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  • Page 1 Nisuta 1T1R 11n PCI Adapter User Guide...

  • Page 2: Copyright Statement

    All the photos and product specifications mentioned in this guide are for references only. Upgrades of software and hardware may occur, and if there are changes, Nisuta is not responsible for notifying in advance. If you would like to know more about our product information, please visit our website at www.nisuta.com.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Nisuta 1T1R 11n PCI Adapter User Guide Contents Chapter 1 Product Introduction..........3   1.1 Package Contents ..............3   1.2 LED Indicator Description ............3   1.3 Product Features ..............4   1.4 Product Usage ............... 4   1.5 Before Installation ..............5  ...
  • Page 4 Nisuta 1T1R 11n PCI Adapter User Guide   4.1.5 About..................45 4.2 AP mode ................46     4.2.1 Config AP................48   4.2.2 Advanced................49   4.2.3 Access Control List.............. 50   4.2.4 Associate List ............... 52   4.2.5 AP Mode under Windows 7 ..........53 Appendix 1: Acronyms and Terms .........

  • Page 5: Chapter 1 Product Introduction

    Besides, Soft AP is supported for fast wireless network establishment, and WPS encryption supported for you to quickly encrypt and secure your wireless network. All in all, the Nisuta wireless adapter is easy-to-use, and of robust signal, long transmitting distance. 1.1 Package Contents...

  • Page 6: Product Features

    Complies with Windows 7/XP/ 2000/Vista, Linux, MAC OS, etc. 1.4 Product Usage This Nisuta Wireless Adapter offers a fast, reliable and extendable solution for wireless access. It is mostly used in the following circumstances: 1. Enables staff members who require higher mobility, to have access to the wireless network anywhere inside their company.

  • Page 7: Before Installation

    2.Please close or uninstall the configuration programs of other manufacturers’ before you install the configuration programs of Nisuta network adapters to avoid possible UI (user interface) conflict. 3.To avoid possible network conflicts between this Nisuta network adapter and those of other manufactures’, we recommend that you first disable the network adapters of other manufacturers before installaing the driver.
  • Page 8 Nisuta 1T1R 11n PCI Adapter User Guide 2. On the Computer Management screen ,select “ Device Manager” － “Network adapters”, and right click the network adapter you want to disable and click “Disable”...

  • Page 9: Product Maintenance

    1. Please keep the product away from water and humid environment to guarantee its normal performance 2. Protect it against hazardous substances (such as acids, alkalis etc). 3. Please don’t directly expose the adapter to the sunlight or excessive heat. 4. Please contact Nisuta support if any problems occur.

  • Page 10: Chapter 2 Installation Guide

    Nisuta 1T1R 11n PCI Adapter User Guide Chapter 2 Installation Guide This chapter will guide you through the process of installing the network adapter software package, with the included software CD. The package integrates driver and configuration software. Thus, when you are installing the driver, the configuration software will be installed automatically as well.

  • Page 11: Driver Installation Steps

    2.2.2 Put the included software CD into the CD drive of your computer ,and the driver should run automatically , a Welcome screen should pop up, just click the “Ejecutar” button.( Double click “Nisuta.exe”in the software CD and manually install when it doesn’t auto-run).
  • Page 12 Nisuta 1T1R 11n PCI Adapter User Guide 2.2.3 Select “I accept the terms of the license agreement” and click “Next”. -10-...
  • Page 13 Nisuta 1T1R 11n PCI Adapter User Guide 2.2.4 Two set up types are provided: one is “Install driver only” ,the other is “Install driver and Nisuta WLAN Utility”. NOTE: you may select the first method when you are accustomed to use the WINDOWS built-in wireless configuration program.However, this...
  • Page 14 Nisuta 1T1R 11n PCI Adapter User Guide 2.2.5 Click “Install” to begin the driver installation. 2.2.6 Click “Finish” to complete the installation. -12-...

  • Page 15: Chapter 3 How To Use The Windows Built-In Wireless Configuration

    Nisuta 1T1R 11n PCI Adapter User Guide Chapter 3 How to use the Windows Built-in Wireless Configuration This chapter explains to users who don’t install Nisuta configuration program how to use Windows Built-in Wireless Configuration to connect to the wireless network .
  • Page 16 Nisuta 1T1R 11n PCI Adapter User Guide 2. Open the network connection.Right click “Wireless Network Connection” and select “View Available Wireless Networks” as shown below. 3. On the right of the screen displayed are the currently scanned wireless networks. If the one you want to connect has not been scanned, click “Refresh Network List”...
  • Page 17 Nisuta 1T1R 11n PCI Adapter User Guide NOTE: If the wireless device you are connecting to is not encrypted, the key dialogue box will not pop up. 4. When it shows “Connected” as the picture below, then you can enjoy wireless access to Internet now.
  • Page 18 Nisuta 1T1R 11n PCI Adapter User Guide 5. You can modify wireless network key from “Change advanced settings”. 6. Select “Wireless Networks”and choose the one you want to modify, and then click “Properties”. -16-...
  • Page 19 Nisuta 1T1R 11n PCI Adapter User Guide -17-...

  • Page 20: Wireless Network Connection Under Vista

    Nisuta 1T1R 11n PCI Adapter User Guide 5. Modify the key in the appearing dialogue box. 3.2 Wireless Network Connection under VISTA 1. Click the Wireless Connection icon in the lower right corner of your desktop and select “Connect to a network” as shown below.
  • Page 21 Nisuta 1T1R 11n PCI Adapter User Guide 2 Select the wireless network you wish to connect and click “Connect” or double click the wireless network to connect. Click the Refresh icon in the upper right corner to update the network list if you don’t find the specified wireless network.
  • Page 22 Nisuta 1T1R 11n PCI Adapter User Guide 5. The following screen will appear after successfully connected to the wireless network. -20-...
  • Page 23 Nisuta 1T1R 11n PCI Adapter User Guide 6. If you want to change the wireless network key, just right click the wireless network’s SSID and then select “Properties”. -21-...
  • Page 24 Nisuta 1T1R 11n PCI Adapter User Guide 7. You can modify the key from the appearing dialogue box. -22-...

  • Page 25: Wireless Network Connection Under Windows 7

    Nisuta 1T1R 11n PCI Adapter User Guide 3.3 Wireless Network Connection under Windows 7 1. Click the wireless connection in the lower right corner of the computer’s desktop to view the available wireless networks. Select the wireless network you wish to connect and click “Connect”...
  • Page 26 Nisuta 1T1R 11n PCI Adapter User Guide 2、 If the wireless network you are connecting is encrypted, you’ll be prompted to enter the key. Click “Ok” after you enter the correct key. -24-...
  • Page 27 Nisuta 1T1R 11n PCI Adapter User Guide 3. It shows “Connected” after successfully connected. You can disconnect it, view its status or modify the wireless network properties by right click the wireless network -25-...
  • Page 28 Nisuta 1T1R 11n PCI Adapter User Guide -26-...

  • Page 29: Chapter 4 Nisuta Wireless Utility

    Nisuta’s utility interface (in the following text it is abbreviated as UI). Select “Start”—“All Programs” —“Nisuta”—“ NS-WIP150N”, or click the “Nisuta” shortcut on your PC’s desktop to start the UI. 4.1 Station mode (Client Mode) Station mode (Client Mode) Overview It is a common solution to use the wireless network adapter as a client to receive signals.

  • Page 30: Site Survey

    Nisuta 1T1R 11n PCI Adapter User Guide Main interface for station mode The function buttons on the top(From L to R )are respectively Site Survey, Link Information, Profile, Advanced, About, Help, and MiniSize. While the left column displays Turn On/Off RF, Security /No security, and Signal status.
  • Page 31 Nisuta 1T1R 11n PCI Adapter User Guide For the networks that are not encrypted, you can directly click “Connect”. However, for the encrypted wireless networks,a “Profile” dialog will pop up and you must select the corresponding authentication type and encryption type,and then click the “Next”...
  • Page 32 Nisuta 1T1R 11n PCI Adapter User Guide The detailed explanations about the authentication and encryption are as follows: WEP：Supports 10/26-bit Hex characters and 5/13-bit ASCII. WPA-PSK ： Supports 8-63-bit ASCII and 8-64-bit Hex characters. WPA2-PSK ： Supports 8-63-bit ASCII and 8-64-bit Hex characters.

  • Page 33: Link Information

    Nisuta 1T1R 11n PCI Adapter User Guide The Hex characters consist of numbers 0~9 and letters a-f. ASCII characters consist of any Arabic digitals/letters and characters. 4.1.2 Link Information After successfully connected to one wireless network, you can view its detailed information by clicking the “Link Information”...

  • Page 34: Profile

    Nisuta 1T1R 11n PCI Adapter User Guide 2. “Throughput” screen displays the signal strength of each of the wireless adapter’s antennas and the link quality. 3.”Statistics” screen is used to count the total Rx and Tx data packets, including transmitted,retransmitted and fail to receive ACK after all retries.You can click the “Reset Counter”...
  • Page 35 Nisuta 1T1R 11n PCI Adapter User Guide connect to the wireless network by adding a profile on the “Profile“screen.The Profile screen is used to save the wireless network parameters. When the adapter is successfully connected to a network, the profile name of this network will automatically be added here, which helps the adapter to quickly connect to the wireless network next time.
  • Page 36 Nisuta 1T1R 11n PCI Adapter User Guide helps you to fulfill wireless encryption fast as well as secure your wireless network. For detailed setting steps, refer to appendix2. There are two network types for your option when clicking the “Add” button to add wireless adapter connection: Infrastructure and Ad-Hoc.
  • Page 37 Nisuta 1T1R 11n PCI Adapter User Guide that in this mode the computer installed with the wireless network adapter has to fulfill the wireless communication via AP or wireless router. It can be devided into two modes:“wireless AP + wireless network adapter” and “wireless router + wireless network adapter”.
  • Page 38 Nisuta 1T1R 11n PCI Adapter User Guide Click the next button to select the authentication type and encryption type such as WPA－PSK and AES, and then input the key and click next. -36-...
  • Page 39 Nisuta 1T1R 11n PCI Adapter User Guide After a profile is successfully added, the profile name can be seen on the profile list,you can edit , import or export the profile,click “Active” to finish the connection,now you can also view...
  • Page 40 Nisuta 1T1R 11n PCI Adapter User Guide NOTE: If the SSID broadcast function of the wireless router or AP you wish to connect is disabled, then the wireless adapter can not scan the SSID, thus you need to connect by creating the corresponding profile.
  • Page 41 Nisuta 1T1R 11n PCI Adapter User Guide that each computer should be equipped with a wireless network adapter. By connecting these wireless adapters, computers are able to share the resources. The detailed setting steps are as follows: 1）Firstly you’ll have to allocate a static IP to each wireless adapter to be connected in Ad-hoc mode.
  • Page 42 Nisuta 1T1R 11n PCI Adapter User Guide c.Select “Internet Protocol(TCP/IP)”and click “Properties”. d. Please enter the IP address and subnet mask, and make sure this IP address is not used by other devices in the network.For example: if your wireless adapter’s IP address is 192.168.0.1 ，...
  • Page 43 Nisuta 1T1R 11n PCI Adapter User Guide adapters’ addresses within range 192.168.0.2—192.168.0.254.Click “Ok” to save the settings. 2) Create a new Ad-hoc profile Click the “Add” button and enter the network name in the SSID field to identify the wireless network, and select Ad-hoc as the network type and then select the channel.
  • Page 44 Nisuta 1T1R 11n PCI Adapter User Guide Click the “Next” button to select the authentication type and encryption type and then input the correct key and click “Next”. -42-...
  • Page 45 Nisuta 1T1R 11n PCI Adapter User Guide After a profile is successfully added,the profile can be seen on the profile list ,select it and click the “Active” icon on the lower right corner. And then search for the wireless network on other clients.

  • Page 46: Advanced

    Nisuta 1T1R 11n PCI Adapter User Guide When the highlighted part shows “Connected“ ,it indicates the connection is successful. 4.1.4 Advanced This section is used to set the wireless mode and country region code for the current wireless adapter. The widely used is 2.4G...

  • Page 47: About

    Nisuta 1T1R 11n PCI Adapter User Guide wireless adapter. 4.1.5 About This screen mainly displays the version information of the UI’s different programs as well as Nisuta’s copyright statement. -45-...

  • Page 48: Ap Mode

    As shown in the diagram below: The PC in the left has already accessed to the Internet by using a wired network adapter, meanwhile, you install a Nisuta wireless adapter (take a PCI -46-...
  • Page 49 Nisuta 1T1R 11n PCI Adapter User Guide wireless adapter as an example) and its UI on this computer, and set the adapter to AP mode. By using the wireless adapters to scan the AP’S SSID to connect, the computers in the right can also access to the Internet after...

  • Page 50: Config Ap

    Nisuta 1T1R 11n PCI Adapter User Guide automatically set its IP address as 192.168.123.1, and other clients that connected to this AP will automatically obtain the IP addresses of: 192.168.123.X(X is any integer from 2 to 254).The function buttons on the top (From L to R )are...

  • Page 51: Advanced

    Nisuta 1T1R 11n PCI Adapter User Guide Here the authentication type is set as “Open” and the encryption type “Not Use”. 4.2.2 Advanced This screen is used to set the advanced parameters of the wireless adapter when working in AP mode, such as No forwarding among wireless clients and TX power.

  • Page 52: Access Control List

    Nisuta 1T1R 11n PCI Adapter User Guide No forwarding among wireless clients: This feature isolates the communications among the wireless clients that are connected to the wireless adapter in AP mode. TX power: To adjust the transmit power for the wireless adapter 4.2.3 Access Control List...
  • Page 53 Nisuta 1T1R 11n PCI Adapter User Guide Access Policy: Disable: To disable the filter function. Allow All: To permit all hosts whose wireless MAC addresses are included in the list to access the wireless network, other hosts whose wireless MAC addresses have not been added to the list will be prohibited by default.

  • Page 54: Associate List

    Nisuta 1T1R 11n PCI Adapter User Guide want to filter in the physical address field. : to add the entered wireless client MAC address to the list. : to delete an existing MAC address in the list. : to delete all clients’ wireless MAC addresses in the list.

  • Page 55: Ap Mode Under Windows 7

    Nisuta 1T1R 11n PCI Adapter User Guide 4.2.5 AP Mode under Windows 7 1. Under Windows 7, wireless adapters are allowed to work in both STA and AP modes. Here, the wireless adapter acts not only as a client, but also an AP to send wireless signal, which equals to an amplifier.
  • Page 56 Nisuta 1T1R 11n PCI Adapter User Guide 2. You can change the SSID on the Config AP screen and control the number of the connected clients by modifying the max number of peers. AP mode has only one encryption method which is WPA2-AES by default and cannot be modified.

  • Page 57: Appendix 1: Acronyms And Terms

    Nisuta 1T1R 11n PCI Adapter User Guide Appendix 1: Acronyms and Terms WLAN Wireless Local Area Network 802.11 A family of specifications developed by the IEEE for WLAN technology. 802.11a An extension to 802.11 WLAN standards that provides up to 54 Mbps transmission in the 5 GHz UNI radio band.

  • Page 58: Appendix 2: How To Set Wps

    PBC mode in WPS settings screen(For detailed settings,please refer to your router’s user guide). 1.2 Perform PBC connection on the UI of the wireless adapter 1) On the main interface of Nisuta’s UI, click “Profile”—“Add WPS Profile”. -56-...
  • Page 59 Nisuta 1T1R 11n PCI Adapter User Guide Profile screen, select “Push-Button Configuration”(PBC) and then click the “Next” button, select “Start PBC” two minutes after the router enables the WPS function. The connection is established when the negotiating process finishes. -57-...
  • Page 60 Nisuta 1T1R 11n PCI Adapter User Guide Start PBC: Negotiating process: profile forms automatically after connection successfully established. -58-...
  • Page 61 Nisuta 1T1R 11n PCI Adapter User Guide 1.3 Using the wireless adapter’s WPS button to perform PBC connection. If your wireless adapter provides a WPS button,you may use the button to perform PBC connection. a).Run the adapter’s UI and switch to STATION mode b).Two minutes after the router’s WPS-PBC is enabled,press the...
  • Page 62 PIN code and input it in the PIN code field of the router’s WPS setting screen. Here we take Nisuta NS-WIR150NE as an example. First enter its WPS configuration screen,enable WPS settings and select PIN for WPS mode and then input 18686791 in the PIN code field,and then click the “Save”...
  • Page 63 Nisuta 1T1R 11n PCI Adapter User Guide Click the next button on the Profile screen and click “Start PIN” to start the PIN code negotiation. -61-...
  • Page 64 Nisuta 1T1R 11n PCI Adapter User Guide 2.2 Registrar Mode On the “Add WPS Profile” screen, select the SSID of the AP that need negotiate mode instead selecting”Auto”.Then select”PIN” as the WPS method and click the next button to display the folowing screen: Select “Registrar”...
  • Page 65 Nisuta 1T1R 11n PCI Adapter User Guide Now you can view the SSID ,authenticaiton type,and encrytion type that need to be negotiated by the WPS in registrar mode.These values can be modified but we recommend using the default.Here we use the defaut setting and then click the next buton.
  • Page 66 Nisuta 1T1R 11n PCI Adapter User Guide Then click “Start PIN” on the screen below to perform WPS connection. NOTE: 1.Under the WPS connection mode, when multiple routers simultaneously enable the WPS function, it may cause connection failure. -64-...
  • Page 67 Nisuta 1T1R 11n PCI Adapter User Guide 2.If the router connect to the adapter using the WPS, only one client can be connected at one time, and so if the router need to connect to multiple clients through WPS, you should repeat the WPS operation.

  • Page 68: Appendix 3: Faq

    Nisuta 1T1R 11n PCI Adapter User Guide Appendix 3: FAQ Q1: Microsoft ICS service is pending. A1: If ICS service cannot be enabled after a long time, please re-switch from Station Mode to AP Mode ,if not successful ,please restart the computer.
  • Page 69 Nisuta 1T1R 11n PCI Adapter User Guide Q3: Failed to enable ICS. A3: Microsoft ICS service can only combine one group of WAN and LAN. This message indicates ICS may have been enabled by other network adapters. 1.Please manually cancel or restart and cancel ICS, then re-switch to AP mode.
  • Page 70 Nisuta 1T1R 11n PCI Adapter User Guide Q6: The SSID is not fully displayed on the wireless network list, what should I do? A6: Keep the mouse on the displayed SSID for about 2 seconds, as the below picture shows,and you’ll see the full SSID on the appearing box.
  • Page 71 Nisuta 1T1R 11n PCI Adapter User Guide If you still have any problem, please contact our customer service or visit our website: http://www.nisuta.com Q8:Sometimes the UI can not be moved by the mouse and also can not be minisized,why? A8:when...

  • Page 72: Appendix 4 :Regulatory Information

    Nisuta 1T1R 11n PCI Adapter User Guide Appendix 4 :Regulatory Information Eu Declaration or Declaration of Conformity Hereby, Nisuta declares that this Wireless Adapter is in compliance with the essential requirements and other relevant provisions of Directive 1999/5/EC. FCC Statement...
  • Page 73 Nisuta 1T1R 11n PCI Adapter User Guide from that to which the receiver is connected. -Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help. To assure continued compliance, any changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user’s authority to operate this equipment.
  • Page 74 Nisuta 1T1R 11n PCI Adapter User Guide Caution! The manufacturer is not responsible for any radio or TV interference caused by unauthorized modifications to this equipment. Such modifications could void the user authority to operate the equipment. -72-...

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