Airlink101 AWLL3028 инструкция обслуживания

802.11g Wireless USB Adapter Model # AWLL3028 User’s Manual Rev. 1.1[...]

2 Table of Contents 1. Introduction ................................................................................................................................. 3 1.1 Package Contents ........................................................................................................... ....... 3 1.2 Features ..............................[...]

3 1. Introduction Thank you for purchasing the 802.11g Wirele ss USB Adapter. This USB Adapter is designed to comply with IEEE 802.11g Wireless LAN standard and is suitable for notebook computers or desktop com puters with a USB 2.0 port. This Adapter supports WiFi Protect ed Access (WPA2-PSK and WPA-PSK) data encryption for higher security that pr[...]

4 2. Inst allation 2.1 Install Driver & Utility This section provides instructions on how to install the Wireless USB Adapter . The driver is installed along with the utility. Insert the USB adapter in to an available USB port and turn on your computer. Windows 2000/XP Users : After turning on the computer, Windows will launch the Found New Har[...]

5 Once you see this message, continue to Step 1. Step 1 The Autorun screen will pop up. Select Install Utility and Driver from the menu. Note: If the Autorun screen doesn’t appear automat ically, or if you get a blank white screen, go to Start , Run , and type D:UtilitySetup.exe (where D is the letter of your CD drive) and click OK . Windows Vi[...]

6 Step 2 Click Next at the welcome screen.[...]

7 Windows 2000/XP Users : Click Continue Anyway at the Windows Logo Screen. (For Windows 2000, click Yes at the Digital Signat ure Not Found prompt). Windows Vista Users : When the Windows Security box appears click Install this driver software anyway . Step 3 Click Finish to complete the installation.[...]

8 2.2 Verify Driver Installation To verify if the driver has been installed successfully, pl ease perform the following steps. Step 1 Right-click on My C omputer from your desktop and select Properties . Step 2 If you are using Windows XP/2000 select the Hardware tab , then click on Device Manager .[...]

9 If you are using Windows Vista , click on the device manager link on the left side of the screen.[...]

10 Step 3 Click the “ + ” next to Network adapters from the list and verify that AirLink101 802.11g Wireless USB Adapter is listed and no yellow question mark is beside it. If AirLink101 802.11g Wireless USB Adapter is not listed, or you see a yellow question mark beside it, you will need to reinstall the driver.[...]

11 3. Configuring the Adapter 3.1 Windows 2000/XP Configuration This section describes how to connect your wireless adapter to a wireless network. Note to Windows XP Users: You must disable the Wireless Zero Configur ation Utility in order to use the bundled Wireless Utility. Please follow the steps below to disable XP’s wireless utility. Double-[...]

12 If there is no Wireless Networks tab, skip ahead to Step 1 Step 1 To open the utility, double click on the Wire less Configuration Utility icon in the system tray at the bottom right-h and corner of your screen. Step 2 Go to the Available Network tab, select the SSID (Network Name) of the wireless network you wish to connect to, and click Add to[...]

13 If the network you are attempting to connec t to does not have encryption enabled, you will see the following bo x pop up on your screen: Click OK to connect. If the network you are attempting to connect to is configured for encryption, the following window will appear:[...]

14 Enter the encryption settings for your r outer in the appropria te boxes and click OK to connect. Step 3 You should now be connected. Click on t he general tab to check the status of your connection. It should say Associated next to status, and there should be green bars next to Signal Strength and Link Quality.[...]

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16 3.2 Windows Vista Configuration Windows Vista has its own built in utility, so the AirLink101 Wireless Configura tion Utility is not used. To connect to a network using the Windows Vi sta utility, right c lick on the networking icon down in the bottom right hand corner. Then click on Connect to a network . Select your network from the list and c[...]

17 If the network you are connecting to does not have encryption enabled, you will see the following warning: Click Connect Anyw ay to connect to the network. If the network you are attempting to c onnect to has encryption enabled, a box will appear asking you to enter your encryption key.[...]

18 Enter your encryption key into the box and click Connect to establish a connection. If you do not know what your encryption key is, contact your router manufacturer for assistance. You should now be connected to your network. To save the connection settings so that you don’t have to go through the connection setup process each time you start y[...]

19 restart the wireless computer before trying to connect again. Keep going through the channels until you find one that gives you a stable connection. For instructions on changing channels, refer to the documentation that came with your router.[...]

20 4. Wireless Configuration Utility This section describes the various functions of the Wireless Config uration Utility that you can configure, including the settings of wireless encryption. 4.1 General The General tab provides you with the status of the current c onnection, including signal, network name (SSID), IP Address and router channel. At [...]

21 Radio Off disables the wireless function of the adapter. Disable Adapter will completely disable the wireless adapter. Wireless Zero Config allows Windows XP users to use the Windows XP Wireless Zero configuration utility instead of using the AirLink101 Wireless configuration utility[...]

22 4.2 Profile The Profile tab lists current profiles and allo ws you to create new profiles. Click Add to create a new profile. Select a profile and click Edit to edit an existing profile. Select a profile and click Set Default to activate a profile.[...]

23 Enter a Profile Name and SSID . You can also configure your encryption settings for the profile. Click OK to save the profile.[...]

24 4.3 Available Network Available network lists all of the networks t hat the adapter sees in your area. Clicking Refresh will refresh the list. To connect to a network, select a network from the list and click Add to Profile .[...]

25 4.4 Advanced This section contains various advanced wir eless settings. These settings are for advanced configuration ONLY. If you do not k now what these settings are for, do not change them. Selecting the wrong settings wil l prevent your adapter from operating properly. If you accidentally change settings, you can click Set Defaults to undo y[...]

26 Fragment Threshold can be set between 256 and 2432 RTS Threshold can be set between 0 and 2432 Wireless Mode can be set to g/b, g only, or b only. Preamble Mode allows you to set the prea mble for the wireless adapter. Channel Plan allows you to modify the channel plan for the adapter. PSP XLink Mode is for use with XLink gami ng network and PSP[...]

27 4.5 Status The status section provides y ou with a list of information about the current status of the adapter.[...]

28 4.6 Statistics This section provides transmit and receive statistics.[...]

29 4.7 Wi-Fi Protected Setup Wi-Fi Protected Setup or WPS is a new and convenient way to secure your wireless connection. In order to use it, your wireless router must also support WPS . There are two ways to configure WPS : PIN and PBC (Push button method). For the PIN Method, click on PIN[...]

30 Click Yes to select your router from the list. Then click Select Write down the PIN Code and ente r it into your router.[...]

31 For the push button method, click on PBC .[...]

32 Go to your router and press the WPS button to complete the configuration.[...]

33 4.8 Configuring Encryption If a network requires encryption settings to be entered manually, you will see the following box when you attempt to connect: For WEP encryption select Shared Key from the Network Authentication box.[...]

34 For data encryption select WEP Enter the encryption key in the Network Key box and enter it again into the Confirm network key box. Click OK to save your settings. For WPA encryption Select WPA-PSK from the Network Authentication box.[...]

35 For data encryption select TKIP or AES Enter the encryption key in the Network Key box and enter it again into the Confirm network key box. Click OK to save your settings.[...]

36 4.9 Access Point Mode Access point mode allows you to set up your computer to act as a wireless router and share its existing wired connection with other computers. In order to use this mode, the computer will need to be hard wired directly to the internet. To switch into access point mode click on Mode at the top of the utility window and click[...]

37 And the interface will change providing you with new options: SSID displays the current SSID setting of the adapter. The SSID is what other computers will need to look for when trying to connect to your adapter. BSSID is the physical address or MAC address of your wireless adapter. Association Table shows you the remote computers that are curren[...]

38 Here you can set all of the options for your adapter. Network Name(SSID) this is the name that your wir eless adapter will be broadcasting. Channel allows you to select which channel you want the network to operate on. You may want to change this if you are having connectivity issues. Wireless Network Security can be set if you want to secure yo[...]

39 In the Advanced tab, you can change settings like Beacon Interval , DTIM Period , and Preamble Mode to fine tune your adapter’s connection. Click apply after making changes so that they take effect. If y ou need to change the settings back to what they were originally, click on Set Defaults , then click Apply .[...]

40 ICS or Internet Connection Sharing shows the device that the adapter is using to provide an internet connection to wireless cli ents. This is automatically configured during the setup. To set up MAC Filtering, click on MAC Filter and the following screen will appear:[...]

41 You can choose to Accept or Reject connections from specified MAC addresses. Once you are done configuring, click Apply to save the changes. 4.10 About The About window provides information about the Wireless Config uration Utility version and the current driver version.[...]

42 Appendix A – Specifications Frequency Band • 2.412 - 2.484 GHz ISM bandwidth Standards • IEEE 802.11g • IEEE 802.11b Channel • 11 Channels for US and Canada Interface • USB 2.0 Standard, USB 1.1 compatible Access Mode • Infrastructure mode • Ad-hoc mode (802.11b Ad-hoc) Security • 64 / 128-bit WEP encryption • WPA-PSK, WPA2-P[...]

43 Appendix B – Information Federal Communication Commission Interference S t atement This equipment has been tested and found to co mply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rule s. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interferenc e in a residential installation. This [...]

44 European Union Notice: Radio products with the CE marking comply with the R&TTE Direct ive (1999/5/EC), the EMC Directive (89/336/EEC) and the Low Voltage Directive (73/23/EEC) issued by the Commission of the European Community. Compliance with these directives implies co nformity to the following European Norms: z EN 60950 Product Safety z [...]

45 T echnical Support E-mail: support@airlink101.com Toll Free: 1-888-746-3238 Web Site: www.airlink101.com *Theoretical maximum wireless signal rate based on IEEE standard 802.11g specificatio ns. Actual data throughput will vary. Network conditions and enviro nme ntal factors, in cluding volume of network traffic, building materials and construct[...]