IEEE 802.11n Wireless Series Wireless 1T1R USB Adapter User Manual Version: 2.
Wireless 11n USB Adapter FCC Certifications Federal Communication Commission Interference 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.
Wireless 11n USB Adapter CE Mark Warning This equipment complies with the requirements relating to electromagnetic compatibility, EN 55022 Class B for ITE, the essential protection requirement of Council Directive 2004/108/EC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to electromagnetic compatibility and R&TTE Directive 1999/5/EC to meet the regulation of the radio equipment and telecommunications terminal equipment.
Wireless 11n USB Adapter Package Contents The following contents should be found in your box: One IEEE 802.11n USB Adapter One resource CD, including: REALTEK 11n USB Wireless LAN Driver and Utility User’s Manual QIG Note: Make sure that the package contains the above items. If any of the listed items are damaged or missing, please contact with your distributor. Conventions: The “Adapter” mentioned in this user guide stands for Wireless 11n USB Adapter without any explanations.
Wireless 11n USB Adapter CONTENTS Chapter 1 Introduction ........................................................................................................7 1.1 Overview of the product .......................................................................................7 1.2 Application Diagram .............................................................................................7 1.3 Features ....................................................................................................
Wireless 11n USB Adapter 5.2 Software Installation...........................................................................................61 5.2.1 Overview ..................................................................................................61 5.2.2 Installation Procedures.. ………………………………………………………61 5.3 Management Guide............................................................................................63 5.3.1 Interfaces ...............................................................
Wireless 11n USB Adapter Chapter 1 Introduction Thank you for purchasing this product. Read this chapter to know about your IEEE 802.11n wireless USB Adapter. 1.1 Overview of the product Comply with 802.11n Standards The IEEE 802.11n Wireless USB adapter provides users to launch IEEE 802.11n wireless network in the 2.4 GHz band, which is also compatible with IEEE 802.11b/g wireless devices.
Wireless 11n USB Adapter 1.3 Features Supports QoS Enhancement ( WMM, WMM-PS Client mode) Supports wireless data encryption with 64/128-bit WPA,WPA2 Supports frame aggregation, Power saving mechanism, channel management and co-existence Transmit Opportunity (TXOP) Short Inter-Frame Space (SIFS) bursting for higher multimedia bandwidth Supports auto-installation and diagnostic utilities Supports driver for Windows 7, 2003, XP 86, XP 64, Vista 86, Vista 64, Linux, MAC 1.
Wireless 11n USB Adapter Chapter 2 Installation Guide for Windows 2.1 Hardware Installation The installation of the adapter is very simple. You could plug the adapter directly to the USB port on your computer. The LED will light up when the adapter is installed successfully and the PC is on. 2.2 2.2.1 Software Installation Overview The Adapter’s Setup Wizard will guide you through the Installation procedure for Windows XP.
Wireless 11n USB Adapter 3. The welcome window pops up. Click the “Next” button to proceed.
Wireless 11n USB Adapter 4. Click the “Install” button to start installing. 5. Please wait while installation. 6.
Wireless 11n USB Adapter 7. After all the steps above, you will see the screen below, click Finish to reboot the system.
Wireless 11n USB Adapter Chapter 3 Management Guide This chapter describes how to configure your Adapter for wireless connectivity on your Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) and use the data security encryption features. This User Guide takes Windows XP as the configuration example. After Installing the Adapter, the Adapter’s tray icon will appear in your system tray. It appears at the bottom of the screen, and shows the signal strength using color and the received signal strength indication (RSSI).
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Wireless 11n USB Adapter 3.2 Introduction to the 802.11n Wireless LAN Utility Note: The Utility in Linux and Mac are different from the following. 3.2.1 Interfaces After the driver installation, the icon the following interface appears: will appear on your desktop. Double click this icon and 1. Functional Buttons: on top of the window. You can click each button to access each configuration window. 2. Configuration Column: Center of the Utility window. Make your changes for each function in this part.
Wireless 11n USB Adapter B. Disable Adapter---Disable this wireless PCI card. C. Radio off---It can save power while turning off the radio. While the radio is off, the links with other wireless network will be disconnected. User should be aware that while the wireless configuration is in AP mode. Radio Off will cause the sub network belonging to the AP to be disconnected with internet. D.
Wireless 11n USB Adapter SSID The name of the IEEE 802.11 wireless network. This field has a maximum limit of 32 characters. Channel Encryption Display current channel in use. Shows the encryption mode in use. There are total 4 modes: None, WEP, TKIP and AES. Network Authentication Signal Shows the authentication mode in use. This percentage shows the strength of the signal. The type of network and the station currently connected are shown here.
Wireless 11n USB Adapter (2) It displays “Wireless Network Properties” dialog box. This profile page allows users to save different wireless settings, which helps users to get access to wireless networks at home, office or other wireless network environments quickly. In this dialog box, there are some items: Items Information Profile Name Identifies the configuration profile .This name must be unique. Note that the profile names are not case-sensitive.
Wireless 11n USB Adapter (3) Channel (Country Region Code): seven countries to choose. Country channel list: Country Channel Range Country Channel Range USA CH1 ~ CH11 FRANCE CH1 ~ CH13 CANADA CH1 ~ CH11 JAPAN CH1 ~ CH14 ETSI CH1 ~ CH13 ISRAEL CH1 ~ CH13 SPAIN CH1 ~ CH11 (4) Wireless Network Security A. Network Authentication There are 7 types supported: Open System, Shared Key, WPA-PSK, WPA2-PSK, and WPA 802.1X, WPA2 802.1X, WEP 802.1X. Please select a type from the drop down list.
Wireless 11n USB Adapter 802.1x: This item appears while the environment is set to an open authentication with WEP encryption. The section is also available in WPA and WPA2 authentication types. Preshared Key (PSK): This is the shared secret between AP and STA. For WPA-PSK, WPA2-PSK and WPA-NONE authentication mode, this field must be filled with characters longer than 8 and less than 32 lengths. The following dialog appears if you have input invalid values.
Wireless 11n USB Adapter Profile List: The list shows all the profiles you have added before. Buttons: You can click on these buttons to Add a new profile, Remove, Edit, Duplicate or Set Default an old profile.
Wireless 11n USB Adapter 3.2.4 General In this window, there are some items as following: Items Information Status Currently connection status. Speed Show current transmit rate and receive rate. Type Encryption SSID Network type in use. Encryption type in use. The name of the IEEE 802.11 wireless network. This field has a maximum limit of 32 characters. Signal Strength Link Quality Receive signal strength. Display connection quality based on signal strength. Network A.
Wireless 11n USB Adapter C. Subnet Mask: Subnet mask of current connection. D. Gateway: Gateway of current connection. 3.2.5 Advanced This screen below allows you to make advanced configuration for the profile. Please refer to the following chart for definitions of each item. 1. Preamble Mode The length of CRC blocks in the frames during the wireless communication. Select the options from the drop list : (1) Long (2)Short (3)Auto. 2.
Wireless 11n USB Adapter (2) RTS Threshold Request To Send threshold. This value should remain at its default setting of 2346. If you encounter inconsistent data flow, only minor modifications to the value range between 0 and 2432 are recommended. 3.2.6 Status The Status tab contains general information about the program and its operations. The current Status tab needn’t any configurations. The following table describes the items found on the Status screen.
Wireless 11n USB Adapter Channel Set MAC Address Data Rate(Auto) Channel Frequency Status SSID Network Type Appears the country you use. The MAC address of the wireless network adapter. Show current transmit rate and receive rate. Shows the channel in use (1~14). Current connection status. The SSID of the wireless system. The type of network and the station currently connected are shown here.
Wireless 11n USB Adapter Items Information TX OK Successfully transmitted frames numbers. TX Error Frames numbers transmitting with error. RX OK Successfully received frames numbers. Rx Packet Count RX Retry RX ICV Error Reset Counter 3.2.8 The packets of receiving frames. Frames numbers re-receiving. Integrity Check Value receiving with error. Reset counters to zero.
Wireless 11n USB Adapter Setup (WPS), you can establish a wireless connection between wireless card and router using either Push Button Configuration (PBC) method or PIN method.
Wireless 11n USB Adapter Click the button “Yes”, you can select one of the AP. When the following interface pops up, double click the Internet WEB browser icon on your desktop screen. Type the IP address of you selected Router/AP into the URL and press “Enter”, and then you can enter the configuration. Please enter the WPS (Wi-Fi ) configuration page, type the PIN code of adapter and click confirm button to build WPS connection. + When the “General” window appears, WPS is configured successfully.
Wireless 11n USB Adapter 2. PBC (Push Button Configuration) method After pushing the PBC button, please push the physical button on your AP or visual button on the WPS config page, then come to the following figure.
Wireless 11n USB Adapter When WPS is configured successfully, the available profile(s) is changed. 3.3 AP mode management guide for Windows XP If you wish to share the Internet access with the wireless stations in your environment, you can configure this wireless adapter as a software access point (Soft AP). In this mode, this wireless adapter becomes the wireless access point that provides local area network and Internet access for your wireless stations. 3.3.
Wireless 11n USB Adapter 3.3.2 General To use this adapter as an access point, please click the “Mode” on Functional menu and select “Access Point”. Then switch from station mode to AP: At the same time, you will find that the icon on the system tray is changed.
Wireless 11n USB Adapter Please refer to the following information about this AP-mode utility. Items Information SSID AP name of user type. BSSID The IEEE MAC address of locally-managed, generating from a 46 random code. AID Raise value by current connection. MAC Address The station MAC address of current connection. Life Time (mm:ss) Record life time. Click the “Config” button, then you can configure the wireless network properties. This page provides overall configuration to this adapter.
Wireless 11n USB Adapter SSID: AP name of user type. Channel: Manually force the AP using the channel. System default is channel 1. Security Setting: Authentication mode and encryption algorithm used within the AP. System default is no authentication and encryption. Cancel: Cancel the above changes. OK: Apply the above changes. A. Network Authentication Select the Security tab in the screen above. To define the security mode, select the desired security mode as follows.
Wireless 11n USB Adapter There are 4 types supported: Disabled, WEP, TKIP and AES. The available encryption selection will differ from the authentication type you have chosen, the result is shown below: Authentication Available Encryption Selection Data encryption Open System Disabled, WEP Shared Key , WEP 802.1X WEP WPA-PSK, WPA2-PSK, and WPA TKIP, AES 802.1X, WPA2 802.
Wireless 11n USB Adapter DTIM Period Preamble Mode Set Defaults Apply 3.3.4 Delay transmission indicator map (DTIM) is enabled for power management of the client. If any client power management is enabled, the DTIM should be retained for 1 (the default). Support this parameter range from 1 to 255. Select the options from the drop list,(Long / Short). Setting the default value of General. Apply the above changes. Statistics Statistics page displays the detail counter information based on 802.
Wireless 11n USB Adapter Rx Packet Count RX Retry RX ICV Error Reset Counter 3.3.5 The packets of receiving frames. Frames numbers re-receiving. Integrity Check Value receiving with error. Reset counters to zero. ICS In this function, you can set the device sharing with Internet. Click the button “Apply”, and then Prompt box pops up. Select “OK”. When the connection is successful, you will find that the tray “Local Area Connection” has been changed.
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Wireless 11n USB Adapter Chapter 4 Introduction for Vista user 4.1 Hardware Installation The installation of the Adapter is very simple. You could plug the Adapter directly to the USB port on your computer. The LED will light up when the Adapter is installed successfully and the PC is on. 4.2 Software Installation 4.2.1 Overview The Adapter’s Setup Wizard will guide you through the Installation procedure for Vista. The Setup Wizard will install the REALTEK 11n USB Wireless LAN Driver and Utility.
Wireless 11n USB Adapter 4. Please wait again while installation 5. After all the steps above, you will see the screen below, Select “Yes” or “No” to reboot the system, then click Finish.
Wireless 11n USB Adapter 4.3 Management Guide This chapter describes how to configure your Adapter for wireless connectivity on your Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) and use the data security encryption features. After Installing the Adapter, the Adapter’s tray icon will appear in your system tray. It appears at the bottom of the screen, and shows the signal strength using color and the received signal strength indication (RSSI). 4.3.
Wireless 11n USB Adapter Note: 1. Functional Buttons : on top of the window. You can click each button to access each configuration window. 2. Configuration Column : Center of the Utility window. Make your changes for each function in this part. 3. Optional Table : “Show Tray Icon”, ”Disable Adapter”, ”Radio off”,. 4.3.2 Available Network This network lists the available wireless networks. The Utility connects to a wireless network with best signal strength automatically.
Wireless 11n USB Adapter information of each network. Available Network Information: Items SSID Information The name of the IEEE 802.11 wireless network. This field has a maximum limit of 32 characters. Channel Encryption Display current channel in use. Shows the encryption mode in use. There are total 4 modes: None, WEP, TKIP and AES. Network Authentication Signal Shows the authentication mode in use. This percentage shows the strength of the signal.
Wireless 11n USB Adapter Support Rates Show current rate. Note: 1) An Infrastructure network contains an Access Point or wireless router. All the wireless devices or clients will connect to the wireless router or access point. 2) An Ad-Hoc network contains only clients, such as laptops with wireless desktop adapters. All the adapters must be in Ad-Hoc mode to communicate. 4.3.3 Profile 1.
Wireless 11n USB Adapter (3). Channel (Country Region Code): seven countries to choose. Country channel list: Country Channel Range Country Channel Range USA CH1 ~ CH11 FRANCE CH1 ~ CH13 CANADA CH1 ~ CH11 JAPAN CH1 ~ CH14 ETSI CH1 ~ CH13 ISRAEL CH1 ~ CH13 SPAIN CH1 ~ CH11 (4) Wireless Network Security A. Network Authentication Select the Security tab in the screen above. To define the security mode, select the desired security mode as follows.
Wireless 11n USB Adapter Open System: enable an adapter to attempt authentication regardless of its WEP settings. It will only associate with the access point if the WEP keys on both the adapter and the access point match. Shared-key: only allows the adapter to associate with access points that have the same WEP key. 802.1x: This item appears while the environment is set to an Open authentication with WEP encryption. Mark the checkbox to make the section available.
Wireless 11n USB Adapter or the enterprise network validation. AES: “Advanced Encryption Standard”, It is a new method that the wireless transmission of privacy protection. AES encryption methods provides more careful than TKIP. (5) Finish the configuration, and then click “OK”, that network has been added to the profile. Profile List: The list shows all the profiles you have added before.
Wireless 11n USB Adapter 4.3.4 General In this window, there are some items as following: Items Information Status Currently connection status. Speed Show current transmit rate and receive rate. Type Encryption SSID Network type in use. Encryption type in use. The name of the IEEE 802.11 wireless network. This field has a maximum limit of 32 characters. Signal Strength Link Quality Receive signal strength. Display connection quality based on signal strength. Network A.
Wireless 11n USB Adapter 4.3.5 C. Subnet Mask: Subnet mask of current connection. D. Gateway: Gateway of current connection. Advanced This screen below allows you to make advanced configuration for the profile. Please refer to the following chart for definitions of each item. 1. Preamble Mode The length of CRC blocks in the frames during the wireless communication. Select the options from the drop list : (1) Long (2)Short (3)Auto. 2.
Wireless 11n USB Adapter Request To Send threshold. This value should remain at its default setting of 2346. If you encounter inconsistent data flow, only minor modifications to the value range between 0 and 2432 are recommended. 4.3.6 Status The Status tab contains general information about the program and its operations. The current Status tab needn’t any configurations. The following table describes the items found on the Status screen.
Wireless 11n USB Adapter Channel Set MAC Address Data Rate(Auto) Channel Frequency Status SSID Network Type Appears the country of you use. The MAC address of the wireless network adapter. Show current transmit rate and receive rate. Shows the channel in use (1~14). Current connection status. The SSID of the wireless system. The type of network and the station currently connected are shown here. The options include : Infrastructure, Ad Hoc Power Save Mode Associated AP MAC Up Time 4.3.
Wireless 11n USB Adapter Items Information TX OK Successfully transmitted frames numbers. TX Error Frames numbers transmitting with error. RX OK Successfully received frames numbers. Rx Packet Count RX Retry RX ICV Error Reset Counter 4.3.8 The packets of receiving frames. Frames numbers re-receiving. Integrity Check Value receiving with error. Reset counters to zero.
Wireless 11n USB Adapter configuration method or PBC configuration method. If the wireless card supports Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS), you can establish a wireless connection between wireless card and router using either Push Button Configuration (PBC) method or PIN method.
Wireless 11n USB Adapter Click the button “Yes”, you can select one of the AP. Also, you can click these buttons by “Refresh / Select / Cancel” for any change. When the following interface pops up, double click the Internet WEB browser icon on your desktop screen. Type the IP address of you selected Router/AP into the URL and press “Enter”, and then you can enter the configuration.
Wireless 11n USB Adapter When the “General” window appears, WPS is configured successfully. 2. PBC (Push Button Configuration) method After pushing the PBC button, Please push the physical button on your AP or visual button on the WPS config page, then come to the following figure.
Wireless 11n USB Adapter Please enter the WPS ( Wi-Fi ) configuration page of your desired router/AP, and then start PCB connection. 4.4 AP mode management guide for Vista If you wish to share the Internet access with the wireless stations in your environment, you can configure this wireless adapter as a software access point (Soft AP). In this mode, this wireless adapter becomes the wireless access point that provides local area network and Internet access for your wireless stations. 4.4.
Wireless 11n USB Adapter Items Information SSID AP name of user type. BSSID The IEEE MAC address of locally-managed, generating from a 46 random code. AID Raise value by current connection. MAC Address The station MAC address of current connection. Life Time (mm:ss) Record life time. Click the “Config” button, then you can configure the wireless network properties. This page provides overall configuration to this adapter.
Wireless 11n USB Adapter SSID: AP name of user type. Channel: Manually force the AP using the channel. System default is channel 1. Security Setting: Authentication mode and encryption algorithm used within the AP. System default is no authentication and encryption. Cancel: Cancel the above changes. OK: Apply the above changes. A. Network Authentication Select the Security tab in the screen above. To define the security mode, select the desired security mode as follows.
Wireless 11n USB Adapter There are 4 types supported: Disabled, WEP, TKIP and AES. The available encryption selection will differ from the authentication type you have chosen, the result is shown below: Authentication Available Encryption Selection Data encryption Open System Disabled, WEP Shared Key , WEP 802.1X WEP WPA-PSK, WPA2-PSK, and WPA TKIP, AES 802.1X, WPA2 802.
Wireless 11n USB Adapter DTIM Period Preamble Mode Set Defaults Apply 4.4.3 Delay transmission indicator map (DTIM) is enabled for power management of the client. If any client power management is enabled, the DTIM should be retained for 1 (the default). Support this parameter range from 1 to 255. Select the options from the drop list,(Long / Short). Setting the default value of General. Apply the above changes. Statistics Statistics page displays the detail counter information based on 802.
Wireless 11n USB Adapter Rx Packet Count RX Retry RX ICV Error Reset Counter 4.4.4 The packets of receiving frames. Frames numbers re-receiving. Integrity Check Value receiving with error. Reset counters to zero. ICS In this function, you can set the device sharing with Internet. Click the button “Apply”, Prompt box pops up. Select “OK”, then the Internet connection is sharing.
Wireless 11n USB Adapter Chapter 5 Introduction for Windows 7 User 5.1 Hardware Installation The installation of the Adapter is very simple. You could plug the Adapter directly to the USB port on your computer. The LED will light up when the Adapter is installed successfully and the PC is on. 5.2 Software Installation 5.2.1 Overview The following Setup Wizard will guide you through the Installation procedure for Windows 7. The Setup Wizard will install the REALTEK 11n USB Wireless LAN Driver and Utility.
Wireless 11n USB Adapter 4. Click the “Install” button to start installing. 5.
Wireless 11n USB Adapter 6. After all the steps above, you will see the screen below, Select “Yes” or “No” and then click Finish to complete the setup.. 5.3 Management Guide This chapter describes how to configure your Adapter for wireless connectivity on your Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) and use the data security encryption features. After Installing the Adapter, the Adapter’s tray icon will appear in your system tray.
Wireless 11n USB Adapter 5.3.1 Interfaces After the driver installation, the icon the following interface appears: will appear on your desktop. Double click this icon and 1. Functional Buttons : on top of the window. You can click each button to access each configuration window. 2. Configuration Column : Center of the Utility window. Make your changes for each function in this part. 3. Optional Table : “Show Tray Icon”, ”Disable Adapter”, ”Radio off” and “Virtual WiFi allowed”. 5.3.
Wireless 11n USB Adapter will see detail information of each network. Available Network Information: Items SSID Information The name of the IEEE 802.11 wireless network. This field has a maximum limit of 32 characters. Channel Encryption Display current channel in use. Shows the encryption mode in use. There are total 4 modes: None, WEP, TKIP and AES. Network Authentication Signal Type Shows the authentication mode in use. This percentage shows the strength of the signal.
Wireless 11n USB Adapter here. The options include : Infrastructure & Ad-Hoc BSSID Support Rates The IEEE MAC address of locally-managed, generating from a 46 random code. Show current rate. Note: 1) An Infrastructure network contains an Access Point or wireless router. All the wireless devices or clients will connect to the wireless router or access point. 2) An Ad-Hoc network contains only clients, such as laptops with wireless desktop adapters. All the adapters must be in Ad-Hoc mode to communicate.
Wireless 11n USB Adapter In the following dialog box, there are some items: Items Information Profile Name Identifies the configuration profile .This name must be unique. Note that the profile names are not case-sensitive. Network The IEEE 802.11n wireless network name, using default name defined by Name(SSID) system. This field has a maximum limit of 32 characters. (3). Channel (Country Region Code): seven countries to choose.
Wireless 11n USB Adapter A. Network Authentication Select the Security tab in the screen above. To define the security mode, select the desired security mode as follows. There are 7 types supported: Open System, Shared Key, WPA-PSK, WPA2-PSK, and WPA 802.1X, WPA2 802.1X, WEP 802.1X, and you can select a type from the drop down list if you click the button beside ”Network Authentication”. Open System: enable an adapter to attempt authentication regardless of its WEP settings.
Wireless 11n USB Adapter AES: “Advanced Encryption Standard”, It is a new method that the wireless transmission of privacy protection. AES encryption methods provides more careful than TKIP. (5) Finish the configuration, and then click “OK”, that network has been added to the profile. Profile List: The list shows all the profiles you have added before. Buttons: You can click on these buttons to Add a new profile, Remove, Edit, Duplicate or Set Default an old profile.
Wireless 11n USB Adapter 5.3.4 General In this window, there are some items as following: Items Information Status Currently connection status. Speed Show current transmit rate and receive rate. Type Encryption SSID Network type in use. Encryption type in use. The name of the IEEE 802.11 wireless network. This field has a maximum limit of 32 characters. Signal Strength Link Quality Network Receive signal strength. Display connection quality based on signal strength. 5.
Wireless 11n USB Adapter Address 6. IP Address : IP address of current connection. 7. Subnet Mask : Subnet mask of current connection. 8. Gateway : Gateway of current connection. 5.3.5 Advanced This screen below allows you to make advanced configuration for the profile. Please refer to the following chart for definitions of each item. 1. Preamble Mode The length of CRC blocks in the frames during the wireless communication. Select the options from the drop list: (1) Long (2)Short (3)Auto. 2.
Wireless 11n USB Adapter (2) RTS Threshold Request To Send Threshold. This value should remain at its default setting of 2346. If you encounter inconsistent data flow, only minor modifications to the value range between 0 and 2432 are recommended. 5.3.6 Status The Status tab contains general information about the program and its operations. The following table describes the items found on the Status screen.
Wireless 11n USB Adapter MAC Address Data Rate(Auto) Channel Frequency Status SSID Network Type The MAC address of the wireless network adapter. Show current transmit rate and receive rate. Shows the channel in use (1~14). Current connection status. The SSID of the wireless system. The type of network and the station currently connected are shown here.
Wireless 11n USB Adapter Items Information TX OK Successfully transmitted frames numbers. TX Error Frames numbers transmitting with error. RX OK Successfully received frames numbers. Rx Packet Count RX Retry RX ICV Error Reset Counter The packets of receiving frames. Frames numbers re-receiving. Integrity Check Value receiving with error. Reset counters to zero. 5.3.
Wireless 11n USB Adapter The primary goal of Wi-Fi Protected Setup (Wi-Fi Simple Configuration) is to simplify the security setup and management of Wi-Fi networks. This adapter supports the configuration setup using PIN configuration method or PBC configuration method. If the wireless card supports Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS), you can establish a wireless connection between wireless card and router using either Push Button Configuration (PBC) method or PIN method.
Wireless 11n USB Adapter Click the button “Yes”, you can select one of the AP. When the following interface pops up, double click the Internet WEB browser icon on your desktop screen. Type the IP address of you selected Router/AP into the URL and press “Enter”, and then you can enter the configuration. Please enter the WPS (Wi-Fi ) configuration page, type the PIN code of adapter and click confirm button to build WPS connection.
Wireless 11n USB Adapter When the “General” window appears, WPS is configured successfully. 2. PBC (Push Button Configuration) method After pushing the PBC button, Please push the physical button on your AP or visual button on the WPS config page, then come to the following figure.
Wireless 11n USB Adapter Please enter the WPS ( Wi-Fi ) configuration page of your desired router/AP, and then start PCB connection. 5.3.9 Virtual WiFi Click the check box of “Virtual WiFi disallowed” at the bottom of the window to activate Virtual WiFi. Virtual WiFi , abbreviated to VWiFi, is a software layer that abstracts the wireless LAN card hardware into multiple virtual adapters.
Wireless 11n USB Adapter Items SSID BSSID Information The name of connected IEEE 802.11 wireless network. This field has a maximum limit of 32 characters.
Wireless 11n USB Adapter Click config button and the network properties interface pops up. You can key in the network key to set up the security accessing authority and click OK to finish the configuration. The other connecter can share the same network by typing in the network key. In this way the connecter is connected to the adapter.
Wireless 11n USB Adapter Setting Internet Connection Sharing(ICS) 1. Click the checkbox of ICS, a box asks for waiting will pop up, and “Auto Select Public Network” is enabled automatically.
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Wireless 11n USB Adapter 3. After selecting the shared network, click the button “Apply”, and then Prompt box pops up. 4. Select “OK”. When the connection is successful, you will find that the tray “Local Area Connection” has been changed.
Wireless 11n USB Adapter 5.4 AP mode management guide for Windows 7 If you wish to share the Internet access with the wireless stations in your environment, you can configure this wireless adapter as a software access point (Soft AP). In this mode, this wireless adapter becomes the wireless access point that provides local area network and Internet access for your wireless stations. 5.4.
Wireless 11n USB Adapter Then switching from station mode to AP: At the same time, you will find that the icon on the system tray is changed form to Please refer to the following information about this AP-mode utility. Items Information SSID AP name of user type. BSSID The IEEE MAC address of locally-managed, generating from a 46 random code.
Wireless 11n USB Adapter AID Raise value by current connection. MAC Address The station MAC address of current connection. Life Time (mm:ss) Record life time. Click the “Config” button, then you can configure the wireless network properties. This page provides overall configuration to this adapter. SSID: AP name of user type. Channel: Manually force the AP using the channel. System default is channel 1. Security Setting: Authentication mode and encryption algorithm used within the AP.
Wireless 11n USB Adapter There are 4 types supported: Disabled, WEP, TKIP and AES. The available encryption selection will differ from the authentication type you have chosen, the result is shown below: Authentication Available Encryption Selection Data encryption Open System Disabled, WEP Shared Key , WEP 802.1X WEP WPA-PSK, WPA2-PSK, and WPA TKIP, AES 802.1X, WPA2 802.
Wireless 11n USB Adapter DTIM Period Preamble Mode Set Defaults Apply 5.4.3 Delay transmission indicator map (DTIM) is enabled for power management of the client. If any client power management is enabled, the DTIM should be retained for 1 (the default). Support this parameter range from 1 to 255. Select the options from the drop list,(Long / Short). Setting the default value of General. Apply the above changes. Statistics Statistics page displays the detail counter information based on 802.
Wireless 11n USB Adapter Rx Packet Count RX Retry RX ICV Error Reset Counter The packets of receiving frames. Frames numbers re-receiving. Integrity Check Value receiving with error. Reset counters to zero. 5.4.4 ICS Click the button “Apply”, then a dialogue box appears and asks for checking the connection status appears.
Wireless 11n USB Adapter Select “OK”, then the Internet connection is sharing.
Wireless 11n USB Adapter Appendix A: Specifications Standard IEEE 802.11n draft 2.0, IEEE 802.11g, IEEE 802.11b Interface Complies with USB 2.0 Security 64/128-bit WPA , WPA2 Receiver Sensitivity 802.11n Typical -68 dBm 802.11g Typical -73 dBm 802.11b Typical -84 dBm Channel USA 11, Europe 13 Transmit Power 16 dBm typically @ 802.11b 14 dBm typically @ 802.11g 13 dBm typically @ 802.11n Network Data Rate 802.11b: 1,2,5.5 and 11 Mbps 802.11g: 6,9,12,18,24,36,48 and 54 Mbps 802.
Wireless 11n USB Adapter Appendix B: Glossary 802.11b - The 802.11b standard specifies a wireless product networking at 11 Mbps using direct-sequence spread-spectrum (DSSS) technology and operating in the unlicensed radio spectrum at 2.4GHz, and WEP encryption for security. 802.11b networks are also referred to as Wi-Fi networks. 802.
Wireless 11n USB Adapter with each other, all devices must be configured with the same SSID. This is typically the configuration parameter for a wireless PC card. It corresponds to the ESSID in the wireless Access Point and to the wireless network name. See also Wireless Network Name and ESSID. WEP - (Wired Equivalent Privacy) - A data privacy mechanism based on a 64-bit or 128-bit or 152-bit shared key algorithm, as described in the IEEE 802.11 standard.
