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This equipment complies with FCC radiation exposure set forth for an uncontrolled environment. In order to avoid the possibility of exceeding the FCC radio frequency exposure limits, human proximity to the antenna shall not be less than 20 cm (8 inches) during normal operation. ALFA Network Inc.
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Do not dispose of WEEE as unsorted municipal waste and have to collect such WEEE separately. ALFA Network Inc.
USB docking stand Warning card Driver CD 2. Connect your wireless adapter to your PC after the driver installation. 3. LED LED turns on when the wireless adapter linking normally. LED is blinking when WLAN Adapter is active. ALFA Network Inc.
Notes: The following installation was operated under Windows 7. (Procedures are similar for Windows XP /vista) Step 1: Insert the installation CD into your CD-ROM. Installation program will prompt language setup. Choose the Setup Language you would like to use and click Next button ALFA Network Inc.
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802.11ac USB Wireless Adapte AWUS036AC Step 2: Welcome Installation dialog prompt shown. Click Next to continue. Click Cancel to close installation. Installing and configuring WLAN utility. Step 3: Click Install ALFA Network Inc.
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802.11ac USB Wireless Adapte AWUS036AC Step 4: Click Finish to complete installation. ALFA Network Inc.
Client Mode 3.2.1 Wireless Device Control Show Tray Icon – Show icon or not show icon in stray. Radio Off – Stop wireless signal. Disable Adapter – Stop wireless device. Windows operating system control switch Virtual WiFi allowed ALFA Network Inc.
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Access Point. Link Quality is a measurement of receiving and transmitting performances over the radio. Network Address displays current MAC Address, IP Address, and Subnet, and Gateway. Click Renew IP button to refresh IP address leased from wireless AP. TX the POWER adjustable RF output power ALFA Network Inc.
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802.11ac USB Wireless Adapte AWUS036AC 3.2.3 Profile Setting In profile tab, you can Add, Remove, Edit, Duplicate Set Default to manipulate profile content manually. Strongly recommend to use profile after you do Available Network. ALFA Network Inc.
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Select proper SSID & BSSID you want to connect. Click Refresh button to force and rescan available networks currently. Select one of SSIDs, and click Add to Profile to create profile that can be configured more wireless parameters. ALFA Network Inc.
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802.11ac USB Wireless Adapte AWUS036AC In this page, you can edit your profile name; configure wireless security like WEP, WPA, WPA2, 802.1x …etc. After finishing setup, click button to save configuration. ALFA Network Inc.
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802.11ac USB Wireless Adapte AWUS036AC 3.2.5 Status In this page, it shows all wireless, networking and device driver version in details. ALFA Network Inc.
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802.11ac USB Wireless Adapte AWUS036AC 3.2.6 Wi-Fi Protected Setup There is an easy and secure setup solution for Wi-Fi network. You can choose PIN Code or Push Button method to connect to an AP. ALFA Network Inc.
AP in 10 minutes, it will be disassociated from the Infra-structure BSS. 7. Config: A dialog of this AP is shown for configuration modification. 8. ICS: Internet Connection Sharing. It enables this AP to create the domain to share this internet/intranet network connection. ALFA Network Inc.
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For example, 10 digits hex number for 64-bit WEP or 26 digits hex number for 128-bit WEP. Key index (advanced) (1 ~4): At most four key index to represent the opposite network key. ALFA Network Inc.
3. Preamble Mode: Long: higher quality but with lower performance than preamble short mode. Short: Normal quality but with higher performance then preamble long mode. Auto: select the proper preamble mode by current signal frame information. ALFA Network Inc.
802.11ac USB Wireless Adapte AWUS036AC Statistics Page The Tx/Rx status of current wireless connection is shown. A statistic analysis of packet transition is listed. ALFA Network Inc.
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