Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product AWL400 BenQ
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BENQ Corporation Wir eless LAN USB Stick AW L 4 0 0 User Man ual V ersion 1.1 J une 2002.
BENQ Corporation i Notice I Cop yright Statement This manual cannot be r eproduced in an y form or by an y means or used to mak e any derivativ e such as translation, transformation, or adaptation without the prior written permission of BenQ Corporation.
BENQ Corporation ii Notice II FCC Warning The A WL400 compiles with Part 15 of the FCC rules. Operation is subject to the following tw o conditions. (1) This device ma y not cause harmful interfer ence . (2) This device must accept an y interfer ence receiv ed, including interfer ence that ma y cause undesired operation.
BENQ Corporation iii T able of Contents Wir eless LAN USB Stick ................................................................. i T able of Contents ........................................................................... iii Chapter 1. Introduction .
BENQ Corporation 1 Chap ter 1. Intr oduction Thank y ou for pur chasing a BenQ A WL400 Wireless LAN USB Stick. The A WL400 Wir eless LAN USB Stick lets y ou connect to y o ur netw ork and the Internet.
BENQ Corporation 2 Pr oduct Kit Befor e installation, mak e sur e th at y ou ha ve the f ollowing items: A WL400 Wireless LAN USB Stick USB cable Softwar e CD containing user m.
BENQ Corporation 3 Chap ter 2. Installation 2.1 Installation for Win98SE/WinME/Win2000 Ex ecute Setup.ex e in the A WL400 dir e ctor y in BENQ Wir eless LAN CD .
BENQ Corporation 4 Pr ess Br o wse , if you want to change destination location of a pplications, and then pr ess Next button. The folder name will be A WL400.
BENQ Corporation 5 Pr ess Finish and r estar t y our computer ..
BENQ Corporation 6 After complete installation, y ou will get the following icon in y our PC Star t Menu..
BENQ Corporation 7 2.2 Installation for WinXP Inser t A WL400 USB Stick into y o ur PC, an d then Windows will show the dialog – ‘Found N ew Har dware Wizard’. Select ‘ Install fr om a list or sp ecific location (Advanced) ’ and press Next button.
BENQ Corporation 8 Select ‘ Include this location in the sear ch ’ and browse the BENQ Wir eless LAN CD to find A WL400. For example, if y our CD-R OM is drive D , the location is D:A WL400WinXP .
BENQ Corporation 9 Please wait while coping files. Pr ess Finish ..
BENQ Corporation 10 Chap ter 3. Uninstallation T o uninstall A W L400, you c an r emov e A WL400 fr om Add/Remov e Pr ograms Pr oper ties in Contr ol Panel as the follo wing figure. Pr ess Add/Remo ve Pr ess OK if y ou r eally want to r emove A WL400.
BENQ Corporation 11 Pr ess Finish when uninstall successfully complete d and then y ou must restart your computer ..
BENQ Corporation 12 Chapter 4. Configuration & Monitor Utility 4.1 Monitor Operating Mode Infr astructure Mode In this mode , the driver will scan all a v ailable channels continuously until one or mor e Access P o ints ar e found that matches it s SSID .
BENQ Corporation 13 Channel This field shows the curr ent radio cha nnel used for an activ e connection. SSID Ser vice Set Identity Tx Rate This field shows the curr ent transmit ra te which ar e being used for an activ e connection.
BENQ Corporation 14 4.2 Statistics The Statistics page shows the counts of pack ets transmitted and receiv ed. Pr ess Clear button to set these numbers to zer o .
BENQ Corporation 15 4.3 Site Sur ve y The Site Sur v ey page sho ws the APs nearby . After pr essing “ Re-Scan ” button to sear ch APs nearby , users can double click on the BSSID area to assoc iate with the AP which user wants to connect.
BENQ Corporation 16 4.4 Encr yption According to WEP function select, this pan el allows the entry of 64-bit encr yption and 128-bit k ey . Each k ey must consist of hex digits to be written to the driv er and r egistr y . This means that only digit 0-9 and letters A-F ar e valid entries.
BENQ Corporation 17 4.5 Advanced The Advanced page sets the pr eamble ty pe and thr eshold of fragme ntation and R TS/CTS. Pr ess Submit button to apply y our changes.
BENQ Corporation 18 4.6 V ersion Y ou ma y learn the pr oduct version including the detail of Driv er , Firmware, Application, and MA C Addr ess fr om this “V ersion” tab. When users wish to r epor t their pr oblems to technical suppor t, they must ha v e this v ersion number .
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