Manhattan Range+ 150N manual

R ANGE + 1 50N WI REL ESS AD APT ER U SER MAN U AL MODE L 5 255 1 0 MH-525510-UM-0713-01[...]

2 2 Than k yo u for pu rcha sing th e Manh attan Rang e+ 1 5 0N Wireless Ad ap ter , model 5 2 5 51 0 . This a dap te r allo ws y ou t o connect y our la pt op , netbook or d esktop PC t o any Wi- Fi n etwork at fa st er spee ds and l onger ra nges th an e v er be fore . It also pro vides advanced secur it y enc r y ption and decr yptio n using in [...]

3 T A BLE O F CO NTENTS 3 T ABLE OF CONTENTS Installatio n .............................................................................................................. 5 Conguration ........................................................................................................ 7 Manh attan WL AN Utility Main Scre en ..................[...]

4 4 SAFETY GUIDE LINE S SAFETY GUIDELINES F or the pro tection of eq uip men t users a nd connect ed de vices, f ollo w these sa fe t y guidelines: 1 . This a dap ter is desi gned f or indoor u se onl y; do not plac e this adapter outdoor s. 2. Do no t place or u se this a dap ter in e xcessiv ely hot or h umi d en viron men ts. 3. Do no t ya nk an[...]

5 I N S TA L L AT I O N 5 INST ALLA TION 1 . With the comp ut er on , gen tly in ser t the ad ap ter i nt o a USB 2. 0 por t. 2. The W elcome to the F ound Ne w Hardw are Wiza rd scree n will d ispl a y automatic ally . Click “ Canc el” to c ontinue. 3. Ins er t the in cluded se tup CD and run th e “Setu p .e xe ” program . Re ad the licens[...]

6 I N S TA L L AT I O N 6 5. In Win dow s XP , a “ Microsoft Zero Congur ation T ool” op tion di spla ys. It’ s recommen ded tha t the al te rnativ e “ Manha t tan Congura tion T ool” option b e select ed , as it f eat ure s more fun ctions. C lick “Ne xt. ” 6. Once the so f t wa re ins t all ation i s complet e, select “Y es,[...]

7 CONFIGUR A TIO N 7 CONFIGURA TION The congur ation u tili ty — which disp la ys aut oma tically on ce the ada pt er is connecte d — is a use ful u tili ty that hel ps y ou congure t he ada pt er and monit or lin k sta tus a nd sta tisti cs during the comm unica tion process. Th is ad ap ter wi ll a uto- connect to th e wirel ess de vice[...]

8 CONFIGUR A TIO N 8 Laun ch Con g Utilit y This s tar ts the congura tion utility . It per forms the sa me function a s dou ble- clicking th e icon. Switch to Clie nt + AP Mod e In thi s mode , the Man hattan Wire less 450N Dual- Band USB Ad ap te r acts as both a wi reless n etwork ada pt er for y our comput er and a n access poin t for o t[...]

9 CONFIGUR A TIO N 9 Af te r you l au nch the u tili ty , yo u’ ll be presented with the main screen. The screen pro vides y ou with in formation abou t yo ur curren t wireless connection , such as the na me ( SSID ) of th e network the comput er is conne cted t o , the curren t data rat e and th e comput er’ s IP address . It al so pro vides l[...]

10 CONFIGUR A TIO N 10 Conne cting to a W ireless Net w or k Click on t he A vail able Ne tworks button for a li st o f a va ila ble wir eless ne t works. Locat e y our wi reless n etwork in the li st, a nd dou ble- c lick i t. In case the w ireless network is prot ected b y a security ke y , a screen wil l show u p asking y ou to conr m the wir[...]

11 CONFIGUR A TIO N 11 If the i nforma tion y ou pro vided turns o ut t o be correct, you ’ll se e a check mark in fron t of th e name o f the network you ’ve j us t connected t o. The check ma rk indicat es a proper c onnection has been establis hed. If y ou en ter ed a wrong p ass word , the utili ty will not d isp la y an error me ssage : It[...]

12 CONFIGUR A TIO N 12 yo u can add tha t connection t o a prol e. T o do th at, op en the A vai labl e Networks screen , select the activ e c onne ction ind icate d b y the check mark ( circled in red belo w ), th en click on the i con ( circled in gr een belo w ). The ne x t screen a llo ws y ou to pr ov ide a na me for th e prole ( for e x[...]

13 CONFIGUR A TIO N 13 On the ne x t screen y ou can d ene the m aximum tran sla tion ou tpu t po wer (T x Po wer ) of the w irele ss adap ter . While y ou would n ormally l ea v e the se t ting as “ Aut o” o r “1 0 0% ” in si tua tions wh ere y ou do not w ant t o hav e your si gnal t ra v el so far ( e. g. , becaus e you l iv e in an a[...]

14 CONFIGUR A TIO N 14 At thi s poin t, y ou ’ re done crea ting and connecti ng the pr ole . T o activ at e it, click on the icon ( circled in red bel ow ). Changi ng an Exi sting Prole Click on t he Pro le Lis t button to ope n the prol e lis t. Select th e prole y ou wa nt t o modify and click on the e dit icon ( circled ) . E d[...]

15 CONFIGUR A TIO N 15 Creating a Prole wi th WPS Beside s ad din g a p role manu all y , y ou can connect t o a w irele ss ne twork and cr eat e a prole b ased o n WPS te chnology . Wi - Fi P rot ected Set up , also kno wn as Wi- Fi Simpl e Cong, i s a computin g stan dard th at a ttemp ts to a llo w eas y establis hmen t of a se cure [...]

16 CONFIGUR A TIO N 16 T o initi at e a PB C connection , y ou need t o rst pr ess the WPS b utton on the r out er; then , with in two minu te s, press t he WPS bu tton on the a dap te r . The t wo d e vices will a ut oma tically conn ect to ea ch othe r , and the wi reless a dap ter will u se the cor rect network encr yption ke y for your wi re[...]

17 CONFIGUR A TIO N 17 The uti lity will th en scan for a wi reless r out er curren tly accepting P BC reques ts. If the scan i s successful , the ma in P role L ist s creen d ispl a ys an d the ne t work name n ow ha s a preced ing check ma rk. Shou ld yo u ins te ad see th e screen b elow , someth ing w en t wrong . E ither t he WPS button w a[...]

18 CONFIGUR A TIO N 18 Advanced The Ad va nced scree n lets y ou congure the wi reless o pera tional m ode of y our ada pt er . N ormall y , there is n o need t o open th is pag e and ma k e an y changes . If y our wi reless a dap te r is capabl e of 2. 4 and 5 GHz conn ections, a s du al-band ada pt ers are , you can sele ct the Wirele ss Mode [...]

19 CONFIGUR A TIO N 19 The second A dv anced scre en is des igned f or ne twork admin ist rat ors and al low s for the i nsta lla tion o f 802. 1 x WP A En terprise certic at es. Bo th use r and iss uer cer tic at es can be in stall ed, t hough i n most cas es this w on ’t be requ ired s ince the cer tic at e wil l lik ely ha ve al read [...]

20 CONFIGUR A TIO N 20 W i-Fi Dir ect – Over view Wi- Fi Direct is a s t and ard tha t allows Wi- Fi d e vices to conne ct to ea ch other w ithou t a wirel ess access poin t. It’ s become increa sin gly common f or sma r tphones an d por table med ia pla yers t o inclu de Wi- Fi as a s tanda rd fe atu re , and i t’ s e v en become common in f[...]

21 CONFIGUR A TIO N 21 Once you ’ve s uccessfull y activ ated Wi- Fi Di rect service, the ma in scre en will dis pla y . Depend ing on wh eth er or no t Wi- Fi Dire ct– ena bled de vices are fou nd , the screen w ill look d if fer en t: Exa mple 1 : Wi - Fi – enable d de vices are f ound i n the n etwork. GO ( Group Owner ) indi cates a n acc[...]

22 CONFIGUR A TIO N 22 Exa mple 2 : No Wi - Fi en able d de vices are f ound in t he ne twork. Righ t-c lick the l ap top i con in the low er left c orner to ope n the men u belo w . Scan : Per form an acti ve s can for a vail able Wi- Fi Di rect ena bled de vices. En able Qu ick Connectio n : Enabl es the Qui ck Connection mod e. En able a ut onom[...]

23 CONFIGUR A TIO N 23 Back a t the ma in scre en, y ou should s ee , i ndi cating th at th is comput er is now a grou p owne r ( GO ). Media Sh aring : Y ou c an tu rn you r comput er in to a media s er ve r for connect ed Wi- Fi Direct cli ents . E nt er a server n ame — e . g. , mym edia server — and s pecify the fol der on y our h ard d riv[...]

24 CONFIGUR A TIO N 24 Af te r you ’v e enab led the med ia sharing fun ction, o ther comput ers can see the sha red fold er in th e network en vironmen t. The ex amp le sho ws Ra lin k _ Media _ Ser v er , but i t will be th e nam e that y ou ent ered a s the server n ame in th e pre vious step . Double - clic k the ser v er ic on to open Window[...]

25 CONFIGUR A TIO N 25 Establis hing a Wi - Fi Direct Connect ion wit h Anoth er Client T o establ ish connectio n with a P2P ( peer t o peer ) de vice, d oubl e - click on its icon .   Double - clic k[...]

26 CONFIGUR A TIO N 26 Y ou’ ll be promp te d to sel ect its WPS conn ection type : Pu sh- Button Congur ation : Select t o use th is me thod to es t abli sh a connectio n. Displ a y P IN: Se lect to u se this m ethod t o establis h a connection . With thi s meth od, yo u’ ll see an 8- digit nu mber d ispla y ed here . En ter th is nu mber o[...]

27 CONFIGUR A TIO N 27 can only e f fectiv ely be used i f a second ne twork c onnectio n, ei ther wi red or wireless, is act iv e. Once you a ctiv at e the AP mode , you ’ ll be as k ed to specify which network adap ter ( othe r than th e Manh attan wirel ess ada pt er ) should b e used f or the AP mode . If the goa l is to s hare a n e xis ting[...]

28 CONFIGUR A TIO N 28 AP S etup Now tha t your compu te r acts as a wi reless a ccess point, y ou c an gi v e the ne twork a proper n ame so t hat o ther comp ut ers can easil y nd it . En ter a new n ame f or yo ur wir eless ne t work in the SSID eld o r lea ve the curren t one. If y ou don ’t w ant to ope nly br oadcas t the na me of t h[...]

29 CONFIGUR A TIO N 29 Y ou can adju st the w irele ss chann el on the ne x t scree n. F or optim al per forman ce, it’ s best to us e a chan nel tha t is furthest aw ay from o ther wi reless n etworks . F or e xa mple , if there is an othe r wirel ess ne t work runn ing on cha nnel 8 , ideal ly y ou wa nt t o use cha nnel 2 or 1 , as sho wn belo[...]

30 CONFIGUR A TIO N 30 The ne x t st ep is to e nt er the actual p ass word , or passph rase , for the wirel ess net wor k . As for the Group R eke y Int er va l se tting, the g roup k ey ( or group t rans ien t k e y ) is a k ey sh ared a mong al l wire less clien ts connect ed to th e same AP , and is use d to secu re mu lticas t /broadcast tr af[...]

31 CONFIGUR A TIO N 31 is disa bled , all wi reless cl ients can fr eely commu nicat e with each oth er . Choos ing which op tion is the rig ht one d epend s on y our n etwork appli cation . • Beacon In ter val ( ms ) — Acc ess poin ts broadcast tr af c ind ication messa ges, o r beacons , in ord er to s ynchroni ze wi reless n etworks . The[...]

32 CONFIGUR A TIO N 32 hidi ng the SS ID — y ou can mak e you r network much mor e secur e. C lick the Access Control L ist i con to dis pla y the fea tur e ’ s congura tion scre en. • Access Pol icy — Sel ect “ Allow All” to cr eat e a whi te ( spam-free ) list o f MA C addre sses so tha t only addr esses y ou en ter in to the u til[...]

33 CONFIGUR A TIO N 33 • MAC A ddr ess — En ter a 1 2 - chara cter add ress wi thou t no spa ces, d ashes or colons ; e . g. , 0 0 1 1 2233 4 455. (Med ia access control , or MA C, a ddr esses us ed elsewhere c an appe ar in 00:00: 00:00: 00 or 00 - 0 0 - 00 - 0 0 - 00 formats. ) Base d on the MA C add ress of t he wire less clien t, y ou can n[...]

34 CONFIGUR A TIO N 34 The uti lity will th en dea ctiv at e ICS ( In terne t Conne ction Sharin g ) and ret urn to th e origina l mode . The message below will be sho wn briey . This is compl et ely normal and is to be e xpected . Client + AP Mode In thi s mode the Man ha ttan Wireless 450N Dual- Band USB A dap te r acts as bo th the wir eless [...]

35 CONFIGUR A TIO N 35 The im age abo ve sho ws that a ) The wirel ess ad apt er is connect ed to the wi reless n etwork “IT _W IRELE SS” ; and b ) The wirele ss ada pt er broa dcas ts an access poin t signal as “So f t AP- 66, ” which uses WP A 2 encr yption . Any wi reless cl ien t that conn ects to “Soft A P- 66 ” will ge t In te rne[...]

36 SPEC IFICA TIONS 36 S PECIF I CA TION S NO TE: Specication s are subject to cha nge with out no tice. Stand ards • IEE E 8 02. 1 1 b ( 1 1 Mbps Wireless LAN) • IEE E 8 02. 1 1 g (54 Mbps Wir eless L AN ) • IEE E 8 02. 1 1 n ( 1 50 Mbps Wireless LA N ) Gener al • In terface: H i- Speed USB 2. 0 • Chi pse t: Ra lin k RT30 70 • F req[...]

37 SPEC IFICA TIONS 37 • Not ebook or de sktop PC wi th Pe nti um 1 GHz - compati ble processor or h ighe r • Windo ws XP / Vista a nd Windo ws 7 /8 • A vaila ble Hi- Speed U SB 2.0 type- A por t[...]

38 38 W ASTE ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT Disposal of Electric and Electronic Equipment (applicable in the European Union and other European countries with separate collection systems) This s ymbol on the prod uct or its p acka ging i ndi cates th at th is prod uct sha ll no t be trea ted a s hou sehold w as te . Inst ead , it s hould b e [...]

39 39 COMPLIANCE ST A TEMENTS FCC Cla s s B This eq ui pmen t has b een t est ed and f ound t o c omply wi th the li mits f or a Cla ss B digi tal de vice, purs uan t to P ar t 1 5 of F edera l Commun ication s Commiss ion (F CC ) Ru les. Th ese li mits a re desi gned t o pro vide reason able p rot ection ag ain st ha rmful inter ferenc e in a resi[...]

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