AirLink AWLL5166HP manual

Wireless N 150 High Power USB Adapter with 5dBi H igh Gain A ntenna Model # AWL L5166 HP User’s Manua l Rev. 1.0[...]

1 Table of Con tent s 1. Introduction ............................................ ................................................ ......................................... 2 1.1 Package Contents ............................................ ................................................ .......................... 2 1.2 Features .................[...]

2 1. Introdu ction Congratulat ions on your pu rchase of the Airlink1 01 Wireless N 150 High Power USB Adapter! T his is the p erf ect p roduct for you r d esktop com pute r or la pto p in an en vi ronmen t that d eman ds st ron ger wireles s si gnal recep tio n. Its high po wer te chno log y and 5 dB i high gain a ntenn a st ron gly b oost u p the[...]

3 2. Inst all Wireless USB Adapter This section p rovides instructions on ho w to install the Wireless N 150 High Power USB Adapter . The driver is installed along with th e utility. Step 2.1 Fas ten the provided 5dBi a ntenna to the USB adapte r. Step 2.2 In sert the USB adapter into an available USB port of your computer. Step 2.3 Click Canc el w[...]

4 Windows Vis ta Users : Step 2.4 In sert the Installation CD in the CD drive. The Autorun screen will pop up. Select Install Utili ty and Driver from the menu. Note: If the Au torun screen doe sn’t appear automatically, go to to My Computer → Explore the CD Drive → go to Utili ty folder, then run Setup.exe .[...]

5 Windows 7/V ista Users : When you get warning message(s), make sure that you give permission to continue with the in stallation of the driver software. Step 2.5 Click Nex t to start the in stallation. Step 2 .6 Please wait when W indows is installing th e driver fo r Airlink101 Wireless Adapte r . Step 2.7 For W indows XP, click on Continue A nyw[...]

6 Windows 7/V ista Users: click on Install this driv er softw are an y wa y . Step 1.8 Se lect Yes, I will restart m y computer now . Click Finish to complete the installation. The driver and utility have been inst alled successfully. Plea se continue to Chap ter 3.[...]

7 3. Connec t to Wireless Netw ork This section d escribes how to connec t your wireless USB adapte r to a wireless network. Step 3.1 Open the Airlink101 W ireless Monitor utility by double clicking on the icon in the system tray at t he bottom right-hand corner of your screen. Or you can double click on the Airlink101 W ireless Monitor icon on the[...]

8 Note: If your rou ter doesn’t suppo rt Easy Setup Button fea ture (Wi-Fi Protected Setup), please go to Step 3.3 . A) Push the E asy Setup Button of the Adap ter until you see the fo llowi ng window pops up on your com puter monitor. This window po ps up to acknowledge you the wirele ss adapter is starting to establish a connection with the Rou[...]

9 C) The router will no w start to synchro nize the encryption settings with the wireless adapt er. The connection will be e stablished in fe w seconds. Co ntin ue to Step 3 .5. If the conne ction is unable to estab lish, continue to Step 3 .3. Step 3.3 Click th e Available Network tab of the Wireless Mo nitor, select the wireless network tha t you[...]

10 Step 3.4 Ente r the wireless security key into t he Network Ke y and Confirm Network Key boxes. Click OK . The wireless ad apter will automatica lly detect the type of Net work Authenticat ion and the Data encryption.[...]

11 Step 3.5 The co nnection should be now established. Under t he utility Airlink101 W ireless Monitor, go to G eneral tab to check the status of the connect ion. Verify that IP A ddress , Subnet Mask and Gatewa y have valid num bers assigned to them (instead of a ll 0’s). The Status should be Associated, and there should be green bars n ext to S[...]

12 4. Wireless Mo nitor This section d escribes the various func tions of the W ireless Monitor that you can configure, in cluding the settings of wireless e ncryption. 4.1 General The Ge neral tab provides you with the st atus of the current connect ion, including signal, network name (SSID) and IP Add ress. At the bottom , you have options for c [...]

13 Radio Off: Ch eck/uncheck this bo x to turn off/on the wireless func tion of the adapter. Disable A dapter: Check/uncheck this b ox to disable/enable the wireless adapte r. For W indows XP users, you will see a che ckbox “ W indows Zero Config” which can be used to enable or disable the W indows XP’s built-in wireless utility, W indow s Ze[...]

14 4.2 Profile Settings The Profile t ab lists the current profiles and allows you to add/remo ve/edit profiles. The Avail ab le P ro file( s) box lists all t he profiles that you’ve crea ted for your ne twork. A profile is a utomatica lly created and added to this list when you co nnect to a new ne twork. You can also m anually add a prof ile. T[...]

15 To create a new prof ile, click on A dd . The Profile b ox will appea r allowing you to specif y the se ttings for your new prof ile. Enter the prof ile settings here, includin g Profile Name, SSID, Ne twork Authentication, Data Encryption and Network Key. Click OK to save the changes.[...]

16 4.3 Available Network The Available network tab lists all of the networks that the ada pter detects in your a rea. Clicking Refresh will ref resh the list. To connect to a network, selec t a network f rom the list and c lick Add to Profile .[...]

17 4.4 Status The status section provides you with a list of information a bout the current status of the adapter.[...]

18 4.5 Statistics The Statistics section gives you inf ormation about transm it and receive packet count.[...]

19 4.6 Wi-Fi Protected Setup (Easy Setup Bu tton) The W i-Fi Protected Setu p™ ( Eas y Setup Button ) is a new and easy way to c onf igure the encryption for your wireless net work clients. In orde r to use it, you need to have a router that supports this feature, like the AR570W Airlink101 W ireless N 150 Rout er. You also need to configure the [...]

20 Step 4.6 .2 When you see this window pop s up, W ithin the following 2 minutes, pus h the Easy Setup B utton (i.e. WPS button) on the ba ck of the router and hold for 1 second. The router will no w start to synchro nize the security settings with the wireless USB adapt er. The connection will be b uilt in few seco nds. Step 4.6 .3a If you choose[...]

21 Select the Access Point that you want t o connect, and then click S elect . W rite down the PIN Code on a p iece of paper.[...]

22 (The following step s are different for each router. Please refer to the use r’s manual of your router fo r detailed instructions.) Step 4.6 .3b Log o n to the router AR570W ’s web conf iguration page f rom the browser (i.e. Interne t Explore or Mozilla Firefox) and click on Wire less . Then click WP S . Step 4.6 .3c Make sure that the Enabl[...]

23 After a few mom ents both the router conf iguration screen and the adapter conf iguration screen sh ould show a m essage telling you that a connec tion is establishe d. Note: If you cannot conn ect successfu lly with WPS, you need to log in to your router’s configuratio n and make sure the W PS feature is enabled.[...]

24 4.7 Ad-hoc and Peer-to-Peer Wireless Networks Ad-hoc net working is used when you want to connect two or more computers togethe r without going thro ugh a rou ter. In ad -hoc mode, you lose a lot of the f eatures tha t come with a route r. T he ma ximum connection speed d rops to 1 1Mbps. In addition, W EP encryption is the only secu rity availa[...]

25 Step 5 Set up security: you can on ly choose bet ween no secu rity, W EP or W PA2-Pers on al (W PA2-AE S) security. You can re fer to the in structions in 4.8 Configuring Encr ypt ion . Step 6 Click OK to sa ve the profile. Step 7 Selec t your new profile from the Available Profile(s) box, and click o n Set Default to enable it. You nee d to con[...]

26 4.8 Configuring Encryption This se ction describes th e available encryption types and how to configure t hem. In most cases, encryption type w ill be automatically det ected by the wireless USB adapter; all you need to do is to enter the Network key, as described in Chapter 3 , Step 3.4 . If you are creating a custom profile, you need to manual[...]

27 4.8.1 Configuring WE P encryption Select W EP from the Data e ncryption box. Under Netw ork Authentication , se lect either Shared key or Open S y stem , de pending on the rou ter settings. If your W EP key is 5 or 13-digit, alphanume ric : • Check A S CII and enter your W EP key into the box ne xt to Passphrase. If you use Pa ssphrase to setu[...]

28 4.8.2 Configuring WP A/WPA2-PSK Enc ryption (for home user s) Select WP A -PSK/WPA2-PS K from the Netw ork Authentication box. Under Data encryption select e ither A E S or TKIP depending on the se ttings for your router. Enter the encryption key that the rou ter is u sing into the Ne twork Key , Confirm net w ork key boxes. Click OK to sa ve yo[...]

29 4.8.3 Configuring WP A/WPA2 Encr yption (for corpora te networks) Select WP A 802.1 x / WPA2 802.1x from the Networ k Authentication bo x and click OK . The follo wing wi ndo w will pop up after fe w seconds.[...]

30 You can cho ose a network authentication met hod: Protected E AP or Smart Ca rd or other Certifica te then click Settings to configure the advance d settings. 1) Choose P rotected EAP then click on Settings to configure the advanced security settings.[...]

31 Configure the advanced security settin gs for PEAP then click O K . Refer to your system administrato r for information about what settings you should en ter here.[...]

32 2) Choose S mart Card or other Certific ate then click on Settings to conf igure the advanced security settings. Refer to your system administrator for inform ation about what settings you sh ould enter here.[...]

33 4.9 About The A b out window pro vides the information about the W ireless Monitor Utility version a nd the current driver versi on.[...]

34 5. T roubleshoot ing 1. If you cannot open the wireless mo nitor utility, make su re that the USB adapter is inserted f irmly into the USB port. 2. If you cannot connect to the wireless rou ter, you may want to double check the wireless security settings o n the router. The ne twork key you entere d in Step 3.4 mu st match with the settings on t[...]

35 6. Inst all Wireless USB Adapter on M AC OS This se ction provides inst ructions on how to insta ll the Wireless N 150 High Power USB Adapter on MAC OS. The driver is installed a long with th e utility. NOTE: DO NOT PLUG IN THE USB ADA PTER UNTI L THE DRIVER I S INST A LLE D! 6.1 Install Driver and Utility Step 1 In sert the provided CD into the[...]

36 Step 3 Introduc tion: The “In stall W ireless N USB Adap ter Driver” window will pop u p. Click Continue . Step 4 Read Me: Read the instruction of installat ion. Click Continue to begin t he installation.[...]

Step 5 Licens e: Click Continue. Step 6 Click Agree to install.[...]

38 Step 7 Ins tallation Type: click Install to perform a standa rd installation. Step 8 Enter your password and click OK.[...]

39 Step 9 Click Continue Instal lation . Step 10 Install: W ait w hile the software is being ins talled. Step 11 Summar y : Click Res tart to restart your com puter. Go to Chapte r 2 after the compute r is restarted.[...]

40 6.2 Enable the Wireless USB Adapter This se ction describes h ow to ena ble your wireless US B ada pter before you ca n connect to a wireless network. Step 1 Af ter the computer is re started, insert the W ireless USB Adapter into an available USB port on your compute r. For 10.6 M AC users: After the compu ter is restarted, you will see this no[...]

41 Step 2 Go t o System Preferences > Netw ork . You shou ld see RTL8188S WLAN Adapter in the list, if not, please click “+” to add a new network inte rface.[...]

42 Step 3 Click o n the Interface dro p-down list and select RTL8188S W LAN Adapter and click Cr eate . Click Apply to save the se ttings. Step 4 Click Apply to save the settings.[...]

43 For 10.4/10.5 MAC users: Step 2 Go t o System Preferences > Netw ork , select Ne twork Port Configurations from Show. Step 3 Check the Ethernet Adaptor (W ireless N USB Adap ter) and uncheck AirPort. Click Apply Now .[...]

44 6.3 Connect to Wireless Network This se ction describes h ow to conn ect your wireless US B ada pter to a wireless network. Step 1 W ireless Network Utility shou ld automatically pop up on your screen after rebooting your com puter; if not, open t he W ireless Monitor ut ility by clicking on its icon in the system tray. The W ireless Network Uti[...]

45 Step 2 Click th e Available Ne twork tab, s elect the SSID (Network Nam e) of the wireless net work you wish to conne ct to, and click A dd to Profil e . If the network tha t you are attempt ing to connect does no t have encryption enab led, you will receive a warnin g about connecting to an unse cured network. Click OK to complete the connectio[...]

46 Step 3 E nter the network se curity key of your wireless rou ter or AP into Ne twork key and Confirm network key boxes.[...]

47 Step 4 Th e connection is no w establishe d. You can chec k the status of your connection under “Link S tatus” tab. Th e Con necti on should be Connected , and there should be a blue bar d isplaying the Signal Stre ngth. Congratulat ions! You have now successfu lly connected to the wireless ne twork. You may refer to the Chapter 4 Conf igure[...]

48 Appendix A - Specifica tion Standard • IEEE802.11 b / g / n Frequenc y Range • 2.4 GHz Interface • USB2.0, USB1. 1 Compliant Access Method • Infrastructure Mode, Ad-Hoc Mode (802.11b Ad -Hoc), Roaming Data Rate • 11b: 1 / 2 / 5.5 / 11Mbps (auto sensing) • 11g: 6 / 9 / 12 / 18 / 24 / 36 / 48 / 54Mbps (auto sensing) • 11n: up to 15 0[...]

49 T echnical S upp ort E-mail: support@ airlink101.com Toll Free: 1 -888-746-3238 W eb Site: www.airlink101.com *Theoretical maximum wireless signal rate derived f rom IEEE standard 802.11 speci fications. Actual data throughpu t will vary. Network con ditions and environmen tal factors, including volume of network traffic, building materials and [...]