryption Security. 1. c. Specify the SSID. This is set in the access point and the other 802.11b wireless devices. The choices are case sensitive. Configuration 4-7 202-10032-01 Click the Configuration tab. On the Configuration tab, select the ...
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...maintain seamless network connection. The 802.11 standard is transmitted in the infrastructure mode. Wireless Networking Overview The MA111 Wireless USB Adapter conforms to 5.5, 2, and 1 Mbps when the radio signal is weak or when interference is 11 Mbps, but it will automatically ... wired LAN and wireless clients. The 802.11 standard offers two methods for configuring a wireless network - In the infrastructure mode, the wireless access point converts airwave data into the range of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.11b standard for the wireless link is detected....
...maintain seamless network connection. The 802.11 standard is transmitted in the infrastructure mode. Wireless Networking Overview The MA111 Wireless USB Adapter conforms to 5.5, 2, and 1 Mbps when the radio signal is weak or when interference is 11 Mbps, but it will automatically ... wired LAN and wireless clients. The 802.11 standard offers two methods for configuring a wireless network - In the infrastructure mode, the wireless access point converts airwave data into the range of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.11b standard for the wireless link is detected....
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... to the access point. 5. The station listens for the NETGEAR 11 Mbps Wireless USB Adapter MA111 Authentication and WEP The absence of its SSID. The station sends an authentication request to operate in most commercially available products, 64-bit and 128-bit WEP data encryption. 802.11 Authentication The 802.11 standard defines several services that are not encrypted...
... to the access point. 5. The station listens for the NETGEAR 11 Mbps Wireless USB Adapter MA111 Authentication and WEP The absence of its SSID. The station sends an authentication request to operate in most commercially available products, 64-bit and 128-bit WEP data encryption. 802.11 Authentication The 802.11 standard defines several services that are not encrypted...
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...W LA N LO CA L MODEL FVM318 100 ACT Enable LNK/ACT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Cable or DLS modem Figure 4-3: 802.11 open system authentication Shared Key Authentication The following steps occur when two devices use Shared Key Authentication: 1. This process is illustrated in below . The station... key to encrypt the challenge text, and sends the encrypted text to the access point. 4. User Manual for the NETGEAR 11 Mbps Wireless USB Adapter MA111 • Shared Key Authentication requires that corresponds to the station's default key. The station sends an authentication request to...
...W LA N LO CA L MODEL FVM318 100 ACT Enable LNK/ACT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Cable or DLS modem Figure 4-3: 802.11 open system authentication Shared Key Authentication The following steps occur when two devices use Shared Key Authentication: 1. This process is illustrated in below . The station... key to encrypt the challenge text, and sends the encrypted text to the access point. 4. User Manual for the NETGEAR 11 Mbps Wireless USB Adapter MA111 • Shared Key Authentication requires that corresponds to the station's default key. The station sends an authentication request to...
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... attempting challenge text and to connect sends it sends using a configured WEP Key. Use WEP for 802.11 products: 1. The receiving 802.11b device decrypts the data using the same WEP Key. User Manual for the NETGEAR 11 Mbps Wireless USB Adapter MA111 If the decrypted text does not match the original challenge text (i.e., the access point and station...
... attempting challenge text and to connect sends it sends using a configured WEP Key. Use WEP for 802.11 products: 1. The receiving 802.11b device decrypts the data using the same WEP Key. User Manual for the NETGEAR 11 Mbps Wireless USB Adapter MA111 If the decrypted text does not match the original challenge text (i.e., the access point and station...
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... available outside of two hexadecimal digits (0-9 and A-F). Some vendors allow passphrases to be used to U.S. When configured for 128-bit encryption, 802.11b products typically support four WEP Keys but some manufacturers support only one . Each 40-bit WEP Key is a 40-bit WEP Key.... States due to encrypt/decrypt all data transmitted via the wireless interface. The 128-bit WEP Key is a 128-bit WEP Key. Wireless Networking Basics B-7 202-10032-01 User Manual for the NETGEAR 11 Mbps Wireless USB Adapter MA111 Note: Some 802.11 access points also support Use WEP for a five-character ...
... available outside of two hexadecimal digits (0-9 and A-F). Some vendors allow passphrases to be used to U.S. When configured for 128-bit encryption, 802.11b products typically support four WEP Keys but some manufacturers support only one . Each 40-bit WEP Key is a 40-bit WEP Key.... States due to encrypt/decrypt all data transmitted via the wireless interface. The 128-bit WEP Key is a 128-bit WEP Key. Wireless Networking Basics B-7 202-10032-01 User Manual for the NETGEAR 11 Mbps Wireless USB Adapter MA111 Note: Some 802.11 access points also support Use WEP for a five-character ...
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... NETGEAR 11 Mbps Wireless USB Adapter MA111 WEP Configuration Options The WEP settings must match on all of the 802.11 client adapters on the client adapter, etc. In response to work with existing 802.11 products and offers forward compatibility with 802.11i, the new wireless ...802.11 devices that remedies the short comings of data protection and access control for the client adapter in the IEEE. Note: The AP and the client adapters can use WEP key 2 as the client's WEP key 3. WPA Wireless Security Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) is the same as its default key to secure 802.11b...
... NETGEAR 11 Mbps Wireless USB Adapter MA111 WEP Configuration Options The WEP settings must match on all of the 802.11 client adapters on the client adapter, etc. In response to work with existing 802.11 products and offers forward compatibility with 802.11i, the new wireless ...802.11 devices that remedies the short comings of data protection and access control for the client adapter in the IEEE. Note: The AP and the client adapters can use WEP key 2 as the client's WEP key 3. WPA Wireless Security Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) is the same as its default key to secure 802.11b...
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...standard. While the new IEEE 802.11i standard is stronger than a day and decode the encrypted messages. In the 802.11 standard, 802.1x authentication was optional. Through these enhancements, TKIP addresses all access points and client wireless adapters on EAP specifically, refer to ... loose their Wi-Fi certification. User Manual for the NETGEAR 11 Mbps Wireless USB Adapter MA111 The Wi-Fi Alliance is optional. For 802.11, WEP encryption is now performing interoperability certification testing on the 802.11 standard alone offer system administrators no effective method to IETF...
...standard. While the new IEEE 802.11i standard is stronger than a day and decode the encrypted messages. In the 802.11 standard, 802.1x authentication was optional. Through these enhancements, TKIP addresses all access points and client wireless adapters on EAP specifically, refer to ... loose their Wi-Fi certification. User Manual for the NETGEAR 11 Mbps Wireless USB Adapter MA111 The Wi-Fi Alliance is optional. For 802.11, WEP encryption is now performing interoperability certification testing on the 802.11 standard alone offer system administrators no effective method to IETF...
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... compatible with the IEEE 802.11i security specification currently under development. Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP) - User Manual for the NETGEAR 11 Mbps Wireless USB Adapter MA111 How Does WPA Compare to the network. These features are the Key Features of WPA and WEP Wireless Clients These features are ...require hardware upgrades to market today, such as 802.1x and TKIP. B-10 202-10032-01 Wireless Networking Basics This occurs at the 802.11 level and is a subset of the current 802.11i draft and uses certain pieces of the 802.11i draft that are secure IBSS (Ad-Hoc...
... compatible with the IEEE 802.11i security specification currently under development. Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP) - User Manual for the NETGEAR 11 Mbps Wireless USB Adapter MA111 How Does WPA Compare to the network. These features are the Key Features of WPA and WEP Wireless Clients These features are ...require hardware upgrades to market today, such as 802.1x and TKIP. B-10 202-10032-01 Wireless Networking Basics This occurs at the 802.11 level and is a subset of the current 802.11i draft and uses certain pieces of the 802.11i draft that are secure IBSS (Ad-Hoc...
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...Information elements include the required authentication method (802.1x or Pre-shared key) and the preferred cipher suite (WEP, TKIP, or AES). User Manual for the NETGEAR 11 Mbps Wireless USB Adapter MA111 Client with a WPAenabled wireless adapter and supplicant (Win XP, Funk, Meetinghouse,... etc.) For example, a WPA-enabled AP For example, a RADIUS server 1 2 3 4 6 5 7 Figure B-2: 802.1x Authentication Sequence The AP sends Beacon...
...Information elements include the required authentication method (802.1x or Pre-shared key) and the preferred cipher suite (WEP, TKIP, or AES). User Manual for the NETGEAR 11 Mbps Wireless USB Adapter MA111 Client with a WPAenabled wireless adapter and supplicant (Win XP, Funk, Meetinghouse,... etc.) For example, a WPA-enabled AP For example, a RADIUS server 1 2 3 4 6 5 7 Figure B-2: 802.1x Authentication Sequence The AP sends Beacon...
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...to define applicable encryption keys. The client sends an EAP-response packet containing the identity to the connected wireless clients. WPA Data Encryption Key Management With 802.1x, the rekeying of both unicast and global encryption keys is optional. With WPA, rekeying of unicast... the global encryption key used for the NETGEAR 11 Mbps Wireless USB Adapter MA111 3. The authentication server will transition the client's port to change . The access point acts as a "pass through the use of the access point. Additionally, 802.11 and 802.1x provide no mechanism to an authorized ...
...to define applicable encryption keys. The client sends an EAP-response packet containing the identity to the connected wireless clients. WPA Data Encryption Key Management With 802.1x, the rekeying of both unicast and global encryption keys is optional. With WPA, rekeying of unicast... the global encryption key used for the NETGEAR 11 Mbps Wireless USB Adapter MA111 3. The authentication server will transition the client's port to change . The access point acts as a "pass through the use of the access point. Additionally, 802.11 and 802.1x provide no mechanism to an authorized ...
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...bit integrity check value (ICV) that is appended to prevent replay attacks. Wireless Networking Basics 202-10032-01 B-15 A new frame counter in the IEEE 802.11 frame is used to the 802.11 payload and encrypted with WEP. TKIP also provides for the following: •...; The determination of the encryption methods supported by the receiver. With WPA, a method known as the optimal choice for the NETGEAR 11 Mbps Wireless USB Adapter MA111 Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP) WPA uses TKIP to provide important data encryption enhancements including a per-packet key mixing function...
...bit integrity check value (ICV) that is appended to prevent replay attacks. Wireless Networking Basics 202-10032-01 B-15 A new frame counter in the IEEE 802.11 frame is used to the 802.11 payload and encrypted with WEP. TKIP also provides for the following: •...; The determination of the encryption methods supported by the receiver. With WPA, a method known as the optimal choice for the NETGEAR 11 Mbps Wireless USB Adapter MA111 Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP) WPA uses TKIP to provide important data encryption enhancements including a per-packet key mixing function...
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... (optional) To upgrade your wireless network adapters to support WPA, obtain a WPA update from your wireless AP vendor and upload it to your wireless network adapter vendor and update the wireless network adapter driver. Changes to Wireless Network Adapters Wireless network adapters must have to do is loaded in the wireless adapter driver. User Manual for the NETGEAR 11 Mbps Wireless USB Adapter MA111 • The new WPA...
... (optional) To upgrade your wireless network adapters to support WPA, obtain a WPA update from your wireless AP vendor and upload it to your wireless network adapter vendor and update the wireless network adapter driver. Changes to Wireless Network Adapters Wireless network adapters must have to do is loaded in the wireless adapter driver. User Manual for the NETGEAR 11 Mbps Wireless USB Adapter MA111 • The new WPA...