NETSCOUT 802.11ac Network USB Adapter D1080-Z1 User Guide Version: 1.
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Federal Communication Commission Interference Statement FCC Part 15 This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation.
Federal Communication Commission (FCC) Radiation Exposure Statement This equipment complies with FCC radiation exposure limits set forth for an uncontrolled environment. End users must follow the specific operating instructions for satisfying RF exposure compliance. This transmitter must not be co-located or operating in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter. This equipment has been SAR-evaluated for use in hand.
RF Exposure Information (SAR) This device meets the government’s requirements for exposure to radio waves. This device is designed and manufactured not to exceed the emission limits for exposure to radio frequency (RF) energy set by the Federal Communications Commission of the U.S. Government. The exposure standard for wireless device employs a unit of measurement known as the Specific Absorption Rate, or SAR. The SAR limit set by the FCC is 1.6W/kg.
Canadian Compliance Statement This device complies with Industry Canada license-exempt RSSs. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause interference, and (2) This device must accept any interference, including interference that may cause undesired operation of the device. Le present appareil est conforme aux CNR d’Industrie Canada applicables aux appareils radio exempts de licence.
imitation P.I.R.E.; (iii) Le gain maximal d’antenne permis pour les dispositifs avec antenne(s) amovible(s) utilisant la bande 5725-5850 MHz doit se conformer a la limitation P.I.R.E specifiee pour l’exploitation point a point et non point a point, selon le cas. This EUT is compliance with SAR for general population/uncontrolled exposure limits in IC RSS-102 and had been tested in accordance with the measurement methods and procedures specified in IEEE 1528 and IEC 62209.
Table of Contents Chapter I: Product Information 1 1-1 Introduction and Safety information................................................................ 1 1-2 Safety Information ........................................................................................... 2 1-3 System Requirements ...................................................................................... 3 1-4 Package Contents .............................................................................................
Chapter I: Product Information 1-1 Introduction and Safety Information Thank you for purchasing the NETSCOUT 802.11ac Network USB Adapter, an extreme high-speed 802.11a/b/g/n/ac dual band wireless network adapter! Excepting common wireless standards 802.11a/b/g/n, this wireless network adapter is also 802.11ac compatible - data transfer rate is 867Mbps, and that’s sixteen times faster than 802.11g wireless network! 802.
1-2 Safety Information In order to keep the safety of users and your properties, use the following safety instructions: 1. This USB wireless network adapter is designed for indoor use only. DO NOT expose this network adapter to direct sun light, rain, or snow. 2. DO NOT put this network adapter at or near hot or humid places, like kitchen or bathroom. Also, do not left this wireless network adapter in the car in summer. 3.
1-3 System Requirements An empty USB 3.0/2.0 port (11ac mode use Super Speed USB 3.0 is required ) (May not be able work with USB 1.
1-4 Package Contents Before you starting to use this wireless network adapter, please check if there is any of the items missing in the package, and contact your dealer of purchase to claim for missing items: • USB Wireless Network Adapter (1 pcs) ……...………………… 1 • Quick Installation Guide (1 pcs)….………….………………….
1-5 Familiar with your new wireless network adapter 1. 2. 3. 4. USB Connector External Wireless Antenna Power/Activity/WPS LED WPS Button (Press 2 seconds to activate WPS pairing mode) 2 3 1 4 LED Name Light Status Off Power/ Activity/ WPS On Blinking Description 1.No wireless network adapter is installed 2.Radio off mode. 1.Wireless network adapter is normally installed 2.Radio on mode. 1.Transferring or receiving data. 2.Slow Blinking one time per seconds means WPS is activated.
CHAPTER II: Driver Installation and Configuration 2-1 Network Adapter Installation Follow the following instructions to install your new wireless network adapter: 1. Insert the USB wireless network adapter into an empty Super Speed USB 3.0 port of your computer when computer is switched on. Never use force to insert the adapter, if you feel it’s stuck, flip the adapter over and try again. Super Speed USB 3.
2. Insert device driver CDROM into the CD/DVD ROM drive of your computer, and execute ‘Setup.exe’ program in ‘Driver’ folder. For Windows Vista / Windows 7 OS, you’ll be prompted to confirm installation. Click ‘Yes’ to continue.
3. Click ‘Next’ to continue. Click ‘Next’ to start installation. Installation procedure needs few minutes to complete, please be patient. 4. Click ‘Finish’ to restart your computer to complete installation procedure. If you don’t want to restart computer now, select ‘No, I will restart my computer later’ option and click ‘Finish’. Please note you have to restart your computer before you can use your new USB wireless network adapter.
5. A new icon will appear near the clock of system tray: HERE! Left-click the icon will launch wireless network configuration utility, and you can right-click the icon to show the quick menu of configuration utility. This icon also uses different color to show the status of wireless connection: Wireless network adapter not detected No connection with access point is established (black).
2-2 Connect to Wireless Access Point To use wireless network, you have to connect to a wireless access point first. You can either use Realtek utility (comes with network adapter driver), or Windows Zero Config utility (comes with Windows operating system). 2-2-1 Using Realtek Utility Please follow the following instructions to use Realtek configuration utility to connect to wireless access point. 1.
2. Wireless utility will appear. Click ‘Available Network’ menu to search for wireless access points nearby. 3. Please wait for a while, and all wireless access points which can be reached by this wireless network adapter will be displayed here.
If the wireless access point you wish to connect does not appear here, you can click ‘Refresh’ button to scan for wireless access points again; if the wireless access point you’re looking for still not appear, try to move the computer closer. When the access point you’re looking for is on the list, left-click it and then double click it or click ‘Add to Profile’. 4.
Profile name You can give a name to this profile, so you can remember its purpose easily. It can be any phrase to help you remember. Network Name The SSID (Service Set ID entities, i.e. access (SSID) point’s name). This field will be filled as the access point you selected when SSID is not hidden and grayed out. If SSID is hidden, you have to input correct SSID you yourself.
Network key / Confirm network key EAP TYPE / Tunnel / Provision Mode Username / Identity / Domain / Password Certificate PAC When the encryption type is ‘WPA’ or ‘WPA2-PSK’, it’s required to input a set of ‘passphrase’ to connect to wireless access point. Please input the same passphrase in two boxes for confirmation. When authentication type is any of 802.1X, you have to select EAP type, tunnel, and provision mode from dropdown menu. This setting must be identical with your 802.
5. Network adapter will attempt to connect to access point now, this may require few seconds to minutes, please be patient. When the ‘Status’ become ‘Associated’, your computer is connected to access point you selected. Click ‘Close’ to close configuration menu. NOTE: If you connected to an access point but the connection has been dropped soon, please check security settings and re-check password spelling. NOTE: If you insert the USB wireless network adapter into an USB 3.
2-2-2 Using Windows Zero Configuration Windows XP and Vista has a built-in wireless network configuration utility, called as ‘Windows Zero Configuration’ (WZC). You can also use WZC to configure your wireless network parameter: 1. Right-click Realtek configuration utility icon, and click ‘Open Config Utility’. 2. Check ‘Windows Zero Config’ box. 3. A message indicating that you’ve been switched to Windows Zero Configuration mode will appear. Click ‘OK’ to continue.
NOTE: To return to use Realtek utility, uncheck ‘Windows Zero Config’ box. 4. Click the ‘Start’ button (should be located at the bottom-left corner of windows desktop), click ‘Control Panel’, then click ‘Network and Internet Connections’ in Control Panel.
5. Double click ‘Network Connections’. 6. Right-click ‘Wireless Network Connection’ (it may have a number as suffix if you have more than one wireless network adapter, please make sure you right-click the ‘Realtek 8812AU Wireless LAN 802.11ac USB NIC), then select ‘View Available Wireless Networks’.
7. All wireless access points in proximity will be displayed here. If the access point you want to use is not displayed here, please try to move your computer or notebook closer to the access point, or you can click ‘Refresh network list’ to rescan access points. Click the access point you want to use if it’s shown, then click ‘Connect’. 8. If the access point is protected by encryption, you have to input its security key or passphrase here. It must match the encryption setting on the access point.
9. If you can see ‘Connected’ message, the connection between your computer and wireless access point is successfully established.
2-3 Connection Profile Management If you need to connect to different wireless access points at different time, like of access point of your home, office, cybercafe, or public wireless service, you can store the connection parameters (encryption, passphrase, security, and so on.) as a profile for every access point, so you don’t have to input these parameters every time when you want to connect to a specific wireless access point.
2-3-1 Add a New Profile By this function you can setup the connection parameters for a specific wireless access point in advance, without contacting it first. If you want to create a new profile, click ‘Profile’ menu, then click ‘Add’ button.
You’ll be prompted to input connection parameters for the wireless access point you wish to connect: Required parameters are: Profile name You can give a name to this profile, so you can remember its purpose easily. It can be any phrase to help you remember. Network Name The SSID (Service Set Identifier, i.e. access (SSID) point’s name). This must be identical with the SSID of the access point you wish to connect.
Data encryption ASCII / PASSPHRASE Key index Network key / Confirm network key EAP TYPE / Tunnel / Provision Mode Username / Identity / Domain / Password Certificate PAC Select the data encryption type from drop-down menu. This setting must be identical with the setting of wireless access point you with to connect. When the encryption type is ‘WEP’, it’s required to input a set of ‘passphrase’ to connect to wireless access point.
2-3-2 Remove an Existing Profile When you no longer need an existing profile, you can remove it. If you want to remove a profile, click ‘Profile’ menu, then select an existing profile which you wish to remove, and then click ‘Remove’ button.
2-3-3 Edit an Existing Profile If you have added a profile before, and you wish to change the content of the profile, you can use this function. Please select a profile from the list first, then click ‘Edit’ button. You’ll be provided with the contents of selected profile, and you can edit them. Click ‘OK’ to save changes, or click ‘Cancel’ to disadapter changes.
2-3-4 Make a Copy of an Existing Profile If you need to make a copy of a specific profile, you can use this function. This function is very convenient when you need to build a new profile which parameters are similar to any existing profile. To do this, select an existing profile, then click ‘Duplicate’ button. You’ll be prompted to input a profile name, please use an identical name that does not exist in profile list.
2-3-5 Set as a Default Profile If you wish to use a specific profile as default connection, you can select a profile in the list, and click ‘Set Default’. Selected profile will become default selection and Realtek configuration utility will attempt to connect to selected access point.
2-4 View Network Statistics, General Information, and Status The configuration utility provides information about network statistics and link status. If you want to know how your wireless network adapter works, you can use these functions to get detailed information about the wireless connection you’re using.
2-4-2 Status If you want to know the status of your wireless network adapter, click ‘Status’ menu: 30
2-4-3 View Network Statistics To view the statistical data of wireless network adapter, click ‘Statistics’ menu, and the statistics of wireless connection will be displayed: All connection-related statistics is displayed here. You can click ‘Reset’ button, to reset the statistics of all items back to 0.
2-5 Miscellaneous Settings There are few functions provided by Realtek configuration utility, you can access these functions from the bottom of configuration menu: The descriptions of these function are listed as follow: Show Tray Icon Check this box to show an icon on system tray. HERE! Radio Off Disable Adapter Uncheck this box to hide it. Switch wireless radio off. Wireless network functionalities are disabled. Disable wireless network adapter.
disappear. To resume, unckeck ‘Disable Adapter’. Windows Zero Config Use Windows Zero Configuration to manage wireless connections. See section 2-2-2.
2-6 Establish a Secure Connection with AP by WPS Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) is the latest wireless network technology which makes wireless network setup become very simple. If you have WPS-enabled wireless access point, and you want to establish a secure connection to it, you don’t have to configure the wireless access point and setup data encryption by yourself.
2. Click ‘Wi-Fi Protect Setup’ menu. 3. You can use PIN code or Push-Button configuration, and WPS-compatible wireless access point must use the same type of WPS. For instructions on setup each type of WPS, see next 2 chapters for detailed instructions.
2-6-1 PIN Code To use PIN Code, please click ‘Pin Input Config (PIN)’ button: You’ll be prompted to select an access point you wish to connect. If you know its SSID, click ‘Yes’, otherwise click ‘No’. If you select ‘Yes’, a list of all WPS-compatible AP nearby will be displayed; you can click ‘Refresh’ to rescan, then select an AP and click ‘Select’ button.
If you select ‘No’, wireless network adapter will prompt you to enter 8-digit PIN code into your AP, without selecting an AP in advance. After you select ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ in previous step, network adapter will attempt to connect to WPS-compatible AP, and an 8-digit number will appear. Please input this number to AP’s configuration menu within 2 minutes, and network adapter will establish secure connection with AP automatically. To stop this procedure before connection is established, click ‘Cancel’.
2-6-2 Push Button To use Push-Button WPS configuration, please click ‘Push Button Config (PBC)’ button. This is the easiest way to establish secure connection by WPS, but if there’re more than one WPS-compatible AP using Push-Button config, please use PIN Code instead.
After you click Push Button Config, a message box will appear: Please activate Push-Button function on wireless access point now, and wireless network adapter will establish secure connection with access point within one minute.
CHAPTER III: Soft-AP Function Excepting become a wireless client of other wireless access points, this wireless adapter can act as a wireless service provider also! You can switch this wireless adapter’s operating mode to ‘AP’ mode to simulate the function of a real wireless access point by software, and all other computers and wireless devices can connect to your computer wirelessly, even share the internet connection you have! Please follow the instructions in following chapters to use the AP function of
2. Select ‘Mode’, and then select ‘Access Point’. It requires few seconds to switch to AP mode, please be patient.
After mode switch is complete, you’ll see general information of software AP, which shows AP’s SSID and connected wireless clients.
3-1-1 Configure SSID and Channel To configure software AP, click ‘Config’ button: 43
The ‘Wireless Network Properties’ is displayed. Note that Ad-Hoc mode is not available when network adapter is in AP mode. The description of major setup items are listed below: Network Name (SSID) Channel Please input the SSID (the name used to identify this wireless access point) here. Up to 32 numerical characters can be accepted here, excepting space. Please select the wireless channel you wish to use, from 1 to 13.
3-1-2 Setup Soft-AP Security To setup security options for Soft-AP, configure ‘Wireless Network Security’ section as follow: The description of setup items about wireless security are listed below: Network Authentication Data Encryption ASCII / PASSPHRASE Key Index Select network authentication mode from dropdown menu. Select data encryption method from dropdown menu. If the encryption method is WEP, check either ‘ASCII’ or ‘PASSPHRASE’ box and input it in the box as WEP passphrase.
Network key / Confirm network key IF network authentication mode is WPA, please input WPA passphrase in both box. To save changes, click ‘OK’; otherwise click ‘Cancel’ to leave this menu and keep settings untouched.
3-2 Advanced Settings If you want to setup advanced settings of software access point, select ‘Advanced’ menu. If you don’t know the meaning and affects of these settings, keep them untouched. The description of all setup items are listed below: Beacon Interval DTIM Period Preamble Mode Set Defaults Apply Please input wireless beacon time interval here. Please input DTIM (Delivery Traffic Indication Message) here. Select wireless frame preamble mode (long or short) from dropdown menu.
3-3 Wireless Statistics Select ‘Statistics’ menu and the data statistics about software access point will be displayed. Click ‘Reset’ to reset the value of every item back to ‘0’.
3-4 Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) In this page, you can assign a network adapter on your computer as the path for all wireless clients to get connected to Internet. If you have only one network adapter (except this software access point), you don’t have to select network adapter here; if you have more than one network adapter, select the one you wish to be used as Internet gateway. Click ‘Apply’ to save changes (‘Apply’ is grayed out when no changes are made in this page).
CHAPTER IV: Appendix 4-1 Hardware Specification Standards: IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Interface: USB 3.0 (USB 2.0 Compatible) Frequency Band: 2.4000~2.4835GHz (subject to local regulations) 5.150~5.825GHz (subject to local regulations) Data Rate: 11a: 6/9/12/24/36/48/54Mbps; 11b: 1/2/5.5/11Mbps; 11g: 6/9/12/24/36/48/54Mbps 11n (20MHz): MCS0-15, up to 144Mbps 11n (40MHz): MCS0-15, up to 300Mbps 11ac (80MHz): VHTMCS0-9, up to 867Mbps Securities: WEP 64/128, WPA, WPA2 and IEEE 802.
4-2 Troubleshooting If you encounter any problem when you’re using this wireless network adapter, don’t panic! Before you call your dealer of purchase for help, please check this troubleshooting table, the solution of your problem could be very simple, and you can solve the problem by yourself! Scenario I can’t find any wireless access point / wireless device in ‘Site Survey’ function.
Scenario The network is slow / having problem when transferring large files Solution connect is hidden (nothing displayed in ‘SSID’ field in ‘Site Survey’ function), you have to input correct SSID of the access point you wish to connect. Please contact the owner of access point to ask for correct SSID. 3. You have to input correct passphrase / security key to connect an access point with encryption. Please contact the owner of access point to ask for correct passphrase / security key. 4.
4-3 Glossary 1. What is the IEEE 802.11g standard? 802.11g is the new IEEE standard for high-speed wireless LAN communications that provides for up to 54 Mbps data rate in the 2.4 GHz band. 802.11g is quickly becoming the next mainstream wireless LAN technology for the home, office and public networks. 802.11g defines the use of the same OFDM modulation technique specified in IEEE 802.11a for the 5 GHz frequency band and applies it in the same 2.4 GHz frequency band as IEEE 802.11b. The 802.
a branch or SOHO operation. 5. What is Infrastructure? An integrated wireless and wireless and wired LAN is called an Infrastructure configuration. Infrastructure is applicable to enterprise scale for wireless access to central database, or wireless application for mobile workers. 6. What is BSS ID? A specific Ad hoc LAN is called a Basic Service Set (BSS). Computers in a BSS must be configured with the same BSS ID. 7.
12. What is DSSS? What is FHSS? And what are their differences? Frequency-hopping spread-spectrum (FHSS) uses a narrowband carrier that changes frequency in a pattern that is known to both transmitter and receiver. Properly synchronized, the net effect is to maintain a single logical channel. To an unintended receiver, FHSS appears to be short-duration impulse noise. Direct-sequence spread-spectrum (DSSS) generates a redundant bit pattern for each bit to be transmitted.
