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Digisol DG-WN1150N User Manual

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DG-WN1150N
IEEE 802.11b/g/n Wireless LAN PCI Adapter
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V1.0
2010-07-02
As our product undergoes continuous development the specifications are subject to change without prior notice

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  • Page 1 DG-WN1150N IEEE 802.11b/g/n Wireless LAN PCI Adapter User Manual V1.0 2010-07-02 As our product undergoes continuous development the specifications are subject to change without prior notice...
  • Page 2 DG-WN1150N User Manual COPYRIGHT Copyright ©2010 by this company. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any language or computer language, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, magnetic, optical, chemical, manual or otherwise, without the prior written permission of this company.
  • Page 3 DG-WN1150N User Manual FCC warning: 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 limitations are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation.
  • Page 4 DG-WN1150N User Manual FCC Caution This device and its antenna must not be co-located or operating in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter. This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.
  • Page 5 DG-WN1150N User Manual R&TTE Compliance Statement This equipment complies with all the requirements of DIRECTIVE 1999/5/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL of March 9, 1999 on Radio Equipment And Telecommunication Terminal Equipment and the mutual recognition of their conformity (R&TTE) The R&TTE Directive repeals and replaces in the directive 98/13/EEC...

  • Page 6: Table Of Contents

    1-5 Familiar with your new wireless network card ..........12 CHAPTER 2: Driver Installation and Configuration ......... 14 2-1 Network Card Installation ................14 2-2-1 Using Digisol Utility ................20 2-2-1-1 Scan for Other Wireless Devices ..........22 2-2-1-2 Connect to an Access Point.............27 2-2-1-3 Add an Access Point to Profile..........30...
  • Page 7 DG-WN1150N User Manual CHAPTER 4: Appendix ................76 4-1 Specification ....................76 4-2 Troubleshooting .....................77 4-3 Glossary ......................79...

  • Page 8: Chapter 1: Product Information 1-1 Introduction

    DG-WN1150N User Manual CHAPTER 1: Product Information 1-1 Introduction Thank you for purchasing DIGISOL DG-WN1150N high-speed wireless LAN network card! Excepting common wireless standards 802.11b/g, this wireless network card is also able to access 802.11n wireless networks - data transfer rate is 150Mbps, and that’s three times faster than 802.11g wireless network!

  • Page 9: Precautions

    DG-WN1150N User Manual 1-2 Precautions In order to keep the safety of users and your properties, please follow the following safety instructions: 1. This wireless network card is designed for indoor use only. DO NOT expose this network card to direct sun light, rain, or snow.

  • Page 10: System Requirements

    DG-WN1150N User Manual 1-3 System Requirements The following system requirements are recommended  A desktop computer with an available PCI slot.  An IEEE 802.11b/g/n Access Point (for Infrastructure mode) or another IEEE 802.11b/g/n wireless adapter (for Ad-hoc, peer-to-peer networking mode).

  • Page 11: Package Contents

    DG-WN1150N User Manual 1-4 Package Contents Before you start to using this wireless network card, please check if there’s anything missing in the package, and contact your dealer of purchase to claim for missing items: 1. Wireless LAN PCI adapter 2.

  • Page 12: Familiar With Your New Wireless Network Card

    DG-WN1150N User Manual 1-5 Familiar with your new wireless network card 1. Antennas One 3dBi dipole antenna is enclosed with the PCI card. Please secure the antenna to Reverse SMA connector of the card. 2. WPS Button Press this button and hold for 3 seconds to start WPS function. When...
  • Page 13 DG-WN1150N User Manual 3. Link and Tx/Rx LED Definitions LED Name Light Status Description Link Link to a wireless Access Point Radio is switched to off. Tx/Rx Blinking Transferring / receiving data No wireless activity...

  • Page 14: Chapter 2: Driver Installation And Configuration

    DG-WN1150N User Manual CHAPTER 2: Driver Installation and Configuration 2-1 Network Card Installation Please follow the following instructions to install your new wireless network card: 1. SWITCH THE COMPUTER OFF, remove the cover and insert the wireless network card into an empty PCI slot of your computer and...
  • Page 15 DG-WN1150N User Manual 2. Install the antenna on the wireless network card, and make sure the antenna is securely installed. To improve radio reception, please adjust antenna to the proper position. 3. When you restart the computer, ‘Found New Hardware Wizard’ screen...
  • Page 16 DG-WN1150N User Manual 4. Insert device driver CDROM into the CD/DVD ROM drive of your computer, and execute ‘Setup.exe’ program. Please read the end user license agreement and click ‘I accept the terms of the license agreement’ then click ‘Next’ button, to accept license agreement.
  • Page 17 DG-WN1150N User Manual 6. You can choose the configuration tool used to configure the wireless network card here. It’s recommended to select ‘DIGISOL Configuration Tool’, which provides full access to all functions of this wireless network card. If you prefer to use the wireless configuration tool provided by Windows XP, please select ‘Microsoft Zero...
  • Page 18 DG-WN1150N User Manual 8. Please wait while the install procedure is running. When you see this message, please click ‘Finish’ to complete the driver installation process. 9. After installation is complete, wireless configuration utility will be shown in the desktop of your computer automatically. You will also see an icon at the lower-right corner of your windows system.
  • Page 19 Access Point you wish to use. In this case, you can start config utility again by clicking ‘Digisol Wireless Utility’ icon from ‘Start’ -> ‘All Programs’ -> ‘DG-WN1150N 11n Wireless PCI Card Utility’, as shown below.

  • Page 20: Using Digisol Utility

    Access Point. 1. Right-click the Digisol configuration utility icon located at lower-right corner of computer desktop and then clicks ‘Launch Config Utility’. 2. Digisol setup utility (Digisol UI) will launch, and begin to scan for all wireless Access Points automatically. Menu...
  • Page 21 DG-WN1150N User Manual 3. Digisol UI consists two parts: Menu and setup area. You can select a setup function (Profile, Network, etc.) from menu, and corresponding setup items will be displayed at setup area. Some function includes more information, and can not be fitted in setup area.

  • Page 22: Scan For Other Wireless Devices

    SSID before you can establish connection with it. b. If the wireless device you wish to connect uses encryption, you must know its encryption key. Please launch Digisol setup utility and it will scan for wireless Access Points near by:...
  • Page 23 DG-WN1150N User Manual Scan results will be displayed here, please check if the wireless device (Access Point or another computer) with the SSID you wish to connect is shown here. Scan result includes 5 types of information, they are: The SSID (Service Set Identifier) of wireless device. If nothing is displayed here, it means the SSID of this wireless device is hidden.
  • Page 24 DG-WN1150N User Manual The wireless standard supported by this Access Point is displayed here. ‘n’ for 802.11n , ‘g; for 802.11g , and ‘b’ for 802.11b WPS icon will appear when the Access Point supports WPS. If the Access Point uses encryption, a key icon will appear.
  • Page 25 DG-WN1150N User Manual If you can not see the Access Point you wish to connect here, please click ‘Rescan’ button to scan for Access Point again, until the one you preferred is displayed. You may have to click ‘Rescan’ for more than two times before you can see the Access Point you wish to use here.
  • Page 26 DG-WN1150N User Manual CCX: If this Access Point supports CCX (Cisco Compatible eXtension), related information will be displayed here. 802.11n: If this Access Point complies with 802.11n draft, related information will be displayed here. Here are descriptions of every setup item in setup area:...

  • Page 27: Connect To An Access Point

    DG-WN1150N User Manual 2-2-1-2 Connect to an Access Point If the wireless Access Point you wish to connect is found, you can establish connection with it by clicking ‘Connect’ button. Instructions will be given as follow: 1. Click the wireless Access Point or network device you wish to connect, it will be highlighted, then click ‘Connect’.
  • Page 28 DG-WN1150N User Manual 2. If the wireless Access Point does not have SSID (i.e the SSID broadcast is disabled), you’ll be prompted to input it now. Please ask the owner of wireless Access Point for the exact SSID and input it here, then click ‘OK’...
  • Page 29 DG-WN1150N User Manual 4. Please ask the owner of the wireless Access Point you want to connect, and input the correct key here and then click ‘OK’. If the value you inputted here is wrong, you will not be able to connect to this wireless Access Point.

  • Page 30: Add An Access Point To Profile

    You can also click More / Less button ( ) to see detailed information of connected Access Point: The current status of wireless connection will be displayed by Digisol configuration utility icon: Wireless connection is established, good signal reception. Wireless connection is established, normal signal reception.
  • Page 31 DG-WN1150N User Manual You can add a scanned Access Point to profile, or input all information of an Access Point by yourself. To add a scanned Access Point to profile, please select a found Access Point first (to make it highlighted), then click ‘Add to Profile’ button; to input the information of Access Point by yourself, please go to ‘Profile’...
  • Page 32 DG-WN1150N User Manual The setup utility will expand: Here are descriptions of every setup item: Item Name Description Profile Name You can give this profile a name. Every profile needs a unique name. SSID Please input the SSID of this Access Point. If you...
  • Page 33 DG-WN1150N User Manual reception), you can select a lower output power to save energy; for a distant Access Point, you can select a higher output power. It’s suggested to select ‘Auto’ to let setup utility decide the best output power for you.
  • Page 34 DG-WN1150N User Manual To set authentication / encryption information for the Access Point. Please click ‘Auth. \ Encry.’ tab: Here are descriptions of every setup item: Item Name Description Authentication Select the authentication type of the wireless Access Point or wireless device you wish to connect.
  • Page 35 DG-WN1150N User Manual so the password you inputted will be displayed as you type, but not replace by asterisk. Encryption Select the encryption type of the wireless Access Point or wireless device you wish to connect. When you’re adding a...
  • Page 36 DG-WN1150N User Manual To set 802.1x authentication for the Access Point. Please click ‘802.1X’ tab: Here are descriptions of every setup item: Item Name Description EAP Method Select 802.1x EAP method from dropdown menu. Please ask the administrator of the Access Point you wish to connect to select a correct EAP method.
  • Page 37 DG-WN1150N User Manual If you need to use protected authentication credential, check ‘Use protected authentication credential’ box, and click ‘Import’ to load .pac credential file; to remove a loaded credential file, click ‘Remove’. Session You can enable or disable session resumption here. If you Resumption don’t know if you should enable session resumption or not,...

  • Page 38: Using Windows Zero Configuration

    Windows XP and Vista has a built-in wireless network configuration utility, called as ‘Windows Zero Configuration’ (WZC). You can also use WZC to configure your wireless network parameter: 1. Right-click Digisol configuration utility icon and select ‘Use Zero Configuration as Configuration utility’.
  • Page 39 DG-WN1150N User Manual 2. Right click Windows Zero Configuration icon and select ‘View Available Wireless Networks’. If you can not find the icon, please follow the procedures from step 3 to step 5. HERE! 3. Click ‘Start’ button (should be located at the bottom-left corner of windows desktop), click ‘Control Panel’, then click ‘Network and...
  • Page 40 4. Click ‘Network Connections’. 5. Right-click ‘Wireless Network Connection’ (it may have a number as suffix if you have more than one wireless network card, please make sure you right-click the ‘Digisol 802.11n Wireless LAN Card’), then select ‘View Available Wireless Networks’.
  • Page 41 DG-WN1150N User Manual 6. All wireless Access Points in proximity will be displayed here. If the Access Point you want to use is not displayed here, please try to move your computer closer to the Access Point, or you can click ‘Refresh network list’...
  • Page 42 DG-WN1150N User Manual 8. If you can see ‘Connected’ message, the connection between your computer and wireless Access Point is successfully established.

  • Page 43: Profile Management

    Access Point, so you don’t have to input these parameters every time when you want to connect to a specific wireless Access Point. To manage profiles, right-click the Digisol configuration utility icon located at lower-right corner of computer desktop, then click ‘Launch Config Utility’.

  • Page 44: Add A Profile

    DG-WN1150N User Manual 2-3-1 Add a profile If you want to create new profile, click ‘Profile’ menu, then click ‘Add’ button. You’ll be prompted to input detailed information of Access Point, as described in Section 2-2-1-3.
  • Page 45 DG-WN1150N User Manual 2-3-2 Edit an existing profile If you have added a profile before, and you wish to change the content of the profile, you can use this function. Please select a profile from the list first, then click ‘Edit’ button. You’ll be provided with the contents of selected profile, and you can edit them.

  • Page 46: Delete An Existing Profile

    DG-WN1150N User Manual 2-3-3 Delete an existing profile If you no longer need a profile, you can delete it. Select the profile you wish to delete from the list, and click ‘Delete’ button to delete it.

  • Page 47: Activate A Profile

    DG-WN1150N User Manual 2-3-4 Activate a profile When you want to connect to a specific wireless device in the profile list, you can select it and click ‘Activate’ button, to establish connection with When you selected a profile and click ‘Activate’ button to activate the...

  • Page 48: Advanced Settings

    Please follow the following instructions to set advanced wireless settings: 1. Right-click the Digisol configuration utility icon located at lower-right corner of computer desktop and then click ‘Launch Config Utility’. 2. Click ‘Advanced’ menu, and the following settings will appear:...
  • Page 49 DG-WN1150N User Manual Here are descriptions of every setup item: Item Name Description Wireless mode Display the wireless operation mode of the network card. Enable Tx Burst Check this box to accelerate the data transmit rate. It may not work with all wireless Access Point and wireless devices.

  • Page 50: View Network Statistics

    Please follow the following instructions to check network statistics: 1. Right-click the Digisol configuration utility icon located at lower-right corner of computer desktop and then click ‘Launch Config Utility’. 2. Click ‘Statistics’ menu and the statistics of wireless connection will be displayed: All connection-related statistics is displayed here.

  • Page 51: Wmm Setting

    Please follow the following instructions to set advanced wireless settings: 1. Right-click the Digisol configuration utility icon located at lower-right corner of computer desktop and then click ‘Launch Config Utility’. 2. Click ‘WMM’ menu, and the following settings will appear:...
  • Page 52 DG-WN1150N User Manual In ‘WMM Setup Status’ block, current WMM settings will be displayed. And here are descriptions of every setup item: Item Name Description WMM Enable Check this box to enable WMM function. Please click ‘Apply’ button on the right of this check box...

  • Page 53: Wps Configuration

    DG-WN1150N User Manual 2-7 WPS Configuration Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) is the latest wireless network technology which makes wireless network setup become very simple. If you have WPS-enabled wireless Access Point, and you want to establish a secure connection to it, you don’t have to configure the wireless Access Point and setup data encryption by yourself.

  • Page 54: Wps Setup - Pbc (Push-Button Configuration)

    DG-WN1150N User Manual 2-7-1 WPS Setup - PBC (Push-Button Configuration) 1. Right-click the Digisol configuration utility icon located at lower-right corner of computer desktop and then click ‘Launch Config Utility’. 2. Click ‘WPS’ menu, and the following settings will appear.
  • Page 55 DG-WN1150N User Manual 4. Before you start to establish the wireless connection by using WPS, you can click ‘Rescan’ button to search for WPS-enabled Access Points near you again, to make sure the WPS function of your Access Point is activated.
  • Page 56 DG-WN1150N User Manual 5. Start PBC pairing procedure at Access Point side (please refer to the instruction given by your Access Point’s manufacturer), then click ‘PBC’ button in wireless configuration utility to start to establish wireless connection by WPS. Please be patient (This may require several seconds to one minute to complete).
  • Page 57 DG-WN1150N User Manual 7. Sometime WPS may fail (In the following picture, WPS pairing is failed because no WPS-enabled Access Point is found): You can click ‘PBC’ button few more times to try again. When an Access Point is connected, you can click ‘Disconnect’ to disconnect your wireless network card from a connected Access Point, or select another WPS-enabled wireless Access Point, then click ‘Connect’...

  • Page 58: Wps Setup - Pin

    If the wireless Access Point you wish to connect supports PIN, please follow the following instructions to establish connection to it: 1. Right-click the Digisol configuration utility icon located at lower-right corner of computer desktop and then click ‘Launch Config Utility’.
  • Page 59 DG-WN1150N User Manual 4. Click ‘PIN’ button now, and wait for few seconds to one minute. If a wireless Access Point with correct PIN code is found, you’ll be connected to that Access Point. 5. You may have to click ‘PIN’ for few more times to try again. If you still can not connect to Access Point by this way, please make sure the PIN code you provided to Access Point is correct.

  • Page 60: Ccx

    DG-WN1150N User Manual 2-8 CCX CCX is a wireless feature developed by Cisco used to improve the wireless performance with CCX compatible wireless devices. Enable Cisco Check this box if you need to connect to Compatible CCX-compatible wireless devices. When you...

  • Page 61: Radio On/Off

    1. Right-click the Digisol configuration utility icon located at lower-right corner of computer desktop and then click ‘Launch Config Utility’. 2. To switch wireless radio on/off, please click ‘Radio On/Off’ button.

  • Page 62: About

    Please follow the following instructions to see these information: 1. Right-click the Digisol configuration utility icon located at lower-right corner of computer desktop and then click ‘Launch Config Utility’. 2. Click ‘About’ tab, and the following information will appear.

  • Page 63: On-Line Help

    DG-WN1150N User Manual 2-11 On-line Help If you need to know the directions of how to use specific function in the utility, please click ‘Help’ button. On-line help documents will be presented in Windows help format. Click this button to view on-line help documents.

  • Page 64: Chapter 3: Soft-Ap Function

    3-1 Switch to AP Mode and Basic Configuration The operating mode of the wireless card is ‘Station Mode’ (becoming a client of other wireless Access Points) by default. If you want to switch to AP mode, please right-click Digisol utility icon, and select ‘Switch to AP Mode’.
  • Page 65 DG-WN1150N User Manual If you want to switch the wireless card back to station mode (become a client of other wireless Access Points), click ‘Switch to Station Mode’. A configuration window will appear after you switch the operation mode to ‘AP’.
  • Page 66 DG-WN1150N User Manual Here are descriptions of every setup item: Item Name Description SSID Please input the SSID (the name used to identify this wireless Access Point) here. Up to 32 numerical characters can be accepted here, excepting space. Channel Please select the wireless channel you wish to use.
  • Page 67 DG-WN1150N User Manual Please note that only change the country code if you are in different country. For example: when operating this product in US, only channels 1~11 can be operated. Selection of other channels is not permitted under FCC regulations.

  • Page 68: Security Setting

    DG-WN1150N User Manual 3-2 Security Setting This wireless card supports wireless encryption in AP mode, which will encrypt the data being transferred over the air to enhance data security level. It’s recommended to enable data encryption unless you wish to open your computer (and its internet connection) to the public.
  • Page 69 DG-WN1150N User Manual WPA Pre-shared Please input the WPA pre-shared key here. Only clients with the same pre-shared key you inputted here will be able to connect to your computer. This setting is only available when you select one of WPA encryptions.

  • Page 70: Access Control

    DG-WN1150N User Manual 3-3 Access Control If you’re not going to open your computer and wireless resources to the public, you can use MAC address filtering function to enforce your access control policy, so only wireless clients with MAC address you...
  • Page 71 DG-WN1150N User Manual Here are descriptions of every setup item: Item Name Description Access Policy Select the policy type of your access rule. Disable: Allow any wireless client with proper authentication settings to connect to this Access Point. Allow All: Only allow wireless clients with MAC address listed here to connect to this Access Point.

  • Page 72: Mac Table

    DG-WN1150N User Manual 3-4 Mac Table If you want to see the list of all wireless clients connected to this Access Point, please select ‘Mac Table’ tab from the utility. Here are descriptions of every field: Item Name Description MAC Address Displays the MAC address of this wireless client.

  • Page 73: Event Log

    DG-WN1150N User Manual 3-5 Event Log This software Access Point will log all wireless-related activities as a log. Click ‘Event Log’ tab, and the event log will be displayed. You can click ‘Clear’ to remove all entries in the log.

  • Page 74: Statistics

    DG-WN1150N User Manual 3-6 Statistics If you want to know detailed information about how your software Access Point works, click ‘Statistics’ tab, and the Transmit/Receive statistics will be displayed. You can click ‘RESET COUNTERS’ button to reset all counters to zero.

  • Page 75: About

    DG-WN1150N User Manual 3-7 About The ‘About’ tab provides you the information about version number of the configuration utility, driver, and other important information about your wireless Access Point.

  • Page 76: Chapter 4: Appendix

    DG-WN1150N User Manual CHAPTER 4: Appendix 4-1 Specification Standards: IEEE 802.11b/g/n (1T1R) Interface: 32Bit PCI Frequency Band: 2.4000 ~ 2.4835GHz Data Rate: 11b: 1/2/5.5/11Mbps 11g: 6/9/12/24/36/48/54Mbps 11n (20MHz): MCS0-7 (up to 72Mbps) 11n (40MHz): MCS0-7 (up to 150Mbps) Securities: WEP 64/128-bit, WPA, WPA2...

  • Page 77: Troubleshooting

    1. Please make sure the wireless network click ‘Launch Config card is firmly inserted into your Utility’ computer’s PCI slot. If the Digisol configuration utility’s icon is grey, the network card is not detected by your computer. Switch the computer off and insert the card again.
  • Page 78 DG-WN1150N User Manual I can not establish 1. Click ‘Connect’ for few more times. connection with a certain 2. If the SSID of Access Point you wish to wireless Access Point connect is hidden (nothing displayed in ‘SSID’ field in ‘Site Survey’ function), you have to input correct SSID of the Access Point you wish to connect.

  • Page 79: Glossary

    DG-WN1150N User Manual 4-3 Glossary 1. What is the IEEE 802.11g standard? 802.11g is the new IEEE standard for high-speed wireless LAN communications that provides for 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.
  • Page 80 DG-WN1150N User Manual 4. What is Ad-hoc? An Ad-hoc integrated wireless LAN is a group of computers, each has a Wireless LAN card, Connected as an independent wireless LAN. Ad hoc wireless LAN is applicable at a departmental scale for a branch or SOHO operation.
  • Page 81 DG-WN1150N User Manual 11. Would the information be intercepted while transmitting on air? WLAN features two-fold protection in security. On the hardware side, as with Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum technology, it has the inherent security feature of scrambling. On the software side, WLAN series offer the encryption function (WEP) to enhance security and Access Control.
  • Page 82 DG-WN1150N User Manual 14. What is WMM? Wi-Fi Multimedia (WMM), a group of features for wireless networks that improve the user experience for audio, video and voice applications. WMM is based on a subset of the IEEE 802.11e WLAN QoS draft standard. WMM adds prioritized capabilities to...
  • Page 83 DG-WN1150N User Manual 18. What is WPS? WPS stands for Wi-Fi Protected Setup. It provides a simple way to establish unencrypted or encrypted connections between wireless clients and Access Point automatically. User can press a software or hardware button to activate WPS function, and WPS-compatible wireless clients and Access Point will establish connection by themselves.

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