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Chapter 1: Introduction…………………………………….………….3 1 . 1 P r od u c t F ea t u r es … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … . … … … … … … . 3 1 . 2 P a c k a g e C on t e n t s … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … . 3 1 . 3 I nd i c a t or D escr i p t i on… … … …… … … …… … … … …… … … …… … …… … … … … .3 CHAPTER 2 : Quic k Insta llat ion Guide……………………………….4 2 .1 Dr iv er Inst a ll at i on… ……… ……… ………… ……… ……… ……… ……… ……… …. 4 2.2 Connect to Wireless Access Point……………………………………………….7 2.2.
Chapter 1. Introduction Thank you for purchasing the wireless 802.11b/g/n USB adapter! This adapter is mini size design and you are able to plug it into the USB port. Excepting common wireless standards 802.11b/g, this wireless adapter is also 802.11n compatible - data transfer rate is 150/300Mbps, and that’s three times faster than 802.11g wireless network! 1.1 Product Features ◆ Complies with IEEE 802.11n, IEEE 802.11g and IEEE 802.11b standards ◆ Provides USB2.
CHAPTER 2: Quick Installation Guide This chapter is to assist you how to use the included CD-ROM which comprises the Driver and the Client Utility Interface. 2.1 Driver Installation Please follow the following instructions to install your new wireless USB Adapter: 2.1.1 Insert the USB wireless network card into an empty USB 2.0 port of your computer when computer is switched on. Never use force to insert the card, if you feel it’s stuck, flip the card over and try again. 2.1.
2.1.3 Insert the driver CD into your CD-ROM. You can see autorun screen below. if not, you can double click ‘autorun.exe’ on CD. Click ‘Install Driver’ to start the installation procedure 2.1.4 Installation descriptions shown.
2.1.5 Once the installation is finished the computer will be asked to reboot. you can click ‘Finish’ and reboot the computer to finish the installation of driver files. 2.1.6 A new icon will appear near the clock of system tray: Left-click the icon will launch wireless network configuration utility, and you can right-click the icon to show the quick menu of configuration utility.
Connection is not established yet. Wireless network card is not detected. For detailed instructions of wireless network configuration utility, please see next chapter. 2.2 Connect to Wireless Access Point To use wireless network, you have to connect to a wireless access point first. You can either use Client utility (comes with network card driver), or Windows Zero Config utility (comes with Windows operating system). 2.2.
3. Please wait for a while, and all wireless access points which can be reached by this wireless network card will be displayed here. If the wireless access point you wish to connect does not appear here, you can click ‘Refresh’ button to scan for wireless access points again; if the wireless access point you’re looking for still not appear, try to move the computer closer. When the access point you’re looking for is on the list, left-click it and then double click it or click ‘Add to Profile’. 4.
All options in this page will be filled automatically according to the access point you wish to add to profile. However, you can still modify any of them to meet your requirement. Profile name Network Name (SSID) This is a computer-to-computer (ad hoc) network Channel Network Authentication You can give a name to this profile, so you can remember its purpose easily. It can be any phrase to help you remember. The SSID (Service Set IDentifier, i.e. access point’s name).
Data encryption ASCII / PASSPHRASE Key index Network key / Confirm network key EAP TYPE / Tunnel / Provision Mode Username / Identity / Domain / Password Certificate PAC be identical with the setting of wireless access point you with to connect. Select the data encryption type from drop-down menu. This setting must be identical with the setting of wireless access point you with to connect.
access point you selected. Click ‘Close’ to close configuration menu. NOTE: If you connected to an access point but the connection has been dropped soon, please check security settings and re-check password spelling. 2.2.2 Using Windows Zero Configuration Windows XP and Vista has a built-in wireless network configuration utility, called as ‘Windows Zero Configuration’ (WZC). You can also use WZC to configure your wireless network parameter: 1.
2. 3. Check ‘Windows Zero Config’ box. A message indicating that you’ve been switched to Windows Zero. NOTE: To return to use Client utility, uncheck ‘Windows Zero Config’ box. 4. Click ‘Start’ button (should be located at the bottom-left corner of windows desktop), click ‘Control Panel’, then click ‘Network and Internet Connections’ in Control Panel.
5. Double click ‘Network Connections’. 6.
number as suffix if you have more than one wireless network card, please make sure you right-click the Wireless LAN 802.11n USB Network Adapter), then select ‘View Available Wireless Networks’. 7. All wireless access points in proximity will be displayed here. If the access point you want to use is not displayed here, please try to move your computer closer to the access point, or you can click ‘Refresh network list’ to rescan access points.
8. If the access point is protected by encryption, you have to input its security key or passphrase here. It must match the encryption setting on the access point. If the access point you selected does not use encryption, you’ll not be prompted for security key or passphrase. 9. If you can see ‘Connected’ message, the connection between your computer and wireless access point is successfully established.
CHAPTER 3: Client Utility 3.1 Connection Profile Management If you need to connect to different wireless access points at different time, like of access point of your home, office, cybercafe, or public wireless service, you can store the connection parameters (encryption, passphrase, security etc, etc.) as a profile for every access point, so you don’t have to input these parameters every time when you want to connect to a specific wireless access point.
click ‘Add’ button. You’ll be prompted to input connection parameters for the wireless access point you wish to connect: Required parameters are: Profile name You can give a name to this profile, so you can remember its purpose easily. It can be any phrase to help you remember.
Network Name (SSID) This is a computer-to-computer (ad hoc) network Channel Network Authentication Data encryption ASCII / PASSPHRASE Key index Network key / Confirm network key EAP TYPE / Tunnel / Provision Mode The SSID (Service Set IDentifier, i.e. access point’s name). This must be identical with the SSID of the access point you wish to connect. Check this box if you wish to connect to another computer / network device by ad hoc method.
Username / Identity / Domain / Password Certificate PAC Please input 802.1x related authentication information here. If certification is required to authenticate with 802.1x authentication server, please select a local certificate from dropdown list. Check this box and PAC (Privilege Access Certificate) will be automatically selected. When all required parameters are set, click ‘OK’ to create and save a new profile. 3.1.
3.1.4 Make a copy of existing profile If you need to make a copy of a specific profile, you can use this function. This function is very convenient when you need to build a new profile which parameters are similar to any existing profile. To do this, select an existing profile, then click ‘Duplicate’ button.
You’ll be prompted to input a profile name, please use an identical name that does not exist in profile list. 3.1.5 Set as default profile If you wish to use a specific profile as default connection, you can select a profile in the list, and click ‘Set Default’. Selected profile will become default selection and Client configuration utility will attempt to connect to selected access point. 3.
All general information like signal strength and link quality will be displayed here. These information are very useful when you encounter some problem on connecting to access point. If you wish to get a new IP address from DHCP server, you can click ‘ReNew IP’ button. 3.2.2 Status If you want to know the status of your wireless network card, click ‘Status’ menu: 3.2.
All connection-related statistics is displayed here. You can click ‘Reset’ button, to reset the statistics of all items back to 0. 3.
Show Tray Icon Radio Off Disable Adapter Windows Zero Config Check this box to show an icon on system tray. Uncheck this box to hide it. Switch wireless radio off. Wireless network functionalities are disabled. Disable wireless network adapter. All functionalities of configration menu will disappear. To resume, unckeck ‘Disable Adapter’. Use Windows Zero Configuration to manage wireless connections. See section 2.2.2. 3.
Please follow the following instructions to setup WPS: 1. 2. 3. Right-click Client configuration utility icon, and click ‘Open Config Utility’. Click ‘Wi-Fi Protect Setup’ menu. You can use PIN code or Push-Button configuration, and WPS-compatible wireless access point must use the same type of WPS. For instructions on setup each type of WPS, see next 2 chapters for detailed instructions.
3.4.1 PIN Code To use PIN Code, please click ‘Pin Input Config (PIN)’ button: You’ll be prompted to select an access point you wish to connect. If you know its SSID, click ‘Yes’, otherwise click ‘No’.
click ‘Select’ button. If you select ‘No’, wireless network card will prompt you to enter 8-digit PIN code into your AP, without selecting an AP in advance. After you select ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ in previous step, network card will attempt to connect to WPS-compatible AP, and an 8-digit number will appear. Please input this number to AP’s configuration menu within 2 minutes, and network card will establish secure connection with AP automatically.
After you click “Push Button Config(PBC)”, a message box will appear: Please activate Push-Button function on wireless access point now, and wireless network card will establish secure connection with access point within one minute.
4.1 Switch to AP Mode and Station Mode The operating mode of the wireless card is ‘Station Mode’ (becoming a client of other wireless access points) by default. Please follow the following instructions to switch to AP mode: 1. Right-click Client configuration utility icon, and click ‘Open Config Utility’. 2. Select ‘Mode’, and then select ‘Access Point’. It requires few seconds to switch to AP mode, please be patient.
Client mode icon : Software AP icon: 4.1.1 Configure SSID and Channel To configure software AP, click ‘Config’ button: The ‘Wireless Network Properties’ is displayed.
Please note that Ad-Hoc mode is not available when network card is in AP mode. The description of major setup items are listed below: Network Name (SSID) Channel Please input the SSID (the name used to identify this wireless access point) here. Up to 32 numerical characters can be accepted here, excepting space. Please select the wireless channel you wish to use, from 1 to 11. To save changes, click ‘OK’; otherwise click ‘Cancel’ to leave this menu and keep settings untouched. 4.1.
The description of setup items about wireless security are listed below: Network Authentication Data Encryption ASCII / PASSPHRASE Key Index Network key / Confirm network key Select network authentication mode from dropdown menu. Select data encryption method from dropdown menu. If the encryption method is WEP, check either ‘ASCII’ or ‘PASSPHRASE’ box and input it in the box as WEP passphrase. Select WEP key index (1-4). If you don’t know which one you should use, select 1.
To save changes, click ‘OK’; otherwise click ‘Cancel’ to leave this menu and keep settings untouched. 4.2 Advanced Settings If you want to setup advanced settings of software access point, select ‘Advanced’ menu. If you don’t know the meaning and affects of these settings, keep them untouched. The description of all setup items are listed below: Beacon Interval Please input wireless beacon time interval here. DTIM Period Set Defaults Please input DTIM (Delivery Traffic Indication Message) here.
4.3 Wireless Statistics Select ‘Statistics’ menu and the data statistics about software access point will be displayed. Click ‘Reset’ to reset the value of every item back to ‘0’. 4.4 Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) In this page, you can assign a network card on your computer as the path for all wireless clients to get connected to Internet.
Click ‘Apply’ to save changes (‘Apply’ is grayed out when no changes are made in this page). CHAPTER 5: Troubleshooting If you encounter any problem when you’re using this wireless network card, don’t panic! Before you call your dealer of purchase for help, please check this troubleshooting table, the solution of your problem could be very simple, and you can solve the problem by yourself ! Scenario Solution I can’t find any 1.
Nothing happens when I click ‘Open Config Utility’ 1. Please make sure the wireless network card is inserted into your computer’s USB port. 2. Reboot the computer and try again. 3. Remove the card and insert it into another USB port. 4. Remove the driver and re-install. 5. Contact the dealer of purchase for help. I can not establish 1. Click ‘Add to Profile’ for few more times. connection with a 2.
This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: 1) this device may not cause harmful interference, and 2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. Note: 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.
