User's Manual

Microsoft Wireless Home Networking USB Adapter or PC Card Adapter 8
υ An available 16-bit PCMCIA (PC Card) Type II
Extended slot
Check Box Contents
The Microsoft® Wireless Home Networking Adapter
consists of the following components:
υ Start Here Guide and User’s Guide
υ CD-ROM disc (install this first!)
υ Wireless USB Network Adapter
-or-
Wireless PC Card Adapter
If any of these components are missing or damaged...
Home Networking Components
Broadband Modems
Broadband Internet access provides a high-speed digital
connection to the Internet, typically through a Digital
Subscriber Line (DSL), which runs over phone lines, or a
cable connection, which travels over the same lines as
cable TV. Both allow you to use your telephone while you
are online, and both offer a perpetual, always-on
connection to the Internet without requiring you to dial up
an Internet Service Provider (ISP).
Broadband access relies on digital modems, which can
carry more frequencies and data types simultaneously than
dial-up modems. Because of the amount of data that can
be transmitted simultaneously, broadband modem
tranmission speed is very fast compared to dial-up modem
speed, typically greater than 128 Kbps.
Because broadband modems carry so much information
and are "always on," they present greater security
challenges than dial-up modems, especially if the Internet
connection is shared over a network. It is important to
implement security through a firewall such as that provided
by the Microsoft Wireless Home Networking Router. If
attackers access your Internet connection, they will see
only the router, which contains no files or data.