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Wireless Adapter User Guide 

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Profile Manager Screen 

This screen is accessed by clicking the 

Profile Manager

 tab on the main screen. 

 

 

Figure 10: Profile Manager Screen 

Data - Profile Manager Screen  

Profile Name 

Enter or select a suitable name for this profile. Each profile must 
have a unique name. 

Network Name 
(SSID) 

If the desired wireless network is currently available, you can 
select its SSID. Otherwise, type in the SSID of the desired wire-
less network. 

Advanced Settings 

On the resulting sub-screen, enter the required data for the ad-
vanced settings. 

Network Type 

Select the desired option:  

 

Infrastructure

 - Select this to connect to an Access point.  

 

Ad-Hoc

 - Select this if you are connecting directly to another 

computer. 

Wireless Mode 

Select the desired wireless mode to which you want to connect.  

Prefer Channel 

Select the channel you would like to use. 

Summary of Contents for UB811Rn

Page 1: ...802 11n USB Wireless Adapter User Guide ...

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Page 3: ...file Connect 6 Site Survey Screen 6 Profile Manager Screen 10 Network Status Screen 14 About Screen 15 APPENDIX A SPECIFICATIONS 16 USB Adapter 16 APPENDIX B ABOUT WIRELESS LANS 18 Modes 18 BSS ESS 18 Channels 19 WEP WPA PSK 19 Wireless LAN Configuration 19 P N 956YGT0001 Copyright 2007 All Rights Reserved Document Version 1 0 September 2007 All trademarks and trade names are the properties of the...

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Page 5: ...ng items should be included The Wireless Adapter Unit Quick Start Guide CD ROM containing the on line manual If any of the above items are damaged or missing please contact your dealer immediately LEDs USB Wireless Adapter The Wireless Adapter has a single Link Activity LED Link Act LED On Associated with the network Off Not associated with the network Blinking Data being transferred Operation You...

Page 6: ...rocedure You should install the supplied software BEFORE inserting the USB Adapter 1 Insert the CD ROM into the drive on your PC 2 The installation program should start automatically If it does not run the SETUP EXE program 3 Select the desired installation language on the screen Figure 1 Start Installation 4 On the screen above click Next to start the installation 5 Step though the procedure unti...

Page 7: ...are wizard will then start Select Install the software automatically to allow it to complete the installation of the Windows driver If using Windows XP you may see a warning screen like the example below If you do see this screen just click Continue Anyway Figure 4 Windows XP Warning 9 When the Windows wizard is complete you will now have a new icon in your system tray as shown below ...

Page 8: ...Wireless Adapter User Guide 4 Figure 5 System Tray Icon 10 You can double click this icon to configure the Wireless interface See the following chapter for details ...

Page 9: ...an double click the icon in the System Tray to open the application If the program is not running you can start it using the option in the Start menu created by the installation For the USB Adapter this will be Start Programs UB811Rn WLan Application Status Information The menu options available from the System Tray icon are Restore This will display the main screen Radio Off The wireless adapter ...

Page 10: ...ous methods to specify the required network On the Profile Manager tab select the desired profile in the list and click the Apply Profile button On the Site Survey tab either double click the network in the list or select the network and click the Connect button Site Survey Screen This screen is displayed when you double click the system tray icon You can also click the Site Survey Tab in the scre...

Page 11: ...ed by the Wireless network Signal This is displayed as percentage 0 100 Network Type This will indicate Infrastructure displayed device is an Access Point or Ad hoc displayed device is a Wireless station Frequency The Wireless band used by this Wireless network Status The area to the left of the Rescan button shows the current status In the example above it shows Connected Rescan Click this button...

Page 12: ...uration PBC on the Wireless Access Point or entering a 8 digit PIN code You will see the WPS screen when you try to connect the wireless network with the WPS function Figure 9 WPS Configuration Data WPS Configuration Screen Network Name SSID Select the desired wireless network from the drop down list Push the Button on my access point Select this and click Start button Then push the WPS button of ...

Page 13: ... this to use the PIN method It will automatically generate the new pin code displayed in the field Click Start button and copy the value and paste in the Wi Fi Protected Setup screen of the Access Point You will see the following screen if WPS configuration is success ...

Page 14: ...ired wireless network is currently available you can select its SSID Otherwise type in the SSID of the desired wire less network Advanced Settings On the resulting sub screen enter the required data for the ad vanced settings Network Type Select the desired option Infrastructure Select this to connect to an Access point Ad Hoc Select this if you are connecting directly to another computer Wireless...

Page 15: ...802 1x standard Data transmissions are encrypted using the WPA2 standard Encryption Method The available options depend on the Authentication method selected above The possible options are Security Off No data encryption is used WEP If selected you must enter the WEP data shown below This WEP data must match the Access Point or other Wireless stations AES TKIP These options are available with WPA ...

Page 16: ...r the profile that you are saving and then verify that the file name exten sion is set to cfg 3 Click Save To import profiles 1 On the Profile Manager tab click Import Profiles The open dialog box appears 2 Select the profile set that you want to import 3 Click Open To delete a profile 1 On the Profile Manager tab select the profile that you want to delete 2 Click Delete Profile To edit a profile ...

Page 17: ...manually set the speed if desired The default is Auto Fragment Thresh old The default value is 2346 In some cases you may be able to improve performance by adjusting this value RTS CTS Threshold The default value is 2346 In some cases you may be able to improve performance by adjusting this value 802 11n Enable 802 11n Network Enable this if you want to use the 802 11n network Channel Width Select...

Page 18: ...t will indicate the current link status Network SSID It shows the SSID or network name of the selected wireless network Network BSSID It shows the MAC address of the access point Network Type This will indicate Infrastructure or Ad hoc Security Mode It shows the wireless security that the wireless network is using Tx Rx Speed It shows the current wireless connection speed Internet Protocol DHCP Op...

Page 19: ...annel Performance It graphically presents the Transmission Tx rate and Receiving Rx rate over time Signal Signal It graphically presents the Signal strength About Screen This screen displays details of the traffic sent or received on the current Wireless network Figure 12 About Screen This tab shows the following information Regional Domain Firmware Version Driver Version MAC Address Wireless DLL ...

Page 20: ...5 5 2 and 1 Mbps Operating channels 11 for North America 13 for Europe and Japan Operating frequencies 2 4 2 4835 GHz Modulation Technique Draft 802 11n BPSK QPSK 16 QAM 64 QAM 802 11g OFDM 802 11b CCK QPSK BPSK Media Access Protocol CSMA CA Operating Voltage 5V 5 Transmit Power 802 11n 13 5 1 dBm 802 11g 13 5 1 dBm 802 11b 17 1 dBm Security WPA WPA2 128 bit TKIP AES encryption 40 64 128 bit WEP s...

Page 21: ...Appendix A Specifications 17 Operating humidity 0 to 90 non condensing ...

Page 22: ...ate 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 same SSID is essential Devices with different SSIDs are unable to communicate with each other ESS A group of Wireless Stations and multiple Access Points all using the same ID ESSID form an Extended...

Page 23: ... it is impossible to prevent snoopers from receiving any data which is transmitted by your Wireless Stations But if the data is encrypted then it is meaningless unless the receiver can decrypt it WPA PSK is a later standard than WEP and is more secure Wireless LAN Configuration To allow Wireless Stations to use the Access Point the Wireless Stations and the Access Point must use the same settings ...

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