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Any software described in this manual is sold or licensed "as is". Should the programs prove defective following their purchase, the buyer (and not ICIDU, its distributor, or its dealer) assumes the entire cost of all necessary servicing, repair, and any incidental or consequential damages resulting from any defect in the software.
F e d e r a l C o m m u n i c a t i o n C o m m i s s i o n I n t e r f e r e n c e S t a t e m e n t This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of FCC Rules.
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F e d e r a l C o m m u n i c a t i o n C o m m i s s i o n ( F C C ) R a d i a t i o n E x p o s u r e S t a t e m e n t This EUT is compliance with SAR for general population/uncontrolled exposure limits in ANSI/IEEE C95.1-1999 and had been tested in accordance with the measurement methods and procedures specified in OET Bulletin 65...
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R & T T E C o m p l i a n c e S t a t e m e n t 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...
C A T A L O G Chapter I: Product Information ................ 1 1-1 Introduction and safety information ..............1 1-2 Safety Information ....................1 1-3 System Requirements ................... 2 1-4 Package Contents ....................3 1-5 Familiar with your new wireless network card ............. 4 CHAPTER II: Driver Installation and Configuration ........
Excepting common wireless standards 802.11b/g, this wireless network card is also 802.11n compatible - data transfer rate is 300Mbps, and that’s three times faster than 802.11g wireless network! This adapter is power saving design for green, together with the versatile features;...
2. DO NOT put this network card at or near hot or humid places, like kitchen or bathroom. Also, do not left this wireless network card in the car in summer. 3. This network card is small enough to put in a child’s mouth, and it could cause serious injury or could be fatal.
1.4 Package Contents Before you starting to use this wireless network adapter, please check if there is any of the items missing in the package, and contact your dealer of purchase to claim for missing items: USB Wireless Network Card (1pcs) ……..…………………….
1-5 Familiar with your new wireless network card 1. USB connector 2. Link/Activity LED (Under the case) 3. WPS Button LED Name Light Status Description Link/ No wireless network card is installed. Activity Solid light 5 seconds means WPS connection is established successfully.
C H A P T E R I I : D r i v e r I n s t a l l a t i o n a n d C o n f i g u r a t i o n 2-1 Network Card Installation Please follow the following instructions to install your new wireless network card:...
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2. Insert device driver CDROM into the CD/DVD ROM drive of your computer, and execute ‘Setup.exe’ program in ‘Driver’ folder. For Windows Vista / Windows 7 OS, you’ll be prompted to confirm installation. Click ‘Yes’ to continue.
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3. Please select the language you wish to use, then click ‘Next’. 4. Click ‘Next’ to continue.
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5. Click ‘Install’ to start installation. Installation procedure needs few minutes to complete, please be patient. 6. Click ‘Finish’ to reboot your computer to complete installation procedure. If you don’t want to reboot computer now, select ‘No, I’ll restart my computer later’...
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7. A new icon will appear near the clock of system tray: HERE! Left-click the icon will launch wireless network configuration utility, and you can right-click the icon to show the quick menu of configuration utility. This icon also uses different color to show the status of wireless connection: Wireless network card not detected No connection with access point is established (black).
2-2 Connect to Wireless Access Point To use wireless network, you have to connect to a wireless access point first. You can either use Realtek utility (comes with network card driver), or Windows Zero Config utility (comes with Windows operating system). 2-2-1 Using Realtek Utility Please follow the following instructions to use Realtek configuration utility to connect to wireless access point.
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If the wireless access point you wish to connect does not appear here, you can click ‘Refresh’ button to scan for wireless access points again; if the wireless access point you’re looking for still not appear, try to move the computer closer. When the access point you’re looking for is on the list, left-click it and then double click it or click ‘Add to Profile’.
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All options in this page will be filled automatically according to the access point you wish to add to profile. However, you can still modify any of them to meet your requirement. Profile name You can give a name to this profile, so you can remember its purpose easily.
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with to connect. Data encryption Select the data encryption type from drop-down menu. This setting must be identical with the setting of wireless access point you with to connect. ASCII / PASSPHRASE When the encryption type is ‘WEP’, it’s required to input a set of ‘passphrase’...
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5. Network card will attempt to connect to access point now, this may require few seconds to minutes, please be patient. When the ‘Status’ become ‘Associated’, your computer is connected to access point you selected. Click ‘Close’ to close configuration menu. NOTE: If you connected to an access point but the connection has been dropped soon, please check security settings and re-check password spelling.
2-2-2 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 Realtek configuration utility icon, and click ‘Open Config Utility’.
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NOTE: To return to use Realtek utility, uncheck ‘Windows Zero Config’ box. 4. Click ‘Start’ button (should be located at the bottom-left corner of windows desktop), click ‘Control Panel’, then click ‘Network and Internet Connections’ in Control Panel. 5. Double click ‘Network Connections’.
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6. 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 ‘Realtek 802.11n Wireless LAN Card), then select ‘View Available Wireless Networks’. 7. 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’...
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8. If the access point is protected by encryption, you have to input its security key or passphrase here. It must match the encryption setting on the access point. If the access point you selected does not use encryption, you’ll not be prompted for security key or passphrase.
2-3 Connection Profile Management If you need to connect to different wireless access points at different time, like of access point of your home, office, cybercafe, or public wireless service, you can store the connection parameters (encryption, passphrase, security etc, etc.) as a profile for every access point, so you don’t have to input these parameters every time when you want to connect to a specific wireless access point.
2-3-1 Add a new profile By this function you can setup the connection parameters for a specific wireless access point in advance, without contacting it first. If you want to create a new profile, click ‘Profile’ menu, then click ‘Add’ button.
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You’ll be prompted to input connection parameters for the wireless access point you wish to connect: Required parameters are: Profile name You can give a name to this profile, so you can remember its purpose easily. It can be any phrase to help you remember.
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Data encryption Select the data encryption type from drop-down menu. This setting must be identical with the setting of wireless access point you with to connect. ASCII / PASSPHRASE When the encryption type is ‘WEP’, it’s required to input a set of ‘passphrase’ to connect to wireless access point.
2-3-2 Remove an existing profile When you no longer need an existing profile, you can remove it. If you want to remove a profile, click ‘Profile’ menu, then select an existing profile which you wish to remove, and then click ‘Remove’ button.
2-3-3 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.
2-3-4 Make a copy of existing profile If you need to make a copy of a specific profile, you can use this function. This function is very convenient when you need to build a new profile which parameters are similar to any existing profile. To do this, select an existing profile, then click ‘Duplicate’...
2-3-5 Set as default profile If you wish to use a specific profile as default connection, you can select a profile in the list, and click ‘Set Default’. Selected profile will become default selection and Realtek configuration utility will attempt to connect to selected access point.
2-4-1 General Information If you want to know the general information of the access point you’re connecting to, click ‘General’ menu: All general information like signal strength and link quality will be displayed here. These information are very useful when you encounter some problem on connecting to access point.
2-4-3 View Network Statistics To view the statistical data of wireless network card, click ‘Statistics’ menu, and the statistics of wireless connection will be displayed: All connection-related statistics is displayed here. You can click ‘Reset’ button, to reset the statistics of all items back to 0.
2-5 Miscellaneous Settings There are few functions provided by Realtek configuration utility, you can access these functions from the bottom of configuration menu: The descriptions of these function are listed as follow: Show Tray Icon Check this box to show an icon on system tray. HERE! Uncheck this box to hide it.
wireless connections. See section 2-2-2. 2-6 Establish secure connection with AP by WPS 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.
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2. Click ‘Wi-Fi Protect Setup’ menu. 3. You can use PIN code or Push-Button configuration, and WPS-compatible wireless access point must use the same type of WPS. For instructions on setup each type of WPS, see next 2 chapters for detailed instructions.
2-6-1 PIN Code To use PIN Code, please click ‘Pin Input Config (PIN)’ button: You’ll be prompted to select an access point you wish to connect. If you know its SSID, click ‘Yes’, otherwise click ‘No’. If you select ‘Yes’, a list of all WPS-compatible AP nearby will be displayed; you can click ‘Refresh’...
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If you select ‘No’, wireless network card will prompt you to enter 8-digit PIN code into your AP, without selecting an AP in advance. After you select ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ in previous step, network card will attempt to connect to WPS-compatible AP, and an 8-digit number will appear. Please input this number to AP’s configuration menu within 2 minutes, and network card will establish secure connection with AP automatically.
2-6-2 Push Button To use Push-Button WPS configuration, please click ‘Push Button Config (PBC)’ button. This is the easiest way to establish secure connection by WPS, but if there’re more than one WPS-compatible AP using Push-Button config, please use PIN Code instead. After you click Push Button Config, a message box will appear:...
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Please activate Push-Button function on wireless access point now, and wireless network card will establish secure connection with access point within one minute.
C H A P T E R I I I : S o f t - A P F u n c t i o n Excepting become a wireless client of other wireless access points, this wireless card can act as a wireless service provider also! You can switch this wireless card’s operating mode to ‘AP’...
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2. Select ‘Mode’, and then select ‘Access Point’. It requires few seconds to switch to AP mode, please be patient.
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After mode switch is complete, you’ll see general information of software AP, which shows AP’s SSID and connected wireless clients.
3-1-1 Configure SSID and Channel To configure software AP, click ‘Config’ button:...
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The ‘Wireless Network Properties’ is displayed. Please note that Ad-Hoc mode is not available when network card is in AP mode. The description of major setup items are listed below: Network Name (SSID) Please input the SSID (the name used to identify this wireless access point) here.
3-1-2 Setup Soft-AP Security To setup security options for Soft-AP, configure ‘Wireless Network Security’ section as follow: The description of setup items about wireless security are listed below: Network Select network authentication mode from Authentication dropdown menu. Data Encryption Select data encryption method from dropdown menu.
Network key / Confirm IF network authentication mode is WPA, please network key input WPA passphrase in both box. To save changes, click ‘OK’; otherwise click ‘Cancel’ to leave this menu and keep settings untouched. 3-2 Advanced Settings If you want to setup advanced settings of software access point, select ‘Advanced’...
settings, keep them untouched. The description of all setup items are listed below: Beacon Interval Please input wireless beacon time interval here. DTIM Period Please input DTIM (Delivery Traffic Indication Message) here. Preamble Mode Select wireless frame preamble mode (long or short) from dropdown menu.
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Click ‘Reset’ to reset the value of every item back to ‘0’.
3-4 Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) In this page, you can assign a network card on your computer as the path for all wireless clients to get connected to Internet. If you have only one network card (except this software access point), you don’t have to select network card here;...
4-2 Troubleshooting If you encounter any problem when you’re using this wireless network card, don’t panic! Before you call your dealer of purchase for help, please check this troubleshooting table, the solution of your problem could be very simple, and you can solve the problem by yourself! Scenario Solution I can’t find any wireless...
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the owner of access point to ask for correct SSID. 3. You have to input correct passphrase / security key to connect an access point with encryption. Please contact the owner of access point to ask for correct passphrase / security key. 4.
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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.
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for mobile workers. 6. What is BSS ID? A specific Ad hoc LAN is called a Basic Service Set (BSS). Computers in a BSS must be configured with the same BSS ID. 7. What is WEP? WEP is Wired Equivalent Privacy, a data privacy mechanism based on a 40 bit shared key algorithm, as described in the IEEE 802 .11 standard.
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greater the probability that the original data can be recovered. Even if one or more bits in the chip are damaged during transmission, statistical techniques embedded in the radio can recover the original data without-the need for retransmission. To an unintended receiver, DSSS appears as low power wideband noise and is rejected (ignored) by most narrowband receivers.
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