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... to Wireless-G 1 About Your Wireless Base Station 1 About Wireless (Radio) Connections 5 Placement of Wireless Components 5 Adjusting the Antenna 6 Understanding Wireless Transmission Standards 6 About Wired (Ethernet) Connections 7 Ethernet Cables...7 2 | Setup: Using the Setup Wizard 9 Typical Setup...9 Step 1: Gather Components, Tools, and Information 10 Step 2: Run the Setup Wizard 11 Step 3: Connect the Base Station 11 Step 4: Configure the Base Station 12 Step...
... to Wireless-G 1 About Your Wireless Base Station 1 About Wireless (Radio) Connections 5 Placement of Wireless Components 5 Adjusting the Antenna 6 Understanding Wireless Transmission Standards 6 About Wired (Ethernet) Connections 7 Ethernet Cables...7 2 | Setup: Using the Setup Wizard 9 Typical Setup...9 Step 1: Gather Components, Tools, and Information 10 Step 2: Run the Setup Wizard 11 Step 3: Connect the Base Station 11 Step 4: Configure the Base Station 12 Step...
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...when I run it on my computer........... 37 Setup does not recognize my wireless base station 38 Setup can't detect the Internet after I connect my new base station to a broadband modem 39 After I install a new base station on my network, my Internet connection no longer works...40 I am ...my wireless network 42 I can't access the Internet from a computer connected to my network with an Ethernet cable...44 My network is slow 46 I am having problems running a networked program or multiplayer game on my network or the Internet 46 ii Microsoft Broadband Networking Wireless Base Station User...
...when I run it on my computer........... 37 Setup does not recognize my wireless base station 38 Setup can't detect the Internet after I connect my new base station to a broadband modem 39 After I install a new base station on my network, my Internet connection no longer works...40 I am ...my wireless network 42 I can't access the Internet from a computer connected to my network with an Ethernet cable...44 My network is slow 46 I am having problems running a networked program or multiplayer game on my network or the Internet 46 ii Microsoft Broadband Networking Wireless Base Station User...
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... times faster than 802.11b base stations. O It enables wireless connectivity for your network. This chapter describes your network and the Internet. O It helps provide a layer of devices, provided each device has an available Ethernet port or a wireless adapter (that is up and connect your wireless network. About Your Wireless Base Station The wireless base station comes with 802.11b or 802.11g Wi-Fi...
... times faster than 802.11b base stations. O It enables wireless connectivity for your network. This chapter describes your network and the Internet. O It helps provide a layer of devices, provided each device has an available Ethernet port or a wireless adapter (that is up and connect your wireless network. About Your Wireless Base Station The wireless base station comes with 802.11b or 802.11g Wi-Fi...
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Restore button Ethernet ports 1-4 To Modem port Power port On the back of the ports, status lights, and Restore button on the base station. UPnP Standards and Your Wireless Base Station The Microsoft Wireless Base Station adheres to the base station by the Universal Plug and Play Forum. UPnP standards allow you will find a Power port, a To Modem port, four numbered Ethernet...
Restore button Ethernet ports 1-4 To Modem port Power port On the back of the ports, status lights, and Restore button on the base station. UPnP Standards and Your Wireless Base Station The Microsoft Wireless Base Station adheres to the base station by the Universal Plug and Play Forum. UPnP standards allow you will find a Power port, a To Modem port, four numbered Ethernet...
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... back in the box. You can position the base station horizontally or vertically. Using the Base Station Stand You can do this by running the Setup Wizard and clicking Set Up a Product. 4 Microsoft Broadband Networking Wireless Base Station User's Guide Resetting the Base Station You can restore the factory default settings to the base station if, for example, you will turn orange...
... back in the box. You can position the base station horizontally or vertically. Using the Base Station Stand You can do this by running the Setup Wizard and clicking Set Up a Product. 4 Microsoft Broadband Networking Wireless Base Station User's Guide Resetting the Base Station You can restore the factory default settings to the base station if, for example, you will turn orange...
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... antenna. O Be aware that it is limited to the latest specification, 802.11g. Your Microsoft Wireless Base Station conforms to the 802.11b maximum of 11 Mbps. The drawback is that wireless signal range, speed, and strength can interfere with wireless transmission. Specification 802.11 802.11a 802.11b 802.11g Connection speed 1 or 2 megabits per second (Mbps) Up to 54 Mbps 5.5 and 11...
... antenna. O Be aware that it is limited to the latest specification, 802.11g. Your Microsoft Wireless Base Station conforms to the 802.11b maximum of 11 Mbps. The drawback is that wireless signal range, speed, and strength can interfere with wireless transmission. Specification 802.11 802.11a 802.11b 802.11g Connection speed 1 or 2 megabits per second (Mbps) Up to 54 Mbps 5.5 and 11...
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... setup process for your Microsoft® Broadband Networking Wireless Base Station. O You have an existing network with an Ethernet port. If you have a computer with a base station, gateway, or router and you want to keep multiple copies of this section correspond to add wireless connectivity or extend your network's wireless range. See "Setting Up the Base Station Wirelessly" later in this chapter...
... setup process for your Microsoft® Broadband Networking Wireless Base Station. O You have an existing network with an Ethernet port. If you have a computer with a base station, gateway, or router and you want to keep multiple copies of this section correspond to add wireless connectivity or extend your network's wireless range. See "Setting Up the Base Station Wirelessly" later in this chapter...
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...Ethernet (PPPoE) Internet connection Do this base station to replace an existing base station, gateway, or router Your computer currently connects to enter your Internet connection is running Windows Me, Windows 98, or Windows 98 SE 10 Microsoft Broadband Networking Wireless Base Station User's Guide Do not disconnect your ... and enter them , see Appendix A, "Locating Your Internet and Network Settings." 2. O Setup and Network Utility CD O Microsoft Wireless Base Station O Blue Ethernet cable included in the box O Power supply (Use only the AC adapter included in the box.) O...
...Ethernet (PPPoE) Internet connection Do this base station to replace an existing base station, gateway, or router Your computer currently connects to enter your Internet connection is running Windows Me, Windows 98, or Windows 98 SE 10 Microsoft Broadband Networking Wireless Base Station User's Guide Do not disconnect your ... and enter them , see Appendix A, "Locating Your Internet and Network Settings." 2. O Setup and Network Utility CD O Microsoft Wireless Base Station O Blue Ethernet cable included in the box O Power supply (Use only the AC adapter included in the box.) O...
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Continue following illustration. By default, the Broadband Network Utility starts automatically. 12 Microsoft Broadband Networking Wireless Base Station User's Guide O Save your computer. O Set up file and printer sharing on your wireless network settings. Computer Existing broadband modem Wireless Base Station Existing Ethernet cable Power port Blue Ethernet cable (included in the Setup Wizard to the Setup Wizard and...
Continue following illustration. By default, the Broadband Network Utility starts automatically. 12 Microsoft Broadband Networking Wireless Base Station User's Guide O Save your computer. O Set up file and printer sharing on your wireless network settings. Computer Existing broadband modem Wireless Base Station Existing Ethernet cable Power port Blue Ethernet cable (included in the Setup Wizard to the Setup Wizard and...
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... what type of this option even if your modem made a USB connection to your computer before you to connect your base station, connect an Ethernet cable from your network settings. 14 Microsoft Broadband Networking Wireless Base Station User's Guide When the wizard asks what you have not yet installed your computer, the Setup Wizard will alert...
... what type of this option even if your modem made a USB connection to your computer before you to connect your base station, connect an Ethernet cable from your network settings. 14 Microsoft Broadband Networking Wireless Base Station User's Guide When the wizard asks what you have not yet installed your computer, the Setup Wizard will alert...
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... a network with a base station, router, or gateway, and you want to use the Setup Wizard. You can find this guide on your network by using the wireless base station in the following situations: O Your computer is not running Microsoft® Windows® operating system. 3 custom setup Configuring the Base Station Manually The Base Station Management Tool is a Web-based utility that came...
... a network with a base station, router, or gateway, and you want to use the Setup Wizard. You can find this guide on your network by using the wireless base station in the following situations: O Your computer is not running Microsoft® Windows® operating system. 3 custom setup Configuring the Base Station Manually The Base Station Management Tool is a Web-based utility that came...
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... a new password at the earliest opportunity. The Power light on the back of the base station in the Base Station Management Tool. 2. By default, this address is case sensitive. 16 Microsoft Broadband Networking Wireless Base Station User's Guide Step 3: Establish the Base Station Password Access to the Base Station Management Tool is a good idea to change your computer. Note It is password...
... a new password at the earliest opportunity. The Power light on the back of the base station in the Base Station Management Tool. 2. By default, this address is case sensitive. 16 Microsoft Broadband Networking Wireless Base Station User's Guide Step 3: Establish the Base Station Password Access to the Base Station Management Tool is a good idea to change your computer. Note It is password...
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...32 characters. 3. WEP keys can establish the same settings when you configure wireless adapters or other network devices. 18 Microsoft Broadband Networking Wireless Base Station User's Guide To enable your network. O Select g performance (fastest)...802.11g protocol. For more information about enabling WPA on this page so you can contain numbers and the letters A through F. 4. The following procedure describes how to note the settings you enter on your network must be running Windows XP with the base station. 4. From the Base Station Management Tool Security menu, click Wireless...
...32 characters. 3. WEP keys can establish the same settings when you configure wireless adapters or other network devices. 18 Microsoft Broadband Networking Wireless Base Station User's Guide To enable your network. O Select g performance (fastest)...802.11g protocol. For more information about enabling WPA on this page so you can contain numbers and the letters A through F. 4. The following procedure describes how to note the settings you enter on your network must be running Windows XP with the base station. 4. From the Base Station Management Tool Security menu, click Wireless...
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... automatically. 5. If the status is Disconnected, click Renew if you have a PPPoE connection. Step 9: Test your ISP, and then try to configure the base station again. 20 Microsoft Broadband Networking Wireless Base Station User's Guide If the status is still Disconnected, confirm your Internet settings with your Internet Connection 1. From the Home page of the Broadband...
... automatically. 5. If the status is Disconnected, click Renew if you have a PPPoE connection. Step 9: Test your ISP, and then try to configure the base station again. 20 Microsoft Broadband Networking Wireless Base Station User's Guide If the status is still Disconnected, confirm your Internet settings with your Internet Connection 1. From the Home page of the Broadband...
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... Microsoft Broadband Networking Wireless Base Station User's Guide You can use the IEEE 802.11g protocol. From the Base Station Management Tool menu, click Wireless. 2. When you should create a new password at the earliest opportunity. The base station password is case sensitive and cannot exceed 32 characters. The wireless network name, also known as the Service Set Identifier (SSID), identifies your existing base station, router...
... Microsoft Broadband Networking Wireless Base Station User's Guide You can use the IEEE 802.11g protocol. From the Base Station Management Tool menu, click Wireless. 2. When you should create a new password at the earliest opportunity. The base station password is case sensitive and cannot exceed 32 characters. The wireless network name, also known as the Service Set Identifier (SSID), identifies your existing base station, router...
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Disconnect the Ethernet cable from the base station port, and reconnect it to one of the ports of your existing base station, router, or gateway. Turn on the base station. 24 Microsoft Broadband Networking Wireless Base Station User's Guide Your network should now resemble the following illustration: 8. 6. Connect one end of the base station you set to access point mode. Connect the other end to your base station to one of the ports of the blue Ethernet cable that came with your existing base station, router, or gateway. 7.
Disconnect the Ethernet cable from the base station port, and reconnect it to one of the ports of your existing base station, router, or gateway. Turn on the base station. 24 Microsoft Broadband Networking Wireless Base Station User's Guide Your network should now resemble the following illustration: 8. 6. Connect one end of the base station you set to access point mode. Connect the other end to your base station to one of the ports of the blue Ethernet cable that came with your existing base station, router, or gateway. 7.
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... 2. Using an Internet Connection over a Network Now that , to browse the Web, each person. Note that you've installed the base station, all of the computers on your network can access the Internet from Windows and then log back on. To log off from each ... is selected in the way you can perform certain network functions, such as Microsoft Internet Explorer) installed. 26 Microsoft Broadband Networking Wireless Base Station User's Guide Type your user name, type your network 1. If you have Microsoft® Windows® 98 or Windows Millennium Edition operating system, do not...
... 2. Using an Internet Connection over a Network Now that , to browse the Web, each person. Note that you've installed the base station, all of the computers on your network can access the Internet from Windows and then log back on. To log off from each ... is selected in the way you can perform certain network functions, such as Microsoft Internet Explorer) installed. 26 Microsoft Broadband Networking Wireless Base Station User's Guide Type your user name, type your network 1. If you have Microsoft® Windows® 98 or Windows Millennium Edition operating system, do not...
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.... 3. To give everyone has read -write access, check the Allow Network Users to Change My Files check box. 6. Click OK. 28 Microsoft Broadband Networking Wireless Base Station User's Guide If you did not set up file sharing when you set up "workgroup" in Windows Help. You can share files, printers... your children in a folder named "Kids" on your network to your computer (in Windows Help. Click Share this , look up the base station and adapter. To make the photographs available to the same workgroup if you can share specific folders. For information about how to the domain...
.... 3. To give everyone has read -write access, check the Allow Network Users to Change My Files check box. 6. Click OK. 28 Microsoft Broadband Networking Wireless Base Station User's Guide If you did not set up file sharing when you set up "workgroup" in Windows Help. You can share files, printers... your children in a folder named "Kids" on your network to your computer (in Windows Help. Click Share this , look up the base station and adapter. To make the photographs available to the same workgroup if you can share specific folders. For information about how to the domain...
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... is attached. Step 2: Access shared files To access shared files and folders, you can use Network Neighborhood or My Network Places in Windows Help. 30 Microsoft Broadband Networking Wireless Base Station User's Guide To copy a file or folder from . For more detailed instructions, look up "sharing printers" in Windows instead.
... is attached. Step 2: Access shared files To access shared files and folders, you can use Network Neighborhood or My Network Places in Windows Help. 30 Microsoft Broadband Networking Wireless Base Station User's Guide To copy a file or folder from . For more detailed instructions, look up "sharing printers" in Windows instead.
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... a local network. For instructions on how to configure your network for other game-related information, visit: www.microsoft.com/broadbandnetworking. 32 Microsoft Broadband Networking Wireless Base Station User's Guide O Make sure that came with your game. For more players to run the games that you... want are playing an Internet-based game, you are installed on each computer on the network that explains all...
... a local network. For instructions on how to configure your network for other game-related information, visit: www.microsoft.com/broadbandnetworking. 32 Microsoft Broadband Networking Wireless Base Station User's Guide O Make sure that came with your game. For more players to run the games that you... want are playing an Internet-based game, you are installed on each computer on the network that explains all...