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D-Link DWA-645 User Manual
Table of Contents
Product Overview ........................................................ 3
Package Contents ..................................................... 3
System Requirements ............................................... 3
Introduction ............................................................... 4
Features .................................................................... 5
Hardware Overview ................................................... 6
LEDs ......................................................................6
Installation ....................................................................7
Getting Started .......................................................... 7
Remove Existing Installations ................................ 7
Disable Other Wireless Adapters ........................... 8
Wireless Installation Considerations ....................... 10
Adapter Installation ................................................. 11
Conguration ............................................................. 18
D-Link Wireless Connection Manager ..................... 18
Wireless Networks ............................................... 19
Wi-Fi
®
Protected Setup (WPS) .............................20
My Wireless Networks .......................................... 23
Support .................................................................26
About ....................................................................27
Connect to a Wireless Network ................................28
Using Windows
®
7 ................................................... 28
Using Windows
®
Vista ............................................. 30
Using Windows
®
XP ................................................32
Disabling The Windows
®
XP Utility ......................33
Wireless Security.......................................................35
What is WEP? ......................................................... 35
What is WPA? ......................................................... 36
Congure WEP ....................................................... 37
Using the D-Link Wireless Connection Manager . 37
Using the Windows
®
XP Utility ............................. 41
Congure WPA/WPA2 Passphrase ........................ 43
Using the D-Link Wireless Connection Manager . 43
Using Windows
®
Vista/Windows
®
7 ...................... 45
Using the Windows
®
XP Utility ............................. 47
Congure WPA
™
/WPA2
™
-Enterprise ...................... 49
Using the D-Link Wireless Connection Manager . 49
Congure 802.1x (RADIUS) .................................... 50
Using the D-Link Utility ......................................... 50
Troubleshooting ........................................................51
Wireless Basics .........................................................55
Networking Basics .................................................... 60
Check your IP address ............................................ 60
Windows
®
XP/2000 Users .................................... 60
Windows Vista
®
/Windows
®
7 Users ...................... 60
Statically Assign an IP address ............................... 61
Windows
®
XP/2000 Users .................................... 61
Windows Vista
®
/Windows
®
7 Users ...................... 62
Technical Specications........................................... 63
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