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Chapter 4: Software Installation and Configuration
The Installation Procedure
Dual-Band Wireless A+G Notebook Adapter
4. The Setup Wizard will ask you to choose a wireless mode. Click the Infrastructure Mode radio button if you
want your wireless computers to network with computers on your wired network using a wireless access
point. Click the Ad-Hoc Mode radio button if you want multiple wireless computers to network directly with
each other.
The Setup Wizard provides three SSID fields. In the SSID 1 field, enter the SSID of your wireless network. The
SSID must be identical for all devices in the network. The default setting is linksys (all lowercase).
In the SSID 2 and SSID 3 fields, enter alternative SSIDs. When attempting to connect to the network, the
Adapter will first try SSID 1. If the Adapter fails to connect, then it will try SSID 2 and SSID 3 until it establishes
a connection. Click the Next button.
5. If you chose Infrastructure Mode, go to Step 6 now. If you chose Ad-Hoc Mode, select the correct
operating channel for your network. If you have an 802.11g network, then select the Network Mode from the
drop-down menu. Click the Next button, and go to Step 6. Click the Back button to change any settings.
Channel - The channel you choose should match the channel set on the other devices in your wireless
network. If you are unsure about which channel to use, select Auto, which enables the Adapter to match the
channel setting of the strongest wireless signal it detects.
Network Mode - If you have 802.11b and 802.11g devices in your network, then select Mixed Mode. Both
Wireless-G and Wireless-B computers will be allowed on the network, but transmission speeds will be
reduced. If you have only 802.11g devices in your network, select G-Only Mode for maximum speed (no
Wireless-B users will be allowed on the network).
Figure 4-4: Setup Wizard’s Wireless Mode Screen
Figure 4-5: Setup Wizard’s Wireless Channel Screen
NOTE: A network SSID should be unique to your network and identical for all
devices within the network.