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Chapter 1
About This Manual
This chapter describes the intended audience, scope, conventions, and formats of this manual.
Audience, Scope, Conventions, and Formats
This reference manual assumes that the reader has basic to intermediate computer and Internet
skills. However, basic computer network, Internet, firewall, and VPN technologies tutorial
information is provided in the Appendices and on the Netgear website.
This guide uses the following typographical conventions:
This guide uses the following formats to highlight special messages:
Table 1-1. Typographical Conventions
italics
Emphasis, books, CDs, URL names
bold
User input
fixed
Screen text, file and server names, extensions, commands, IP addresses
Note:
This format is used to highlight information of importance or special interest.
Tip:
This format is used to highlight a procedure that will save time or resources.
Warning:
Ignoring this type of note may result in a malfunction or damage to the
equipment.
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This manual is written for the WAG102 Access Point according to these specifications:
How to Use This Manual
The HTML version of this manual includes the following:
Buttons,
and
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at a time
A
button that displays the table of contents and an
button. Double-click on a
link in the table of contents or index to navigate directly to where the topic is described in the
manual.
A
button to access the full NETGEAR, Inc. online knowledge base for the
product model.
Links to PDF versions of the full manual and individual chapters.
How to Print this Manual
To print this manual you can choose one of the following several options, according to your needs.
Printing a Page in the HTML View
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personal injury or death.
Table 1-2. Manual Scope
Product Version
WAG102 ProSafe Dual Band Wireless Access Point
Manual Publication Date
September 2005
Note:
Product updates are available on the NETGEAR, Inc. Web site at
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Each page in the HTML version of the manual is dedicated to a major topic. Use the
Print
button on the browser toolbar to print the page contents.
Printing a Chapter
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Use the
PDF of This Chapter
link at the top left of any page.
Click the
PDF of This Chapter
link at the top right of any page in the chapter you want to
print. The PDF version of the chapter you were viewing opens in a browser window.
Your computer must have the free Adobe Acrobat reader installed in order to view and
print PDF files. The Acrobat reader is available on the Adobe Web site at
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Click the print icon in the upper left of the window.
Printing the Full Manual
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Introduction
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Chapter 2
Introduction
This chapter introduces the NETGEAR WAG102 ProSafe Dual Band Wireless Access Point.
Minimal prerequisites for installation are presented in
“System Requirements” on page 2-4
.
About the WAG102 ProSafe Dual Band Wireless Access
Point
The WAG102 ProSafe Dual Band Wireless Access Point
is the basic building block of a wireless
LAN infrastructure. It provides connectivity between Ethernet wired networks and radio-equipped
wireless notebook systems, desktop systems, print servers, and other devices.
The WAG102 provides wireless connectivity to multiple wireless network devices within a fixed
range or area of coverage, interacting with a wireless network interface card (NIC) via an antenna.
Typically, an individual in-building access point provides a maximum connectivity area with about
a 300 foot radius. The WAG102 ProSafe Dual Band Wireless Access Point can support a small
group of users in a range of several hundred feet. Most access points are rated between 10-30 users
simultaneously.
The WAG102 ProSafe Dual Band Wireless Access Point acts as a bridge between the wired LAN
and wireless clients. Connecting multiple WAG102 Access Points via a wired Ethernet backbone
can further lengthen the wireless network coverage. As a mobile computing device moves out of
the range of one access point, it moves into the range of another. As a result, wireless clients can
freely roam from one Access Point to another and still maintain seamless connection to the
network.
The auto-sensing capability of the WAG102 ProSafe Dual Band Wireless Access Point allows
packet transmission at up to 108 Mbps, or at reduced speeds to compensate for distance or
electromagnetic interference.

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