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- Page 1 PW-DN427 Wireless Lite-N USB Adapter Rev: 1.0.0...
- Page 2 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 interference to radio communications.
- Page 3 CE Mark Warning This is a class B product. In a domestic environment, this product may cause radio interference, in which case the user may be required to take adequate measures. National restrictions This device is intended for home and office use in all EU countries (and other countries following the EU directive 1999/5/EC) without any limitation except for the countries mentioned below: Country Restriction...
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Page 4: Table Of Contents
CONTENTS Package Contents ....................1 Chapter 1 Introduction ..................2 1.1 Product Overview ....................2 1.2 Main Features ....................2 1.3 LED Status ......................2 Chapter 2 Installation Guide ................. 3 ... -
Page 5: Package Contents
Wireless Lite-N USB Adapter User Guide Package Contents The following items should be found in your package: One PW-DN427 Wireless Lite-N USB Adapter One USB extension cable One Resource CD for PW-DN427 Wireless Lite-N USB Adapter, including: • Drivers and Utility • User Guide •... -
Page 6: Chapter 1 Introduction
TKIP, AES，WPA and WPA2 encryption to prevent outside intrusion and protect your personal information from being exposed. The adapter is easy to install and manage. The PW-DN427 supports WPS function, which can help you create a wireless connection immediately. Quick Setup Wizard is supported and detailed instructions are provided step by step in this user guide. -
Page 7: Chapter 2 Installation Guide
Windows XP for example. 2.2.2 Installation Guide 1. Insert the Resource CD into your CD-ROM drive, and open the folder named PW-DN427. Double-click Setup.exe in the proper folder according to your operating system to start the installation, then the following screen for preparing setup will appear. - Page 8 PW-DN427 Wireless Lite-N USB Adapter User Guide Figure 2-1 Preparing Setup 2. Then you’ll see the screen as follow, you can choose what to be installed. Figure 2-2 Setup Type 3. As next screen, you can select the configuration tool here.
- Page 9 PW-DN427 Wireless Lite-N USB Adapter User Guide Figure 2-3 Setup Type If you want to install the RL51 Wireless Lite-N Client Utility, please select the RL51 Configuration Tool and click Next. If you only want to use the Microsoft Zero Configuration Tool to configure the wireless connection, please select Microsoft Zero Configuration Tool and click Next.
- Page 10 PW-DN427 Wireless Lite-N USB Adapter User Guide 5. After that, you will see the next screen as below. Click Install to continue. Figure 2-5 Ready to Install the Program 6. The following screen for installing will appear. Figure 2-6 Setup Status...
- Page 11 PW-DN427 Wireless Lite-N USB Adapter User Guide pop up, please click Continue Anyway to continue the installation for our drivers have been tested thoroughly and are able to work with the operating system. Figure 2-7 Windows XP Warning Box 7. After the files have been successfully copied, the screen in Figure 2-8 will appear. Click the Finish button to finish the wizard.
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Page 12: Uninstall Software
PW-DN427 Wireless Lite-N USB Adapter User Guide 2.3 Uninstall Software 2.3.1 Uninstall the driver software from your PC On the Windows taskbar, click the Start button, and then click Control Panel. Double-click the System icon, click on the Hardware tab in the System window. -
Page 13: Chapter 3 Configuration
Chapter 3 Configuration 3.1 Configuration of Utility PW-DN427 Wireless USB Adapter can be configured by its utility for Windows 2000/ XP/ Vista. This section will take the configuration in Windows XP for example and guide you to configure your wireless adapter for wireless connectivity with trustable data security encryption features. - Page 14 PW-DN427 Wireless Lite-N USB Adapter User Guide Figure 3-1 Profile Tab To Add a new profile: Click the Add button on the Profile tab, the Profile configuration screen will appear as shown in Figure 3-2. Enter the Profile Name and choose the SSID from the pull-down list, then click OK to add it.
- Page 15 PW-DN427 Wireless Lite-N USB Adapter User Guide Fragmentation Threshold - This value is the maximum size determining whether packets will be fragmented. Setting the Fragmentation Threshold too low may result in poor network performance since excessive packages. 2346 is the default setting and is recommended.
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Page 16: Network
PW-DN427 Wireless Lite-N USB Adapter User Guide Figure 3-4 Edit a Profile-Auth.\Encry. Authentication – You can choose the Authentication Type from the pull-down list with three options, Open System, Shared-Key System or LEAP. 802.1x – It enables when Authentication Type is setting to WPA. -
Page 17: Advanced
PW-DN427 Wireless Lite-N USB Adapter User Guide choices will appear as Figure 3-5. Figure 3-5 Network tab Rescan: Click the Rescan button to refresh the list at any time. Add to Profile: Highlight an SSID and click the Add to Profile button to add the network to the profile. -
Page 18: Statistics
PW-DN427 Wireless Lite-N USB Adapter User Guide Apply - Click the Apply button to save the current setting. 3.1.4 Statistics Click the Statistics tab of the Utility and you will see the following screen displaying the receiving and transmitting statistical information. Click the Reset Counter button to reset the count of the statistics information. - Page 19 PW-DN427 Wireless Lite-N USB Adapter User Guide supports. Note: To build a successful connection by WPS, you should also do the corresponding configuration of the Access Point for WPS or WPS function meanwhile. PBC Method If your Access Point is equipped with a push-button for Wi-Fi Protected Setup, you can connect the adapter to the Access Point by Push WPS Button method.
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Page 20: Radio On/Off
PW-DN427 Wireless Lite-N USB Adapter User Guide Figure 3-10 WPS - Registrar mode Note: The default PIN code of the AP always can be found in its label or User Guide. Enter the PIN into my Access Point Choose the Config Mode as Enrollee and click the PIN button on the screen as Figure 3-11. -
Page 21: About
PW-DN427 Wireless Lite-N USB Adapter User Guide 3.1.7 About Click the About tab of the Utility and you will see the following screen with some information about this adapter. Figure 3-12 About Utility Version - The version of this utility. - Page 22 PW-DN427 Wireless Lite-N USB Adapter User Guide Double click the Use Zero Configuration as Configuration utility option to enable Wireless Zero Configuration function. Figure 3-13 Use Zero Configuration as Configuration utility 2. After that, double click the icon , and the following Figure 3-14 will appear with some available wireless network choices.
- Page 23 PW-DN427 Wireless Lite-N USB Adapter User Guide Figure 3-15 Acquiring network address 4. If the connection is finished, the icon will display like the next screen shown. Figure 3-16 Finish - 19 -...
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Page 24: Chapter 4 Ap Mode
Wireless Lite-N USB Adapter User Guide Chapter 4 AP Mode Click the icon to switch to AP Mode. In this mode you can use the PW-DN427 as a soft AP. Figure 4-1 Note: At this time, if your PC have Installed other network card (wireless or wire), you will be prompted “ICS Select WAN Adapter”... -
Page 25: Access Control
PW-DN427 Wireless Lite-N USB Adapter User Guide Figure 4-3 Config Setting Page SSID – Enter the SSID of your soft AP, or you can press “<- Use Mac Address” button to keep the Mac Address as your SSID. Channel – Select the channel from the drop-down list . This field determines which operating frequency will be used. -
Page 26: Mac Table
PW-DN427 Wireless Lite-N USB Adapter User Guide Figure 4-4 Access Control Function Access Policy – This field allows you to start the function or not. System default is disabled. • Disable - Disable the Access Policy feature. • Allow All - Allow all the MAC addresses in the Access List to access the AP. -
Page 27: Event Log
PW-DN427 Wireless Lite-N USB Adapter User Guide Figure 4-5 Mac Table Function MAC Address – The station’s Mac address of the current connection. AID – Raise value by current connection. Power Saving Mode – Support Power Saving Mode on the currently connected station. -
Page 28: Statistics
PW-DN427 Wireless Lite-N USB Adapter User Guide Figure 4-6 Event Log Page Event Time (yy/mm/dd-hh:mm:ss) – Displays the event time recorded. Message – Displays all event messages. 4.5 Statistics The statistics page displays detailed counter information based on the 802.11 MIB counters. The information is translated into a format easier for the user to understand. -
Page 29: About
PW-DN427 Wireless Lite-N USB Adapter User Guide Figure 4-7 Transmit and Receive statistics 4.6 About The About page displays the wireless card and driver version information as shown in Figure 4-8. - 25 -... - Page 30 PW-DN427 Wireless Lite-N USB Adapter User Guide Figure 4-8 About Page - 26 -...
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Page 31: Chapter 5 Example For Application
Please ensure the software and hardware environments are well established before configuring. For hardware, at least a PC, a PW-DN427 Wireless Lite-N USB Adapter and a PSP device are needed. For software, the PW-DN427 Adapter driver should be properly installed. - Page 32 PW-DN427 Wireless Lite-N USB Adapter User Guide Step 5. Right-click “My Computer” and select Management. In the prompt page, click Device Manager, then right-click “150M Wireless Lite-N Client Adapter “and select Properties. Then set the value of “PSP Xlink Mode” as Enable following the red marked instruction in the figure.
- Page 33 PW-DN427 Wireless Lite-N USB Adapter User Guide Figure 5-4 Step 8. In the prompt page shown below, select Use the Following IP Address, and set the IP and Subnet mask. After completing setting, click OK. Figure 5-5 Note: Please set the IP address in different network segment with the other network card to avoid conflict.
- Page 34 PW-DN427 Wireless Lite-N USB Adapter User Guide Figure 5-6 Step 10. Check whether your PSP device is detected in the Diagnostics mode of Kai as Figure 5-7 shown: Click the icon first and then click the folder Figure 5-7 Step 11. Click the icon on the right top corner to enter the Arena Mode, highlight the arena of your wanted game, and then join or start a new game.
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Page 36: Appendix A: Glossary
PW-DN427 Wireless Lite-N USB Adapter User Guide Appendix A: Glossary 802.11b - The 802.11b standard specifies a wireless networking at 11 Mbps using direct-sequence spread-spectrum (DSSS) technology and operating in the unlicensed radio spectrum at 2.4GHz, and WEP encryption for security. 802.11b networks are also referred to as Wi-Fi networks. - Page 37 PW-DN427 Wireless Lite-N USB Adapter User Guide Spectrum (FHSS). SSID - A Service Set Identification is a thirty-two character (maximum) alphanumeric key identifying a wireless local area network. For the wireless devices in a network to communicate with each other, all devices must be configured with the same SSID. This is typically the configuration parameter for a wireless PC card.
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Page 39: Appendix B: Specifications
PW-DN427 Wireless Lite-N USB Adapter User Guide Appendix B: Specifications General Interface USB 2.0 Connector Standards IEEE 802.11n, IEEE 802.11g, IEEE 802.11b Operating System Windows 2000/ XP/ Vista/ 7 Safety & Emission FCC, CE Frequency 2.4 ~ 2.4835 GHz 130M: -68dBm...