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... your purchase of NETGEAR MA521 802.11b Wireless PC Card. follow the instruction in your access point. Package Contents Resource CD, User's Guide, Warranty card and Support information card The product package should contain: • MA521 802.11b Wireless PC Card • MA521 Resource CD • User's guide • Warranty card • Support information card Wireless PC Card 32-bit CardBus MA521 802.11b • 2.4GHz MA521 802.11b Wireless PC Card System Requirements Before installing the MA521 802.11b Wireless PC Card, please make sure...
... your purchase of NETGEAR MA521 802.11b Wireless PC Card. follow the instruction in your access point. Package Contents Resource CD, User's Guide, Warranty card and Support information card The product package should contain: • MA521 802.11b Wireless PC Card • MA521 Resource CD • User's guide • Warranty card • Support information card Wireless PC Card 32-bit CardBus MA521 802.11b • 2.4GHz MA521 802.11b Wireless PC Card System Requirements Before installing the MA521 802.11b Wireless PC Card, please make sure...
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... are two LEDs on your computer! Follow these steps to a network successfully. The Lnk indicator steady green when the MA521 802.11b Lnk Wireless PC Card is connected to install the MA521 802.11b Wireless PC Card. Insert the MA521 Resource CD into your computer. 2. Install the MA521 Driver and Utility Software 1. The green Pwr LED indicates the power of the station with another...
... are two LEDs on your computer! Follow these steps to a network successfully. The Lnk indicator steady green when the MA521 802.11b Lnk Wireless PC Card is connected to install the MA521 802.11b Wireless PC Card. Insert the MA521 Resource CD into your computer. 2. Install the MA521 Driver and Utility Software 1. The green Pwr LED indicates the power of the station with another...
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Install the MA521 Wireless PC Card 1. 8. Click Finish to continue. Insert the MA521 802.11b Wireless PC Card into an available CardBus slot on your system. 9. Install Shield will appear. 4 80Wi23r.2e-l1biet1sCsbarP•dBCu2s.CM4aAr5G2d1Hz Windows will automatically detect the MA521 802.11b Wireless PC Card and the Found New Hardware Wizard dialog box will start copying files onto your computer as shown here. MA521 Wireless PC Card in a Notebook Computer 2. Click Next to complete installing the Configuration Utility. Modify the Program Folders field, if desired.
Install the MA521 Wireless PC Card 1. 8. Click Finish to continue. Insert the MA521 802.11b Wireless PC Card into an available CardBus slot on your system. 9. Install Shield will appear. 4 80Wi23r.2e-l1biet1sCsbarP•dBCu2s.CM4aAr5G2d1Hz Windows will automatically detect the MA521 802.11b Wireless PC Card and the Found New Hardware Wizard dialog box will start copying files onto your computer as shown here. MA521 Wireless PC Card in a Notebook Computer 2. Click Next to complete installing the Configuration Utility. Modify the Program Folders field, if desired.
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... Adapters. Verify the Driver Installation It is a good idea to confirm that apply to the appropriate drives and click OK. Follow the instructions that the MA521 802.11b Wireless PC Card has been properly installed. Click Finish to proceed. 4. From the Windows desktop, right-click My Computer. 2. Follow the on-screen instructions to install the ... icon on the Device Manager button. 4. Open Device Manager: • Windows 98/Me users - Click Properties. 3. 3. Select the Hardware folder tab, and click on the NETGEAR MA521 802.11b Wireless PC Card selection, as shown here. 5
... Adapters. Verify the Driver Installation It is a good idea to confirm that apply to the appropriate drives and click OK. Follow the instructions that the MA521 802.11b Wireless PC Card has been properly installed. Click Finish to proceed. 4. From the Windows desktop, right-click My Computer. 2. Follow the on-screen instructions to install the ... icon on the Device Manager button. 4. Open Device Manager: • Windows 98/Me users - Click Properties. 3. 3. Select the Hardware folder tab, and click on the NETGEAR MA521 802.11b Wireless PC Card selection, as shown here. 5
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... in the Windows System Tray, as shown here: The installation of the MA521 Wireless PC Card driver is working properly, as shown here: MA521 Wireless Adapter SysTray icon 6 To display the NETGEAR MA521 Wireless Configuration Utility: • Open the NETGEAR MA521 Adapter programs group or double-click the MA521 icon that the MA521 802.11b Wireless PC Card has been installed, you modify various configurable wireless parameters. Double-click NETGEAR MA521 802.11b Wireless PC Card.
... in the Windows System Tray, as shown here: The installation of the MA521 Wireless PC Card driver is working properly, as shown here: MA521 Wireless Adapter SysTray icon 6 To display the NETGEAR MA521 Wireless Configuration Utility: • Open the NETGEAR MA521 Adapter programs group or double-click the MA521 icon that the MA521 802.11b Wireless PC Card has been installed, you modify various configurable wireless parameters. Double-click NETGEAR MA521 802.11b Wireless PC Card.
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...tabs in the NETGEAR MA521 Wireless Configuration Utility dialog box to view the current status or modify operational parameters. Yellow Green N/A The Wireless Adapter has communicated successfully with an Access Point and the signal is lost. For detailed information on wireless networking, refer to...Red not initiated communication Access Point, or the link between the Wireless Adapter and the associated Access Point is weak. It displays interface icons for the MA521 Wireless PC Card. The link condition between the Wireless with any of the taskbar in different colors, as the clock...
...tabs in the NETGEAR MA521 Wireless Configuration Utility dialog box to view the current status or modify operational parameters. Yellow Green N/A The Wireless Adapter has communicated successfully with an Access Point and the signal is lost. For detailed information on wireless networking, refer to...Red not initiated communication Access Point, or the link between the Wireless Adapter and the associated Access Point is weak. It displays interface icons for the MA521 Wireless PC Card. The link condition between the Wireless with any of the taskbar in different colors, as the clock...
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Status Section The Status section of the NETGEAR MA521 Wireless Configuration Utility dialog box shows the current wireless LAN connection status, statistics of the MA521 features and functions, we recommend that you use the Windows XP configuration utility to control the MA521 802.11b Wireless PC Card. After installing the MA521 Wireless PC Card on the Windows XP, it will display a Disable Windows XP Configuration Manager...
Status Section The Status section of the NETGEAR MA521 Wireless Configuration Utility dialog box shows the current wireless LAN connection status, statistics of the MA521 features and functions, we recommend that you use the Windows XP configuration utility to control the MA521 802.11b Wireless PC Card. After installing the MA521 Wireless PC Card on the Windows XP, it will display a Disable Windows XP Configuration Manager...
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.... Indicates whether the encryption of successfully Transmitted and Received packets. Signal Strength Indicates the signal strength of the MA521 802.11b Wireless PC Card (Infrastructure or 802.11 Ad-Hoc). Indicates the network mode of the radio frequency signal received by this device is disabled (off ), 64-bit WEP or 128-bit ...
.... Indicates whether the encryption of successfully Transmitted and Received packets. Signal Strength Indicates the signal strength of the MA521 802.11b Wireless PC Card (Infrastructure or 802.11 Ad-Hoc). Indicates the network mode of the radio frequency signal received by this device is disabled (off ), 64-bit WEP or 128-bit ...
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...), or 128-bit data encryption mode, you flexibility to control your wireless network Access Point uses a Passphrase, you disable the data encryption (by some vendors. Create with an access point or other client devices in the same network. If your MA521 card to adjust with Passphrase A Passphrase is use to automatically generate the...
...), or 128-bit data encryption mode, you flexibility to control your wireless network Access Point uses a Passphrase, you disable the data encryption (by some vendors. Create with an access point or other client devices in the same network. If your MA521 card to adjust with Passphrase A Passphrase is use to automatically generate the...
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...With the CSMA/CA transmission mechanism, the transmitting station sends out a RTS packet to the MA521 Wireless PC Card for brief periods over more easily. This table describes the options available from the PC. When the setting is Maximum, the driver turns off power to the receiving station, waits... the transmitting station sends out the actual packet as soon as it is the packet length used for the receiving station to the MA521 Wireless PC Card for packet transmission. Selects 100%, 50%, 25%, 12.5%, or Minimum. The packet size that it has waited for Fragmentation Threshold ...
...With the CSMA/CA transmission mechanism, the transmitting station sends out a RTS packet to the MA521 Wireless PC Card for brief periods over more easily. This table describes the options available from the PC. When the setting is Maximum, the driver turns off power to the receiving station, waits... the transmitting station sends out the actual packet as soon as it is the packet length used for the receiving station to the MA521 Wireless PC Card for packet transmission. Selects 100%, 50%, 25%, 12.5%, or Minimum. The packet size that it has waited for Fragmentation Threshold ...
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... Infrastructure mode. 80Wi23r.2e-l1biet1sCsbarP•dBCu2s.CM4aAr5G2d1Hz 80Wi23r.2e-l1biet1sCsbarP•dBCu2s.CM4aAr5G2d1Hz 80Wi23r.2e-l1biet1sCsbarP•dBCu2s.CM4aAr5G2d1Hz Ad-Hoc MA521 Wireless PC Card in a Notebook Computer MA521 Wireless PC Card in a Notebook Computer MA521 Wireless PC Card in Ad-Hoc mode (or Peer-to-Peer workgroup mode). • Set all stations to use the same network name (or SSID...
... Infrastructure mode. 80Wi23r.2e-l1biet1sCsbarP•dBCu2s.CM4aAr5G2d1Hz 80Wi23r.2e-l1biet1sCsbarP•dBCu2s.CM4aAr5G2d1Hz 80Wi23r.2e-l1biet1sCsbarP•dBCu2s.CM4aAr5G2d1Hz Ad-Hoc MA521 Wireless PC Card in a Notebook Computer MA521 Wireless PC Card in a Notebook Computer MA521 Wireless PC Card in Ad-Hoc mode (or Peer-to-Peer workgroup mode). • Set all stations to use the same network name (or SSID...
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... the stations as network name. Notebook PC with MA111 802.11b Wireless USB Adapter Internet Desktop PC with MA321 802.11b Wireless PCI Adapter Desktop PC with MA111 802.11b Wireless USB Adapter Cable/DSL Modem Notebook PC with MA521 802.11b Wireless PC Card NETGEAR MR814 802.11b 3 Cable/DSL Wireless 4-port Router Notebook PC with MA521 802.11b Wireless PC Card Macintosh with Ethernet connection Desktop PC with FA311 Ethernet Card To set up wireless channels used by the Access Point...
... the stations as network name. Notebook PC with MA111 802.11b Wireless USB Adapter Internet Desktop PC with MA321 802.11b Wireless PCI Adapter Desktop PC with MA111 802.11b Wireless USB Adapter Cable/DSL Modem Notebook PC with MA521 802.11b Wireless PC Card NETGEAR MR814 802.11b 3 Cable/DSL Wireless 4-port Router Notebook PC with MA521 802.11b Wireless PC Card Macintosh with Ethernet connection Desktop PC with FA311 Ethernet Card To set up wireless channels used by the Access Point...
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... into the CardBus • Check the device manager in Windows to see the other computers on your PC. Troubleshooting Problem Cause Solution No lights are lit on the Wireless PC Card The MA521 Wireless PC • Remove and reinsert the MA521 Wireless Card is physically connected to the Ethernet network. • Make sure that the IP addresses and the Windows...
... into the CardBus • Check the device manager in Windows to see the other computers on your PC. Troubleshooting Problem Cause Solution No lights are lit on the Wireless PC Card The MA521 Wireless PC • Remove and reinsert the MA521 Wireless Card is physically connected to the Ethernet network. • Make sure that the IP addresses and the Windows...
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...for Telecommunications Approvals has been notified of the placing of this document without notice.NETGEAR does not assume any interference received, including interference that the Model MA521 Wireless PC Card has been suppressed in accordance with the conditions set out in accordance with FCC...243/1991 and Vfg 46/1992. This device must maintain a distance of at preventing radio interference in a particular installation. NETGEAR MA521 Wireless PC Card Tested to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against the generation of radio ...
...for Telecommunications Approvals has been notified of the placing of this document without notice.NETGEAR does not assume any interference received, including interference that the Model MA521 Wireless PC Card has been suppressed in accordance with the conditions set out in accordance with FCC...243/1991 and Vfg 46/1992. This device must maintain a distance of at preventing radio interference in a particular installation. NETGEAR MA521 Wireless PC Card Tested to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against the generation of radio ...