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  • Page 1 Wireless Network Adapter User Guide...

  • Page 2: Copyright Statement

    As the upgrade of software and hardware, there will be changes. And if there are changes, Fly-link is not responsible for informing in advance. If you want to know more about our product information, please visit our website at www.Fly-link.net.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    3.1 Wireless Network Connection under Windows XP....12 3.2 Wireless Network Connection under VISTA ......17 3.3 Wireless Network Connection under Windows 7....20 Chapter 4 FLY-LINK Wireless Utility ........22 4.1 Station mode (Client Mode) ..........22 4.1.1 Site Survey................23 4.1.2 Link Information..............
  • Page 4 Wireless Network Adapter User Guide 4.1.5 Help..................38 4.2 AP mode ................38 4.2.1 Config AP ................40 4.2.2 Advanced ................42 4.2.3 Access Control List ............... 43 4.2.4 Associate List ................ 45 4.2.5 AP Mode under Windows 7 ..........46 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 Fly-Link 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 Fly-Link 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 Fly-Link network adapters to avoid possible UI (user interface) conflict. 3.To avoid possible network conflicts between this Fly-Link 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 Wireless Network 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” 3. Click the “Yes” button on the dialogue box to disable the...

  • Page 9: Product Maintenance

    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 Fly-Link tech support if any problems occur.

  • Page 10: Chapter 2 Installation Guide

    Wireless Network 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 2.3 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 “RUN” button.( Double click “Fly-Link.exe”in the software CD and manually install when it doesn’t auto-run).
  • Page 12 Wireless Network Adapter User Guide 2.4 Select “I accept the terms of the license agreement” and click “Next”. 2.5 Two set up types are provided: one is “Install driver only” ,the other is “Install driver and Fly-Link WLAN Config Tool”. -10-...
  • Page 13 Wireless Network Adapter User Guide NOTE: you may select the first method when you are accustomed to use the WINDOWS built-in wireless configuration program.However, this program doesn’t support AP mode, WPS, and the WPS button on the wireless adapter. To use these advanced features, the second method is recommended.

  • Page 14: Chapter 3 How To Use The Windows Built-In Wireless Configuration

    2.7 Click “Finish” to complete the installation. Chapter 3 How to use the Windows Built-in Wireless Configuration This chapter explains to users who don’t install Fly-Link configuration program how to use Windows Built-in Wireless Configuration to connect to the wireless network .
  • Page 15 Wireless Network 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 16 Wireless Network Adapter User Guide “Connect” or double click this wireless network. Input the key in the key dialogue box (the key input is case-sensitive) then click “Connect”。 NOTE: If the wireless device you are connecting to is not encrypted, the key dialogue box will not pop up.
  • Page 17 Wireless Network 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”. -15-...
  • Page 18 Wireless Network Adapter User Guide 7. Modify the key in the appearing dialogue box. -16-...

  • Page 19: Wireless Network Connection Under Vista

    Wireless Network Adapter User Guide 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. 2 Select the wireless network you wish to connect and click “Connect”...
  • Page 20 Wireless Network Adapter User Guide security mode, you’ll be prompted to enter the network key .Click “Connect” after you enter the correct key. 5. The following screen will appear after successfully connected to the wireless network. 6. If you want to change the wireless network key, just right click the wireless network’s SSID and then select...
  • Page 21 Wireless Network Adapter User Guide “Properties”. 7. You can modify the key from the appearing dialogue box. -19-...

  • Page 22: Wireless Network Connection Under Windows 7

    Wireless Network 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 23 Wireless Network 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 -21-...

  • Page 24: Chapter 4 Fly-Link Wireless Utility

    , or click the “Fly-Link” 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. -22-...

  • Page 25: Site Survey

    Wireless Network 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 26 Wireless Network 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” button to input the correct key.Please note that this type of connection will not create a profile ,thus next time connect to this network you still need to select it manually.
  • Page 27 Wireless Network 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 28: Link Information

    Wireless Network 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 29: Profile

    Wireless Network Adapter User Guide 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” button to clear the count.
  • Page 30 Wireless Network Adapter User Guide automatically be added here, which helps the adapter to quickly connect to the wireless network next time. However, there’s one exception that when you have set the hidden SSID,namely the SSID can not be scanned,then you must manually connect by adding the profile name.The main interface is as shown...
  • Page 31 AP or wireless router. It can be devided into two modes:“wireless AP + wireless network adapter” and “wireless router + wireless network adapter”. Ad-Hoc is a special wireless mobile network application mode.
  • Page 32 Wireless Network Adapter User Guide 1. Infrastructure Profile Management When you are connecting the wireless adapter to an AP or a wireless router, please select the Infrastructure mode. Click the “Add”button and select the network type as” Infrastructure”,and enter the profile name and SSID or you can find the SSID you wish to connect from the drop-down list.
  • Page 33 Wireless Network 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 detailed connection status “Link...
  • Page 34 Wireless Network 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 35 Wireless Network Adapter User Guide 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 36 Wireless Network 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 37 Wireless Network Adapter User Guide 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 38 Wireless Network 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 39 Wireless Network Adapter User Guide you’ll be prompted for the key .After entering the key, click “Connect”. When the highlighted part shows “Connected“ ,it indicates the connection is successful. -37-...

  • Page 40: About

    Wireless Network Adapter User Guide 4.1.4 About This screen mainly displays the version information of the UI’s different programs as well as Fly-Link’s copyright statement. 4.1.5 Help Click the help button to open the user manual. 4.2 AP mode When you want to use the wireless adapter’s AP function, please right click the UI icon on the taskbar of your computer desktop and select “Switch to AP Mode”.
  • Page 41 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 Fly-Link wireless adapter (take a USB wireless adapter as an example) and its UI on this computer, and set the adapter to AP mode.

  • Page 42: Config Ap

    Wireless Network Adapter User Guide In this mode, the client utility differs from that in station mode, and the main interface is as shown below. When it is switched to AP mode, the wireless adapter will 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...
  • Page 43 Wireless Network Adapter User Guide Here the authentication type is set as “Open” and the encryption type “Not Use”. -41-...

  • Page 44: Advanced

    Wireless Network Adapter User Guide 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. -42-...

  • Page 45: Access Control List

    Wireless Network 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 46 Wireless Network 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 47: Associate List

    Remove All: to delete all clients’ wireless MAC addresses in the list. Add the MAC address of the client’s wireless network adapter to the list and select “All Allow” in the access policy drop-down list, computers whose wireless MAC addresses are not included in the list will be rejected by default.

  • Page 48: Ap Mode Under Windows 7

    Wireless Network 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 49 Wireless Network Adapter User Guide 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. -47-...

  • Page 50: Appendix 1: Acronyms And Terms

    Wireless Network 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 51: 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 Fly-Link’s UI, click “Profile”—“Add WPS Profile”. -49-...
  • Page 52 Wireless Network 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. Start PBC: -50-...
  • Page 53 Wireless Network Adapter User Guide Negotiating process: profile forms automatically after connection successfully established. 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.
  • Page 54 Wireless Network Adapter User Guide 2. Wireless Connections in PIN Mode On the “Add WPS Profile” screen, select “PIN ” as the WPS Method. You may select the wireless AP to be connected in WPS mode on the WPS AP drop-down List,or select “Auto “and then click the next button.
  • Page 55 Wireless Network Adapter User Guide screen,enable WPS settings and select PIN for WPS mode and then input 18686791 in the PIN code field,and then click the “Save” button. When the WPS indicator of the Router starts flashing,it indicates that WPS feature is enabled.
  • Page 56 Wireless Network Adapter User Guide 2.2 Registrar Mode On the “Add WPS Profile” screen, select the SSID of the AP that need to negotiate in WPS mode instead of selecting”Auto”.Then select”PIN” as the WPS method and click the next button to display the folowing screen: Select “Registrar”...
  • Page 57 Wireless Network 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 58 Wireless Network 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. 2.If the router connect to the adapter using the WPS, only one...

  • Page 59: Appendix 3: Faq

    Wireless Network 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 Mode successful ,please restart the computer. Q2: ICS is already bound by another network device.
  • Page 60 1.Please manually cancel or restart and cancel ICS, then re-switch to AP mode. 2. This dialogue box appears because virtual wi-fi miniport adapter can only be used by one wireless network adapter at a time. Please disable any other non-“FLY-LINK” wireless network adapters and re-switch to AP mode.
  • Page 61 Wireless Network Adapter User Guide 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. Q7: Under Windows 2000 system, IP address can not be obtained when it is switched to AP Mode.
  • Page 62 Wireless Network Adapter User Guide Q8:Sometimes the UI can not be moved by the mouse and also can not be minisized,why? A8:when performing some configurations connections ,the UI only activates the currently operating window,other windows are locked and can not be operated,but it will restore to normal when you close or finish the current configuration and connection .
  • Page 63 Wireless Network Adapter User Guide Technical Support Email: info@fly-link.net Technical Support: support@fly-link.net -61-...

  • Page 64: Appendix 4 :Regulatory Information

    Wireless Network Adapter User Guide Appendix 4 :Regulatory Information Eu Declaration or Declaration of Conformity Hereby, FLY-LINK, declares that this Wireless Adapter is in compliance with the essential requirements and other relevant provisions of Directive 1999/5/EC. FCC Statement 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.
  • Page 65 Wireless Network Adapter User Guide -Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different 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 66 Wireless Network Adapter User Guide equipment. Such modifications could void the user authority to operate the equipment. -64-...

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