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USB Wireless LAN CARD

User Manual

Content

1. Product Introduction………………………………………………………………………………..2

2. USB Wireless LAN CARD Installation ……………………………………………………………4

3. Software Installation………………………………………………………………………………...6

4. Appendix………..…………………………………………………………………………………..18

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1. Product Introduction

Thank you for using USB WLAN product. This installation guide will help you install USB

Wireless LAN CARD and connect to the Internet quick & easy.

■ Package Contents

1. USB Wireless LAN CARD

2. Quick Installation Guide

3. Manual & Driver CD Disc

4. USB cable (Optional)

■ Form Factor

LED Indicator:

Green: Connected

Blinking: Not connected

High performance antenna

90°

■ System Requirements

1. Desktop/ Laptop with USB port and CD-ROM driver

2. Operating System: Linux/ Mac OS X/ Windows 98 SE/ME/2000/XP

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■ Applied Environments

There are two application modes for this WLAN card, the “Ad-Hoc mode” and the “Infrastructure

mode”. (For further explain, please refer to the “WLAN Application Modes” below) Different modes

require different settings. Please check the environment first.

Infrastructure mode: Via “Access Point” (AP) to connect to the Internet. This mode further gives

wireless access to Internet or data sharing under a previously wired

environment.

Ad-Hoc mode: Connecting to other computer with WLAN card. This mode does not need AP to

connect to each other.

WIRELESS

Ad-Hoc

iMac

Test

On On

Smart

Replace

Load BatteryLine

Battery

Boost

Battery

INFRASTRUCTURE

Infrastructure mode Ad-Hoc mode

■ WLAN Application Modes

Ad-Hoc Mode

Infrastructure
Mode

Advantages Comparing to Ad-Hoc mode, Infrastructure mode has the following

Ad-Hoc mode is a Peer-to-Peer mode. Without an AP, computers can also
connect to each other by USB Wireless LAN CARD. With this mode,
computers are able to share data or connect to the Internet if one of them
is already connected to.
Infrastructure mode including an AP, unlike Ad-Hoc mode, enabling users
to best utilizes the frequency bandwidth of the AP.
This mode enables users to integrate wired and wireless infrastructures.
Through APs, wireless users are able to access wired resources, for
example: Internet, database, and printers.

advantages:

 Longer distance: Through AP, the wireless access distance is longer.
 Roaming: The wireless devices can move within the AP support

area.

 Integration of wired and wireless environment.

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