NETGEARメーカーMA 101の使用説明書/サービス説明書
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iii CONTENTS CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION .
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 esour.
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 .
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 .
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.
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 .
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.
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 .
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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