IEEE 802.11n Wireless Series Wireless 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: ¾ One IEEE 802.11n USB Adapter ¾ One external antenna (Type A) (Type B, C and D are internal antenna) ¾ One resource CD, including: REALTEK 11n USB Wireless LAN Driver and Utility User Manual 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.
Wireless 11n USB Adapter CONTENTS Package Contents ............................................................................................................... 4 Chapter 1 Introduction ........................................................................................................ 7 1.1 Picture and Overview of the Product .................................................................... 7 1.2 Application Diagram ..................................................................................
Wireless 11n USB Adapter 4.1 4.2 Hardware Installation ......................................................................................... 58 Software Installation ........................................................................................... 58 4.2.1 Overview .................................................................................................. 58 4.2.2 Installation procedures ............................................................................. 58 4.
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 Picture and Overview of the Product Type A Type B Type C Type D Comply with 802.11n standard This Wireless 11n USB Adapter provides you a better wireless signal. It complies with standards IEEE 802.11n with data rate up to 150Mbps (Type A, B and D) or 300Mbps (Type C), and IEEE 802.11b/g with maximum data rate of 54Mbps.
Wireless 11n USB Adapter the simplest way to connect your computer to an ethernet based network. Also, this USB Adapter has a small shape and is light in weight. It is convenient to carry and place. 1.2 Application Diagram 1.3 Features ¾ High Speed transfer data rate up to 150 Mbps (Type A, B and D) or 300Mbps (Type C).. ¾ Supports 2.4GHz Frequency band, 1T1R (Type A, B and D) or 2T2R (Type C). ¾ Supports QoS Enhancement (WMM, WMM-PS Client mode).
Wireless 11n USB Adapter LED Indications Status Working Status Blink blue The Adapter is Radio on Blink blue and flashing intermittently Radio/ACT LED Blink blue and fast flashing Off The Adapter is already connected but is not transmitting or receiving data The Adapter is activity and transmitting of receiving data.
Wireless 11n USB Adapter Chapter 2 Management Guide for Windows XP User 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 following Setup Wizard will guide you through the Installation procedure for Windows XP.
Wireless 11n USB Adapter 3. At this moment “Preparing Setup” window appears. Please wait. 4. Now comes the welcome window. Click the “Next” button to proceed.
Wireless 11n USB Adapter 5. Click the “Install” button to start installing. 6. Please wait when you see the following interface. 7.
Wireless 11n USB Adapter 8. After all the steps above, you will see the screen below. Select “Yes, I want to restart my computer now.” and click “Finish” to reboot the system. 2.3 Management Guide This guide 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 2.3.2 To Connect with Microsoft Zero Configuration Tool After specifying the Microsoft Zero Configuration tool to configure your wireless network, right click on the icon on system tray. Select “View Available Wireless Networks” to specify your wireless network. The tool shows the available wireless networks. Select your demanding network to connect with.
Wireless 11n USB Adapter Note: 1. Functional Buttons: on the upper side of the utility window, you can click each button to access each configuration window for the detail information in the center area. 2. Optional Table: at the bottom: “Show Tray Icon”, “Disable Adapter”, “Radio off”, “Windows Zero Config” A. Show Tray Icon---Clicking "Show Tray Icon" and “Close” button, the management GUI will be minimized and stay on the tray icon located at the right bottom corner of Windows.
Wireless 11n USB Adapter 2.3.3.2 Available Network This table lists the available wireless networks surrounding you. You can select the network you want in this list (The network with the strongest signal is recommended). You can refresh the connecting network list by clicking the “Refresh” button. 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.
Wireless 11n USB Adapter The options include : • Infrastructure - All wireless clients will connect to an access point or wireless router. • Ad-Hoc - Directly connecting to another computer, for peer-to-peer communication, using wireless network adapters on each computer, such as two or more wireless adapters. BSSID Support Rates The 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.
Wireless 11n USB Adapter 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. (You can enter the Profile name by “Add”, but you could only use the default name by “Add to profile”. 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.
Wireless 11n USB Adapter (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. Select the Security tab in the screen above. To define the security mode, select the desired security mode as follows. z Open System: enable an adapter to attempt authentication regardless of its WEP settings.
Wireless 11n USB Adapter appropriate security option and configure the exact key as your need. z TKIP: "Temporary Key Integration communication Protocol", it provide each packet's key mixture, message integration and key reconstruction mechanism. TKIP can use with personal or the enterprise network validation. z AES: “Advanced Encryption Standard”, it is a new method that the wireless transmission of privacy protection. AES encryption method is more careful than TKIP.
Wireless 11n USB Adapter 2.3.3.4 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. A.
Wireless 11n USB Adapter 2.3.3.5 Advanced This screen below enables 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. Channel Plan The selectable Channel: FCC, IC, ETSI, Spain, France, MKK, MKK1, Israel, TELEC, Default 3.
Wireless 11n USB Adapter The following table describes the items in “Status”. Items Manufacturer Information The name of manufacturing this product. NDIS Driver Version The version of Network Driver Interface Specification. Encryption Here displays the encryption type the device is using. Authenticate Channel Set MAC Address Data Rate(Auto) Channel Frequency Status SSID Network Type This shows whether the server based authentication is used. Appears the country you use.
Wireless 11n USB Adapter access point if any messages are waiting periodically. • Min – Min mode uses minimum when retrieving a large number of packets, then switches back to power save mode after retrieving the packets. • None - Turns power saving off, thus powering up the Wireless USB Adapter continuously for a short message response time. Associated AP MAC Up Time The MAC Address of associated AP. Record life time.
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 2.3.3.8 The packets of receiving frames. Frames numbers re-receiving. Integrity Check Value receiving with error. Reset counters to zero.
Wireless 11n USB Adapter Here we will introduce two ways to configure the QSS (QSS is known as rapid security settings, by pressing the wireless router and this Adapter on the QSS button to automatically set up WPA2 secure connection level without the router or network adapter management software to conduct the cumbersome interface settings, greatly simplifying the operation of the wireless security settings.) Pin Code: 8-digit numbers. It is randomly generated from system. 1.
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 Router/AP or visual button on the WPS config page, then come to the following figure.
Wireless 11n USB Adapter Push Here (The above PBC button only for Type C, Type A, B and D can do this function on the GUI.) When WPS is configured successfully, the “Available Profile” is changed.
Wireless 11n USB Adapter 2.3.4 AP Mode Management Guide for Windows XP User 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.
Wireless 11n USB Adapter Software Access Point (Soft AP) Application: 2.3.4.1 General To use this Adapter as an access point, please click the “Mode” on the menu bar 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 The following interface is under AP mode: Please refer to the following information about this AP mode utility. Items Information SSID AP name of user type. BSSID The 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.
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. 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 WPA2-PSK Note: Select different security options, the configurations are different; you can select the appropriate security option and configure the exact key as your need. 2.3.4.2 Advanced Items Beacon Interval DTIM Period Preamble Mode Set Defaults Apply 2.3.4.3 Information Beacon frequency spacing. 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).
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.
Wireless 11n USB Adapter 2.3.4.4 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.
Wireless 11n USB Adapter Chapter 3 Management Guide for Vista User 3.1 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. 3.2 3.2.1 Soft Installation Overview The following 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” to reboot the system, then click “Finish”.
Wireless 11n USB Adapter 3.3 Management Guide This guide 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). 3.3.
Wireless 11n USB Adapter minimized and stay on the tray icon located at the right bottom corner of Windows. If not, management GUI will shut down by only click "Close" button with unchecked condition. 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.
Wireless 11n USB Adapter 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. The type of network and the station currently connected are shown Type 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 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.
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 The availability of some specific channels and/or operational frequency bands are country dependent and are firmware programmed at the factory to match the intended destination.
Wireless 11n USB Adapter B. Data Encryption: 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: Data encryption Authentication Available Encryption Selection Open System Disabled, WEP Shared Key WEP WPA-PSK, WPA2-PSK, and WPA TKIP, AES 802.1X, WPA2 802.1X WEP 802.
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. 3.3.4 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.
Wireless 11n USB Adapter Link Quality 3.3.5 Display connection quality based on signal strength. A. MAC Address: The MAC address of the wireless network adapter. Network B. IP Address: IP address of current connection. Address 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.
Wireless 11n USB Adapter you may slightly increase your fragmentation threshold within the value range of 256 to 2432. Setting the fragmentation threshold too low may result in poor performance. (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. 3.3.
Wireless 11n USB Adapter Authenticate Channel Set MAC Address Data Rate(Auto) Channel Frequency Status SSID Network Type This shows whether the server based authentication is used. 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 3.3.8 The packets of receiving frames. Frames numbers re-receiving. Integrity Check Value receiving with error. Reset counters to zero.
Wireless 11n USB Adapter Here we will introduce two ways to configure the QSS (QSS is known as rapid security settings, by pressing the wireless Router and this adapter on the QSS button to automatically set up WPA2 secure connection level without the Router or network adapter management software to conduct the cumbersome interface settings, greatly simplifying the operation of the wireless security settings.) Pin Code: 8-digit numbers. It is randomly generated from system 1.
Wireless 11n USB Adapter Click the button “Yes”, and then 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 Router/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” is changed. 3.4 AP Mode Management Guide for Vista User 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. 3.4.
Wireless 11n USB Adapter tray is changed. 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.
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. 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 Note: Select different Security Options, the configurations are different; you can select the appropriate security option and configure the exact key as your need. 3.4.2 Advanced Items Beacon Interval DTIM Period Preamble Mode Set Defaults Apply Information Beacon frequency spacing. 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).
Wireless 11n USB Adapter 3.4.3 Statistics Statistics page displays the detail counter information based on 802.11 MIB counters. Items TX OK Information 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.
Wireless 11n USB Adapter 3.4.4 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.
Chapter 4 Introduction for Windows 7 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 4.2.1 Software Installation 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. Here comes the welcome window. Click the “Next” button to proceed. 5. Please wait again while install. 6. After all the steps above, you will see the screen below, Select “Yes” option to reboot the system..
Wireless 11n USB Adapter 4.3 Management Guide This guide 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 (the icon will change its color) and the received signal strength indication (RSSI). 4.3.
Wireless 11n USB Adapter Note: 1. Functional Buttons: on the upper side of the utility window, you can click each button to access each configuration window for the detail information in the center area. 2. Optional Table: at the bottom: “Show Tray Icon”, “Disable Adapter”, “Radio off”. A. Show Tray Icon---Clicking "Show Tray Icon" and “Close” button, the management GUI will be minimized and stay on the tray icon located at the right bottom corner of Windows.
Wireless 11n USB Adapter 4.3.2 Available Network The above picture shows you the available wireless network lists. The Utility will connect to a wireless network with best signal strength automatically. You can refresh the connecting network by clicking on the network name and click the “Refresh” button. In the center of the Utility windows, you will see detail information of each network. Available Network Information: Items SSID Information The name of the IEEE 802.11 wireless network.
Wireless 11n USB Adapter 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 Type 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.
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 (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. 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”. z Open System: enable an adapter to attempt authentication regardless of its WEP settings.
Wireless 11n USB Adapter B. Data Encryption: 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: Data encryption Authentication Available Encryption Selection Open System Disabled, WEP Shared Key WEP WPA-PSK, WPA2-PSK, and WPA TKIP, AES 802.1X, WPA2 802.1X WEP 802.
Wireless 11n USB Adapter (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 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 Network Receive signal strength. Display connection quality based on signal strength. 1.
Wireless 11n USB Adapter Address 2. IP Address : IP address of current connection. 3. Subnet Mask : Subnet mask of current connection. 4. Gateway : Gateway of current connection. 4.3.5 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 Setting the fragmentation threshold too low may result in poor performance. (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. 4.3.6 Status The Status tab contains general information about the program and its operations.
Wireless 11n USB Adapter The following table describes the items found on the Status screen. Items Manufacturer NDIS Driver Version Encryption Authenticate Channel Set MAC Address Data Rate(Auto) Channel Frequency Status SSID Network Type Information The name of manufacturing this product. The version of Network Driver Interface Specification. Here displays the encryption type the device is using. This shows whether the server based authentication is used. Appears the country you use.
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.
Wireless 11n USB Adapter 4.3.8 Wi-Fi Protect Setup 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”, and then 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 When the “General” window appears, WPS is configured successfully. 4.3.9 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. The software handles the connections of each adapter to ensure every adapter has an opportunity to connect to their respective networks limited by time.
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 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. 2.
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 4.4 AP mode Management Guide for Window 7 User 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 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: Data encryption Authentication Available Encryption Selection Open System Disabled, WEP Shared Key WEP WPA-PSK, TKIP, AES WPA2-PSK Note: Select different Security Options, the configurations are different; you can select the appropriate security option and configure the exact key as your need. 4.
Wireless 11n USB Adapter 4.4.3 Statistics Statistics page displays the detail counter information based on 802.11 MIB counters. Items TX OK Information 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.
Wireless 11n USB Adapter 4.4.4 ICS When 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, IEEE 802.11g, IEEE 802.11b Interface Complies with USB 2.0 Security 64/128-bit WPA , WPA2 Channel USA 11, Europe 13, Japan 14 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 z 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. z 802.
Wireless 11n USB Adapter identifying a wireless local area network. For the wireless devices in a network to communicate 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.
