DG-WN3430AC User Manual DG-WN3430AC 802.11ac 433Mbps Wireless Dual Band USB Adapter User Manual V1.0 2014-02-04 As our products undergo continuous development the specifications are subject to change without prior notice...
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Trademarks: DIGISOL™ is a trademark of Smartlink Network Systems Ltd. All other trademarks are the property of the respective manufacturers. Safety This equipment is designed with the utmost care for the safety of those who install and use it.
DG-WN3430AC User Manual Index Safety Information ....................4 1. Product Information .................. 4 System Requirements ..................... 5 Package Contents ...................... 5 Get Familiar with your new wireless USB adapter ........6 2.1 USB Adapter Installation ....................7 2. Driver Installation and Configuration............7 2.2 Using Windows Zero Configuration................
Thank you for purchasing this extreme high-speed 802.11a/b/g/n/ac dual band wireless USB adapter. Other than the common wireless standards 802.11a/b/g/n, this wireless USB adapter is also 802.11ac compatible. DG-WN3430AC Wireless USB adapter can achieve wireless data transmission rate up to 433Mbps in 5GHz spectrum.
Before you start using this adapter, please check if there’s anything missing in the package, and contact your dealer of purchase to claim for missing items: • DG-WN3430AC 433Mbps Wireless USB Adapter (1 No.) • Protection cap (1 No.) •...
DG-WN3430AC User Manual 1.4 Get Familiar with your new wireless USB adapter 1. USB Connector 2. Link/Activity LED (Under the case) LED Name Light Status Description Link/ No wireless USB adapter is installed. Activity Solid light 5 seconds means WPS connection is established successfully.
DG-WN3430AC User Manual 2. Driver Installation and Configuration 2.1 USB Adapter Installation Please follow the below mentioned instructions to install your new wireless 802.11ac USB adapter: Insert the device driver CDROM into the CD/DVD ROM drive of your computer, and execute ‘Setup.exe’ program in ‘Driver’ folder.
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DG-WN3430AC User Manual For Windows Vista / Windows 7 OS, you’ll be prompted to confirm installation. Click ‘Yes’ to continue. Click ‘Next’ to continue.
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DG-WN3430AC User Manual 3. The installation procedure will automatically start. Installation procedure needs few minutes to complete, please be patient. 4. Click ‘Finish’ to reboot your computer to complete the installation procedure. If you don’t want to reboot your computer now, select ‘No, I’ll restart my computer later’...
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DG-WN3430AC User Manual 5. Insert the USB wireless adapter into an empty USB 2.0 port of your computer when computer is rebooted. Never use force to insert the card, if you feel it’s stuck, flip the card over and try again.
DG-WN3430AC User Manual 2.2 Using Windows Zero Configuration Windows XP, 7 and 8 has a built-in wireless network configuration utility, called as ‘Windows Zero Configuration’ (WZC). You can also use WZC to configure your wireless network parameter: 1. Click ‘Start’ button (should be located at the bottom-left corner of windows desktop), click ‘Control Panel’, then click ‘Network and Internet...
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DG-WN3430AC User Manual 3. Right-click ‘Wireless Network Connection’ (it may have a number as suffix). If you have more than one wireless network card, please make sure you right-click the appropriate Wireless LAN Card, then select ‘View Available Wireless Networks’.
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DG-WN3430AC User Manual 5. If the access point is protected by encryption, you have to input its security key or passphrase here. It must match the encryption setting on the access point. If the access point you selected does not use encryption, you will not be prompted for security key or passphrase.
DG-WN3430AC User Manual 2.3 Establish secure connection with AP using WPS Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) is the latest wireless network technology which makes wireless network setup become very simple. If you have WPS-enabled wireless USB adapter, and you want to establish a secure connection, you don’t have to configure the wireless USB adapter and setup data encryption yourself.
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DG-WN3430AC User Manual Next press the WPS button on the Router. The screen shown below will appear. Click on “Security.htm”. The screen shown below will appear. This screen shows details of the WPS encryption.
DG-WN3430AC User Manual 3.2 Troubleshooting If you encounter any problem when you are using this wireless USB adapter, don’t panic. Before you call your dealer of purchase for help, please check this troubleshooting table, the solution to your problem could be very simple, and you can solve the problem yourself.
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DG-WN3430AC User Manual large files. 2. There could be too many people using the same radio channel. Ask the owner of the access point to change the channel number. Please try one or more solutions listed above.
DG-WN3430AC User Manual 3.3 Glossary IEEE 802.11g standard: 802.11g is the new IEEE standard for high-speed wireless LAN communications that provides for up to 54 Mbps data rate in the 2.4 GHz band. 802.11g is quickly becoming the next mainstream wireless LAN technology for home, office and public networks.
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DG-WN3430AC User Manual BSS ID: A specific Ad hoc LAN is called a Basic Service Set (BSS). Computers in a BSS must be configured with the same BSS ID. WEP: WEP is Wired Equivalent Privacy, a data privacy mechanism based on a 40 bit shared key algorithm, as described in the IEEE 802 .11 standard.
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