Hamlet HNW600ACU manual

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2 Table of Contents 1. Introduction ....................................................................................................... 4 ! 1.1 Product Features ................................................................................................................. 4 ! 1.2 Package contents ..............................................[...]

3 Dear Customer, thanks for choosing an Hamlet product. Please carefully follow the instructions for its use and maintenance and, once this item has run its life span, we kindly ask You to dispose of it in an environmentally friendly way, by putting it in the separate bin for electrical/electronic waste, or to bring it back to your retailer who wil[...]

4 1. Introducti on Hamlet Wi -Fi 600 AC USB adapter upgrades your noteboo k or d esktop to the standard 802.11ac, the next generation wireless technology that offers high speed and stability. The Dual Band support allows wireless connection speed up to 433Mbps on the 5GHz band, ideal for HD video streaming and online gaming, and up to 150Mbps on th[...]

5 2. Wire less USB Ada pter Installation This chapter is to assist you how to use the included CD-ROM which comprises the Driver and the Client Utility Interface. 2.1 Driver In stallation Please follow the following instructions to install your new wireless USB Adapter. 1. Insert the USB wireless network adapter into an empty USB 2.0 port of your c[...]

6 3. Insert the driver CD into your CD- ROM. The autorun screen below will appear . if not, you can double click autorun.exe file on CD. 4. Click Install Driver to start the installation procedure. 5. Follow the i nstallation wizard and click Next to continue.[...]

7 6. Once the installation is finished the computer will be asked to reboot. you can click Finish and reboot the computer to finish the installation of driver files. After the installation the new icon of the wireless utility software will appear on the desktop and near the clock in the system tray. Left -click the icon will launch wireless network[...]

8 2.2 Connect to Wireless Access Point To use wireless network, you have to connect to a wireless access point first. You can either use Client utility (comes with network adapter driver), or Windows Zero Config utility (comes with Windows operating system). Using Client Wireless Utility Please follow the following instructions to use Client config[...]

9 3. When the access point you’re looking for is on the list, double click it or click Add to Profile . 4. If a password (“Network Key”) is required to access the wireless access point, please input it in Network key text field (and input it again in Confirm network key for confirmation). NOTE : Network security type ( Network Authentication [...]

10 5. After the password is properly inserted, click OK to confirm. The n etwork adapter will attempt to connect to access point now, this may require few seconds to minutes. When the “Status” become “Associated”, your computer is connected to access point you selected and you can close the client configuration utility . NOTE : If you conne[...]

11 Using Windows Zero Configuration Windows XP and Vista has a built-in wireless network configuration utility, called as “Windows Zero Configuration (WZC)”. You can also use WZC to configure your wireless network parameter. 1. Right -click Client configuration utility icon and click Open Config Utility . 2. Check “Windows Zero Config” box [...]

12 4. Click Start button, select Control Panel , then click Network and Internet Connections in Control Panel window . 5. Double click Network Connections .[...]

13 6. Right -click on Wireless Network Connection icon (it may have a number as suffix if you have more than one wireless network adapter , please make sure you right-click the Wireless LAN 802.11 ac USB Network Adapter), then select View Available Wireless Networks . 7. All wireless access points in proximity will be displayed here . Select the ac[...]

14 9. If you can see Connected message next to the wireless network you selected , the connection between your computer and wireless access point is successfully established.[...]

15 3. Client Util ity 3.1 Con nection Profil e Management If you need to connect to different wireless access points at different time, like access point of your home, office or public wireless service, you can store the connection parameters as a profile for every access point, so you don’t have to input these parameters every time when you want[...]

16 Add a new profile By this function you can setup the connection parameters for a specific wireless access point in advance, without contacting it first. 1. If you want to create a new profile, click Add button in the “Profile” window. 2. You’ll be prompted to input connection parameters for the wireless access point you wish to connect. 3.[...]

17 The following table describes the parameters that can be configured in the “Wireless Network Properties” window. Profile name You 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 (Service Set IDentifier, i.e. access point’s name). This must be i[...]

18 Remove an existing profile When you no longer need an existing profile, you can remove it. Select an existing profile which you wish to remove in the “Profile” window , then click Remove button . Edit an existing profile If you have added a profile before, and you wish to change the content of the profile, you can use this function. Please s[...]

19 Make a copy of existing profile If you need to make a copy of a specific 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. Select an existing profile from the list, then click Duplicate button. You’ll be prompted to input a profile nam[...]

20 3. 2 General Infor mation, Status and Networ k Statistics The wireless configuration utility provides information about network statistics and link status. If you want to know how your wireless network adapter works, you can use these functions to get detailed information about the wireless connection you’re using. General In formation If you [...]

21 Status If you want to know the status of your wireless network adapter , click Status menu tab. Network Statistics Click Statistics menu tab to view the statistical data of wireless adapter. You can click Reset button to reset the statistics of all items back to 0.[...]

22 3.3 Other Settings There are few functions provided by Client configuration utility you can access from t he bottom of utility interface. The descriptions of these function are listed in the following table. Show Tray Icon Check this box to show an icon on system tra y. Uncheck this box to hide it. Radio Off Switch wireless radio off . Wireless [...]

23 3.4 Establish secur e connection using WPS Wi -Fi Protected Setup (WPS) is the latest wireless network technology which makes wireless network setup become very simple. If you have WPS-enabled wireless access point, and you want to establish a secure connection to it, you don’t have to configure the wireless access point and setup data encrypt[...]

24 2. To use PIN Code, please click Pin Input Config (PIN) button: 3. You’ll be prompted to select an access point you wish to connect. If you know its SSID, click Yes , otherwise click No . 4. If you select Yes , 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.[...]

25 5. If you select No , wireless network adapter will prompt you to enter 8-digit PIN code into your AP, without selecting an AP in advance. 6. After you select Yes or No in previous step, network adapter will attempt to connect to WPS-compatible AP, and an 8-digit number will appear. Please input this number to AP’s configuration menu within 2 [...]

26 Push Button 1. To use Push-Button WPS configuration, select the Wi -Fi Protect Setup tab of the configuration utility and click Push Button Config (PBC) button. 2. After you click “ Push Button Config (PBC) ”, a message box will appear. 3. Please activate Push Button function on wireless access point now, and wireless network adapter will es[...]

27 4. Soft AP Funct ion In Soft AP mode, this wireless adapter can act as a wireless Access Point. You can switch this wireless adapter’s operating mode to “AP” mode to simulate the function of a real wireless access point by software, and all other computers and wireless devices can connect to your computer wirelessly and share the internet [...]

28 4. After mode switch is complete, you’ll see general information of software AP, which shows AP’s SSID and connected wireless clients. Client mode icon: Soft AP icon: Configure SSID and Channel 1. To configure software AP, click Config button.[...]

29 2. The Wireless Network Properties is displayed. 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, excepting space. Channel Please select the wireless channel you wish to use, from 1 to 1[...]

30 Key Index Select WEP key index (1-4). If you don’t know which one you should use, select 1. Network key / Confirm network key IF network authentication mode is WPA, please input WPA passphrase in both box. 3. To save changes, click OK ; otherwise click Cancel to leave this menu and keep settings untouched. Please note that Ad-Hoc mode is not a[...]

31 Apply Save changes. If you changed any setting here and cause problem on communicating with wireless clients, click Set Defaults to reset all settings back to default setting. 4.3 Wireless Statistics Select Statistics tab and the data statistics about software access point will be displayed. Click Reset to reset the value of every item back to ?[...]

32 4.4 Internet Connection S haring (ICS) In this page, you can assign a network adapter on your computer as the path for all wireless clients to get connected to Internet. If you have only one network adapter (except this software access point), you don’t have to select network adap ter here. If you have more than one network adapter , select th[...]

33 5. Troubleshoot ing If you encounter any problem when you’re using this wireless network adapter , please check this troubleshooting table, the solution of your problem could be very simple and you can solve the problem by yourself. Scenario Solution I can’t find any wireless access point / wireless device in Site Survey function. 1. Click R[...]

34 The network is slow / h aving problem when transferring large files 1. Move closer to the place where access point is located. 2. There could be too much people using the same radio channel. Ask the owner of the access point to change the channel number. Please try one or more solutions listed above.[...]