Airlink101 Network Card AWLH6070 User Manual

150N Draft 802.11n Wireless PCI Adapter

Model # AWLH6070

User’s Manual

Rev. 1.0

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1. Introduction

Congratulations on your purchase of the 150N Draft 802.11n Wireless PCI Adapter. The

150N PCI Adapter provides wireless data rate of up to 300 Mbps* downlink and

150Mbps* uplink when used with other AirLink101® 150N or 300N wireless products.

The high bandwidth combined with extended wireless coverage delivers fast and

reliable connection for all of your networking applications.

A full range of security features such as WEP, WPA-PSK, and WPA2-PSK provide the

highest level of wireless network security. The bundled Wireless Utility allows you to set

up the adapter with an easy-to-use user interface. Best of all the 150N PCI Adapter

works with 802.11g and 802.11b network devices ensuring compatibility with your

existing wireless products.

1.1 Package Contents

Before you begin the installation, please check the items of your package. The package

should include the following items:

• Wireless PCI Adapter

• 2 Antennas

• Quick Installation Guide

• Installation CD (Driver/Utility/Manual)

1.2 Features

• Industry’s highest wireless data rate with IEEE 802.11n draft specification 2.0.

• 2 antennas for wider coverage and continuous connectivity eliminates dead spots

• 64-bit/128-bit WEP encryption, Pre-shared Key (PSK), and Wi-Fi Protected

Access (WPA2) and WPA support provide full protection for your wireless

connection

• Higher data rate increases the reliability and stability of wireless connections

• Great for environments with higher wireless data traffic requirements

• Fully backward-compatible with 802.11b/g devices

• Works best with other AirLink101® 150N and 300N wireless products

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2. Installation

This section provides instructions on how to install the 150N Draft 802.11n Wireless

PCI Adapter. The driver is installed along with the utility.

Step 1 Insert the PCI adapter into an available PCI slot and turn on your computer.

Step 2 After turning on the computer, Windows will launch the Found New Hardware

Wizard. The Found New Hardware Wizard appears differently depending on your

operating system. Click Cancel to quit the wizard and insert the Installation CD into your

CD drive.

Step 3 The Autorun screen will pop up. Select Install Utility and Driver from the menu.

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Note: If the Autorun screen doesn’t appear automatically, or if you get a blank white

screen, go to Start, Run, and type D:\Utility\Setup.exe (where D is the letter of your

CD drive) and click OK.

Windows Vista users: At this point, you may get a warning message like the one

below. Make sure that you click Allow to continue with the installation.

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Step 4 Click Next at the welcome screen.

Step 5 Click Next to accept the default destination folder.

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Step 6 Click Continue Anyway at the Windows Logo Screen. (For Windows 2000, click

Yes at the Digital Signature Not Found prompt).

For Windows Vista, click the Install this driver software anyway button when the

security warning appears.

Step 7 Click Yes, I want to restart my computer now and then Finish to restart your

computer.

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Step 8 After the computer is restarted, Windows will ask to connect to Windows

Update, select No, not this time and click Next. If this screen does not appear, you can

skip to section 2.2.

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Step 9 Select Install the software automatically and click Next.

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Step 10 Click Continue Anyway at the Windows Logo Screen.

(For Windows 2000, click Yes at the Digital Signature Not Found prompt).

For Windows Vista, click the Install this driver software anyway button when the

security warning appears.

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Step 11 Click Finish.

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3. Configuring the Adapter

This section describes how to connect your wireless adapter to a wireless network.

Note to Windows XP Users:

You must disable the Wireless Zero Configuration Utility in order to use the bundled

Wireless Utility. Please follow the steps below to disable XP’s wireless utility. Windows

Vista users can skip the following instructions and go to Step 1

Double-click on the Wireless Network Connection Icon in the system tray and then

click on Properties or Advanced.

When the new wireless network connection properties window appears, go to the

Wireless Networks tab, uncheck the “Use Windows to configure my wireless

network settings” check box and click OK.

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Step 1 To open the utility, double click on the Wireless Monitor icon in the system tray

at the bottom right-hand corner of your screen.

Step 2 Go to the AP List tab, select the SSID (Network Name) of the wireless network

you wish to connect to, and click Connect.

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If the network you are attempting to connect to is configured for encryption, you will see

an orange lock icon next to the network.

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When you click on it and click connect, a box will pop up requesting the wireless

encryption key for the router. Enter the encryption key into the box and click OK.

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Step 3 You should now be connected. You should see “Connected” in the top, right

hand corner, and there will be a blue circle around the antenna icon next to the network

name.

Troubleshooting: If you are experiencing problems with the connection (unable to

connect, low signal strength, slow connection speed, not working, unstable wireless

connection) you will want to tune your router’s signal by changing channels on the

router.

You do not need to change the channel on the card, it will automatically pick up the new

channel after you reboot. The only channel that you need to change is the router’s

channel.

Your router has 11 different channels to choose from. Start with channel 1 and work

your way up. Each time you change the channel on the router, make sure that you

restart the wireless computer before trying to connect again. Keep going through the

channels until you find one that gives you a stable connection.

For instructions on changing channels, refer to the documentation that came with your

router.

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4. Wireless Monitor

This section describes the various functions of the Wireless Monitor that you can

configure, including the settings of wireless encryption.

4.1 Wireless Information

The Wireless Information box at the top of the window provides you with the status of

the current connection, including signal, network name (SSID), IP Address and router

channel.

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4.2 AP List

The AP List tab displays all the available wireless networks detected by the Wireless

Adapter. Simply select the wireless network you wish to connect to and click Connect.

If you have created multiple profiles, you can use the profile chooser at the bottom to

select the specific profile you want to use. Then click Activate to enable that profile.

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4.3 Profile Settings

This section provides instructions on using the Profile Settings section of the wireless

monitor.

The My Wireless Networks box lists the different profiles you’ve created for the

different networks that you use. Profiles are automatically created and added to this list

when you connect to new networks. You can also manually add profiles.

To modify an existing profile, select that profile from the My Wireless Networks box

and click on modify.

To create a new profile, click on New.

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The Profile Settings box will appear allowing you to specify the settings for your new

profile or change settings for your existing profile.

Once you are finished entering the settings, click OK to save the changes.

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4.4 Configuring Encryption

This section describes the different types of encryption available and how to configure

them. In most cases, encryption will be automatically configured and all that will need to

be entered is the key, as described in Section 3 Step 2. The only time you will need to

manually configure the encryption settings is if you are creating a custom profile.

Click on Profile Settings then New.

The profile settings box will appear. This is where you will change your encryption

settings. As you can see you have five different options to choose from.

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These three are meant for the home user:

None: No encryption in use

WEP: The most popular but least secure form of encryption

WPA/WPA2-PSK: The most secure and recommended level of encryption

The remaining two are for use in a corporate environment that utilizes authentication

servers. If you do not know if you have an authentication server, you probably don’t and

will want to stick with the three options above.

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Configuring WEP encryption

Select WEP from the Set Security Option box.

Under Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP), you will want to select Shared or Open,

depending on the router settings.

In the Key box, you will want to type in the encryption key for the router. If you check

the Show text in the password field box, your key will appear in the box as you are

typing it instead of showing only asterisks. This is helpful as it allows you to double

check the key before saving the changes.

Key Length will also be predetermined by the router. Refer to your routers settings to

find out what you should select here.

Key Index is the key on the router that is currently in use. Refer to your routers settings

to find out what you should choose.

Once you are done, click OK to save your settings.

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Configuring WPA/WPA2-PSK Encryption (for home users)

Select WPA/WPA2-PSK from the Set Security Option box.

Under Passphrase Settings select either TKIP or AES depending on the settings for

your router.

Enter the encryption key into the KEY box.

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Configuring WPA/WPA2 Encryption (for corporate networks)

Select WPA/WPA2 from the Set Security Option box.

Under Advanced Security Settings select either TKIP or AES depending on the

settings for your router.

Click on Advanced Config to enter your authentication settings.

The adapter supports EAP-TLS, LEAP, EAP-TTLS, and PEAP authentication methods.

Refer to your system administrator for information about what settings you should enter

here.

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Configuring 802.1x authentication (for corporate networks)

Select 802.1x from the Set Security Option box.

Click on Advanced Config to enter your authentication settings.

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The adapter supports EAP-TLS, LEAP, EAP-TTLS, and PEAP authentication methods.

Refer to your system administrator for information about what settings you should enter

here.

4.5 Ad-hoc and Peer-to-Peer Wireless Networks

Ad-hoc networking is used when you want to connect two or more computers together

but you don’t have a router.

In ad-hoc mode, you lose a lot of the features that come with a router. Instead of being

able to operate at 150Mbps, the maximum connection speed is significantly less at

11Mbps. WEP encryption is the only security available in ad-hoc mode.

To set up ad-hoc mode, you will need to create a new profile.

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Open the Wireless Monitor.

Click on Profile Setting, then click on New.

The profile settings box will appear.

First change the network type to Adhoc. (Infrastructure is for when you are using a

router).

Enter a profile name into the Profile Name box so that you can identify the profile.

Type in a network name (SSID) into the SSID box

Select your desired Channel

You can also choose between no security or WEP security. If you choose WEP security,

you can follow the instructions in the Configuring Encryption section of the manual.

Click OK to save the profile.

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Once that is done, click on the AP List.

Select your new profile from the profile chooser and click Activate to enable the profile.

You will need to configure all other computers that you are planning on connecting to

your ad-hoc network with the same settings that you input on this screen. Every

computer has to be set up exactly the same. If any of the settings are different, the

network will not function.

Troubleshooting: If you are having trouble connecting, if the connection is slow, or if it

is unstable, you will want to try changing channels. Start with channel 1 and work your

way up until you find a channel that gives you a stable connection. Each time you

change the channel, save the settings, then reboot the computer. Also make sure that

you do this on every ad-hoc machine so that they will all be set to the same channel.

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4.6 About

The About tab shows the Utility, Driver, and Firmware version as well as the MAC

address of the adapter.

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Appendix A – Features

Frequency Band

System Requirements

• 150 MHz processor or better

• 64 MB RAM

• 2.4~2.5 GHz

Standards

• Available PCI slot

• IEEE 802.11b / 802.11g

• 802.11n draft 2.0

OS Compatibility

• Windows 2000/XP/Vista

Interface

• PCI

Weight

• 181g

Antenna type

• 2 external antennas

Dimensions

• 122 x 122 x 19mm (L x W x H)

Security

• WPA-PSK (TKIP)

• WPA2-PSK (AES)

Temperature

• Operating: 0ºC to 60ºC

• Storage: -20ºC to 80ºC

Transmitted Power

• 802.11b: 17 dBm@1TX;

20 dBm@2TX

Humidity

• Operating: 10% to 80% Non-

Condensing

• Storage: 5% to 90% Non-

Condensing

• 802.11g: 13 dBm@1TX;

16 dBm@2TX

• Draft 11n: 13 dBm@1TX;

16 dBm@2TX

Warranty

Data Rate

• Limited 1-year warranty

• Transmitting: Up to 150Mbps*

• Receiving: Up to 300Mbps*

Safety Approvals

• FCC, CE, IC

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Appendix B – Information

Federal Communication Commission Interference Statement

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital

device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide

reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This

equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed

and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio

communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a

particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or

television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the

user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one of the following measures:

Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.

Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.

Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the

receiver is connected.

Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.

FCC Caution: Any changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party

responsible for compliance could void the user's authority to operate this equipment.

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, and (2)

this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may

cause undesired operation.

IMPORTANT NOTE:

FCC Radiation Exposure Statement:

This equipment complies with FCC radiation exposure limits set forth for an uncontrolled

environment. This equipment should be installed and operated with minimum distance

20cm between the radiator & your body.

This transmitter must not be co-located or operating in conjunction with any other

antenna or transmitter.

The availability of some specific channels and/or operational frequency bands are

country dependent and are firmware programmed at the factory to match the intended

destination. The firmware setting is not accessible by the end user.

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European Union Notice:

Radio products with the CE marking comply with the R&TTE Directive (1999/5/EC), the

EMC Directive (89/336/EEC) and the Low Voltage Directive (73/23/EEC) issued by the

Commission of the European Community.

Compliance with these directives implies conformity to the following European Norms:

EN 60950 Product Safety

EN 150 328 Technical requirement for radio equipment

EN 301 489-1/-17 General EMC requirements for radio equipment

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Technical Support

E-mail: support@airlink101.com

Toll Free: 1-888-746-3238

Web Site: www.airlink101.com

*Theoretical maximum wireless signal rate derived from IEEE 802.11g standard and IEEE 802.11n draft specification version 2.0.

Actual data throughput will vary. Network conditions and environmental factors, including volume of network traffic, building

materials and construction, mix of wireless products used, radio frequency interference (e.g., cordless telephones and microwaves)

as well as network overhead lower actual data throughput rate. Specifications are subject to change without notice. All products and

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