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Introduction The D-Link Air Premier AGTM DWL-AG650S Tri-mode Dual-band Wireless Cardbus Adapter is an 802.11a / 802.11b / 802.11g high-performance, wireless adapter that supports high-speed wireless networking at home, at work or in public places. Featuring a breakthrough all-in-one tri-mode dual-band design, the new D-Link Air Premier AGTM DWL-AG650S is a next generation laptop PC adapter that connects to 802.11a (in the 5GHz band) and 802.11g networks (in the 2.4GHz band) at 54 Mbps (108Mbps in Turbo mode) and 802.11b networks (in the 2.4GHz band) at 11Mbps. The DWL-AG650S has the newest, strongest and most advanced security features available today. When used with other 802.11 WPA (Wi-Fi Protected Access) and 802.1x compatible products in a network with a RADIUS server, the security features include: WPA: Wi-Fi Protected Access which authorizes and identifies users based on a secret key that changes automatically at regular intervals. WPA uses TKIP (Temporal Key Integrity Protocol) to change the temporal key every 10,000 packets (a packet is a kind of message transmitted over a network.) This ensures much greater security than the standard WEP security. (By contrast, the previous WEP encryption implementations required the keys to be changed manually.) 802.1x: Authentication which is a first line of defense against intrusion. In the authentication process, the Authentication Server* verifies the identity of the client attempting to connect to the network. Unfamiliar clients would be denied access. For home users that will not incorporate a RADIUS server in their network, the security for the DWL-AG650S, used in conjunction with other WPA-compatible 802.11 products, will still be much stronger than ever before. Utilizing the PreShared Key mode of WPA, the DWL-AG650S will obtain a new security key every time it connects to the 802.11 network. You only need to input your encryption information once in the configuration menu. No longer will you have to manually input a new WEP key frequently to ensure security. With the DWLAG650S, you will automatically receive a new key every time you connect, vastly increasing the safety of your communication. *Not all servers can provide Authentication 4

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Introduction
*Not all servers can provide Authentication
The D-Link
Air
Premier AG
DWL-AG650S Tri-mode Dual-band Wireless
Cardbus Adapter is an 802.11a / 802.11b / 802.11g high-performance, wireless
adapter that supports high-speed wireless networking at home, at work or in
public places.
TM
Featuring a breakthrough all-in-one tri-mode dual-band design, the new D-Link
Air
Premier AG
DWL-AG650S is a next generation laptop PC adapter that
connects to 802.11a (in the 5GHz band) and 802.11g networks (in the 2.4GHz
band) at 54 Mbps (108Mbps in Turbo mode) and 802.11b networks (in the 2.4GHz
band) at 11Mbps.
TM
The DWL-AG650S has the newest, strongest and most advanced security
features available today. When used with other 802.11 WPA (Wi-Fi Protected
Access) and 802.1x compatible products in a network with a RADIUS server,
the security features include:
WPA:
Wi-Fi Protected Access
which
authorizes and identifies users based
on a secret key that changes automatically at regular intervals.
WPA
uses
TKIP
(
Temporal Key Integrity Protocol
) to change the temporal
key every 10,000 packets (a packet is a kind of message transmitted
over a network.) This ensures much greater security than the standard
WEP security. (By contrast, the previous WEP encryption
implementations required the keys to be changed manually.)
802.1x: Authentication
which is a first line of defense against intrusion. In the
authentication process, the Authentication Server* verifies the identity
of the client attempting to connect to the network. Unfamiliar clients
would be denied access.
For
home users that will
not incorporate a RADIUS server in their network, the
security for the DWL-AG650S, used in conjunction with other WPA-compatible
802.11 products, will still be much stronger than ever before. Utilizing the
Pre-
Shared Key mode
of WPA, the DWL-AG650S will obtain a new security key
every time it connects to the 802.11 network. You only need to input your
encryption information once in the configuration menu. No longer will you have
to manually input a new WEP key frequently to ensure security. With the DWL-
AG650S, you will automatically receive a new key every time you connect, vastly
increasing the safety of your communication.