Installation and Operation Manual PENTAGRAM horNET Wi-Fi PCI 11g (P6121-L4) Wi-Fi USB 11g (P6122-12) The latest versions of manual, drivers and applications are available on www.pentagram.
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horNET P6121-L4 / P6122-12 INDEX INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................................... 5 PACKAGE CONTENTS ....................................................................................... 5 BEFORE YOU BEGIN ......................................................................................... 5 OVERVIEW .............................................................................................................. 6 PCI ADAPTER ..........
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horNET P6121-L4 / P6122-12 Introduction Pentagram horNET wireless network adapter is a powerful 32-bit PCI/USB Adapter that installs quickly and easily into PCs. The Adapter can be used in Ad-Hoc mode to connect directly with other cards for peer-to-peer file sharing or in Infrastructure mode to connect with a wireless access point or router for access to the Internet in your office or home network. Pentagram horNET wireless PCI/USB adapter connects you with 802.11g networks at up to a 54Mbps.
horNET P6121-L4 / P6122-12 Overview PCI adapter The status LED indicators of the PCI wireless adapter are described in the following. LED State Action LNK Lit Connected ACT Blinking Searching for wireless network / Data transfer USB adapter The status LED indicators of the PCI wireless adapter are described in the following.
horNET P6121-L4 / P6122-12 Install Wireless Adapter PCI Adapter 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Open your PC case and locate an available PCI on the motherboard. Slide the PCI Adapter into the PCI slot. Make sure that all of its pins are touching the slot’s contacts. You may have to apply a bit of pressure to slide the adapter all the way in. after the adapter is firmly in place, secure its fastening Tab to your PC’s chassis with a mounting screw. Then close your PC.
horNET P6121-L4 / P6122-12 Install Driver and Utility 1. 2. Insert the Driver and Utility CD-ROM into the CD-ROM driver. The Wizard should run automatically, and menu showed below should appear. If it does not, click the Start button and choose Run. In the field that appears, enter x:\autorun.exe (where x is the letter of your CD-ROM drive). 1. 2. 3. Select Install Pentagram horNET, to start driver installation. Select I accept the terms of the license agreement and click Next >.
horNET P6121-L4 / P6122-12 Wireless adapter configuration A configuration application is installed with adapter drivers. The application’s icon is displayed in the system tray (next to the clock), and its appearance depends on the adapter and/or connection status. The adapter is not attached to the PC or RF is off. The adapter is not connected to a wireless network. The adapter is connected to a wireless network.
horNET P6121-L4 / P6122-12 • Disconnected – Wireless connection not esTablished. • [SSID] <--> [BSSID] – Connection esTablished to network with displayed ID’s. Extra Info – Additional information about connection. Channel – Channel (frequency) used by wireless network. Authentication – Authentication method used by wireless network. Encryption – Encryption method used by wireless network. Network Type: • Ad hoc – Connection point-point (peer-to-peer) with other wireless adapter.
horNET P6121-L4 / P6122-12 Profile configuration – System Config Tab This Tab allows configuration of basic connection parameters. Profile Name – Enter a name to identify your profile. Default PROFx. SSID – Enter a network service set identifier (SSID) or select from a list of active networks. If SSID Broadcast function of AP is disabled, SSID must be entered by hand. SSID is case sensitive, which means that pentagram and Pentagram are two different networks.
horNET P6121-L4 / P6122-12 Profile configuration – Auth. \ Encry. Tab This Tab contains all Authentication and Encryption settings Authentication: • Open – With the Open method, every wireless station can request authentication. • Shared – With Shared authentication, the station requesting authentication must provide a secret key (which can be obtained from the network administrator) using a secure channel (independent of the 802.11 wireless communications channel).
horNET P6121-L4 / P6122-12 • Authentication: LEAP Authentication – Change authentication method. Identity – Enter your identity for the LEAP authentication service. Password – Enter your password for the LEAP authentication service. Domain Name – Enter your domain name for the LEAP authentication service. Show Password – Select this box if you do not want key characters to be replaced with asterisks. OK – Closes profile configuration and saves settings.
horNET P6121-L4 / P6122-12 • Authentication: WPA PSK and WPA2 PSK Authentication – Change authentication method. Encryption – Select the encryption method to be used. • AES (Advanced Encryption System) uses symmetrical 128-bit data block encryption. • TKIP (Temporal Key Integrity Protocol) uses stronger encryption algorithms and MIC (Message Integrity Check) to provide security against hackers. WPA Preshared Key – Enter the WPA preshared key (WPA-PSK and WPA2-PSK only).
horNET P6121-L4 / P6122-12 • ID \ PASSWORD Tab EAP Method – Change EAP authentication method. Tunnel Authentication – Change tunnel authentication method. Session Resumption – Enable / disable session resumption. Authentication ID / Password – Identity, Password and Domain Name for server. Only EAP-FAST authentication can key in domain name. Domain name can be keyed in blank space. Tunnel ID / Password: • Identity – Identity for tunnel. • Password – Password for tunnel.
horNET P6121-L4 / P6122-12 • Server Certification Tab Use certificate chain – Enable this option, to enable the certification feature and select the certificate issuer. Allow intermediate certificates – Select this option to allow the use of intermediate certificates. These certificates must be located on the certification chain between the server certificate and the server selected from list. Server name – Enter the name of the authentication server. OK – Closes profile configuration and saves settings.
horNET P6121-L4 / P6122-12 Network Tab This Tab enables searching for and connecting to active wireless networks. Icons on list means: Connection to this network esTablished successfully Connection to this network not esTablished Infrastructure type network Ad hoc type network 802.11 standards supported by wireless station Secured network Show dBm – Select this box, to show signal Strength on AP List as dBm instead of percentages. This also applies to Signal Strength and Noise Strength in secondary pane.
horNET P6121-L4 / P6122-12 Detailed network information • General Tab General info on network and security. SSID – Network SSID or Hidden if AP doesn’t broadcast SSID. MAC Address – MAC address of AP. Authentication Type – Authentication used by this network. Encryption Type – Encryption used by this network. Channel – Channel and frequency used by this network. Network Type – Infrastructure or Ad hoc. Beacon Interval – Interval for sending beacon to sustain connection. Close – Close information.
horNET P6121-L4 / P6122-12 0x0008 Display 0x0010 External NFC Token 0x0020 Integrated NFC Token 0x0040 NFC Interface 0x0080 Push Button 0x0100 Keypad Device Password ID – Indicate the method or identifies the specific password that the selected Registrar intends to use. AP in PBC mode must indicate 0x0004 within twominute Walk Time.
horNET P6121-L4 / P6122-12 Advanced Tab This Tab can be used to change advanced wireless network adapter options. Wireless mode – Select wireless stations to which the adapter can connect: 802.11 B/G mix (802.11b and 802.11g stations) or 802.11 B only (802.11b stations only). Wireless Protection – AUTO (STA will dynamically change as AP announcement), ON (Always send frame with protection) or OFF (Always send frame without protection). TxRate – Allows the transmit rate to be changed manually.
horNET P6121-L4 / P6122-12 Statistics Tab This Tab shows Transmit and Receive statistics. Frames Transmitted Successfully – shows the number of frames transmitted without errors. Frames Retransmitted Successfully – shows the number of frames transmitted successfully after retrying. Frames Fail To Receive ACK After All Retries – shows the number of frames which did not receive acknowledgement after all retries.
horNET P6121-L4 / P6122-12 WMM Tab This Tab contains settings for WMM (Wi-Fi Multimedia), which provide basic QoS (Quality of Service) for 802.11 networks. WMM prioritize traffic based on four Access Categories (AC): voice, video, best effort and background. WMM doesn’t guarantee throughput for ACs and can be used for VoIP applications. To use WMM functions WMM must be also supported by AP. WMM Setup Status – Status of WMM options: Disabled or Enabled. WMM Enable – Enable Wi-Fi Multi-Media.
horNET P6121-L4 / P6122-12 WPS Tab The primary goal of Wi-Fi Protected Setup (Wi-Fi Simple Configuration) is to simplify the security setup and management of Wi-Fi networks. Ralink STA as an Enrollee or external Registrar supports the configuration setup using PIN configuration method or PBC configuration method through an internal or external Registrar. WPS AP List – Display the information of surrounding APs with WPS IE from last scan result.
horNET P6121-L4 / P6122-12 WPS associate IE – Send the association request with WPS IE during WPS setup. It is optional for STA. WPS probe IE – Send the probe request with WPS IE during WPS setup. It is optional for STA. Progress Bar – Display rate of progress from Start to Connected status. Status Bar – Display currently WPS Status. Automatically select the AP – Start to add to AP by using to select the AP automatically in PIN method.
horNET P6121-L4 / P6122-12 Radio On/Off Tab Click this Tab to enable or disable radio transmission. Green icon – RF ON, red icon – RF off. About Tab The About Tab contains driver, application and network adapter information. RaConfig Version – Shows the version of the RaConfig application. Driver Version – Shows the current driver version. Date – Shows the application/driver release date. EEPROM Version – Shows the current EEPROM revision. Firmware Version – Shows the current firmware revision.
horNET P6121-L4 / P6122-12 Troubleshooting This chapter provides solutions to problems that may occur during the installation and operation of the Wireless PCI/USB Adapter. Read the descriptions below to solve your problems. 1. 2. 3. The Wireless PCI/USB Adapter does not work properly. • Reinsert the Wireless PCI/USB Adapter into your PC’s PCI / USB slot. • Right click on My Computer and select Properties. Select the device manager and click on the Network Adapter.
horNET P6121-L4 / P6122-12 Specifications Standards: Chipset: Channels: Częstotliwości: Interface: Antenna: LED: PCI: USB: Security: Operating Temp.: Storage Temp.: Operating Humidity: Storage Humidity: IEEE 802.11g, IEEE 802.11b RT2600, Packet-OVERDRIVE™, Range-OVERDRIVE™ 1 – 11 (North America) 1 – 13 (Europe) 11 – 14 (Japan) 2.4-2.
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