Airlink101 AWLH3025 - Manuals

- 3 - LED Indicators For Wireless Network Adapter Card Power Indicator: (Green LED) This LED will illuminate when the driver is installed. Act Indicator: (Green LED) This LED flickers when the Wireless Network Adapter is transmitting/receiving data.

INSTALLATION Caution: Be sure to power off your computer before inserting the PCI adapter. Install the Driver & Utility Step 1 Insert the PCI adapter into an available PCI slot and turn on your computer. Step 2 Windows will detect the adapter and request for a driver. Click Cancel to quit the wi...

- 6 - Step 7 Remove the Driver & Utility CD from your CD drive and then click OK to restart your computer.

- 7 - Install the device Note : Make sure the procedures in “ Install Utility ” have been performed. In most cases, Windows will automatically install the driver after the computer is restarted, if the Found New Hardware Wizard appears, follow the steps below. Note for Windows 98 & ME users: Bef...

- 8 - Note for Windows XP users: 1. Select Install the software automatically (Recommended) and click Next. 3. Click Continue Anyway at the Windows Logo testing screen .

- 9 - 4. Click Finish to complete the installation. Verify Device Installation To verify that the driver has been properly installed in your computer, go to Start Æ Settings Æ Control Panel Æ System ( Æ Hardware) Æ

Device Manager . Expand the Network adapters item. If the 802.11g Wireless PCI Card is listed, it means that your device is properly installed and enabled. - 10 -

CONFIGURATION After successfully installing the driver and utility, a Utility Icon will appear on the desktop. If the Utility Icon doesn’t appear automatically, go to Start Æ (All) Programs Æ Airlink101 Æ Wireless LAN Utility . Accessing the Configuration Utility The Configuration Utility is accesse...

- 12 - Main Tab The Main tab displays the current status of the Wireless Network Adapter. Item Description External Configuration Uncheck the box to use this utility to configure the wireless network adapter. Or check the box to use Windows XP’s Wireless Zero Configuration Utility. Status Displays t...

saved, select the profile from the pull-down menu and then click the Load button. Tx Power Level Select the transmit power level: Low Power , Medium-Low Power , Medium Power , Medium-High Power , High Power . The power level function is used to extend the communication distance. Fragment Threshold Y...

- 16 - Short , please check the settings of your access point or wireless router. Retry limits You can set the number of retries if no acknowledgement appears from the receiving station.

- 17 - Advanced Tab The Advanced tab displays the current status of the Wireless Network Adapter.

- 18 - Privacy Tab Use the Privacy Tab to configure your WEP, CCX and WPA settings. WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy), CCX （ Cisco Compatible Extension ） and WPA （ WiFi Protected Access ） encryption can be used to ensure the security of your wireless network. Highlight WEP and click on the Configure bu...

- 19 - Privacy Mode Configure WEP , CCX, 802.1x and WPA settings. NONE ： No security defined. WEP is a data security mechanism based on a 40 Bit (a.k.a. 64 Bit)/128 Bit/256 Bit shared key algorithm. WPA （ WiFi Protected Access ） is more secure than WEP, and should be used if possible. CCX （ Cisco Co...

- 20 - WEP Configuration None ： Authentication The authentication type defines ID verification and access privileges of roaming wireless network cards. You may choose from Open System , Shared Key , or Auto Switch . Open System: If your access point/wireless router is using " Open System " a...

devices in order to establish a connection. KEY1 ~ KEY 4 ： You can specify up to 4 different keys, but only one can be used at a time. Encryption ： Enter the key value in this field. A key of 10 hexadecimal characters (0-9, A-F) is required if a 40-bit (a.k.a. 64-bit) Key Size is selected. A key of ...

network. Personal Certificate This panel is available when EAP-TLS protocol is selected and enables you to select a certificate for authenticating the station. User Name Type in the user name assigned to the certificate. Browse Select a certificate by clicking Browse . Server Certificate You can sel...

- 23 - 802.1x ： EAP-TLS EAP-TLS is a mutual authentication method, which means that both the client and the server prove their identities. LEAP Network administers have been taking advantage of the simplified user and security administration that LEAP provides. Before the security authentication is ...

- 24 - 802.1x ： Refer to the previous section for 802.1x Configuration.

- 25 - Statistics Tab The Statistics Tab displays any available statistics including Receive packets, Transmit packets, Association reject packets, Association timeout packets, Authentication reject packets, and Authentication timeout packets .

- 26 - About Tab Click on the About tab to view basic version information about the OS Version, Utility Version, Driver Version, Firmware Version and EEPROM Version .

UN-INSTALLATION If you need to uninstall the driver and utility, follow the steps below. (When you uninstall the utility, the driver will be uninstalled as well.) 1. Go to Start Æ (All) Programs Æ Airlink101 Æ Uninstall Wireless LAN Utility. 2. Click OK to continue. 3. Select Yes, I want to restart ...

- 29 - Appendix Technical Support E-mail: [email protected] Toll Free: 1-888-746-3238 Web Site: www.airlink101.com