Digitus DN-7042-1 manual

WIRELESS 150N USB 2.0 ADAPTER Manual[...]

II COPYRIGHT Copyright ©2010/2011 by this company. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stor ed in a retrieval system, or translated into any language or computer language, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, magnetic, optical, chemical, manual or otherwise, without the prio[...]

III 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 FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection agains t harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates , uses, and ca[...]

IV Federal Communication Commission (FCC) Radiation Exposure Statement This EUT is compliance with SAR for general population/uncontrolled exposure limits in ANSI/IEEE C95. 1-1999 and had been tested in accordance with the measurement me thods and procedures specified in OET Bulletin 65 Supplement C. The equipment version marketed in US is restrict[...]

V R&TTE Compliance Statement This equipment complies with all the requirements of DIRECTIVE 1999/5/EC OF THE EUROPEAN P ARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL of March 9, 1999 on radio equipment and telecommunication te rminal Equipment and the mutual recognition of their conformity (R&TTE) The R&TTE Directive repeals and repl aces in the directive [...]

VI C A T A L O G Chapter I: Product Information ............................................................ 1 1-1 Introduction and safe ty inform ation ..................................................... 1 1-2 Safety In formati on .............................................................................. 2 1-3 System R equirement s .........[...]

1 Chapter I: Product Information 1-1 Introduction and safety information Thank you for purchasing this high speed IEEE 802.1 1b/g/n wireless network card! This network card is ultra-nano size design and you are able to plug it into the USB port of your computer without removing it, just like an embedded network card. Excepting common wireless stand[...]

2 1-2 Safety Information In order to keep the safety of users and your properties, please follow the following safety instructions: 1. This USB wireless network card is designed for indoor use only . DO NOT expose this network card to direct sun light, rain, or snow . 2. DO NOT put this network card at or near hot or humid places, like kitchen or b[...]

3 1-3 System Requirements  An empty USB 2.0 port (May not be able work with USB 1.1 port, and performance will be greatly reduced)  Windows XP , Vista, or Windows 7 operating system  CD-ROM drive  At least 100MB of available disk space[...]

4 1-4 Package Contents Before you starting to use this wi reless network card, please check if there’s anythi ng missing in the package, and contact your dealer of purchase to claim for missing items:  USB Wireless Network Card (1 pcs) ........................................ 1  Driver/Utility/Quick Guide/User Manual CD-ROM (1 pcs) ........[...]

5 1-5 Familiar with your new wireless network card 1. USB Connector 2. Link/Activity LED (Under the case) LED Name Light Status Description Link/ Activity Off No wireless network card is installed. On Solid light 5 seconds means WPS connection is established successfully . Blinking Wireless network card is normally installed /Linked to a wireless a[...]

6 CHAPTER II: Driver Installation and Configuration 2-1 Network Card Installation Please follow the following instructions to install your new wireless network card: 1. Insert the USB wir eless network card into an empty USB 2.0 port of your computer when computer is switched on. Never use force to insert the card, if you feel it’ s stuck, flip t[...]

7 For Windows V ista / Windows 7 OS, you’ll be prompted to confirm installation. Click ‘Y es’ to continue.[...]

8 3. Please select the language you wish to use, then cli ck ‘Next’. 4. Click ‘Next’ to continue.[...]

9 5. Click ‘Install’ to start installation. Installation procedure needs few minutes to complete, please be patient. 6. Click ‘Finish’ to reboot your computer to complete installation procedure. If you don’t want to re boot computer now , select ‘No, I’ll restart my computer later ’ option and click ‘Finish’. Please note you hav[...]

10 7. A new icon will appear near the clock of system tray: Left-click the icon will launch wi reless network configuration utility , and you can right-click t he icon to show the quick menu of configuration utility . This icon al so uses different color to show the status of wi reless connection: Wireless network card not detected No connection wi[...]

11 2-2 Connect to Wireless Access Point T o use wireless network, you have to connect to a wireless access point first. Y ou can either use R ealtek utility (comes with network card driver), or Windows Zero C onfig utility (comes with Windows operating system). 2-2-1 Using Realtek Utility Please follow the following instructions to use Realtek conf[...]

12 If the wireless acce ss point you wish to connect does not appear here, you can click ‘Refresh’ but ton to scan for wireless access points again; if the wireless acce ss point you’re looking for still not appear , try to move the computer closer . When the access point you’re looking for is on the list, left-click it and then double clic[...]

13 4. If a password (a.k.a. ‘Network Key’) is required to access the wireless access point, please inpu t it in ‘Network key’ (and input it again in ‘Confirm network key’ for confirmation). Click ‘OK’ when password is pr operly inputted. NOTE: Network security type (‘Network Authentication’ and ‘Data encryption’) will be sel[...]

14 All options in this page will be filled automatically according to the access point you wish to add to profile. However , you can still modify any of them to meet your requirement. Profile name Y ou can give a name to this profile, so you can remember its purpose easily . It can be any phrase to help you remember . Network Name (SSID) The SSID ([...]

15 of the access point. Network key / Confirm network key When the encryption type is ‘WP A ’ or ‘WP A2-PSK’, it’ s required to input a set of ‘passphrase’ to connect to wireless access point. Please input the same passphrase in two boxes for confirmation. EAP TYPE / Tunnel / Provision Mode When authentication type is any of 802.1X, y[...]

16 5. Network card will attempt to c onnect to access point now , this may require few seconds to mi nutes, please be patient. When the ‘Status’ become ‘Associated’, yo ur computer is connected to access point you selected. Click ‘Close’ to close configuration menu. NOTE: If you connected to an acce ss point but the connection has been [...]

17 2-2-2 Using Windows Zero Configuration Windows XP and V ista has a built-in wireless network configuration utility , called as ‘Windows Zero Conf iguration’ (WZC). Y ou can also use WZC to configure your wireless network parameter: 1. Right-click Realtek configurat ion utility icon, and click ‘Open Config Utility’. 2. Check ‘Windows Ze[...]

18 NOTE: T o return to use Realtek utility , uncheck ‘Windows Zero Config’ box. 4. Click ‘Start’ button (should be loca ted at the bottom-left corner of windows desktop), click ‘Control Pa nel’, then click ‘Network and Internet Connections’ in Control Panel.[...]

19 5. Double click ‘Network Connections’. 6. Right-click ‘Wireless Network Connection’ (it may have a number as suf fix if you have more than one wireless network card, please make sure you ri ght-click the ‘Realtek 802.1 1n Wireless LAN Card), then select ‘View A vailable Wireless Networks’.[...]

20 7. All wireless access points in pr oximity will be displayed here. If the access point you want to us e is not displayed here, please try to move your computer closer to the access point, or you can click ‘Refresh network list’ to rescan access points. Click the access point you want to use if it’ s shown, then click ‘Connect’. 8. If [...]

21 your computer and wireless access point is successfully established.[...]

22 2-3 Connection Profile Management If you need to connect to dif ferent wireless access points at different ti me, like of access point of your home, office, cybercafe, or public wireless service, you can store the connection parameters (encryption, passphrase, security etc, etc.) as a profile for every access point, so you don’t have to input [...]

23 2-3-1 Add a new profile By this function you can set up the connection parameters for a specific wireless access point in ad vance, without contacting it first. If you want to create a new profil e, click ‘Profile’ menu, then click ‘Add’ button.[...]

24 Y ou’ll be prompted to input connec tion parameters for the wireless access point you wish to connect: Required parameters are: Profile name Y ou can give a name to this profile, so you can remember its purpose easily . It can be any phrase to help you remember . Network Name (SSID) The SSID (Ser vice Set IDentifier , i.e. access point’ s na[...]

25 menu. This setting must be identical with the setting of wireless access point you with to connect. ASCII / P ASSPHRASE When the encryption type is ‘WEP’, it’ s required to input a set of ‘passphrase’ to connect to wireless access point. Check ‘ASCII’ or ‘P ASSPHRASE’ depends on the security setting of access point, and input i[...]

26 2-3-2 Remove an existing profile When you no longer need an existing profile, you can remove it. If you want to remove a profile, click ‘Profile’ menu, then select an existing profile which you wish to remove, and then click ‘Remove’ button.[...]

27 2-3-3 Edit an existing profile If you have added a profile before, and you wish to change the content of the profile, you can us e this function. Please select a profile from the list first, then c lick ‘Edit’ button. Y ou’ll be provided with the contents of selected prof ile, and you can edit them. Click ‘OK’ to save changes, or click[...]

28 2-3-4 Make a copy of existing profile If you need to make a copy of a s pecific profile, you can use this function. This function is very convenient when you need to build a new profile which parameters are similar to any existing profile. T o do this, select an existing prof ile, then click ‘D uplicate’ button. Y ou’ll be prompted to inpu[...]

29 2-3-5 Set as default profile If you wish to use a specific profile as default connection, you can select a profile in the list, and clic k ‘Set Default’. Selected profile will become default selection and Real tek configuration utility will attempt to connect to selected access point.[...]

30 2-4 V iew Network Statistics, Ge neral Information, and Status The configuration utility provi des information about network statistics and link status. If you w ant to know how your wireless network card works, you can use these functions to get detailed information about the wirele ss connection you’re using. 2-4-1 General Information If you[...]

31 2-4-2 Status If you want to know the status of your wireless network card, click ‘Status’ menu:[...]

32 2-4-3 V iew Network Statistics T o view the statistical data of wirele ss network card, click ‘Statistics’ menu, and the statistics of wire less connection will be displayed: All connection-related statistics is displayed here. Y ou can click ‘Reset’ button, to reset the stat istics of all items back to 0.[...]

33 2-5 Miscellaneous Settings There are few functions provided by Realtek configuration utility , you can access these functions from the bottom of configuration menu: The descriptions of these functi on are listed as follow: Show T r ay Icon Check this box to show an icon on system tray . Uncheck this box to hide it. Radio Off Switch wireless radi[...]

34 connections. See section 2-2-2. 2-6 Establish secure connection with AP by WPS Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) is the latest wireless network technology which makes wireless network setup become very simple. If you have WPS-enabl ed wireless access point, and you want to establish a secure connection to it, you don’t have to configure the wireless[...]

35 2. Click ‘Wi-Fi Protect Setup’ menu. 3. Y ou can use PIN code or Pu sh-Button configuration, and WPS-compatible wireless access point must use the same type of WPS. For instructions on set up each type of WPS, see next 2 chapters for detailed instructions.[...]

36 2-6-1 PIN Code T o use PIN Code, please click ‘Pin Input Config (PIN)’ button: Y ou’ll be prompted to select an ac cess point you wish to connect. If you know its SSID, click ‘Y es’, otherwise click ‘No’.[...]

37 If you select ‘Y es’, a list of all WPS-compatible AP nearby will be displayed; you can click ‘Refresh’ to rescan, then select an AP and click ‘Select’ button. If you select ‘No’, wireless network card will prompt you to enter 8-digit PIN code into your AP , without selecting an AP in advance. After you select ‘Y es’ or ‘No[...]

38 2-6-2 Push Button T o use Push-Button WPS configuration, please click ‘Push Button Config (PBC)’ button. This i s the easiest way to establish secure connection by WPS, but if there’ re more than one WPS-compatible AP using Push-Button config, please use PIN Code instead. After you click Push Button C onfig, a message box will appear:[...]

39 Please activate Push-Button function on wireless access point now , and wireless network card will establish secure connection with access point within one minute. CHAPTER III: Soft-AP Function Excepting become a wireless client of other wireless access points, this wireless card can act as a wireless servic e provider also! Y ou can switch this[...]

40 2. Select ‘Mode’, and then select ‘Access Point’. It requires few seconds to switch to AP mode, please be patient.[...]

41 After mode switch is complete, you’ll see general information of software AP , which shows AP’ s SSID and connected wireless clients. 3-1-1 Configure SSID and Channel T o configure software AP , click ‘Config’ button:[...]

42 The ‘Wireless Network Properties’ is displayed. Please note that Ad-Hoc mode is not available when network card is in AP mode. The description of major setup items are listed below: Network Name (SSID) Please input the SSID (the name used to identify this wireless access point) here. Up to 32 numerical characters can be accepted here, except[...]

43 3-1-2 Setup Soft-AP Security T o setup security options for Soft-AP , configure ‘Wireless Network Se curity’ section as follow: The description of setup items about wi reless security are listed below: Network Authentication Select netwo rk authentication mode from dropdown menu. Data Encryption Select data enc ryption method from dropdown m[...]

44 3-2 Advanced Settings If you want to setup advanced sett ings of software access point, select ‘Advanced’ menu. If you don’t know the meaning and affects of these settings, keep them untouched. The description of all setup items are listed below: Beacon Interval Please input wireless beacon time interval here. DTIM Period Please input DTIM[...]

45 3-3 Wireless Statistics Select ‘Statistics’ menu and t he data statistics about software access point will be displayed. Click ‘Reset’ to reset the value of every item back to ‘0’.[...]

46 3-4 Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) In this page, you can assign a net work card on your computer as the path for all wireless clients to get connected to Internet. If you have only one network card (except this software access point), you don’t have to select net work card here; if you have more than one network card, select t he one you wi[...]

47 CHAPTER IV : Appendix 4-1 Hardware Specification Standards: IEEE 802.11b/g/n Interface: USB 2.0 (USB 1.1 Compatible) Frequency Band: 2.4000 ~ 2.4835GHz (Industr ial Scientific Medical Band) Data Rate: 11b: 1/2/5.5/11Mbps 11g: 6/9/12/24/36/48/54Mbps 11n (20MHz): MCS0-7 (Up to 72Mbps) 11n (40MHz): MCS0-7 (Up to 150Mbps) Securities: WEP 64/128, WPA[...]

48 Scenario Soluti on I can’t find any wireless access point / wireless device in ‘Site Survey’ function. 1. Click ‘Rescan’ for few more times and see if you can find any wireless access point or wireless device. 2. Please move closer to any known wireless access point. 3. ‘Ad hoc’ function must be enabled for the wireless device you [...]

49 4-3 Glossary 1. What is the IEEE 802.1 1g standard? 802.1 1g is the new IEEE standard for high-speed wireless LAN communications that provides fo r up to 54 Mbps data rate in the 2.4 GHz band. 802.1 1g is quickly becoming the next mainstream wireless LAN technol ogy for the home, of fice and public networks. 802.1 1g defines the use of the same [...]

50 5. What is Infrastructure? An integrated wireless and wire less and wired LAN is called an Infrastructure configuration. In frastructure is applicable to enterprise scale for wireless a ccess to central database, or wireless application fo r mobile workers. 6. What is BSS ID? A specific Ad hoc LAN is called a Basic Service Set (BSS). Computers i[...]

51 12. What is DSSS? What is FHSS ? And what are their differences? Frequency-hopping spread-spectrum (FHSS) uses a narrowband carrier that changes frequency in a pattern that is known to both transmitter and re ceiver . Properly synchronized, the net ef fect is to maintain a single logical channel. T o an unintended receiver , FHSS appears to be s[...]