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Data Sheet - Page 1
... Wireless Dual Band PCIe Adapter
TEW-726EC (v1.0R)
TRENDnet's N600 Wireless Dual Band PCIe Adapter, model TEW-726EC, upgrades a desktop computer to proven 300 Mbps dual band wireless speed and coverage.
Quickly connect to a common 2.4 GHz or a less congested 5 GHz wireless network to seamlessly stream HD video and surf the internet. Advanced WPA and WPA2 encryption protects your wireless network...
Data Sheet - Page 2
N600 Wireless Dual Band PCIe Adapter
TEW-726EC (v1.0R)
SPECIFICATIONS
HARDWARE Interface Standards LED Indicator
Power Consumption Supported OS Dimensions Weight Temperature Humidity Certifications WIRELESS Modulation Antenna Frequency
Data Rate (auto fallback)
Output Power
Receiving Sensitivity
Encryption Channels
• PCI Express 1.0
• IEEE 802.11a, IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11g, IEEE ...
Data Sheet - Page 3
...Adapter
TEW-726EC (v1.0R)
NETWORKING SOLUTIONS
PACKAGE CONTENTS
TEW-726EC CD-ROM (Utility & User's Guide) Multi-Language Quick Installation Guide Standard & Low Profile Brackets
RELATED PRODUCTS
TEW-692GR N900 Dual Band Wireless Router TEW-691GR N450 Wireless Gigabit Router TEW-731BR N300 Wireless Home Router
CONTACT INFORMATION
20675 Manhattan Place,Torrance, CA 90501 USA Tel: 1-310-961-5500 Fax...
Quick Installation Guide - Page 2
TRENDnet User's Guide
Contents
Product Overview 1
Package Contents ...1 Features ...1 Product Hardware Features 2 System Requirements...2 Application Diagram ...2
Installing your Wireless Adapter 3
Software Installation...3 Hardware Installation ...5
Using the Wireless Utility 6
Wireless Utility Overview 7 Connect to your wireless network 11 Connect to your wireless network using WPS 12 ...
Quick Installation Guide - Page 3
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Features
TRENDnet's N600 Wireless Dual Band PCIe Adapter, model TEW-726EC, upgrades a desktop computer to proven 300 Mbps dual band wireless speed and coverage. Quickly connect to a common 2.4 GHz or a less congested 5 GHz wireless network to seamlessly stream HD video and surf the internet. Advanced WPA and WPA2 encryption protects your wireless network...
Quick Installation Guide - Page 4
...64-bit), Windows 7 (32/64-bit), Vista (32-bit), or XP (32/64-bit) • Available PCIe (PCI Express x1) slot • CD-ROM Drive (Driver & Utility Installation with included CD)
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Application Diagram
Each desktop computer has the wireless dual band PCIe adapter installed. One desktop computer wirelessly connected to the dual band router using...
Quick Installation Guide - Page 5
TRENDnet User's Guide
Installing your Wireless Adapter
This section describes how to install the software driver and utility for the wireless adapter.
Software Installation
1. Insert the included CD-ROM into your computer's CD-ROM drive.
4. At the installation window, click Next.
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2. At the CD Autorun Prompt window, click Run Autorun.exe. Note: If the Autorun prompt does not appear ...
Quick Installation Guide - Page 6
TRENDnet User's Guide
6. At the Install Location window, click Next.
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8. You may receive a security prompt about the publisher of the driver software. If prompted, click Install this driver software anyway. Note: If you do not receive a security prompt, continue to the next step.
7. Wait for the utility and drivers installation to complete.
9. After the process is completed, click ...
Quick Installation Guide - Page 7
... in appearance depending on your operating system.
3. Close the computer case, and turn on your computer.
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2. Open your computer case and insert the wireless dual band PCIe card into an available PCI Express slot. Once installed, attached the antennas to PCIe card.
4. Locate and double click the TRENDnet Wireless Utility icon.
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Quick Installation Guide - Page 8
TRENDnet User's Guide
TEW-726EC
Using the Wireless Utility
Upon completing the software installation, a desktop shortcut is automatically created. After installation, the software utility will start and open up automatically. If the utility does not start and open up automatically, double-click the desktop icon to start the utility.
When the utility is started, you will the following icon in ...
Quick Installation Guide - Page 9
TRENDnet User's Guide
TEW-726EC
Wireless Utility Overview
Available Networks Window This window allows you to discover and connect to available wireless networks.
Available Networks List This window displays a list of the available wireless networks found by your wireless adapter. In addition to displaying the wireless network name (SSID, the list will display additional information about the ...
Quick Installation Guide - Page 10
TRENDnet User's Guide
TEW-726EC
Wireless Utility Overview
Profile Management Window This window allows you to create and edit preconfigured wireless network profiles. You can create and manage the created profiles for home, work or public areas.
Wireless Network Profile List
When connecting to available networks, they are automatically saved to the profile list.
Wireless Network Profile Order...
Quick Installation Guide - Page 11
TRENDnet User's Guide
Wireless Utility Overview
WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup) Window This window allows you to establish wireless connectivity using WPS to WPS supported device such as a wireless router/access point. For information on how to connect using WPS, please refer to the section "Connect to your wireless network using WPS" on page 12.
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WPS Push Button Method (Default) Allows you...
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Wireless Utility Overview
About Window This window displays the wireless adapter MAC address, driver, and utility version reference information.
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MAC Address, Utility & Driver Version Displays the wireless adapter MAC address, utility, and driver version reference information.
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Connect to your wireless network using WPS
WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup) is a feature that makes it easy to connect devices to your wireless network. If your wireless router/access point supports WPS, you can use this feature to easily connect wireless devices to your network.
Note: You can typically find out if you if your wireless router/access point supports WPS just by ...
Quick Installation Guide - Page 17
... order to connect. Please note that these parameters are set based on the configuration parameters required by the wireless router/access point.
For additional information on security parameters, you can refer to the Appendix.
1. Open up the wireless utility.
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You can either create a new wireless network profile or modify an existing profile in the list. a. New...
Quick Installation Guide - Page 18
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• Open \ Disable - Wireless network has no security configured. No key is required.
• Open or Shared \ WEP - Enter the WEP key for your wireless network. Wireless network has WEP security enabled, open or shared. Please note that the Key Index 1-4 must also match the same index configured on the wireless router/access point...
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... wireless networks listed.
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Q: Windows is unable to recognize my hardware. What should I do? Answer:
1. Make sure your computer meets the minimum requirements as specified in Section 1 of this quick installation guide.
2. You must complete the installation of the Wireless Configuration Utility (as described in Section 2) before connecting the Wireless USB Adapter to your computer...
Quick Installation Guide - Page 21
... embedded wireless cards(wireless clients), you may have to set your router to WEP to allow the old adapters to connect to the router. Note: This encryption standard will limit connection speeds to 54Mbps.
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• WPA: This encryption is significantly more robust than the WEP technology. Much of the older 802.11g hardware was been upgraded (with firmware/driver upgrades) to support...
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TRENDnet User's Guide
Limited Warranty
TRENDnet warrants its products against defects in material and workmanship, under normal use and service, for the following lengths of time from the date of purchase.
TEW-726EC - 3 Years Warranty
AC/DC Power Adapter, Cooling Fan, and Power Supply carry 1 year warranty.
If a product does not operate as warranted during the applicable warranty period, TRENDnet ...