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drivers on the same PC, this will cause BrosTrend USB WiFi Adapter fail 
to work though you have installed driver for it. Please remove other WiFi 
adapters’ drivers before installing driver for BrosTrend USB WiFi adapter. 
While  please 

DO  NOT

  uninstall  the  driver  of  your  WiFi  adapter  which  is 

integrated on your PC. You can find more about this in Part 2.1. 

4.1.4  Please make sure that you did not Disable BrosTrend USB WiFi Adapter 

in the Network configuration of your PC. You need to make sure that it is 
Enabled. 

You 

can 

check 

this 

on 

your 

PC 

as 

below: 

Network

à

Properties

à

On  the  left  hand  side  of  the  menu,  click  “Change 

Adapter Settings”

à

Find BrosTrend USB WiFi Adapter under the name of 

“802.11ac  Wireless  LAN  Card”,  put  your  mouse  on  it  and  click  the  right 
button of your mouse

à

 Press Enable to turn BrosTrend USB WiFi Adapter 

ON,  then  it  works;  If  press  Disable  you  will  turn  BrosTrend  USB  WiFi 
Adapter OFF and it will not work. 

4.1.5  In case the LED of BrosTrend USB WiFi Adapter is on, this indicates that 

the driver is installed on your PC. You need to refer to the solution in Part 
4.1.3 and Part 4.1.4 

4.1.6  In case the LED of BrosTrend USB WiFi Adapter is NOT ON, this indicates 

that the driver is NOT installed correctly on your PC or adapter is not plug 
correctly on your PC. You need to refer to the solutions in Part 4.1.1, Part 
4.1.2 and Part 4.1.3. 
 

4.2 

Ask:  My  BrosTrend  dual  band  WiFi  adapter  can  connect  to  2.4GHz  WiFi 
network only, I cannot find or connect to my 5GHz WiFi network. What shall I 
do?

 

        Answer: Please find one of the below solutions for you to solve this problem: 

4.2.1  Please make sure that you have installed our latest driver, latest driver is 

available on our website 

www.trendtechcn.com

 or you can send us email 

at 

[email protected]

  to  get  it.  An  out-of-date  driver  may  cause 

you fail to find and connect to the 5GHz WiFi network. 

4.2.2  Please check the WiFi channel setting on your dual band WiFi router, as 

different  countries  have  different  default  WiFi  Channel  settings,  a  wrong 
setting on this may cause BrosTrend USB dual band WiFi adapter fail to 
scan and connect to your 5GHz WiFi network. Usually, this setting is under 
the  Wireless  Part  of  your  Wireless  Router,  please  log  into  the 
management interface of your WiFi router, choose the right country region 
(if  this  function  is  available  on  your  WiFi  router  please  do  this;  if  not, 
please  skip  this  step),  and  then  in  the  5GHz  WiFi  Channel  Part,  please 
configure the WiFi channel as AUTO. Usually, after these two steps, your 
BrosTrend  dual  band  WiFi  adapter  is  able  to  scan  and  connect  to  your 
5GHz WiFi network. If it still does not work for you, you need to configure 
the 5GHz WiFi channel on a fixed channel number, for this, please send 
us message on 

[email protected]

 for further assistance. Please 

Summary of Contents for WNA016

Page 1: ...0 12 User s Guide www trendtechcn com BrosTrend Dual Band WiFi USB Adapter Model No WNA016 AC5 AC6 AC7 Version No V2 1 BrosTrend ...

Page 2: ...B port of your PC in case you see the below interface please click the Cancel button 1 2 Insert the driver CD from the package into the CD ROM of your PC find the corresponding driver for the operating system of your PC If your PC does not have CD ROM please visit our website www trendtechcn com to find your model number and then download the driver of it 2 Install Driver on Your PC 2 1 Important ...

Page 3: ...n the below interface please click I accept and then click Next 2 3 2 In the below interface please select Install driver and Mediatek WLAN Utility and then click Next Note By selecting this you install both the driver of this adapter which enables this adapter to work on your PC also the Mediatek WLAN Utility Software which enables you to control your new WiFi adapter For more about this please r...

Page 4: ...om 3 12 2 3 3 In the below please click Install 2 3 4 When you see the below interface the software are under installation now please wait please do NOT click the cancel button otherwise the driver installation will be terminated ...

Page 5: ...rk You can manage your BrosTrend WiFi Adapter and connect it to your WiFi broadband network there are two methods to do this one is by using the Windows Integrated WiFi network management tool the other is to use Mediatek WLAN Utility Software If you want to use Mediatek WLAN Utility Software you need to make sure that you have installed it when installing the driver Please refer to this in Step 2...

Page 6: ...y the following screen will appear 3 1 4 Note 3 1 4 1 If you cannot find the icon please move your mouse to the top right corner of you desktop select SettingsàControl PanelàNetwork and InternetàNetwork and Sharing CenteràChange Adapter Settings right click Wi Fi and select Connect Disconnect 3 1 4 2 If you cannot find your wireless network from the list please make sure that your PC is not under ...

Page 7: ...on as marked in green color below to scan and find your WiFi network 3 2 2 After clicking the scan button as mentioned above you will see the list of WiFi network found as below 3 2 3 Please use your mouse to double click the WiFi network which you want to connect to 3 2 4 Then you will see the below interface please click the button as marked in green color as below to go on Note Please note that...

Page 8: ...e the below interface please input the WiFi key of your WiFi network and then click the green button as marked in green color to go ahead Note In case you input the wrong WiFi key you will fail to connect to the WiFi internet please go back to Step 3 2 3 and enter the correct WiFi key 3 2 6 Then you are successfully connected to this new WiFi network the WiFi Internet network that you are connecte...

Page 9: ...n again 4 FAQ Frequently Asked Questions 4 1 Ask I plug BrosTrend USB WiFi Adapter to the USB port of my PC and it does not work What shall I do Answer One of the below may cause the BrosTrend USB WiFi Adapter fail to work please check and try one or more of the below solutions 4 1 1 Please try another USB port of your PC 4 1 2 Please make sure that you have installed the driver on your PC This ad...

Page 10: ... PC You need to refer to the solutions in Part 4 1 1 Part 4 1 2 and Part 4 1 3 4 2 Ask My BrosTrend dual band WiFi adapter can connect to 2 4GHz WiFi network only I cannot find or connect to my 5GHz WiFi network What shall I do Answer Please find one of the below solutions for you to solve this problem 4 2 1 Please make sure that you have installed our latest driver latest driver is available on o...

Page 11: ...3 3 2 The speed of 2 4GHz WiFi band is not as fast as that of 5GHz while 2 4GHz is much stronger than 5GHz in penetrating walls and long range transmission 4 3 3 3 So you can take advantage of the above features to have optimal WiFi performance on your BrosTrend USB WiFi adapter also you can shift between the 5GHz and 2 4GHz WiFi network 4 4 Ask Can I use a USB extension cable to extend my BrosTre...

Page 12: ...teps for configuring Soft AP mode for BrosTrend WiFi adapter is as below In Step 2 3 2 above you need to select Install driver and Mediatek WLAN Utility to install both of the driver and the Mediatek WLAN Utility then you can put your mouse on the button of the Mediatek WLAN Utility which is located on the tray of your desktop right click your mouse select the working mode of AP station Mode then ...

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