User manual ALFA NETWORK AWUS036H

[. . . ] AWUS036H USB Adapter User Manual V1. 3 1 USING THIS DOCUMENT This document provides detailed user guidelines for AWUS036H USB Adapter operation and setting-up. Though every effort has been made to ensure that this document is up-to-date and accurate, more information may have become available subsequent to the production of this guide. Content Chapter 1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Chapter 2 Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Chapter 3 Installation/ Uninstallation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 3. 1 Installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 3. 2 Uninstallation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Chapter 4 RtWLAN: Wireless LAN Management GUI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 4. 1 Introduction of Main Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 4. 2 Station Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 4. 3 AP Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Appendix 1: How to Use 802. 1x ( Step by Step ). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 2 Chapter 1 Introduction Thank you for purchasing AWUS036H USB Adapter. AWUS036H USB Adapter is a perfect combination of both performance and cost-effective product introduced. It is sincerely hoped that you can enjoy the wireless world through this solidly profiled wireless adapter. [. . . ] Please read the following explanations before you reviewing these pages, it could help you to well understand the wireless environment around the system. It is easy to use to switch property pages just by clicking left button of mouse on the title of each page. The following six sections describe detailed information of each page. 19 A. General Page This page represents the general information of this adapter. 1. Status The status of station connection to AP. Speed Current transition speed in Mbps 3. Type (Mega-Bits-Per-Second). Current wireless LAN configuration type. Encryption Current encryption mode used. Signal Strength The average signal quality of packets received from wireless network. We recommend connecting AP with over 70% signal strength. Throughput Diagram Current throughput, including transmission (Tx) and total traffic (Total). Network Address Mac Address: six two-digital number of this Wireless LAN USB adapter IP Address: assigned network address by DHCP server or 20 self-definition in four three-digital number format. Subnet Mask: the only valid value is 2555. 255. 255. 0 Gateway: It comes from connected AP. Your system can not connect internet with this field empty. B. Profile Page This page provides profiles management such as add, remove, edit and duplicate just by pressing the respected button. Available Profile(s) The list box shows all the created profiles. 1. Add Add a new profile for AP or IBSS (Ad-Hoc mode). Duplicate Make copy of selected profile. Set Default Set the selected profile as default selection. Available Network Page This page presents all BSS, including AP and IBSS, around this system. You can pick any one of these network connections. 21 C. Available Network(s) Show network connection around this system 1. [. . . ] Beacon Interval This filed indicates the interval between each beacon that this AP sends out in unit of TU (1024 micro-seconds). DTIM Period The DTIM Period field is the number of Beacon intervals between successive DTIMs. Preamble Mode Long: higher quality but with lower performance than preamble short mode. Short: Normal quality but with higher performance then preamble long mode. [. . . ]