Configuration, Profile information, Create a new profile – Cisco WUSB300N User Manual

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Chapter 3

Configuration

9

Wireless-N USB Network Adapter

Profiles

Profile

This is the name of the profile.

Wireless Network Name

This is the SSID or unique name

of the wireless network.

Profile Information

For each profile selected, the following are listed:

Wireless Mode

This is the mode of the wireless network

currently in use.

Wide Channel

This displays the Wireless-N primary

channel used with a 40 MHz radio band network.

Standard Channel

This displays the channel used by

your wireless network.

Security

This is the status of the wireless security.

Authentication

This is the authentication setting for the

network.

Connect

To connect to a wireless network using a specific

profile, select the profile, and click Connect.

New

Click New to create a new profile. See the next

section, “Creating a New Profile,” for instructions.

Edit

Select the profile you want to change and click Edit.

Import

Click Import to import a profile that is saved in

another location. Select the appropriate file, and click

Open.

Export

Select the profile you want to save in a different

location, and click Export. Direct Windows to the

appropriate folder, and click Save.

Delete

Select the profile you want to delete and click

Delete.

NOTE:

If you want to export more than one

profile, you must export them one at a time.

Create a New Profile

The next screen is the Available Wireless Networks screen.

Available Wireless Networks

This screen provides two options for setting up the

Adapter.

Available Wireless Networks

(For most users.) Use this

option if you already have a network set up. The networks

available to this Adapter are listed on this screen. You

can choose one of these networks and click Connect

to connect to it. Click Refresh to update the Available

Wireless Networks list.

Advanced Setup

If your network is not listed on this

screen, select Advanced Setup to set up the adapter

manually. This method of setting up the Adapter is

intended for Advanced Users only.
The setup for each option is described, step by step, under

the appropriate heading on the following pages.
Click Exit to close the Setup Wizard and set up the Adapter

later.

Available Wireless Networks

The available networks are listed in the table on the

center of the screen by Wireless Network Name. Select

the wireless network you wish to connect to and click

Connect. (If you do not see your network listed, you can

click Refresh to bring the list up again.) If the network

utilizes wireless security, you will need to configure

security on the Adapter. If not, you will be taken directly to

the Congratulations screen.

If you have wireless security enabled on your network,

1.

continue to step 2. If you don’t have wireless security

enabled, continue to step 3.
If your network has WEP, WPA, or WPA2 wireless security

2.

enabled, then that security screen appears. Continue

to the screen for your wireless security.

3.

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