Advantek Networks AWN-11N-USB manual

High Power Wireless – N USB Adapter Manual Model # A WN-1 1N-USB[...]

T able of Content s 1 USING THIS DOCUM ENT........................................................................ 3 2 INTROD UCTION ...................................................................................... 3 3 SYSTEM REQU IREMEN TS ..................................................................... 3 4 Driver Inst allation and Unins[...]

1 USING THIS DOCUMENT This document provides detailed user guidelines for Wireless LAN USB Adapter operation and setting-up. Though every effort has been made to ensure that this document is up-todate and accurate, more information may have become available subsequent to the production of this guide. 2 INTRODUCTION Thank you for purchasing Wireless[...]

4 Driver Installation and Uninstallation W arning! Do not cover or block the airflow to the adapter . The adapter will reach a high temperature during use. 4.1 Driver Inst allation Before you proceed with the inst allation, please notice the following descriptions. Notes1: The following installation was operated under Windows 7. (Procedures are sim[...]

S tep 3: Click Next S tep 4: Click Install[...]

The system start s software inst allation of the WLAN USB adapter . S tep 5: Click Finish to complete the installation.[...]

After click Finish to com plete the installation , under Windows7 <ALL Programs> menu , REAL TEK 1 1n USB wireless LAN Utility program installed. Realtek Utility shortcut on the desktop. Insert the wireless LAN USB adapter into your computer USB port , the computer detected and active the wireless LAN USB adapter automatically.[...]

4.2 Driver Uninst allation S tep 1: Uninstall the WLAN USB Adapter Driver fr om "S tart">"All Programs" >"REAL TEK 1 1 n USB Wireless LAN Utility">Click "Uninst all" to remove Wireless LAN USB Adapter driver .[...]

Open Control Panel and click Programs. Click Uninstall a progra m[...]

Select REAL TEK Wireless LAN Driver and Utility Click Uninstall S tep2: Click Y es.[...]

S tep 3: Click Finish to complete the uninstallation.And rest art computer .[...]

5 Wireless LAN Manaement GUI Introduction of Main Window A. Main Menu 1. Refresh(R) When clicking the refresh menu, you can update and re-enumerate the contents of adapter list area. 2. Mode(M) Wireless configuration is quickly switched to be either [S tation] or [Access Point].[...]

3. About (A) Click the "About" to show the about dialog. The application version and license information are shown in the about dialog. B. Adapter List Area All connected adapters on this system with multiple adapter inst allations are displayed in this area. It is easy for users to chan ge the sele cted adapter by one click. The contents[...]

C. Properties Area The contents of this are a are dependent on current wireless configuration. The current configuration is determined on previous explanation of submenu "Mode". The more detailed content s are described in the following wireless configuratio n sections for both S tation and AP mode. D. Global Control Bar Each control item[...]

 Client mode utility running and WLAN Adapter scan available network.  Client mode utility running and WLAN Adapter can not scan any AP . Radio Off T urn off the radio to save power .While the radio is off, the links with other wireless network nodes are disconnected. User should be aware that while the wireless configuration is in AP mode. T[...]

Infrastructure and Ad-Hoc With both Infrastructure and Ad-Hoc types, the properties should look like the picture above. Six property pages present dif ferent information of current wireless network status.Please read the follo wing explanations before you reviewing these pages, it could help you to well und erstand the wireless environment around t[...]

8. Network Address z Mac Address: six two-digital number of this Wireless LAN USB adapter z IP Address: assigned network address by DHCP server or self-definition in four three-digital number format. z Subnet Mask: the only valid value is 2555.255.255.0 z Gateway: It comes from connected AP . Y our system can not connect internet with this field em[...]

5.4 A vailable Network This page present s all BSS, including AP and IBSS, around this system. Y ou can pick any one of these network connections. 1. Refresh : Rescan network connection around this system. 2. Add to Profile : Create profile for selected network connection and add it to to profile list.[...]

5.5 St atus Page z NDIS Driver V ersion: Driver version z Short Radio Header: No z Encryption: Current encryption mode. z Authenticate: Authentication state z Channel Set: Selected channel plan currently . z MAC Address: MAC address of this adapter . z Data Rate: Wireless LAN transition speed z Channel(Frequency): Current channel number z S tatus: [...]

5.6 St atistics Page Y ou could watch the Tx/ Rx status of current wireless connection. This p age shows a stat istic analysis of packet transition.[...]

5.7 Wi-Fi Protect Setup[...]

6 Access Point Mode 6.1 General Page This page provides general information of this AP , including name, MAC address and list of joined st ations. 1. SSID : The name of this AP . 2. BSSID : Six two-digital numbers of the MAC address of this AP . 3. Association T able : It is the list of joined st ations to this AP . 4. AID (Association ID) : The AI[...]

a. Network Name (SSID) : Name of the AP searchable by other wireless nodes. The length of SSID should be shorter than 32 characters. b. Channel : Select the wireless channel within current channel plan. c. Network Authentication & Data Encry ption : z Open System : It is combined with data encryption type to be WEP or to be disabled. Disabled: [...]

hexadecimal number in the network key box . For example, 10 digits hex number for 64-bit WEP or 26 digits hex number for 128-bit WEP . e. Key index (advanced) (1 ~4) : At most four key index to represent the opposite network key . 6.2 Advanced Page Users could setup the advanced characteristics of network p acket for transmission on this p age. 1. [...]

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6.4 ICS Page 1. ConnName : List all network connections to this system. Y ou can pick up one from the listed item(s) whose network domain you would want to connect to. 2. Select : Make the desired network connection to public network. 3. ICS : Internet Connection Sharing. It enables this AP to create the domain to share this internet/intranet netwo[...]