WLAN Installation in Windows

For those uses newer Windows XP or Windows 2000, it would be easier to find the needed WLAN card driver. However, for older Windows versions it may require a little bit more effort.

In this chapter, an example of WLAN driver installation process in Microsoft Windows 98 will be shown. I am using an old Samsung MagicLAN SWL-2000P at my home installation. The newer models may be much easier to install.

Please note that after the driver installation, we need to configure the TCP/IP network settings. It is treated as normal LAN connection. The network configuration can be performed through normal way, i.e

WiFi based Wireless Internet Infrastructure

WiFi (Wireless Fidelity) is basically a generic term for wireless LAN equipments, also known as WLAN. It normally confirms the standard IEEE 802.11 family and, thus, supported by many vendors.

Why WiFi based Wireless Internet Infrastructure? There are few simple answers, i.e.,

• Wireless for bypassing the need of costly & slow telephone line for accessing the Internet.


• Wireless is easy to deploy. It requires a much lower cost in the long run, rather than rely on Telco’s infrastructure.


• WiFi is basically a Wireless LAN and, thus, it runs at higher speed 1-11Mbps if the standard IEEE 802.11b is used.

Preparing Wireless Neighborhood Equipments

In this chapter, we will discuss item to be prepared to be able to build a wireless neighborhood network. We basically need to prepare some hardwares, such as,

Personal Computer to act as the router