Wireless LAN USB Stick AWL400 User Manual Version 1.1 June 2002 BENQ Corporation...
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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.
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Note: The AWL400 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.
Chapter 1. Introduction Thank you for purchasing a BenQ AWL400 Wireless LAN USB Stick. The AWL400 Wireless LAN USB Stick 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.
Software CD containing user manual and utility Quick Start Guide Warranty card 1-2 System Requirements Before using your AWL400, please check that you have the following required items: PC/Notebook with USB port and CD-ROM drive Microsoft Windows 98SE/ME/2000/XP operating system 1-3 Mechanical Description...
Chapter 2. Installation 2.1 Installation for Win98SE/WinME/Win2000 Execute Setup.exe in the AWL400 directory in BENQ Wireless LAN CD. For example, if your CD-ROM has a drive D, please execute D:\AWL400\Setup.exe. Press Next button BENQ Corporation...
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Press Browse, if you want to change destination location of applications, and then press Next button. The folder name will be AWL400. Press Next button if you don’t want to change it. BENQ Corporation...
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Press Finish and restart your computer. BENQ Corporation...
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After complete installation, you will get the following icon in your PC Start Menu. BENQ Corporation...
2.2 Installation for WinXP Insert AWL400 USB Stick into your PC, and then Windows will show the dialog – ‘Found New Hardware Wizard’. Select ‘Install from a list or specific location (Advanced)’ and press Next button. BENQ Corporation...
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Select ‘Include this location in the search’ and browse the BENQ Wireless LAN CD to find AWL400. For example, if your CD-ROM is drive D, the location is D:\AWL400\WinXP. Press Continue Anyway BENQ Corporation...
Chapter 3. Uninstallation To uninstall AWL400, you can remove AWL400 from Add/Remove Programs Properties in Control Panel as the following figure. Press Add/Remove Press OK if you really want to remove AWL400. BENQ Corporation...
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Press Finish when uninstall successfully completed and then you must restart your computer. BENQ Corporation...
Access Points are found that matches its SSID. When it gets to that point, it will try to authenticate and associate with the Access Point. 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. BENQ Corporation...
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Tx Rate This field shows the current transmit rate which are being used for an active connection. Int. Roaming (not supported by this model, AWL400) Radio (not supported by this model, AWL400) Status The current state of the driver is displayed in this field. If the state reveals “Associated,“...
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...
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 BSSID area to associate with the AP which user wants to connect. BENQ Corporation...
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...
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...
4.6 Version You may learn the product version including the detail of Driver, Firmware, Application, and MAC Address from this “Version” tab. When users wish to report their problems to technical support, they must have this version number. BENQ Corporation...
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