Wireless LAN USB Adaptor User Manual V1.
USING THIS DOCUMENT This document provides detailed user guidelines for Wireless LAN USB Adaptor operation and setting-up. Though every effort has been made to ensure that this document is up-to-date and accurate, more information may have become available subsequent to the production of this guide. RELEASE HISTORY Content Chapter 1 Introduction ...................................................................................3 Chapter 2 Specifications ....................................................
Chapter 1 Introduction Thank you for purchasing Wireless LAN USB Adaptor. Wireless LAN USB Adaptor is a perfect combination of both performance and cost-effective product introduced. It is sincerely hoped that you can enjoy the wireless world through this solidly profiled wireless adaptor. It provides a full solution of all the IEEE 802.11 b/g protocols, that pass the WiFi tests and are compatible with all the wireless products with WiFi logo.
Chapter 2 Specifications Host system connections Interface USB date transfer rate Fully complies with USB 2.0 or 1.
Chapter 3 Installation/ Uninstallation 3.1 Installation Before you proceed with the installation, please notice the following descriptions. Note1: The following installation was operated under Windows XP. (Procedures are similar for Windows 98SE/Me/2000.) Note2: If you have installed the WLAN USB driver & utility before, please uninstall the old version first. 1. 2.
Choose a set up language. Click OK. 3. 4. Click Next to process the installation. 5.
The system starts software installation of the WLAN USB adaptor. 6. On Windows Logo Software Installation screen, click Continue Anyway to continue. Note: Not all the drivers will have this message box. 7.
Click Finish to complete the installation. 9. After setup, restart your computer.
3.2 Uninstallation From “Wireless Network Driver and Utility” or “Control Panel” ”Change or Remove Programs”. A. Uninstall the WLAN USB Adaptor Driver from “Start” Click “Uninstall” (or “Change/Remove”) to remove Wireless LAN USB Adaptor driver.
B. Click “OK” if you want to remove Wireless LAN USB Adaptor Driver . C. Click “Finish” to complete the uninstallation.
Chapter 4 RtWLAN:Wireless LAN Management GUI 4.1 Introduction of Main Window A. Main Menu The main menu includes five submenus. Refresh When clicking the refresh menu, you can update and re-enumerate the contents of adaptor list area. Mode (M) Wireless configuration is quickly switched to be either [Station] or [AP].
View (V) Enable/disable the presence of status bar. Without the check mark (v) the status bar will be hidden. Help (H) Click the menu item “About RtWLan” to show the about dialog.
version and license information are shown in the about dialog. B. Adaptor List Area All connected adaptors on this system with multiple adaptor installations are displayed in this area. It is easy for users to change the selected adaptor by one click. The contents of properties area are dependant on wireless configuration that the selected adaptor is set up. If only single adaptor is installed on the system, only one adaptor is always selected. C.
configuration sections for both Station and AP mode. D. Global Control Bar Each control item on this bar affects the adaptor or management GUI directly. Show Tray Icon Checking "Show Tray Icon" and clicking “Close” button, the management GUI will be minimized and stay on the tray icon 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.
The hints or status of the management GUI are presented in the status bar. 4.2 Station Mode The following explanations focus on the properties area. Infrastructure and Ad-Hoc With both Infrastructure and Ad-Hoc types, the properties should look like the picture above. Six property pages 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.
A. General Page This page represents the general information of this adapter. 1. Status The status of station connection to AP. 2. Speed Current transition speed in Mbps (Mega-Bits-Per-Second). 3. Type Current wireless LAN configuration type. 4. Encryption Current encryption mode used. 5. SSID Name of wireless network. 6. Signal Strength The average signal quality of packets received from wireless network. We recommend connecting AP with over 70% signal strength. 7.
B. Profile Page This page provides profiles management such as add, remove, edit and duplicate just by pressing the respected button. Available Profile(s) The list box shows all the created profiles. 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.
C. Available Network(s) Show network connection around this system 1. Refresh Rescan network connection around this system. 2. Add to Profile Create profile for selected network connection and add it to to profile list. D.
1. Power Save None: without power save function. Min: wake up more frequently to receive packets. Max: wake up less frequently to receive packets. 2. Wireless Mode 802.11b 802.11g/b 3. 802.11b Preamble Mode Long: higher quality but with lower performance than preamble short mode. Short: Normal quality but with higher performance than preamble long mode. Auto: use the preamble mode of current. BSS. 4. Fragment Threshold The threshold of fragment length.
E. Status Page NDIS Driver Version: Driver version Short Radio Header: No Encryption: Current encryption mode. Authenticate: Authentication state Channel Set: Selected channel plan currently. MAC Address: MAC address of this adapter.
4.3 AP Mode A. General Page This page provides general information of this AP, including name, MAC address and list of joined stations. 1. SSID The name of this AP. 2. BSSID Six two-digital numbers of the MAC address of this AP. 3. Association Table It is the list of joined stations to this AP. 4.
The AID field is a value assigned by an AP during association 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 from the Infra-structure BSS. 7.
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 unauthouized login. ■ WPA-PSK + TKIP The most advanced authentication and data encryption that provide the best security protection. 7.4. ASCII/ PASSPHRASE The most advanced authentication and data encryption that provide the best security protection.
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 Period field is the number of Beacon intervals between successive DTIMs. 3. Preamble Mode ■ Long: higher quality but with lower performance than preamble short mode. ■ Short: Normal quality but with higher performance then preamble long mode. ■ Auto: select the proper preamble mode by current signal frame information. C.
D. SoftAP Page 1. ConnName List all network connections to this system. You can pick up one from the listed item(s) whose network domain you would want to connect to. 2. Select Make the desired network connection to public network. 3. ICS Internet Connection Sharing. It enables this AP to create the domain to share this internet/intranet network connection 4.
Appendix 1: How to Use 802.1x ( Step by Step ) Step 1 : Set Network Authentication mode to WPA 802.1x ,or WPA2 802.
Step 3.1.1 : When set TTLS, set Tunnel Type to CHAP , MSCHAP , MSCHAP-V2 , PAP , or EAP-MD5 Step 3.1.2 : When set PEAP, set Tunnel Type to MD5 , GTC , TLS , or MSCHAP-V2 Step 3.2 If you do not set PEAP to TLS ,you could use certificate. Step 4 : After you finish above steps. You should fill up the following fields( Username , Identity , Password ). User name : Certificated user name .
