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Chapter 3

 

Using the Windows Utility 

This Chapter provides Setup details for the AP mode of the Wireless-N USB 
Dongle. 

Overview 

If using Windows, you can use the supplied utility to configure the Wireless interface. 

To Use the supplied Windows utility for Configuration 

• 

Double-click the 

Wireless Utility

 icon in the desktop. 

• 

Click 

Start - Programs - Allnet-All0233 - Wireless Utility

This Chapter assumes you are using the supplied Wireless utility. 

 

System Tray Icon 

If the Wireless Utility program is running, you can double-click the icon in the System Tray or 
right-click the icon and select "Launch Config Utility" to open the application. 

Status Information 

The menu options available from the System Tray icon are: 

• 

Launch Config Utility

 - This will display the main screen of the Utility. 

• 

Use Zero Configuration as configuration Utility - 

Wireless Zero Configuration (WZC), 

is a service of Microsoft Windows which dynamically selects a wireless network to con-
nect. 

• 

Exit

 - Terminate the connection to the Wireless-N USB Dongle. 

 

Figure 6: Wireless-N USB Dongle menu 

 

Summary of Contents for ALL0233

Page 1: ...ALL0233 Wireless N USB Dongle User Guide...

Page 2: ...Profile Screen 12 Advanced Screen 17 Statistics Screen 19 WMM Screen 21 WPS Screen 23 Radio on off Screen 25 About Screen 26 APPENDIX A SPECIFICATIONS 27 Wireless N USB Dongle 27 APPENDIX B ABOUT WIR...

Page 3: ...z Data transmission rate is up to 300Mbps Supports Turbo Mode which can enhance the data transmission rate within the specific wireless network Supports WMM Wi Fi Multimedia function IEEE 802 11e QoS...

Page 4: ...N USB Dongle User Guide Operation You should install the supplied software on the CD ROM before inserting the Wireless N USB Dongle If you have any form of the wireless utility beforehand please unins...

Page 5: ...11g or IEEE802 11n wireless LAN Procedure You should install the supplied software BEFORE inserting the Wireless N USB Dongle 1 Insert the CD ROM into the drive on your PC 2 The installation program...

Page 6: ...reen 4 Choose Install driver and Allnet WLAN Utility to install both the driver and Allnet utility software or Install driver only Figure 3 Setup Type Screen 5 Select either Allnet Configuration Tool...

Page 7: ...wing screen click Install 7 Click Finish to exit the Wizard 8 Insert the Wireless N USB Dongle firmly into USB port of the PC 9 If the Wireless N USB Dongle was installed properly you will now have a...

Page 8: ...Wireless N USB Dongle is established The length of green color indicates the signal strength No connection to the Wireless N USB Dongle The Wireless N USB Dongle is unplugged 10 You can double click t...

Page 9: ...Wireless utility System Tray Icon If the Wireless Utility program is running you can double click the icon in the System Tray or right click the icon and select Launch Config Utility to open the appl...

Page 10: ...the channels to find all the access points stations within the accessible range and automatically connect to one of the wireless devices which have the highest signal strength Figure 7 Network Screen...

Page 11: ...a new profile Connect Click this button to connect the Wireless network Wireless Network Sequence order You can click the radio buttons in the Sort by section ex SSID Channel or Signal to arrange the...

Page 12: ...frastructure mode It indicates network type is Ad hoc mode 802 11b wireless mode 802 11g wireless mode 802 11n wireless mode It indicates security enabled wireless network It shows the information of...

Page 13: ...work Type This will indicate Infrastructure or Ad hoc IP Address It shows the current IP address on the wireless interface Subnet Mask Subnet mask for the current IP address Default Gateway Gateway IP...

Page 14: ...s below Figure 10 Profile Screen Data Profile Screen System Config Profile Name Enter or select a suitable name for this profile Each profile must have a unique name SSID If the desired wireless netwo...

Page 15: ...are encrypted using WEP This method can only be used with WEP LEAP Light Extensible Authentication Protocol is a pre EAP Cisco proprietary protocol If selected you have to en ter the identity passwor...

Page 16: ...correct option Use 802 1x This setting only takes effect when using Open Shared WPA or WPA2 mode If enabled click the 802 1x tab to configure the related settings WPA Preshared Key For WPA PSK and WPA...

Page 17: ...ans of a PAC Protected Access Credential which can be managed dynamically by the authentication server The PAC can be provisioned dis tributed one time to the client either manually or automatically M...

Page 18: ...lete a profile 1 On the Profile tab select the profile that you want to delete 2 Click Delete To edit a profile 1 On the Profile tab select the profile that you want to edit 2 Click Edit button 3 Chan...

Page 19: ...TCP Window Size The TCP Window is the amount of data which a sender can send on a particular connection before it gets an acknowledgement back from the receiver that it has gotten some of it When the...

Page 20: ...luding com munication with the main RADIUS server When you configure your wireless LAN for fast re association however LEAP enabled client devices roam from one access point to another without involvi...

Page 21: ...ly Frames successfully sent Frames Retransmit ted successfully Frames successfully sent with one or more reties Frames Fail To Receive ACK After All Retries Frames failed to transmit after hitting ret...

Page 22: ...eceived successfully Frames Receive With CRC Error Frames received with CRC error Frames Dropped Due To Out of Resource Frames dropped due to resource problem Duplicate Frames Received Frames received...

Page 23: ...transmitted over Wi Fi WMM adds prioritized capabilities to Wi Fi networks and optimizes their performance when multiple concurring applica tions each with different latency and throughput requiremen...

Page 24: ...M function and then enter the MAC address of the adapter which wants to connect with the remote system Timeout Value The utility performs time outs so that the program does not sit idle waiting for in...

Page 25: ...e 12 WPS Screen Data WPS Screen WPS WPS AP List It displays the information of surrounding APs with WPS IE from last scan result List information includes SSID BSSID Channel ID Device Password ID and...

Page 26: ...file Page of utility if exist If there is an empty profile page the driver will select any non security AP Export Profile Export all credentials to Profile Delete Click to Delete an existing credentia...

Page 27: ...Using the Windows Utility Radio on off Screen Yu can turn the radio signal on off by clicking this button Figure 13 Radio on off The radio signal is on The radio signal is off 25...

Page 28: ...n This screen displays details of the traffic sent or received on the current Wireless network Figure 14 About Screen This tab shows the following information RaConfig Version Driver Version EEPROM Ve...

Page 29: ...5 802 11n 54 48 36 24 18 12 9 and 6 Mbps 802 11g Date Rates 11 5 5 2 1 Mbps 802 11b Operating Channels 11 for North America 13 for Europe and Japan Operating Frequency 2 4 2 4835 GHz Modulation Techni...

Page 30: ...e only with Wireless Stations which are set to Infrastructure mode BSS ESS BSS A group of Wireless Stations and a single Access Point all using the same ID SSID form a Basic Service Set BSS Using the...

Page 31: ...join WEP WPA PSK Both WEP and WPA PSK are standards for encrypting data before it is transmitted This is desirable because it is impossible to prevent snoopers from receiving any data which is transmi...

Page 32: ...eless Stations should use the same SSID ESSID as the Access Point they wish to connect to Alternatively the SSID can be set to any or null blank to allow connection to any Access Point Security The Wi...

Page 33: ...e directive is indicated by the CE sign on the device The ALLNET ALL0233 Wireless N USB Dongle conform to the European Directives R TTE 1999 5 EC and EC Low Voltage Directive 2006 95 EC This equipment...

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