User's Manual

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To use the 11n wireless LAN usb adaptor with a computing device, the WLAN
Adapter must be equipped with a proper Interface. All drivers and supporting
software for the WLAN Adapter must be installed and configured first.
Ask your system administrator for the following information, which
you may need to provide during driver installation :
Your Wireless Client
Name. Your Wireless
SSID.
Your computer’s unique clien t name and workgroup
name. For your network account, your user name and
password.
Your IP address, gateway address, and subnet mask if you’re
not using a DHCP client.
Any computer on a network is identified by a unique network
address. There are two methods to assign a network address to a
computer on a TCP/IP network :
Static IP addressing.
Dynamic IP addressing (DHCP Client).
In network with static I P addressing, the network administrator
manually assigns an I P address t o each computer. Once a static IP
address is assigned, a computer uses the same IP address every ti me
it reboots and logs on to the network. You may manually change the IP
address in the
Network Properties dialog box. Network using static IP address is
easy to set up and do not require additional network management
software.
In network with dynamic IP addressing, a DHCP server in the
network dynamically assigns IP addresses to all clients every time
they log on to the network. Network using dynamic IP address
requires setting up and running a DHCP Server .