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Instant Wireless TM Series Wireless USB Network Adapter Use this guide to install: WUSB11 ver . 2.6 User Guide.
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T able of Contents C hapter 1: Introduction 1 The Instant W ireless TM USB Netw ork Adapter 1 F eatures 1 Package Contents 2 System Requirements 2 Chapter 2: Planning Y our Wireless Network 3 Netw ork.
• One Wireless USB Netw ork Adapter • One USB Cable • One W all Mount • One Setup CD-R OM with User Guide • One Quick Installation • One Registration Card • P entium-Class 200MHz or F as.
Chapter 3: Getting to Know the Wireless USB Network Adapter The Wireless USB Netw ork Adapter’ s USB port is located on the back of the Adapter . The Wireless USB Network Adapter’ s USB port USB P ort The USB P ort is a por t installed in your PC, enab ling you to connect to USB peripherals.
Chapter 4: Installation and Configuration of the USB Adapter for Windows 98SE, Me, and 2000 This Wireless USB Netw ork Adapter Setup W izard will guide you through the Install and Uninstall Procedures for Windo ws 98SE, Me, and 2000. Insert the Setup Wizard CD into your CD-R OM Drive.
3. After reading the W ar ranty P olicy , click the Ye s button if you agree, or No to end the installation. 4. The InstallShield W izard will automatically choose the folder w here Setup W izard will install the f iles.
7. Enter in the name of y our SSID (Ser vice Set Identif ier) for y our Ad-Hoc or Infrastructure setting. The SSID must be identical for all points in the net- w ork. The def ault setting is linksys (all lo w ercase). Click the Next button. 8. The W izard will ask you to revie w your settings before starting to copy f iles.
Chapter 5: Connecting Y o u r Wireless USB Network Adapter T o install your W ireless USB Netw ork Adapter , f irst connect one end of the USB cable to the Adapter . Then, connect the other end of the USB cable to the USB port on your desktop or notebook PC.
Instant Wireless TM Series STEP TW O STEP THREE Once the W all Mount is attached to the W ireless USB Network Adapter , stick it to the velcro strip y ou’ ve attached to your w all for wall mounting. The adapter is Hot Swappab le, which means that y ou can remov e or reconnect the adapter whene ver y ou want without turning of f your PC.
Chapter 6: Installation and Configuration of the USB Drivers for Windows XP After attaching the Wireless USB Netw ork Adapter to your computer , you will install the netw ork driv er . 1. Windo ws XP will automatically detect the presence of the Wireless USB Netw ork Adapter in your computer .
4. Windo ws will tell you when it has f inished installing the new dri ver . Click the Finish button. Y ou ha ve no w completed the installation of the driv ers for the Wir eless USB Networ k Adapter . 1. After installing the Adapter, the W indows XP W ireless Zero Conf iguration icon will appear on your system tra y .
Instant Broadband Series 2. The screen that appears will sho w any a vailab le Network. Select a Netw ork , then click on the connect button. 3. If your Access P oint has enabled WEP encr yption, the screen in Figure 6-7 will appear . Enter the WEP key in the Netw ork Ke y .
2. From the Conf iguration tab, select Instant Wir eless USB Netw ork Adapter ver . 2.6 from the list, and click the Add button. 3. Select Protocol , and click the Add button. 4. Select Micr osoft from the list of “Manufacturers” and TCP/IP from the list of “Netw ork Protocols.
Wireless USB Network Adapter 2. The screen i n F igure 8-3 sho ws you any a vailable wireless de vice for net- w ork connection. Select the wireless de vice , and click the Connect button to connect or the Refr esh button to search for more wireless devices.
5. If you click ed on the Advance button, the Advanced page will appear . Under the WEP drop-do wn box, y ou can choose to ha ve WEP encr yption Disab led , 64 , or 128 Bits . If you choose 64 Bits, the screen in Figure 8-6 will appear . If you choose 128 Bits, the screen in Figure 8-7 will appear .
6. The About tab, as sho wn in Figure 8-8, sho ws you cop yright and version information about the driver , the application, and the f irmware. The ver- sion number of the driv er may v ar y from this screen, depending on w hich version w as shipped with your Adapter .
Can I play computer games with other members of the wireless network? Y es, as long as the game suppor ts multiple pla yers o ver a LAN (local area net- w ork). Refer to the game’ s user guide for more infor mation. What is the IEEE 802.11b standard? The IEEE 802.
noise. There are tw o main alter nati ves, Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum (DSSS) and Frequenc y Hopping Spread Spectr um (FHSS). What is DSSS? What is FHSS? And what ar e their differences? Frequenc y-Hopping Spread-Spectr um (FHSS) uses a nar ro wband car rier that changes frequency in a pattern that is kno wn to both transmitter and receiver .
Firmwar e - Code that is written onto read-only memory (ROM) or pro g ram- mable read-onl y memor y (PR OM). Once f irmware has been written onto the R OM or PR OM, it is retained ev en when the de vice is tur ned off.
ery of the data, TCP takes care of keeping track of the individual units of data (called packet) that a message is di vided into for eff icient routing through the Internet. TCP/IP - T ransmission Control Protocol/Inter net Protocol (TCP/IP) is the basic communication language or protocol of the Internet.
38 Appendix C: Specifications Model Number: WUSB11 ver . 2.6 Standards: IEEE 802.11b , USB 1.1 WEP: 64 and 128 bit Channels: 11 Channels (US , Canada) 13 Channels (Europe) 14 Channels (Japan) Wireless.
Appendix D: Environmental Dimensions 3.58" x 2.8" x 0.9" (W x D x H) (91 mm x 71 mm x 23 mm) Unit Weight: 2.9 oz. (0.08 kg.) P ower Output: 19 dBm (typical) Certifications: FCC Class B .
42 Appendix F: Contact Information F or help with the installation or operation of this product, contact Linksys T echnical Suppor t at one of the phone numbers or Internet addresses belo w . Sales Information 800-546-5797 (LINKSYS) T echnical Suppor t 866-242-8558 RMA Issues 949-261-1288 F ax 949-261-8868 Email support@linksys.
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