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Product Features
• Adheres to 802.11g standard in providing high data wireless transfer
rates of up to 54 Mbps.
• Operation in the 2.4GHz Unlicensed National Information
Infrastructure (U-NII) frequency band
• Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) – a new
technique for transmitting high speed data over a radio wave.
• Dynamic date rate scaling at 1, 2, 5.5, and 11Mbps for IEEE 802.11b
• Dynamic date rate scaling at 6, 9, 12, 18, 24, 36, 48, 54Mbps for
IEEE 802.11g
• Maximum reliability, throughput and connectivity with automatic
data rate switching.
• Supports Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) data encryption at
64/128/152-bit encryption with dynamic key exchange for security.
• Supports infrastructure networks via Access Point and ad-hoc
networks via peer-to-peer communication.
• Requires an available USB slot.
• User-friendly configuration and diagnostic utilities.
LEDs
LED stands for light-emitting diode.
The C54U has two LEDs: Power and Activity
Network Mode LED Activity
Network Activity Both LEDs flash in unison
Searching for a Network
Connection
Both LEDs flash alternately
Associated with the
Network, but No
Activity
Both LEDs flicker dimly
Power Save Mode
(Power-up or Reset)
POWER LED – slow rate blink
Adapter is disabled Only the POWER LED flashes