BenQ AWL300R User Manual
BenQ AWL300R User Manual

BenQ AWL300R User Manual

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BenQ Wireless LAN USB Adapter
AWL300
User Manual
Version 1.0 – 2002

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  • Page 1 BenQ Wireless LAN USB Adapter AWL300 User Manual Version 1.0 – 2002...
  • Page 2 Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Requirements, Part 15 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: Table Of Contents

    Benq Wireless LAN Contents Contents .......................... i 1. Installation........................1 1.1 Driver Installation..................1 1.2 Application Installation................3 1.3 Application & USB Driver Installation ...........7 2. Uninstallation......................13 3. Configuration & Monitor Utility ................16 3.1 Monitor....................16 3.2 Statistics ....................18 3.3 Site Survey.....................19 3.4 Encryption....................20 3.5 Advanced ....................21...
  • Page 4: Installation

    Benq Wireless LAN 1. Installation 1.1 Driver Installation Insert AWL300 USB Adapter into your PC, and then Windows will show the dialog – ‘Add New Hardware Wizard’. Select ‘Specify the location of the driver’ and press Next button. AWL300 USB Adapter User Manual...
  • Page 5 Benq Wireless LAN Select ‘Specify a location’ and browse the Benq Wireless LAN CD to find AWL300. For example, if your CD-ROM is drive D, the location is D:\AWL300. Windows has found Benq AWL300 Wireless LAN USB Adapter. Press Next button.
  • Page 6: Application Installation

    Benq Wireless LAN Press Finish. Press Yes and restart your computer. 1.2 Application Installation Execute Setup.exe in the AWL300 directory in Be nq Wireless LAN CD. For example, if your CD-ROM is drive D, please execute D:\AWL300\Setup.exe. AWL300 USB Adapter User Manual...
  • Page 7 Benq Wireless LAN Press Next button Select ‘Application & USB Drivers’ to install both of them if you don’t have USB Drivers installed yet. Select ‘Application Only’ to insta ll only AWL300 applications. AWL300 USB Adapter User Manual...
  • Page 8 Benq Wireless LAN Press Browse if you want to change destination location of applications, and then press Next button. The folder name will be AWL300. Press Next button if you don’t want to change it. AWL300 USB Adapter User Manual...
  • Page 9 Benq Wireless LAN Press Next button. Press Finish and restart your computer. AWL300 USB Adapter User Manual...
  • Page 10: Application & Usb Driver Installation

    Benq Wireless LAN 1.3 Application & USB Driver Installation Execute Setup.exe in the AWL300 directory in Benq Wireless LAN CD. For example, if your CD-ROM is drive D, please execute D:\AWL300\Setup.exe. Press Next button AWL300 USB Adapter User Manual...
  • Page 11 Benq Wireless LAN Select ‘Application & USB Drivers’ to install both of them if you don’t have USB Drivers installed yet. Press Next button Press Next button AWL300 USB Adapter User Manual...
  • Page 12 Benq Wireless LAN Press Next button Select the operating mode and then press Next button AWL300 USB Adapter User Manual...
  • Page 13 Benq Wireless LAN Specify ESSID and then press Next button Press Next button AWL300 USB Adapter User Manual...
  • Page 14 Benq Wireless LAN Press Finish and restart your computer. AWL300 USB Adapter User Manual...
  • Page 15 Benq Wireless LAN After complete installation, you will get the following screen. AWL300 USB Adapter User Manual...
  • Page 16: Uninstallation

    Benq Wireless LAN 2. Uninstallation To uninstall AWL300, you can run the “Uninstall Configuration & Monitor Utility” as the following figure. Press OK if yo u really want to remove AWL300. AWL300 USB Adapter User Manual...
  • Page 17 Benq Wireless LAN Press OK when uninstall successfully completed. You must restart your computer. Press OK to do it. AWL300 USB Adapter User Manual...
  • Page 18 Benq Wireless LAN You can also remove AWL300 from Add/Remove Programs Properties in Control Panel AWL300 USB Adapter User Manual...
  • Page 19: Configuration & Monitor Utility

    Benq Wireless LAN 3. Configuration & Monitor Utility 3.1 Monitor Operating Mode Infrastructure Mode In this mode, the driver will scan all available channels continuously until one or more Access Points which matches its SSID are found. When it gets to that point, it will try to authenticate and associate with the Access Point.
  • Page 20 Benq Wireless LAN SSID Service Set Identity Tx Rate This field shows the current transmit rate which are being used for an active connection. Power Mgmt Mode Power Management Mode – Active or Power Save MAC Address MAC Address of this USB Wireless LAN Adapter Status The current state of the driver is displayed in this field.
  • Page 21: Statistics

    Benq Wireless LAN 3.2 Statistics The Statistics Page shows the counts of packets transmitted and received. Press Clear button to set these numbers to zero. AWL300 USB Adapter User Manual...
  • Page 22: Site Survey

    Benq Wireless LAN 3.3 Site Survey The Site Survey Page shows the APs nearby. Press Re-Scan button to search APs nearby. AWL300 USB Adapter User Manual...
  • Page 23: Encryption

    Benq Wireless LAN 3.4 Encryption According to WEP function select, this panel allows the entry of 64-bit encryption and 128-bit key. Each key must consist of hex digits to be written to the driver and registry. This means that only digit 0-9 and letters A-F are valid entries. Therefore, if entered incorrectly, the program will not write keys to a driver.
  • Page 24: Advanced

    Benq Wireless LAN Authentication Type Select Open System type or Shared Key type 3.5 Advanced The Advanced Page sets the preamble type and threshold of fragmentation and RTS/CTS. Press Submit button to apply your changes AWL300 USB Adapter User Manual...
  • Page 25: Version

    Benq Wireless LAN 3.6 Version You may learn the product version including the detail of Driver, Firmware, and Application from this “About” tab. When users want to report their problems to technical support, they must use this version number. AWL300 USB Adapter User Manual...

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