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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:
This manual is written for the WG302 Access Point according to these specifications:
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.
Table 1-2.
Manual Scope
Product Version
NETGEAR ProSafe Wireless Access Point 802.11g WG302
Manual Publication Date
July 2005
Note:
Product updates are available on the NETGEAR, Inc. Web site at
.
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How to Use This Manual
The HTML version of this manual includes the following:
Buttons,
and
, for browsing forwards or backwards through the manual one page
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.
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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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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.
Note:
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
.
Click the print icon in the upper left of the window.
Tip
: If your printer supports printing two pages on a single sheet of paper, you can save
paper and printer ink by selecting this feature.
Printing the Full Manual
.
Use the
Complete PDF Manual
link at the top left of any page.
Click the
Complete PDF Manual
link at the top left of any page in the manual. The PDF
version of the complete manual opens in a browser window.
Click the print icon in the upper left of the window.
Tip
: If your printer supports printing two pages on a single sheet of paper, you can save
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Introduction
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Chapter 2
Introduction
This chapter introduces the NETGEAR NETGEAR ProSafe Wireless Access Point 802.11g
WG302. Minimal prerequisites for installation are presented in
“System Requirements” on
page 2-5
.
About the NETGEAR ProSafe Wireless Access Point 802.11g
WG302
The NETGEAR ProSafe Wireless Access Point 802.11g WG302
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 WG302 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 NETGEAR ProSafe Wireless Access Point 802.11g WG302 can support a
small group of users in a range of several hundred feet. Most access points are rated between 30-70
users simultaneously.
The NETGEAR ProSafe Wireless Access Point 802.11g WG302 acts as a bridge between the
wired LAN and wireless clients. Connecting multiple WG302 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 NETGEAR ProSafe Wireless Access Point 802.11g WG302
allows packet transmission at up to 108 Mbps, or at reduced speeds to compensate for distance or
electromagnetic interference.

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