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IEEE 802.11n Draft 2.0 Wireless

USB Adapter

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User’s Guide

IEEE 802.11n Draft 2.0 Wireless USB Adapter

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FCC Certifications

Federal Communication Commission Interference Statement

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. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one of the following measures:

-Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.

-Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.

-Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected.

-Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help. This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions:

(1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.

FCC Caution: Any changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user's authority to operate this equipment.

IMPORTANT NOTE: FCC Radiation Exposure Statement:

This equipment complies with FCC radiation exposure limits set forth for an uncontrolled environment. This equipment should be installed and operated with minimum distance 20cm between the radiator & your body.

This transmitter must not be co-located or operating in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter .

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CE Mark Warning

This equipment complies with the requirements relating to electromagnetic compatibility, EN 55022 class B for ITE, the essential protection requirement of Council Directive 2004/108/EC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to electromagnetic compatibility.

Company has an on-going policy of upgrading its products and it may be possible that information in thi s document is not up-to-date. Please check with your local distributors for the latest information. No part of this document can be copied or reproduced in any form without written consent from the company.

Trademarks:

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OVERVIEW

Thank you for purchasing this product. Read this chapter to know about your IEEE

802.11n Wireless Ada p ter.

Unpacking information

Before getting started, please verify that your package includes the following items:

1. IEEE 802.11n Wireless Adapter

2. One Utility/ Manual CD

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Introduction to the IEEE 802.11n Wireless Adapter

The IEEE 802.11n Wireless adapter provides users to launch IEEE 802.11n wireless network at 150 Mbps in the 2.4GHz frequency, which is also compatible with IEEE 802. 11b /g wireless devic es. Y ou can configure this adapter with ad-hoc mode to connect to other 2.4GHz wireless computers or with Infrastructure mode to connect to a wireless AP or router for accessing to Internet. This adapter includes a convenient Utility for scanning avail able networks and saving preferred networks that users usually connected with. Security encryption can also be conf igured by this utility.

Key Features

 Complies with IEEE 802.11 n/b/g wireless

standard

 High Speed transfer data rate up to 150 Mbps  Support QoS Enhancement ( WMM, WMM-PS

Client mode)

 Support frame aggregation, Power saving

mechanism, channel management and co-existence

 Supports auto-installation and diagnostic utilities.  Support wireless data encryption with 64/128-bit

WEP, WPA (TKIP with IEEE 802.1x) and AES functions.

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INSTALLATION GUIDE

Installation

Note: The following driver installation guide uses Windows XP as the presumed operation system. The procedures and screens in Windows 98se, 2000 and Vista are familiar with Windows XP.

1. Unplug the power cord of your computer from outlet. Remove the cover of your computer.

2. Install the adapter into a PCI socket, PCMCIA slot or USB port.

3. The “Found New Hardware Wizard“ pops up . (Note: This wizard won’t pop up in Windows 98 and ME. The system finds the new hardware and installs the hardware automatically. Please skip the following steps and restart the system after installation.)

4. Click the “Cancel” button.

Insert the CD-Rom that came with this product to your CD-Rom drive. The menu window pops up automatically. Please click the

Driver> Win button of this product.

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Note: If the CD-Rom fails to auto-run, please click on “My Computer” your CD-Rom Drive then double-click the “Setup” icon to start the this menu.

1. The language-selecting window pops up. Please select the language you use and click Next.

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2. The

welcome window pops up. Click the “Next” button to proceed.

3. .

Click the “Install” button to start installing.

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lease wait while installation

4. P

5. This Windows Logo testing warning window may pop up upon installation. Please click the “Continue Anyway” to continue.

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6. Please wait again while installation

7. For Windows XP and 2000 users, please shut d own the computer. If you are using Windows 98se or ME, the system may ask for restarting. Please select “No, I will restart my computer later.” and then shut the computer down. Click the “Finish” button to complete driver and utility installation.

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MANAGEMENT GUIDE

Read this chapter to understand the management interface of the device and how to manage the device.

Making a Basic Network Connection

Connecting with Microsoft Zero Configuration tool

After specifying the Microsoft Ze ro Configuration tool to configure your wireless network, right click on

the network.

The tool shows the available wireless networks. Select your demanding network to connect with. To

connect to a wireless network, please click Change advanced settings to be compatible with your

wireless network settings.

icon on system tray. Select “View Available Wireless Networks” to specify your wireless

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Connecting with 802.11n Wireless LAN Utility

We provide this Utility for users to connect to a wireless network easily. It provides more information

and configuration for this adapter. As default, the Utility is started automatically upon starting your

computer and connects to a connectable wireless network with best signal strength and with no

security setting. Right click on the icon

Utility does not start. Please refer to the following chapters to get information regarding to the

functions of this Utility.

in the system tray and select Open Config utility if the

Starting the Wireless LAN Utility

Double click the

shortcut on your desktop. The Wireless LAN Utility pops up.

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ou may click on the tabs abo ve to configure this adapter. The checkboxes below provide the following

Y functions:

Check this checkbox to show the utility icon on your system tray, which

Show Tray Icon

Radio Off

Disable Adapter

is in the notification area at the lower-right corner of the windows desktop. You may also uncheck it to remove the utility icon from system tray. Check this checkbox to prevent this adapter form transmitting or receiving signals. Uncheck it to communicate.

Check this checkbox to disable this wireless adapter. Uncheck it to enable this adapter again.

To use this adapter in Station Mode

1. Double click the

2. Click the “Available Network” button to scan available wireless network adapters. Double click

on the network adapter that you are going to connect to.

icon on your desktop.

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ick the OK button to confirm that you are connecting to an open wireless network.

3. Cl

4. Click OK to add this network into the profile list.

Note: This example is an open wireless network. If you are going to connect to a Wireless adapter with security protection, you will have to configure the encryption settings in this profile to be corresponding to the other wireless adapter. Please click on the “Network Authentication” drop list to select an authentication method, and then select a “Data encrypti on” type. Fill in each required blanks and click “OK”.

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Introduction to the Wireless LAN Utility

Note: This management instruction uses Windows XP as the presumed operation system. Some functions are not supported in Windows 98se or Windows ME.

General

After starting the utility, the general page pops up This General tab provides the information of your current wireless network connection. You may click the Renew IP button to refresh those listed information.

Status: Check if the device associated to target network. Speed: The current connection speed Type: Infrastructure mode or Ad-Hoc mode. Encryption: The performing encryption mode for connecting to current network profile. SSID: The SSID (network name) of the connected wireless network. Signal Strength: Indicates the signal strength detected by this adapter. Link Quality Indicates the link quality of this wireless connection. Network Address: Shows the current IP addresses settings for this adapter.

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Profile

The Profile tab lists the preferred connections. You can click the buttons beside to do configure each connection.

Add

Remove

Edit

Duplicate

Set Default

Click this button to add a connection profile for this adapt er.

To remove a connection profile, click this profile on the profile list and click this button to delete it.

To modify the configurations for a profile, click this profile on the profile list and click this button to edit.

To make a copy of a profile, click the profile that going to be copied, and click this button to copy it.

To select a profile as your default wireless connection, click this profile on the list and click this button. You may also double click on each profile to select it as your default wireless connection.

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Available Network

This available tab lists the reachable wireless network of this adapter.

Refresh Click this button to rescan available networks around the adapter. Add to Profile To add an available Network to your profile list, select an available network

and click this button to add.

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Advanced

This Advanced tab provides adv anced configurations to t his adapter . Every modification in this tab will be performed after clicking the Apply button. To restore the default settings of the advanced tab, click the Set defaults button to perform restoring.

Fragment Threshold

The maximum size of a packet that is going to be segmented and transmitted. Select the size from 256 to 2432(default) bytes.

RTS Threshold

Select the RTS Threshold form 0 to 2432(default)

Wireless Mode

802.11g/b Connect to a 802.11b/g network (2.4GHz/54Mbps)

802.11b Connect to a 802.11b network (2.4GHz/11Mbps)

802.11n Connect to a 802.11n network (2.4GHz/150Mbps)

Preamble Mode

Select the preamble mode to be long, short or auto detection mode.

Channel Plan

Select your channel from the drop list. Please note that it is necessary for you to select a correct channel. Selecting an incorrect channel may again the applicab le law.

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Status

This tab shows the current connection status of this adapter.

Statistics

See this tab to show the transmission activity record. Cli cking the “Reset” button recounts the values from zero.

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Wi-Fi Protect Setup

The primary goal of Wi-Fi Protected Setup (Wi-Fi Simple Configuration) is to simplify the security setup and management of Wi-Fi networks. This adapter supports the configuration setup using PIN configuration method or PBC configuration method. If the wireless card supports Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS), you can establish a wireless connection between wireless card and router using either Push Button Configuration (PBC) method or PIN method.

Here we will introduce two ways to configure the QSS

(QSS is known as rapid security settings, by pressing the wireless router and wireless card on the QSS button to automatically set up WPA2 secure connection level without the router or network adapter management software to conduct the cumbersome interface settings, greatly simplifying the operation of the wireless security settings.)

Pin Code: 8-digit numbers. It is randomly generated from system

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1. PIN met

Click the button “Pin Input Config (PIN)”, and then come to the following figure.

Click the button “Yes”, you can select one of the AP.

hod

In this figure, you can operate these buttons “Refresh / Select / Cancel”. Select the name of one AP, then click “Select” button, you could use PIN method to configure the QSS.

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ouble click the Internet WEB browser icon on your desktop screen. Type the IP address of you selected router/AP into the URL and press Enter, and then you can enter the configuration. Please enter the WPS ( Wi-Fi ) configuration page, type th e PIN code of adapter and click confirm button to build WPS connection.

2. PBC (Push Button Configuration) method After pushing the PBC button, please push the physical button on your AP or visual button on the WPS config page, then come to the following figure.

Please enter the WPS ( Wi-Fi ) configuration page of your desired router/AP, and then start PCB connection.When WPS is configured successfully, the available profile(s) is changed.

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APPENDIX

Windows Vista Driver Installation

Note: The following driver installation guide uses Windows XP as the presumed operation system. The procedures and screens in Windows 98se, 2000 and Vista are familiar with Windows XP.

1. Unplug the power cord of your computer from outlet. Remove the cover of your computer.

2. Install the adapter into a PCI socket, PCMCIA slot or USB port.

3. The “Found New Hardware Wizard“ pops up . (Note: This wizard won’t pop up in Windows 98 and

ME. The system finds the new hardware and installs the hardware automatically. Please skip the following steps and restart the system after installation.)

4. click Cancel, and run the Setup Wizard program on the CD-ROM.

Insert the CD-Rom that came with this product to your CD-Rom drive. The menu window pops up automatically. Please click the

Driver> Win button of this product.

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Note: I

f the CD-Rom fails to auto-run, please click on “My Computer” your CD-Rom Drive then

double-click the “Setup” icon to start the this menu.

5. The language-selecting window pops up. Please select the language you use and click OK.

6. The welcome window pops up. Click the “Next” button to proceed.

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Click the “Install” button to start installing.

7. .

8. This Windows Logo testing warning window may pop up upon installation. Please click the

“Install this driver software anyway” to continue.

9. Please wait again while installation

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or Windows XP and 2000 users, please shut down the computer. If you are using Windows 98se

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or ME, the system may ask for restarting. Please select “No, I will restart my computer later.” and then shut the computer down. Click the “Finish” button to complete driver and utility installation.

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AP mode management guide

Software Access Point (Soft AP) Application:

General

To use this adapter as an access point, please click the “Mode” on Functional menu and select “Access Point”.

Then switch from station mode to AP:

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t the same time, you will find that the icon on the system tray is changed.

After configuring the adapter in AP mode, this “General” page shows up, which shows the general information of this AP.

SSID: The SSID (network name) of the wireless network constructed by this AP. BSSID: The MAC address of this AP Config: Click this button to change configurations to this AP Association Table: Shows the information of those devices that associated with this AP

including their MAC addresses and the time that they connected with this device.

Advanced

Beacon Interval: Define the interval between beacons from 20~1000 DTIM Period: Set the DTIM period between 1~255 Preamble Mode: Click the drop list to select the preamble to be long, short or auto Set Defaults: Click this button to restore the settings above to default Apply: Click this button to execute changes.

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Statistics

See this tab to show the transmission activity record. Cli cking the “Reset” button recounts the values from zero.

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