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Understanding the Basic Wireless Settings

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3-10

Chapter 4

Management

Viewing General Information

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4-1

Backing Up the Wireless USB Print Server Settings

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4-3

Upgrading the Wireless USB Print Server Software

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4-3

Restoring Factory Default Settings

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4-4

Using the Reset Button to Reboot or Restore Factory Defaults

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4-4

Changing the Administrator Password

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4-5

Chapter 5

Advanced Configuration

Understanding Advanced Wireless Settings

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5-1

Chapter 6

Troubleshooting

Basic Functioning

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6-2

The wireless USB print server has no power

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6-2

No lights are lit on the wireless USB print server

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6-2

Printing Errors

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6-2

The printer is printing “garbage” characters

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6-2

Windows error message appears when printing

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6-2

Differences in How Windows Handles Printing to the WGPS606

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6-3

The print server is not found

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6-3

Nothing is printing

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6-3

I am using a DHCP server, and the Wireless USB Print Server gets an IP Address conflict

6-4

Restoring the Default Configuration

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6-4

Windows Printer Port Management

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6-4

Appendix A

Specifications

Specifications for the WGPS606

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A-1

Appendix B

Wireless Networking Basics

Wireless Networking Overview

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B-1

Infrastructure Mode

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B-1

Ad Hoc Mode (Peer-to-Peer Workgroup)

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B-2

Network Name: Extended Service Set Identification (ESSID)

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Wireless Channels

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B-2

WEP Wireless Security

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B-4

WEP Authentication

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B-4

WEP Open System Authentication

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B-5

WEP Shared Key Authentication

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B-6

Key Size and Configuration

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B-7

How to Use WEP Parameters

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B-8

WPA Wireless Security

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B-8

How Does WPA Compare to WEP?

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B-9

How Does WPA Compare to IEEE 802.11i?

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B-9

What are the Key Features of WPA Security?

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B-10

WPA Authentication: Enterprise-level User

Authentication via 802.1x/EAP and RADIUS

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B-11

WPA Data Encryption Key Management

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B-14

Is WPA Perfect?

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B-16

Product Support for WPA

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B-16

Supporting a Mixture of WPA and WEP Wireless Clients

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B-16

Changes to Wireless Access Points

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B-16

Changes to Wireless Network Adapters

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B-17

Changes to Wireless Client Programs

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B-18

Glossary

Numeric

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B

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About This Manual

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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 Wireless USB Print Server 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

WGPS606

Manual Publication Date

March 2005

Note:

Product updates are available on the NETGEAR, Inc. Web site at

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