ALFA NETWORK TUBE-U(N) - Manual (Page 40)

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AP mode management guide for Windows 2000/XP/Vista
If you wish to share the Internet access with the wireless stations in your environment, you can
configure this wireless adapter as a software access point (Soft AP). In this mode, this wireless
adapter becomes the wireless access point that provides local area network and Internet access
for your wireless stations.
To use this adapter as an access point, please
right click the icon on system tray and
select Switch to AP mode. Please refer to the following introduction and information about this
AP-mode utility.
Note: In windows XP, it provides WPA support at hotfix Q815485. However; you have to make
sure that hotfix Q815485 (require XP SP1 installed) has been installed in your system before you
can start using WPA features. You can check the installation of hotfix in add/remove software
page under control panel.