Azio AWU254, User Manual

Page 1: ...AZiO 54M Wireless USB Adapter User s Guide MODEL AWU254 www aziocorp com ...

Page 2: ...and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders No part of the specifications may be reproduced in any form or by any means or used to make any derivative such as translation transformation or adaptation without permission from AZiO Corporation Copyright 2007 AZiO Corporation All rights reserved ...

Page 3: ... or an experienced radio TV technician for help This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules Operation is subject to the following two conditions 1 This device may not cause harmful interference 2 This device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation Changes or modifications to this unit not expressly approved by the party responsible for...

Page 4: ... Directive 93 68 EEC the procedures given in European Council Directive 99 5 EC and 89 3360EEC The equipment was passed The test was performed according to the following European standards EN 300 328 V 1 4 1 2003 EN 301 489 1 V 1 4 1 2002 EN 301 489 17 V 1 2 1 2002 EN 60950 1 2001 European standards dictate maximum radiated transmit power of 100mW EIRP and frequency range 2 400 2 4835GHz In France...

Page 5: ...3 2 2 Hardware Installation 5 2 3 Uninstall Software 6 2 3 1 Uninstall the driver software from your PC 6 2 3 2 Uninstall the utility software from your PC 6 Chapter 3 Configuration 7 3 1 Profile 7 3 1 1 Add or Edit a Configuration Profile 8 3 2 Link Status 10 3 3 Site Survey 11 3 4 Statistics 12 3 5 Advanced 12 3 6 About 13 3 7 An example for application 13 Appendix A Specifications 15 Appendix B...

Page 6: ...SB Wireless Adapter One USB extension cable Quick Installation Guide One AWU254 Wireless Adapter Resource CD including Utility and Drivers User Guide Other Helpful Information Note If any of the listed contents is damaged or missing please contact the retailer from whom you purchased the AWU254 Wireless Adapter for assistance ...

Page 7: ...with all 11Mbps wireless 802 11b products Your wireless communications are protected by up to 128 bit WEP and WPA encryption so your data stays secure 1 2 Features Complies with IEEE802 11g IEEE802 11b standards Supports WPA data security IEEE802 1x authentication TKIP AES encryption 64 128 bit WEP encryption Supports 54 48 36 24 18 12 9 6Mbps or 11 5 5 3 2 1Mbps wireless LAN data transfer rates P...

Page 8: ...very similar The following setup steps are for windows 2000 2 1 2 Software Installation for Windows 2000 1 Insert the Resource CD into your CD ROM drive click the Start button and choose Run In the field that appears enter F XXX Setup exe if F is the letter of your CD ROM drive XXX presents the setup program path which is labeled on the Resource CD figure 2 1 should then appear 2 You can click the...

Page 9: ...ext to continue the Installation Click Back to return to the previous page or click Cancel to end the Installation Figure 2 3 Choose Destination Location 5 While files are copying if you see a warning box as shown in figure 2 4 please select YES to continue installation Our drivers have been tested thoroughly and are able to work with the operating system ...

Page 10: ... instructions as to how to do this please refer to section 2 2 Hardware Installation If you have plugged it into you PC already please un plug it and plug it back in The OS will automatically detect the adapter and automatically setup the driver for the adapter If it does not please follow the setup steps to finish the driver installation After installing the driver successfully you should see an ...

Page 11: ...k on the Hardware tab in the System window 3 Click on the Device Manager button double click Network Adapters and then right click AWU254 USB Wireless Adapter Figure 2 6 Uninstall Driver 4 Click Uninstall shown in above figure 2 6 the system will uninstall the driver software of the adapter from your PC 2 3 2 Uninstall the utility software from your PC 1 On the Windows taskbar click the Start butt...

Page 12: ...en established Icon means there is no connection signal Double click the icon and the configuration screen of the utility will appear You can also run the utility by clicking Start Program AZiO AWU254 WIRELESS UTILITY AWU254 Wireless Utility The utility provides a complete and easy to use set of tools to Display current status information Edit and add configured profiles Display current diagnostic...

Page 13: ...d profile name on Profile Name list and click the Activate button Note Do not forget to click the Apply button when you create a new profile for connection 3 1 1 Add or Edit a Configuration Profile To add a new configuration profile click Add button on the Profile Management tab To modify a configuration profile select the configuration from the Profile list and click Edit The Profile Management d...

Page 14: ...witch access point mode which allows both short and long headers in the 802 11b frames The adapter can only use short radio headers if the access point supports and uses them RTS Threshold Default is 2312 Fragment Threshold Default is 2312 Ad hoc mode Displays the wireless mode either 802 11B or 802 11B G mode Channel Shows the current channel in use This field determines which operating frequency...

Page 15: ...rk Authentication there are two options WEP and Disabled If you select WPA PSK as Network Authentication there are TKIP and AES options instead of WEP and Disabled Wep Key Key 1 Key 2 Key 3 Key 4 the Key groups You can enter 10 hexadecimal digits any combination of 0 9 a f A F or 5 ASCII characters for 64 bit also called 40bits encryption You can enter 26 hexadecimal digits any combination of 0 9 ...

Page 16: ...ame and BSSID Extra Info Shows link status and the current channel in use Link Speed Shows the current max Transfer rate unit is Mbit sec Throughput Displays Tx and Rx rate unit is Kbits sec Link Quality Shows the quality of the signal Signal Strength Shows the strength of the signal 3 3 Site Survey Click the Site Survey tab of the Utility and the Site Survey screen will appear figure 3 5 On the S...

Page 17: ...rk 3 4 Statistics The Statistics tab shows receiving and transmitting statistical information for the following receive and transmit diagnostics for frames received by or transmitted to the wireless network adapter Click the Reset Counter button to reset the count of the statistics information Figure 3 6 Statistics tab 3 5 Advanced On this Screen you can configure the WEP key or view the configure...

Page 18: ... including Driver Date Driver Version Utility Date Utility Version MAC Address IP Address SubMask Power Save mode and Preamble status Utility Version The version of this utility Utility Date The creation date of this utility Driver Version The version of the wireless network adapter driver Driver Date The creation date of the wireless network adapter driver EEPROM Version The version of this EEPRO...

Page 19: ...the screen that appears 3 The Profile configuration screen will appear please enter Test for the Profile Name AZiO for the SSID select Infrastructure for the Network Mode select WEP for the Data Encryption and enter 0123456789 for Network key 4 Click OK to save this profile 5 Click Apply on the Profile screen The utility will establish a connection with this AP by configured profile ...

Page 20: ...e Sensing Modulation 1M DBPSK 2M DQPSK 5 5M 11M CCK 6M 9M 12M 18M 24M 36M 48M 54M OFDM Media Access Protocol CSMA CA with ACK Transmit Power 22dBm Typical Data Security WPA 64 128 BIT WEP TKIP AES IEEE802 1x authentication Frequency 2 4 2 4835GHz Spread Spectrum Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum DSSS Power Consumption Typically 480mA in full Transmit TX 420mA in full Receive RX Safety Emissions FCC ...

Page 21: ... original data without the need for retransmission To an unintended receiver DSSS appears as low power wideband noise and is rejected ignored by most narrowband receivers However to an intended receiver i e another wireless LAN endpoint the DSSS signal is recognized as the only valid signal and interference is inherently rejected ignored FHSS Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum FHSS continuously cha...

Page 22: ...th each other all devices must be configured with the same SSID This is typically the configuration parameter for a wireless PC card It corresponds to the ESSID in the wireless Access Point and to the wireless network name WEP Wired Equivalent Privacy A data privacy mechanism based on a 64 bit or 128 bit or 152 bit shared key algorithm as described in the IEEE 802 11 standard Wi Fi A trade name fo...

Page 23: ... Guide 18 Appendix C Contact Information For help with the Installation or operation of the AZiO AWU254 Wireless Adapter please contact us Telephone 909 468 1198 Fax 909 839 2629 Website www aziocorp com Tech Support support aziocorp com ...