RCA 580 Network Router User Manual


 
Chapter 3
Internet Access in No Time
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3.1.1 Wireless Setup
Wireless client
adapters
For a wireless connection to your Wi-Fi certified SpeedTouch™, you will need a
wireless b/g compatible client adapter.
As wireless client adapter, you can use a provided SpeedTouch™110g CardBus, a
provided SpeedTouch™120g USB adapter (with cable), you can plug a provided
SpeedTouch™121g adapter directly into your computer’s USB port (without cable) or
any other Wi-Fi certified WLAN client.
Installing your wireless
client adapter
If you want to use a wireless connection to your SpeedTouch™, the Home Install
Wizard will invite you to plug in the wireless client adapter.
1 Plug in the wireless client adapter. The hardware is being installed.
2 After scanning for wireless networks, if the wizard found more than one
wireless network, you need to select your SpeedTouch™ network name (SSID)
and to enter your SpeedTouch™’s Network Key (WEP-WPA), both printed on
the bottom label of your SpeedTouch™. Click Next.
3 Enter your SpeedTouch™’s serial number. This 13 digit key is printed on the
bottom label of your SpeedTouch™. Then click Next.
4 In a progress window you can follow the setup of the wireless connection to
your SpeedTouch™.
5 Continue with ”Configuring the SpeedTouch™ (and your PC)” on page 18.
To be able to install hardware on a MS Windows 2000 or a MS Windows XP
operating system, you need administrative rights on your PC.
If you use a SpeedTouch™110g/120g/121g adapter, the SpeedTouch™
Wireless Client Manager, an alternative to the Wireless Zero
Configuration (WZC) in Windows XP, will be installed. See ”Restoring
Windows Zero Configuration” on page 39 for more information.
With the provided SpeedTouch™110g/120g/121g adapter, the client
manager will be configured correctly for secure WLAN connectivity to
the SpeedTouch™. Also for a third party WLAN client on MS Windows
XP with Service Pack 2, the WLAN configuration will be correctly done
via the WZC. In other cases you will need to configure the client
manager of your WLAN client without help of the wizard.