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NextG

007GTi

PRO

USB-Yagi

TurboTenna

Jan 18

2015

This manual walks though the steps of setting up the USB-Yagi Plug & Play WiFi
antenna from quick start followed by detailed explanation of what each
parameter does. It talks about the STATION mode for accessing a remote
hotspot, and using the USB-Yagi as a local ACCESS POINT for sharing the
Internet with other WiFi computer clients

Instruction
Manual

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Summary of Contents for NextG 007GTi PRO

Page 1: ...Yagi Plug Play WiFi antenna from quick start followed by detailed explanation of what each parameter does It talks about the STATION mode for accessing a remote hotspot and using the USB Yagi as a local ACCESS POINT for sharing the Internet with other WiFi computer clients Instruction Manual Version 0 215 7 ...

Page 2: ...epair and any incidental or consequential damages resulting from any defect in the software Further this company reserves the right to revise this publication and to make changes from time to time in the contents hereof without obligation to notify any person of such revision or changes The software and specifications are subject to change without notice Please visit our web site www danets com fo...

Page 3: ...uration of NIC by using WZC under Windows XP 9 3 3 WORKING WITH MEDIATEK 13 4 ADVANCED MEDIATEK FEATURES ON WINDOWS 8 AND 7 15 4 1 TURN ON OFF RF 15 4 2 SECURITY 15 4 3 SIGNAL STRENGTH 15 4 4 SITE SURVEY 16 4 5 LINK INFORMATION 16 4 6 PROFILE 17 4 6 1 Example to Add a PROFILE with encryption 18 4 6 2 Example to Add a PROFILE without encryption 19 4 6 3 Example to setup an Ad Hoc wireless connectio...

Page 4: ...Play antenna with a tripod A USB2 0 extender cable A CD ROM software drivers for Windows 8 7 VISTA XP Linux and MAC OS X An installation guide If you plan to build the Universal WiFi Repeater using the 35dBm NextG USB Yagi Plug Play Antenna you could purchase the USB Omni kit online from the link below http www danets com turbotenna UsbOmniApRepeater php Add the Power RF Amplifier Kit from the lin...

Page 5: ... danets com support Windows8DriverMediatek exe For Windows XP http www danets com support WindowsXpDriverMediatek exe Insert the CD ROM into the CD DVD drive of your computer As soon as the AutoPlay window appears double click SETUP EXE to install the software driver If the AutoPlay window does not pop up you could also go to the CD DVD drive under My Computer and double click the SETUP icon Reboo...

Page 6: ...t signal strength Because the antenna has linear polarization you may find that you get a better signal by rotating it slightly clockwise or anti clockwise on the tripod along its cylindrical axis Since the RF cable is pretty rigid special attention is required for connecting the RP SMA end of the cable to the Repeater in order not to break off the connector from the Repeater s casing Cable tie is...

Page 7: ...ss Utility Mediatek with the WPA supplicant functionality As soon as Windows starts you could invoke the Mediatek Wireless Utility from the All Programs Start Menu see above so that the Mediatek icon appears at the lower right hand corner of the computer screen Mediatek Or you may setup the network connection using the Windows Network and Sharing Center also known as Windows Zero Configuration WZC...

Page 8: ...onfiguration WZC Go to Section 3 3 if you want to use Mediatek instead 3 2 1 Configuration of NIC by using WZC under Windows 7 and VISTA When WZC is activated you could attempt to connect to one of the wireless networks picked up by the antenna If the wireless network is encrypted a pop up box will appear prompting you to key in its security password ...

Page 9: ...Before you connect to any wireless network the status prompt pops up like this Right click the Network Connection icon in the task bar and select View Available Wireless Networks A new window pops up showing the list of Access Points or APs available for connection You may either double click the SSID or highlight it with the mouse pointer followed by clicking Connect Anyway ...

Page 10: ...NextG 007GTi PRO USB Yagi Instruction Manual 2015 by danets Datacom Network Ltd All rights reserved DN WLAN 035 Page 10 ...

Page 11: ...i PRO USB Yagi Instruction Manual 2015 by danets Datacom Network Ltd All rights reserved DN WLAN 035 Page 11 If you want to update the AP attributes click Change Advanced Settings then chose the Wireless Networks ...

Page 12: ...l 2015 by danets Datacom Network Ltd All rights reserved DN WLAN 035 Page 12 Double click Properties to check the Wireless network key or enter the security password Wireless connection is successful if the Wireless network key is authenticated ...

Page 13: ...hand corner of the screen Double click on it to bring up the Mediatek main window Click on the Site Survey icon to bring up a list of AP s picked up by the antenna Each row contains the AP network type channel used wireless mode security status and signal strength Simply highlight the AP and click Connect If the AP is encrypted you ll be asked to enter the password for authentication as shown in t...

Page 14: ...e connected a small tick appears on the left of the AP and the Mediatek icon becomes How does the Mediatek icon represent the various network statuses Here are the clues Connected and signal strength is Good Connected and signal strength is Normal Not Connected Wireless NIC not detected Connected but signal strength is Weak ...

Page 15: ...s a toggle switch to turn on and off the antenna When the RF is off no wireless transmission and reception will take place 4 2 Security It is an indicator whether the wireless network is secured lock closed or unsecured lock open 4 3 Signal Strength A five bar indicator of the signal strength It shows the signal strength in terms of percentage when the mouse is over the signal strength icon ...

Page 16: ...light it followed by clicking the Connect button If the intended network has encryption other than None the RaUL will bring up the security page that allows the user to enter the password to complete the connection The AP information is shown at the bottom of the Site Survey window 4 5 Link Information The Link Information consists of the instantaneous Link Status Throughput and Statistics of the ...

Page 17: ...7GTi PRO USB Yagi Instruction Manual 2015 by danets Datacom Network Ltd All rights reserved DN WLAN 035 Page 17 4 6 Profile A profile is a place to save your favorite wireless networks for one click connection ...

Page 18: ... Code See Appendix I for Wi Fi Protected Setup WPS About Shows the Mediatek version and the MAC address of the antenna The MAC address refers to the unique ID of the wifi adapter of your laptop and the USB Yagi antenna Help HTML Quick Reference 4 6 1 Example to Add a PROFILE with encryption Click Add under PROFILE PROF1 is a default profile name You may key in a different profile name to replace i...

Page 19: ...rd in the box Click to exit the profile setup 4 6 2 Example to Add a PROFILE without encryption Click Add under PROFILE The Add Profile page will then pop up The default Profile Name is PROF1 but you may change to a different name such as PROF2 Now move the mouse to the SSID pull down menu and select the wireless router from an active list of SSID s within range ...

Page 20: ...speaking you should be able to connect to an unsecured WiFi signal within range and get on the Internet unless it is a hotspot with 802 1x authentication as in the case of the above BTOpenzone example or the wireless router has a white list of MAC addresses A MAC address is a unique ID of every network adapter Some smart users maintain such a white list in their wireless routers and yet leave the ...

Page 21: ...but it should be the same in both computers 4 Click OK Go to Start My Computer My Network Places Network Connections Right click on your wireless adapter and select Properties Go to the Wireless Network Tab and click on the Advanced button Select Computer to Computer Ad hoc networking option If you get a window with an SSID box you can specify the network name in it in our example we use XNET Now ...

Page 22: ...Default Gateway 192 168 0 2 4 Click OK and you are done for PC1 PC2 1 Just right click My Computer and click Properties 2 Select the Computer Name tab and click the Change button 3 Change the computer name to PC2 Change the workgroup to WG The workgroup name should be the same in both computers 4 Click OK Go to Start My Computer My Network Places Network Connections Right click on your wireless ad...

Page 23: ...option if it isn t already done To automatically connect to the network select the Connection tab and tick on the Connect automatically when in range option Now to configure the TCP IP connection settings 1 Goto Control Panel Network connections 2 Right click on your Wireless Adapter and click Properties In the General tab select Internet Protocol TCP IP Click the Properties button 3 Set the Value...

Page 24: ... done now Just open the Wireless network settings and click on View Available Wireless Networks Select your network and you are connected Note 1 The settings mentioned may vary in case of different adapters But most of them should be similar to the above settings 2 Your adapter should be compatible with WZC Windows Zero Configuration ...

Page 25: ...just need to copy all the files under the mini DISC directory below to a standard size DISC Your CD ROM Drive Other Drivers Mac OS X 10 4 10 5 10 6 10 7 10 8 5 2 MAC OS X Driver Installation The driver installation is illustrated using a MacBook PRO running the OS X 10 8 Mountain Lion If you are currently running a previous OS X version you could still follow the forthcoming steps that might be sl...

Page 26: ...15 by danets Datacom Network Ltd All rights reserved DN WLAN 035 Page 26 When Welcome to the Mediatek Wireless Utility Installer pops up click on Continue The next screen indicates that it will take up 8 5 MB of your hard disk space Click on Install ...

Page 27: ...rved DN WLAN 035 Page 27 Enter your system admin password to Install Software A warning message box pops up indicating that a computer restart is necessary after finishing up the driver installation Please close all your applications in progress before proceeding to click on Continue Installation ...

Page 28: ...NextG 007GTi PRO USB Yagi Instruction Manual 2015 by danets Datacom Network Ltd All rights reserved DN WLAN 035 Page 28 Click on Install for running the package scripts ...

Page 29: ...to locate the Ralink or Mediatek icon at the top right hand bar of your computer Click on it and choose Open Wireless Utility The Ralink or Mediatek Wireless Utility consist of several options namely Profile Link Status Site Survey Statistics Advanced WPS About The most important option is Site Survey as it instructs the USB Yagi TurboTenna to scan and display the wireless networks in your vicinit...

Page 30: ...ireless network If there are many wireless networks sharing the same channel there is a fair chance of interference and you should choose the one with the strongest signal level Otherwise change the wireless network to another channel if you are able to do so Authentication either OPEN or the security protocol that includes the popular WEP WAP WAP2 and 802 1x Encryption NONE TKIP AES and TKIP AES ...

Page 31: ...NextG 007GTi PRO USB Yagi Instruction Manual 2015 by danets Datacom Network Ltd All rights reserved DN WLAN 035 Page 31 5 4 2 Keying in the Authentication Encription Password ...

Page 32: ...tacom Network Ltd All rights reserved DN WLAN 035 Page 32 If KC1 is not an OPEN wireless network you have to enter the password in the WPA Pre Shared Key box in order to connect to it The green handshake icon pops up once the connected is authenticated successully ...

Page 33: ...ireless access point AP or a Registrar of the Network cf below the Protocol Architecture This is the mandatory baseline model every Wi Fi Protected Setup certified product must support it PBC Method in which the user simply has to push a button either an actual or virtual one on both the AP or a Registrar of the Network and the new wireless client device STA Support of this model is mandatory for ...

Page 34: ...n PBC 0x0005 Registrar specified 0x0006 0x000F Reserved Selected Registrar This indicates if the user has recently activated a Registrar to add an Enrollee The values are TRUE and FALSE State The current configuration state on AP The values are Un configured and Configured Version WPS specified version AP Setup Locked This indicate if the AP has entered a setup locked state UUID E The universally ...

Page 35: ...NextG 007GTi PRO USB Yagi Instruction Manual 2015 by danets Datacom Network Ltd All rights reserved DN WLAN 035 Page 35 End of Manual ...

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