Operating Instructions and Installation Instructions

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Table of Contents
Symbols and Highlighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1 Safety Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
2 FRITZ!WLAN USB Stick AC 430 at a Glance . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2.1 Package Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2.2 Operation Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2.3 LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
3 Establishing a Wireless LAN Connection with Stick & Surf8
3.1 Prerequisite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
3.2 Transferring Security Settings to FRITZ!WLAN USB Stick . . . . . . . . . . 8
3.3 Connecting FRITZ!WLAN USB Stick to the Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
4 Establishing a Wireless LAN Connection Manually or with
WPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
4.1 Installing FRITZ!WLAN USB Stick in Windows. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
4.2 Establishing a Wireless LAN Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
5 Connecting Computers Directly (Ad Hoc Network) . . . . 17
5.1 Setting Up an Ad Hoc Network in Windows 7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
5.2 Setting Up an Ad Hoc Network in Windows Vista. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
5.3 Setting Up an Ad Hoc Network in Windows XP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
6 The FRITZ!WLAN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
6.1 Starting FRITZ!WLAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
6.2 The Control Software’s User Interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
6.3 Online Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25