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Chapter 1: Overview 1 Chapter 1 Overview This product is an IEEE 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Card with USB interface solution. This solution provides compatibility with 802.11b and 802.11g standard devices. Now users have the flexibility to connect to 802.11b or 802.11g networks effortlessly. It allows y...

Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter 2 Infrastructure Mode An Infrastructure wireless network consists of at least one Access Point connected to the wired network infrastructure and a set of wireless end stations. The AP acts as a gateway, linking the wireless network to a wired LAN. As a result, wireless stati...

Chapter 1: Overview 3 General Specification Host Interface USB 2.0 Form Factor USB Wireless Module Chipset ATHEROS AR5523A + AR2112A Operation Voltage 5.0VDC Network Standard IEEE 802.11b / IEEE 802.11g Hardware Encryption AES, TKIP ,and WEP Quality of Service 802.11e draft Network Architectures Ad ...

Chapter 2: Software Installation 5 Chapter 2 Software Installation This chapter describes how to install the USB Wireless LAN Card driver and utility. Windows 98, ME, 2000, and XP use the same setup program; however, operation system-specific situation may occur during or after the installation proc...

Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter 6 4. When the welcome screen pops up, click Next . 5. Please select Complete and click Next . 6. Now, you see processing bars increasing during installation. Installation progress takes a few minutes.

Chapter 2: Software Installation 7 7. During installation, a warning window pops up. Click Continue Anyway to continue the installation work. 8. Plug in your wireless USB 2.0 adapter when the screen pops up. 9. The USB device you inserted is found.

Chapter 2: Software Installation 9 13. The wizard is installing the driver. It may take several minutes. 14. This adapter’s driver installation is completed. Click Finish to complete the installation process. 15. Finally, you are asked to reboot your computer. It is recommended to restart your compu...

Chapter 3: Utility Configuration 11 Chapter 3 Utility Configuration The configuration of the Wireless LAN Card is done through the USB Wireless LAN Configuration Utility. The utility also includes a number of tools to display current statistics and status information pertaining to your Wireless LAN ...

Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter 12 Right clicking on the tray icon , you can see a menu on which configuration items of the utility appears. Each item under the menu is defined below. Help Open the online help. Exit Exit the utility application. Open SMCWUSB 108Mbps Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter Utility … Launc...

Chapter 3: Utility Configuration 13 You may double click the wireless tray icon at the lower right corner of your PC monitor. Then, a small status screen appears as follows. Accessing Vendor’s Wireless LAN Utility Please right click the wireless tray icon at the lower right corner and select Open SM...

Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter 14 Configuration Tab Go to the configuration tab on the user interface to set parameters for this adapter. After opening the option of SMCWUSBT 108Mbps Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter Utility…, you will see a user interface as set below. At the upper left side of the user interface...

Chapter 3: Utility Configuration 15 Action Tab Use the Action menu to access the Utility tools: 1. Enable/Disable Radio: Enable or disable the RF Signal on all Atheros station reference designs. 2. Enable/Disable Tray Icon: Enable or disable the tray icon . 3. Manual LEAP Login: Log in to LEAP manua...

Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter 16 Help Tab If you want to know the operation guide and the version number of utility, you can select Help for the details, as shown below. Current Status Tab The Current Status tab contains general information about the program and its operations. The Current Status tab doe...

Chapter 3: Utility Configuration 17 The following table describes the items found on the Current Status screen. Profile Name The name of the current selected configuration profile. Set up the configuration name by clicking New or Modify on the Profile Management tab. Link Status Shows whether the st...

Chapter 3: Utility Configuration 19 Profile Management Configure the wireless network adapter (wireless card) from the Profile Management tab of the Utility. Creating or Modifying a Configuration Profile To add a new configuration profile, click New on the Profile Management tab To modify a configur...

Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter 20 General Tab In the Utility, access the General tab by clicking New or Modify on the Profile Management tab. Edit the fields in the General tab to configure the configuration profile. Make sure to also edit the Security and Advanced tabs. 1. Profile Name: Identifies the co...

Chapter 3: Utility Configuration 21 Edit the fields in the Security tab of Profile Management to configure the profile. To define the security mode, select the radio button of the desired security mode. Make sure to also edit the General and Advanced tabs. WPA Enables the use of Wi-Fi Protected Acce...

Chapter 3: Utility Configuration 23 The wireless adapter must match the wireless mode and channel of the clients it associates to. 802.11a Authentication Mode Select what mode the wireless adapter uses to authenticate to an access point: Auto causes the adapter to attempt authentication using Shared...

Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter 24 Infrastructure (Access Point) Mode Profile Configuration To configure a profile in infrastructure (access point) mode, change the Network Type in the Advanced tab. For access point mode, modify the settings: „ Transmit Power Level „ Power Save Mode „ 802.11b Preamble (if ...

Chapter 3: Utility Configuration 25 Import and Export Profiles Importing a Profile 1. From the Profile Management tab, click the Import button. The Import Profile window appears. 2. Browse to the directory where the profile is located. 3. Highlight the profile name. 4. Click Open . The imported prof...

Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter 26 2. Browse to the directory to export the profile to. 3. Click Save . The profile is exported to the specified location. Order Profiles 1. Highlight a profile in the Auto Selected Profiles box. 2. Click Move Up or Move Down as appropriate. The first profile in the Auto Sel...

Chapter 3: Utility Configuration 27 Scan Available Networks Click the Scan button on the Profile Management tab to scan for available infrastructure and ad hoc networks. On this list, click Refresh to refresh the list at any time. Connecting to a different network Highlight a network name and click ...

Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter 28 Diagnostics Tab The Diagnostics tab of the Utility provides buttons used to retrieve receive and transmit statistics. The Diagnostics tab does not require any configuration. The Diagnostics tab lists the following receive and transmit diagnostics for frames received by or...

Chapter 3: Utility Configuration 29 The Adapter Information button contains general information about the network interface card (the wireless network adapter) and the network driver interface specification (NDIS) driver. Access the adapter information from the Diagnostics tab. Card Name: The name o...

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