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  • Page 2: Copyright Statement

    Shenzhen Tenda Technology Co., Ltd. No part of this publication can be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any language in any form or by any means without the prior written permission of Shenzhen Tenda Technology Co., Ltd.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Via Windows Built-in WLAN Program ......................8 Windows 7 .................................. 8 Windows 8 ................................10 Via WPS ................................10 By WPS Button (Available for W311M/W311Ma) ....................10 PBC Connection ............................... 11 PIN Code Connection ............................... 13 Chapter 4 Tenda WLAN Utility ............................. 17 4.1 STA Mode ................................

  • Page 4: About This Manual

    About this Manual Thank you for purchasing our product. This manual applies to W311M, W311MI and W311Ma. W311M is taken as a guide to illustrate their functions and features. And their respective differences will be specially marked. Before Installation 1. This user guide may instruct you to install and configure the device. Please read carefully before you start to use this product.

  • Page 5: Chapter 1 Product Introduction

    1.1 Overview The Wireless USB Adapter of W311M series adopts 11n technology, which makes the wireless transmission speed up to 150Mbps. It supports soft AP function. That means you can use it as an AP. Installing this product with a desktop PC or a notebook establishes a cost-effective wireless network swiftly and conveniently.

  • Page 6: Button

    1.4 Button (W311M and W311Ma are equipped with a WPS button, but W311MI is not.) WPS button: Press it to do a WPS pair with a remote device (AP, router).

  • Page 7: Chapter 2 Install Wireless Usb Adapter

    Insert the Wireless USB Adapter into a USB port of your computer (desktop or laptop). 2.2 Driver and WLAN Utility Installation After you have finished the physical installation, install the driver and Tenda WLAN Utility for a perfect experience. Insert the included CD in your PC's CD-ROM drive, and the CD will run automatically; if not, double click...
  • Page 8 Check "I accept the terms of the license agreement" and click Next. It is recommended to choose “Install driver and Tenda WLAN Utility” setup. And click Next.
  • Page 9 Installing… Install Shield Wizard completely. Click Finish to get setup done. To activate the setup, it is recommended to restart your computer now. Tenda WLAN utility will run automatically.

  • Page 10: Chapter 3 Connect To Wifi

    Chapter 3 Connect to WiFi You can connect to WiFi via Tenda WLAN utility, Windows built-in WLAN program or WPS feature. 3.1 Via Tenda WLAN Utility 1. Click icon to display the available wireless networks. 2. Double click the wireless network you will connect (Or select the wireless network and click...

  • Page 11: Via Windows Built-In Wlan Program

    3. Do as the screen prompts. (The current wireless network requires wireless password. Input it and click icon to continue.) 4. Connected successfully! 3.2 Via Windows Built-in WLAN Program Windows 7  1. Left click Network ) icon on the lower right corner of desktop to display the available wireless networks.
  • Page 12 2. Select a wireless network you want to connect, click Conncet and do as the screen prompts. Connected successfully!

  • Page 13: Windows 8

    By WPS Button (Available for W311M/W311Ma)  (W311M and W311Ma are equipped with a WPS button, W311MI is not.) Process 1. Enable the WPS feature of the remote AP or router and press the WPS button on it. 2. In two minutes, press the WPS button on the wireless adapter.

  • Page 14: Pbc Connection

    Process 1. Enable the WPS (PBC) feature of the remote router. (The detailed operations see router manual.) 2. Double click icon on the desktop to enable Tenda WLAN utility. And click icon. 3. Click icon to add a WPS profile.
  • Page 15 5. Click button to start PBC connection. The wireless adapter gets an IP address from the remote AP/ router. Connection between the remote AP/ router and the wireless adapter is established successfully.

  • Page 16: Pin Code Connection

    PIN Code Connection  Process 1. Click icon. 2. Select PIN of WPS Method, select the remote AP you want to PIN from the WPS AP List. And click icon.
  • Page 17 Here you have two options: Type PIN in AP Type PIN below. Choose one you like to use. 3. Type PIN in AP Select Type PIN in AP and note down the Pin code number (here is 19559032), and copy this group number to the remote AP (or router).
  • Page 18 5. The wireless adapter gets an IP address from the remote AP/ router. Connection between the remote AP/ router and the wireless adapter is established successfully. 3. Type PIN below Select Type PIN below and copy the PIN code number from the remote AP (or router) into the Pin Code field of the wireless adapter.
  • Page 19 The wireless adapter gets an IP address from the remote AP/ router. Connection between the remote AP/ router and the wireless adapter is established successfully. Note 1. Under the WPS connection mode, when multiple routers simultaneously enable the WPS function, it may cause connection failure.

  • Page 20: Chapter 4 Tenda Wlan Utility

    When you are installing the driver, select “Install driver and Tenda WLAN Utility” and the adapter driver and client utility will be installed. All functions of this adapter can be configured via Tenda’s utility interface (In the shortcut on your PC’s desktop to start the UI.

  • Page 21: Sta Mode

    4.1 STA Mode In STA (Station) mode, the wireless adapter serves as a wireless single receiver. A desktop computer installed with it can get a WiFi connection request, and connect to a wireless network freely. The main interface of STA mode is shown as below: Description about the function icons on the interface: Icon Description...

  • Page 22: Available Networks

    Available Networks The available networks that the wireless adapter scanning are displayed here. Select a wireless network and the details of the network will be displayed in “AP Information”. : Rescan button. Click it to update the network list. : Add to a Profile. Clcik it to add a wireless network to a profile.
  • Page 23 How to connect to an encrypted wireless network? 1. Select a wireless network (encrypted) from the available networks list and click icon. It will direct you to the interface below. Authentication Knowledge: WEP: Supports 10/26-bit Hex characters and 5/13-bit ASCII. WPA-PSK: Supports 8-63-bit ASCII and 8-64-bit Hex characters.

  • Page 24: Link Information

    Link Information Link information displays the connection info of the linked wireless network. : Link Status. Click it to view the linked wireless network info (SSID, MAC address, authentication, encryption, network type and channel). See below. : Throughput. Click it view the link quality, link speed, throughput and the signal strength that the wireless adapter receiving.

  • Page 25: Profile

    Profile Profile is used to save particular wireless network parameters. When the adapter is successfully connected to a network, the name of this network will automatically be added here, which helps the adapter to quickly connect to this wireless network again.
  • Page 26 Infrastructure Infrastructure is an application mode that integrates the wired and wireless LAN architectures. When you are connecting the wireless adapter to an AP or a wireless router, select Infrastructure mode. 1. Click 2. Select the network type as “Infrastructure”. 3.
  • Page 27 Added successfully! Now you can click to connect the wireless network via the profile. Note If the SSID of the wireless router or AP you wish to connect is hidden, then the wireless adapter cannot scan the SSID, thus you need to connect it by creating the corresponding profile.
  • Page 28 Click b. Select Ad-Hoc Network Type. c. Define the profile. (Optional) d. Specify a network name in the SSID field to identify the wireless network, like Tenda. e. Configure the channel. Click g. Configure the authentication and encryption type and click...
  • Page 29 h. Configure the password for connection, and click After a profile is successfully added, the profile can be seen on the profile list, select it and icon on the lower right corner. Configure a static IP address for the wireless adapter of PC1. You must allocate a static IP for each wireless adapter to be connected in Ad-hoc mode.
  • Page 30 c. Right click Wireless Network Connection and select Properties. d. Double click Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4). e. Configure an IP address as you like, such as 192.168.1.6. And click OK to save.
  • Page 31 ) icon on the lower right corner of desktop to display the available wireless network. 2. Select the wireless network you set (Here is Tenda), click Conncet and do as the screen prompts. Connected successfully! And you can share the file with PC1.

  • Page 32: Advanced

    Advanced This wireless adapter supports 2.4GHz. About This screen mainly displays the version information of the UI’s different programs as well as Tenda’s copyright statement.

  • Page 33: Help

    Help Click icon to read the user guide of this wireless adapter. 4.2 AP Mode In AP mode, the wireless adapter servers as an access point to transmit wireless signal and create a wireless network, allowing other wireless clients to access the network. Right click the UI icon on the taskbar of your computer desktop and select “Switch to AP Mode”.

  • Page 34: Ap Setup

    AP Setup Here you can set the basic AP info of the wireless adapter, including SSID (Default: SoftAPxx), wireless mode, channel (Default: 1), authentication type and encryption type. : Cancel. Click this icon to cancel current operation. : Back. Click this icon to return to the previous operation.

  • Page 35: Access Control

    Access Control Access Control is based on the MAC address to allow or prohibit a specified client’s access to this wireless network. Access Policy:  Disable: To disable the filter function.  Allow All: To permit all hosts whose MAC addresses are included in the list to access the wireless network, other hosts whose MAC addresses have not been added to the list will be...

  • Page 36: Connected Devices

    2. Click icon to add it into the list. 3. Click icon to save and apply your settings. If you want to do access control for multiple clients, just repeat steps 1 to 3. Connected Devices When a client connects to this wireless adapter (AP mode) and has successfully obtained an IP address, the client’s MAC address and Tx Rate can be recorded here.
  • Page 37 1. Right click icon on the taskbar and select Switch to STA+AP Mode. 2. Set the SSID and its password if the wireless adapter works as an AP. And click OK to apply the settings. It comes to the main STA+AP mode interface. Here you can configure AP parameters of this wireless adapter and check the connected wireless clients.
  • Page 38 : MAC Table BSSID is the wireless MAC address of the AP. In MAC table, the MAC info of clients connecting to the AP will be displayed here. Note Other icon features are most similar to that of STA mode and AP mode. Please take the responding for references.

  • Page 39: Appendix 1 Disable Other Wireless Adapter

    Appendix 1 Disable Other Wireless Adapter Windows 7 is used as a guide to illustrate details. If you are using other operation systems, take that of Windows 7 for reference. 1. Right click “Computer” and select “Manage”. 2. On the Computer Management screen, select “Device Manager”...

  • Page 40: Appendix 2 Wps Profile

    Appendix 2 WPS Profile WPS Profile settings in Type PIN below Method can help customize a profile. Customize the SSID as you like (Default SSID: ExRegNW266140); also, you can change the authentication and encryption. Click to continue. Customize the wireless password and click to continue.
  • Page 41 Connected successfully! Note Note that after you have set the WPS profile, the wireless info you have customized above will be applied to the remote AP (or router).

  • Page 42: Appendix 3 Safety And Emission Statement

    Appendix 3 Safety and Emission Statement CE Mark Warning This is a Class B product. In a domestic environment, this product may cause radio interference, in which case the user may be required to take adequate measures. This device complies with EU 1999/5/EC. NOTE: (1) The manufacturer is not responsible for any radio or TV interference caused by unauthorized modifications to this equipment.

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