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BrosTrend™ User Manual www.trendtechcn.com BrosTrend™ AC Wireless Dual Band USB Adapter For Models No.:AC1/AC1L/AC3/AC3L 0 / 22 Version No.: V1.3...
BrosTrend™ www.trendtechcn.com Table of Contents Part 1: Working on Windows PC------------------------------------------------------------P2 1. Hardware Installation-------------------------------------------------------------------------P2 2. Install Driver on Your PC--------------------------------------------------------------------P3 3. Connect to Your WiFi Broadband Network----------------------------------------------P5 4. Frequently Asked Questions for Windows PC-----------------------------------------P7 Part 2: Working on MAC OS X----------------------------------------------------------------P8 1.
Part 1: Working on Windows PC 1. Hardware Installation 1.1 Turn on your PC, insert BrosTrend USB WiFi Adapter to USB port of your PC Note: After you insert the BrosTrend USB WiFi Adapter into USB port of your PC, in case you see the below interface, please click the Cancel button.
Meanwhile, please uninstall the WiFi driver of your other WiFi adapter before installing driver of BrosTrend USB WiFi adapter; In case you install two or more WiFi adapter drivers in one PC, it may cause conflicts between these drivers and cause the WiFi adapter fail to work.
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BrosTrend™ www.trendtechcn.com 2.3.2 In the below interface, please click "Next" button to continue with the installation; 2.3.3 In the below interface, please wait 2.3.4 In the below interface, please wait; 2.3.5 In the below interface, please select "Yes, I want to restart my computer now."...
BrosTrend USB WiFi adapter; 3. Connect to Your WiFi Broadband Network You can manage your BrosTrend USB WiFi Adapter and connect it to your WiFi broadband network by using the Windows Integrated WiFi network management tool.
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Wireless Zero Configuration services on your XP. 3.2 Use BrosTrend USB WiFi Adapter WiFi Management tool to Connect to your WiFi Network 3.2.1.1 You can also use the “Realtek 11n/11AC USB Wireless LAN Utility” to manage BrosTrend USB WiFi Adapter and connect it to your WiFi network.
4. Frequently Asked Questions for Windows PC 4.1 Ask: I plug BrosTrend USB WiFi Adapter to the USB port of my PC and it does not work. What shall I do? Answer: One of the below may cause the BrosTrend USB WiFi Adapter fail to work, please check and try one or more of the below solutions: 4.1.1...
MAC OS X. 1. Hardware Installation Please plug BrosTrend WiFi USB adapter to any USB port of your MAC, we suggesting plugging into the USB port with more open space for better WiFi signal reception.
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BrosTrend™ www.trendtechcn.com In the screen below, please also click “Continue”: 2.2.4 2.2.5 In the screen below, please select your language, we here take English as example and then click the “Continue” button: 9 / 22...
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BrosTrend™ www.trendtechcn.com In the screen below, please select “Agree” 2.2.6 In the screen below, please firstly click “Install for all users of this computer” 2.2.7 and then click the “Continue” button. 10 / 22...
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BrosTrend™ www.trendtechcn.com In the screen below, please click “Install”: 2.2.8 2.2.9 In case you have setup password for your MAC OS X, you need to input this pass word in the screen below and then click “Install Software”: 2.2.10 In the screen below, please click “Continue Installation”:...
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BrosTrend™ www.trendtechcn.com 2.2.11 When you see the below screen, please wait for the driver to install automatically: 12 / 22...
3.1 Turn the WiFi Adapter Integrated Inside your MAC Off 3.1.1 Before using BrosTrend USB WiFi adapter, you can turn the WiFi adapter integrated inside your MAC OFF by clicking the “Turn Wi-Fi Off” button in the screen below, which is on the top right of your MAC desktop.
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BrosTrend™ www.trendtechcn.com Network Utility”: In the interface below, please click “Available Network”, find your Wi-Fi 3.2.2 network, and then double click to select it: 3.2.3 And then please input your Wi-Fi Network Key in the screen below, please make sure that you input the same Wi-Fi Network key twice, and then click the “OK”...
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BrosTrend™ www.trendtechcn.com Also, in the “Available Network” in the screen below, you can see that the 3.2.5 Wi-Fi network with “*” is the one that you are currently connected to: 3.2.6 Manage My WiFi Network Profiles: For all the Wi-Fi networks which you...
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By clicking the “Link Status” you will see the below screen with the 3.3.1 connection information between BrosTrend USB WiFi Adapter and your WiFi router, including the Link Speed (also called connection speed), WiFi Signal Strength, WiFi Channel, SSID (WiFi network name), Security Type etc.
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In the interface below, you can see all the WiFi adapters installed on your MAC, the one marked in green color is BrosTrend AC Wireless USB adapter, due to a displaying bug, it is being displayed as “802.11 N NIC”;...
WiFi network and not able to connect to other WiFi network either. You need to click this button to Turn it ON again to make it work for you. In case your BrosTrend USB WiFi adapter is not working properly, you can check this button also.
5. Frequently Asked Questions for MAC OS X Only 5.1 Ask: I plug the BrosTrend USB WiFi Adapter to the USB port of my MAC and it does not work, what shall i do? Answer: Please check one or more of the below: 5.1.1...
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Answer: Here are some hints for you: 2.1 If you are using BrosTrend USB WiFi Adapter on your desktop, please plug it into the USB port in the front of your PC instead of the USB port on the rear part of your PC, because the USB port in the front of your PC has more open area.
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Software AP (Station) Mode, please note that it supports working under only one mode at the same time. In order to have your PC and BrosTrend USB WiFi Adapter work as SoftAP, your PC needs to be connected to the Internet successfully via its Ethernet port by Ethernet cable.
OS to check if this chipset model is supported by your OS or not and how to install driver for it by yourself. Also, the Linux driver for BrosTrend USB WiFi Adapter is available on our official website www.trendtechcn.com...
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