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54M Wireless USB Adapt er User Guide Chapt er 1 I nt roduct ion W54U Wireless USB Adapt er com plies wit h I EEE 802.11g and I EEE 802.11b st andards, providing up t o 54Mbps wireless t ransm ission rat e which is 5 t im es t he com m on 802.11b product s. I t support s 64/ 128- bit WEP, WPA/ WPA- PSK, WPA2 / WPA2- PSK encrypt ion and 802.1x securit y aut hent icat ion m echanism t o prot ect your net work securit y.
4M Wireless USB Adapt er User Guide 1 .2 Pr odu ct D e ploym e nt 54Mbps wireless USB Adapt er offers fast , reliable and costeffect ive solut ion for wireless access. Deploym ent as follows: 1. For st aff who requires higher m obilit y in t he office, t hey want t o have access t o t radit ional wired or wireless net work in any place of t he com pany 2. Ent erprise or individual who requires oft en changes in lay out of net work cables 3.
54M Wireless USB Adapt er User Guide Chapt er 2 I nst allat ion Guide This chapt er is t o assist you how t o use included t he CD- ROM which com prises t he Set up Wizard and t he Client Configurat ion Soft ware. The following st eps on Set up Wizard are t aken t he Windows XP as exam ple. 1. Please insert t he Wireless USB Adapt er int o t he USB port of your com put er. 2. “ Found New Hardware” syst em dialogue appears, and select s “ Cancel”.
54M Wireless USB Adapt er User Guide 3. I nert t he included CD- ROM int o t he CD- ROM drive of your com put er, and t he Welcom e screen appear s. ( I f not appear, double click t he “ Set up” icon.) 4. Click “ Next ”. 5. Aft er you read t he Copyright St at em ent , click “ Next ”.
54M Wireless USB Adapt er User Guide 6. I f t here is no wireless USB adapt er or incorrect connect ion, t he “ No wireless USB Adapt er det ect ed” appear s. Please follow t he figure shown t o connect t he USB. 7. Click “ Next ”, and t he inst allat ion is in progress.
54M Wireless USB Adapt er User Guide 8. During t he inst allat ion, t he following dialogue m aybe appears. Click t he “ Cont inue Anyway” t o cont inue. There is no securit y t hreat t o your com put er. 9. Click “ Finish” t o com plet e t he inst allat ion.
54M Wireless USB Adapt er User Guide N ot e : I f your operat ing syst em is Windows 98 or Vist a, you need select t he corresponding driver file on CD- ROM t o inst all it m anually.
54M Wireless USB Adapt er User Guide Chapt er 3 Client Configurat ion Soft ware This soft ware is for t he W54U Wireless USB Adapt er m anagem ent . I f it does not appear, select “ St art ” —“All Program s” —“ TENDA” —“ W54U”. 3 .
54M Wireless USB Adapt er User Guide 3 .2 Con figur a t ion M a n a ge m e n t I n t his screen, you allow t o creat e new profiles for different net work requirem ent s and save t hem . Cr e a t e a N e w : click t his but t on t o creat e new profiles for I nfrast ruct ur e m ode and Ad- Hoc m ode. Ad- h oc M ode : allows j oining one BSS ( Basic Service Set ) ( Usually Point t o Point ) and do not need access point .
54M Wireless USB Adapt er User Guide Sa ve : click t o save any m odificat ion and set t ing for t he configurat ion profile.
54M Wireless USB Adapt er User Guide I f t he I nfrast ruct ure m ode is select ed, give a nam e t o t he configurat ion profile and click “ Next ”. The Securit y screen will appear.
54M Wireless USB Adapt er User Guide Take I nfrast r uct ure m ode for exam ple: select Aut hent icat ion Mode/ WPA- PSK, Encrypt ion Met hod/ TKI P, and ent er t he Passphrase. Click “ Next ” and “ Finish” t o com plet e t he configurat ion.
54M Wireless USB Adapt er User Guide Back t o “ Configurat ion Managem ent ” screen and you can find t he configured profile is displayed in t he left t ext box. N ot e : 1 . A SSI D is t h e pu blic n a m e of a w ir e le ss n e t w or k . On ly t h e sa m e SSI D ca n com m u n ica t e w it h e a ch ot h e r on a W LAN . 2 . You ne e d t o k n ow a nd k ee p t h e sa m e a u t h e n t ica t ion m ode a n d e n cr ypt ion m e t h od on a W LAN .
54M Wireless USB Adapt er User Guide 3 .3 Sit e Su r ve y Sit e Survey list s ot her wireless device’s st at us, including t he SSI D, Signal St rengt h, Channel and MAC Address and so on as shown below. Re fr e sh : click it t o updat e t he current wireless inform at ion scanned. Con n e ct : select one wireless net work scanned in t he list , and click “ Connect ” t o st art t he wireless net work connect ion.
54M Wireless USB Adapt er User Guide 3 .4 St a t ist ics I t is about t he t raffic st at ist ics of wireless net work. From t his screen, you can know t he general t ransm it t ed/ received dat a inform at ion.
54M Wireless USB Adapt er User Guide Appe n dix On e : Acr on ym s a n d Te r m s W LAN 8 0 2 .1 1 Wireless Local Area Net work A fam ily of specificat ions developed by t he I EEE for WLAN t echnology. 8 0 2 .1 1 a An ext ension t o 802.11 WLAN st andard t hat provides up t o 54 Mbps t ransm ission in t he 5 GHz UNI radio band. 8 0 2 .1 1 b An ext ension t o 802.11 WLAN st andard t hat provides up t o 11 Mbps t ransm ission in t he 2.4 GHz I SM radio band. 802.11b uses DSSS m odulat ion.
54M Wireless USB Adapt er User Guide OFD M Ort hogonal Frequency Division Mult iplexing RAD I US Rem ot e Aut hent icat ion Dial I n User Service RTS Request t o Send SSI D Service Set I dent ifier. A 32- charact er unique ident ifier at t ached t o t he header of packet s sent over a WLAN t hat act s as a password when a m obile device t ries t o connect t o t he BSS.
54M Wireless USB Adapt er User Guide Appe n dix Tw o: Pr odu ct Spe cifica t ion St andard I EEE802.11g, I EEE802.11b, Port USB1.1,USB2.0 Frequency Range 2.4~2.4835GHz Transm ission Rat e 54 Mbps, 48 Mbps, 36 Mbps, 24 Mbps, 18 Mbps, 12 Mbps, 9 Mbps, 6 Mbps, 11 Mbps, 5.5 Mbps, 2 Mbps, 1 Mbps Ant enna Gain 2dbi Transm ission Power Max.
statement The product has two parts which are wire stock and USB Dongle. They connect with each other by glue permanently and fixedly, customer cannot separate them. The length of USB line is 0.8 meter. *** Caution *** This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.