PN20 Shuttle Wireless Kit Realtek RTL8187 User Guide
Content Chapter 1 Introduction ..................................................................................3 Chapter 2 Specifications ...............................................................................4 Chapter 3 Installation/ Un-installation..........................................................5 3.1 Installation.........................................................................................5 3.1.1 For Window XP and Windows 2000 user................................5 3.1.
Thank you for purchasing Realtek RTL8187 Wireless LAN USB 2.0 Adapter. Realtek RTL8187 Wireless LAN USB 2.0 Adapter is another perfect combination of both performance and cost-effective product introduced by Realtek. Realtek hopes you can enjoy the wireless world through this solid profiled wireless card. RTL8187 provides a full solution of all the IEEE 802.11 b/g protocols. Both of our solutions passed the WIFI tests and will be compatible with all the wireless products with WIFI logo.
Host system connections Interface Fully complies with USB 2.0 or 1.1 USB date transfer USB high speed (480Mbps), and full speed (12Mbps) rate Wireless LAN (WLAN) environment connections WLAN Interface Multimode features Fully complies with IEEE 802.11 b/g specifications WLAN transfer rate 802.11 b: DQPSK with data scrambling capability to provide data rate of 1, 2, 5.5, and 11Mbps 802.
Before you proceed with the installation, please notice following descriptions. Note1: The following installation was operated under Windows XP. (Procedures are similar for Windows 98SE/Me/2000.) Note2: If you have installed the USB WLAN driver & utility before, please uninstall the old version first. A. Ignore the following dialog. Please click “Cancel”.
B. Insert the Installation CD to your CD-ROM Drive. Execute the “setup” program. C.
D. Click “Next” to process the installation E. The system starts to install the software of the WLAN adapter.
F. Please click “Finish” to complete the installation. G.
! A. Ignore the following dialog. Please click “Cancel”. B. Insert the Installation CD to your CD-ROM Drive. Execute the “setup” program.
C. The system will automatically detect the card and display “Hardware Installation” screen. Click “Continue” to continue.
D. Please click “Finish” to complete the installation. E.
F. Please select your wireless network name and click “Connect” G.
H. You can select “Save this network, Start this connection automatically”, Windows will connect to wireless network on start up. Than click “Close” to finish. I.
A. Uninstall the RTL8187 WLAN Driver from “Start” “All Programs” “Realtek RTL8187 Wireless Network Driver and Utility” or “Control Panel”“” “Change or Remove Programs”. Please click “Un-istall” (or “Change/Remove”) to remove RTL8187 WLAN driver. B. Please click “OK” if you want to remove RTL8187 USB WLAN Driver. ` C. Please click “Finish” to complete the un-installation.
" " #$% & '( ) & A. Main Menu B. Adapter List Area C. Property Area D. Global Control Bar E. Status Bar A. Main Menu The main menu includes five submenus. Refresh As clicking the refresh menu, we can update and re-enumerate the contents of adapter list area. RT-Set Mode Wireless configuration was quickly switched to be either [Station] or [Access Point] or [Access Point(WDS)].
View Enable/disable the present of status bar. Without check mark in front will make the status bar hidden.
About Click the item 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 for 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 was set up.
C. Properties Area The contents of this area are dependent on current wireless configuration. The current configuration is determined on previous explanation of submenu “Mode”. The more detail contents are described in following wireless configuration sections for both Station and AP mode. D. Global Control Bar Each control items on this bar affects the adapter or management GUI directly.
other wireless network nodes are disconnected. User should be care of it while the wireless configuration is in AP mode. The radio off will cause the sub network belong to the AP to disconnect with internet/intranet. E. Status Bar The hints or status of the management GUI are presented in the status bar. " ( The following explanations focus on the properties area. Infrastructure and Ad-Hoc With both Infrastructure and Ad-Hoc types, the properties should looks like the picture beside.
A. General page This page represents the general information of this adapter. 4 6 1 2 3 7 5 8 1. Status The connection status with access point this station has. 2. Speed Current transition speed in Mbps.(Mega-Bits-Per-Second) 3. Type Current wireless LAN configuration type 4. Encryption Current encryption mode used 5. SSID Name of wireless network 6. Signal Strength The average quality of signal pf packets received from wireless network.
B. Profile page This page provides profiles management like add, remove, edit and duplicate just by pressing the button. Available Profile(s) The list box shows all the created profiles. 6 1 2 3 4 5 1. Add Add a new profile for access point 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) Present network connection around this system 1 2 1. Refresh Rescan network connection around this system 2. Add to Profile Create profile for selected network connection in profile list and add it in to profile list. D. Advanced page 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1. Power Save None: without power save mode Min: wake up more frequently to receive packets Max: wake up less frequently to receive packets 2. Wireless Mode 802.
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 then preamble long mode. Auto: use the preamble mode of current BSS. 4. Fragment Threshold The threshold of fragment length. Higher threshold increase data transition performance with good signal quality. However, in a poor signal quality environment, data throughput might be worser on high fragment threshold than low fragment threshold. 5.
E. Status page Manufacturer: It always is RealTek. NDIS Driver Version: Short Radio Header Encryption: Current encryption mode. Authenticate: authentication state Channel Set: selected channel plan currently. MAC Address: MAC address of this adapter.
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. 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.
As long as conduction above is met, further transmitter test will not be required. However, the OEM integrator is still responsible for testing their end-product for any additional compliance requirements required with this module installed (for example, digital device emissions, PC peripheral requirements, etc.).
