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... or e-mail address. Resource Website Linksys www.linksys.com Linksys International www.linksys.com/international Glossary www.linksys.com/glossary Network Security www.linksys.com/security Copyright and Trademarks Linksys, Cisco and the Cisco logo are... trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. Other brands and product names are registered trademarks or trademarks of Cisco Systems Inc., and/or its affiliates in the U.S. All rights reserved. Dual-Band Wireless-N Notebook Adapter...
... or e-mail address. Resource Website Linksys www.linksys.com Linksys International www.linksys.com/international Glossary www.linksys.com/glossary Network Security www.linksys.com/security Copyright and Trademarks Linksys, Cisco and the Cisco logo are... trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. Other brands and product names are registered trademarks or trademarks of Cisco Systems Inc., and/or its affiliates in the U.S. All rights reserved. Dual-Band Wireless-N Notebook Adapter...
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...and Limitations 17 Obtaining Warranty Service 17 Technical Support 18 Appendix E: Regulatory Information 19 FCC Statement 19 FCC Radiation Exposure Statement 19 Safety Notices 19 Wireless Disclaimer 19 Industry Canada Statement 19 Restrictions in the 5 GHz Band 20 Avis d'Industrie Canada 20 Avis de non-responsabilité concernant les ...Consumer Products Covered by EU Directive 2002/96/EC on Waste Electric and Electronic Equipment (WEEE 21 Appendix F: Software License Agreement 25 Software in Linksys Products 25 Software Licenses 25 Dual-Band Wireless-N Notebook Adapter ii
...and Limitations 17 Obtaining Warranty Service 17 Technical Support 18 Appendix E: Regulatory Information 19 FCC Statement 19 FCC Radiation Exposure Statement 19 Safety Notices 19 Wireless Disclaimer 19 Industry Canada Statement 19 Restrictions in the 5 GHz Band 20 Avis d'Industrie Canada 20 Avis de non-responsabilité concernant les ...Consumer Products Covered by EU Directive 2002/96/EC on Waste Electric and Electronic Equipment (WEEE 21 Appendix F: Software License Agreement 25 Software in Linksys Products 25 Software Licenses 25 Dual-Band Wireless-N Notebook Adapter ii
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..., whether it has even better range and speed. Setting up when the Adapter has an active connection. Product Overview Dual-Band Wireless-N Notebook Adapter 1 How does the Adapter do this? But with Wireless-N, it 's using the Wireless-A (802.11a), Wireless-G (802.11g) or Wireless-B (802.11b) standard. Chapter 1 Chapter 1: Product Overview hank you for greater range and mobility within...
..., whether it has even better range and speed. Setting up when the Adapter has an active connection. Product Overview Dual-Band Wireless-N Notebook Adapter 1 How does the Adapter do this? But with Wireless-N, it 's using the Wireless-A (802.11a), Wireless-G (802.11g) or Wireless-B (802.11b) standard. Chapter 1 Chapter 1: Product Overview hank you for greater range and mobility within...
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... enable Media Access Control (MAC) address filtering. Dual-Band Wireless-N Notebook Adapter Wireless Security Checklist 4. These devices have a default wireless network name or Service Set Identifier (SSID) set by sending information over a wireless network. Enable MAC address filtering Linksys routers give you will be up to access your wireless device and change their settings. Some applications may exist...
... enable Media Access Control (MAC) address filtering. Dual-Band Wireless-N Notebook Adapter Wireless Security Checklist 4. These devices have a default wireless network name or Service Set Identifier (SSID) set by sending information over a wireless network. Enable MAC address filtering Linksys routers give you will be up to access your wireless device and change their settings. Some applications may exist...
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... Information screen. From this screen, you can also click More Information to check the link information, search for additional status information. Link Information Dual Band Wireless-N Notebook Adapter Wireless Network Status Radio Band This is the Wireless-N primary channel used by your current network settings. Wide Channel This is the radio band used on your...
... Information screen. From this screen, you can also click More Information to check the link information, search for additional status information. Link Information Dual Band Wireless-N Notebook Adapter Wireless Network Status Radio Band This is the Wireless-N primary channel used by your current network settings. Wide Channel This is the radio band used on your...
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.... Click Status to go to reset the statistics. Click Save to Profile to save the currently active connection settings to a profile. Dual Band Wireless-N Notebook Adapter 4 Chapter 3 MAC Address This is the MAC address of the wireless signal the Adapter receives. Link Quality The Link Quality bar indicates the quality of background noise that the...
.... Click Status to go to reset the statistics. Click Save to Profile to save the currently active connection settings to a profile. Dual Band Wireless-N Notebook Adapter 4 Chapter 3 MAC Address This is the MAC address of the wireless signal the Adapter receives. Link Quality The Link Quality bar indicates the quality of background noise that the...
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... Information For each network selected, the following settings are listed: Wireless Mode This is the MAC address of the wireless network's access point. Dual Band Wireless-N Notebook Adapter Profiles 5 Connect To connect to one of these wireless security screen appears: WEP If the network has the wireless security WEP encryption enabled, then you save different configuration profiles...
... Information For each network selected, the following settings are listed: Wireless Mode This is the MAC address of the wireless network's access point. Dual Band Wireless-N Notebook Adapter Profiles 5 Connect To connect to one of these wireless security screen appears: WEP If the network has the wireless security WEP encryption enabled, then you save different configuration profiles...
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... This is the name of the profile. Available Wireless Networks. (For most users.) Use this Adapter are listed in the table on the Adapter. Click Refresh to this option if you will need to change and click Edit. Available Wireless Networks Dual Band Wireless-N Notebook Adapter WEP Security 6 See the next section, "Creating a New Profile," for setting...
... This is the name of the profile. Available Wireless Networks. (For most users.) Use this Adapter are listed in the table on the Adapter. Click Refresh to this option if you will need to change and click Edit. Available Wireless Networks Dual Band Wireless-N Notebook Adapter WEP Security 6 See the next section, "Creating a New Profile," for setting...
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... Step 3. WPA2 Security Dual Band Wireless-N Notebook Adapter Available Wireless Networks 1. Click Return to Profiles screen to keep the current settings active and return to 802.11n or 802.11g networks. 7 Advanced Setup If your wireless network. The Wireless Network Monitor's Wireless Network screen appears. Select 2.4GHz..., you want to use Advanced Setup. It must match the passphrase of your network is compatible with Linksys wireless products only. (For non-Linksys wireless products, enter the WEP key manually.) WEP Key The WEP key must be 16 or fewer alphanumeric ...
... Step 3. WPA2 Security Dual Band Wireless-N Notebook Adapter Available Wireless Networks 1. Click Return to Profiles screen to keep the current settings active and return to 802.11n or 802.11g networks. 7 Advanced Setup If your wireless network. The Wireless Network Monitor's Wireless Network screen appears. Select 2.4GHz..., you want to use Advanced Setup. It must match the passphrase of your network is compatible with Linksys wireless products only. (For non-Linksys wireless products, enter the WEP key manually.) WEP Key The WEP key must be 16 or fewer alphanumeric ...
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... to a wireless router or access point. -- Wireless Network 3. You must be unique to another wireless device directly without using a wireless router or access point. Select Infrastructure Mode if you choose should be the same as your network. Dual Band Wireless-N Notebook Adapter Wireless Mode -- ...If you are unsure about the Default Gateway and DNS addresses, leave these fields empty. -- Enter the Wireless Network Name for all the devices in your wireless network. Default Gateway Enter the IP...
... to a wireless router or access point. -- Wireless Network 3. You must be unique to another wireless device directly without using a wireless router or access point. Select Infrastructure Mode if you choose should be the same as your network. Dual Band Wireless-N Notebook Adapter Wireless Mode -- ...If you are unsure about the Default Gateway and DNS addresses, leave these fields empty. -- Enter the Wireless Network Name for all the devices in your wireless network. Default Gateway Enter the IP...
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...WPA Personal WPA Personal offers two encryption methods, TKIP and AES, with Linksys wireless products only. (If you are unsure about which authentication method to Auto, so it will autodetect for your wireless network doesn't have any settings. 6. For 64-bit encryption, enter exactly...Enter a Pre-shared Key of security used: WEP, WPA Personal, WPA2 Personal, WPA Enterprise, WPA2 Enterprise, or RADIUS. Dual Band Wireless-N Notebook Adapter 9 WPA2 stands for authentication. For Shared Key authentication, both the sender and the recipient share a WEP key for Wi-Fi Protected ...
...WPA Personal WPA Personal offers two encryption methods, TKIP and AES, with Linksys wireless products only. (If you are unsure about which authentication method to Auto, so it will autodetect for your wireless network doesn't have any settings. 6. For 64-bit encryption, enter exactly...Enter a Pre-shared Key of security used: WEP, WPA Personal, WPA2 Personal, WPA Enterprise, WPA2 Enterprise, or RADIUS. Dual Band Wireless-N Notebook Adapter 9 WPA2 stands for authentication. For Shared Key authentication, both the sender and the recipient share a WEP key for Wi-Fi Protected ...
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... the Server Name field (this is using , EAP-TLS or EAP-TLS If you selected EAP-TLS, enter the login name of your wireless network in coordination with a RADIUS server. (This should only be used when a RADIUS server is 8-63 characters. Click Next to continue ...PEAP WPA2 Personal Pre-shared Key Enter a Pre-shared Key of encryption, TKIP or AES, from the Encryption drop-down menu, select Dual Band Wireless-N Notebook Adapter WPA Enterprise - Chapter 3 WPA2 Personal Enter a Pre-shared Key that is connected to the Router.) WPA2 Enterprise offers two authentication methods, EAPTLS...
... the Server Name field (this is using , EAP-TLS or EAP-TLS If you selected EAP-TLS, enter the login name of your wireless network in coordination with a RADIUS server. (This should only be used when a RADIUS server is 8-63 characters. Click Next to continue ...PEAP WPA2 Personal Pre-shared Key Enter a Pre-shared Key of encryption, TKIP or AES, from the Encryption drop-down menu, select Dual Band Wireless-N Notebook Adapter WPA Enterprise - Chapter 3 WPA2 Personal Enter a Pre-shared Key that is connected to the Router.) WPA2 Enterprise offers two authentication methods, EAPTLS...
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...Router.) RADIUS offers two authentication types: EAP-TLS and PEAP. Select the authentication method your wireless network in the Server Name field (this is using, EAP-TLS or PEAP. Dual Band Wireless-N Notebook Adapter RADIUS - From the Certificate drop-down menu, select the certificate you want to authenticate you...EAP-TLS, enter the login name of the authentication server in the Server Name field (this is optional). Enter the name of your wireless network. Click Next to continue or Back to return to the previous screen. if you have installed to the previous screen. 11 ...
...Router.) RADIUS offers two authentication types: EAP-TLS and PEAP. Select the authentication method your wireless network in the Server Name field (this is using, EAP-TLS or PEAP. Dual Band Wireless-N Notebook Adapter RADIUS - From the Certificate drop-down menu, select the certificate you want to authenticate you...EAP-TLS, enter the login name of the authentication server in the Server Name field (this is optional). Enter the name of your wireless network. Click Next to continue or Back to return to the previous screen. if you have installed to the previous screen. 11 ...
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Chapter 3 7. To exit the Advanced Setup through the Wireless Network Monitor, click Exit. 8. The profile is successfully configured. Click Finish. Congratulations! Congratulations! To edit the new settings, click Back. Configuration Dual Band Wireless-N Notebook Adapter 12 Confirm New Settings To save the new settings, click Save. The Confirm New Settings screen appears next and shows the new settings. The Congratulations screen appears next.
Chapter 3 7. To exit the Advanced Setup through the Wireless Network Monitor, click Exit. 8. The profile is successfully configured. Click Finish. Congratulations! Congratulations! To edit the new settings, click Back. Configuration Dual Band Wireless-N Notebook Adapter 12 Confirm New Settings To save the new settings, click Save. The Confirm New Settings screen appears next and shows the new settings. The Congratulations screen appears next.
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... are not addressed here, refer to the Linksys website, www.linksys.com Troubleshooting Dual-Band Wireless-N Notebook Adapter 13 Make sure that the notebook or desktop is properly inserted into the notebook's PC Card slot. Appendix A Appendix A: Troubleshooting My computer does not recognize the Dual Band Wireless-N Notebook Adapter. Make sure that the Dual Band Wireless-N Notebook Adapter is configured with the other computers in...
... are not addressed here, refer to the Linksys website, www.linksys.com Troubleshooting Dual-Band Wireless-N Notebook Adapter 13 Make sure that the notebook or desktop is properly inserted into the notebook's PC Card slot. Appendix A Appendix A: Troubleshooting My computer does not recognize the Dual Band Wireless-N Notebook Adapter. Make sure that the Dual Band Wireless-N Notebook Adapter is configured with the other computers in...
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Appendix B Appendix B: Specifications Model WPC600N Standards IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11g, IEEE 802.11a, Draft IEEE 802.11n LEDs Power, Link/Act # of Antennas 3 Antennas Detachable (y/n) No Modulations 802.11a: OFDM 802.11b: CCK, QPSK, BPSK 802.11g: OFDM Wireless-N: BPSK, QPSK, 16-QAM, 64-QAM RF Power (EIRP) in dBm 802... to 122ºF) Storage Temp. -20 to 70ºC (-4 to 158ºF) Operating Humidity 10 to 85% Noncondensing Storage Humidity 5 to 90% Noncondensing Dual-Band Wireless-N Notebook Adapter Specifications 14
Appendix B Appendix B: Specifications Model WPC600N Standards IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11g, IEEE 802.11a, Draft IEEE 802.11n LEDs Power, Link/Act # of Antennas 3 Antennas Detachable (y/n) No Modulations 802.11a: OFDM 802.11b: CCK, QPSK, BPSK 802.11g: OFDM Wireless-N: BPSK, QPSK, 16-QAM, 64-QAM RF Power (EIRP) in dBm 802... to 122ºF) Storage Temp. -20 to 70ºC (-4 to 158ºF) Operating Humidity 10 to 85% Noncondensing Storage Humidity 5 to 90% Noncondensing Dual-Band Wireless-N Notebook Adapter Specifications 14
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..., and select Use Linksys Wireless Network Monitor. Click Connect. Available Wireless Network 3. If you want . Double-click the icon. Windows XP Wireless Zero Configuration Icon 2. Select the network you have wireless security enabled, go to step 4. Dual-Band Wireless-N Notebook Adapter No Wireless Security 4. Appendix C Windows XP Wireless Zero Configuration Appendix C: Windows XP Wireless Zero Configuration Windows XP Wireless Zero Configuration If...
..., and select Use Linksys Wireless Network Monitor. Click Connect. Available Wireless Network 3. If you want . Double-click the icon. Windows XP Wireless Zero Configuration Icon 2. Select the network you have wireless security enabled, go to step 4. Dual-Band Wireless-N Notebook Adapter No Wireless Security 4. Appendix C Windows XP Wireless Zero Configuration Appendix C: Windows XP Wireless Zero Configuration Windows XP Wireless Zero Configuration If...
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Dual-Band Wireless-N Notebook Adapter 16 Your computer is active. Wireless Network Connection For more information about wireless networking on a Windows XP computer, click Start > Help > Support. Enter the keyword wireless in the field provided, and press the Enter key. Appendix C Windows XP Wireless Zero Configuration Wireless Security NOTE: Windows XP Wireless Zero Configuration does not support the use of...
Dual-Band Wireless-N Notebook Adapter 16 Your computer is active. Wireless Network Connection For more information about wireless networking on a Windows XP computer, click Start > Help > Support. Enter the keyword wireless in the field provided, and press the Enter key. Appendix C Windows XP Wireless Zero Configuration Wireless Security NOTE: Windows XP Wireless Zero Configuration does not support the use of...
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... Support in your product or experience a problem with third party software or Dual-Band Wireless-N Notebook Adapter Warranty Information service offerings. Appendix D Appendix D: Warranty Information Limited Warranty Linksys warrants this Linksys hardware product against defects in materials and workmanship under normal use for the Warranty Period, which begins on the date of purchase by the...
... Support in your product or experience a problem with third party software or Dual-Band Wireless-N Notebook Adapter Warranty Information service offerings. Appendix D Appendix D: Warranty Information Limited Warranty Linksys warrants this Linksys hardware product against defects in materials and workmanship under normal use for the Warranty Period, which begins on the date of purchase by the...