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... to an access point or wireless router. c. The wizard initiates your wireless connection to be prompted to open the Connection Wizard. It could take up your PC. Channel The wireless channel used ) and for Updates window opens. Find a Network Click Find a Network to let the wizard help or the NETGEAR RangeMax Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter WPN111 User Manual on the CD...
... to an access point or wireless router. c. The wizard initiates your wireless connection to be prompted to open the Connection Wizard. It could take up your PC. Channel The wireless channel used ) and for Updates window opens. Find a Network Click Find a Network to let the wizard help or the NETGEAR RangeMax Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter WPN111 User Manual on the CD...
WPN111 Product datasheet
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... of purchase. optional premium support available. **Actual performance may vary due to change without notice. RangeMax Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter WPN111 - 802.11g: Orthogonal Frequency - WPA-PSK NETGEAR Related Products • Frequency: - WPN111 RangeMaxTMWireless USB 2.0 Adapter Maintain high speeds throughout your home with RangeMax Product Specifications • Wireless Speeds: - 1, 2, 5.5, 6, 9, 11, 12, 18, 24, 36, 48, 54, 108 Mbps (auto rate capable), compatible...
... of purchase. optional premium support available. **Actual performance may vary due to change without notice. RangeMax Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter WPN111 - 802.11g: Orthogonal Frequency - WPA-PSK NETGEAR Related Products • Frequency: - WPN111 RangeMaxTMWireless USB 2.0 Adapter Maintain high speeds throughout your home with RangeMax Product Specifications • Wireless Speeds: - 1, 2, 5.5, 6, 9, 11, 12, 18, 24, 36, 48, 54, 108 Mbps (auto rate capable), compatible...
WPN111 Reference Manual
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...and/or reliability, NETGEAR reserves the right to make changes to the use or application of the FCC Rules. Safety and Regulatory Notices FCC Statement The WPN111 has been tested and complies with your product. All rights reserved. Maximum Wireless Signal Rate Derived ... due to the products described in a particular installation. However, there is encouraged to try to radio communications. Microsoft and Windows are trademarks or registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in a residential installation. By registering your Support information card. For other countries...
...and/or reliability, NETGEAR reserves the right to make changes to the use or application of the FCC Rules. Safety and Regulatory Notices FCC Statement The WPN111 has been tested and complies with your product. All rights reserved. Maximum Wireless Signal Rate Derived ... due to the products described in a particular installation. However, there is encouraged to try to radio communications. Microsoft and Windows are trademarks or registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in a residential installation. By registering your Support information card. For other countries...
WPN111 Reference Manual
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Canadian Department of Conformity certificate for this product is provided in CFR 47 Sections, 2.1093, and 15.247 (b) (4) addressing RF Exposure from windows to licensing." "Pour empêcher que cet appareil cause du brouillage au service faisant l'objet d'une licence, il doit être utilisé... de la classe B est conforme à la norme NMB-003 et CNR-210 du Canada. tímto prohlašuje, že tento NETGEAR RangeMax Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter WPN111 je ve shodì se základními požadavky a dalšími pøíslušnými ustanovení...
Canadian Department of Conformity certificate for this product is provided in CFR 47 Sections, 2.1093, and 15.247 (b) (4) addressing RF Exposure from windows to licensing." "Pour empêcher que cet appareil cause du brouillage au service faisant l'objet d'une licence, il doit être utilisé... de la classe B est conforme à la norme NMB-003 et CNR-210 du Canada. tímto prohlašuje, že tento NETGEAR RangeMax Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter WPN111 je ve shodì se základními požadavky a dalšími pøíslušnými ustanovení...
WPN111 Reference Manual
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... and Range Guidelines 1-2 What Is In the Box ...1-2 WPN111 Default Wireless Settings 1-3 Installation ...1-3 Connecting to Wireless Networks and the Internet 1-7 WPN111 Icon Colors 1-7 Smart Wizard Status Bar 1-8 WPN111 LED ...1-9 Placing the USB Adapter Cradle 1-9 Removing the WPN111 Software 1-10 Upgrading the WPN111 Software 1-11 Chapter 2 Network Connections and Wireless Security Disabling the Windows Zero Configuration Utility 2-1 Understanding the Smart Wizard 2-2 Viewing...
... and Range Guidelines 1-2 What Is In the Box ...1-2 WPN111 Default Wireless Settings 1-3 Installation ...1-3 Connecting to Wireless Networks and the Internet 1-7 WPN111 Icon Colors 1-7 Smart Wizard Status Bar 1-8 WPN111 LED ...1-9 Placing the USB Adapter Cradle 1-9 Removing the WPN111 Software 1-10 Upgrading the WPN111 Software 1-11 Chapter 2 Network Connections and Wireless Security Disabling the Windows Zero Configuration Utility 2-1 Understanding the Smart Wizard 2-2 Viewing...
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... Security 2-12 Setting up WPA2-PSK Security 2-13 Setting up WPA-PSK Security 2-15 Advanced Settings ...2-16 Statistics Page ...2-16 About Page ...2-17 Chapter 3 Wireless Network Performance Optimizing Wireless Performance 3-1 Optimizing Your 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...
... Security 2-12 Setting up WPA2-PSK Security 2-13 Setting up WPA-PSK Security 2-15 Advanced Settings ...2-16 Statistics Page ...2-16 About Page ...2-17 Chapter 3 Wireless Network Performance Optimizing Wireless Performance 3-1 Optimizing Your 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...
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...available on a link in the table of contents or index to navigate directly to where the topic is described in a browser window. - Double-click on the NETGEAR, Inc. Each page in the HTML version of the chapter you were viewing opens in the manual. •A button to ...This Manual The HTML version of this manual you want to PDF versions of any page. - NETGEAR RangeMax Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter WPN111 User Manual For more information about network technologies, see the links to the NETGEAR website in order to view and print PDF files. The PDF version of the manual is available...
...available on a link in the table of contents or index to navigate directly to where the topic is described in a browser window. - Double-click on the NETGEAR, Inc. Each page in the HTML version of the chapter you were viewing opens in the manual. •A button to ...This Manual The HTML version of this manual you want to PDF versions of any page. - NETGEAR RangeMax Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter WPN111 User Manual For more information about network technologies, see the links to the NETGEAR website in order to view and print PDF files. The PDF version of the manual is available...
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... this feature. • Printing the Full Manual. xi v2.0, February 2007 The PDF version of the complete manual opens in the upper left of the window. NETGEAR RangeMax Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter WPN111 User Manual - Use the Complete PDF Manual link at the top left of any page in the manual. Click the print icon in a browser...
... this feature. • Printing the Full Manual. xi v2.0, February 2007 The PDF version of the complete manual opens in the upper left of the window. NETGEAR RangeMax Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter WPN111 User Manual - Use the Complete PDF Manual link at the top left of any page in the manual. Click the print icon in a browser...
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... and Configuration Utility Software - Go to the following items: • NETGEAR RangeMax Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter WPN111 • Installation Guide for the original Windows operating system installation files to install the Hot fix: http://www.microsoft.... with the RangeMax WPN111 Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter. However, if the walls are between the devices. Some versions of Windows may ask for the NETGEAR RangeMax Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter WPN111 • NETGEAR CD, including: - NETGEAR RangeMax Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter WPN111 User Manual • Vista, Windows XP Home, Windows XP Professional...
... and Configuration Utility Software - Go to the following items: • NETGEAR RangeMax Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter WPN111 • Installation Guide for the original Windows operating system installation files to install the Hot fix: http://www.microsoft.... with the RangeMax WPN111 Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter. However, if the walls are between the devices. Some versions of Windows may ask for the NETGEAR RangeMax Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter WPN111 • NETGEAR CD, including: - NETGEAR RangeMax Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter WPN111 User Manual • Vista, Windows XP Home, Windows XP Professional...
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If you can choose to install from the CD. If not, you are connected to proceed with the Smart Wizard setup. 2. On the Smart Wizard screen, click Next to the Internet, click Check for Updates window will open. Figure 1-2 1-4 v2.0, February 2007 Figure 1-1 b. c. Click Install the Software.The Check for Updates. d. When the Installation Complete message appears, click Next. NETGEAR RangeMax Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter WPN111 User Manual a. Now, connect the wireless USB adapter.
If you can choose to install from the CD. If not, you are connected to proceed with the Smart Wizard setup. 2. On the Smart Wizard screen, click Next to the Internet, click Check for Updates window will open. Figure 1-2 1-4 v2.0, February 2007 Figure 1-1 b. c. Click Install the Software.The Check for Updates. d. When the Installation Complete message appears, click Next. NETGEAR RangeMax Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter WPN111 User Manual a. Now, connect the wireless USB adapter.
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NETGEAR RangeMax Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter WPN111 User Manual a. See "Placing the USB Adapter Cradle" on your PC. Note: If you are located. b. You will be prompted to Step b. Windows 2000 users go to select the country where you do not have a USB 2.0 port on your PC, the throughput of the WPN111 will be limited to the WPN111 and insert the other end of...
NETGEAR RangeMax Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter WPN111 User Manual a. See "Placing the USB Adapter Cradle" on your PC. Note: If you are located. b. You will be prompted to Step b. Windows 2000 users go to select the country where you do not have a USB 2.0 port on your PC, the throughput of the WPN111 will be limited to the WPN111 and insert the other end of...
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... indicates a connection. The status bar at the bottom of the page shows details about connecting, see "Connecting to that show the status of the Windows task bar. NETGEAR RangeMax Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter WPN111 User Manual The icon appears in the lower right of the connection. • Smart Wizard Status Bar: Clicking on page 1-7. Connecting to the Internet...
... indicates a connection. The status bar at the bottom of the page shows details about connecting, see "Connecting to that show the status of the Windows task bar. NETGEAR RangeMax Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter WPN111 User Manual The icon appears in the lower right of the connection. • Smart Wizard Status Bar: Clicking on page 1-7. Connecting to the Internet...
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...wireless node. The wireless USB adapter The wireless USB adapter has established good has a connection with another communication with another wireless node. The Smart Wizard Settings page opens. Color Red Yellow Green Condition The wireless USB adapter has no connection to the wireless access point. NETGEAR RangeMax Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter WPN111 User Manual WPN111 Icon Colors The WPN111 icon is on one end of the Settings page. The wireless USB adapter...the desktop and in the Microsoft Windows desktop. Description The wireless USB adapter cannot link to open the Smart...
...wireless node. The wireless USB adapter The wireless USB adapter has established good has a connection with another communication with another wireless node. The Smart Wizard Settings page opens. Color Red Yellow Green Condition The wireless USB adapter has no connection to the wireless access point. NETGEAR RangeMax Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter WPN111 User Manual WPN111 Icon Colors The WPN111 icon is on one end of the Settings page. The wireless USB adapter...the desktop and in the Microsoft Windows desktop. Description The wireless USB adapter cannot link to open the Smart...
WPN111 Reference Manual
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... 2007 1-11 NETGEAR RangeMax Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter WPN111 User Manual Removing the WPN111 Software You can remove the wireless adapter software in .exe). 6. Write down the settings for any profiles that you want to the Control Panel Add or Remove Program item, select the RangeMax WPN111 Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter option, and follow these two ways: • Navigate the Windows Start menu to the RangeMax WPN111 Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter program group...
... 2007 1-11 NETGEAR RangeMax Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter WPN111 User Manual Removing the WPN111 Software You can remove the wireless adapter software in .exe). 6. Write down the settings for any profiles that you want to the Control Panel Add or Remove Program item, select the RangeMax WPN111 Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter option, and follow these two ways: • Navigate the Windows Start menu to the RangeMax WPN111 Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter program group...
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... wireless security for the Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter so that it matches the wireless security settings for your network. Chapter 2 Network Connections and Wireless Security This chapter 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...
... wireless security for the Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter so that it matches the wireless security settings for your network. Chapter 2 Network Connections and Wireless Security This chapter 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...
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... how to use the NETGEAR WPN111 Smart Wizard to use the Smart Wizard. You can use . • Configure wireless settings for wireless networks and refresh the page. Then clear the "Use Windows to open the Smart Wizard. NETGEAR RangeMax Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter WPN111 User Manual 4. Click the Wireless Networks tab. Understanding the Smart Wizard These instructions explain how to change the RangeMax WPN111 Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter wireless settings.
... how to use the NETGEAR WPN111 Smart Wizard to use the Smart Wizard. You can use . • Configure wireless settings for wireless networks and refresh the page. Then clear the "Use Windows to open the Smart Wizard. NETGEAR RangeMax Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter WPN111 User Manual 4. Click the Wireless Networks tab. Understanding the Smart Wizard These instructions explain how to change the RangeMax WPN111 Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter wireless settings.
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...window of the Networks tab are: • Help: Display online help. • Find a Network: Find and connect to the network that as WEP, WPA2-PSK, or WPA-PSK. • Signal: Identifies the signal strength of the communications. • MAC Address: Identifies the hardware address (MAC Address) of the wireless... will be blank even though the rest of wireless network - If many networks use the same channel they can click a column heading to a wireless network. This is the same as the SSID or ESSID configuration parameter. NETGEAR RangeMax Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter WPN111 User Manual 2.
...window of the Networks tab are: • Help: Display online help. • Find a Network: Find and connect to the network that as WEP, WPA2-PSK, or WPA-PSK. • Signal: Identifies the signal strength of the communications. • MAC Address: Identifies the hardware address (MAC Address) of the wireless... will be blank even though the rest of wireless network - If many networks use the same channel they can click a column heading to a wireless network. This is the same as the SSID or ESSID configuration parameter. NETGEAR RangeMax Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter WPN111 User Manual 2.
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...computers.See the link to "Internet Networking and TCP/IP Addressing:" in which devices or computers communicate directly 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 check the status bar in ... IP addresses (such as 192.168.0.1) or the IPX protocol. To create an Ad Hoc mode profile: 1. The Settings page opens: Figure 2-5 2. NETGEAR RangeMax Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter WPN111 User Manual Use a browser to connect to the Internet, or check for the current connection status.
...computers.See the link to "Internet Networking and TCP/IP Addressing:" in which devices or computers communicate directly 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 check the status bar in ... IP addresses (such as 192.168.0.1) or the IPX protocol. To create an Ad Hoc mode profile: 1. The Settings page opens: Figure 2-5 2. NETGEAR RangeMax Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter WPN111 User Manual Use a browser to connect to the Internet, or check for the current connection status.
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... 192.168.0.1 as its IP address, type ping -t 192.168.0.1 and then click OK. On the Windows taskbar click Start, and then click Run. The ping response should change to the device with the Ping program: a. NETGEAR RangeMax Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter WPN111 User Manual a. c. Click Save Profile and all the configuration settings are saved in a Profile. c. Verify...
... 192.168.0.1 as its IP address, type ping -t 192.168.0.1 and then click OK. On the Windows taskbar click Start, and then click Run. The ping response should change to the device with the Ping program: a. NETGEAR RangeMax Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter WPN111 User Manual a. c. Click Save Profile and all the configuration settings are saved in a Profile. c. Verify...
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... the Channel field, Automatic should work. For problems accessing network resources, the Windows Client and File and Print Sharing software might not be installed or configured properly on the country. The Ad Hoc Setting dialog box opens: Figure 2-8 4. NETGEAR RangeMax Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter WPN111 User Manual At this point the connection is not being used by any...
... the Channel field, Automatic should work. For problems accessing network resources, the Windows Client and File and Print Sharing software might not be installed or configured properly on the country. The Ad Hoc Setting dialog box opens: Figure 2-8 4. NETGEAR RangeMax Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter WPN111 User Manual At this point the connection is not being used by any...