NETGEARメーカーWPN511の使用説明書/サービス説明書
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February 2005 iii FCC Guidelines for Human Exposure In order to comply with RF exposure limits established in the ANSI C95.1 standards, the user is advised to maintain a distance of at least 1 inch (2.5 cm) from the antenna of this device while it is in use.
February 2005 iv Export Restrictions This product or software contains encry ption code which may not be exported or transferred from the US or Canada without an approved US Department of Commerce export license.
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User Manual for the NETGEAR Ra ngeMax™ Wireless PC Card WPN511 Ab o u t T h i s M a n u a l 1- 1 February 2005 Chapter 1 About This Manual Congratulations on your purchase of the N ETGEAR RangeMax™ W ireless PC Card WPN51 1.
User Manual for the NETGEAR RangeMax™ Wireless PC Card WPN511 1- 2 Ab o u t T h i s M a n u a l February 2005 How to Print this Manual T o print this manual you can ch oose one of the following several options, according to your needs. • Printing a Chapter .
User Manual for the NETGEAR Ra ngeMax™ Wireless PC Card WPN511 I n t r od u ct ion 2- 1 February 2005 Chapter 2 Introduction This chapter introduces the features, package contents, and appearance of the NETGEAR RangeMax™ W ireless PC Card WPN51 1.
User Manual for the NETGEAR Ra ngeMax™ Wireless PC Card WPN511 2- 2 I n t r od u ct ion February 2005 • High level of data encryption using128-bit Sh ared Key WEP data encryption met hod. A lower level of data encryption or no data encryption is available to simplify your network setup or to improve data transfer rate.
User Manual for the NETGEAR Ra ngeMax™ Wireless PC Card WPN511 I n t r od u ct ion 2- 3 February 2005 A Road Map for ‘How to Get There From Here’ The introduction and adoption of any new tech nology can be a dif ficult process. W ireless technology has removed one of the barriers to ne tworking—running wires.
User Manual for the NETGEAR Ra ngeMax™ Wireless PC Card WPN511 2- 4 I n t r od u ct ion February 2005 Pr o t e c t m y w ir eless con n e ct i on f r om sn oo p in g, ha c k i n g , o r in f or m a t ion th e ft. 1 . A s s u r e th a t th e w ir eless net w o r k has secu r it y fe a tu r e s ena b led .
User Manual for the NETGEAR Ra ngeMax™ Wireless PC Card WPN511 I n t r od u ct ion 2- 5 February 2005 Ex c h a n g e f i l e s be t w e e n a w ir elessly con n e ct e d n ot e b ook com p u t e r a n d ot h e r com p u t e r s in a m y com b i n e d w ir eless a n d wi r e d n e t wo r k .
User Manual for the NETGEAR Ra ngeMax™ Wireless PC Card WPN511 2- 6 I n t r od u ct ion February 2005 U se p r in t e r s in a com b i n e d w ir eless a n d wi r e d n e t wo r k .
Ba s i c S e t u p 3- 1 February 2005 Chapter 3 Basic Setup This chapter describes how to install your NETGEAR RangeMax™ W i reless PC Card WPN511 and set up basic wireless connectivity on yo ur W ireless Local Area Network (WLAN). Advanced wireless network configuration is covered in Chapter 4, “Configur ation” in this manual.
User Manual for the NETGEAR Ra ngeMax™ Wireless PC Card WPN511 3- 2 Ba s i c Se t u p February 2005 Observing Location and Range Guidelines Computers can connect over wireless networks indoors at a range which vary significantly based on the physical location of the computer with the NETGEAR RangeMax™ W ireless PC Card WPN51 1.
User Manual for the NETGEAR Ra ngeMax™ Wireless PC Card WPN511 Ba s i c S e t u p 3- 3 February 2005 • Network Name Service Set Identification (SSID): Any (First available network) Note: In order .
User Manual for the NETGEAR Ra ngeMax™ Wireless PC Card WPN511 3- 4 Ba s i c Se t u p February 2005 For Windows XP Users Inst alling a WPN51 1 Install the WPN51 1 driver and configuration utility software. a. Power on your notebook, let the operating system boot up completely , and log in as needed.
User Manual for the NETGEAR Ra ngeMax™ Wireless PC Card WPN511 Ba s i c S e t u p 3- 5 February 2005 Install the NETGEAR RangeMax™ W ireless PC Card WPN51 1. a. Locate an available CardBus slot on the side of your notebook. Hold the PC Card with the NETGEAR logo facing up and insert it into the CardBus slot.
User Manual for the NETGEAR Ra ngeMax™ Wireless PC Card WPN511 3- 6 Ba s i c Se t u p February 2005 Configure your WPN51 1. a. Click the WPN51 1 icon in the W indows system tray to open the WPN51 1 Smart W izard W ireless Assistant. The Settings tab page opens.
User Manual for the NETGEAR Ra ngeMax™ Wireless PC Card WPN511 Ba s i c S e t u p 3- 7 February 2005 V erify wireless connectivity to your network. a. V erify that your Connection and Status M onitor information matches your wireless network. b. Check the two LEDs on the WPN51 1: c.
User Manual for the NETGEAR Ra ngeMax™ Wireless PC Card WPN511 3- 8 Ba s i c Se t u p February 2005 For Windows 2000 & 98/Me Users Inst alling a WPN51 1 Install the WPN51 1 driver and configuration utility software. Note: W indows 2000 may require you to be logged on with administrator rights.
User Manual for the NETGEAR Ra ngeMax™ Wireless PC Card WPN511 Ba s i c S e t u p 3- 9 February 2005 Install the NETGEAR RangeMax™ W ireless PC Card WPN51 1. a. Locate an available CardBus slot on the side of your notebook. Hold the PC Card with the NETFGEAR logo facing up and insert it into the CardBus slot.
User Manual for the NETGEAR Ra ngeMax™ Wireless PC Card WPN511 3- 1 0 Ba s i c S e t u p February 2005 Configure your WPN51 1 and save the Profile. a. Click on the WPN51 1 system tray icon to open the WPN51 1 Smart W izard W ireless Assistant. The Settings tab page opens.
User Manual for the NETGEAR Ra ngeMax™ Wireless PC Card WPN511 Ba s i c S e t u p 3- 1 1 February 2005 V erify wireless connectivity to your network. a. V erify that your Connection and Status M onitor information matches your wireless network. b. Check the two LEDs on the WPN51 1: c.
User Manual for the NETGEAR Ra ngeMax™ Wireless PC Card WPN511 3- 1 2 Ba s i c S e t u p February 2005 WPN51 1 Wireless Connection Indicators The NETGEAR RangeMax™ W ireless PC Card WPN51 1 provid.
User Manual for the NETGEAR Ra ngeMax™ Wireless PC Card WPN511 Ba s i c S e t u p 3- 1 3 February 2005 Interpreting System T ray Icon Colors The System T ray (SysT ray) resides on one end of the taskbar in the Microsoft W indows desktop. T roubleshooting Use the information below to solve common problems you may encounter .
User Manual for the NETGEAR Ra ngeMax™ Wireless PC Card WPN511 3- 1 4 Ba s i c S e t u p February 2005 Basic T ip s If you have problems connected to your wireless network, try the tips below . T roubleshooting Frequently Asked Questions 1. Question: The product literature says the WPN51 1 can operate at 108 Mbps.
User Manual for the NETGEAR Ra ngeMax™ Wireless PC Card WPN511 Ba s i c S e t u p 3- 1 5 February 2005 Answer: This is because you’ve made changes to the settings and the utility is of fering you the chance to save the changes. If you want to avoid these Profile setting prompts, simply click Apply before you Close the utility program.
User Manual for the NETGEAR Ra ngeMax™ Wireless PC Card WPN511 3- 1 6 Ba s i c S e t u p February 2005 Answer: The WPN51 1 LED’ s behavior is as follows: both blinking alternately means attempting.
C on f igu r a t ion 4- 1 February 2005 Chapter 4 Configuration This chapter describes how to configure your NETGEAR RangeMax™ W ireless PC Card WPN51 1 for wireless connectivity on your W ireless Local Area Network (WLAN) and use the data security encryption features.
User Manual for the NETGEAR Ra ngeMax™ Wireless PC Card WPN511 4- 2 C on f igu r a t ion February 2005 There are two types of wireless network connections you can configure: • Infrastructure Mode — uses the 802.1 1 infrastructure mode. • Ad-hoc Mode — uses the 802.
User Manual for the NETGEAR Ra ngeMax™ Wireless PC Card WPN511 C on f igu r a t ion 4- 3 February 2005 b. Click the WPN51 1 icon in the W indow s system tray to open the Smart W izard W i re less Assistant. c. The Settings tab displays as shown below .
User Manual for the NETGEAR Ra ngeMax™ Wireless PC Card WPN511 4- 4 C on f igu r a t ion February 2005 4. V erify wireless connectivity to your network. V erify connectivity by using a browser such as Netscape or Internet Explorer to connect to the Internet, or check for file and printer access on your network.
User Manual for the NETGEAR Ra ngeMax™ Wireless PC Card WPN511 C on f igu r a t ion 4- 5 February 2005 How to Configure an Ad-hoc Mode Profile Note : Ad-hoc mode will not work using DHCP settings. Ad-hoc mode requires either static IP addresses (such as 192.
User Manual for the NETGEAR Ra ngeMax™ Wireless PC Card WPN511 4- 6 C on f igu r a t ion February 2005 2. Save your settings in a Profile. a. T ype a descriptive name in the “Profiles” field. b. Click Save Profile. All the configuration settings are saved in this profile.
User Manual for the NETGEAR Ra ngeMax™ Wireless PC Card WPN511 C on f igu r a t ion 4- 7 February 2005 Note: If you cannot connect, see the “Troubleshooting” on page 3-13 .
User Manual for the NETGEAR Ra ngeMax™ Wireless PC Card WPN511 4- 8 C on f igu r a t ion February 2005 In addition to the WPN51 1 wireless security features, you should also configure appropriate LAN network security features such as requiring a user name and password to access the shared resources in your network.
User Manual for the NETGEAR Ra ngeMax™ Wireless PC Card WPN511 C on f igu r a t ion 4- 9 February 2005 How to Configure WEP Encryption Security Follow the steps below to configure WEP Encryption Security . 1. Run the WPN51 1 Smart Wizard W ireless Assistant.
User Manual for the NETGEAR Ra ngeMax™ Wireless PC Card WPN511 4- 1 0 C on f igu r a t ion February 2005 3. Save your settings in a Profile. a. T ype a descriptive name in the “Profiles” field. b. Click Save Profile. All the configuration settings are saved in this profile.
User Manual for the NETGEAR Ra ngeMax™ Wireless PC Card WPN511 C on f igu r a t ion 4- 1 1 February 2005 S t atistics Page The Statistics page provides real time and historical trend information on the data traffic and performance of your wireless adapter .
User Manual for the NETGEAR Ra ngeMax™ Wireless PC Card WPN511 4- 1 2 C on f igu r a t ion February 2005 Advanced Settings Page The Advanced settings should not require adjustment. Except for the power saving setting, changing any of the settings incorrectly on this page could cause your wireless connection to fail.
T e ch n ica l S p e cif ic a t io n s A - 1 February 2005 Appendix A T echnical Specifications This appendix provides technical specifications for the NETGEAR RangeMax™ W ireless PC Card WPN51 1 . A n te n n a e 2 I n te g r a te d i n te r n a l d i v e r s i ty a n te n n a e R ad i o D at a R at e 1 , 2 , 5.
User Manual for the NETGEAR Ra ngeMax™ Wireless PC Card WPN511 A - 2 T e ch n ica l S p e cif ic a t ion s February 2005.
W ir eless N e t w o r ki n g B a sic s B - 1 February 2005 Appendix B Wireless Networking Basics This chapter provides an overview of W ireless networking. Wireless Networking Overview The WPN51 1 W ireless PC Card conforms to the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.
User Manual for the NETGEAR Ra ngeMax™ Wireless PC Card WPN511 B - 2 W ir el ess N et w o r ki ng B asic s February 2005 Ad Hoc Mode (Peer-to-Peer Wo rkgroup) In an ad hoc network, computers are brought together as needed; thus, there is no structure or fixed points to the network - each node can genera lly communicate with any other node.
User Manual for the NETGEAR Ra ngeMax™ Wireless PC Card WPN511 W ir eless N e t w o r ki n g B a sic s B - 3 February 2005 802.1 1 Authentication The 802.1 1 standard defines several services th at govern how two 802.11 devices communicate. The following events must occur before an 80 2.
User Manual for the NETGEAR Ra ngeMax™ Wireless PC Card WPN511 B - 4 W ir el ess N et w o r ki n g B asi c s February 2005 Figure 4-9: 802.1 1 open system authentication Shared Key Authentication The following steps occur when two de vices use Shared Key Authentication: 1.
User Manual for the NETGEAR Ra ngeMax™ Wireless PC Card WPN511 W ir eless N e t w o r ki n g B a sic s B - 5 February 2005 Figure 4-1 0: 802.1 1 shared key aut henticati on Overview of WEP Parameters Before enabling WEP on an 802.1 1 network, you must first consider what type of encryption you require and the key size you want to use.
User Manual for the NETGEAR Ra ngeMax™ Wireless PC Card WPN511 B - 6 W i r el ess N et w o r ki n g B a si c s February 2005 The 64-bit WEP data encryption method, allows for a five-character (40-bit) input. Additionally , 24 factory-set bits are added to the forty-bit input to generate a 64-bit encryption key .
User Manual for the NETGEAR Ra ngeMax™ Wireless PC Card WPN511 W ir eless N e t w o r ki n g B a sic s B - 7 February 2005 Wireless Channels IEEE 802.1 1b and g wireless nodes communicate with each other using radio frequency signals in the ISM (Industrial, Scientific, and Medical) band between 2.
User Manual for the NETGEAR Ra ngeMax™ Wireless PC Card WPN511 B - 8 W ir el ess N et w o r ki n g B a si c s February 2005 The preferred channel separation between the channels in neighboring wireless networks is 25 MHz (5 channels). This means that you can apply up to three dif ferent channels within your wireless network.
Pr e p a r i n g Y o u r PC s f o r Ne t w o r k A c c e s s C - 1 February 2005 Appendix C Prep aring Y our PCs for Network Access This appendix describes ho w to prepare your PCs to connect to the Internet through the NETGEAR RangeMax™ W ireless PC Card WPN511 .
User Manual for the NETGEAR Ra ngeMax™ Wireless PC Card WPN511 C -2 P re p a ri n g Y o u r P C s f o r N e t w o rk A c c e s s February 2005 Configuring Windows 95, 98, and Me for TCP/IP Networking As part of the computer preparation process, you need to manually install and configure TCP/IP on each networked computer .
User Manual for the NETGEAR Ra ngeMax™ Wireless PC Card WPN511 Pr e p a r i n g Y o u r PCs f o r Ne t w o r k A c c e s s C - 3 February 2005 Inst alling TCP/IP If you need TCP/IP: a. Click the Add button. b. Select Protocol, and then click Add. c.
User Manual for the NETGEAR Ra ngeMax™ Wireless PC Card WPN511 C -4 P re p a ri n g Y o u r P C s f o r N e t w o rk A c c e s s February 2005 1. Open the Network Panel • If the Network Neighborhood icon is on the W indows desk top, position your mouse pointer over it and right-click your mouse button.
User Manual for the NETGEAR Ra ngeMax™ Wireless PC Card WPN511 Pr e p a r i n g Y o u r PCs f o r Ne t w o r k A c c e s s C - 5 February 2005 3. V erify the Properties IP Addr ess Setting a. Click the Properties button. The TCP/IP Properties window displays as shown to the right.
User Manual for the NETGEAR Ra ngeMax™ Wireless PC Card WPN511 C -6 P re p a ri n g Y o u r P C s f o r N e t w o rk A c c e s s February 2005 3. From the drop-down box, select your Ethernet adapter .
User Manual for the NETGEAR Ra ngeMax™ Wireless PC Card WPN511 Pr e p a r i n g Y o u r PCs f o r Ne t w o r k A c c e s s C - 7 February 2005 Configuring DHCP of TCP/IP in Windows XP , 2000, or NT4 There are many similarities in the procedures for different W indows systems when using DHCP to configure TCP/IP .
User Manual for the NETGEAR Ra ngeMax™ Wireless PC Card WPN511 C -8 P re p a ri n g Y o u r P C s f o r N e t w o rk A c c e s s February 2005 3. Go to Properties. a. Click the Properties button to view details about the connection. The TCP/IP details are shown on the Support tab page.
User Manual for the NETGEAR Ra ngeMax™ Wireless PC Card WPN511 Pr e p a r i n g Y o u r PCs f o r Ne t w o r k A c c e s s C - 9 February 2005 DHCP Configuration of TCP/IP in Windows 2000 After you have installed the network card, TCP/IP for W indows 2000 is configured.
User Manual for the NETGEAR Ra ngeMax™ Wireless PC Card WPN511 C - 1 0 Pr e p a r i n g Y o u r PCs f o r Ne t w o r k A c c e s s February 2005 2. Check the Internet Protocol Pr operties. a. W ith “Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)” selected, click Properties to open the Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) Properties dialog box.
User Manual for the NETGEAR Ra ngeMax™ Wireless PC Card WPN511 Pr e p a r i n g Y o u r PCs f o r Ne t w o r k A c c e s s C - 1 1 February 2005 DHCP Configuration of TCP/IP in Windows NT4 Once you have installed the network card, you ne ed to configure the TCP/IP environment for W indows NT 4.
User Manual for the NETGEAR Ra ngeMax™ Wireless PC Card WPN511 C - 1 2 Pr e p a r i n g Y o u r PCs f o r Ne t w o r k A c c e s s February 2005 3. Set the TCP/IP Properties. The TCP/IP Properties dialog box displays. a. Click the IP Address tab . b.
User Manual for the NETGEAR Ra ngeMax™ Wireless PC Card WPN511 Pr e p a r i n g Y o u r PCs f o r Ne t w o r k A c c e s s C - 1 3 February 2005.
User Manual for the NETGEAR Ra ngeMax™ Wireless PC Card WPN511 C - 1 4 Pr e p a r i n g Y o u r PCs f o r Ne t w o r k A c c e s s February 2005.
February 2005 Gl o s s a r y 1 Glossary List of Glossary T erms Use the list below to find definitions for technical terms used in this manual. 10BASE-T IEEE 802.3 specification for 10 Mbps Ethernet over twisted pair wiring. 100BASE-Tx IEEE 802.3 specification for 100 Mbps Ethernet over twisted pair wiring.
User Manual for the NETGEAR Ra ngeMax™ Wireless PC Card WPN511 2 Gl o s s a r y February 2005 198.105.232.4. The DNS syst em is, in fact, its own net work. If one DNS server doesn't know how to translate a particular domain name, it asks another one, and so on, until the correct IP address is returned.
User Manual for the NETGEAR Ra ngeMax™ Wireless PC Card WPN511 G lo ssa r y 3 February 2005 IPX Short for Internetwork Packet Exchange, a networking protocol used by the Novell NetW are operating systems. Like UDP/IP , IPX is a datagram protocol used for c onnectionless communications.
User Manual for the NETGEAR Ra ngeMax™ Wireless PC Card WPN511 4 Gl o s s a r y February 2005 pac k e t A block of information sent over a network. A packet typically contains a source and destination ne two rk address, some protocol and length informatio n, a block of data, and a checksum.
User Manual for the NETGEAR Ra ngeMax™ Wireless PC Card WPN511 G lo ssa r y 5 February 2005 WEP W ired Equivalent Privacy is a data encryption protocol for 802.11b wireless networks. All wireless nodes and access points on the network are configured with a 64-bit or 128-bit Shared Key for data encryption.
User Manual for the NETGEAR Ra ngeMax™ Wireless PC Card WPN511 6 Gl o s s a r y February 2005.
Ind e x 1 Numerics 802.1 1b 1 A ad-hoc mode 2 B BSSID 2 E ESSID 2 F features 1 I infrastructure mode 2 IP networking for W indows 2 , 6 L LEDs description 7 , 11 , 12 O Open System authentication 2 S .
デバイスNETGEAR WPN511の購入後に(又は購入する前であっても)重要なポイントは、説明書をよく読むことです。その単純な理由はいくつかあります:
NETGEAR WPN511をまだ購入していないなら、この製品の基本情報を理解する良い機会です。まずは上にある説明書の最初のページをご覧ください。そこにはNETGEAR WPN511の技術情報の概要が記載されているはずです。デバイスがあなたのニーズを満たすかどうかは、ここで確認しましょう。NETGEAR WPN511の取扱説明書の次のページをよく読むことにより、製品の全機能やその取り扱いに関する情報を知ることができます。NETGEAR WPN511で得られた情報は、きっとあなたの購入の決断を手助けしてくれることでしょう。
NETGEAR WPN511を既にお持ちだが、まだ読んでいない場合は、上記の理由によりそれを行うべきです。そうすることにより機能を適切に使用しているか、又はNETGEAR WPN511の不適切な取り扱いによりその寿命を短くする危険を犯していないかどうかを知ることができます。
ですが、ユーザガイドが果たす重要な役割の一つは、NETGEAR WPN511に関する問題の解決を支援することです。そこにはほとんどの場合、トラブルシューティング、すなわちNETGEAR WPN511デバイスで最もよく起こりうる故障・不良とそれらの対処法についてのアドバイスを見つけることができるはずです。たとえ問題を解決できなかった場合でも、説明書にはカスタマー・サービスセンター又は最寄りのサービスセンターへの問い合わせ先等、次の対処法についての指示があるはずです。