Hawking HW17ACU, User Manual

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Page 2: ...with respect to the contents hereof and specifically disclaims any warranties merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose Any software described in this manual is sold or licensed as is Should the programs prove defective following their purchase the buyer and not this company its distributor or its dealer assumes the entire cost of all necessary servicing repair and any incidental or co...

Page 3: ...ment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures 1 Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna 2 Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver 3 Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected 4 Consult the dealer or an experienced radio technician for help FCC Cau...

Page 4: ...liance with SAR for general population uncontrolled exposure limits in ANSI IEEE C95 1 1999 and had been tested in accordance with the measurement methods and procedures specified in OET Bulletin 65 Supplement C The equipment version marketed in US is restricted to usage of the channels 1 11 only ...

Page 5: ...t care for the safety of those who install and use it However special attention must be paid to the dangers of electric shock and static electricity when working with electrical equipment All guidelines of this and of the computer manufacture must therefore be allowed at all times to ensure the safe use of the equipment EU Countries Intended for Use The ETSI version of this device is intended for ...

Page 6: ...V EU Countries Not intended for use None ...

Page 7: ...ements 3 1 4 Package Contents 3 1 5 Hardware Overview 4 CHAPTER II Driver Installation and Configuration 5 2 1 Windows Network Card Installation 5 2 2 Windows Connect to Wireless Access Point 10 2 3 Mac Network Card Installation and Setup 13 CHAPTER III Appendix 23 3 1 Hardware Specification 23 3 2 Troubleshooting 25 3 3 Glossary 26 ...

Page 8: ... wireless network High speed data transfer rate Up to 1300Mbps WMM Wireless QoS function control the bandwidth required for different applications Compatible with 802 11a b g n wireless networks Supports major encryption methods like WEP WPA and WPA2 encryption WPS configuration You don t need an experienced computer technician to help you to get connected Utilizing the software program of the car...

Page 9: ...NETWORK CARD OUT THE REACH OF CHILDREN 4 This network card will become hot when being used for long time This is normal and is not a malfunction DO NOT put the network card on a paper cloth or other flammable objects after the network card has been used for a long time 5 There s no user serviceable part inside the network card If you found that the network card is not working properly please conta...

Page 10: ... 6 CD ROM drive At least 100MB of available disk space 1 4 Package Contents Before you starting to use this wireless network card please check if there s anything missing in the package and contact your dealer of purchase to claim for missing items USB Wireless Network Adapter Driver Utility Quick Guide User Manual CD ROM Quick Installation Guide ...

Page 11: ...PS connection is established successfully Blinking Wireless network card is normally installed Linked to a wireless access point Transferring or receiving data Fast Blinking three times per second means WPS is activated The network card will wait for 2 minutes to establish WPS connection USB Connector Link Activity LED External Antenna WPS Button ...

Page 12: ...d 1 Insert the USB wireless network card into an empty USB port of your computer when computer is switched on Never use force to insert the card if you feel it s stuck flip the card over and try again 2 Insert device driver CDROM into the CD DVD ROM drive of your computer An instllation utility should load 3 Click Start Here to begin installation of the driver software ...

Page 13: ...6 4 Click Next to continue ...

Page 14: ... needs few minutes to complete please be patient 6 If prompted click Finish to reboot your computer to complete installation procedure If you don t want to reboot computer now select No I ll restart my computer later option and click Finish Otherwise go to step 7 ...

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Page 16: ...9 7 A new icon will appear near the clock of system tray ...

Page 17: ...ht corner of your taskbar next to the time you should see a wireless icon Clicking on the icon should show you all available wireless networks All wireless access points in proximity will be displayed here If the access point you want to use is not displayed here please try to move your computer closer to the access point or you can click Refresh network list to rescan access points Click the acce...

Page 18: ...11 On Windows 8 and 10 it would appear like so With a list of networks above it ...

Page 19: ...e here It must match the encryption setting on the access point If the access point you selected does not use encryption you ll not be prompted for security key or passphrase 3 If you can see Connected message the connection between your computer and wireless access point is successfully established ...

Page 20: ...nstructions to install your new wireless network card on a Mac 1 Insert the CD into the computer A CD icon should show up on the desktop double click on it You should see a list of files Select your Mac OS Version 2 It should open a folder You can double click on Installer pkg ...

Page 21: ...14 3 Our install program should now load Click Continue 4 Please click Agree when it prompts you for the license agreement ...

Page 22: ...15 5 Please click install ...

Page 23: ...16 6 Please type in your Mac User Account Password ...

Page 24: ...17 7 Click Continue Installation 8 The software should now install ...

Page 25: ...18 9 After the software completes the program will prompt you to restart Click Restart ...

Page 26: ... in your menu bar Note on some older operating systems a prompt will come up asking to enable the adapter in system preferences Go to system preferences click on network and click apply the adapter will then be enabled Click on the Wireless utility and it should appear You should see a list of all the wireless networks in your area Double Click to select your network ...

Page 27: ... you selected a wireless network that is password protected you will be prompted to enter in the password Please contact your network administrator or wireless router manufacturer if you do not know the key ...

Page 28: ...21 In a few seconds under Link Status you should see the HW17ACU connect to your network ...

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Page 30: ...ps 11b 1 2 5 5 11Mbps 11g 6 9 12 24 36 48 54Mbps 11n 20MHz MCS0 7 up to 233Mbps 11n 40MHz MCS0 7 up to 450Mbps 11ac 80MHz VHTMCS0 9 up to 1300Mbps Output Power 2 4GHz 11b 11M 17 1 5dBm 11g 54M 15 1 5dBm 11n 20MHz MCS7 13 1 5dBm 11n 40MHz MCS7 13 1 5dBm 5GHz 11a 54Mbps 13 1 5dBm 11n 20MHz MCS7 12dBm 1 5dBm 11n 40MHz MCS7 12dBm 1 5dBm 11ac 80MHz MCS9 10dBm 1 5dBm Receive Sensitivity 2 4GHz 11b 79 2d...

Page 31: ...m 11ac 80MHz VHTMCS9 51 2dBm Securities WEP 64 128 WPA WPA2 802 1x Support Antenna 2 Internal PIFAAntenna and 1 Dipole Antenna 3T3R Drivers Windows 7 Mac OS 10 6 LED Link Activity Dimension 3 4 L x 1 0 W x 2 6 D in Temperature 32 104 F Humidity 10 95 NonCondensing ...

Page 32: ...t 3 Ad hoc function must be enabled for the wireless device you wish to establish a direct wireless link 4 Please adjust the position of network card you may have to move your computer if you re using a notebook computer and click Rescan button for few more times If you can find the wireless access point or wireless device you want to connect by doing this try to move closer to the place where the...

Page 33: ... 4 GHz band 802 11g is quickly becoming the next mainstream wireless LAN technology for the home office and public networks 802 11g defines the use of the same OFDM modulation technique specified in IEEE 802 11a for the 5 GHz frequency band and applies it in the same 2 4 GHz frequency band as IEEE 802 11b The 802 11g standard requires backward compatibility with 802 11b The standard specifically c...

Page 34: ...ecific Ad hoc LAN is called a Basic Service Set BSS Computers in a BSS must be configured with the same BSS ID 8 What is WEP WEP is Wired Equivalent Privacy a data privacy mechanism based on a 40 bit shared key algorithm as described in the IEEE 802 11 standard 9 What is TKIP TKIP is a quick fix method to quickly overcome the inherent weaknesses in WEP security especially the reuse of encryption k...

Page 35: ...ise Direct sequence spread spectrum DSSS generates a redundant bit pattern for each bit to be transmitted This bit pattern is called a chip or chipping code The longer the chip is the greater the probability that the original data can be recovered Even if one or more bits in the chip are damaged during transmission statistical techniques embedded in the radio can recover the original data without ...

Page 36: ...te WPS function and WPS compatible wireless clients and access point will establish connection by themselves There are two types of WPS PBC Push Button Configuration and PIN code 16 What is WMM Wireless QoS When enabled on your supported router gives priority to voice and video traffic over WiFi Any WiFi devices that are video messaging or watching streaming video will have higher priority over ot...