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•฀฀ Temporary฀LANs฀for฀special฀projects฀or฀peak฀time฀฀
Sets฀up฀temporary฀networks฀such฀as฀at฀trade฀shows,฀exhibitions,฀
and฀constructions฀sites,฀which฀need฀networks฀on฀a฀short-term฀
basis;฀also฀companies฀who฀need฀additional฀workstations฀for฀a฀
peak฀activity฀period.
•฀฀ SOHO฀(Small฀Office/Home฀Office)฀networking฀needs฀฀
Provides฀the฀easy฀and฀quick฀small฀network฀installation฀SOHO฀
users฀need.
Product Specifications
Host฀Interface:฀ USB฀2.0฀(This฀product฀is฀compatible฀with฀฀
฀ the฀USB฀1.1฀and฀USB฀2.0฀specification.฀฀
฀ To฀achieve฀maximum฀networking฀speeds฀฀
฀ (54Mbps),฀this฀device฀must฀be฀connected฀to฀฀
฀ a฀USB฀2.0฀host฀port฀on฀a฀PC.฀Connection฀of฀฀
฀ this฀device฀to฀a฀USB฀1.1฀host฀port฀will฀yield฀฀
฀ a฀maximum฀of฀11Mbps฀networking฀speed.)
Power฀Consumption:฀ 500mA฀(max)
Certification:฀ FCC฀Class฀B,฀CE฀Mark,฀C-Tick
Operating฀Temperature:฀ 32–131°฀F฀(0–55°฀C)
Storage฀Temperature:฀ -13–158°฀F฀(-25–70°฀C)
Typical฀Operating฀Range:฀ Up฀to฀200’*฀
฀
System Requirements
•฀฀ PC฀with฀one฀available฀USB฀port
•฀฀ Windows®฀2000฀or฀XP
*Distance฀and฀connection฀speeds฀will฀vary฀depending฀on฀your฀networking฀environment
Package Contents
•฀฀ High-Speed฀Mode฀Belkin฀Wireless฀USB฀฀
Network฀Adapter฀with฀Desktop฀Stand
•฀฀ Quick฀Installation฀Guide
•฀฀ Installation฀Software฀CD
•฀฀ User฀Manual
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
•฀฀ 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.
Introduction
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