Wireless LAN USB Stick
AWL400
User Manual
Version 1.1
June 2002
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Notice II
FCC Warning
The AWL400 compiles 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.
Note:
The AWL400 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 protection 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 interference 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 forWin98SE/WinME/Win2000 ......................................3
2.2 Installation forWinXP ...........................................................................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
4.6Version.....................................................................................................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:
ꢀ AWL400Wireless LAN USB Stick
ꢀ USB cable
ꢀ Software CD containing user manual and utility
ꢀ Quick Start Guide
ꢀ Warranty card
1-2 System Requirements
Before using your AWL400, please check that you have the following required items:
ꢀ PC/Notebook with USB port and CD-ROM drive
ꢀ MicrosoftWindows 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
Steady Blue
Description
When connecting to PC
PWR
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Chapter 2. Installation
2.1 Installation forWin98SE/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 forWinXP
Insert AWL400 USB Stick into your PC, and then Windows will show the dialog –
‘Found New HardwareWizard’.
Select ‘Install from a list or specific location (Advanced)’ and press Next
button.
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Select ‘Include this location in the search’ 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.
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.
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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.
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 as
reported by the radio, averaged over all frames over 100 bytes long received from
the Access Point.
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.
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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 BSSID area to associate with the
AP which user wants 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 – DisableWEP function
64 Bit – EnableWEP with 64 bit Key
128 Bit – EnableWEP with 128 bit Key
WEP Key to use
Select one of these four keys.
WEP Mode
SelectWEP mode – Mandatory or Optional
AuthenticationType
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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4.6Version
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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