Octagon WL038 Manual

802.11b/g/n wireless usb adapter

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Chapter 1 Product Introduction .................................................................................................... 2
1.1 Package Contents ................................................................................................................ 2
1.2 Product Features .................................................................................................................. 2
1.3 Product Usage ..................................................................................................................... 2
1.4 Before Installation ............................................................................................................... 2
1.5 Disable other manufacturers' wireless network adapters .................................................... 3
1.6 Product Maintenance ........................................................................................................... 4
Chapter 2 Installation Guide ......................................................................................................... 4
2.1 Install the USB network adapter ......................................................................................... 4
Chapter 3 Wireless LAN Utility ..................................................................................................... 7
3.1 Station Mode ....................................................................................................................... 7
A: General Page ................................................................................................................ 9
B. Profile Page ................................................................................................................ 10
C. Available Network(s) .................................................................................................. 10
D. Status Page ................................................................................................................. 12
E. Wi-Fi Protect Setup Page ............................................................................................ 13
F. Virtual WiFi Page ........................................................................................................ 13
3.2 Introduction of Main Window ........................................................................................... 14
A. Main Menu ................................................................................................................. 14
B. Adapter List Area ........................................................................................................ 15
C. Properties Area ........................................................................................................... 15
D. Global Control Bar ..................................................................................................... 16
3.3. AP Mode ........................................................................................................................... 17
A. General Page .............................................................................................................. 17
B. Advanced Page ........................................................................................................... 20
C. Statistics Page ............................................................................................................. 20
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  • Page 1: Table Of Contents

    A. Main Menu ......................... 14 B. Adapter List Area ......................15 C. Properties Area ......................15 D. Global Control Bar ..................... 16 3.3. AP Mode ........................... 17 A. General Page ......................17 B. Advanced Page ......................20 C. Statistics Page ......................20 www.octagon-germany.de...
  • Page 2: Chapter 1 Product Introduction

    4. Helps enterprises or individuals who would like to use wireless to establish wireless network quickly and frees them from the trouble of cable distribution. 1.4 Before Installation 1. Please read through the whole user guide before you install and use this product. www.octagon-germany.de...
  • Page 3: Disable Other Manufacturers' Wireless Network Adapters

    2. On the Computer Management screen ,select “Device Manager” - “Network adapters”, and right click the network adapter you want to disable and click “Disable” 3. Click the “Yes” button on the dialogue box to disable the network adapter. www.octagon-germany.de...
  • Page 4: Product Maintenance

    Note 2: If you have installed the WLAN USB driver & utility before, please uninstall the old version first. 2.1 Install the USB network adapter 2.1.1 Please insert the Wireless USB Adapter into the USB port of your computer. 2.1.2 Ignore the following dialog. Please click “Cancel”. www.octagon-germany.de...
  • Page 5 2.1.3 Put the software program CD, then auto installation window pops up on following. Just click Windows, the driver should run automatically. (Double click “Setup.exe” in the software CD and manually install when it doesn’t auto-run). 2.1.4 The following window will show up. www.octagon-germany.de...
  • Page 6 802.11b/g/n Wireless USB Adapter 2.1.5 Click “Next” to process the installation. 2.1.6 It shows that it is installing. 2.1.7 Click “finish” to complete the installation. www.octagon-germany.de...
  • Page 7: Chapter 3 Wireless Lan Utility

    Select “Start”—“Programs” —“REALTEK USB Wireless LAN Utility”— “REALTEK USB Wireless LAN Utility”, or click the “REALTEK USB Wireless LAN Utility” shortcut on your PC’s desktop to start the 3.1 Station Mode The following explanations focus on the properties area. www.octagon-germany.de...
  • Page 8 It is easy to use to switch property pages just by clicking left button of mouse on the title of each page. The following six sections describe detailed information of each page. www.octagon-germany.de...
  • Page 9: A: General Page

    IP Address: assigned network address by DHCP server or self-definition in four three-digital number format. ■ Subnet Mask: the only valid value is 2555.255.0.0 ■ Gateway: It comes from connected AP. Your system can not connect internet with this field empty. www.octagon-germany.de...
  • Page 10: Profile Page

    Set the selected profile as default selection. 6. Available Network Page This page presents all BSS, including AP and IBSS, around this system. You can pick any one of these network connections. C. Available Network(s) Show network connection around this system www.octagon-germany.de...
  • Page 11 802.11b/g/n Wireless USB Adapter 1. Refresh Rescan network connection around this system. 2. Add to Profile Create profile for selected network connection and add it to profile list. www.octagon-germany.de...
  • Page 12: Status Page

    SSID: name of connecting AP Network Type: Indicate current network configuration type Power Save Mode: Current setting power save mode Associated AP MAC: MAC address of connecting AP Associated AP IP: IP address of connecting AP Up Time: Total connection time www.octagon-germany.de...
  • Page 13: Wi-Fi Protect Setup Page

    802.11b/g/n Wireless USB Adapter E. Wi-Fi Protect Setup Page F. Virtual WiFi Page www.octagon-germany.de...
  • Page 14: Introduction Of Main Window

    When clicking the refresh menu, you can update and re-enumerate the contents of adapter list area. 2. Mode(M) Wireless configuration is quickly switched to be either [Station] or [Access Point]. 3. About(A) Click the “About” to show the about dialog. The application version and license information are shown in the about dialog. www.octagon-germany.de...
  • Page 15: Adapter List 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 detailed contents are described in the following wireless configuration sections for both Station and AP mode. www.octagon-germany.de...
  • Page 16: Global Control Bar

    User should be aware that while the wireless configuration is in AP mode. The radio off will cause the sub network belonging to the AP to be disconnected with internet/intranet. Disable Adapter Stop wireless USB device. www.octagon-germany.de...
  • Page 17: Ap Mode

    3.3. AP Mode Click main menu Mode(M) and choose “Access Point” to switch AP mode. You will see the following window. A. General Page This page provides general information of this AP, including name, MAC address and list of joined stations. www.octagon-germany.de...
  • Page 18 If an STA associated to SW AP does not have any interaction with the AP in 10 minutes, it will be disassociated from the Infra-structure BSS. 7. Config A dialog of this AP is shown for configuration modification www.octagon-germany.de...
  • Page 19 ■ Shared Key + WEP You decide to apply both authentication and data encryption to prevent unauthorized login. ■ WPA-PSK + TKIP & WPA2-PSK + TKIP The most advanced authentication and data encryption that provide the best security protection. www.octagon-germany.de...
  • Page 20: Advanced Page

    ■ Short: Normal quality but with higher performance then preamble long mode. ■ Auto: select the proper preamble mode by current signal frame information. C. Statistics Page The Tx/Rx status of current wireless connection is shown. A statistics analysis of packet www.octagon-germany.de...
  • Page 21 802.11b/g/n Wireless USB Adapter transition is listed. www.octagon-germany.de...

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