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150M Wireless-N PCI-E Adapter
Model No. iB-WPA150N
User Manual
Ver. 1.0.0
1910020315

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  • Page 1 150M Wireless-N PCI-E Adapter Model No. iB-WPA150N User Manual Ver. 1.0.0 1910020315...

  • Page 2: Fcc Statement

    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. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications.
  • Page 3 CE Mark Warning This is a class B product. In a domestic environment, this product may cause radio interference, in which case the user may be required to take adequate measures.

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    150M Wireless-N PCI-E Adapter CONTENTS Package Contents ................1 Chapter 1 Introduction ..............2 Overview of the product ....................2 Features ...........................2 LED Status ........................3 Chapter 2 Installation Guide............4 Hardware Installation......................4 Software Installation ......................4 2.2.1 Overview........................... 4 2.2.2 Software Installation for Windows XP................4 2.2.3...
  • Page 5 150M Wireless-N PCI-E Adapter 3.3.2 Check Receive and Transmit Statistical Information............24 Chapter 4 WPS configuration............ 25 PBC (Push Button Configuration) method..............25 PIN method ........................27 4.2.1 Enter a PIN into your AP device ..................28 4.2.2 Enter the PIN from your AP device................. 29 Appendix A: Specifications ............

  • Page 6: Package Contents

    The following contents should be found in your box: One iB-WPA150N 150M Wireless-N PCI-E Adapter One Antenna Quick Installation Guide One Resource CD for iB-WPA150N, including: • iBall Baton 150M Adapter Wireless Drivers, Wireless Utility and WPS Utility • User Guide • Other Helpful Information Note: If any of the listed contents are damaged or missing, please contact the vendor from whom you purchased the iB-WPA150N, 150M Wireless-N PCI-E Adapter for assistance.

  • Page 7: Chapter 1 Introduction

    With a faster wireless connection, you can get a better Internet experience, such as downloading, gaming, video streaming and so on. The iB-WPA150N PCI-E Adapter auto-sensing capability allows high packet transfer rate of up to 150Mbps for maximum throughput. It has good capability on anti-jamming; it can also interoperate with other wireless (802.11n/g/b) products.

  • Page 8: Led Status

    150M Wireless-N PCI-E Adapter 1.3 LED Status Status Working Status The driver has not been installed. The driver has been installed but there is no data being transmitted Flashing Slowly or received. Flashing Quickly There is data being transmitted or received.

  • Page 9: Chapter 2 Installation Guide

    Windows XP for example. 2.2.2 Software Installation for Windows XP Insert the Resource CD into your CD-ROM drive, and open the folder named iB-WPA150N. Double-click Setup.exe in the proper folder to start the installation, and then the following screen for preparing setup will appear.
  • Page 10 150M Wireless-N PCI-E Adapter Figure 2-1 Soon, Figure 2-2 will display after a moment. Click Next to continue. Figure 2-2 After that, you should choose a Setup type. It is recommended that you select Install Client Utilities and Driver. Select Install Driver Only to install driver only, (shown in Figure 2-3).
  • Page 11 150M Wireless-N PCI-E Adapter Figure 2-3 Click Browse to change the destination location for the software, then click Next in the screen below (shown in Figure 2-4). Figure 2-4 After that, select the program folder, you should create a new folder name or select one from the Existing Folders list.
  • Page 12 150M Wireless-N PCI-E Adapter Figure 2-5 Choose configuration tool, if you are not sure, please leave it default. Then click Next to continue. Figure 2-6...
  • Page 13 150M Wireless-N PCI-E Adapter Click OK to continue the Installation. Wait a while for the setup as shown in Figure 2-7 . Figure 2-7 Note: For Windows XP, the Setup Wizard will notify you of how to proceed with the installation during these steps (shown in Figure 2-8).

  • Page 14: Software Installation For Windows Vista/ Win7

    Figure 2-9 2.2.3 Software Installation for Windows Vista/ Win7 Insert the Resource CD into your CD-ROM drive, and open the folder named iB-WPA150N. Double-click Setup.exe in the proper folder to start the installation, then the following screen for preparing setup will appear.
  • Page 15 150M Wireless-N PCI-E Adapter Soon, Figure 2-11 will display after a moment. Click Next to continue. Figure 2-11 Click Yes to continue. Figure 2-12 The following page will display and please wait a moment.
  • Page 16 150M Wireless-N PCI-E Adapter Figure 2-13 Note: For Windows Vista/ Win7, the Setup Wizard will notify you of how to proceed with the installation during these steps (shown in Figure 2-14). Our drivers have been tested thoroughly, and are able to work with the operating system.
  • Page 17 150M Wireless-N PCI-E Adapter Figure 2-15...

  • Page 18: Chapter 3 Configuration For Windows Xp

    150M Wireless-N PCI-E Adapter Chapter 3 Configuration for Windows XP iB-WPA150N can be configured by iBall Baton iB-WPA150N Wireless Utility in Windows XP & 2000. This chapter describes how to configure your Adapter for wireless connectivity on your Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) and use the data security encryption features.
  • Page 19 150M Wireless-N PCI-E Adapter Figure 3-1 The following table describes the items found on the Current Status screen. Profile Name - This shows the name of current selected configuration profile. The configuration of Profile name will be described on the General tab of Profile Management.

  • Page 20: Profile Management

    150M Wireless-N PCI-E Adapter 3.2 Profile Management Click the Profile Management tab of the wireless utility and the next screen will appear (shown in Figure 3-2). The Profile Management screen provides tools to: Add a new profile Modify a profile...
  • Page 21 150M Wireless-N PCI-E Adapter has a maximum limit of 32 characters. Figure 3-3 Edit the Security tab Select the Security tab in the screen above, and then you can edit the fields to configure the profile. To define the security mode, select the radio button of the desired security mode as follows.
  • Page 22 150M Wireless-N PCI-E Adapter WPA/WPA2 Passphrase: Wi-Fi Protected Access Passphrase 802.1x: Enables 802.1x security. Pre-Shared Key (Static WEP): Enables the use of shared keys that are defined on both the access point and the station. To define shared encryption keys, choose the Shared Key radio button and click Configure to fill in the Define Shared Keys window (shown in Figure 3-5).
  • Page 23 Infrastructure - All wireless clients will connect to an access point or wireless router. • Ad-Hoc - Directly connecting to another computer, for peer-to-peer communication, using wireless network adapters on each computer, such as two or more IB-WPA150N wireless adapters. Note: An Infrastructure network contains an Access Point or wireless router.

  • Page 24: Remove A Profile

    150M Wireless-N PCI-E Adapter operation in an access point network. The Wireless adapter must match the wireless mode of the access point with which it associates. Wireless Mode when Starting an Ad Hoc Network: Specifies 2.4 GHz 54/11 Mbps to start an Ad Hoc network if no matching network name is found after scanning all available modes.

  • Page 25: Switch Another Profile

    150M Wireless-N PCI-E Adapter Select the profile name in the Profiles List. Click Remove. Note: The profile being used can’t be removed. 3.2.3 Switch another Profile Go to the Profile Management screen (shown in Figure 3-2). Select the profile name required in the Profiles List.

  • Page 26: Scan Available Networks

    150M Wireless-N PCI-E Adapter Figure 3-9 3.2.6 Scan Available Networks Click Scan on the Profile Management screen (shown in Figure 3-2), the Available Infrastructure and Ad Hoc Networks window will appear below. Click Refresh to refresh the list at any time.
  • Page 27 150M Wireless-N PCI-E Adapter list, please follow these steps. On the Profile Management screen (shown in Figure 3-2), click Order Profiles…. The Auto Profiles Selection management window will appear (shown in Figure 3-11) with a list of all created profiles in the Available Profiles.

  • Page 28: Diagnostics

    SSID until an available network is found. 3.3 Diagnostics The Diagnostics tab of the iBall Baton iB-WPA150N Wireless-N Utility provides buttons used to retrieve receiving and transmitting statistics. The Diagnostics tab does not require any configuration.

  • Page 29: Check Receive And Transmit Statistical Information

    150M Wireless-N PCI-E Adapter Driver Version - The version of the wireless network adapter driver. Driver Date - The creation date of the wireless network adapter driver. Client Name - The name of the client computer. 3.3.2 Check Receive and Transmit Statistical Information...

  • Page 30: Chapter 4 Wps Configuration

    First, the WPS software should be installed. Insert the Resource CD into your CD-ROM drive, and open the folder named IB-WPA150N. Double-click WPS.exe in the proper folder to start the installation, then the following screen for preparing setup will appear.
  • Page 31 150M Wireless-N PCI-E Adapter Figure 4-2 Double click the icon on the desktop to open the WPS Utility and then you can see the welcome screen shown as Figure 4-3. Click Next to continue. Figure 4-3 Then select Push the button on my access point in the next screen shown in Figure 4-4...

  • Page 32: Pin Method

    150M Wireless-N PCI-E Adapter Figure 4-4 Then wait a minute until Figure 4-5 appears. Click Finish to complete the WPS configuration. Figure 4-5 4.2 PIN method There are two ways to configure the WPS by PIN method: Enter a PIN into your AP device.

  • Page 33: Enter A Pin Into Your Ap Device

    150M Wireless-N PCI-E Adapter Enter the PIN from your AP device. Following are the detailed configuration procedure of each way. 4.2.1 Enter a PIN into your AP device Double click the icon on the desktop to open the WPS Utility and then you can see the welcome screen shown as Figure 4-3 Click Next to continue.

  • Page 34: Enter The Pin From Your Ap Device

    150M Wireless-N PCI-E Adapter enter the PIN value of the adapter shown in Figure 4-6, click Connect. Figure 4-8 The below Figure will appear for WPS utility, the WPS configuration is complete. 4.2.2 Enter the PIN from your AP device Open the WPS Utility and you will see Figure 4-3 .
  • Page 35 150M Wireless-N PCI-E Adapter Figure 4-9 When Figure 4-5 appears, the WPS configuration is complete. Note: If you generate a new PIN code for your Router, please enter the new one instead.

  • Page 36: Appendix A: Specifications

    150M Wireless-N PCI-E Adapter Appendix A: Specifications Normal Interface PCI-E Interface Standards IEEE 802.11n; IEEE 802.11g; IEEE 802.11b; Operating System Windows 2000 / Windows XP / Windows Vista / Windows 7 11b: 1/2/5.5/11Mbps Radio Data Rate 11g: 6/9/12/18/24/36/48/54Mbps 11n: Up to 150Mbps 11b: CCK, QPSK, BPSK;...

  • Page 37: Appendix B: Glossary

    150M Wireless-N PCI-E Adapter Appendix B: Glossary 802.11b - The 802.11b standard specifies a wireless product networking at 11 Mbps using direct-sequence spread-spectrum (DSSS) technology and operating in the unlicensed radio spectrum at 2.4GHz, and WEP encryption for security. 802.11b networks are also referred to as Wi-Fi networks.
  • Page 38 150M Wireless-N PCI-E Adapter not tuned to the right frequency, a spread-spectrum signal looks like background noise. There are two main alternatives, Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum (DSSS) and Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum (FHSS). SSID - A Service Set Identification is a thirty-two character (maximum) alphanumeric key identifying a wireless local area network.

  • Page 39: Appendix C: Contact Information

    150M Wireless-N PCI-E Adapter Appendix C: Contact Information For any help on iBall products, please contact support@iballbaton.com. www.iBallBaton.com...

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