Hawking Hi-Gain HWU54DM, User Manual

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Page 2: ... take adequate measures HAWKING LIMITED WARRANTY Hawking Technology guarantees that every HWU54DM Hi Gain Mini USBWireless G Adapter is free from physical defects in material and workmanship under normal use for two 2 years from the date of purchase If the product proves defective during this two year warranty period call Hawking Customer Service in order to obtain a Return Authorization number Wa...

Page 3: ...3 3 NETWORK CONNECTION 4 In Windows 98SE ME 4 In Windows 2000 XP 6 4 CONFIGURATION UTILITY 9 4 1 Accessing the Configuration Utility 9 4 2 Site Survey 10 4 3 Profile 11 4 3 1 Configure the Profile Add Edit a Profile 11 4 3 2 Authentication vs Security 13 4 3 3 Enable WPA in Windows XP 15 4 4 Link Status 20 4 5 Reading the Link Status Page and Obtaining the Strongest Connection 21 4 6 Statistics 22...

Page 4: ...PAand WPA2 Wi Fi Protected Access security standards that combines IEEE 802 1x and TKIP Temporal Key Integrity Protocol technologies Client users are required to authorize before accessing to APs or AP Routers and the data transmitted in the network is encrypted decrypted by a dynamically changed secret key 1 1 Features Works with both IEEE 802 11b and IEEE 802 11g products Rotate and Swivel desig...

Page 5: ...ckage Contents Before you begin the installation please check the items of your package The package should include the following items One Hi Gain Mini USB Wireless G Network Adapter One USB Base Stand for desktop PCs One CD Driver Utility User s Manual One Quick Installation Guide If any of the above items is missing contact your supplier as soon as possible 1 4 Wireless Network Options Quick Tut...

Page 6: ...e files and information with other computers via a wireless LAN The Access Point Network The network installation allows you to share files printers and Internet access much more conveniently With Wireless LAN Cards you can connect to the internet or with your network through a wireless access point ...

Page 7: ... operated under Windows XP Procedures are similar for Windows 98SE Me 2000 Note3 If you have installed the Wirelessadapter driver utility before please uninstall the old version first A Insert the Installation CD into your CD ROM Drive The Utility splash screen will appear Click Driver Utility Setup to begin setup initialization B Setup will initialize automatically C Setup will ask prompt you to ...

Page 8: ...ck Next E Select Optimize for WiFi Mode and click Next F The system will begin to install the software utility for the HWU54DM Follow the instruction of the program to plug in the Mini USB Adapter into theUSB port of your desktop or laptop computer ...

Page 9: ...USB Adapter and copy the necessary driver files over H Windows Hardware may prompt you with a hardware installation warning message This message is standard issue Ple ase disregard the message by selecting Conitnue Anyway to continue the HWU54DM setup ...

Page 10: ...e Installation To verify that the device has been properly installed in your computer and is enabled go to Start à Settings à Control Panel à System à Hardware à Device Manager Expand the Network adapters item If the Hawking HWU54DM Mini USB Adapter is listed it means that your device is proerly installed and enabled ...

Page 11: ... à Network 2 Make sure that you have all the following components installed Hawking HWU54DM Hi Gain Wireless Adapter IPX SPX compatible Protocol NetBEUI TCP IP If any components are missing click on the Add button to install them All of the protocols and clients required listed above are provided by Microsoft 3 Next highlight the specific network component you need click Add ...

Page 12: ...ling the File and Print Sharing 5 Click the Identification tab Enter a name that is unique on the network Type the name of your workgroup which should be the same name used by all of the other PCs on the network 6 Click the Access Control tab Make sure that Share level access control is selected If connecting to a Netware server share level can be set to User level access control ...

Page 13: ...the Cancel button or you won t be able to log onto the network 9 Double click the Network Neighborhood icon on the windows desktop and you should see the names of the other PCs on the network In Windows 2000 XP 1 In Windows 2000 Go to Startà Settings à Control Panel à Network and Dial up Connections à Local Area Connection à Properties In Windows XP Go to Start à Control Panel à Network Connection...

Page 14: ... Microsoft Networks NWLink NetBIOS NWLink IPX SPX NetBIOS Compatible Transport Protocol Internet Protocol TCP IP If any components are missing click on the Install button to select the Client Service Protocol required 3 After selecting the component you need click Add to install ...

Page 15: ...l return you to the Local Area Connections Properties window 5 To allow your computer to be visible on the network make sure you have checked off the File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks When finished you must restart your computer to complete the installation ...

Page 16: ...ation Utility as Configuration Utility Select which of the two configuration modes you would like to use The Zero Configuration Utility automatically configures your adapter to work with any wireless network If you would like to manually tweak your network connection settings please select Config as Configuration Utility l Exit Select Exit to close the Configuration Utility tool NOTE If the icon i...

Page 17: ...all nearby networks will be listed You can change your connection to another network or you may add one of the networks to your own profile list Parameter Description Available Networks This list shows all available wireless networks within range of your card It also displays the information of thenetworks including the SSID BSSID Signal Strength Channel Encryption Authentication and Network Type ...

Page 18: ...Parameter Description Profiles List The profiles list display all the profiles and the relative information including Profile Name SSID Channel etc Add Delete Edit Button Click these buttons to add delete edit the selected profiles Activate Button Click Activate to connect to the selected profile 4 3 1 Configure the Profile Add Edit a Profile ...

Page 19: ... be set in active mode Power Saving Mode Place the adapter into power saving mode when it is idle Parameter Description Network Type Infrastructure This operation mode requires the presence of an 802 11 Access Point All communication is done via the Access Point or Router Ad Hoc Select this mode if you want to connect to another wireless station in the Wireless LAN network without going through an...

Page 20: ...cket e rror rates you can increase it again but it will likely decrease overall network performance Select a setting within a range of 256 to 2312 bytes Minor change is recommended Channel This setting is only available for Ad Hoc mode Select the number of the radio channel used for the networking The channel setting should be the same with the network you are connecting to 4 3 2 Authentication vs...

Page 21: ...ccess point or gateway as well as in each wireless stations in the network WPA takes over automatically from that point keeping unauthorized users that don t have the matching password from joining the networ k while encrypting the data traveling between authorized devices The encryption methods are including TKIP and AES Note that this option is only available for Windows XP WPA2 This mode compli...

Page 22: ... the XP s built in wireless Zero Configuration Utility ZCU to control your wireless adapter settings and to enable security with full WPA and WEP authentication This option disables Hawking s wireless utility settings NOTE These instructions assume you are running Windows XP with SP2 SP1 users may see slight changes in appearance of menu options Wi Fi Protected Access WPA is a specification of sta...

Page 23: ...o open up the Wireless Networks window If you get the following message below please follow the next step If not skip to Step 3 2 Right click the Hawking Wireless Configuration Utility icon on the taskbar To turn on ZCU make sure Use Config as Configuration Utility is selected on the menu It should look like this 3 Go back to the Window Wireless Network window Choose Change Advanced Settings from ...

Page 24: ...17 4 In the Wireless Networks tab s elect your preferred wireless network you are connected to and click on Properties ...

Page 25: ...ption if available Ask your administrator for network information if you need help A list of network authentication terms is described on the next page 6 If you need to configure network authentication go to the Authentication tab 7 Click OK once finished to complete the advanced setup Then press OK again to close the window properties ...

Page 26: ...y as well as in each PC on the wireless network WPA takes over automatically from that point keeping unauthorized users that don t have the matching password from joining the network while encrypting the data traveling between authorized devices Parameter Description Data Encryption WEP In WPA or WPA PSK mode WEP is also able to be the encryption method for the transmission data TKIP TKIP Temporal...

Page 27: ...orking Parameter Description Link Speed Display the transmission and receive rate of the network The maximum transmission rate is 54Mbps Throughput Kbits sec Display the speed of data transmitted and received Link Quality This bar indicates the quality of the link The higher the percentage the better the quality dBm If you want to know the signal strength in the unit of dBm select this check box S...

Page 28: ...mance and connection 1 First you must determine where the location of your Wireless Access Point is within your network 2 Position the directional antenna towards the location of the Access Point 3 While viewing your Link Status utility rotate the antenna clockwise and counter clockwise slowly to figure out which position gives you the highest Link Quality and Signal Strength Once you have determi...

Page 29: ... You may reset the counters by clicking Reset Counter 4 7 Advanced This option enables you to configure more advanced settings for example wireless mode protection mode and etc Parameter Description Wireless Mode 802 11 B G mix If you have a mix of 802 11b and 802 11g wireless stations in your network it is recommended to setting the card to this mode This mode is also the default setting ...

Page 30: ...ysenable the protection mode Off Always disable the protection mode Fast Roaming These settings should only be used for advanced system administrators only Tx Rate There are several options including Auto 1 2 5 5 11 6 9 12 18 24 36 48 54Mbps for you to select When the Auto is selected the device will choose the most suitable transmission rate automatically The higher data rate you designated in th...

Page 31: ...t Apply to place the changes into effect 4 8 About By choosing this option you canclick view softw are and driver version information IP address and gateway address The MAC Address of the network adapter is displayed in the screen as well ...

Page 32: ...stall the Utility and driver please refer to below steps As you uninstall the utility the driver will be uninstalled as well 1 Go to Start à Programs àWireless BETA à Uninstall Utility 2 Click Remove all to complete the un installation procedure ...

Page 33: ...cludes the modulation schemes found in 802 11b including CCK for 11 and 5 5 Mbps and Barker code modulation for 2 and 1 Mbps B A protection mechanism called RTS CTS that governs how 802 11g devices and 802 11b devices interoperate 2 What is the IEEE 802 11b standard The IEEE 802 11b Wireless LAN standard subcommittee which formulates the standard for the industry The objective is to enable wireles...

Page 34: ... with Netware Windows 2000 or other LAN operating systems to support printer or file sharing 11 Would the information be intercepted while transmitting on air WLAN features two fold protection in security On the hardware side as with Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum technology it has the inherent security feature of scrambling On the software side WLAN series offer the encryption function WEP to en...

Page 35: ...asses a group of products and technologies used to help solve distance issues accompanied with WiFi products A unit of measurement on antenna strength and power is dBi The higher the dBi or gain level of an antenna the more powerful it is 15 What is the difference between directional and omni directional antennas Directional and omni directional antennas determine the wireless output pattern of an...