WLAN 11n USB Adapter WL-6200A USER’S MANUAL VERSION 1.
This manual provides the necessary information for first-time users to successfully install the Atheros network driver interface specification (NDIS) driver, for the purpose of evaluating and / or operating the Atheros WLAN 11n USB Adapter STA Reference Design in a Microsoft Windows environment and the Atheros Client Utility (ACU) . This guide describes the steps required to install NDIS drivers for the WLAN 11n USB Adapter in Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows XP 64, Windows Vista, Windows Vista 64.
INFORMATION TO USER Federal Communication Commission Interference Statement You are cautioned that changes or modifications not expressly approved by the part responsible for compliance could void the user’s authority to operate the equipment. This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation.
Your device contains a low power transmitter. When device is transmitted it sends out Radio Frequency (RF) signal. Use only with supplied antenna. Unauthorized antenna, modification, or attachments could damage the transmitter and may violate FCC regulations.
1. Introduction .....………………………….................................................….. 1 2. Wireless LAN Basics ........……………………......................................……..3 3. IP ADDRESS ...............……………………...........................................……..4 4. Install Driver/Utility ........………………………......................................……..5 5. Wireless Network Configuration in Station Mode ..........………………......... 9 5.1 TRAY ICON ................................…………..……….……………………9 5.
Thank you for your purchase of the WLAN 11n USB Adapter. Featuring wireless technology, this wireless networking solution has been designed for both large and small businesses, and it is scalable so that you can easily add more users and new network features depending on your business scale. FEATURES Support Microsoft Windows 2000, XP , Vista. Indoor up to 100 meters; Outdoor up to 280 meters. 270/240/180/120/90/60/54/48/36/30/24/22/18/12/11/6/5.5/2/1 Mbps selectable Data Rate and maximum of 300Mbps.
BEFORE YOU START 1. Confirm Box Contents CONNECTING YOUR WLAN USB ADAPTER TO PC Quick Start Guide Connect your WLAN 11n USB Adapter to your PC. Install driver. GETTING TO KNOW WLAN 11n USB ADAPTER LED LED turns on when POWER is applied to the WLAN 11n USB Adapter. LED is blinking when PC is sending data through WLAN 11n USB Adapter.
Wireless LAN network defined by IEEE 802.11n/b/g standard committee could be configured as : Ad Hoc wireless LAN, or Infrastructure wireless LAN. Ad Hoc network is a group of PCs installed with wireless LAN cards, this group of PCs is called a BSS (Basic Service Set). PCs in this group can use their wireless LAN cards to communicate with each other, but can not connect to the Internet.
To use the WLAN 11n USB Adapter with a computing device, the WLAN 11n USB Adapter must be equipped with an USB 1.1 or 2.0 Interface. All drivers and supporting software for the WLAN 11n USB Adapter must be installed and configured first. Ask your system administrator for the following information, which you may need to provide during driver installation : Your Wireless Client Name. Your Wireless SSID. Your computer’s unique client name and workgroup name.
The installation & driver CD will automatically activate the autorun installation program after you insert the disk into your CD drive. Step 1 : Insert the installation & driver CD into your CD-ROM, chose your language and click Next to continue. Step 2 : Click Next to continue.
Step 3 : Choose accept and click Next to continue. Step 4 : Choose the installation type. To install the client utilities and driver, select the appropriate button and click Next. Step 5 : Insert WLAN USB adapter into USB port and click OK to continue.
Step 6 : Click Next to install at the designated folder. Or, click “Browse” to select different folder. Step 7 : Click Next to continue. Step 8 : If you have multiple computers to access, choose SSO(Single sign on) feature set. Or you can choose “Do not install SSO feature set” and Click Next to continue.
Step 9 : Start copying files until it finishes the installation. Step 10 : Click Finish to complete installation.
WLAN 11n USB Adapter uses its own management software. All functions controlled by users are provided by this application. When you insert the WLAN 11n USB Adapter into the USB port of your PC, a new icon should appear in the Windows System Tray automatically. 5.1 TRAY ICON The tray icon appears at the bottom of the screen, and shows the signal strength using colors and the received signal strength indication (RSSI).
Preferences Set the startup options and menu options for the ACU. Check whether the program should start automatically when Windows starts, and check the menu items that should appear on the popup menu. Enable/Disable Enable or disable the RF Signal. Radio Manual LEAP Log in to LEAP manually, if LEAP is set Login to manually prompt for user name and password on each login. Reauthenticate Reauthenticate to the access point. Select Profile Click a configuration profile name to switch to it.
wireless adapter is connected to. Access Point IP Address Shows the IP address of the access point the wireless adapter is connected to. Current Receive Rate Shows the current receive rate in Mbps. Current Transmit Rate Shows the current transmit rate in Mbps. Client Adapter IP Address Displays the IP address of the wireless adapter. Exit Exit the Atheros Client Utility application.
5.2 GENERAL CONNECTION SETTING 5.2.1 Current Status The Current Status tab contains general information about the program and its operations. The Current Status tab does not require any configuration. The following table describes the items found on the Current Status screen. Profile Name The name of the current selected configuration profile. Set up the configuration name on the General tab. Link Status Shows whether the station is associated to the wireless network.
only. Server Based Shows whether server based Authentication authentication is used. Data Encryption Displays the encryption type the driver is using. Configure the encryption type on the Security tab. Signal Shows the strength of the signal. Strength Click the Advanced button to see the advanced status diagnostics. The following table describes the items found on the Advanced Status screen. Network Name Displays the wireless network name. (SSID) Configure the network name on the General tab.
11n MIMO Shows the MIMO power save mode status. Power Save Available for 802.11n devices only. Power Save Shows the power save mode. Power Mode management is disabled in ad hoc mode. Configure the power save mode on the Advanced tab. Current Power Displays the transmit power level rate in Level mW. Configure the transmit power level on the Advanced tab. Available Shows the 2.4 GHz available power levels. Power Levels Current Signal Shows the current signal strength in dBm.
Control Displays control frequency the station is Frequency using. Available for 802.11n devices only. Extension Displays extension frequency the station is Frequency using. Available for 802.11n devices only. Channel Set Shows the current channel set. Channel Width Shows the channel width. Available for 802.11n devices only. QoS The type of quality of service that is currently being used by your client adapter.
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. 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.
From the Profile Management tab, highlight the profile to export. Click the Export button. The Export Profile window appears. Browse to the directory to export the profile to. Click Save. The profile is exported to the specified location. e. Ordering Profiles Including a profile in the auto selection feature allows the wireless adapter to automatically select that profile from the list of profiles and use it to connect to the network.
retrieve receive and transmit statistics. The Diagnostics tab does not require any configuration.
5.3 Security In the Atheros Client Utility, access the Security tab by clicking New or Modify on the Profile Management tab. Click the Security tab in the Profile Management window. Edit the fields in the Security tab of Profile Management to configure the profile. To define the security mode, select the radio button of the desired security mode. Make sure to also edit the General and Advanced tabs. Note: If the Profile Locked checkbox is checked, Profile cannot be removed or modified.
If you chose MSCHAPv2 Username and Password from the EAP-FAST Authentication Method drop-down list and clicked Configure, the Configure Username and Password window appears. To know more about this option refer Using PEAP-MSCHAP V2 security. If you chose TLS Client Certificate from the EAP-FAST Authentication Method drop-down list and clicked Configure, the Define Certificate window appears.
around the site, the other authorities in the group will allow you access to the network. A group consists of one or more authorities. Each authority may have one or more PAC files. A PAC authority can belong to only one group. To create a new group, click New Group. A group consists of one or more authority servers that the user trusts. To rename the group, right-click the group and choose Rename. You can also rename the group by clicking it and typing the new name.
during logon or after the user is logged off if the profile is not configured with the No Network Connection Unless User is Logged In option. Private - PACS that are stored in the private store can be accessed and used only by the user who provisioned them or the system administrator. They are not accessible until the user is logged onto the local system. This is the default option. Click Import. The PAC file appears under the selected group. To delete a group, select the group and click Delete.
check box, machine authentication is not performed. Authentication does not occur until you log on. Check the Validate Server Identity check box to force the system to authenticate the identity of the server as an added level of security. If you checked the Use Machine Information For Domain Logon check box in the previous step, the Always Do User Authentication check box at the bottom of the window becomes active.
OR: On the Security tab, choose the 802.1x radio button. Choose EAP-TTLS from the drop-down menu. Enabling EAP-TTLS security: To use EAP-TTLS security, the machine must already have the EAP-TTLS certificates downloaded onto it. Check with the IT manager. If EAP-TTLS is supported, choose EAP-TTLS from the drop-down menu on the right, then click the Configure button. Select the appropriate certificate from the drop-down list and click OK.
user name. OR: Enter a PEAP user name in the User Name field to use a separate user name and start the PEAP authentication process. Check the Validate Server Identity check box to force the system to authenticate the identity of the server as an added level of security. Choose the certificate authority from which the server certificate was downloaded in the Trusted Root Certification Authorities drop-down box. Choose Token or Static Password, depending on the user database.
Perform one of the following to specify how you want to establish a network connection. If you want to connect using a username and password, choose User Name and Password. If you want to connect using a user certificate installed on your computer, choose Certificate, select a certificate from the drop-down box and go to Step 6. Specify the username and password for inner PEAP tunnel authentication: Check Use Windows User Name to use the Windows user name as the PEAP user name.
Configuring LEAP: On the Security tab, choose the WPA radio button. Choose WPA-LEAP from the drop-down menu. OR: On the Security tab, choose the 802.1x radio button. Choose LEAP from the drop-down menu. Click the Configure button. To resume connection without providing credentials again after a temporary loss of connection, check Always Resume the Secure Session.
EAP-FAST EAP-TLS EAP-TTLS PEAP (EAP-GTC) PEAP (EAP-MSCHAP V2) LEAP Please refer to 5.3.1 WPA/WPA2 If the access point that the wireless adapter is associating to has WEP set to Optional and the client has WEP enabled, make sure that Allow Association to Mixed Cells is checked on the Security Tab to allow association. 5.3.3 WPA Passphrase To use WPA Passphrase security In the Atheros Client Utility, access the Security tab in the Profile Management window.
1. The installation & driver CD will automatically activate the autorun installation program after you insert the disk into your CD drive. Please refer to page 5 ”INSTALL DRIVER & UTILITY” 2. To install manually: Plug your WLAN 11n USB Adapter into USB interface, windows Vista will search for compatible driver to install. Step 1 : Select “Locate and install the driver software”, Windows will guide you through the process of installing driver software for your device.
Step 3 : Windows Vista search for the software and it will be installed successfully. Step 4 : After installation, right click the network icon on the Windows Vista System Tray, and click “Connect to a network”.
Step 5 : Select a network to connect to and click “Connect”. Step 6 : Click “Connect Anyway” if the network is an unsecured network.
Step 7: USB Adapter successfully connected to network, Click “Close” 32
Product Name WLAN 11n USB Adapter Standard IEEE802.11n/b/g Frequency Band 2.4GHz ISM band Modulation method BPSK/QPSK/16-QAM/64-QAM 802.11b : DSSS (Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum) Spread Spectrum 802.11g/n : OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing) Data Rate 270/240/180/120/90/60/54/48/36/30/24/22/18/12/11/6/5.5/ 2/1Mbps and Maximum of 300Mbps. Operation mode Transmitter Output Power Receiver Sensitivity Ad hoc Infrastructure (Access Points is needed) < 13.5 dBm@11n, < 13.
Operating Temperature -20 ~ 55 ℃ Storage Temperature -10 ~ 70 ℃ Humidity 5 ~ 90% maximum (non-condensing) 34
Symptom : The LED is off. Remedy : Make sure the PC Card is inserted properly. Otherwise contact your vendor. Symptom : The LED is always on not blinking. Remedy : Make sure that you have installed the driver from attached CD. Otherwise contact your vendor. Symptom : The LED is blinking but the PC Card icon does not appear in your icon tray. Remedy : Make sure that you have installed the Utility from the attached CD. Symptom : The PC Card is linking, but can’t share files with others.
IEEE 802.11 Standard The IEEE 802.11 Wireless LAN standards subcommittee, which is formulating a standard for the industry. Access Point An internetworking device that seamlessly connects wired and wireless networks together. Ad Hoc An Ad Hoc wireless LAN is a group of computers, each with a WLAN adapter, connected as an independent wireless LAN. Ad Hoc wireless LAN is applicable at a departmental scale for a branch or SOHO operation. BSSID A specific Ad Hoc LAN is called a Basic Service Set (BSS).
Ethernet Ethernet is a 10/100Mbps network that runs over dedicated home/office wiring. Users must be wired to the network at all times to gain access. Gateway A gateway is a hardware and software device that connects two dissimilar systems, such as a LAN and a mainframe. In Internet terminology, a gateway is another name for a router. Generally a gateway is used as a funnel for all traffic to the Internet.
Roaming In an infrastructure network, this is when a wireless PC moves out of range of the previously connected access point and connects to a newly connected access point. Throughout the network environment where access point is deployed, PCs can always be connected regardless of where they are located or roam. SSID A Network ID unique to a network. Only clients and Access Points that share the same SSID are able to communicate with each other. This string is case-sensitive.
Transmit / Receive The wireless throughput in Bytes per second averaged over two seconds. Wi-Fi Alliance The Wi-Fi Alliance is a nonprofit international association formed in 1999 to certify interoperability of wireless Local Area Network products based on IEEE 802.11 specification. The goal of the Wi-Fi Alliance’s members is to enhance the user experience through product interoperability. The organization is formerly known as WECA.
One Year Limited Warranty This device is guaranteed against manufacturing defects for one full year from the original date of purchase. This warranty is valid at the time of purchase and is non-transferable. This warranty must be presented to the service facility before any repair can be made. Sales slip or other authentic evidence is required to validate warranty. Damage caused by accident, misuse, abuse, improper storage, and/or uncertified repairs is not covered by this warranty.
