NETGEAR WG311 Installation Manual page 14

Installation Guide for the NETGEAR 54 Mbps Wireless PCI Adapter WG311
Table 1-1. A Road Map for How to Get There From Here
If I Want To ... ? What Do I Do?
Note: Secure Internet sites such as banks and online merchants use encryption security built into browsers
like Internet Explorer and Netscape. Any wireless networking security features you might implement are in
addition to those already in place on secure Internet sites.
Connect to the
1. Activate my
Internet over my
wireless link
wireless
and verify my
network.
network
connection.
2. Open an
Internet
browser such
as Internet
Explorer or
Netscape
Navigator.
1-4
What's Needed?
1. An active Internet connection
like those from cable or DSL
service providers.
2. A wireless network connected
to the cable or DSL Internet
service through a cable/DSL
router as illustrated in
"Connect to an Access Point in
Infrastructure Mode" on
page 3-3.
3. TCP/IP Internet networking
software installed and
configured on my PC
according to the requirements
of the Internet service provider
4. A browser like Internet
Explorer or Netscape
Navigator.
How Do I?
To configure your WG311 in
Infrastructure Mode, see
Installation Instructions" on
page 2-4, and locate the section
for your version of Windows.
For assistance with configuring
the TCP/IP Internet software on
a PC, see "Preparing Your
Computers for TCP/IP
Networking" on page C-1
to the PC Networking Tutorial on
the NETGEAR 54 Mbps
Wireless PCI Adapter WG311
Resource CD and the Help
information provided in the
Windows system you are using.
.
Introduction
"Basic
or refer