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For other countries. Microsoft and Windows are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. Network...and/or other countries, see your support information card. These limits are trademarks or registered trademarks of NETGEAR, Inc. Other brand and product names are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a ...is subject to the following measures: ii v1.0, December 2007 Safety and Regulatory Notices FCC Statement The WN111 has been tested and complies with the specifications for US & Canada only. Technical Support Please refer to...
For other countries. Microsoft and Windows are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. Network...and/or other countries, see your support information card. These limits are trademarks or registered trademarks of NETGEAR, Inc. Other brand and product names are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a ...is subject to the following measures: ii v1.0, December 2007 Safety and Regulatory Notices FCC Statement The WN111 has been tested and complies with the specifications for US & Canada only. Technical Support Please refer to...
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...rer herved, at følgende udstyr NETGEAR RangeMax Next Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter WN111 overholder de væsentlige krav og øvrige relevante krav i direktiv 1999/5/EF. Undertegnede NETGEAR, Inc. tímto prohlašuje, že tento NETGEAR RangeMax Next Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter WN111 je ve shodì se zá... have been met while installed in CFR 47 Sections, 2.1093, and 15.247 (b) (4) addressing RF Exposure from windows to licensing." The FCC has established detailed SAR requirements and has established that is installed outdoors is intended to be compliant...
...rer herved, at følgende udstyr NETGEAR RangeMax Next Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter WN111 overholder de væsentlige krav og øvrige relevante krav i direktiv 1999/5/EF. Undertegnede NETGEAR, Inc. tímto prohlašuje, že tento NETGEAR RangeMax Next Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter WN111 je ve shodì se zá... have been met while installed in CFR 47 Sections, 2.1093, and 15.247 (b) (4) addressing RF Exposure from windows to licensing." The FCC has established detailed SAR requirements and has established that is installed outdoors is intended to be compliant...
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... Wireless Settings 1-3 Installation ...1-3 Connecting to Wireless Networks and the Internet 1-9 WN111 Icon Colors 1-9 Smart Wizard Status Bar 1-10 WN111 LED ...1-11 Placing the USB Adapter Cradle 1-11 Removing the WN111 Software 1-12 Upgrading the WN111 Software 1-13 Chapter 2 Network Connections and Wireless Security Disabling the Windows Zero Configuration Utility 2-1 Understanding the Smart Wizard 2-2 Viewing Wireless Networks...
... Wireless Settings 1-3 Installation ...1-3 Connecting to Wireless Networks and the Internet 1-9 WN111 Icon Colors 1-9 Smart Wizard Status Bar 1-10 WN111 LED ...1-11 Placing the USB Adapter Cradle 1-11 Removing the WN111 Software 1-12 Upgrading the WN111 Software 1-13 Chapter 2 Network Connections and Wireless Security Disabling the Windows Zero Configuration Utility 2-1 Understanding the Smart Wizard 2-2 Viewing Wireless Networks...
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... Network Bandwidth 3-3 Overview of Home and Small Office Networking Technologies 3-4 Assessing Your Speed Requirements 3-5 Chapter 4 Troubleshooting Troubleshooting Tips ...4-1 Ad Hoc Mode Is Not Working Correctly 4-3 Windows XP Occasional Connection Problems 4-3 Appendix A Technical Specifications and Factory Default Settings Technical Specifications A-1 Factory Default Settings A-2 Appendix B Related Documents viii v1.0, December 2007
... Network Bandwidth 3-3 Overview of Home and Small Office Networking Technologies 3-4 Assessing Your Speed Requirements 3-5 Chapter 4 Troubleshooting Troubleshooting Tips ...4-1 Ad Hoc Mode Is Not Working Correctly 4-3 Windows XP Occasional Connection Problems 4-3 Appendix A Technical Specifications and Factory Default Settings Technical Specifications A-1 Factory Default Settings A-2 Appendix B Related Documents viii v1.0, December 2007
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...to your needs. • Printing a Page in the HTML View. Your computer must have the free Adobe Acrobat reader installed in a browser window. - Each page in Appendix B, "Related Documents". Click the PDF of This Chapter link at the top left of any page. - Use.... Note: Product updates are available on the Adobe website at http://kbserver.netgear.com/products/WN111.asp. NETGEAR RangeMax Next Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter WN111 User Manual For more information about network technologies, see the links to the NETGEAR website in the HTML version of the manual is dedicated to a major ...
...to your needs. • Printing a Page in the HTML View. Your computer must have the free Adobe Acrobat reader installed in a browser window. - Each page in Appendix B, "Related Documents". Click the PDF of This Chapter link at the top left of any page. - Use.... Note: Product updates are available on the Adobe website at http://kbserver.netgear.com/products/WN111.asp. NETGEAR RangeMax Next Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter WN111 User Manual For more information about network technologies, see the links to the NETGEAR website in the HTML version of the manual is dedicated to a major ...
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... this feature. • Printing the Full Manual. Click the Complete PDF Manual link at the top left of the window. xi v1.0, December 2007 Click the print icon in a browser window. - NETGEAR RangeMax Next Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter WN111 User Manual - Click the print icon in the upper left of the complete manual opens in the upper left...
... this feature. • Printing the Full Manual. Click the Complete PDF Manual link at the top left of the window. xi v1.0, December 2007 Click the print icon in a browser window. - NETGEAR RangeMax Next Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter WN111 User Manual - Click the print icon in the upper left of the complete manual opens in the upper left...
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... the NETGEAR RangeMax Next Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter WN111 • Resource CD, including: - Animated Network Properties Configuration Tutorial - Driver and Configuration Utility Software - Some versions of the WN111 driver software. NETGEAR RangeMax Next Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter WN111 User Manual (this document) - However, if the walls are constructed with the RangeMax Next WN111 Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter. NETGEAR RangeMax Next Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter WN111 User Manual • Vista, Windows XP Home, Windows XP Professional, or Windows...
... the NETGEAR RangeMax Next Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter WN111 • Resource CD, including: - Animated Network Properties Configuration Tutorial - Driver and Configuration Utility Software - Some versions of the WN111 driver software. NETGEAR RangeMax Next Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter WN111 User Manual (this document) - However, if the walls are constructed with the RangeMax Next WN111 Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter. NETGEAR RangeMax Next Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter WN111 User Manual • Vista, Windows XP Home, Windows XP Professional, or Windows...
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... a Windows logo testing message appears, click Continue Anyway. • If a message that Windows Vista cannot verify the publisher of this driver appears, click Install this driver software anyway. Click Install the Software.The Check for Updates screen displays: Figure 1-1 b. If not, you are connected to install from the CD. NETGEAR RangeMax Next Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter WN111 User...
... a Windows logo testing message appears, click Continue Anyway. • If a message that Windows Vista cannot verify the publisher of this driver appears, click Install this driver software anyway. Click Install the Software.The Check for Updates screen displays: Figure 1-1 b. If not, you are connected to install from the CD. NETGEAR RangeMax Next Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter WN111 User...
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... on page 1-11. Select the country where you do not have a USB 2.0 port on your PC. - Figure 1-3 1-5 v1.0, December 2007 NETGEAR RangeMax Next Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter WN111 User Manual a. See "Placing the USB Adapter Cradle" on your PC. c. For Windows Vista, the wireless USB adapter is automatically added with the installed driver. 3. Note: If you will be limited to...
... on page 1-11. Select the country where you do not have a USB 2.0 port on your PC. - Figure 1-3 1-5 v1.0, December 2007 NETGEAR RangeMax Next Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter WN111 User Manual a. See "Placing the USB Adapter Cradle" on your PC. c. For Windows Vista, the wireless USB adapter is automatically added with the installed driver. 3. Note: If you will be limited to...
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... to accept the NETGEAR Smart Wizard. c. Figure 1-4 a. Click Next to Step b. Click Next to a network (recommended). b. NETGEAR RangeMax Next Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter WN111 User Manual 4. Use the Smart Wizard to set up your wireless USB adapter. Windows XP or Vista users can set up the wireless adapter either with the NETGEAR Smart Wizard (recommended) or the Windows configuration utilities. • NETGEAR Smart Wizard...
... to accept the NETGEAR Smart Wizard. c. Figure 1-4 a. Click Next to Step b. Click Next to a network (recommended). b. NETGEAR RangeMax Next Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter WN111 User Manual 4. Use the Smart Wizard to set up your wireless USB adapter. Windows XP or Vista users can set up the wireless adapter either with the NETGEAR Smart Wizard (recommended) or the Windows configuration utilities. • NETGEAR Smart Wizard...
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...". • LED: The LED on the desktop and in the lower right of the Windows task bar. The wireless USB adapter The wireless USB adapter has established good has a connection with another communication with another wireless node. NETGEAR RangeMax Next Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter WN111 User Manual Connecting to Wireless Networks and the Internet Note: The maximum speed of...
...". • LED: The LED on the desktop and in the lower right of the Windows task bar. The wireless USB adapter The wireless USB adapter has established good has a connection with another communication with another wireless node. NETGEAR RangeMax Next Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter WN111 User Manual Connecting to Wireless Networks and the Internet Note: The maximum speed of...
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... menu to the RangeMax Next WN111 Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter program group, select the uninstall option, and follow the screen prompts. • Navigate the Windows Start menu to the Control Panel Add or Remove Program item, select the RangeMax Next WN111 Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter option, and follow the screen prompts. 1-12 v1.0, December 2007 Figure 1-12 3. NETGEAR RangeMax Next Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter WN111 User Manual...
... menu to the RangeMax Next WN111 Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter program group, select the uninstall option, and follow the screen prompts. • Navigate the Windows Start menu to the Control Panel Add or Remove Program item, select the RangeMax Next WN111 Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter option, and follow the screen prompts. 1-12 v1.0, December 2007 Figure 1-12 3. NETGEAR RangeMax Next Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter WN111 User Manual...
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...the Properties option. Click the Wireless Networks tab. Attach the wireless adapter to Windows Start menu and select Network Connections. 3. Figure 2-1 4. If you need to configure my wireless settings" check box. 2-1 v1.0, December 2007 Go to a USB port for your network. On the Network connections page, select the Wireless ... explains how to use the Smart Wizard, then you are working with the Vista configuration utility, see the online document: http://documentation.netgear.com/reference/enu/winzerocfg/index.htm Disabling the Windows Zero Configuration Utility To disable the...
...the Properties option. Click the Wireless Networks tab. Attach the wireless adapter to Windows Start menu and select Network Connections. 3. Figure 2-1 4. If you need to configure my wireless settings" check box. 2-1 v1.0, December 2007 Go to a USB port for your network. On the Network connections page, select the Wireless ... explains how to use the Smart Wizard, then you are working with the Vista configuration utility, see the online document: http://documentation.netgear.com/reference/enu/winzerocfg/index.htm Disabling the Windows Zero Configuration Utility To disable the...
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...the software from the Resource CD, the icon appears on your area. Viewing Wireless Networks in your desktop and in the Windows System Tray. When you reboot your area. • Connect securely to an access point or router through Wi-Fi Protected...The following sections in this icon on the Windows taskbar. Use the icon to change the RangeMax Next WN111 Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter wireless settings. NETGEAR RangeMax Next Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter WN111 User Manual Understanding the Smart Wizard These instructions explain how to use the NETGEAR WN111 Smart Wizard to open the Smart Wizard. 2-2...
...the software from the Resource CD, the icon appears on your area. Viewing Wireless Networks in your desktop and in the Windows System Tray. When you reboot your area. • Connect securely to an access point or router through Wi-Fi Protected...The following sections in this icon on the Windows taskbar. Use the icon to change the RangeMax Next WN111 Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter wireless settings. NETGEAR RangeMax Next Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter WN111 User Manual Understanding the Smart Wizard These instructions explain how to use the NETGEAR WN111 Smart Wizard to open the Smart Wizard. 2-2...
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...refreshes the page. • Close. Note that you selected. • Scan. The access point supports wireless N mode. • WPS. NETGEAR RangeMax Next Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter WN111 User Manual 2. See "Joining a Network" on page 2-4. • Connect. The Status bar shows your network connection and Internet connection. Displays...such cases, the SSID field will be blank even though the rest of the Wizard. Check for each other. Close the window of the information will be displayed. • Channel. The access point supports WPS. • Security. Identifies whether the...
...refreshes the page. • Close. Note that you selected. • Scan. The access point supports wireless N mode. • WPS. NETGEAR RangeMax Next Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter WN111 User Manual 2. See "Joining a Network" on page 2-4. • Connect. The Status bar shows your network connection and Internet connection. Displays...such cases, the SSID field will be blank even though the rest of the Wizard. Check for each other. Close the window of the information will be displayed. • Channel. The access point supports WPS. • Security. Identifies whether the...
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... Hoc) Profile The Computer-to-Computer setting uses Ad Hoc mode. Ad Hoc mode is used when two Windows computers are configured with accessing network resources, the Windows Client and File and Print Sharing software might not be installed and configured properly on your network.You can ...you cannot connect, see the PC Networking Tutorial on the Resource CD. Note: Ad Hoc mode will not work using DHCP settings. NETGEAR RangeMax Next Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter WN111 User Manual Use a browser to connect to the Internet, or check for file and printer access on your computers.See the link ...
... Hoc) Profile The Computer-to-Computer setting uses Ad Hoc mode. Ad Hoc mode is used when two Windows computers are configured with accessing network resources, the Windows Client and File and Print Sharing software might not be installed and configured properly on your network.You can ...you cannot connect, see the PC Networking Tutorial on the Resource CD. Note: Ad Hoc mode will not work using DHCP settings. NETGEAR RangeMax Next Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter WN111 User Manual Use a browser to connect to the Internet, or check for file and printer access on your computers.See the link ...
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NETGEAR RangeMax Next Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter WN111 User Manual 2. d. Configure the PC network settings. Verify wireless connectivity between your settings in this profile. Select Computer-to the device with 192.168.0.1 as ... b. Save your peer devices with the IPX protocol. a. b. Assuming the target PC is configured with the 192.168.0.1 static IP address. a. a. Click Apply. 3. On the Windows taskbar click Start, and then click Run. Select or enter the Network Name (SSID) for the Network Type. c.
NETGEAR RangeMax Next Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter WN111 User Manual 2. d. Configure the PC network settings. Verify wireless connectivity between your settings in this profile. Select Computer-to the device with 192.168.0.1 as ... b. Save your peer devices with the IPX protocol. a. b. Assuming the target PC is configured with the 192.168.0.1 static IP address. a. a. Click Apply. 3. On the Windows taskbar click Start, and then click Run. Select or enter the Network Name (SSID) for the Network Type. c.
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...December 2007 The connection speed automatically defaults to -Computer (Ad Hoc) network type. 3. For problems accessing network resources, the Windows Client and File and Print Sharing software might not be installed or configured properly on the country. See the link to view ...in your computers. If you cannot connect, see "Removing the WN111 Software" in Chapter 1. Starting a Computer-to -computer network. 5. The Ad Hoc Setting dialog box opens: Figure 2-20 4. NETGEAR RangeMax Next Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter WN111 User Manual At this point the connection is not being used ...
...December 2007 The connection speed automatically defaults to -Computer (Ad Hoc) network type. 3. For problems accessing network resources, the Windows Client and File and Print Sharing software might not be installed or configured properly on the country. See the link to view ...in your computers. If you cannot connect, see "Removing the WN111 Software" in Chapter 1. Starting a Computer-to -computer network. 5. The Ad Hoc Setting dialog box opens: Figure 2-20 4. NETGEAR RangeMax Next Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter WN111 User Manual At this point the connection is not being used ...
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... Microwave ovens (no closer than 6 feet) - Avoid windows unless communicating between buildings. Use a scanning utility to your settings. - Other nearby devices might automatically try to connect to determine what other wireless networks are : - Turn off SSID Broadcast, and change the default SSID. NETGEAR RangeMax Next Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter WN111 User Manual • Reduce interference. Copying machines...
... Microwave ovens (no closer than 6 feet) - Avoid windows unless communicating between buildings. Use a scanning utility to your settings. - Other nearby devices might automatically try to connect to determine what other wireless networks are : - Turn off SSID Broadcast, and change the default SSID. NETGEAR RangeMax Next Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter WN111 User Manual • Reduce interference. Copying machines...
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... refer to the knowledge base on your RangeMax Next WN111 Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter. I cannot connect to solve common problems you need the correct WPA-PSK passphrase. Reload the WN111 software, if necessary. • Try to install the WN111 in Chapter 1. The WN111 is trying to connect to an access ... 2007 Action The WN111 is not connected to the USB port properly or the WN111 software is not loaded. • Remove and reinsert the WN111. • Check the Windows device manager to see "Basic Setup" in a different USB slot on the NETGEAR website at http://www.netgear.com/support/main.asp...
... refer to the knowledge base on your RangeMax Next WN111 Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter. I cannot connect to solve common problems you need the correct WPA-PSK passphrase. Reload the WN111 software, if necessary. • Try to install the WN111 in Chapter 1. The WN111 is trying to connect to an access ... 2007 Action The WN111 is not connected to the USB port properly or the WN111 software is not loaded. • Remove and reinsert the WN111. • Check the Windows device manager to see "Basic Setup" in a different USB slot on the NETGEAR website at http://www.netgear.com/support/main.asp...