NW360 User Manual V1.
NW350/NW360 User Manual COPYRIGHT & TRADEMARKS Specifications are subject to change without notice. NETCORE® is a registered trademark of NETCORE INDUSTRIAL CO.LTD. Other brands and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. No part of the specifications may be reproduced in any form or by any means or used to make any derivative such as translation, or adaptation without permission from NETCORE INDUSTRIAL CO.LTD. Copyright © 2009 NETCORE INDUSTRIAL CO.LTD.
NW350/NW360 User Manual Certifications FCC CE. FCC Statement 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. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications.
NW350/NW360 User Manual Package Contents The following items should be found in your package: ¾ ¾ ¾ One NW350/NW360 CD Quick Installation Guides Make sure that the package contains above items. If any of the listed item are damaged or missing, please contact with your distributor.
NW350/NW360 User Manual Contents 1. INTRODUCTION.........................................................................................................................5 1.1. PRODUCT OVERVIEW .............................................................................................................5 1.2. MAIN FEATURES ....................................................................................................................5 1.3. STANDARDS .................................................
NW350/NW360 User Manual 1. Introduction Thank you for choosing this 11N NW350/NW360. 1.1. Product Overview The NW350/NW360 is a powerful 32-bit PCI or USB 2.0 Adapter that installs quickly and easily into PCs. The Adapter can be used in Ad-Hoc mode to connect directly with other cards for peer-to-peer file sharing or in Infrastructure mode to connect with a wireless access point or router for access to the Internet in your office or home network. The NW350/NW360 connects with 802.
NW350/NW360 User Manual ¾ ¾ 10% to 90 % non-condensing (operating), 5% to 90% non-condensing (storage) 1.5. System Requirement You must have at least the following ¾ A laptop computer/desktop PC with an available 32-bit PCI slot or USB ¾ At least a 300MHz processor and 32MB of memory ¾ Windows 98SE, ME, 2000, XP, Vista ¾ A CD-ROM Drive ¾ PCI/USB controller properly installed and working in the computer ¾ A 802.11n 、802.11g or 802.11b Access Point (for infrastructure Mode) or another 802.11n、802.
NW350/NW360 User Manual 2. Driver and Utility Installation ¾ Insert the Driver and Utility CD-ROM into the CD-ROM driver. ¾ The Wizard should run automatically, and Figure 2-1should appear. If not, click the Start button and choose Run. In the field that appears, enter D:\autorun.exe (if ‘’D’’ is the letter of your CD-ROM drive). Figure 2-1 Next we use the NW360 installation steps as example. According to the NW350 installation steps, you can commplete NW350 installing easily.
NW350/NW360 User Manual Figure 2-2 ¾ Click Next Figure 2-3 ¾ Click Install to start installing 8
NW350/NW360 User Manual Figure 2-4 ¾ Follow the InstallShield Wizard steps, and click Finish when done. Figure 2-5 ¾ Now your PC or notebook will restart automatically.
NW350/NW360 User Manual 3. Install NW350/NW360 The NW350/NW360 supports up to 300 Mbps wireless connection. This card is fully compliant with the specifications defined in IEEE802.11n standard. It is designed to complement PCI Local Bus computers or USB2.0 computers and supports Windows98SE/Me/2000/XP/Vista. 3.1. NW350 Figure 3-1 The status LED indicators of the NW350 are described in the following.
NW350/NW360 User Manual Figure 3-2 ¾ If the Welcome to the Found New Hardware Wizard displays, choose install the software automatically (Recommended), and click Next button. The driver will be installed automatically.
NW350/NW360 User Manual Figure 3-3 3.2. NW360 The status LED indicators of the NW360 are described in the following. ¾ Lnk/Act ON (Green): Indicates a valid connection ¾ Lnk/Act Flashing: Indicates the adapter is transmitting or receiving data. Figure 3-4 Install NW360 ¾ Power on your PC, let the operating system boot up completely, and log in as eeded. ¾ Hold the adapter and insert it into a USB slot.
NW350/NW360 User Manual ¾ Figure 3-5 If the Welcome to Found New Hardware Wizard displays, choose install the software automatically (Recommended), and click Next button. The driver will be installed automatically. Figure 3-6 Now you have completed the driver and hardware installation for the adapter.
NW350/NW360 User Manual 4. System Configuration Use the Wireless LAN Utility to check the link information, search for available wireless networks, or create profiles that hold different configuration settings. You can double-click the icon ( Figure 4-1) on your desktop to run it. Another way to start the Configuration Utility is to click Start>Programs> 11n USB Wireless LAN Utility> 11n USB Wireless LAN Utility.
NW350/NW360 User Manual ¾ ¾ ¾ ¾ ¾ Status: Wireless network Associated, Ad-hoc Mode or Not Associated. Speed: The data Tx rate and Rx rate of the current connection. Type: The type of the current wireless connection , Infrastructures or ad hoc Encryption: Current encryption. SSID: The unique name of the wireless network to which the NW350/NW360 is connectting. ¾ Signal Strength: The signal quality of the current connection. ¾ Link Quality: The link quality of the current wireless connection.
NW350/NW360 User Manual Figure 4-3 4.2.1. Add ¾ Create a new Infrastructure mode profile If you want your wireless computers to communicate with other computers on your wired network via a wireless access point. Click the Add button to create a new infrastructure profile.
NW350/NW360 User Manual Figure 4-4 When the Network Info dialog box appears (Figure 4-4), enter a name for the new profile. Enter the Network SSID. Choose the Network Authentication Mode and Data encryption from the drop-down menu and import the network key. Then click OK button. ¾ Create a new ad-hoc mode profile If you want your wireless computers communicate with each other directly, click the Add button to create a new ad-hoc profile.
NW350/NW360 User Manual Figure 4-6 Choose the Network Authentication Mode and Data encryption from the drop-down menu. And import the network key. Then click OK button. You have successfully created a profile. 4.2.2. Remove Select a profile and click Remove button to delete this profile (Figure 4-7).
NW350/NW360 User Manual Figure 4-7 4.2.3. Edit Select a profile and click Edit button to edit this profile (Figure 4-8).
NW350/NW360 User Manual Figure 4-9 Modify the profile information according to your demand. 4.2.4.
NW350/NW360 User Manual Import the new profile name in the popup window blank (Figure 4-11) Figure 4-11 4.2.5. Set default When you want to make one profile as a default wireless connection, you should select the profile and click Set default button. The NW350/NW360 will use this profile to connect to wireless network automatically when the utility running next time. Figure 4-12 4.3.
NW350/NW360 User Manual Figure 4-13 Double-click the network to which you wish to connect. Figure 4-14 Refer to Figure 4-14 choose the Authorization modes and Encryption modes in the drop-down box. If the wireless network uses a Passphrase, enter the Passphrase in the Passphrase field.
NW350/NW360 User Manual the wireless network uses a WEP key, enter the WEP key in the Key field. Click the OK button to complete the network connection. 4.4. Status The Status tab displays the detailed information of current device and wireless connection. Figure 4-15 4.5. Statistics The Statistics tab display the stat. value of current wireless connection Tx and Rx, you can click Reset button to reset value and restart to count.
NW350/NW360 User Manual Figure 4-16 4.6.
NW350/NW360 User Manual WPS includes two modes: PIN Input Config(PIN) and Push Button Confug(PBC) PIN Input Config(PIN) is enter this PIN code into AProuters whick have WPS function where need fill in PIN. Then click PIN Input Config(PIN), in the popup window, select the AProuter which you want to connect. The AProuter and this wireless NIC will connect automatically. Push Button Config(PBC), is in AProuter’s WI-FI configue page which have WPS function, click open PBC.
NW350/NW360 User Manual 5. FAQ This chapter provides solutions to problems that may occur during the installation and operation of the NW350/NW360. Read the descriptions below to solve your problems. 1. The NW350/NW360 does not work properly. Reinsert the NW350/NW360 into your PC’s PCI slot slot/USB slot.Right click My Computer and select Properties. Select the device manager and click on the Network Adapter. You will find the Adapter if it is installed successfully.
NW350/NW360 User Manual might be necessary to set up one client to establish a BSS (Basic Service Set) and wait briefly before setting up other clients. This prevents several clients from trying to establish a BSS at the same time, which can result in multiple singular BSSs being established, rather than a single BSS with multiple clients associated to it. Check that the Network Connection for the wireless client is configured properly.
