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150N Draft 802.11n Wireless PCI Adapter Model # AWLH6070 User’s Manual Rev. 1.0.
2 Table of Contents 1. Intr oducti on ................................................................................................................ .3 1.1 Package Contents ............................................................................
3 1. Introduction Congratulations on your purchase of the 150N Draft 802.11n Wireless PCI Adapter. The 150N PCI Adapter provides wireless data rate of up to 300 Mbps* downlink and 150Mbps* uplink when used with other AirLin k101® 150N or 300N wireless products.
4 2. Inst allation This section provides instructions on how to install the 150N Draft 802.11n Wireless PCI Adapter . The driver is instal led along with the utility. Step 1 Insert the PCI adapter into an available PCI slot and turn on your computer. Step 2 After turning on the comput er, Windows will launch the Found New Hardware Wizard .
5 Note: If the Autorun screen doesn’t appear automat ically, or if you get a blank white screen, go to Start , Run , and type D:UtilitySetup.exe (where D is the letter of your CD drive) and click OK . Windows Vista users : At this point, you may get a warning message like the one below.
6 Step 4 Click Next at the welcome screen. Step 5 Click Next to accept the default destination folder..
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8 Step 6 Click Continue Anyway at the Windows Logo Screen. (For Windows 2000, click Yes at the Digital Signatu re Not Found prompt). For Windows Vista, click the Install this driver software anyway button when the security warning appears. Step 7 Click Yes, I want to restart my computer now and then Finish to restart your computer.
9 Step 8 After the computer is re started, Windows will ask to connect to Windows Update, select No, not this time and click Next . If this screen does not appear, you can skip to section 2.
10 Step 9 Select Install the software automatically and click Next ..
11 Step 10 Click Continue Anyway at the Windows Logo Screen. (For Windows 2000, click Yes at the Digital Signatur e Not Found prompt). For Windows Vista, click the Install this driver software anyway button when the security warning appears.
12 Step 11 Click Finish ..
13 3. Configuring the Adapter This section describes how to connect your wireless adapter to a wireless network. Note to Windows XP Users: You must disable the Wireless Zero Configur ation Utility in order to use the bundled Wireless Utility. Please follow the steps below to disable XP’s wireless utility.
14 Step 1 To open the utility, double click on the Wireless Monitor icon in the system tray at the bottom right-hand corner of your screen. Step 2 Go to the AP List tab, select the SSID (Network Name) of the wireless network you wish to connect to, and click Connect .
15 If the network you are attempting to connect to is configured for encryption, you will see an orange lock icon next to the network..
16 When you click on it and click connect, a box will pop up requesting the wireless encryption key for the router. Enter t he encryption key into the box and click OK .
17 Step 3 You should now be connected. You shoul d see “Connected” in the top, right hand corner, and there will be a blue circle ar ound the antenna icon next to the network name.
18 4. Wireless Monitor This section describes the various functi ons of the Wireless Monitor that you can configure, including the setti ngs of wireless encryption.
19 4.2 AP List The AP List tab displays all the available wire less networks detected by the Wireless Adapter. Simply select the wireless network you wish to connect to and click Connect . If you have created multiple profiles, you can use the profile chooser at the bottom to select the specific profile you want to use.
20 4.3 Profile Settings This section provides instructions on using the Profile Settings section of the wireless monitor. The My Wireless Networks box lists the different pr ofiles you’ve created for the different networks that you us e. Profiles are automatical ly created and added to this list when you connect to new networks.
21 The Profile Settings box will appear allowing you to specify the settings for your new profile or change settings for your existing profile. Once you are finished entering the settings, click OK to save the changes.
22 4.4 Configuring Encryption This section describes the different types of encryption available and how to configure them. In most cases, encry ption will be automatically configured and all that will need to be entered is the key, as described in Section 3 Step 2 .
23 These three are meant for the home user: None: No encryption in use WEP: The most popular but least se cure form of encryption WPA/WPA2-PSK: The most secure and recommended level of encryption The remaining two are for use in a corpor ate environment that utilizes authentication servers.
24 Configuring WEP encryption Select WEP from the Set Security Option box. Under Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) , you will want to select Shared or Open , depending on the router settings. In the Key box, you will want to type in the encrypt ion key for the rout er.
25 Configuring WPA/WPA2-PSK Encryption (for home users) Select WPA/WPA2-PSK from the Set Security Option box. Under Passphrase Settings select either TKIP or AES depending on the settings for your router.
26 Configuring WPA/WPA2 Encryption (for corporate networks) Select WPA/WPA2 from the Set Security Option box. Under Advanced Security Settings select either TKIP or AES depending on the settings for your router. Click on Advanced Config to enter your aut hentication settings.
27 Configuring 802.1x authentication (for corporate networks) Select 802.1x from the Set Security Option box. Click on Advanced Config to enter your aut hentication settings.
28 The adapter supports EAP-TLS, LEAP, EAP- TTLS, and PEAP authentication methods. Refer to your system administrator for inform ation about what sett ings you should enter here. 4.5 Ad-hoc and Peer-to-Peer Wireless Networks Ad-hoc networking is used when you want to connect two or more computers together but you don’t have a router.
29 Open the Wireless Monitor. Click on Profile Setting , then click on New . The profile settings box will appear. First change the network type to Adhoc . (Infrastructure is for when you are using a router). Enter a profile name into the Profile Name box so that you can identify the profile.
30 Once that is done, click on the AP List . Select your new profile from the profile chooser and click Activate to enable the profile. You will need to configure all other comput ers that you are planni ng on connecting to your ad-hoc network with the same settings that you input on this screen.
31 4.6 About The About tab shows the Utility, Driver, and Firmware version as well as the MAC address of the adapter..
32 Appendix A – Features Frequency Band • 2.4~2.5 GHz Standards • IEEE 802.11b / 802.11g • 802.11n draft 2.0 Interface • PCI Antenna type • 2 external antennas Security • WPA-PSK (TKIP) • WPA2-PSK (AES) Transmitted Power • 802.11b: 17 dBm@1TX; 20 dBm@2TX • 802.
33 Appendix B – Information Federal Communication Commission Interference S t atement This equipment has been tested and found to co mply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rule s. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interferenc e in a residential installation.
34 European Union Notice: Radio products with the CE marking comply with the R&TTE Direct ive (1999/5/EC), the EMC Directive (89/336/EEC) and the Low Voltage Directive (73/23/EEC) issued by the Commission of the European Community.
35 T echnical Support E-mail: support@airlink101.com Toll Free: 1-888-746-3238 Web Site: www.airlink101.com *Theoretical maximum wireless signal rate derived from IEEE 802.11g standard and IEEE 802.11n draft specification version 2.0. Actual data throughput will vary.
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