Owner's Manual

NETGEAR 108 Mbps Wireless PC Card WG511T User Manual
1-8 Basic Setup
v3.0, January 2007
Smart Wizard Status Bar
Click the WG511T icon. The Smart Wizard Settings page opens. The status bar is located at the
bottom of the Settings page.
The following table describes how to interpret the Smart Wizard status bar.
If you right-click in the system tray icon, you can disable the Internet notification feature by
clearing check mark. If you do so, then only the IP address is shown.
Figure 1-7
Understanding the Status Bar
Wireless network Identifies which wireless network you have joined.
Security Locked: security enabled.
Unlocked: security not enabled.
Channel The wireless channel used by the network. If many wireless networks in your
area use the same channel they can interfere with one another.
Throughput Wireless throughput measured in Mega bits per second.
Signal strength More dots indicates a stronger signal. Usually, you will experience higher
throughput when the signal is strongest.
Find a Network Click Find a Network to open the Connection Wizard.
Connection
status
Identifies the status of your network connection.
• Connected to Internet: Wireless Internet connection is OK.
• Connected to Router: Wireless connection to the router is OK but the router
is not connected to the Internet.
• 169.254.x.x or ___.___.___.___ : The wireless connection to the router is OK
but there is a problem with the router. See Chapter 2, “Network Connections
and Wireless Security” or Chapter 3, “Troubleshooting”.
Figure 1-8
Wireless
network
Connection status
Security
Find a Network
Channel
Throughput
Signal
strength