Linksys WUSB54AG Quick Installation

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A Division of Cisco Systems, Inc.
Package Contents
• Wireless A/G USB Network Adapter
• USB Cable
• Setup CD-ROM with User Guide
• Quick Installation
• Registration Card
Wireless A/G
USB Network Adapter
Wireless Quick Installation
Model No. WUSB54AG
Set up the Wireless A/G USB
1
Network Adapter
IMPORTANT: Do not connect the Adapter to Your PC
until instructed to do so or the setup will not work.
A
Insert the Setup Wizard CD-
ROM into your CD-ROM drive. If
the Setup Wizard's Welcome
screen does appear
automatically, click Start and
choose Run. In the field that
appears, enter D:\setup.exe (if
"D" is the letter of your CD-ROM
drive).
B
To install the Adapter, click
B
Install on the Welcome screen.
C
After reading the License
Agreement, click Next.
D
On the Wireless Mode screen,
you will need to select which
mode of wireless networking
you'll be using. The first
selection will automatically
select between a Wireless-A
and a Wireless-G networking
mode. The second selection
D
will only connect to 802.11a
networks. The third selection will
only connect to 802.11g and/
or 802.11b networks.
E
From the Wireless Settings
(Advanced) screen, you will
need to choose a type of
network: Infrastructure Mode
or Ad-Hoc Mode.
E
In the SSID field, enter the SSID
of your wireless network, which
must be identical for all
devices in the network. The
default setting is linksys (all
lowercase). Then, click Next.
F
If you chose Infrastructure
Mode, go to Step F now.
If you chose Ad-Hoc Mode,
select the channel that your
network uses. For the Network
Mode, select Mixed Mode to
allow both Wireless-G and
Wireless-B computers on the
F
network, or select G-Only
Mode to allow only Wireless-G
computers. Then click Next.
G
Select the security method you
want to use: WEP or WPA -
Personal. (WEP stands for Wired
Equivalent Privacy.) Then click
Next and proceed to Step G.
If your network doesn't use any
security method, select
Disabled and click Next.
G
Proceed to Step H.
H
Proceed to the appropriate
instructions for your security
method.
1 WEP
Select 64-bit or 128-bit encryption
from the drop-down menu, and
enter a passphrase or WEP key.
Passphrase - Enter a passphrase in
the Passphrase field, so a WEP key
is automatically generated. It is
WEP
case-sensitive and should not be
longer than 16 alphanumeric
characters. This passphrase must
match the passphrase of your
other wireless network devices and
is compatible with Linksys wireless
products only. (If you have any
non-Linksys wireless products, enter
the WEP key manually on those
products.)
WEP Key - The WEP key you enter
must match the WEP key of your
wireless network. For 64-bit encryp-
tion, enter exactly 10 hexadeci-
mal characters. For 128-bit
encryption, enter exactly 26 hexa-
decimal characters. Valid hexa-
decimal characters are "0" to "9"
and "A" to "F".