BrosTrend™ User Manual www.trendtechcn.com BrosTrend™ AC Wireless Dual Band USB Adapter For Models No.:AC1/AC2/AC3/AC4 0 / 22 Version No.: V1.
BrosTrend™ www.trendtechcn.com Table of Contents Part 1: Working on Windows PC------------------------------------------------------------P2 1. Hardware Installation-------------------------------------------------------------------------P2 2. Install Driver on Your PC--------------------------------------------------------------------P3 3. Connect to Your WiFi Broadband Network----------------------------------------------P5 4.
BrosTrend™ www.trendtechcn.com Dear Customer, Thanks a lot for choosing BrosTrend WiFi adapters. Please follow the below steps to install your AC Wireless Dual Band USB adapter; we here introduce the installation steps on Windows PC and MAC OS X. If you need further assistance, please send email to support@trend-tech.net.cn and we will reply to you as soon as possible.
BrosTrend™ www.trendtechcn.com 2. Install Driver on Your PC 2.1 Important Notice: In case your PC has integrated WiFi adapter, please turn it off before installing driver for BrosTrend USB WiFi adapter. Otherwise, you will not know which WiFi adapter is working for you and these WiFi adapters may cause conflict with each other.
BrosTrend™ www.trendtechcn.com 2.3.2 In the below interface, please click "Next" button to continue with the installation; 2.3.3 In the below interface, please wait 2.3.4 In the below interface, please wait; 2.3.5 In the below interface, please select "Yes, I want to restart my computer now." and then click the "Finish" button to restart your computer.
BrosTrend™ www.trendtechcn.com your computer is turned on again, the driver will be installed on your computer successfully and you can start to use BrosTrend USB WiFi adapter; 3. Connect to Your WiFi Broadband Network You can manage your BrosTrend USB WiFi Adapter and connect it to your WiFi broadband network by using the Windows Integrated WiFi network management tool. And for Windows 8.
BrosTrend™ www.trendtechcn.com 3.1.3 When your wireless network is connected successfully, the following screen will appear. 3.1.4. Note: 3.1.4.1 If you cannot find the icon , please move your mouse to the top right corner of you desktop, select SettingsControl PanelNetwork and InternetNetwork and Sharing CenterChange Adapter Settings, right click Wi-Fi and select Connect/Disconnect. 3.1.4.
BrosTrend™ www.trendtechcn.com Input the WiFi Key (WiFi Password), and then Connect to the WiFi Network. 3.2.1.3 Once you are connected to the WiFi network successfully, your information for this Network will be stored in this software, you can find it in “Profile”; Every time when you turn on your PC, BrosTrend USB WiFi Adapter will connect to your WiFi network automatically with these information stored.
BrosTrend™ www.trendtechcn.com 4.1.2 and Part 4.1.3. Part 2: Working on MAC OS X We here take MAC OS X 10.9 as example for introducing the installation steps. Please note that the steps may vary slightly on other versions of MAC OS X. 1. Hardware Installation Please plug BrosTrend WiFi USB adapter to any USB port of your MAC, we suggesting plugging into the USB port with more open space for better WiFi signal reception. 2. Install the Driver and Utility 2.
BrosTrend™ www.trendtechcn.com 2.2.3 In the screen below, please click “Continue” 2.2.4 In the screen below, please also click “Continue”: 2.2.
BrosTrend™ www.trendtechcn.com 2.2.6 In the screen below, please select “Agree” 2.2.7 In the screen below, please firstly click “Install for all users of this computer” and then click the “Continue” button.
BrosTrend™ www.trendtechcn.com 2.2.8 In the screen below, please click “Install”: 2.2.9 In case you have setup password for your MAC OS X, you need to input this pass word in the screen below and then click “Install Software”: 2.2.
BrosTrend™ www.trendtechcn.com 2.2.
BrosTrend™ www.trendtechcn.com 2.2.12 Congratulations! When you see the below interface, installation is successful, please click “Restart” to restart your MAC; After you restart your MAC, you are able to use this BrosTrend USB WiFi adapter. 3. Join A Wireless Network 3.1 Turn the WiFi Adapter Integrated Inside your MAC Off 3.1.
BrosTrend™ www.trendtechcn.com Network Utility”: 3.2.2 In the interface below, please click “Available Network”, find your Wi-Fi network, and then double click to select it: 3.2.3 And then please input your Wi-Fi Network Key in the screen below, please make sure that you input the same Wi-Fi Network key twice, and then click the “OK” button. 3.2.
BrosTrend™ www.trendtechcn.com 3.2.5 Also, in the “Available Network” in the screen below, you can see that the Wi-Fi network with “*” is the one that you are currently connected to: 3.2.
BrosTrend™ www.trendtechcn.com 3.2.7 In the above interface, you can select a profile and: 3.2.7.1 See that the one with “*” in the front is the WiFi network you are currently connected to. 3.2.7.2 Press the “Apply” button and you will be connected to the selected WiFi network. No need to input WiFi network key again here. 3.2.7.
BrosTrend™ www.trendtechcn.com 3.3.2 By clicking the “Open Network Preferences” in the screen below, you will see all the Network information about your MAC 3.3.3 In the interface below, you can see all the WiFi adapters installed on your MAC, the one marked in green color is BrosTrend AC Wireless USB adapter, due to a displaying bug, it is being displayed as “802.11 N NIC”; actually, it is an “802.
BrosTrend™ 3.3.4 www.trendtechcn.com In the interface below, the one marked in Orange color is the Wi-Fi adapter integrated in your MAC, you can click the “Turn Wi-Fi ON/OFF” to control it here also. 3.4 Turn BrosTrend Wi-Fi ON or OFF 3.4.1 In “Link Status” in the screen below, once you click the “Turn Radio Off”, your BrosTrend USB WiFi Adapter will be turned off and you will be disconnected from the current WiFi network and not able to connect to other WiFi network either.
BrosTrend™ www.trendtechcn.com Utility by using the software that you downloaded, please click the Software as below, follow the on screen instruction to uninstall it step by step: 5. Frequently Asked Questions for MAC OS X Only 5.1 Ask: I plug the BrosTrend USB WiFi Adapter to the USB port of my MAC and it does not work, what shall i do? Answer: Please check one or more of the below: 5.1.
BrosTrend™ www.trendtechcn.com WiFi network itself is not working properly and this problem is not caused from WiFi of your MAC or smartphone. 5.2 Ask: I have other question in using BrosTrend USB WiFi Adapter on my MAC, can you help? Answer: Sure, please kindly find more FAQ in Part 3. If you still cannot find your answer, then please write email to support@trend-tech.net.cn and our BrosTrend technical support team will reply to you as soon as possible.
BrosTrend™ 3 4 5 6 transmission as 2.4GHz. 2.3.2 The speed of 2.4GHz WiFi band is not as fast as that of 5GHz, while 2.4GHz is much stronger than 5GHz in penetrating walls and long range transmission. 2.3.3 So you can take advantage of the above features to have optimal WiFi performance on your BrosTrend USB WiFi adapter; also, you can shift between the 5GHz and 2.4GHz WiFi network.
BrosTrend™ www.trendtechcn.com while I can tell you that the BrosTrend USB WiFi Adapter you are purchasing is using Realtek main chipsets from Taiwan, and we can tell you the model number of the chipsets in case you send us email at support@trend-tech.net.cn When you send us email, please tell us your order number and the model number of WiFi adapter you are purchasing.
