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Table of Contents
1 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................ 4
FEATURES & BENEFITS ............................................................................................................................. 5
PACKAGE CONTENTS ................................................................................................................................ 5
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_MAX WIRELESS USB ADAPTER DESCRIPTION ................................................................... 6
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS .......................................................................................................................... 6
APPLICATIONS ........................................................................................................................................... 7
NETWORK CONFIGURATION ...................................................................................................................... 8
2 USB ADAPTER FOR WINDOWS (XP & VISTA/7) ......................................................................10
BEFORE YOU BEGIN .................................................................................................................................10
INSTALLING THE DRIVERS......................................................................................................................... 11
PROFILES ..................................................................................................................................................16
INFRASTRUCTURE MODE ..........................................................................................................................17
AD-HOC MODE ..........................................................................................................................................18
AUTHENTICATION AND SECURITY .............................................................................................................19
WEP Encryption
................................................................................................................................20
WPA, WPA2 Authentication & TKIP, AES Encryption
.................................................................21
WPA-PSK & WPS2-PSK Authentication & TKIP, AES Encryption
............................................22
LEAP Authentication
.........................................................................................................................23
802.1x with PEAP
..............................................................................................................................24
PEAP Authentication with EAP/TLS Smartcard
...........................................................................24
802.1x with TTLS with EAP-MD5, MS-CHAP, MS-CHAPv2
......................................................25
802.1x CA Server
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NETWORK (SITE SURVEY) ........................................................................................................................28
ADVANCED CONFIGURATION ....................................................................................................................30
WPS .........................................................................................................................................................31
UNINSTALL THE DRIVERS & CLIENT UTILITY ............................................................................................32
APPENDIX A – GLOSSARY .....................................................................................................................35
APPENDIX B – FCC INTERFERENCE STATEMENT .........................................................................52