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NETGEAR MA 101 manual

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    ii © 2001 by NET GEAR, In c . All r igh ts r ese r ved . Trademarks NETGEAR is a reg ist ere d tra dema rk of NETGEAR, I NC. Wind ows is a reg ist e red tra dema rk of Mi cros oft Corp orat ion. Other brand and product nam es are trademarks o r registered trademarks of their respective ho lders. Info rmatio n is subject to change without no tice. [...]

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    iii CONTENTS CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION ?[...]

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    1 CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION The MA101 8 02.11b Wire less USB adapter enables you to effo rtlessl y network avoiding the has sles of Ethernet w iring. It is desi gned for computers running Micro soft Windows 98, 2000, or Millenni um. Its auto-sensing cap ability allows packet transfer at 11Mbps for maximum throughput, or speed reduction to the lower 1[...]

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    2 CHAPTER 2: WIRELESS NETWORK FUNDAMENTALS Wireless Network C onfiguration Ad-hoc Mode (Peer-to -Peer Wo rkgroup) The Institute o f Electr ical and Electro nics Engi neers (I EEE) st andard f or wi reles s LAN s (WLA Ns), 802.11, off e rs two metho ds for configuring a w ireless netw ork — ad hoc and inf rastructur e. In an ad hoc network, comput[...]

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    3 Service Set Identification (SS ID) The Service Set I dentificatio n (SS ID) is a thir ty-two alphanumer ic character (maxi mum) string identifyi ng the wirele ss local area networ k. Some vendor s ref er to the SS ID as network name. For stations to commu nicate with each other, all station s must be configured with the same SS ID. A wir eless LA[...]

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    4 Wireless Channel S election IEEE 802.11 wireless nodes comm unicat e with ea ch other u sing rad io frequen cy si gnals i n the ISM (Industr i al, Scientif ic, and Medical ) band between 2.4G hz and 2.5G hz. Neighbor ing channels ar e 5Mhz apart. However , due to spread s pectrum effect of the signals, a no de sending signals using a particular c[...]

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    5 CHAPTER 3: Hardware Installation Package Contents The product package s hould contain: #" Model MA101 802.11b Wireles s USB Adapter #" USB cable #" MA101 Wireles s USB Adapter R esource CD #" Installation Guide #" Support I nfor m ati on Card Call your resell er or customer s upport in yo ur area if there are any wr ong, [...]

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    6 CHAPTER 4: Driver Installation Windows 98 Driver Software Installing Driver Software To install t he NETGEAR MA101 Wireless USB A dapter LAN dri ver for the firs t time in Window s 98: 1. Follow the pr ocedure described in the har dware installation chapter to install the MA101 Wir eless USB Adapter . 2. Upon conn ection, Windows 98 a utomat ical[...]

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    7 Windows Me Driver Software Installing Driver Software To install t he NETGEAR MA101 Wireless USB A dapter LAN driver for the first ti me in Window s Me: 1. Follow the pr ocedure described in the har dware installation chapter to install the MA101 Wir eless USB Adapter . 2. Upon connection, Windo ws Me automatically detects the exis tence of the M[...]

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    8 Windows 2000 Driver Software Installing Driver Software 1. Follow the pr ocedure described in the har dware installation chapter to install the MA101 Wir eless USB Adapter . 2. Upon conn ection, Windows 2000 a utomat ically detect s the existe nce of the MA101 Wireless USB Adapter. A Found New Hardwar e Wizard w indow o pens and indicates that ne[...]

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    9 Windows XP Driver Software Installing Driver Software 1. Follow the procedur e described in the hardware ins tallation chapter to install the MA101 Wir eless USB Adapter . 2. Upon connectio n, Windows XP automatically detects the existence o f the MA101 USB Adapter . An Add New H ardware Wizard w indow opens and indicates that new hardware has be[...]

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    10 CHAPTER 5: Wireless L AN Configuration Adapter Properties Configuration Device Properti es Page When running W indow s 98 o r Me Wireless parameters f or the MA101 Wi reless USB A dapter can be modifi ed f rom the Netwo rk control window. 1. Fr om the Windo ws deskto p, right-cl i ck on the Netw ork Nei ghborhoo d icon. W hen a pop-up menu opens[...]

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    11 Device Properti es Mo dification Table 5-1. Device Properties Parameter s General Specificatio ns Model MA101 Wir eles s USB Adapter Netwo rk Type Confi gurable between 802 .11 ad hoc and infr astructure mo des. In 802.11 ad hoc mod e, the w ireless nodes form th eir own local netw ork where the end nodes communicate peer-to -peer without an acc[...]

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    12 Table 5-1. Device Properties Par ameters (continued) General Specificatio ns Model MA101 W ireless USB A dapter Fragment Thr eshold This is the packet length used f or fr agmentation. Packets l arger than the size progr ammed in this field will be f ragmented. The Fragment Thr eshold value mus t be larger than R TS Thres hold value. The d efault[...]

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    13 WLAN C onfiguration Ut ility A wireless LAN configurat ion utility p rogram is provid ed to give you in formation on your wireless networ k such as signal quality and link co nditions , and to let you mo dify the var ious co nfigurabl e wireless pa ramete rs. WLAN Configuration Utility Installation When runni ng W indow s 95/ B or NT 4.0 1. Inse[...]

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    14 WLAN Parameter Modification Double-clickin g on the wireless SysTray icon activates the wireless LAN config uration ut ility for the MA101 Wireles s USB adapter. Y ou can click on any of the f older tab in the Wir e less LAN conf iguration utility window to m odify the operation al param eters. . Status Netwo rk type Confi gurable between 80 2.1[...]

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    15     Site Survey Mac Address The Mac Address of the Acces s Point. SSID The SSID of the A ccess Point. Signal The signal str e ngth of the Access Point. Channel The channel used by the Access Point. Encryption The encryption o f the Access Point is enable o r disable. Encryption Encryption Set the data encryption level fo r the wirele[...]

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    16 Advanced Preamble Mode The Long m ode is set for 144 bit s. The Short mode is set for 72 b its. Fragmentation Threshold This is the packet lengt h used for fragmentatio n. Packets larger than the size programmed i n this field wil l be fragmented. The Fragment T hresho ld value must be larger than RTS Thresho ld value. The default val ue for Fr [...]

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    17 APPENDIX A: HARDWARE SPECIFICATION  General Specificatio ns Model MA101 802.11b Wireless USB Adapter Radio Data R ate 1, 2, 5 .5, 11 Mbps (Auto Rate Sensing) Frequency 2.4Ghz to 2.5Ghz Dir ect Sequence Spread Spectrum (DSSS) Range outdoor environment i ndo or environment 1Mbps - 1650 ft ( 503 m) 1Mbp s - 500 ft (152 m) 2Mbps - 1320 ft ( 402 m[...]