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- Page 1 Wireless LAN USB Adaptor User Manual V1.0...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
USING THIS DOCUMENT This document provides detailed user guidelines for Wireless LAN USB Adaptor operation and setting-up. Though every effort has been made to ensure that this document is up-to-date and accurate, more information may have become available subsequent to the production of this guide. RELEASE HISTORY Chapter 1 Introduction ...3 Chapter 2 Specifications ...4... -
Page 3: Chapter 1 Introduction
It provides a full solution of all the IEEE 802.11 b/g protocols, that pass the WiFi tests and are compatible with all the wireless products with WiFi logo. If you have a Wireless LAN USB Adaptor on hand, it means you can connect to the wireless world without any difficulty. -
Page 4: Chapter 2 Specifications
Chapter 2 Specifications Host system connections Interface Fully complies with USB 2.0 or 1.1 USB date transfer rate USB high speed (480Mbps), and full speed (12Mbps) Wireless LAN (WLAN) environment connections... -
Page 5: Chapter 3 Installation/ Uninstallation
CD, then auto installation window pops up as follows: Click Driver Installation If you insert the Wireless LAN USB Adaptor into your computer USB port after 1-1. installing the software program from the CD, then the following window pops up. - Page 6 Choose a set up language. Click OK. Click Next to process the installation.
- Page 7 The system starts software installation of the WLAN USB adaptor. On Windows Logo Software Installation screen, click Continue Anyway to continue. Note: Not all the drivers will have this message box.
- Page 8 Click Finish to complete the installation. After setup, restart your computer.
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Page 10: Uninstallation
3.2 Uninstallation From “Wireless Network Driver and Utility” or “Control Panel” ”Change or Remove Programs”. A. Uninstall the WLAN USB Adaptor Driver from “Start” Click “Uninstall” (or “Change/Remove”) to remove Wireless LAN USB Adaptor driver. “All Programs”... - Page 11 B. Click “OK” if you want to remove Wireless LAN USB Adaptor Driver . C. Click “Finish” to complete the uninstallation.
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Page 12: Chapter 4 Rtwlan:wireless Lan Management Gui
Chapter 4 RtWLAN:Wireless LAN 4.1 Introduction of Main Window A. Main Menu The main menu includes five submenus. Refresh When clicking the refresh menu, you can update and re-enumerate the contents of adaptor list area. Mode (M) Wireless configuration is quickly switched to be either [Station] or [AP]. Management GUI... - Page 13 View (V) Enable/disable the presence of status bar. Without the check mark (v) the status bar will be hidden. Help (H) Click the menu item “About RtWLan” to show the about dialog. The application...
- Page 14 version and license information are shown in the about dialog. B. Adaptor List Area All connected adaptors on this system with multiple adaptor installations are displayed in this area. It is easy for users to change the selected adaptor by one click. The contents of properties area are dependant on wireless configuration that the selected adaptor is set up.
- Page 15 configuration sections for both Station and AP mode. D. Global Control Bar Each control item on this bar affects the adaptor or management GUI directly. Show Tray Icon Checking "Show Tray Icon" and clicking “Close” button, the management GUI will be minimized and stay on the tray icon located at the right bottom corner of Windows.
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Page 16: Station Mode
The hints or status of the management GUI are presented in the status bar. 4.2 Station Mode The following explanations focus on the properties area. Infrastructure and Ad-Hoc With both Infrastructure and Ad-Hoc types, the properties should look like the picture above. - Page 17 7. Throughput Diagram Current throughput, including transmission (Tx) and total traffic (Total). 8. Network Address Mac Address: six two-digital number of this Wireless LAN USB adaptor IP Address: assigned network address by DHCP server or self-definition in four three-digital number format.
- Page 18 B. Profile Page This page provides profiles management such as add, remove, edit and duplicate just by pressing the respected button. Available Profile(s) The list box shows all the created profiles. 1. Add Add a new profile for AP or IBSS (Ad-Hoc mode). 2.
- Page 19 C. Available Network(s) Show network connection around this system 1. Refresh Rescan network connection around this system. 2. Add to Profile Create profile for selected network connection and add it to to profile list. D. Advanced Page...
- Page 20 6. WOL (Wake On LAN) The wake-on-LAN is applied for remote control purpose. You could wake up a system through network packets. For Wireless LAN USB Adaptor, only the same adaptor on another system could wake it up. Input MAC Address: the six two-digit numbers of Wireless LAN USB Adapter on target system.
- Page 21 E. Status Page NDIS Driver Version: Driver version Short Radio Header: No Encryption: Current encryption mode. Authenticate: Authentication state Channel Set: Selected channel plan currently. MAC Address: MAC address of this adapter. Data Rate: Wireless LAN transition speed Channel(Frequency): Current channel number Status: Wireless network status SSID: name of connecting AP Network Type: Indicate current network configuration type...
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Page 22: Ap Mode
4.3 AP Mode A. General Page This page provides general information of this AP, including name, MAC address and list of joined stations. 1. SSID The name of this AP. 2. BSSID Six two-digital numbers of the MAC address of this AP. 3. - Page 23 The AID field is a value assigned by an AP during association that represents 16-bit ID of a station. It is a unique value assigned by AP. 5. MAC address It is the six two-digit numbers that assemble the MAC address of respected joined station. 6.
- Page 24 without network authentication. Encryption ~ WEP: you decide to setup the basic data encryption with a defined network key. ■ Shared Key + WEP You decide to apply both authentication and data encryption to prevent unauthouized login. ■ WPA-PSK + TKIP The most advanced authentication and data encryption that provide the best security protection.
- Page 25 1. Beacon Interval This filed indicates the interval between each beacon that this AP sends out in unit of TU (1024 micro-seconds). 2. DTIM Period The DTIM Period field is the number of Beacon intervals between successive DTIMs. 3. Preamble Mode ■...
- Page 26 D. SoftAP Page 1. ConnName List all network connections to this system. You can pick up one from the listed item(s) whose network domain you would want to connect to. 2. Select Make the desired network connection to public network. 3.
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Page 27: Appendix 1: How To Use 802.1X ( Step By Step )
Appendix 1: How to Use 802.1x ( Step by Step ) Step 1 : Set Network Authentication mode to WPA 802.1x ,or WPA2 802.1x Step 2 : Set Data Encryption to TKIP ,or AES Step 3 : Set EAP Type to MD5 , GTC , TLS , LEAP , TTLS ,or PEAP... - Page 28 Step 3.1.1 : When set TTLS, set Tunnel Type to CHAP , MSCHAP , MSCHAP-V2 , PAP , or EAP-MD5 Step 3.1.2 : When set PEAP, set Tunnel Type to MD5 , GTC , TLS , or MSCHAP-V2 Step 3.2 If you do not set PEAP to TLS ,you could use certificate. Step 4 : After you finish above steps.