User Manual

Wireless 11n USB Adapter
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(3). Channel (Country Region Code): seven countries to choose. Country channel list:
Country Channel Range Country Channel Range
USA CH1 ~ CH11 FRANCE CH1 ~ CH13
CANADA CH1 ~ CH11 JAPAN CH1 ~ CH14
ETSI CH1 ~ CH13 ISRAEL CH1 ~ CH13
SPAIN CH1 ~ CH11
The availability of some specific channels and/or operational frequency bands are country
dependent and are firmware programmed at the factory to match the intended destination.
The firmware setting is not accessible by the end user.
(4) Wireless Network Security
A. Network Authentication
Select the Security tab in the screen above. To define the security mode, select the desired security
mode as follows. There are 7 types supported: Open System, Shared Key, WPA-PSK, WPA2-PSK,
and WPA 802.1X, WPA2 802.1X, WEP 802.1X, Please select a type from the drop down list
z Open System: enable an adapter to attempt authentication regardless of its WEP settings. It
will only associate with the access point if the WEP keys on both the adapter and the access
point match.
z Shared-key: only allows the adapter to associate with access points that have the same WEP
key.
z 802.1x: This item appears while the environment is set to an Open authentication with WEP
encryption. Mark the checkbox to make the section available. The section is also available in
WPA and WPA2 authentication types.
z Preshared Key(PSK): This is the shared secret between AP and STA. For WPA-PSK,
WPA2-PSK and WPA-NONE authentication mode, this field must be filled with characters
longer than 8 and less than 32 lengths. The following dialog appears if you have input invalid
values.
z WEP Key: Only available when using WEP encryption algorithm. The key must match AP's
key. Only using the same cryptographic key to access the computer, the internet can storage,
and decryption the information from other computer.