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TL-WDN3800 N600 Wireless Dual Band PCI Express Adapter User Guide

referred to as an Extended Service Set (ESS). Infrastructure mode is useful at a corporation scale, or when it is necessary to connect the wired and wireless networks.

Spread Spectrum - Spread Spectrum technology is a wideband radio frequency technique developed by the military for use in reliable, secure, mission-critical communications systems. It is designed to trade off bandwidth efficiency for reliability, integrity, and security. In other words, more bandwidth is consumed than in the case of narrowband transmission, but the trade off produces a signal that is, in effect, louder and thus easier to detect, provided that the receiver knows the parameters of the spread-spectrum signal being broadcast. If a receiver is not tuned to the right frequency, a spread-spectrum signal looks like background noise. There are two main alternatives, Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum (DSSS) and Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum (FHSS).

SSID - A Service Set Identification is a thirty-two character (maximum) alphanumeric key identifying a wireless local area network. For the wireless devices in a network to communicate with each other, all devices must be configured with the same SSID. This is typically the configuration parameter for a wireless PC card. It corresponds to the ESSID in the wireless Access Point and to the wireless network name. See also Wireless Network Name and ESSID.

WEP - (Wired Equivalent Privacy) - A data privacy mechanism based on a 64-bit or 128-bit or 152-bit shared key algorithm, as described in the IEEE 802.11 standard. To gain access to a WEP network, you must know the key. The key is a string of characters that you create. When using WEP, you must determine the level of encryption. The type of encryption determines the key length. 128-bit encryption requires a longer key than 64-bit encryption. Keys are defined by entering in a string in HEX (hexadecimal - using characters 0-9, A-F) or ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange – alphanumeric characters) format. ASCII format is provided so you can enter a string that is easier to remember. The ASCII string is converted to HEX for use over the network. Four keys can be defined so that you can change keys easily.

Wi-Fi - A trade name for the 802.11b wireless networking standard, given by the Wireless Ethernet Compatibility Alliance (WECA, see http://www.wi-fi.net), an industry standards group promoting interoperability among 802.11b devices.

WLAN - (Wireless Local Area Network) - A group of computers and associated devices communicate with each other wirelessly, which network serving users are limited in a local area.

WPA - (Wi-Fi Protected Access) - A wireless security protocol uses TKIP (Temporal Key Integrity Protocol) encryption, which can be used in conjunction with a RADIUS server.

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Contents Rev 1910010685 TL-WDN3800Copyright & Trademarks FCC Statement Country Restriction Reason/remark CE Mark WarningNCC Notice Industry Canada StatementKorea Warning Statements Safety Information Yang Hongliang Product Manager of International Business Declaration of ConformityContents Package Contents Hardware Overview FeaturesProduct Overview IntroductionHardware Installation InstallationFound New Hardware Wizard in Windows Vista Software InstallationPage Page Page Page  Method Two To connect using WPS Connect to a Wireless NetworkTo connect using Twcu  Note Page Page PBC Push Button Configuration method To connect using WPSPage PIN method Enter a PIN into your AP device Windows To connect using Windows built-in wireless utilityPage Windows Vista Page Windows XP Page Page Add a profile Add a profile in Infrastructure modeManagement ProfilePage  Note Add a profile in ad hoc mode Page Delete a profile AdvancedModify a profile About SoftAP mode AP Mode For Windows 7 onlyPage Uninstall the utility software from your PC Uninstall SoftwarePage Uninstall Driver Following screen will appear Uninstall the driver software from your PCPage Environmental and Physical Appendix a SpecificationsNormal Appendix B Glossary
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