BenQ AWL-300 User Manual
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- Page 1 Wireless LAN USB Adapter AWL-300 User Manual Version 1.0 April 2002 BENQ Corporation...
- Page 2 BenQ Corporation. BenQ Corporation reserves the right to change this manual and the specifications to improve products without prior notice. So you can get the most recent software and user documentation for all BenQ Wireless LAN products on our web site.
- Page 3 Note: The AWL-300 has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device and a low power transmitter, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a residential environment.
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Page 4: Table Of Contents
2.4 Application & USB Driver Installation ........12 Chapter 3. Uninstallation ............18 Chapter 4. Configuration & Monitor Utility ......21 4.1 Monitor ..................21 4.2 Statistics..................23 4.3 Site Survey ..................24 4.4 Encryption..................25 4.5 Advanced ..................26 4.6 Version .................... 27 BENQ Corporation... -
Page 5: Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 1. Introduction Thank you for purchasing a BenQ AWL300 Wireless LAN USB Adapter. The AWL300 Wireless LAN USB Adapter lets you connect to your network and the Internet without needing to be tethered to a fixed location by a physical cable, while still getting the same data transfer rates as with traditional Ethernet. -
Page 6: Product Kit
PC/Notebook with USB port and CD-ROM drive u Microsoft Windows 98SE/ME/2000/XP operating system 1-3 Mechanical Description Top panel of the Access Point The following table provides an overview of each LED activity: Activity Description Steady Green When connecting to PC LINK BENQ Corporation... -
Page 7: Chapter 2. Installation
Driver & Application: Read chapter 2.4 2.1 Driver Installation (Win98/WinME/Win2000) Insert AWL300 USB Adapter into your PC, and then Windows will show the dialog – “Add New Hardware Wizard”. Select “Specify the location of the driver” and press Next button. BENQ Corporation... - Page 8 Select ‘Specify a location’ and browse the BENQ Wireless LAN CD to find AWL300. For example, if your CD-ROM has a drive D, the location is D:\AWL300\Win982k. Windows has found BENQ AWL300 Wireless LAN USB Adapter. Press Next button. BENQ Corporation...
- Page 9 Please wait while coping files. Press Finish. Press Yes and restart your computer. BENQ Corporation...
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Page 10: Driver Installation (Winxp)
2.2 Driver Installation (WinXP) Insert AWL300 USB Adapter into your PC, and then Windows will show the dialog – ‘Found New Hardware Wizard’. Select ‘Specify the location of the driver’ and press Next button. BENQ Corporation... - Page 11 Select ‘Specify a location’ and browse the BENQ Wireless LAN CD to find AWL300. For example, if your CD-ROM is drive D, the location is D:\AWL300\WinXP. Press Continue Anyway BENQ Corporation...
- Page 12 Please wait while coping files. Press Finish. BENQ Corporation...
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Page 13: Application Installation
2.3 Application Installation Execute Setup.exe in the AWL300 directory in BENQ Wireless LAN CD. For example, if your CD-ROM has a drive D, please execute D:\AWL300\Setup.exe. Press Next button BENQ Corporation... - Page 14 Drivers installed yet. Or, select the ‘Application Only’ icon to install AWL300 applications. Press Browse, if you want to change destination location of applications, and then press Next button. The folder name will be AWL300. Press Next button if you don’t want to change it. BENQ Corporation...
- Page 15 Press Next button. Press Finish and restart your computer. BENQ Corporation...
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Page 16: Application & Usb Driver Installation
2.4 Application & USB Driver Installation Execute Setup.exe in the AWL300 directory in BENQ Wireless LAN CD. For example, if your CD-ROM has a drive D, please execute D:\AWL300\Setup.exe. Press Next button BENQ Corporation... - Page 17 Select ‘Application & USB Drivers’ to install both of them if you don’t have USB Drivers installed yet. Press Next button BENQ Corporation...
- Page 18 Press Next button Press Next button BENQ Corporation...
- Page 19 Select the operating mode and then press Next button Specify ESSID and then press Next button BENQ Corporation...
- Page 20 Press Next button Press Finish and restart your computer. BENQ Corporation...
- Page 21 After complete installation, you will get the following icon in your PC Start Menu. BENQ Corporation...
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Page 22: Chapter 3. Uninstallation
Chapter 3. Uninstallation To uninstall AWL300, you can run the “Uninstall Configuration & Monitor Utility” as the following figure. Press OK if you really want to remove AWL300. BENQ Corporation... - Page 23 Press OK when uninstall successfully completed. You must restart your computer. Press OK to do it. BENQ Corporation...
- Page 24 You can also remove AWL300 from Add/Remove Programs Properties in Control Panel BENQ Corporation...
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Page 25: Chapter 4. Configuration & Monitor Utility
Ad Hoc Mode In this mode, the driver will scan for 5 seconds to look for an existing Ad Hoc network, which uses the same SSID. Channel This field shows the current radio channel used for an active connection. BENQ Corporation... - Page 26 The Signal Strength bar graph becomes active only when the node is in Infrastructure Mode does. This bar graphic shows normalized signal strength as reported by the radio, averaged over all frames over 100 bytes long received from the Access Point. BENQ Corporation...
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Page 27: Statistics
4.2 Statistics The Statistics Page shows the counts of packets transmitted and received. Press Clear button to set these numbers to zero. BENQ Corporation... -
Page 28: Site Survey
4.3 Site Survey The Site Survey Page shows the APs nearby. After pressing “Re-Scan” button to search APs nearby., users can double click on the SSID area to associate with the AP which user want to connect. BENQ Corporation... -
Page 29: Encryption
128 Bit – Enable WEP with 128 bit Key WEP Key to use Select one of these four keys. WEP Mode Select WEP mode – Mandatory or Optional Authentication Type Select Open System type or Shared Key type BENQ Corporation... -
Page 30: Advanced
4.5 Advanced The Advanced Page sets the preamble type and threshold of fragmentation and RTS/CTS. Press Submit button to apply your changes BENQ Corporation... -
Page 31: Version
4.6 Version You may learn the product version including the detail of Driver, Firmware, and Application from this “Version” tab. When users wish to report their problems to technical support, they must have this version number. BENQ Corporation...