Chapter 1 Introduction This Chapter provides an overview of the Wireless USB Dongle's features and capabilities. Congratulations on the purchase of your new Wireless USB Dongle. The Wireless USB Dongle provides a wireless network interface for your Notebook or PC. Package Contents The following items should be included: •...
USB Wireless-G Adapter User Guide Operation You should install the supplied software on the CD-ROM before inserting the Wireless USB Dongle. If you have any form of the wireless utility beforehand, please uninstall it.
Chapter 2 Initial Installation This Chapter covers the software installation of the Wireless USB Dongle. Requirements • Windows 2000/XP/Vista. • Available USB port. • CD-ROM drive. • IEEE802.11b and IEEE802.11g wireless LAN. Procedure You should install the supplied software BEFORE inserting the Wireless USB Dongle. 1.
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USB Wireless-G Adapter User Guide Figure 2: License Agreement Screen 4. Choose Install driver and Allnet WLAN Utility to install both the driver and Allnet utility software, or Install driver only. Figure 3: Setup Type Screen 5. Select either Allnet Configuration Tool or Microsoft Zero configuration Tool on the following screen.
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Initial Installation Figure 4: Windows New Hardware Screen 6. On the following screen, click Install. 7. Click Finish to exit the Wizard. 8. Insert the Wireless USB Dongle firmly into USB port of the PC. 9. If the Wireless USB Dongle was installed properly, you will now have a new icon in your system tray, as shown below.
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USB Wireless-G Adapter User Guide Wireless USB Dongle Icon Table Connection to the Wireless USB Dongle is established. The length of green color indicates the signal strength. No connection to the Wireless USB Dongle. The Wireless USB Dongle is unplugged. 10.
Chapter 3 Using the Windows Utility This Chapter provides Setup details for the AP mode of the Wireless USB Dongle. Overview If using Windows, you can use the supplied utility to configure the Wireless interface. To Use the supplied Windows utility for Configuration •...
USB Wireless-G Adapter User Guide Connecting to a Wireless Network Double-click the Icon to open the Network screen, where you can select the Wireless network you wish to join. Network Screen This screen is displayed when you double-click the system tray icon. You can also click the Network tab in the screen.
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Using the Windows Utility Security-Enable Whether AP provides security-enabled wireless network. Signal This is displayed as percentage (0 ~ 100%) of specified network. Click this button to rescan for all Wireless networks. Rescan Add to File Click this button to add the selected AP to Profile setting. It will bring up profile page and save user's setting to a new profile.
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USB Wireless-G Adapter User Guide Icons It indicates network type is infrastructure mode. It indicates network type is Ad-hoc mode. 802.11b wireless mode 802.11g wireless mode 802.11n wireless mode It indicates security-enabled wireless network. It shows the information of Link Status Section. It hides the information of Link Status Section.
Using the Windows Utility Link Status Screen The Link Status section displays the detailed information of the current connection. Click button to show the status screen. Figure 10: Link Status Data - Link Status Link Information It will indicate the current link status. Status Extra Info It shows the link status.
USB Wireless-G Adapter User Guide Profile Screen Click Add to Profile button on the Network tab, or you can choose Profile tab of the utility, then click Add, the Add Profile window will pop up. Users can setup the general settings, encryption and authentication settings and so on.
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Using the Windows Utility Network Type Select the desired option: • Infrastructure - Select this to connect to an Access point. • Ad-Hoc - Select this if you are connecting directly to another computer. Select the Tx (transmission) power according to the real envi- Tx Power ronment.
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USB Wireless-G Adapter User Guide Encryption The available options depend on the Authentication method selected above. The possible options are: • None - No data encryption is used. • WEP - If selected, you must enter the WEP data shown below.
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Using the Windows Utility 802.1x There are 5 methods in the drop-down list. EAP Method • PEAP - Protect Extensible Authentication Protocol. PEAP transport securely authentication data by using tunneling be- tween PEAP clients and an authentication server. PEAP can authenticate wireless LAN clients using only server-side cer- tificates, thus simplifying the implementation and administration of a secure wireless LAN.
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USB Wireless-G Adapter User Guide To add a profile 1. On the Profile tab, click Add button. 2. Complete and verify the settings on this screen are correct. 3. Click OK. To delete a profile 1. On the Profile tab, select the profile that you want to delete. 2.
Using the Windows Utility Advanced Screen Click Advanced tab of the utility, you can configure the detailed settings in this page. Figure 9: Advanced Screen Data - Advanced Screen Advanced Wireless Mode Select the desired wireless mode. Tx Burst enables the adapter to deliver better throughput during a Enable Tx Burst period of time but the function only takes effect when connecting with the AP which also supports Tx Burst.
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USB Wireless-G Adapter User Guide Show Authentica- When connecting to an AP with authentication, if enabling this tion Status Dialog function, it will display dialogs about 802.1x authentication during the process. Select Your Coun- There are 8 kinds of Country Region Codes to choose from. try Region Code Enable CCX (Cisco CCX (Cisco Compatible Extensions) is developed by Cisco for the...
Using the Windows Utility Statistics Screen Click Statistics tab of the utility, the page will display the transmitted and received results. Figure 10: Statistics Screen Data - Statistics Screen Transmit Frames Transmitted Frames successfully sent. Successfully Frames successfully sent with one or more reties. Frames Retransmit- ted successfully Frames failed to transmit after hitting retry limit.
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USB Wireless-G Adapter User Guide Receive Frames received successfully. Frames Receive Successfully Frames received with CRC error. Frames Receive With CRC Error Frames Dropped Frames dropped due to resource problem. Due To Out-of- Resource Duplicate Frames Frames received more than twice. Received Reset Counter Click the button to reset counters to zero.
Using the Windows Utility WMM Screen Click WMM tab of the utility, and you will see the following screen: Figure 11: WMM Screen Data - WMM Screen WMM Enable WMM is short for Wi-Fi Multimedia. It is a standard created to define quality of service (QoS) in Wi-Fi networks.
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USB Wireless-G Adapter User Guide MAC Address Enter the remote system which you want to connect with. When you want to enable this function, you have to make sure that your wireless network supports WMM function and then enter the MAC address of the adapter which wants to connect with the remote system.
Using the Windows Utility WPS Screen WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup) can simplify the process of connecting any device to the wire- less network by using the push button configuration (PBC) on the Wireless Access Point, or entering a PIN code. You will use the WPS screen when you try to connect the wireless network with the WPS function.
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USB Wireless-G Adapter User Guide PIN Code Enter the PIN code displayed in the following field to the WPS screen of the access point. When STA is Enrollee, you can use "Renew" button to re-generate new PIN Code. Config Mode Our station role-playing as an Enrollee or an external Registrar.
Using the Windows Utility Radio on/off Screen Yu can turn the radio signal on/off by clicking this button. Figure 13: Radio on/off The radio signal is on. The radio signal is off.
USB Wireless-G Adapter User Guide About Screen This screen displays details of the traffic sent or received on the current Wireless network. Figure 14: About Screen This tab shows the following information: • RaConfig Version • Driver Version • EEPROM Version •...
Appendix B About Wireless LANs This Appendix provides some background information about using Wireless LANs (WLANs). Modes Wireless LANs can work in either of two (2) modes: • Ad-hoc • Infrastructure Ad-hoc Mode Ad-hoc mode does not require an Access Point or a wired (Ethernet) LAN. Wireless Sta- tions (e.g.
Appendix B - About Wireless LANs Channels The Wireless Channel sets the radio frequency used for communication. • Access Points use a fixed Channel. You can select the Channel used. This allows you to choose a Channel which provides the least interference and best performance. In the USA and Canada, 11 channels are available.
USB Wireless-G Adapter User Guide Wireless LAN Configuration To allow Wireless Stations to use the Access Point, the Wireless Stations and the Access Point must use the same settings, as follows: Mode On client Wireless Stations, the mode must be set to "Infrastructure". (The Access Point is always in "Infrastructure"...
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Appendix B - About Wireless LANs Germering, October 2008 EC – Declaration of conformity ALL0233 USB Wireless-G Adapter This equipment conforms with the requirements of the Council Directive Applicable to R&TTE Directive 1999/5/EC (The Radio and Telecommumications Terminal Equipment Directive) and the mutual recognition of their conformity.
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USB Wireless-G Adapter User Guide FCC Statement 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. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interfer- ence to radio communica-tions.
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