Benq AWL400 WLAN USB Dongle User Manual scan 7 XDW

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Users Manual

BENQ Corporation
Wireless LAN USB Stick
AWL-400
User Manual
Version 1.1
June 2002
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Notice I
Copyright Statement
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the specifications to improve products without prior notice. So you
can get the most recent software and user documentation for all
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Contents subject to change without prior notice. BenQ is a
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belong to their respective proprietors.
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Notice II
FCC Warning
The AWL-400 compiles with Part 15 of the FCC rules.
Operation is subject to the following two conditions.
( ) This device may not cause harmful interference.
( ) This device must accept any interference received, including
interference that may cause undesired operation.
Note:
The AWL-
400 has been tested and found to comply with the
limits for a Class B digital device and a low power transmitter,
pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC rules. These limits are designed
to provide reasonable prote
ction against harmful interference
when the equipment is operated in a residential environment.
This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio
frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance
with the instructions, may cause harmful int
erference to radio
communications. However, there is no guarantee that
interference will not occur in a particular installation.
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Table of Contents
Wireless LAN USB Stick................................................................. i
Table of Contents ........................................................................... iii
Chapter 1. Introduction ..................................................................1
1-1 Product Kit ............................................................................ 2
1-2 System Requirements.......................................................... 2
1-3 Mechanical Description........................................................ 2
Chapter 2. Installation ....................................................................3
2.1 Installation for Win98/WinME/Win2000.............................. 3
2.2 Installation for WinXP.......................................................... 7
Chapter 3. Uninstallation .............................................................10
Chapter 4. Configuration & Monitor Utility................................12
4.1 Monitor................................................................................12
4.2 Statistics.............................................................................14
4.3 Site Survey.........................................................................15
4.4 Encryption..........................................................................16
4.5 Advanced ...........................................................................17
4.6 Version................................................................................18
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Chapter 1. Introduction
Thank you for purchasing a BenQ AWL400 Wireless LAN USB Stick. The
AWL400 Wireless LAN USB Stick lets you connect to your network and the
Internet without needing to be tethered to a fixed location by a physical cable,
while still getting the same data transfer rates as with traditional Ethernet.
You can use it with any desktop or notebook PC with a USB port. In addition
to allowing you to enjoy the wonders of wireless networking, the AWL400
provides two operating modes —ad-hoc mode (peer-to-peer) and
infrastructure mode (station-to-AP) —to meet to your varying needs at
different purposes.
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Product Kit
Before installation, make sure that you have the following items:
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AWL400 Wireless LAN USB Stick
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USB cable
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Software CD containing user manual and utility
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Quick Start Guide
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Warranty card
1-2 System Requirements
Before using your AWL 400, please check that you have the following
required items:
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PC/Notebook with USB port and CD-ROM drive
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Microsoft Windows 98SE/ME/2000/XP operating system
1-3 Mechanical Description
Top panel of the Access Point
The following table provides an overview of each LED activity:
Activity Description
PWR Steady Blue When connecting to PC
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Chapter 2. Installation
2.1 Installation for Win98/WinME/Win2000
Execute Setup.exe in the AWL400 directory in BENQ Wireless LAN CD. For
example, if your CD-ROM has a drive D, please execute
D:\AWL400\Setup.exe.
Press Next button
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Press Browse, if you want to change destination location of applications, and
then press Next button.
The folder name will be AWL400. Press Next button if you don’t want to
change it.
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Press Finish and restart your computer.
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After complete installation, you will get the following icon in your PC Start
Menu.
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2.2 Installation for WinXP
Insert AWL400 USB Stick into your PC, and then Windows will show the
dialog – ‘Found New Hardware Wizard’.
Select ‘ Specify the location of the driver’ and press Next button.
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Select ‘Specify a location’ and browse the BENQ Wireless LAN CD to find
AWL400. For example, if your CD-ROM is drive D, the location is
D:\AWL400\WinXP.
Press Continue Anyway
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Please wait while coping files.
Press Finish.
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Chapter 3. Uninstallation
To uninstall AWL400, you can remove AWL400 from Add/Remove Programs
Properties in Control Panel as the following figure.
Press Add/Remove
Press OK if you really want to remove AWL400.
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Press Finish when uninstall successfully completed and then you must
restart your computer.
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Chapter 4. Configuration & Monitor
Utility
4.1 Monitor
Operating Mode
Infrastructure Mode
In this mode, the driver will scan all available channels continuously until
one or more Access Points are found that matches its SSID. When it gets
to that point, it will try to authenticate and associate with the Access Point.
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Ad Hoc Mode
In this mode, the driver will scan for 5 seconds to look for an existing Ad
Hoc network, which uses the same SSID.
Channel
This field shows the current radio channel used for an active connection.
SSID
Service Set Identity
Tx Rate
This field shows the current transmit rate which are being used for an active
connection.
Int. Roaming (not supported by this model, AWL400)
Radio (not supported by this model, AWL400)
Status
The current state of the driver is displayed in this field. If the state reveals
“Associated,“ it means that the normal flow of operation is in Infrastructure
mode. This shows that the PC is already connected to access point and
BSSID is also shown in the form of hex digits. At the same time, the
networking is available for the device.
In “Scanning ” state, it means that the node cannot detect the SSID to get an
access point within range and is searching for an available access point. Also,
if the driver failed to initialize for some unknown reasons, this field will display
an error message.
Link Quality
This field reveals the quality of the current connection. Only when the node is
in Infrastructure Mode does the Link Quality bar graph become active. The
bar graph displays the link quality between the node and its Access Point.
Signal Strength
The Signal Strength bar graph becomes active only when the node is in
Infrastructure Mode does. This bar graphic shows normalized signal strength
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as reported by the radio, averaged over all frames over 100 bytes long
received from the Access Point.
4.2 Statistics
The Statistics Page shows the counts of packets transmitted and received.
Press Clear button to set these numbers to zero.
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4.3 Site Survey
The Site Survey Page shows the APs nearby. After pressing “Re-Scan”
button to search APs nearby., users can double click on the SSID area to
associate with the AP which user want to connect.
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4.4 Encryption
According to WEP function select, this panel allows the entry of 64-bit
encryption and 128-bit key. Each key must consist of hex digits to be written
to the driver and registry. This means that only digit 0-9 and letters A-F are
valid entries. Therefore, if entered incorrectly, the program will not write keys
to a driver.
Encryption
Disabled – Disable WEP function
64 Bit – Enable WEP with 64 bit Key
128 Bit – Enable WEP with 128 bit Key
WEP Key to use
Select one of these four keys.
WEP Mode
Select WEP mode – Mandatory or Optional
Authentication Type
Select Open System type or Shared Key type
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4.5 Advanced
The Advanced Page sets the preamble type and threshold of fragmentation
and RTS/CTS. Press Submit button to apply your changes
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4.6 Version
You may learn the product version including the detail of Driver, Firmware,
Application, and MAC Address from this “Version” tab. When users wish to
report their problems to technical support, they must have this version
number.

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