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802.11b/g/n Wireless USB Adapter 

                                                                                                                   

www.octagon-germany.de 

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Content 

Chapter 1 Product Introduction .................................................................................................... 2

 

1.1 Package Contents ................................................................................................................ 2

 

1.2 Product Features .................................................................................................................. 2

 

1.3 Product Usage ..................................................................................................................... 2

 

1.4 Before Installation ............................................................................................................... 2

 

1.5 Disable other manufacturers’ wireless network adapters .................................................... 3

 

1.6 Product Maintenance ........................................................................................................... 4

 

Chapter 2 Installation Guide ......................................................................................................... 4

 

2.1 Install the USB network adapter ......................................................................................... 4

 

Chapter 3 Wireless LAN Utility ..................................................................................................... 7

 

3.1 Station Mode ....................................................................................................................... 7

 

A: General Page ................................................................................................................ 9

 

B. Profile Page ................................................................................................................ 10

 

C. Available Network(s) .................................................................................................. 10

 

D. Status Page ................................................................................................................. 12

 

E. Wi-Fi Protect Setup Page ............................................................................................ 13

 

F. Virtual WiFi Page ........................................................................................................ 13

 

3.2 Introduction of Main Window ........................................................................................... 14

 

A. Main Menu ................................................................................................................. 14

 

B. Adapter List Area ........................................................................................................ 15

 

C. Properties Area ........................................................................................................... 15

 

D. Global Control Bar ..................................................................................................... 16

 

3.3. AP Mode ........................................................................................................................... 17

 

A. General Page .............................................................................................................. 17

 

B. Advanced Page ........................................................................................................... 20

 

C. Statistics Page ............................................................................................................. 20

 

 

 

 

 

 

Summary of Contents for WL018

Page 1: ...duct Maintenance 4 Chapter 2 Installation Guide 4 2 1 Install the USB network adapter 4 Chapter 3 Wireless LAN Utility 7 3 1 Station Mode 7 A General Page 9 B Profile Page 10 C Available Network s 10 D Status Page 12 E Wi Fi Protect Setup Page 13 F Virtual WiFi Page 13 3 2 Introduction of Main Window 14 A Main Menu 14 B Adapter List Area 15 C Properties Area 15 D Global Control Bar 16 3 3 AP Mode ...

Page 2: ...djusts transmitting rate automatically Provides two working modes Infrastructure and Ad Hoc Supports WEP data encryption and WPA PSK WPA2 PSK encryption methods Supports WPS Wi Fi Protected Setup encryption to secure your wireless network Complies with Windows 7 Windows 8 XP 2000 Vista Linux MAC OS etc 1 3 Product Usage This Wireless Adapter offers a fast reliable and extendable solution for wirel...

Page 3: ...een this the network adapter and those of other manufactures we recommend that you first disable the network adapters of other manufacturers before installing the driver 1 5 Disable other manufacturers wireless network adapters 1 Right click My Computer and select Manage 2 On the Computer Management screen select Device Manager Network adapters and right click the network adapter you want to disab...

Page 4: ...river and configuration software Thus when you are installing the driver the configuration software will be installed automatically as well The software installation steps and operating guide in this user guide are explained under Windows XP Installation steps for other operating systems are similar Before you proceed with the installation please notice the following descriptions Note 1 The follow...

Page 5: ...3 Put the software program CD then auto installation window pops up on following Just click Windows the driver should run automatically Double click Setup exe in the software CD and manually install when it doesn t auto run 2 1 4 The following window will show up ...

Page 6: ...802 11b g n Wireless USB Adapter www octagon germany de 6 2 1 5 Click Next to process the installation 2 1 6 It shows that it is installing 2 1 7 Click finish to complete the installation ...

Page 7: ...reless LAN Utility Select Start Programs REALTEK USB Wireless LAN Utility REALTEK USB Wireless LAN Utility or click the REALTEK USB Wireless LAN Utility shortcut on your PC s desktop to start the UI 3 1 Station Mode The following explanations focus on the properties area ...

Page 8: ...s present different information of current wireless network status Please read the following explanations before you reviewing these pages it could help you to well understand the wireless environment around the system It is easy to use to switch property pages just by clicking left button of mouse on the title of each page The following six sections describe detailed information of each page ...

Page 9: ...ignal quality of packets received from wireless network We recommend connecting AP with over 70 signal strength 7 Throughput Diagram Current throughput including transmission Tx and total traffic Total 8 Network Address Mac Address six two digital number of this Wireless LAN USB adapter IP Address assigned network address by DHCP server or self definition in four three digital number format Subnet...

Page 10: ...rofiles 1 Add Add a new profile for AP or IBSS Ad Hoc mode 2 Remove Remove the selected profile 3 Edit Edit contents of selected profile 4 Duplicate Make copy of selected profile 5 Set Default Set the selected profile as default selection 6 Available Network Page This page presents all BSS including AP and IBSS around this system You can pick any one of these network connections C Available Networ...

Page 11: ...02 11b g n Wireless USB Adapter www octagon germany de 11 1 Refresh Rescan network connection around this system 2 Add to Profile Create profile for selected network connection and add it to profile list ...

Page 12: ...nnel plan currently MAC Address MAC address of this adapter Data Rate Wireless LAN transition speed Channel Frequency Current channel number Status Wireless network status SSID name of connecting AP Network Type Indicate current network configuration type Power Save Mode Current setting power save mode Associated AP MAC MAC address of connecting AP Associated AP IP IP address of connecting AP Up T...

Page 13: ...802 11b g n Wireless USB Adapter www octagon germany de 13 E Wi Fi Protect Setup Page F Virtual WiFi Page ...

Page 14: ...ubmenus 1 Refresh R When clicking the refresh menu you can update and re enumerate the contents of adapter list area 2 Mode M Wireless configuration is quickly switched to be either Station or Access Point 3 About A Click the About to show the about dialog The application version and license information are shown in the about dialog ...

Page 15: ...perties area are dependent on wireless configuration that the selected adapter is set up If only single adapter is installed on the system only one adapter is always selected C Properties Area The contents of this area are dependent on current wireless configuration The current configuration is determined on previous explanation of submenu Mode The more detailed contents are described in the follo...

Page 16: ...con located at the right bottom corner of Windows If not management GUI will shut down while clicking Close button with unchecked condition Radio Off Turn off the radio to save power While the radio is off the links with other wireless network nodes are disconnected User should be aware that while the wireless configuration is in AP mode The radio off will cause the sub network belonging to the AP...

Page 17: ...l Close Whether to check or uncheck Show Tray Icon is to shut down or hide the management GUI 3 3 AP Mode Click main menu Mode M and choose Access Point to switch AP mode You will see the following window A General Page This page provides general information of this AP including name MAC address and list of joined stations ...

Page 18: ...that represents 16 bit ID of a station It is a unique value assigned by AP 5 MAC Address It is the six two digit numbers that assemble the MAC address of respected joined station 6 Life Time It is the timer that counts down from 10 minutes whenever the AP connects the station successfully If an STA associated to SW AP does not have any interaction with the AP in 10 minutes it will be disassociated...

Page 19: ...ree types of authentication Open System It is combined with data encryption type to be WEP or to be disabled Encryption disabled you decide to open this AP to every one without network authentication Encryption WEP you decide to setup the basic data encryption with a defined network key Shared Key WEP You decide to apply both authentication and data encryption to prevent unauthorized login WPA PSK...

Page 20: ...ber for 64 bit WEP or 26 digits hex number for 128 bit WEP 7 5 Key index 1 4 At most four key index to represent the opposite network key B Advanced Page Users could setup the advanced characteristics of network packet for transmission on this page 1 Beacon Interval This filed indicates the interval between each beacon that this AP sends out in unit of TU 1024 micro seconds 2 DTIM Period The DTIM ...

Page 21: ...802 11b g n Wireless USB Adapter www octagon germany de 21 transition is listed ...

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