Wireless LAN USB Adapter XP User Manual 1 V1.
USING THIS DOCUMENT This document provides detailed user guidelines for Wireless LAN USB Adapter operation and setting-up. Though every effort has been made to ensure that this document is up-to-date and accurate, more information may have become available subsequent to the production of this guide. Content Chapter 1 Introduction ................................................................................................3 Chapter 2 Specifications ........................................................
Chapter 1 Introduction Thank you for purchasing Wireless LAN USB Adapter. Wireless LAN USB Adapter is a perfect combination of both performance and cost-effective product introduced. It is sincerely hoped that you can enjoy the wireless world through this solidly profiled wireless adapter. It provides a full solution of all the IEEE 802.11 b/g protocols, that pass the WiFi tests and are compatible with all the wireless products with WiFi logo.
Chapter 2 Specifications Host system connections Interface Fully complies with USB 2.0 or 1.1 USB date transfer rate USB high speed (480Mbps), and full speed (12Mbps) Wireless LAN (WLAN) environment connections WLAN Interface Multimode features Fully complies with IEEE 802.11 b/g specifications 802.11 b:DQPSK with data scrambling capability to provide data rate of 1,2,5.5 and 11Mbps WLAN transfer rate 802.
Chapter 3 Installation/ Uninstallation Warning! Do not cover or block the airflow to the adapter. The adapter will reach a high temperature during use. 3.1 Installation Before you proceed with the installation, please notice the following descriptions. Note1: The following installation was operated under (Proceduresare similar for Windows 98SE/Me/2000.) Windows XP. Note2: If you have installed the WLAN USB driver & utility before, please uninstall the old version first. 1.
3. Click Driver Installation 4. Choose a set up language. Click Next to process the installation.
5. 6. The system starts software installation of the WLAN USB adapter. On Windows Logo Software Installation screen, click Continue Anyway to continue. Note: Not all the drivers will have this message box.
7. Click Finish to complete the installation. After click Finish to complete the installation , under Windows XP menu , REALTEK USB wireless LAN Utility program installed. 8. 9. Insert the wireless LAN USB adapter into your computer USB port , the computer detected and active the wireless LAN USB adapter automatically.
3.2 Uninstallation From “Wireless Network Driver and Utility” or “Control Panel” ”Change or Remove Programs”. A. Uninstall the WLAN USB Adapter Driver from “Start” “All Programs” Click “Uninstall” (or “Change/Remove”) to remove Wireless LAN USB Adapter driver.
B. Click “OK” if you want to remove Wireless LAN USB Adapter Driver .
C. Click “Finish” to complete the uninstallation.
Chapter 4 Rt WLAN: Wireless LAN Management GUI 4.1 Introduction of Main Window A. Main Menu C. Properties Area B. Adapter List Area D. Global Control Bar E. Status Bar A. Main Menu The main menu includes five submenus. 1.Refresh(R) When clicking the refresh menu, you can update and re-enumerate the contents of adapter list area.
2.Set Wizard(S) 2.1 Wizard-1 Click Set Wizard(S) menu to enter operation wizard. Click AP: Setup a wireless network. To configure Access Point parameters. Next to continue. Cancel to leave wizard 2.2Wizard-2 User defines wireless network Name [SSID](less than 32 characters). User may skip wireless security. Strongly recommend user to setup wireless security to avoid invalid users. Back to go previous. Next to continue. Cancel to close wizard. 2.
2.4Wizard-4 Select device that connects with internet. Back to go previous. Next to continue. Cancel to close wizard. 2.5Wizard-5 Show all settings under AP mode. Click Finish to complete wizard setup.
3.Mode (M) Wireless configuration is quickly switched to be either [Station] or [AP]. 4.View (V) Enable/disable the presence of E. Status Bar. Without the check mark (v) the E. Status Bar will be hidden. 5.About(A) Click the “About” to show the about dialog. The application version and license information are shown in the about dialog.
B. Adapter List Area All connected adapters on this system with multiple adapter installations are displayed in this area. It is easy for users to change the selected adapter by one click. The contents of properties area are dependant on wireless configuration that the selected adapter is set up. If only single adapter is installed on the system, only one adapter is always selected. C. Properties Area The contents of this area are dependent on current wireless configuration.
D. Global Control Bar Each control item on this bar affects the adapter or management GUI directly. Show Tray Icon Checking "Show Tray Icon" and clicking “Close” button, the management GUI will be minimized and stay on the tray icon located at the right bottom corner of Windows. If not, management GUI will shut down while clicking "Close" button with unchecked condition. Radio Off Turn off the radio to save power. While the radio is off, the links with other wireless network nodes are disconnected.
Windows Zero Config Switch utility to Windows XP default wireless setting tool. Close Whether to check or uncheck "Show Tray Icon" is to shutdown or hide the management GUI. E. Status Bar The hints or status of the management GUI are presented in the status bar.
4.2 Station Mode The following explanations focus on the properties area. Infrastructure and Ad-Hoc With both Infrastructure and Ad-Hoc types, the properties should look like the picture above. Six property pages present different information of current wireless network status. Please read the following explanations before you reviewing these pages, it could help you to well understand the wireless environment around the system.
A. General Page This page represents the general information of this adapter. 1. Status The status of station connection to AP. 2. Speed Current transition speed in Mbps 3. Type (Mega-Bits-Per-Second). Current wireless LAN configuration type. 4. Encryption Current encryption mode used. 5. SSID Name of wireless network. 6. Signal Strength The average signal quality of packets received from wireless network. We recommend connecting AP with over 70% signal strength. 7.
B. Profile Page This page provides profiles management such as add, remove, edit and duplicate just by pressing the respected button. Available Profile(s) The list box shows all the created profiles. 1. Add Add a new profile for AP or IBSS (Ad-Hoc mode). 2. Remove Remove the selected profile. 3. Edit Edit contents of selected profile. 4. Duplicate Make copy of selected profile. 5. Set Default Set the selected profile as default selection. 6.
C. Available Network(s) Show network connection around this system 1. Refresh Rescan network connection around this system. 2. Add to Profile Create profile for selected network connection and add it to to profile list. D.
1. Power Save None: without power save function. Min: wake up more frequently to receive packets. Max: wake up less frequently to receive packets. 2. Wireless Mode 802.11b 802.11g/b 3. 802.11b Preamble Mode Long: higher quality but with lower performance than preamble short mode. Short: Normal quality but with higher performance than preamble long mode. Auto: use the preamble mode of current. BSS. 4. Fragment Threshold The threshold of fragment length.
E. Status Page NDIS Driver Version: Driver version Short Radio Header: No Encryption: Current encryption mode. Authenticate: Authentication state Channel Set: Selected channel plan currently. MAC Address: MAC address of this adapter.
F. Statistics Page You could watch the Tx/Rx status of current wireless connection. This page shows a statistic analysis of packet transition.
4.3 AP Mode A. General Page This page provides general information of this AP, including name, MAC address and list of joined stations. 1. SSID The name of this AP. 2. BSSID Six two-digital numbers of the MAC address of this AP. 3. Association Table It is the list of joined stations to this AP. 4. AID (Association ID) The AID field is a value assigned by an AP during association that represents 16-bit ID of a station. It is a unique value assigned by AP. 5.
7. Config A dialog of this AP is shown for configuration modification. 7.1. Network Name (SSID) Name of the AP searchable by other wireless nodes. The length of SSID should be shorter than 32 characters. 7.2. Channel Select the wireless channel within current channel plan. 7.3. Network Authentication & Data Encryption There are three types of authentication: ■ Open System It is combined with data encryption type to be WEP or to be disabled.
■ Shared Key + WEP You decide to apply both authentication and data encryption to prevent unauthouized login. WPA-PSK + TKIP & WPA2-PSK + TKIP ■ The most advanced authentication and data encryption that provide the best security protection. 7.4. ASCII/ PASSPHRASE The most advanced authentication and data encryption that provide the best security protection. ■ ASCII: You should provide either 5 or 13 ASCII characters on Network key edit box. ■ PASSPHRASE: You could input words on Network Key edit box.
B. Advanced Page Users could setup the advanced characteristics of network packet for transmission on this page. 1. Beacon Interval This filed indicates the interval between each beacon that this AP sends out in unit of TU (1024 micro-seconds). 2. DTIM Period The DTIM Period field is the number of Beacon intervals between successive DTIMs. 3. Preamble Mode ■ Long: higher quality but with lower performance than preamble short mode.
C. Statistics Page The Tx/Rx status of current wireless connection is shown. A statistic analysis of packet transition is listed.
D. ICS Page 1. ConnName List all network connections to this system. You can pick up one from the listed item(s) whose network domain you would want to connect to. 2. Select Make the desired network connection to public network. 3. ICS Internet Connection Sharing. It enables this AP to create the domain to share this internet/intranet network connection 4.
Appendix 1: How to Use 802.1x ( Step by Step ) Step 1 : Set Network Authentication mode to WPA 802.1x ,or WPA2 802.
Step 3 : Set EAP Type to MD5 , GTC , TLS , LEAP , TTLS ,or PEAP Step 3.1.1 : When set TTLS, set Tunnel Type to CHAP , MSCHAP , MSCHAP-V2 , PAP , or EAP-MD5 Step 3.1.2 : When set PEAP, set Tunnel Type to MD5 , GTC , TLS , or MSCHAP-V2 Step 3.2 If you do not set PEAP to TLS ,you could use certificate. Step 4 : After you finish above steps. You should fill up the following fields( Username , Identity , Password ). User name : Certificated user name .
