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FIRST YOU MUST MAKE ICOM WIRELESS. 2 OPTIONS. INTERNAL CARD WITH CHIPSET Atheros AR9160 AND SECOND OPTION EASIER WIFI DONGLE NO MATTER THE BRAND. IT MUST HAVE INSIDE CHIPSET RT5572. FOR EXAMPLE TP-LINK TL-WDN3200 N600 Wireless Dual Band USB Adapter. WITH THE SECOND OPTION YOU DON'T HAVE TO OPEN THE ICOM. JUST PLUG TO USB WAIT FOR THE WLAN LED OF ICOM TO FLASH SOMETIMES AND RESTART ICOM. IN ORDER THE WLAN TO BE ENABLED IN BOTH CASES THE NETWORK CABLE MUST BE DISCONNECTED BEFORE POWERING ON THE ICOM. THEN YOU NEED AN ACCESS POINT YOU CAN DOWNLOAD TO YOUR PC AN APPLICATION LIKE VIRTUAL ROUTER. OR BUY AND CONNECT TO A FREE USB A TINY WIFI DONGLE TO BE ALWAYS CONNECTED TO USB PORT OF YOUR LAPTOP. FOR EXAMPLE TP-LINK TL-WN725N AT THE MAKERS SOFTWARE ENABLE AP MODE. GIVE A NAME TO YOUR AP AND PASSWORD AND THEN WHILE CONNECTED WITH ETHERNET CABLE (ICOM-PC) GO TO ICOM WEB SERVER PAGE AND AT WLAN TAB ENTER THE NAME AND THE PASSWORD OF YOUR AP. IF YOU DECIDE TO INSTALL INTERNAL WIFI CARD AT ICOM A2 INSTALL THE ANTENNAS UNDER THE RUBBER PADS AND NOT INSIDE THE CASE . OTHERWISE YOU WILL HAVE ONLY ABOUT 1 METER RANGE. I MOVED THE ANTENNAS OUT OF THE CASE UNDER THE RUBBER PADS AND IT WORKS FLAWLESSLY AT 6 METERS WITH WIFI DONGLE AS AP AT MY LAPTOP.

And if MOST is needed than what to do with usb?