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Netkey Series WLAN Card Contents PACKAGE CONTENTS………………………........................................................2 INTRODUCTION.................……………………......................................................3 WIRELESS NETWORK OVERVIEW..………………….........................................4 NETKEY WIRELESS NETWORK SCENARIOS…………….………………………6 INSTALLATION FOR WINDOWS (XP/2000/98SE)…………….........................…..9 CONFIGURATION UTILITY …………………………….........................…..
Netkey Series WLAN Card PACKAGE CONTENTS Unpack your Netkey WLAN adapter kit and verify that all items are present. Netkey Wireless LAN Adapter User’s Manual (on CD) Driver (on CD) USB Cable If any of the items described appear to be damaged or missing, please contact your reseller. WWW.TwinMOS.
Netkey Series WLAN Card INTRODUCTION The Netkey WLAN adapter is a wireless network client that complies with the IEEE 802.11b standard on wireless LANs. The IEEE 802.11b standards compliance means this adapter gives you the flexibility to connect it to any 802.11b network. The IEEE 802.
Netkey Series WLAN Card WIRELESS NETWORK OVERVIEW A wireless local area network (LAN) is a flexible data communications system implemented as an extension to, or as an alternative for, a wired LAN. Using radio frequency (RF) technology, wireless LANs transmit and receive data over the air, minimizing the need for wired connections. Thus, wireless LANs combine data connectivity with user mobility. A local area network that transmit and receive over the air typically in an unlicensed frequency such as the 2.
Netkey Series WLAN Card Keep the number of walls and ceilings between the access point and your receiving device to a minimum - Each wall or ceiling can reduce your TwinMOS Netkey Wireless product’s range from 3-90 feet (1-30 meters.) For some businesses or for a large residential home deployment, it may be more beneficial to have more than one access point with overlapping coverage. 1. Be aware of the direct line between Access Points, Residential Gateways, and Computers - A wall that is 1.
Netkey Series WLAN Card Netkey WIRELESS NETWORK SCENARIOS The Netkey WLAN adapter enables you to: Connect your computer to an Ad-Hoc workgroup of wireless computing devices (see Figure 1-1 on page 6). Connect your computer to a Small Office/Home Office (SOHO) network that includes a Residential Gateway (RG) access point (see Figure 1-2 on page 7). Connect your computer to a Local Area Network (LAN) Infrastructure that includes Access Points, or other IEEE 802.
Netkey Series WLAN Card Home Networking With the TwinMOS Netkey WLAN adapter, wireless access to the Internet or other computers is at your fingertips.
Netkey Series WLAN Card Figure 1-4 LAN Infrastructure It’s Easy The Netkey functions like any standard wired Ethernet card, but Netkey does not need any wires! Where an Ethernet card requires a cable connection to a hub and/or patch panel, the cable physically ties you down to the location of the wired connection. Netkey allows you to connect your computer to a Local Area Network (LAN) system from anywhere within the wireless coverage area.
Netkey Series WLAN Card INSTALLATION FOR WINDOWS (XP/2000/98SE) The following section will assist you to install Netkey WLAN adapter successfully. You will install driver firstly and then plug in the Netkey WLAN adapter, and finally set the network properties to accommodate resource sharing and select the type of wireless network that you want to install. In order to establish your wireless network connection, make sure some steps below will be performed.
Netkey Series WLAN Card For Windows XP Install the Driver and Utility 1. Insert the CD into the CD-ROM device and execute the "NetkeyB241.exe" or " NetkeyB245.exe"program for your purchace Netkey series to select. The InstallShield Wizard box will appear, click "Next" to continue. 2. Choose install folder WWW.TwinMOS.
Netkey Series WLAN Card 3. Insert the Netkey WLAN adapter into the USB port of your computer, the system will automatically find the device and search for its software. Please wait while the wizard installs the software. WWW.TwinMOS.
Netkey Series WLAN Card Don’t care below to click "Continue Anyway" button to next setp Please wait while the wizard installs the software. WWW.TwinMOS.
Netkey Series WLAN Card Completing the "NetKey Series USB Adapter" installing the software. WWW.TwinMOS.
Netkey Series WLAN Card Using the Windows XP’s Utility To connect to your wireless network, please do the following: ◎ Double-click the icon marked in red in the taskbar and you may start using the Windows XP’s wireless utility To click "Properties" to next step. WWW.TwinMOS.
Netkey Series WLAN Card ◎ The “Connect to Wireless Network” window will contain a list of all the available Wireless Networks. Select the proper network for your needs. In this example, “TwinMOS-AP(TM-AP)” network was selected as shown. WWW.TwinMOS.
Netkey Series WLAN Card Using the Utility of Netkey adapter Note: If you don’t disable the XP’s Utility, you can not open the adapter’s utility. ◎ Get into Windows XP’s utility, click "Advanced" button. WWW.TwinMOS.
Netkey Series WLAN Card ◎ In “Wireless Network Connection Properties“ screen, uncheck the setting “Use Windows to configure my wireless network settings“. Note that if you want to change back to the Windows XP built-in utility, check the item again. ◎ Please click “Start->All programs->TwinMOS USB WLAN Adapter ->TMConfig”. Double-click on the icon shown below. The “TwinMOS WLAN Configuration” screen will appear. Double click the icon and start using the WLAN USB Stick Adapter. WWW.TwinMOS.
Netkey Series WLAN Card The “TwinMOS WLAN Configuration” screen will appear. WWW.TwinMOS.
Netkey Series WLAN Card For Windows 2000 Install the Driver and Utility 1. Insert the CD into the CD-ROM device and execute the "NetkeyB241.exe" or "NetkeyB245.exe"program for your purchace Netkey series to select. The InstallShield Wizard box will appear, click "Next" to continue. 2. Choose install folder WWW.TwinMOS.
Netkey Series WLAN Card Don’t care below to click "Yes" button to next setp. 2. Insert the Netkey WLAN adapter into the USB port of your computer, the system will automatically find the device and search for its software then the InstallShield Wizard finished installation and the system tray icon is loaded in the taskbar (see illustration below.). Don’t care below to click "Yes" button to next setp. WWW.TwinMOS.
Netkey Series WLAN Card Found New Hardware and Installing. Please click “Start->All programs->TwinMOS USB WLAN Adapter ->TMConfig”. The TM icon will appear. The “TwinMOS WLAN Configuration” screen will appear. WWW.TwinMOS.
Netkey Series WLAN Card For Windows 98SE Install the Driver and Utility For Netkey 802.11b Series Wireless LAN Adapter 1. Insert the CD into the CD-ROM device and execute the "NetkeyB241.exe" or "NetkeyB245.exe"program for your purchace Netkey series to select. The InstallShield Wizard box will appear, click "Next" to continue. 2. Choose install folder WWW.TwinMOS.
Netkey Series WLAN Card 3. After running the driver package, the Notebook (or PC) with Win98 OS shall be restarted 4.Insert the Netkey WLAN adapter into the USB port of your computer, the system will automatically find the device and search for its software then the InstallShield Wizard finished installation and the system tray icon is loaded in the taskbar (see illustration below.). New Hardware Found Please insert the disk labeled "Windows 98 Second Edition CD-ROM." WWW.TwinMOS.
Netkey Series WLAN Card To Choose Windows 98SE installing folder Copying Files WWW.TwinMOS.
Netkey Series WLAN Card Please click “Start->All programs->TwinMOS USB WLAN Adapter ->TMConfig”. The TM icon will appear. The “TwinMOS WLAN Configuration” screen will appear. WWW.TwinMOS.
Netkey Series WLAN Card Install the USB Flash Driver and Utility (Only For Netkey B241 USB Flash Disk) 1. Insert the driver disk in your CD-ROM and run “Setup.exe” program. 2 Follow the program’s instruction to complete the installation process. WWW.TwinMOS.
Netkey Series WLAN Card 3.After running the driver package, the Notebook (or PC) with Win98 OS shall be restarted 4. Insert the Mobile Disk into the USB port of the computer, and Windows will allocate the drivers for it. WWW.TwinMOS.
Netkey Series WLAN Card 5. To check, double-click on “My Computer” from the desktop. Two newicons: “Removable Disk” and “3.5 Floppy” can be found in that window if the driver was successfully installed. WWW.TwinMOS.
Netkey Series WLAN Card CONFIGURATION UTILITY Note: The following Configuration Utility was operated under Windows 2000. (Procedures will be the same for Windows 98SE/XP.) TwinMOS Netkey uses the Configuration Utility as the management software. The utility provides the user an easy interface to change any settings related to the wireless adapter. When the computer is started, the Configuration Utility starts automatically and the system tray icon is loaded in the toolbar (see illustration below.
Netkey Series WLAN Card Available Network This screen shows all Access Points or Adapters nearby when operating in Ad-Hoc mode. Click “Refresh” button to collect the SSID and Strength information of all the wireless devices nearby. If you want to connect to any device on the list, double-click the item on the list, and the adapter will automatically connect to the selected device. Link Quality This bar indicates the quality of the link. The higher the percentage, the better the quality.
Netkey Series WLAN Card Show Power Level Power Level This bar shows the power level. The higher dBm value shown in the bar, the more radio power been transmited by the AP. This indicator helps to find the proper position of the wireless device for quality network operation. WWW.TwinMOS.
Netkey Series WLAN Card Show Distance Distance to AP This bar shows the distance to AP. The higher value shown in the bar, the more distance between adapter with AP. This indicator helps to find the proper position of the wireless device for quality network operation. WWW.TwinMOS.
Netkey Series WLAN Card General Connection Setting Table Select the More Setting Page to access the Configuration menu, as shown below. You can make changes to any of the fields shown below, without the need to restart your computer. Network Type The Netkey WLAN adapter can operate in one of two modes, which are specified in the Mode field of the Configuration menu. Clicking the down arrow at the right of the Mode field displays the available modes. Ad-Hoc - This is the 802.11b Ad-Hoc mode of operation.
Netkey Series WLAN Card Channel When communicating in Ad-Hoc mode, you must specify a channel on which communications will take place. This field is grayed in infrastructure mode because the Access Point automatically selects the channel. Tx Rate The Transmit Rate field specifies the rate at which the radio in your Netkey WLAN adapter transmits and receives data. You can set this to the following fixed rates: 1 Mbps; 2Mbps; 5.5 Mbps or 11 Mbps.
Netkey Series WLAN Card Encryption Setting Table “WEP Key Setting” page allows you to enhance the security of a network. Every station in a secured network should enable the Encryption function and the values of the Network Key should be the same. Authentication Mode This setting has to be consistent with the wireless devices, which the adapter intends to connect. • Open System – No authentication is needed among the wireless devices.
Netkey Series WLAN Card • 128-bit – Input 26 digit Hex values (in the “A-F”, “a-f” and “0-9” range) as the encryption keys. For example:“01234567890123456789abcdef“. Profile Table Profile name A profile is a named set of operating parameters for your Netkey WLAN adapter. The Profile field lets you set values for all parameters by selecting a previously defined profile. Click the down arrow at the right of the Profile field to display the available profiles for your Netkey WLAN adapter.
Netkey Series WLAN Card Power Saving Mode Power Saving mode allows your computer to use reduced power during idle time by going into “sleep” mode, saving energy costs. Fragmentation Threshold The value defines the maximum size of packets, any packet size larger than the value will be fragmented. If you have decreased this value and experience high packet error rates, you can increase it again, but it will likely decrease overall network performance. Select a setting within a range of 256 to 2305 bytes.
Netkey Series WLAN Card Flash Disk CONFIGURATION UTILITY (B241 with 128MB/256MB/512MB USB Flash DISK ONLY) Creating Bootable Device with the Mobile Disk Note: 1. You can only create bootable device on Windows98 SE and Windows XP 2. Please backup data before proceeding with the following procedures. Please check the motherboard of your computer supports “USB-ZIP” as a boot up device. Otherwise you can’t boot up the system with the Mobile Disk.
Netkey Series WLAN Card Security Feature Note: 1. The following Configuration Utility was operated under Windows 2000 With SP3. (Procedures will be the same for Windows 98SE/XP.) 2. When using USB Flash Disk with the security application program , only ONE USB Flash Disk is allowed at once. Do NOT PLUG IN TWO OR MORE USB Flash Disk AT THE SAME TIME. You could set password. (Maximum 8 characters) which prevent unauthorized access to the device.
Netkey Series WLAN Card 2.Running “Security.exe” from CD-ROM. a) Insert the Mobile Disk into the USB port of the computer. b) Place the CD-ROM into the drive. c) Locate “Security.exe” from folder “\English\Application Software” of the CD-ROM. d) Running this program by double-clicking it. 3.Main Screen of “Security” Program D E A B C F WWW.TwinMOS.
Netkey Series WLAN Card A. Click to Set / Change password. B. Click to Disable / Remove the password. C. Unlock the device. D. Password setting status- whether a password has been set or not. E. Device locking status – whether a device is locked or not. F. Forgot password? Let password hint help you recall it. Setting Password 1. Press “Set Password” to set new password: 2. Enter the password in field “New Password”. Up to eight characters are allowed. 3.
Netkey Series WLAN Card 6.Click on “OK” to proceed. 7. Once the password was set correctly, you will notice the status changed in “Password Exist” box. 8. Unplug and plug the device again, the HDD partition of the device is locked automatically. It is not accessible until you “UNLOCK” it with the “Security” software. WWW.TwinMOS.
Netkey Series WLAN Card 9. Running the Security software again, you could see status of this device is now changed to “LOCKED”. Changing Password 1. Activate the Security software. 2. Click “Set Password” to change. 3. Enter the password previously set in the field “Old Password”. 4. Enter new password of your choice in the field “New Password”. 5. Confirm the new password by entering it into field “Confirm Password”. 6. Edit the “Password Hint” column if you wish. 7.
Netkey Series WLAN Card 8. Click “OK” to confirm the change. Disable / Remove Password 1. Click on “Disable Password” button. 2. Enter the password previously set and click on “OK” to proceed. Now the function of password protection was ceased. WWW.TwinMOS.
Netkey Series WLAN Card Unlock the Device Once the password was set, the HDD partition of Mobile Disk will be “LOCKED” automatically every time the device was plug into the computer. The HDD partition of the device is not accessible until you “UNLOCK” it with the Security software. Correct password is required to unlock the device. 1. Plug the device to the USB port of the computer. 2. Start the “Security” program from the FDD partition of Mobile Disk or CD-ROM. 3. Click on button “Unlock”. 4.
Netkey Series WLAN Card Change Password Setup Password OR 5. To check out the reminder, click “Password Hint” button and try to recall the password based on the clue. WWW.TwinMOS.
Netkey Series WLAN Card WIRELESS BRIDGE MODE Windows XP Only Setup the WIRELESS BRIDGE Using the Windows XP’s Utility 1.Click ″Start->Settings->Control Panel ″, then click ″Network Connections ″. WWW.TwinMOS.
Netkey Series WLAN Card 2. Please click “Start->All programs->TwinMOS USB WLAN Adapter ->TMConfig”. The TM icon will appear. Click ″Station″ Button. WWW.TwinMOS.
Netkey Series WLAN Card 3.The adapter change to Access Point mode: WWW.TwinMOS.
Netkey Series WLAN Card 4.The Status of ″Wireless Network Connection ″ will be ″Enabled″: WWW.TwinMOS.
Netkey Series WLAN Card 5.Select a pair Network icon and click the right bottom of mouse. Then select ″Bridge Connections″ to create a network bridge WWW.TwinMOS.
Netkey Series WLAN Card 6.The Network Bridge created in Network Connections panel. WWW.TwinMOS.
Netkey Series WLAN Card 7. Click right bottom of mouse and select ″Status″ to check the network bridge mode. WWW.TwinMOS.
Netkey Series WLAN Card 8.For detail please get access to ″Support″ tab. WWW.TwinMOS.
Netkey Series WLAN Card Configuration Utility of Netkey AP TwinMOS Netkey uses the Configuration Utility as the software AP. The utility provides the user an easy interface to change any settings related to the Netkey AP. Clicking on the "Station" will start the Configuration Utility. WWW.TwinMOS.
Netkey Series WLAN Card This page as below will appear. Connect Station List This screen shows all Adapters nearby. Click “Refresh” button to update the " Station MAC Address " information of all the wireless devices nearby. WWW.TwinMOS.
Netkey Series WLAN Card General Connection Setting Table Select the More Setting Page to access the Configuration menu, as shown below. You can make changes to any of the fields shown below, without the need to restart your computer. Change Click “Change” button to enable “General Connection Setting” page to Change the current settings. Tx Power The Netkey AP can operate in one of four Level, which are specified in the Level field of the Configuration menu.
Netkey Series WLAN Card SSID The name of the wireless network. This name cannot be longer than 32 characters. You may specify a SSID for the Netkey AP and then only the device with the same SSID can interconnect to the AP. Hide SSID “Hide SSID” check box allows you to hide SSID of Soft AP. Apply Click “Apply” button to save and implement the new settings. Encryption Setting Table “WEP Key Setting” page allows you to enhance the security of a network.
Netkey Series WLAN Card This page as below will appear. Authentication Mode This setting has to be consistent with the wireless devices, which the adapter intends to connect. • Open System – No authentication is needed among the wireless devices. • Shared Key – Only wireless devices using a shared key (WEP Key identified) are allowed to connecting each other. Setup the same key as the wireless devices, which the adapter intends to connect.
Netkey Series WLAN Card • 128-bit – Input 26 digit Hex values (in the “A-F”, “a-f” and “0-9” range) as the encryption keys. For example:“01234567890123456789abcdef“. Fragmentation Threshold The value defines the maximum size of packets, any packet size larger than the value will be fragmented. If you have decreased this value and experience high packet error rates, you can increase it again, but it will likely decrease overall network performance. Select a setting within a range of 256 to 2305 bytes.
Netkey Series WLAN Card TROUBLESHOOTING If you encounter some problems while installing the Netkey WLAN adapter or you want to confirm whether your adapter is installed properly or not, we have listed the procedure for checking the various components after you have installed the adapter. In first part of Troubleshooting, we have suggested the users to check the various properties of the card to check the proper installation.
Netkey Series WLAN Card TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS Networking Characteristics Standard & Compatibility Host OS USB 1.1 IEEE 802.
Netkey Series WLAN Card Spreading 11-chip Barker Sequence Transmit Power 17 dBm @ Nominal Temp Range Receive Sensitivity Nominal Temp Range: 11 Mbps 10-5 BER @ -80 dBm, minimum Security 64/128-bit WEP Encryption Operating Range Open Space: 100 ~ 400m; Indoor: 30m ~ 100m The transmission speed varies in the surrounding environment.
Netkey Series WLAN Card FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions:(1) this device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. NOTE 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.
