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802.11n Wireless 802.11n

Wireless LAN

USB Adapter

User Manual

WI300

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Page 1: ...802 11n Wireless 802 11n Wireless LAN USB Adapter User Manual WI300 ...

Page 2: ... warranties merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose Any software described in this manual is sold or licensed as is Should the programs prove defective following their purchase the buyer and not this company its distributor or its dealer assumes the entire cost of all necessary servicing repair and any incidental or consequential damages resulting from any defect in the software Furt...

Page 3: ...ept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation Any changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the authority to operate equipment The antenna s used for this transmitter must not be co located or operating in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter Federal Communications Commission FCC Radiati...

Page 4: ...Austria Belgium Denmark Finland France Germany Greece Ireland Italy Luxembourg the Netherlands Portugal Spain Sweden and the United Kingdom The ETSI version of this device is also authorized for use in EFTA member states Iceland Liechtenstein Norway and Switzerland EU Countries Not intended for use None ...

Page 5: ...t 10 Use Windows Zero Configuration on Windows Vista 11 3 Setup Wizard 14 4 Configuration Utility 17 4 1 Utility Overview 18 4 2 Available Network 19 4 3 General 20 4 4 Profile 21 Configure the Profile 22 4 5 Advanced 25 4 6 Status 27 4 7 Statistics 27 4 8 Wi Fi Protected Setup 28 4 9 Software AP 29 4 9 1 AP Properties Setting 30 4 9 2 AP Advanced 30 4 9 3 AP Statistics 31 4 9 4 ICS 31 ...

Page 6: ...WPA2 function WPA2 provides a stronger encryption mechanism through AES Advanced Encryption Standard which is a requirement for some corporate and government users The power consumption of the adapter is also very low Furthermore this adapter provides several levels of power saving modes allowing user customizes the way of saving the power from his her portable or handheld devices This adapter is ...

Page 7: ...ntenna Printed Antenna Drivers Windows 98SE Me 2000 XP Vista LEDs Link Activity Transmit Power 11n 14dBm 1dBm 11g 14dBm 1dBm 11b 17dBm 1dBm Dimension 10 H x 22 W x 83 D mm Temperature 32 104 F 0 40 C Humidity Max 95 NonCondensing Certification FCC CE 1 3 Package Contents Before you begin the installation please check the items of your package The package should include the following items One USB ...

Page 8: ...edures are similar for Windows 98SE Me 2000 XP Note 2 If you have installed the Wireless Adapter driver utility before please uninstall the old version first 2 1 Install the Driver and Utility A Insert the Installation CD to your CD ROM Drive Execute the Setup exe program B Select the Setup Language and click Next to proceed C Click Next to start installing driver and utility ...

Page 9: ...9 D Click Install to start the installation E The system starts to install the driver and utility ...

Page 10: ...pter and complete the drivers installation for the adapter automatically I You are now able to use the USB adapter 2 2 Connect to Wireless Access Point A To start configuring the adapter double click the icon in the system tray B The utility of the adapter is displayed Click Available Network and double click on the wireless access point you want to connect to ...

Page 11: ... and click OK to start network connection Use Windows Zero Configuration on Windows Vista For Windows Vista user you can use Windows Zero Configuration to connect to wireless access point A Click Start button then click Control Panel Click Network and Internet in Control Panel ...

Page 12: ...oint you want to use if it s shown then click Connect D If it s an unnamed access point i e the SSID of this wireless access point is hidden you ll be prompted input its name and the name must be identical to the SSID setting of the wireless access point you re connecting to Click Next ...

Page 13: ...to input its security or passphrase here It must match the encryption setting on the access point Click Connect F If you can see this image the connection between your computer and wireless access point is successfully established Click Close to start network connection ...

Page 14: ...ess network simply Please follow the step below to run the setup wizard A From the menu in the utility select Set Wizard B Select Station Infrastructure if you want to connect to the wireless network through access point or select Station ad hoc to connect to a peer to peer network Click Next ...

Page 15: ...rk you d like to connect to and click OK E Please specify the IP settings for this wireless network or select to obtain the IP Address from the wireless access point directly It is recommended to select Obtain an IP address automatically and Obtain DNS server address automatically Please be sure that the IP Address of the adapter is in the same network segment with the wireless access point and cl...

Page 16: ...be configured to obtain IP Address automatically through the DHCP Server of the access point or a fixed IP Address in order to be in the same subnet as the router The available IP Address for your computer will be 192 168 2 2 to 192 168 2 254 and the subnet mask is 255 255 255 0 F Now you can connect to the wireless network successfully ...

Page 17: ...esktop of Windows You can open it by double click on the icon In the Desktop In the System Tray Right click the icon in the system tray there are some items for you to operate the configuration utility Open Config Utility Select Open Config Utility to open the configuration utility Setup Wizard Select SetupWizard to open the setup wizard About Select About to show the utility information Hide Sele...

Page 18: ...urrent status of the utility About To check the version of the utility select this item B This is a list for you to configure several adapters in your PC from the utility C Show Tray Icon To show the icon in the system tray select the item Radio Off This function is for you to turn off or turn on the radio of the adapter If the radio is turned off the adapter will not work Disable Adapter This fun...

Page 19: ...ption Available Network s This list shows all information of the available wireless networks within the range of your adapter The information includes SSID Channel Encryption Network Authentication Signal and etc If you want to connect to any network on the list double click the selected network Refresh Click Refresh to update the available networks list It is recommended that refresh the list whi...

Page 20: ...uter IBSS Select this mode if you want to connect to another wireless station in the Wireless LAN network without through an Access Point or Router Encryption It displays the encryption setting of the current connection including None WEP TKIP or AES SSID The SSID up to 32 printable ASCII characters is the unique name identified in a WLAN The ID prevents the unintentional merging of two co located...

Page 21: ...ss connection You can add remove edit duplicate the preferred networks or set one of the networks as the default connection Add Remove Edit Button Click these buttons to add delete edit the selected profiles Duplicate If you like to build up the new profile with the same settings as the current profile then you can select this feature Set Default To designate a profile as the default network for t...

Page 22: ...ID up to 32 printable ASCII characters is the unique name identified in a WLAN The ID prevents the unintentional merging of two co located WLANs You may specify a SSID for the adapter and then only the device with the same SSID can interconnect to the adapter Channel This setting is only available for Ad Hoc mode Select the number of the radio channel used for the networking The channel setting sh...

Page 23: ...advantage of leveraging existing authentication databases and infrastructure WPA2 802 1X Like WPA WPA2 supports IEEE 802 1x EAP authentication or PSK technology It also includes a new advanced encryption mechanism using the Advanced Encryption Standard AES AES is required to the corporate user or government users The difference between WPA and WPA2 is that WPA2 provides data encryption via the AES...

Page 24: ...authentication phase The server presents a certificate to the client After validating the server s certificate the client presents a client certificate to the server for validation LEAP LEAP is a pre EAP Cisco proprietary protocol with many of the features of EAP protocols Cisco controls the ability of other vendors to implement this protocol so it should be selected for use only when limited vend...

Page 25: ...ode Max Enable the adapter in the power saving mode when it is idle Turbo Mode Off Turn off the turbo mode On Turn on the turbo mode Auto The adapter will detect the AP is RTL8186 based AP or not to transmit data in turbo mode automatically Wireless Mode 802 11 b g This adapter can be compatible with both 802 11g and 802 11b wireless stations If there are only 802 11b g wireless stations in the ne...

Page 26: ... down list PSP XLink Mode Enable this function to support PSP XLink WMM Parameter QoS Enable Enable this function to support WMM Power Save APSD Enable Enable this function to support WMM Power Save Fragment Threshold The value defines the maximum size of packets any packet size larger than the value will be fragmented If you have decreased this value and experience high packet error rates you can...

Page 27: ...me and link status If you don t ensure the status of the adapter and the network you are connecting please go to the screen for more details 4 7 Statistics You can get the real time information about the packet transmission and receiving status during wireless communication from the screen If you want to recount the statistics value please click Reset ...

Page 28: ...mber it and input the number to your wireless access point as the WPS PIN code Please refer to the user manual of your wireless access point for instructions about how to do this Then click PIN button and wait for few seconds to one minute If a wireless access point with correct PIN code is found you ll be connected to that access point Please note that you may have to click PIN for few more times...

Page 29: ...2 printable ASCII characters is the unique name identified in a WLAN The ID prevents the unintentional merging of two co located WLANs The default SSID of the AP is Full Computer Name _AP Wireless adapters connect to the AP should set up the same SSID as the AP BSSID Display the MAC address of the adapter Associate Table All the wireless adapters connected to the software AP will be displayed in t...

Page 30: ...een beacon packets milliseconds The range for the beacon period is between 20 1000 milliseconds with a typical value of 100 DTIM Period Determines the interval the Access Point will send its broadcast traffic Default value is 3 beacons Preamble Mode The preamble defines the length of the CRC block for communication among the wireless network There are two mode including Long and Short High network...

Page 31: ... 3 AP Statistics You can get the real time information about the packet transmission and receiving status during wireless communication from the screen If you want to recount the statistics value please click Reset 4 9 4 ICS If you want to connect to the internet through this SoftAP you will need to make a bridge between our SoftAP and your internet connect Select the internet connection in your S...

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