Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product AWN-11G-USB Advantek Networks
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- 1 - Wireless –G Ran ge Extra USB Ada pt er Use rs Ma nual Model # A WN-1 1G- USB.
- 2 - USING THIS DO CUMENT This document provide s detai l use r guide for Advantek Networks A W N-1 1G-USB, W ireless-G US B Adapt er operation and set-u p instructions.
- 3 - Chapter 1: Introdu ction Thank you for purchasing Advantek Networks A W N-1 1G-USB, W ireless-G USB Adapter . A W N-1 1G-USB is a perfect combination of both perform ance and cost-effective solutions. We hoped that you can enjoy both t he freedom of wireless technology an d reliability of this product at the same time.
- 4 - Chapter 2: S pecif icat ions Host system connectio ns Interface Fully complies with USB 2.0 or 1.1 USB date transfer rate USB high speed (48 0Mbps), and full sp eed (12Mbps) Wireless LAN (WLAN) environment connection s Multimode features WLAN Interface Fully complies with IEEE 802.
- 5 - Chapter 3: Inst a llation / Uninstall W arning ! D o not cover or block th e airflow to the adapte r . T he ada pter will reach a high temperatur e during use. 3.1 Inst allatio n Before you proceed with the i nstallation, please notice the f ollowing descriptions.
- 6 - 3. Click Driver Installation 4. C hoose a set up l anguage. Click Next to pr ocess the installation..
- 7 - 5. Click Next at the followi ng screen 6. Click Install a t the f ollowing screen.
- 8 - 7. T he system starts software inst allation of the A W N-1 1G-USB adapter . 8 . Click Finish to complete the i nsta llation.
- 9 - 9. Af ter click Finish to complete th e installation , under Windows Vista <ALL Programs> menu, you will f ind the ID name of RE AL TEK USB wireless LAN Utility program installed. 10. I nsert A W N-1 1G-USB adapter i nto your computer ’s USB port, it will automatically detected and act ive the A W N-1 1G-USB adapter .
- 10 - 3.2 Uninstall From “ W i reless Network Driver and Utility” or “C ontrol Panel” ”Change or Remove Programs”. A. Uninstall the W LAN USB Adapter Driver f rom “S tart” “All Programs” Cl ick “Uninsta ll” (o r “Change/Remove”) t o remove the drive r .
- 1 1 - B. Click “ Y es ” if you want t o remove the driver . C. Click “ Finish ” to complete the u ninstall.
- 12 - Chapter 4: Wireless L AN Man ageme nt Progra m 4.1 Int roduction of Main W indow A . Main Menu The main menu includes f ive submenus. 1. Refresh(R) W hen clicking the refresh menu, you can update an d re-enumerate the contents of adapter list area.
- 13 - 2. Set Wizard(S) 2.1 Wizard-1 Click Set Wizard(S) menu to enter o peration wizard. Click AP : Setup a wireless network. Next to continue. Canc el to leave wizard.
- 14 - 2.2 Wizard-2 User d efines w ir eless network Nam e [ SS ID ] (le ss than 32 characters ). Y ou may skip wireless security sett ing, but we str ongly recom mend you to setup wireless security to avoid invalid users. Click “ Bac k ” if you want to go pr evious.
- 15 - 2.4 Wizard-4 Show all settings under AP mode. Click “ Finish ” to complet e wizard setup. 3. Mode (M) W ireless con f igur ation is quickly switche d to be either [S tation ] or [AP]. 4. View (V) Enable/disable th e presenc e of E. S tatus Bar .
- 16 - 5. About ( A) Click the “About” to show the about dialog. The application version and license information are shown in the about dialog..
- 17 - B. A dapter List A rea All connected adapters on this s ystem with multiple adapter installations are displayed in this area. It is easy for users to chan ge t he selecte d a dapter by o ne click. The co ntents of properties a rea a re dependa nt on wireless co nfiguration that the selected adapter is set up.
- 18 - C. P roperties Area The contents of this area are dependent on current wirel ess configuration. The current configuration is determined on previous explanation of submenu “Mode”.
- 19 - D. Global Con trol Bar Each control item on this bar affects the adapt er or management GUI directly . Following are the available selecti ons: Show T ray Icon Checking " Show T ray Icon &.
- 20 - E. St atus Bar The status of the management GUI are pr esented in the status bar . 4.2 St ation Mode The following explanations focus o n the properties are a. Infrastructure and A d -Hoc W ith both Infrastructure and Ad-Hoc types, the properties should l ook lik e the picture above.
- 21 - A . General Page This page p rovi des the general inform ation of this ada pter . 1. St atus The status of station connection to Router or AP . 2. Speed Current transition spee d in Mbps. 3. T ype Current wireless LAN conf iguration type. 4. Encryption Current encryption mode used.
- 22 - B. Profile Page This page provides p rofiles m anagement s uch as add, remove, edit and duplicate just by pressi ng the correspondin g button. A vailable Profile (s) The list box shows all the creat ed profiles. 1. Add Add a new profile f or AP or IBSS (Ad-Hoc m ode).
- 23 - C. A vailable Netw ork(s) Show network connection around this system 1. Refresh Rescan network connec tion around this system . 2. Add to Profil e Create profile for selected net work connection and add it to profile list .
- 24 - D. A dvanced Page 1. Pow er Save None: without power save functi on. Min: wake up more frequently t o receive packets. Max: wake up less f requently to receive packets. 2. Wireless Mode 802.1 1b 802.1 1g/b 3. 802.1 1b Preambl e Mode Long: higher quality but with l ower perf ormance than preamble short mode.
- 25 - Threshold of Request-T o-Send mechanism. The R TS frame will not send out until the packet size over threshold. 6. WOL (W ake On L AN) The wake-on-LAN is a pplied for remote control purpose. Y ou c ould wake up a system through network packets.
- 26 - 4. Authenticat e Authentication state 5. Channel Set Selected channel plan c urrently 6. M A C A ddress MAC address of this ada pter 7. Dat a Rat e W ireless LAN tra nsition speed 8. Channel (Frequ ency) Current channel number 9. St atus W ireless ne t work status 10.
- 27 - 4.3 A P Mode A . General Page This page provides g eneral information of this A P , including nam e, MAC address and list of joined stations. 1. SSID The name of this AP . 2. BSSID Six two-digital numbers of t he M AC ad dress of this AP . 3. Association T able It is the list of joined stations to this AP .
- 28 - statio n s uccessfully . If an ST A associated t o SW AP doe s not have any interaction with the AP i n 10 minut es, it will be disassociated from the Infra-structure BSS. 7. Config A dialo g of this A P is shown for configuration m odification.
- 29 - Encryption ~ disabled: you decide to op en this AP to every one without network authentication. Encryption ~ W EP: you decide to setup the basic d ata encryption with a defined network key . Shared Key + W EP Y ou deci de to apply both authentic ation and data encryption to prev ent unauthorized login.
- 30 - B. A dvanced Page Users could setup the a dvanced char acteristics of net work packet for transmission on this page. 1. Beacon Interval This filed indicates the interval between eac h beacon that this A P sends out in unit of TU (1024 micro-seconds).
- 31 - C. St atistic s Page The Tx/Rx status of cu rrent w ire less co nnection is shown. A statistic analys is of p acket tr ansition is listed. D. ICS Page 1. ConnName List all ne t work connections to this system. Y ou can pick up one from the listed item(s) whose network domai n you would want t o connect to.
- 32 - 2. Select Make the desired network connecti on to public net work. 3. ICS Internet Co nnection Sharing. It enables this AP to create the domain to share this internet/intranet netw ork connection.
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