Network Hardware User Manual

Product Features

• Adheres to 802.11g standard in providing high data wireless transfer

rates of up to 54 Mbps.

• Operation in the 2.4GHz Unlicensed National Information

Infrastructure (U-NII) frequency band

• Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) – a new

technique for transmitting high speed data over a radio wave.

• Dynamic date rate scaling at 1, 2, 5.5, and 11Mbps for IEEE 802.11b

• Dynamic date rate scaling at 6, 9, 12, 18, 24, 36, 48, 54Mbps for

IEEE 802.11g

• Maximum reliability, throughput and connectivity with automatic

data rate switching.

• Supports Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) data encryption at

64/128/152-bit encryption with dynamic key exchange for security.

• Supports infrastructure networks via Access Point and ad-hoc

networks via peer-to-peer communication.

• Requires an available USB slot.

• User-friendly configuration and diagnostic utilities.

LEDs

LED stands for light-emitting diode.

The C54U has two LEDs: Power and Activity

Network Mode LED Activity

Network Activity Both LEDs flash in unison

Searching for a Network

Connection

Both LEDs flash alternately

Associated with the

Network, but No

Activity

Both LEDs flicker dimly

Power Save Mode

(Power-up or Reset)

POWER LED – slow rate blink

Adapter is disabled Only the POWER LED flashes