Acer Communications, Inc.
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COMPANY CONFIDENTIAL
Dec 2008
Introduction
The Acer 802.11n Adapter supports 802.11bg operation. The card uses the Acer Client
Utility (ACU) which is a user-mode utility designed to edit and add profiles for selected
Acer network interface adapters.
System Requirements
Laptop/ PC containing:
32-bit PCI Express Bus
32 MB memory or greater
300 MHz processor or higher
Microsoft Windows 2000, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98 Second
Edition, Windows XP, or Windows NT 4.0 (with Service Pack 6)
Profile Management
Configure the wireless network adapter (wireless card) from the Profile Management tab
of the Acer Client Utility.
Add a profile
Edit a profile
Import a Profile
Export a Profile
Order profiles
Switch to a different profile
Remove a profile
Connect to a Different
Network
The wireless network adapter works in either
infrastructure mode
(which uses an access
point) or
ad hoc mode
(a group of stations participating in the wireless LAN).
Create or Modify a Configuration Profile
To add a new configuration profile, click
New
on the Profile Management tab. To modify
a configuration profile, select the configuration from the Profile list and click the
Modify
button.
The Profile Management dialog box displays the General tab. In profile management:
Edit the General tab.
Edit the Security tab.
Edit the Advanced tab.
To configure a profile for ad hoc or access point (infrastructure) mode, edit the Network
Type field on the Advanced tab.
Note that the ACU only allows the creation of 16 configuration profiles. After the
creation of 16 profiles, clicking the
New
button displays an error message. Remove an
old profile or modify an existing profile for a new use.
