Abocom WUN500M User Manual

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WUN500M
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  • Page 1 802.11A Module WUN500M User’s Manual...
  • Page 2 Federal Communication Commission Interference 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 interference to radio communications.
  • Page 3 Any changes or modifications not expressly approved by the manufacturer could void the user's authority to operate this equipment. USERS MANUAL OF THE END PRODUCT: In the users manual of the end product, the end user has to be informed to keep at least 20cm separation with the antenna while this end product is installed and operated.
  • Page 4 CE Statement: Hereby, AboCom, declares that this device is in compliance with the essential requirement and other relevant provisions of the R&TTE Driective 1999/5/EC.
  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION ............1   EATURES ....................1  HYSICAL ETAILS ..................2  CHAPTER 2: INSTALLATION............. 3   Install Software ......................... 3   Install Hardware ........................ 4   Verification ......................... 5   CHAPTER 3: NETWORK CONNECTION ......... 6  ...
  • Page 6: Chapter 1: Introduction

    Chapter 1: Introduction The Dual-band Wireless USB Dongle can access two different networks which could act in any WiFi station or AP combinations. Operating either in the 2.4GHz and 5GHz frequency bands, the Dual-band Wireless USB Dongle effectively increases the available wireless bandwidth and reduces wireless interference.
  • Page 7: Physical Details

    Physical Details To press the physical WPS button on the Wireless USB Dongle once, WPS button then the LED will start to flash. Please make a connection with another WPS supported device within 2 minutes. Off – Power off Solid Green – When associate with the Access Point or Ad-Hoc wireless workstation the LED will show solid green.
  • Page 8: Chapter 2: Installation

    Chapter 2: Installation Install Software Note: Do not insert the Wireless USB Adapter into the computer until the InstallShield Wizard finished installing. 1. Exit all Windows programs. Insert the included Installation CD into the computer. The CD-ROM will run automatically. Please click Next to process the installation.
  • Page 9: Install Hardware

    2. When the following screen appears, click Finish to restart the computer to complete the software installation. Install Hardware Note: Insert the Wireless USB Adapter when finished software installation. Insert the Wireless USB Adapter into the USB Port of the computer. The system will automatically detect the new hardware.
  • Page 10: Verification

    Verification To verify the device is active in the computer. Go to Start > Control Panel > System > Hardware> Device Manager. Expand the Network adapters category. If the 802.11a/b/g/n Mini Wireless LAN USB2.0 Adapter MAC0/MAC1 is listed here, it means that the device is properly installed and enabled.
  • Page 11: Chapter 3: Network Connection

    Chapter 3: Network Connection How to Make a Connection To make a connection with an access point, please follow below steps. Here takes Windows XP OS for example. Step 1: After set up the Wireless USB Adapter successfully, please launch the Configuration Utility.
  • Page 12 Step 2: Please go to the Available Network tab, the system will automatically scan access points nearby, or click Refresh button to site survey again. Step 3: Then, double click preferred access point or click Add to Profile button to make a connection (if the access point has been set up security, please enter passwords and then click OK.)
  • Page 13: How To Add A Profile

    How to Add a Profile After launched Wireless LAN Utility and selected preferred access point, please click Add to Profile button to enter Wireless Network Properties windows. If the access point has been set up security, please enter passwords, and then click OK to save profile settings. After finished above settings, please go to Profile tab to check the profile listed (Available Profile(s)).
  • Page 14: Chapter 4: Utility Configuration

    Chapter 4: Utility Configuration Station Mode  Show Tray Icon: Check to show the wireless adapter icon at the tray.  Disable Adapter: Check this to disable the wireless adapter.  Radio off: Check this to turn OFF radio function. ...
  • Page 15 General The General page displays the detail information of current connection. General Tab Shows the current connected status. If there is no connection, it will show Status Not Associated. If been connected, the system will show Associated. When connecting, the system will show checking Status. Speed Shows the current transmitting rate and receiving rate.
  • Page 16 Profile Profile can let users book keeping the favorite wireless setting among home, office, and other public hot-spot. Users may save multiple profiles, and activate the correct one at preference. The Profile manager enables users to Add, Remove, Edit, Duplicate and Set Default profiles. Profile Tab Profile Name Here shows a distinctive name of profile in this column.
  • Page 17 Profile Name: Users can enter profile name at will. Network Name (SSID): The SSID is the unique network name (case-sensitive) shared among all wireless access points in the wireless network. The name must be identical for all devices and wireless access points attempting to connect to the same network.
  • Page 18 When encryption is set to WPA 802.1X/ WPA2 802.1X/ WEP 802.1X… When users use radius server to authenticate client certificate for WPA authentication mode (WPA authentication do not support EAP Method- MD5-Challenge). EAP TYPE:  TLS: Transport Layer Security. Provides for certificate-based and mutual authentication of the client and the network.
  • Page 19 Available Network This page displays the information of surrounding APs from last scan result. The tab lists the information including SSID, Channel, Encryption, Network Authentication, Signal, Type, BSSID, Supported Rate (s), and Mode. Network Tab SSID Shows the network name of the access points. Channel Shows the currently channel in use.
  • Page 20 Supported wireless mode. It may support 802.11b, 802.11g and 802.11n Mode wireless mode. Refresh Click Refresh button to search and rescan the available network. Select an available network (SSID) on the list and then click Add to Profile Add to Profile button to add it into the profile list.
  • Page 21 Statistics The Statistics screen displays the statistics on the current network settings. Statistics Shows information of packets successfully sent. Tx OK Tx Error Shows information of packets failed transmit after hitting retry limit. Rx OK Shows information of packets received successfully. Rx Packet Count Shows information of packets received successfully.
  • Page 22 The primary goal of Wi-Fi Protected Setup (Wi-Fi Simple Configuration) is to simplify the security setup and management of Wi-Fi networks. The STA as an Enrollee or external Registrar supports the configuration setup using PIN (Personal Identification Number) configuration method or PBC (Push Button Configuration) method through an internal or external Registrar.
  • Page 23: Switch To Ap Mode

    About This page displays the information of the Wireless USB Adapter Version. Switch to AP Mode To access the soft AP mode, please double click the 802.11 a/b/g/n Mini Wireless LAN USB2.0 Adapter WiFi Soft AP to enter the soft AP mode setting. 18 -...
  • Page 24: Soft Ap Mode

    Soft AP mode General General SSID Shows the network name of the AP. BSSID Shows the MAC address of the AP. Shows the IP address and subnet Mask of the soft AP. Network Address Association Table This table shows the connected client here. Config Click the Config button to set up the Wireless Network Properties.
  • Page 25 Network Name (SSID): User can change the network name of this access point. Channel: User can select the channel form the pull-down list. Wireless network security Network Authentication: There are several types of authentication modes including Open System, Shared Key, WPA-PSK and WPA2-PSK. Data encryption: For Open System and Shared Key authentication mode, the selection of encryption type is WEP.
  • Page 26 Advanced Advanced Beacon Interval The time between two beacons. (The system default is 100 ms.) The delivery traffic indication message (DTIM) is an element included in DTIM Period some beacon frames. User can specify a value from 1 to 255 beacons. Select from the pull-down menu to change the Preamble type into Short Preamble Mode or Long.
  • Page 27 Statistics Statistics Tx OK Shows information of packets successfully sent. Tx Error Shows information of packets failed transmit after hitting retry limit. Rx OK Shows information of packets received successfully. Shows information of packets received successfully. Rx Packet Count Rx Retry Shows information of packets failed transmit after hitting retry limit.
  • Page 28 This page displays setting Internet connection sharing (ICS). Select a sharing public network and click Apply button to make a connection. 23 -...
  • Page 29: Chapter 5: Remove

    Chapter 5: Remove To remove the utility and driver, please refer to below steps. (When removing the utility, the driver will be removed as well.) Go to Start All Programs Intelligent Wireless LAN Utility Uninstall. 24 -...
  • Page 30 Click Yes to completely remove the selected application and all of its features. Then click Finish to complete removing. 25 -...

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