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FCC Certifications This Equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual, may cause harmful interference to radio communications.
Contents Foreword Chapter 1 Introduction to GW-DS300N . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 1.1 Package Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 1.2 Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 1.3 Product Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 Chapter 2 Basic Installation & Configuration. . . . . . . . . .5 2.1 How to install the Driver & Utility . . . . . . . . .5 2.2 How to make a wireless connection . . . . . 10 2.3 Site Survey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Chapter 3 Advanced Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41 3.1 Advanced. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 3.2 QoS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 3.3 WPS Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 3.4 About . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Chapter 4 Soft AP Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55 4.1 How to use AP mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 4.2 Config . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1 1 Introduction to GW-DS300N Thank you for purchasing IEEE802.11n Wireless PCIBus Adapter – GW-DS300N. GW-DS300N is backward compatible with 802.11b and 802.11g standards. It uses the powerful MIMO technology which has further coverage, less dead spots and higher throughput. When GW-DS300N is connecting to the standard 802.11b or 802.11g APs or routers, it can perform much better than other standard stations. It also supports WMM, WMM-PS and WMM-SA (IEEE802.11e QoS standard).
1 1.1 Package Contents After purchasing GW-DS300N, 802.11n Wireless PCIBus Adapter, from a reseller or an agency, please open the package and check all the components listed below are included. If there is any item missing, please contact with the reseller or the agency at once. œGW-DS300N Wireless PCIBus Adapter x 1 œCD-ROM(including Driver/Utility) x 1 œUser's Manual x 1 œWarranty Card x 1 1.2 Features œCompatible with IEEE 802.11n, IEEE 802.11b and IEEE 802.11g 2.
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2 2 Basic Installation & Configuration Before starting to install the utility, please pay attention to the following statements: 1. If you had installed the wireless PC card driver and utility before, please uninstall the old version first. 2. The following illustrations of installation procedures are from Windows XP. And these procedures are all similar to the operating procedures on Windows 2000/2003 and Windows Vista OS.
2 2.1 How to install the driver and utility Please follow the instructions below to install the driver and utility of GW-DS300N. 1.Insert GW-DS300N into the PCIBus port on your PC. After that, the computer will automatically detect and open the Found New Hardware Wizard, please click “Cancel” and then use the driver and utility of GW-DS300N. 2.Put the installation CD-ROM into the CD-ROM player and then go to the root directory to start the “Setup.exe” program.
2 3.After clicking “Install” on the former page, the installation wizard starts to install the software of GW-DS300N.
2 4.Soon the InstallShield Wizard finishes the installation and shows the following page, you can click “Finish” on the page to complete the installation. After that the driver and utility are all installed to your computer and the utility window will pop up automatically, you may start to configure the connection of GW-DS300N.
5.When you finish installing the driver and utility on the computer, you can start to use the utility of GW-DS300N to check the connection 2 status of wireless connection. Right lick the icon of the utility on the task bar, and choose “Launch Config Utilities” to start to use the utility; or you may double click on the icon to directly enter the utility. If you closed the utility of GW-DS300N and want to use it again, please click “StartƖAll ProgramsƖPCI GW-DS300NƖGW-DS300N ” on the desktop.
2 2.2 How to make a wireless connection If you want to use GW-DS300N to make a wireless network, please follow the steps below: 1.Enter GW-DS300N UtilityĈRight click on the utility icon on the task bar, and then choose “Launch Config Utilities” to enter GW-DS300N utility; or double left click on the utility icon to enter the utility directly. You may also click “StartƖAll ProgramsƖPCI GW-DS300NƖGW-DS300N” to enter the utility right away.
2.Site SurveyĈAfter opening the utility, it shows the following window. You can check the information of Access Points which are 2 automatically detected by GW-DS300N and connecting with it. Automatic connection rulesĈAfter powering on GW-DS300N, it automatically detects the APs which can be connected with and firstly connect with the AP (1) with strongest signal strength, (2) non-encryption and (3) non-authentication.
2 4.ConfigurationĈAfter entering the Add Profile page, you can set the “Profile Name” by your own, and configure the rest of the settings.
5.Authentication and SecurityĈClick on the “Authentication and Security” tab on the Add Profile page. According to the AP's 2 requirement, enter the Key value or just leave it blank, and then click “OK” to save the settings. 6.Activate the settingsĈEnter “Profile List” page, if you really want to use an AP to make a wireless connection, please click “Activate” to use this connection to surf the Internet.
2 7.Make a connectionĈAfter click “Activate”, if the profile list shows a red check, it means the connection has not succeeded; if the profile list shows a green check, it means the connection has succeed, and you have already add this connection into the profile list. It means that you do not need to set again and again before every time you make a connection.
8. If you are using Windows XP O.S. and want to check the connection status, you can left click on the “Wireless Network connection” 2 icon on the desktop to check current connection status and packets transferring status.
2 9.Click “Support” tab on the wireless network connection status window and then you can see the IP address of the AP in use. If the connection is abnormal, you can also click “Repair” button to make the computer do the IP Release and IP Renew action.
2.3 Site Survey 2 The configuration utility is a powerful application that helps you configure GW-DS300N and monitor the link status during the communication process. When you open the utility program, it will scan all the channels to find all the access points/stations within the accessible range and automatically connect to one of the wireless devices which has the highest signal strength. From the utility homepage, you can see the information about the wireless connections.
2 1. Right click on the icon; there are two items for users to operate the utility. œ Launch Config Utilties Click it to enter the utility program of GW-DS300N œ Use Zero Configuration as Configuration utility Click it and the adapter will stop working immediately and GW-DS300N will not be the default utility anymore. If you want to use GW-DS300N as the default utility again, just click “Use PCIConfig as Configuration utility”.
2. Open the configuration utility of GW-DS300N, the“Site Survey” page displays several settings. The items and the setup instructions 2 are listed below. After opening the utility, the system will scan all the channels to find all the access points/stations within the accessible range and automatically connect to one of the wireless APs which has the highest signal strength. The green icon which shows two hands holding together means GW-DS300N is connecting with the AP.
2 Channel Here it shows the number of the radio channel used for the wireless connection. The channel setting of the wireless stations within a network should be the same. Encryption This section shows whether the APs are using encryption or not. There are four kinds of encryption: “WEP”, “AES”, “TKIP”, “TKIP; AES (BOTH) ”and“None”.
2 2.4 ProÀle Click“Add to Profile”button on the“Site Survey”page, the“Add Profile ”window will pop up; or you can choose“Profile” tab on the homepage of utility, and click“Add”, the“Add Profile”window will pop up as well. Users can setup the general settings, encryption and authentication settings and so on. If you want to look up the advanced setup and more information, please refer to the next chapter. If you want to do the general settings, please follow the instructions below.
2 Items Configuration Descriptions Profile Name You can give each AP a different name to define them. SSID Scroll down the list to choose a detected AP as an SSID. PSM CAM (Constantly Awake Mode) – Choose this mode and GW-DS300N will continuously awake and operate. If your computer is plugging into the socket directly instead of using batteries, the PSM mode will automatically switch to CAM mode. PSM (Power Saving Mode) – When GW-DS300N often idles, you can choose PSM mode.
can select a channel for GW-DS300N. If enabling this mode, the PSM mode will NOT take effect and 2 the Preamble function will be enabled. TX Power Choose the TX (transmission) Power according to the real environment. If you want to lower the transmit power of the adapter for saving the power of the system, you can select the lower percentages from the list. The lower power will cause the lower signal strength and the Preamble RTS Threshold coverage range. The default setting is “Auto”.
2 OK/Cancel/Apply Click“OK”and the utility will save the settings and close the page. Click“Cancel”will exit the page and won’t save the settings. Click“Apply”to enable the settings you made on this page.
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2 2.5 Authentication and Security Click“Authentication and Security”tab on the“Add Profile”page and you can start configuring authentication. Please refer to the following instructions. WEP is short for Wired Equivalent Privacy, a security protocol for WLANs defined in the 802.11b standard. WEP is designed to provide the same level of security as that of a wired LAN. WEP aims to provide security by encrypting data over radio waves so that it is protected as it transmitted from one end point to another.
WPA2 is short for Wi-FI Protected Access 2, the follow on security method to WPA for wireless networks that provides stronger data 2 protection and network access control. It provides enterprise and consumer Wi-Fi users with a high level of assurance that only authorized users can access their wireless networks. There are two versions of WPA2: WPA2Enterprise, and WPA2-Personal. WPA2-Enterprise verifies network users through a server.
2 Items Authentication and Security Descriptions Authentication Type The authentication of GW-DS300N must set the same as the settings of the destination. 1.There are seven authentication types under Infrastructure mode: Open–It does not need authentication when connecting to the AP. Shared–Only wireless adapters using a shared key (WEP Key identified) are allowed to connecting to the AP. LEAP–is short for Light Extensible Authentication Protocol.
Shared–Only wireless adapters using a shared key (WEP Key identified) are allowed to connecting to 2 the AP. WPA NONE–Under this mode, you can only set encryption and WPA-Preshared Key settings. Use 802.1x Encryption This setting only takes effect when using“Open”, “Shared”, “WPA”or“WPA2”mode. Click this button and then click“802.1x Setting”, the“802.1x Setting”sub-window will pop up. Under“Open”and“Shared”mode, you can use “None” and “WEP”encryption types.
2 WPA-Preshared Key This setting only takes effect under“WPA-PSK” or“WPA2-PSK” mode. Besides, the key should be at least 8 characters and 63 characters at maximum. This Passphrase (also called a shared secret) that must be entered in both the wireless access point and the WPA clients (computers). The WPA pre-shared key should be a random sequence of either keyboard characters (upper and lowercase letters, numbers, and punctuation).
Show Password If you want to let the system shows the password you set, you can enable this check box. After that, 2 the asterisk(*) will be replaced by the showing the password. OK Click this button and the utility will save the settings and close the page. Cancel Click“Cancel”will exit the page and won't save the settings. Apply Click“Apply”to enable the settings you made on this page.
2 2.6 802.1x Setting Click“Authentication and Security”tab on the page of“Add Profile”and then click“802.1x Setting”, and the following picture will pop up. Please refer to the following instructions to configure GW-DS300N. The 802.1x authentication is mainly focus on“WPA”and“WPA2”encryption. Items Descriptions Certification Authentication Type 1.
Session Resumption After reconnecting the signal which broke up, you can set the session resumption to reduce the 2 transferring packet to accelerate the speed. There are five types of session resumption:“Disable”, “Reauthentication”, “Roaming”, “SameSsid”and“ Always”. ID These are the Identity and Password for passing through the server. Use Client certificate A client certificate is required for TLS, and is optional for TTLS and PEAP.
3.PasswordĈThe password used for authentication. It may contain up to 63 ASCII 2 characters and is case sensitive. CA Server Use certificate chain When the EAP authentication type such as TLS, TTLS or PEAP is selected and required a certification to tell the client what server credentials to accept from the authentication server in order to verify the server, you have to enable this function. Certificate issuer Choose the server from the list to issue the certificate.
Server name must When selected, the server name field identifies a end in specified name domain. The certificate must use a server name belonging to this domain or to one of its sub-domains (e.g. zeelans.com, where the server is blueberry. zeelans.com) but it may be any name used in the certificate name field. 2 OK/ Cancel/ Apply Click this button and the utility will save the settings and close the page. Click“Cancel”will exit the page and won't save the settings.
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2.7 Link Status 2 Click on the“Link Status”tab on the homepage of the utility, the page will display a lot of parameters. Items Status Descriptions Here displays the SSID and MAC ID of the network which GW-DS300N is connecting to. Extra Info Here displays the current link status. Channel Here shows the current channel in use. Link Speed Here display the transmission and reception rate of the network. The maximum transmission rate is 54Mbps.
2 Noise Level Here display the noise level in the wireless environment. OK Click“OK”button and the utility will save the settings and close the page.
2.8 Statistics 2 Click on the“Statistics”tab on the homepage of the utility, the page will display the transmitted and received results. Items Descriptions Transmit Statistics Frames Transmitted Frames successfully sent. Successfully Frames Fail To Receive ACK (ACKnowledge) After All Retries Frames failed to transmit after hitting retry limit. RTS Frames Successfully Receive CTS Successfully receive CTS (Clear To Send) after sending RTS (Request To Send) frame.
2 Frames Dropped Frames dropped due to resource problem. Due To Out-ofResource Duplicate Frames Received Buttons Reset Counter OK 40 GW-DS300N Frames received more than twice. Click the button to reset counters to zero. Click “OK” button and the utility will save the settings and close the page.
3 Advanced Configuration 3 3.1 Advanced Click on the“Advanced”tab on the homepage of the utility, and you can do more detailed settings. Items Wireless mode Descriptions Scroll down the list and you can choose the wireless mode:“802.11 B/G mix”, “802.11 B only” or “ 802.11 B/G/N mix”. Select Your Country The available channel differs from different countries. Region Code For example: USA (FCC) is channel 1-11, Europe (ETSI) is channel 1-13.
Auto–Based on the status of the network and automatically disable/enable protection mode. On–Always enable the protection mode. Off–Always disable the protection mode. 3 Tx Rate There are several options including Auto/1/2/5.5/11/ 6/9/12/18/24/36/48/54Mbps for you to select. When “Auto”is selected, the device will choose the most suitable transmission rate automatically. The higher data rate you designated in the network, the shorter distance is allowed between the adapter and the wireless stations.
especially the adapter is applied to the multimedia application or a voice call, you can enable the this function. GW-DS300N will fast roaming to the near network when the receive sensitivity (signal strength) is lower to the value you have set up. Show Authentication Status Dialog When connecting to an AP with authentication, if enabling this function, it will display dialogs about 802.1x authentication during the process. Enable CCX (Cisco Compatible eXtensions) CCX 2.
environment and discover any new APs that are transmitting beacons. 3 Turn on/Turn off RF Turn radio ON/OFF for FAA requirement. ĈNow the radio is on, and click to turn it off. ĈNow the radio is off, and click to turn it on. Apply Click“Apply”to enable the settings you made on this page. OK Click“OK”button and the utility will save the settings and close the page.
3.2 QoS Click on the“QoS”tab on the homepage of the utility, and you can do more detailed settings. Items WMM Enable Descriptions WMM is short for Wi-Fi Multimedia. It is a standard created to define quality of service (QoS) in Wi-Fi networks. It is a precursor to the upcoming IEEE 802.11e WLAN QoS draft standard, which is meant to improve audio, video and voice applications transmitted over Wi-Fi.
MAC Address Enter the remote system which you want to connect with. When you want to enable this function, you have to make sure that your wireless network supports WMM function and then enter the MAC address of the adapter which wants to connect with the remote system. Timeout Value The utility performs time-outs so that the program does not sit idle waiting for input that may never come. Set a value to apply to the system with WMM.
3 3.3 WPS ConÀguration Use the unique WPS (Wi–Fi Protected Setup) function to cooperate with PCI wireless AP — MZK-W04N and you may complete the setup of wireless configuration and encryption within a simple click on a button. However, this function only works on Windows 2000 and XP OS. There are two ways to set up WPS. I. Start PBC 1.Enter the configuration page of MZK-W04N and click “LANƖ WirelessƖWPS”.
3 2.Open the utility of GW-DS300N. Click the button of “PBC” and then GW-DS300N will automatically start to make a connection with MZK-W04N and use the same wireless settings and encryption configuration with it. If they successfully make a connection, GW-DS300N will show a green check before the AP's SSID.
3 II. Start PIN 1.Open the utility of GW-DS300N and click “WPS Configuration” tab. Copy the “Pin Code” on the right side of the page.
3 2.And then enter the configuration page of MZK-W04N and click “LAN ƖWirelessƖWPS”. Enter the Pin Code which you just copied from GW-DS300N into the blank of “Configure via Client PinCode”. Also you have to go back to GW-DS300N configuration page to click “PIN” button on the left side of the page. After that, GW-DS300N will automatically start to make a connection with MZK-W04N and use the same wireless settings and encryption configuration with it.
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3.4 About 3 Click on the“About”tab on the homepage of the utility, and you can check all the information about GW-DS300N. Items Website Links Descriptions Click the button and the web browser will be opened automatically and connect to PLANEX Communications Inc. Taiwan website. RaConfig Version / Driver Version / EEPROM Version / Firmware Version This section shows the version and released date of the Utility and Driver.
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4 Soft AP Mode GW-DS300N also has Soft AP function. The functions included in AP mode are Channel, SSID, MAC access control, WEP encryption, and so on. 4 4.1 How to use AP mode If you want to use the Soft AP function of GW-DS300N, please follow the steps below to install the driver and the utility of GW-DS300N. 1.After finishing installation and restart the computer, the task bar on the desktop will show as follows.
4 2.Right click on the AP mode icon, and click “Launch Config Utilities” to enter the AP mode configuration page. If you want to switch back to the Station Mode, you may just click “Switch to Station Mode”. Also you can click “StartƖProgramsƖPlanex WirelessƖPLANEX Wireless Utility” on the desktop to open the utility. 4.2 ConÀg After switch GW-DS300N to the AP mode, users can set up the general settings, encryption, authentication, and so on.
Wireless Mode S c r o l l d o w n the lis t to c h o o s e t h e w i r e l e s s m o d e f o r t h e A P. T h e r e a r e f o u r k i n d s of modes : “802.11 B/G Mixed”, “802.11 B only”, “802.11 G only” and “802.11 B/G/N mix”. The system default is “802.11 B/G/N mix”. Please set the mode according to the real environment. 4 Country Region Code You can change the detected channel if you want. There are 8 kinds of Country Region Codes to choose from.
œOff: Always send frame without protection. 4 Beacon(ms) The time between two beacons. System default is 100 ms. TX Power Please manually choose the transmitting power for GW-DS300N.There are“100%ă75%ă50%ă 25% and Lowest”. The system default is 100% which means GW-DS300N has the maximum TX Power on wireless network. Idle time(60 - 3600)(s Idle Timeout means a period of idle time before you go offline. Enter a maximum period of time (seconds) to define the maximum idle time.
Not forwarding among wireless clients If enable this function, though the wireless clients are connecting to the same AP, still they cannot share information with each other. The system default is not forwarding data between stations. Hide SSID If the check box of“Hide SSID”is enabled, the AP will not appear in the list of all the other wireless adapters. It means only the wireless adapters which has the same SSID can connect to the AP.
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4.3 Security Setting Click “Security Setting” tab on the “Config” page and you can start configuring authentication. Please refer to the following instructions. Items Descriptions Authentication Authentication Type The authentication of GW-DS300N must set the same as the settings of the destination. Open – It does not need authentication when connecting to the AP. WPA – includes WPA, WPA-PSK, WPA2 and WPA2-PSK.
computers but the length requirement is changed. The more random your WPA pre-shared key, the safer it is to use. 4 Group Rekey Interval T h i s f u n c t i o n o n l y t a k e s e ff e c t w h e n u s i n g “WPA-PSK”, “WPA2-PSK”and“WPA-PSK/ WPA2-PSK” authentication. The key set by the user will be changed according to the interval set by the user. The system default value is 0. WEP Key Key#1~#4 Show Password 62 GW-DS300N This setting only takes effect after selecting“WEP” encryption.
OK Click this button and the utility will save the settings and close the page. Cancel Click“Cancel”will exit the page and won't save the settings.
4.4 Access Control 4 Click on the“Access Control”tab on the homepage of the AP mode and you can start to set the MAC address filter function. Please refer to the instructions below. Items Access Policy Descriptions Scroll down the list to set if you want to use access control function. GW-DS300N has three kinds of access policies: “Disable”,“Allow All”, and“Reject All”. The default setting is “Disa ble”. Disable – Do not use access control function.
Apply Click“Apply”to enable the settings you made on this page. OK Click this button and the utility will save the settings and close the page.
4.5 MAC Table 4 Click on the“MAC Table”tab on the homepage of the AP mode, the page will display the clients which are connecting with GW-DS300N. The MAC Table will show you the MAC address, AID and Power Saving Mode status.. Items MAC Address Descriptions Here shows the Mac address of stations which are connecting with GW-DS300N. AID The number of AID will increase as the number of connections increasing. It can be a kind of identification for the connection.
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4.6 Event Log 4 Click on the“Event Log”tab on the homepage of the AP mode, the page will display the happened events after start up GW-DS300N The Event Log page will show you the time and the description of every event happened on Soft AP. Items Descriptions Event Time Here shows the time when event happened. (yy/mm/dd-hh:mm:ss) Message The utility will depict every event happened on the Soft AP, including restart AP or station is failed to link or success to link, and so on.
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4.7 Statistics Click on the“Statistics”tab on the homepage of the AP mode, the page will display the transmitted and received results. 4 Items Descriptions Transmit Statistics Frames Transmitted Frames successfully sent. Successfully Frames Fail To Receive ACK Frames failed to transmit after hitting retry limit. (ACKnowledge) After All Retries RTS Frames Successfully Receive CTS Successfully receive CTS (Clear To Send) after sending RTS (Request To Send) frame.
Frames Receive With CRC Error Frames received with CRC error. Frames Dropped Due To Out-of- Frames dropped due to resource problem. 4 Resource Duplicate Frames Frames received more than twice. Received Buttons Reset Counters Click the button to reset counters to zero. OK Click“OK”button and the utility will save the settings and close the page.
4.8 About Click on the“About”tab on the homepage of the AP mode, and you can check all the information about GW-DS300N. 4 Items Website Links Descriptions Click the button and the web browser will be opened automatically and connect to PLANEX Communications Inc. Taiwan website. Utility Version / This section shows the version and released date of the Utility and Driver. EEPROM (Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory) and Firmware version are also displayed.
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