User's Manual

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Realtek RTL8187 Wireless LAN USB 2.0 Adapter
User Guide
Wireless Network Properties
In this step, you could assign
the channel number and
authentication mode for the
access point.
If the setting of WEP to be
“Disable” and Authentication to
be “Open system”, then this
access point is opened for free
join.
z Network Name (SSID)
The service serve identify of
this access point. The
length of the self-naming
does not exceed 32 characters.
z Channel select
You could pick one channel from 1 to 11.
z WEP Encryption
An encryption system prevents eavesdropping on wireless network traffic.
 Enable: The joined wireless station should have same network/password key with this access
point.
 Disable: no network/password key is required for joined wireless station.
z Authentication
The next generation of Wi-Fi security, Wi-Fi Protected Access, or WPA, will use
authentication to verify whether users have access to a particular wireless network.
 Open system: This access point is without authentication protection with user.
 Share key: Any station would join this access point should pass with key same as the setting on
access point.
z Back
Go back to previous step ~ Setup a Wireless Network.
z Next
Go to next step. It depends on the setting of WEP and Authentication.
Authentication(Open system) Authentication(Shared key)