Linksys WUSB11 manuale d’uso

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 T opolo gy 3 Roaming 3 Chapter 3: Getting T o Know the Wir eless USB Network Adapter 4 The W ireless USB Netw ork Adapter’ s P ort and LEDs 4 Chapt[...]

• 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 aster Processor • 64MB RAM Recommended • A vailab le USB P or t • CD-R OM Driv e • W indo ws 98SE, Me, 2000, XP 2 Wireless USB Network Adapter C[...]

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. T o work with USB ports, your PC must be running W in[...]

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. The Setup W izard should run automatically and Figure 4-1 should[...]

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. Click the Ne xt button. Wireless USB Network Adapter 8 Figure 4-3 • The Setup button be gins the softw are installation process[...]

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. Select Back to revie w o[...]

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. Since the Adapter gets its pow er from the PC’ s USB por t, there is no e xternal pow er [...]

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. Although[...]

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 . Inser t the Setup Wizar d CD into y our CD-R OM Driv e.[...]

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 . See Figure 6-5. Double-click [...]

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 . Click the Connect button. In order to f ind out the WEP encr yption set b [...]

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. ” Click the OK button to close the Netw ork windo w . W indo ws[...]

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. Attempt Auto-Connect to ANY network in range will connect y ou to the closest netw ork with[...]

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 . Wireless USB Network Adapter 26 4. If you click o[...]

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 . Y ou can al wa ys visit www .linksys.com for the latest version of the driv er .[...]

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 802.11b Wireless LAN standards subcommittee, w hich is for mulat- ing a standard for the[...]

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 . P[...]

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. Hot Swap - The ability to replace a card or other hardware part in a hardw are device without turning it of f or losing functionali[...]

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. It can also be used as a communications pro[...]

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 Operating Range:* Indoors: Up to 300' (91 m) Outdoors: Up to 1500' (457 m) LEDs Power , Link *Distance may vary depending on the connection[...]

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 , CE Mark, Wi-Fi Operating T emp: 32ºF to 131ºF (0ºC to 55ºC) Storage T emp: -13ºF to 158ºF (-25ºC to 70ºC) Operating Humidity: 0% to 70% Non-[...]

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.com W eb http://www [...]

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