User Manual

NETGEAR RangeMax Dual Band Wireless-N USB Adapter WNDA3100v2 User Manual
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v1.0, December 2008
You can use the Status Bar to verify your network connection. For more information, see
“Wireless Assistant Status Bar” on page 1-13.
Creating Wireless Profiles
The WNDA3100v2 Wireless Assistant uses profiles to store all the settings for a particular
wireless network. There are two special profile names: Default and Profile.
• Default. The profile named Default automatically scans for any available network. You
cannot change this profile name.
• Profile. If you do not enter a name in the Profile Name field, the name Profile is used to save
your settings. If you do this more than once, you are asked if you want to replace the previous
settings stored in Profile.
You can store multiple profiles and recall the one that matches the network you want to join.
If you use your computer to connect to different wireless networks, you can create a profile for
each wireless network. You can then easily load the profile that has all the settings that you need to
join the network you are using at the time.
There are two types of wireless network profiles that you can set up:
• Access Point (Infrastructure). Connect to an access point or router with the 802.11
infrastructure mode.
• Computer-to-Computer (Ad Hoc). Connect directly to another computer with the 802.11
Ad Hoc mode.
For more information about wireless network modes, see the wireless reference document at:
http://documentation.netgear.com/reference/enu/wireless/index.htm.
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