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54M Wireless USB Adapter User Guide Chapter 1 Introduction W54U Wireless USB Adapter complies with IEEE 802.11g and IEEE 802.11b standards, providing up to 54Mbps wireless transmission rate which is 5 times the common 802.11b products. It supports 64/128-bit WEP, WPA/WPA-PSK, WPA2 /WPA2-PSK encryption and 802.1x security authentication...
54M Wireless USB Adapter User Guide 1.2 Product Deployment 54Mbps wireless USB Adapter offers fast, reliable and cost- effective solution for wireless access. Deployment as follows: 1. For staff who requires higher mobility in the office, they want to have access to traditional wired or wireless network in any place of the company 2.
54M Wireless USB Adapter User Guide Chapter 2 Installation Guide This chapter is to assist you how to use included the CD-ROM which comprises the Setup Wizard and the Client Configuration Software. The following steps on Setup Wizard are taken the Windows XP as example.
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54M Wireless USB Adapter User Guide 3. Inert the included CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive of your computer, and the Welcome screen appears. (If not appear, double click the “Setup” icon.) 4. Click “Next”.
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54M Wireless USB Adapter User Guide 5. After you read the Copyright Statement, click “Next”. 6. If there is no wireless USB adapter or incorrect connection, the “No wireless USB Adapter detected” appears. Please follow the figure shown to connect the USB.
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54M Wireless USB Adapter User Guide 7. Click “Next”, and the installation is in progress. 8. During the installation, the following dialogue maybe appears. Click the “Continue Anyway” to continue. There is no security threat to your computer.
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54M Wireless USB Adapter User Guide 9. Click “Finish” to complete the installation. Note : If your operating system is Windows 98 or Vista, you need select the corresponding driver file on CD-ROM to install it manually.
54M Wireless USB Adapter User Guide Chapter 3 Client Configuration Software This software is for the W54U Wireless USB Adapter manage- ment. If it does not appear, select “Start”—“All Programs” —“TENDA”—“W54U”. 3.1 Network Status The current Network Status of the Wireless USB Adapter...
54M Wireless USB Adapter User Guide 3.2 Configuration Management In this screen, you allow to create new profiles for different network requirements and save them. Create a New: click this button to create new profiles for Infrastructure mode and Ad-Hoc mode. Ad-hoc Mode: allows joining one BSS (Basic Service Set) (Usually Point to Point) and do not need access point.
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54M Wireless USB Adapter User Guide Save: click to save any modification and setting for the configuration profile. Infrastructure Mode Ad-Hoc Mode...
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54M Wireless USB Adapter User Guide If the Infrastructure mode is selected, give a name to the configuration profile and click “Next”. The Security screen will appear. Select one authentication mode Select one encryption method...
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54M Wireless USB Adapter User Guide Take Infrastructure mode for example: select Authentication Mode/WPA-PSK, Encryption Method/TKIP, and enter the Passphrase. Click “Next” and “Finish” to complete the configuration.
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54M Wireless USB Adapter User Guide Back to “Configuration Management” screen and you can find the configured profile is displayed in the left textbox. Note: 1. A SSID is the public name of a wireless network. Only the same SSID can communicate with each other on a WLAN.
54M Wireless USB Adapter User Guide 3.3 Site Survey Site Survey lists other wireless device’s status, including the SSID, Signal Strength, Channel and MAC Address and so on as shown below. Refresh: click it to update the current wireless information scanned.
54M Wireless USB Adapter User Guide 3.4 Statistics It is about the traffic statistics of wireless network. From this screen, you can know the general transmitted/received data information.
54M Wireless USB Adapter User Guide Appendix One: Acronyms and Terms WLAN Wireless Local Area Network 802.11 A family of specifications developed by the IEEE for WLAN technology. 802.11a An extension to 802.11 WLAN standard that provides up to 54 Mbps transmission in the 5 GHz UNI radio band.
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54M Wireless USB Adapter User Guide OFDM Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing RADIUS Remote Authentication Dial In User Service Request to Send SSID Service Set Identifier. A 32-character unique identifier attached to the header of packets sent over a WLAN that acts as a password when a mobile device tries to connect to the BSS.