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Hawking HWU300 User Manual

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  • Page 2 Trademarks & Copyright Windows 95/98/ME and Windows NT/2000/XP are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corp. All other brands and product names are trademarks of their respective companies. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form or by any means or used to make any derivative (such as translation, transformation or adaptation) without the express written consent of the manufacturer as stipulated by the United States Copyright Act of 1976.
  • Page 3 LIMITED WARRANTY Hawking Technology guarantees that every H -WU300 Mini Wireless USB Adapter is free from physical defects in material and workman ship under normal use for two (2) years from the date of purchase. If the product proves defective during this two-year warranty period, call Hawking Customer Service in order to obtain a Return Authorization number.

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    CONTENTS 1 INTRODUCTION ..............1 ....................1 EATURES ..................1 PECIFICATIONS ................2 ACKAGE ONTENTS 2 INSTALLATION PROCEDURE..........4 98SE/M /2000 ................4 INDOWS 2.1.1 Install the Driver ...................... 4 2.1.2 Install the Utility ...................... 4 XP ..................5 INDOWS 3 CONFIGURATION UTILITY ..........

  • Page 5: Introduction

    1 Introduction Thank you for purchasing the Hawking Wireless LAN Mini USB Adapter. This USB Adapter is designed to comply with IEEE 802.11b Wireless LAN standard and easy to carry with the Mini size. It is suitabl e for any Laptop or Desktop computers. It also support s Windows OS Plug &...

  • Page 6: Package Contents

    Package Contents Before you begin the installation, please check the items of your package. The package should include the following items: • One USB Adapter • One USB Extension Cable (100Cm) • One Quick Guide • One CD (Driver/Utility/Manual) If any of the above items is missing, contact your supplier as soon as possible. 1.4 LED Description 1.5 Wireless Networking Scenarios A s o u r 8 0 2 .
  • Page 7 Peer-to-Peer Networking: A n A d H o c N e t w o r k c o u l d b e e a s i l y s e t u p w i t h s o m e P C s a n d t h i s 8 0 2 . 1 1 b WLAN USB A d a p t e r or our other WLAN devices.

  • Page 8: Installation Procedure

    2 Installation Procedure Windows 98SE/Me/2000 Before you proceed with the installation, please notice following descriptions. Note1: The following installation was operated under Window s 2000. (Procedures will be the same for Windows 98SE/M e.) Note2: If you have installed the Wireless USB Adapter driver & utility before, please uninstall the old version first.

  • Page 9: Windows Xp

    XP Wireless Configuration Utlity. B. Using the Utility provieded with this adapter 1. To use the Hawking/Zydas Wireless Utility you will have to first shut off the Windows Wireless Utility. To do this open the Windows Utility and click the “Advanced“ button.
  • Page 10 2. In the “Wireless Network Connection Properties “ screen, uncheck the setting “Use Windows to configure my wireless network settings“. Note* If you wish to change back to the Windows XP built-in utility, check the item again. 3. Execute “ZDConfig” program (click “Start” button and select “ZyDAS Wireless LAN – U S B”).

  • Page 11: Configuration Utility

    3 Configuration Utility The Configuration Utility is a powerful application that helps you configure the Wireless LAN Mini USB Adapter and monitor the link status during a n established connection . This utility can be used to change the following configuration parameters while the d evice is active.

  • Page 12: General Connection Setting

    Parameter Description More Setting button Press this button for more settings including disable/enable WEP and Power Saving Mode. Please refer to Section 3.2, 3.3 and 3.4. Link Status Displays the status of the wireless connection. Signal Strength This bar shows the signal strength level. The higher percentage shown in the bar, the stronger the radio signal received by the adapter will be .
  • Page 13 Parameter Description General Connection Setting Channel Select s the number of the radio channel you wish to use for your wireless network. The channel setting of the wireless stations within the same network should be the same. TxRate Select s the basic transmit rate to be used: 11, 5.5, 2 or 1Mbps. If “Auto“...

  • Page 14: Wep Encryption

    Parameter Description Load factory default To restore to factory default, please press this button. The default setting values are as follows. Channel: 6 TxRate: Auto SSID: Any Network Type: Infrastructure Other Advanced Setting... For more advanced setting, please press this button. To know button more of the setting s, please refer to Section 3.4.
  • Page 15 Parameter Description Authentication Mode This setting has to be consistent with the wireless stations which the adapter intends to connect to. • Open System – N o authentication is needed among the wireless stations. • Shared Key – Only wirelss stations u sing a shared key (WEP Key identified) are able to connect to one another.

  • Page 16: Advanced Setting

    Advanced Setting The “Advanced Setting” allows user to enable/disable power saving mode, setup the fragmentation threshold and RTS/CTS threshold of the adapter. Parameter Description Power Saving Mode Enable auto power Check the check box to enable power saving mode. You may saving control the power consumption of the adapter by adjusting the save power level from 1 to 4.

  • Page 17: Troubleshooting

    4 Troubleshooting This chapter provides solutions to problems usually encountered during the installation and operation of the adapter . 1. What is the IEEE 802.11b standard? The IEEE 802.11b Wireless LAN standard subcommittee formulates the standard for the wireless industry. The objective is to enable wireless LAN hardware from different manufactures to communicate.
  • Page 18 9. What is DSSS? What is FHSS ? And what are their differences ? Frequency-hopping spread -spectrum (FHSS) uses a narrowband carrier that changes frequency in a pattern that is known to both transmitter and receiver. Properly synchronized, the net effect is to maintain a single logical channel. To an unintended receiver, FHSS appears to be short-duration impulse noise.

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