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- Page 1 User’s Manual 802.11N Wireless LAN USB Adapter Model No.: SP907N http://www.micronet.info...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
Table of Contents Chapter 1 Introduction................. 1 1.1 Package Contents ..................1 1.2 Key Features ....................1 1.3 Safety Information ..................2 1.4 System Requirements..................2 1.5 Specifications ....................3 Chapter 2 Physical Description ..............4 2.1 USB Adapter ....................4 2.1.1 LED Indication....................4 2.2 Hardware Installation.................. -
Page 3: Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 1 Introduction Micronet SP907N, 11N Wireless LAN USB Adapter, delivers next generation wireless solution of high speed and cost-efficient network. It is compliant with IEEE 802.11 Draft-N and backward compatible with IEEE 802.11b/g. The USB adapter supports MIMO (Multi-In, Multi-Out) technology, which uses two radio channels to enhance data rate and wireless coverage. -
Page 4: Safety Information
Safety Information In order to keep the safety of users, please read through the following safety instructions: This USB Adapter is designed for indoor use only. Do not put this device at or near hot or humid places. Also, do not leave this device in the car in summer. -
Page 5: Specifications
Specifications Standards IEEE802.11b/ 802.11g / 802.11 Draft-N Interface USB 2.0/1.1 Frequency Band 2.4000 ~ 2.4835GHz Data Rate 11b: 1/2/5.5/11Mbps 11g: 6/9/12/24/36/48/54Mbps 11n (20MHz): MCS0-15, 32 with Half Guard Interval Support (up to 144Mbps) 11n (40MHz): MCS0-15, 32 with Half Guard Interval Support (up to 300Mbps) Output Power 16dBm ±... -
Page 6: Chapter 2 Physical Description
Chapter 2 Physical Description USB Adapter 2.1.1 LED Indication Light Status Description Linked to a wireless access point Link/ Blinking Currently transferring data Activity Not linked to any wireless access point... -
Page 7: Hardware Installation
Hardware Installation Please insert the wireless network card into an available USB 2.0/1.1 port of the computer. Users can insert the card when the computer is either powered on or off. After installing the hardware, the following message will appear. Select ‘Don’t show this message again for this device’. -
Page 8: Chapter 3 Drivers Installation & Configuration
Chapter 3 Drivers Installation & Configuration Drivers Installation Step 1. Insert device driver CDOM into the CD/DVD ROM drive of the computer, and execute ‘Setup.exe’ program in ‘Driver’ folder. Please select ‘Allow’ if Windows indicates that ‘an unidentified program wants access to your computer’. - Page 9 Step 3. Please select ‘Optimize for WiFi mode’ for wireless compatibility, then click <Next>. To enhance wireless performance, please select ‘Optimize for performance mode’. However, in this mode, the wireless compatibility will not be guaranteed. If users want to use this mode, it may not be able to communicate with older wireless devices and wireless access point, such as 802.11b devices.
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Page 10: Connecting To Wireless Access Point
Connecting to Wireless Access Point After installation is complete, wireless configuration utility will be shown as an icon at the lower-right corner of the windows desktop. There are two ways users can configure the wireless network card to connect to wireless access point: either using the configuration utility, which comes with wireless card driver, or using built-in Windows Zero Configuration utility. - Page 11 The MAC address of wireless access point or other network device. Unlike SSID, BSSID of every access point or network BSSID device is unique. So users can identify a single access point or wireless device from others with same SSID by using BSSID.
- Page 12 Authentication type is selected automatically, please do not change it. Step 4. If the wireless access point is successfully connected, users will see a ‘Connected’ message displayed at the lower-left corner of wireless configuration utility window. Step 5. Users can put the mouse cursor over the configuration utility icon, and the brief information about link status and signal strength of current wireless connection will be shown as a popup balloon.
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Page 13: Using Windows Zero Configuration
3.2.1 Using Windows Zero Configuration Windows XP and Vista has a built-in wireless network configuration utility, called ‘Windows Zero Configuration’ (WZC). Users can also use WZC to configure the wireless network parameter. Step 1. Right-click on configuration utility icon and select <Use Zero Configuration as Configuration utility>. - Page 14 Step 3. Click <Connect to a network> under ‘Network and Sharing Center’. Step 4. All wireless access points within proximity will be displayed here. If the preferred access point is not displayed, please try to move the computer closer to the access point.
- Page 15 Step 5. Users will be prompted to input the SSID (the name of wireless access point) if the SSID of the access point is hidden. Step 6. If the wireless access point uses encryption, users will have to input the correct WEP passphrase or WPA pre-shared key.
- Page 16 Step 7. If users can see this message, the connection between the computer and wireless access point is successfully established. Click <Close> to continue.
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Page 17: Chapter 4 Configuration Utility
Chapter 4 Configuration Utility If users need to connect to different wireless access points at different time like for home, office or cybercafe, it is possible to store the connection parameters (encryption, passphrase, security etc.) as a profile for every access point. This allows users to eliminate the need to input these parameters when connecting to a specific wireless access point. - Page 18 Step 2. The following window will appear and users can enter the parameters in this interface. For parameters on the ‘Configuration’ tab, consult the table below. Parameter Description Please give this profile a name, up to 32 alphanumerical Profile Name characters and symbols are allowed, however space is not allowed.
- Page 19 The SSID of the wireless access point or wireless device selected by user will be displayed here. When the SSID of SSID access point or wireless device is not available, users have to input it here manually. Please select CAM (Constantly awake mode, keep the PSM (Power Saving wireless radio activity when not transferring data), or PSM Mode)
- Page 20 Parameter Description Select the authentication type of the wireless access point or wireless device. If users are adding a profile from an existing access point or wireless device, the value will be selected automatically. Authentication Type If users select ‘LEAP’, the second window will be displayed. Please input LEAP identity, password, domain name, and select encryption type.
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Page 21: Setting Profile Via Site Survey
Parameter Description Select the desired profile and press <Activate> to start the Activate connection. For changing settings of profile, click on <Edit> to initiate the Edit setting page. Delete Press <Delete> to erase any unwanted profile. 4.1.2 Setting Profile via Site Survey Connected wireless access point or wireless device to a profile by clicking ‘Site Survey’... - Page 22 For details of the parameters in the configuration page, refer to previous sections.
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Page 23: 802.1X
802.1x 4.2.1 Certification After clicking on <802.1x Setting>, below window will appear. Parameter Description Please select an 802.1x authentication type here. The type Authentication Type selected must be identical to the type of the 802.1x authentication used by the network. Session Resumption Users can enable or disable session resumption in this field. -
Page 24: 802.1X - Ca Server
Remove Remove the credential previously imported. Import the authentication credential file (PAC or al file format) Import and users will be prompted to select a credential file from the computer. Users can select the protocol of tunneled authentication in this field. This pull-down menu is only available when Protocol authentication type used is ‘PEAP’... -
Page 25: Network Statistics And Link Status
Network Statistics and Link Status The configuration utility provides information about network statistics and link status. If users want to know how the wireless network card works, it can use these functions to get detailed information about the wireless connection. 4.3.1 Network Statistics Please follow the following instructions to check network statistics: Step 1. -
Page 26: Link Status
4.3.2 Link Status Please follow the following instructions to check network statistics: Step 1. Right-click the configuration utility icon located at lower-right corner of computer desktop, and then clicks on <Launch Config Utilities>. Step 2. Click ‘Link Status’ tab and the statistics of current wireless connection will be displayed. - Page 27 Displays the link speed of data transmitting (Tx, in Mbps) and receiving (Rx, in Mbps). Link speed is the maximum available Link Speed data transfer speed of the wireless connection, and depends on the radio signal quality of wireless connection. Displays the rate of data transmitting (Tx, in Kbps) and Throughput receiving (Rx, in Kbps).
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Page 28: Advanced Settings
Advanced Settings This wireless network card provides several advanced settings for experienced wireless users. Users can change these settings to increase data transfer performance or change operation mode. Step 1. Right-click the configuration utility icon located at lower-right corner of computer desktop. - Page 29 This setting helps the network card to avoid interference with other wireless devices when there are both 802.11b and Wireless Protection 802.11g wireless devices in the same place. It’s recommended to set this setting to ‘Auto’, since enabling this setting will slightly reduce the data transfer performance. Normally, the wireless network card will adjust transfer rate automatically according to wireless signal quality.
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Page 30: Qos Settings
QoS Settings This wireless network card provides QoS (Quality of Service) function, which can improve the performance of certain network applications, like audio / video streaming, network telephony (VoIP) and others. When users enable WMM (Wi-Fi Multimedia) function of this network card, it can define the priority of different kinds of data to give higher priority to applications which require instant responding. - Page 31 Parameter Description Check this box to enable WMM function. Please click WMM Enable <Apply> button on the right of this checkbox to imitate the change. WMM – Power Save Enable WMM power saving mode to save energy and lets Enable user’s battery to last longer.
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Page 32: About
About The ‘About’ tab provides user with the information about version numbers of configuration utility, firmware, and other important information about the wireless network card. Please follow the following instructions to access ‘About’ interface. Step 1. Right-click the configuration utility icon located at lower-right corner of computer desktop. -
Page 33: Chapter 5 Troubleshooting
Chapter 5 Troubleshooting If users encounter any problem when using this wireless network card, consult this section for possible solutions. Before calling the dealer of purchase for help, please check this troubleshooting table, the solution towards the problem could be very simple. Scenario Solution Click <Rescan>... -
Page 34: Chapter 6 Glossary
Chapter 6 Glossary 1. What is the IEEE 802.11g standard? 802.11g is the new IEEE standard for high-speed wireless LAN communications that provides up to 54 Mbps data rate in the 2.4 GHz band. 802.11g is quickly becoming the next mainstream wireless LAN technology for the home, office and public networks. 802.11g defines the use of the same OFDM modulation technique specified in IEEE 802.11a for the 5 GHz frequency band and applies it in the same 2.4 GHz frequency band as IEEE 802.11b. - Page 35 Fragmentation Power Management 4. What is Ad-hoc? An Ad-hoc integrated wireless LAN is a group of computers with their own Wireless LAN Card connecting as an independent wireless LAN. Ad hoc wireless LAN is applicable at a departmental scale for a branch or SOHO operation. 5.
- Page 36 also included in IEEE 802.11i standard. Compare with AES, TKIP is a temporary protocol for replacing WEP security until manufacturers implement AES at the hardware level. 10. Can Wireless products support printer sharing? Wireless products perform the same function as LAN products. Therefore, Wireless products can work with Netware, Windows 2000, or other LAN operating systems to support printer or file sharing.
- Page 37 produces a signal that is, in effect, louder and thus easier to detect, provided that the receiver knows the parameters of the spread-spectrum signal being broadcast. If a receiver is not tuned to the right frequency, a spread-spectrum signal looks like background noise.
- Page 38 17. What is STBC? STBC stands for Space-Time Block Coding, which is a technique used to transfer multiple copies of data by multiple antenna, to improve data transfer performance. By using multiple antennas, not only data transfer rate is improved, but also the wireless stability.
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