User's Manual

Introduction

Features

The฀Adapter฀complies฀with฀the฀IEEE฀802.11g฀standard฀in฀order฀฀

to฀communicate฀with฀other฀802.11g฀and฀802.11b-compliant฀฀

wireless฀devices.

•฀฀ 2.4GHz฀ISM฀(Industrial,฀Science,฀and฀Medical)฀band฀operation

•฀฀ Integrated,฀easy-to-use฀profile฀manager฀for฀storing฀multiple฀

wireless฀network฀settings฀for฀work,฀school,฀home,฀or฀any฀฀

other฀setup

•฀฀ USB฀2.0฀interface,฀for฀Plug-and-Play฀installation฀and฀convenience฀

in฀virtually฀any฀desktop฀or฀notebook฀computer

•฀฀ WPA฀security฀(Windows฀XP฀only),฀64-bit฀WEP฀or฀128-bit฀Encryption

•฀฀ Wireless฀access฀to฀networked฀resources

•฀฀ Support฀for฀both฀infrastructure฀and฀ad-hoc฀(peer-to-peer)฀

networking฀modes

•฀฀ Packet฀transfer฀rate฀of฀up฀to฀54Mbps

•฀฀ Easy฀installation฀and฀use

•฀฀ LED฀link/activity฀indicator

•฀฀ Desktop฀stand฀allows฀you฀to฀position฀your฀Adapter฀for฀optimal฀

wireless฀performance

Applications and Advantages

•฀฀ Wireless฀roaming฀with฀a฀laptop฀around฀the฀home฀or฀office฀

Offers฀the฀freedom฀of฀networking—without฀cables.

•฀฀ Compatible฀with฀802.11b฀฀

802.11g฀wireless฀LAN฀solutions฀are฀backward-compatible฀with฀

existing฀Wi-Fi฀(802.11b)฀products฀and฀with฀other฀802.11g฀products.

•฀฀ Difficult-to-wire฀environments฀฀

Enables฀networking฀in฀buildings฀with฀solid฀or฀finished฀walls,฀or฀

open฀areas฀where฀wiring฀is฀difficult฀to฀install.

•฀฀ Frequently฀changing฀environments฀฀

Adapts฀easily฀in฀offices฀or฀environments฀that฀frequently฀rearrange฀

or฀change฀locations.