Netgear Wna3100m N300 Wireless Usb Adapter User Manual

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NETGEAR N300 Wireless 
Mini USB Adapter 
WNA3100M
User Manual 

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Contents
Chapter 1 Set Up Your Wireless Adapter
Package Contents  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Status LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
NETGEAR Genie Desktop Icon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
NETGEAR Genie Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Status Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....

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1.   Set Up Your Wireless Adapter
This chapter includes the following sections:
•     Package Contents 
•     Status LED 
•     NETGEAR Genie Desktop Icon 
•     NETGEAR Genie Home 
•     Join a Wireless Network 
For help installing your wireless-N USB adapter, see the installation guide that came in the 
package.
For more information about the topics covered in this manual, visit the support website at 
http://support.netgear.com. 

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Package Contents
Your adapter comes with a 
Resource CD. Depending on the location where you purchased it, 
either a USB cable or an adapter cradle with a USB cable comes in the pa\
ckage too.
N130 Wireless Micro USB Adapter
WNA3100M
Resource CD
N300 Wireless Adapter
Your package contents looks like this:
Figure 1. Package contents
Status LED
The LED shows the status of the wireless link as explained in the follow\
ing table....

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NETGEAR Genie Desktop Icon
When you install your adapter, the NETGEAR Genie icon appears in the Win\
dows system 
tray and on the desktop. You can click this icon to open NETGEAR Genie t\
o make changes 
or connect to a different wireless network. The color of the icon indica\
tes the strength of your 
wireless connection from 0 (zero) to 5 bars. 
 Green: 3 to 5 bars
 Yellow: 1 or 2 bars
 Red: 0 (zero) bars, indicating no...

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Status Bar
The status bar is located at the bottom of the screen:
Network
Connection Network Wireless
ThroughputSignal
security channel
strengthnamestatus
Figure 2. Status bar
Network name. The network name (SSID) of the wireless network that the adapter is \
currently connected to.
Connection status. This shows the status that is also shown in the diagram in the middle \
of 
this screen.
•     Connected to the Internet
•...

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Join a Wireless Network
In NETGEAR Genie, click the Join a Network button to display the following screen:
Network list. View the wireless networks in the area. Click a network to select it. \
Manual Connect. Click this button to join a network without viewing it on the network \
list, or 
to connect to a hidden network. A hidden network does not broadcast its \
wireless network 
name (SSID). 
Refresh. Click this button to...

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To view network details:
1. 
In the Join a Network screen, click the network to select it 
2. Click the  Details button to display a screen similar to the one shown here. 
The following information is displayed:
•     Network Name (SSID). The name assigned to a wireless network. Note that, as a 
security measure, some wireless access points do not broadcast their SSI\
Ds. In such 
cases, the network is hidden. The name (SSID)...

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Join a Network or Connect to a Different Network
You can use WPS to join a wireless network if your wireless network supp\
orts it, or you can 
join a wireless network from this NETGEAR Genie screen.
•     WPS. Press and hold the WPS button on the side of the adapter for 2 seconds. Then 
within 2 minutes, press the WPS  button on your wireless router or gateway.
•     NETGEAR Genie: Click your wireless network to select it...