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Realtek RTL8187 Wireless LAN USB 2.0 Adapter
User Guide
2.1 Product overview
Thank you for choosing Azure Wave AW-GA800 Wireless LAN USB 2.0 Adapter.
The Azure Wave AW-GA800 Wireless LAN USB 2.0 Adapter is an easy-to-use wireless local
area network (WLAN) adapter which is designed for home or office use. Direct Sequence
Spread Spectrum (DSSS), Complementary Code Keying (CCK), and Orthogonal Frequency
Division Multiplexing (OFDM) base band processing are implemented to support all IEEE
802.11b, and 802.11g data rates. Differential phase shift keying modulation schemes,
DBPSK and DQPSK with data scrambling capability, are available, along with complementary
code keying to provide data rates of 1, 2, 5.5, and 11Mbps, with long or short preamble. A
high-speed Fast Fourier Transform /Inverse Fast Fourier Transform combined with
BPSK, QPSK, 16QAM and 64QAM modulation of the individual sub-carriers provides data rates
of 6, 9, 12, 18, 24, 36, 48 and 54Mbps, with rate-compatible punctured convolution coding with
a coding rate of 1/2, 2/3, and 3/4.
The Azure Wave AW-GA800 Wireless LAN USB 2.0 Adapter also supports Wake-On-LAN
(WOL) function and remote wake-up giving you the convenience to remote log in from other
places to this system.
To provide efficient security to your wireless communication, the hardware-based IEEE 802.11i
encryption/decryption engine, including 64-bit/128-bit WEP, TKIP, and AES, supports Wi-Fi
alliance WPA and WPA2 security.
With these features and many more, Azure Wave AW-GA800 Wireless LAN USB 2.0 Adapter is
ready to connect you to the world of wireless communication.
2.2 Features
System requirements
The Azure Wave AW-GA800 Wireless LAN USB 2.0 Adapter is an on-board component on
ASUS motherboard requiring manual installation. Make sure that your system meets the
following requirements.
z ASUS motherboard with Azure Wave AW-GA800 Wireless LAN USB 2.0 Adapter on-board
solution
z Minimum 64MB system memory
z Operating system
Station mode : Windows® 2000/XP/Server 2003
AP/wireless bridge mode : Windows® XP/Server 2003
z Optical drive for utilities and driver installation