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Install Your Adapter and Connect to a WiFi Network - usb wifi adapter

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1 Install Your Adapter and Connect to a WiFi Network The NETGEAR AC1200 WiFi USB Adapter Model A6150, in this manual referred to as the adapter, is a USB2.0, dual band WiFi adapter that provides a combined throughput of 1200 Mbps (300 Mbps at 2.4 GHz and , 866 Mbps at 5 GHz). The adapter supports multiuser MIMO (MU-MIMO) and beamforming and integrates and internal antenna in a nano size format. When you insert the adapter in a Windows-based computer or Mac, the adapter enables that computer to join an 802.11 a/b/g/n or ac WiFi network. This chapter contains the following sections: • Package contents • Status LED • Use the adapter with a Windows-based computer • Use the adapter with a Mac Note: For more information about the topics that are covered in this manual, visit the support website at netgear.com/support/. Note: Firmware updates with new features and bug fixes are made available from time to time at netgear.com/support/download/. You can check for and download new firmware manually. If the features or behavior of your product does not match what is described in this manual, you might need to update the firmware. 4

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Install Your Adapter and Connect
to a WiFi Network
The NETGEAR AC1200 WiFi USB Adapter Model A6150, in this manual referred to as
the adapter, is a USB2.0, dual band WiFi adapter that provides a combined throughput
of 1200 Mbps (300 Mbps at 2.4 GHz and , 866 Mbps at 5 GHz). The adapter supports
multiuser MIMO (MU-MIMO) and beamforming and integrates and internal antenna in
a nano size format.
When you insert the adapter in a Windows-based computer or Mac, the adapter enables
that computer to join an 802.11 a/b/g/n or ac WiFi network.
This chapter contains the following sections:
Package
contents
Status
LED
Use
the
adapter
with
a
Windows-based
computer
Use
the
adapter
with
a
Mac
Note:
For more information about the topics that are covered in this manual, visit the
support website at netgear.com/support/
.
Note:
Firmware updates with new features and bug fixes are made available from time
to time at netgear.com/support/download/
. You can check for and download new
firmware manually. If the features or behavior of your product does not match what is
described in this manual, you might need to update the firmware.
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