Netgear Wna3100m N300 Wireless Usb Adapter User Manual
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350 East Plumeria Drive San Jose, CA 95134 USAJanuary 2012 202-10920-01 v1.0 NETGEAR N300 Wireless Mini USB Adapter WNA3100M User Manual
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2 NETGEAR N300 Wireless Mini USB Adapter WNA3100M © 2012 NETGEAR, Inc. All rights reserved No part of this publication may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any language in any form or by any means without the written permission of NETGEAR, Inc. Technical Support Thank you for choosing NETGEAR. To register your product, get the latest product updates, get support online, or for more information about the topics covered in this manual, visit the...
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3 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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4 1 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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Set Up Your Wireless Adapter5 NETGEAR N300 Wireless Mini USB Adapter WNA3100M 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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Set Up Your Wireless Adapter6 NETGEAR N300 Wireless Mini USB Adapter WNA3100M 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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Set Up Your Wireless Adapter7 NETGEAR N300 Wireless Mini USB Adapter WNA3100M 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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Set Up Your Wireless Adapter8 NETGEAR N300 Wireless Mini USB Adapter WNA3100M 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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Set Up Your Wireless Adapter9 NETGEAR N300 Wireless Mini USB Adapter WNA3100M 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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Set Up Your Wireless Adapter10 NETGEAR N300 Wireless Mini USB Adapter WNA3100M 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...