BenQ AWL-100 - Manual

BENQ Corporation 1 Chapter 1. Introduction Thank you for purchasing a BENQ AWL100 Wireless LAN PC Card. The AWL100 Wireless LAN PC Card lets you connect to your network and the Internet without needing to be tethered to a fixed location by a physical cable, while still getting the same data transfer...

BENQ Corporation 2 1-1 Product Kit Before installation, make sure that you have the following items: AWL100 Wireless LAN PC Card Software CD containing user manual and utility Quick Start Guide Warranty card 1-2 System Requirements Before using your AWL100, please check that you have the following r...

BENQ Corporation 3 Chapter 2. Installation 2.1 Driver Installation Insert AWL100 PCMCIA Adapter into your PC, and then Windows will show the dialog – Add New Hardware Wizard . Select Search for the best driver for your device. (Recommended). and press Next button.

BENQ Corporation 4 Select Specify a location and browse the BenQ Wireless LAN CD to find AWL100. For example, if your CD-ROM has a drive D and you want to install the English version of driver, the location is D:\AWL100\English. Windows has found AWL100 PCMCIA Adapter. Press Next button.

BENQ Corporation 5 Please wait while coping files. Press Finish . Press Yes and restart your computer.

BENQ Corporation 6 Chapter 3. AWL100 Wireless Settings You can launch AWL100 Wireless Settings utility by clicking the icon or from Control Panel.

BENQ Corporation 8 3.1 Status Status The current state of the driver is displayed in this screen. If the state reveals “Associated,“ it means that the normal flow of operation is in Infrastructure mode. This shows that the PC is already connected to access point and BSSID is also shown in the form o...

BENQ Corporation 9 Current Tx Rate This field shows the current transmit rate, which is being used for an active connection. Current Channel This field shows the current radio channel, which is being used for an active connection. Throughput The instantaneous wireless Receive and Transmit throughput...

BENQ Corporation 10 3.2 Configuration Defaults : It restores each field in the panel to its default value by pressing this button. However, before the default values are saved or loaded to the driver and registry, the Apply button or OK button must be pressed. Apply : Only when one of the fields has...

BENQ Corporation 11 Network Name This field shows the network name or called SSID, which your AWL100 will be associated with. If “ANY” is the name showed, it means any network name could be associated with. Network Type You can select from a list of supporting network types in this field. The networ...

BENQ Corporation 12 3.3 Encryption According to WEP function select, this page allows the entry of four keys for 64-bit and 128-bit encryption. Each key must consist of hex digits to be written to the driver and registry. This means that only digit number 0-9 and letters A-F are valid entries. There...

BENQ Corporation 13 3.4 Site Survey Rescan This button will scan all available Access Points in your neighborhood and then list their SSID, channel, BSSID, signal, WEP state and network type, respectively. Join Select the SSID you want to be associated with, and then press this Join button to join t...

BENQ Corporation 15 Chapter 4. Trouble Shooting Question 1 What should the users do when the signal icon Cable Disconnected appeared right after pressing the ReScan or Disable Radio button under Peer-to-Peer (Ad-hoc) mode? Answer 1 Please remove the BenQ AWL100 PC Card from the PCMCIA slot and re-in...