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Table of Contents
1. INTRODUCTION 4
1.1 T
HE
WLAN 802.11
G MINI
-PCI M
ODULE
..............................................................4
1.2 F
EATURES
................................................................................................................4
2. PLANNING YOUR WIRELESS NETWORK
5
2.1 N
ETWORK
T
OPOLOGY
.............................................................................................5
2.2 A
D
-H
OC VERSUS
I
NFRASTRUCTURE
M
ODE
............................................................5
3. SOFTWARE INSTALLATION AND UNINSTALLATION 7
3.1
S
ETUP
W
IZARD
I
NSTALLATION
.......................................................................7
3.2 A
DDITIONAL
S
ETUP
P
ROCESSES
.............................................................................9
3.3 D
ISABLE
W
INDOWS
XP Z
ERO
-C
ONFIGURATION
................................................. 11
3.4 U
NINSTALLATION
...................................................................................................12
4. USING THE CONFIGURATION UTILITY 14
4.1 O
VERVIEW
.............................................................................................................14
4.2 A
CCESSING THE
C
ONFIGURATION
U
TILITY
.........................................................14
4.3 L
INK
S
TATUS
..........................................................................................................18
4.4 S
ITE
M
ONITOR
.......................................................................................................19
4.5 S
TATISTICS
.............................................................................................................20
4.6 D
IAGNOSTICS
.........................................................................................................21
4.7 I
NFORMATION
........................................................................................................22
APPENDIX A: TROUBLESHOOTING23
APPENDIX B: GLOSSARY
26
APPENDIX C: SPECIFICATION 31