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    Instant Wireless ® Series Wireless USB Network Adapter Use this guide to install: WUSB11 ver . 2.6 User Guide[...]

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    COPYRIGHT & TRADEMARKS Specifications are subject to change without notice. Copyright © 2003 Linksys, All Rights Reserved. Instant Wireless, Linksys, and the Linksys logo ar e r egister ed trademarks of Linksys Group, Inc. Micr osoft, Windows, and the Windows logo are register ed trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. All other trademarks and br[...]

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    Wireless USB Network Adapter T able of Contents C hapter 1: Introduction 1 The W ireless USB Netw ork Adapter 1 F eatures 1 Chapter 2: Planning Y our Wireless Network 2 Netw ork T opology 2 Ad-Hoc versus Infrastructure Mode 2 Chapter 3: Getting to Know the Wireless USB Network Adapter 4 The W ireless USB Network Adapter’ s Port and LEDs 4 Chapter[...]

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    Instant Wireless ® Series Wir eless USB Network Adapter Chapter 1: Introduction Put the “mobile” back into mobile computing with the Linksys Instant W ireless USB Netw ork Adapter! The Linksys Instant W ireless USB Netw ork Adapter operates in the ISM band , using Direct Sequence Spread Spectr um (DSSS) transmission to implement the 802.11b st[...]

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    Wireless USB Network Adapter If the wireless netw ork is relati vel y small and needs to share resources only with the other computers on the wireless netw ork, then the ad-hoc mode can be used. (See Figure 2-2.) Ad-hoc mode allo ws computers equipped with wire- less transmitters and recei vers to communicate directl y with each other , elimi- nati[...]

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    Wireless USB Network Adapter 5 Instant Wireless ® Series 4 Chapter 4: Software Installation and Configuration for Windows 98SE, Me, and 2000 The W ireless USB Network Adapter Setup Wizard will guide y ou through the installation procedure for W indo ws 98SE, Me, and 2000. The Setup W izard will install the WLAN Monitor and driver , as w ell as con[...]

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    Wireless USB Network Adapter 7 Instant Wireless ® Series 6 3. The Setup W izard will ask you to choose a netw ork mode. Click the Infrastructur e Mode radio button if you w ant your wireless computers to netw ork with computers on your wired netw ork using a wireless access point. Click the Ad-Hoc Mode radio button if you w ant multiple wireless c[...]

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    Wireless USB Network Adapter 9 Instant Wireless ® Series 8 6. After the software has been successfull y installed , the screen in Figure 4-6 will appear . Click the Exit button. Pr oceed to “Chapter 5: Hard war e Installation. ” Figure 4-6 4. If you chose Infrastructur e Mode , go to Step 5 no w . If you chose Ad-Hoc Mode , select the cor rect[...]

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    Wireless USB Network Adapter 11 Instant Wireless ® Series 10 2. The P o wer LED should light up when the Adapter is plugged in. (Make sure y our PC is po w ered on.) 3. Raise the antenna. Make sure the antenna is positioned straight up into the air , at a 90º angle from the Adapter (see Figure 5-5). This will ensure optimum wireless operating ran[...]

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    Wireless USB Network Adapter STEP C 3. Using the velcro strip on the Adapter’ s W all Mount, attach the Adapter to the velcro strip on y our wall. If y our PC is running Windo ws XP , proceed to “Chapter 6: Driv er Installation and Conf iguration for Windo ws XP . ” If y our PC is running Windo ws 98SE, Me , or 2000, the installation of the W[...]

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    Wireless USB Network Adapter 15 Instant Wireless ® Series 14 2. Click the radio button next to Sear ch f or the best driver in these locations . Select Include this location in the sear ch: , and enter D:Driv ers in the location f ield (if “D” is the letter of y our CD-R OM driv e. Then click the Next button. 3. When W indo ws has f inished i[...]

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    Wireless USB Network Adapter 3. If WEP is enabled , the screen in Figure 6-6 will appear . Enter the WEP k ey of your wireless netw ork in the Networ k key f ield , and re-enter it in the Conf irm networ k key f ield. Then click the Connect button, and go to step 4. 4. The screen in Figure 6-7 will appear if y our connection is activ e. F or more i[...]

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    Wireless USB Network Adapter The Link Information screen displays netw ork mode, signal strength, and link quality information about the cur rent connection. It also provides a button to click for additional status information. Ad-Hoc Mode or Infrastructur e Mode - The screen indicates whether the Adapter is cur rently w orking in ad-hoc or infrast[...]

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    Wireless USB Network Adapter 21 Instant Wireless ® Series Wir eless Networ k Status Status - The status of the wireless network connection. SSID - The SSID of the wireless network. Netw ork Mode - The wireless mode cur rently in use. T ransfer Rate - The data transfer rate of the cur rent connection. Channel - The channel to which the wireless net[...]

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    Wireless USB Network Adapter 23 Instant Wireless ® Series Connect - T o connect to one of the netw orks on the list, select the wireless net- w ork , and click the Connect button. If the wireless netw ork has WEP encryp- tion enabled , y ou will see the screen sho wn in Figure 7-6. In the WEP drop-do wn box, select the type of WEP encr yption used[...]

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    Wireless USB Network Adapter 1. On the Profiles screen, click the New button to create a ne w prof ile. 2. Enter a name for the new prof ile, and click the OK button. Click the Cancel button to return to the Profiles screen. 25 Instant Wireless ® Series 24 Creating a New Pr ofile Figure 7-11 Figure 7-10 Import - Click the Import button to impor t [...]

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    Wireless USB Network Adapter 27 Instant Wireless ® Series 26 4. The Network Mode screen shows a choice of tw o netw ork modes. Click the Infrastructur e Mode radio button if you w ant your wireless computers to communicate with computers on your wired netw ork via a wireless access point. Click the Ad-Hoc Mode radio button if you w ant multiple wi[...]

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    Wireless USB Network Adapter 29 Instant Wireless ® Series 28 P assphrase - Instead of manuall y entering a WEP k ey , you can enter a passphrase in the P assphr ase f ield , so a WEP key is automaticall y generat- ed. It is case-sensitiv e and should not be longer than 16 alphanumeric char- acters. This passphrase must match the passphrase of your[...]

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    Wireless USB Network Adapter 31 Instant Wireless ® Series 30 Appendix A: Troubleshooting This chapter pro vides solutions to prob lems usuall y occurring during the instal- lation and operation of the W ireless USB Netw ork Adapter . Read the descrip- tion belo w to solve y our problems. If y ou can’ t f ind an answ er here, check the Linksys w [...]

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    Wireless USB Network Adapter 33 Instant Wireless ® Series 32 that links access points and nodes. In such a system, the user’ s end node under- takes a search for the best possib le access to the system. First, it e v aluates such factors as signal strength and quality , as w ell as the message load cur rently being car ried by each access point [...]

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    Wireless USB Network Adapter 35 Instant Wireless ® Series mission, statistical techniques embedded in the radio can reco ver the original data without the need for retransmission. T o an unintended receiv er , DSSS appears as lo w po wer wideband noise and is rejected (ignored) b y most nar- ro wband recei vers. Would the information be intercepte[...]

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    Wireless USB Network Adapter 37 Instant Wireless ® Series 36 LAN. In infrastructure mode, the wireless de vices communicate with each other and to a wired netw ork b y f irst going through an access point. An infra- structure wireless network connected to a wired netw ork is refer red to as a Basic Service Set (BSS). A set of tw o or more BSS in a[...]

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    Wireless USB Network Adapter 39 Instant Wireless ® Series 38 cient deliv ery o ver the netw ork. UDP is known as a “connection-less” protocol due to NO T requiring the recei ver of a packet to return an ackno wledgment of receipt to the sender of the packet (as opposed to TCP). USB (Univ ersal Serial Bus) - A “plug-and-play” interface betw[...]

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    Wireless USB Network Adapter Dimensions 3.58" x 2.8" x 0.9" (91 mm x 71 mm x 23 mm) Unit Weight 2.12 oz. (0.06 kg) Po w er 260 mA (typical) Certifications FCC Class B , Wi-Fi, CE Operating T emp. 32ºF to 131ºF (0ºC to 55ºC) Storage T emp. -13ºF to 140ºF (-25ºC to 60ºC) Operating Humidity 0% to 70%, Non-Condensing Storage Humi[...]

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    Wireless USB Network Adapter 43 Instant Wireless ® Series 42 Appendix E: Contact Information F or help with the installation or operation of the W ireless USB Netw ork Adapter , contact Linksys T echnical Suppor t at one of the phone numbers or Internet addresses below . Sales Information 800-546-5797 (1-800-LINKSYS) T echnical Suppor t 800-326-71[...]

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    © Copyright 2003 Linksys, All Rights Reserved. http://www .linksys.com[...]