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Communications N220 User's Guide (84 pages)

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English

Table of contents

Wireless N-lite USB Adapter

1

About This User's Guide

3

Customer Support

4

Document Conventions

5

Icons Used in Figures

6

Safety Warnings

7

Contents Overview

10

N220 User’s Guide

10

Table of Contents

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CHAPTER 1

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1.2 Features

14

1.3 Hardware Installation

15

1.4 Software Installation

15

1.5 Device Applications

19

Chapter 1 Getting Started

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CHAPTER 2

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2.2 Wireless LAN Overview

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2.3 Wireless LAN Security

23

2.3.1.2 IEEE 802.1x

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2.4 WiFi Protected Setup

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2.4.2 PIN Configuration

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2.4.3 How WPS Works

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Figure 6 How WPS works

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REGISTRARENROLLEE

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SECURITY INFO

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REGISTRAR

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ENROLLEE

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EXISTING CONNECTION

30

2.4.4 Limitations of WPS

31

CHAPTER 3

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3.1.3 Before You Begin

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3.3 The Profile Screen

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LABEL DESCRIPTION

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3.6 The Link Status Screen

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3.7 The Site Survey Screen

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3.8 The Statistics Screen

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3.9 The Advanced Screen

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3.10 The WPS Screen

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3.11 The About Screen

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Table 14 Mac OS X: About

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CHAPTER 4

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4.4 Link Quality

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Computers

55

Chapter 4 Troubleshooting

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CHAPTER 5

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WIRELESS STANDARDS

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SOFTWARE SPECIFICATIONS

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WIRELESS FEATURES

59

APPENDIX A

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Figure 23 Basic Service Set

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Figure 25 RTS/CTS

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Fragmentation Threshold

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Preamble Type

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IEEE 802.11g Wireless LAN

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Wireless Security Overview

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IEEE 802.1x

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Types of EAP Authentication

68

PEAP (Protected EAP)

69

Dynamic WEP Key Exchange

70

WPA and WPA2

70

Encryption

71

User Authentication

72

Security Parameters Summary

74

Antenna Overview

75

Antenna Characteristics

75

Types of Antennas for WLAN

75

Positioning Antennas

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APPENDIX B

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Industry Canada Statement

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Notices

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Viewing Certifications

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