User manual AOPEN AOI-702U

[. . . ] 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 or more of the following measures: 1. Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna. Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver. [. . . ] It takes a few seconds for copying the utility files. Click on FINISH, insert the USB adapter (AOI-702U) and restart the PC. CHAPTER W ireless LAN USB adapter (AOI-702U) comes with its own management software. This utilities application is provided and configured by you. After successful installation of the adapter, a new icon, Wireless Configuration Utility, should appear in your system tray (as figure 1). GREEN means a good connection with strong signals. RED means a poor connection or no signals at all. Double clicking on that Configuration Utility icon, or go to START -> PROGRAM ->AOPEN WIRELESS LAN ->AOI-702U -> CONFIGURATION UTILITY, you will enter the Wireless Configuration Utility program. ( as figure 2). Figure 1 Configuration Utility icon AOpen Wireless PC Adapter AOpen Wireless PC Adapter Ad Hoc: The Ad-Hoc mode is for a simple peer-to peer network. ( with no Access Point needed) Infrastructure: The infrastructure mode allows wireless users to be able to access to the wired (existed) network by using an Access Point. With Multiple access points, they provide roaming, which extend the coverage of the wireless network. Channel It specifies the channel used in wireless communication and should be set to the same channel with other wireless nodes in the same wireless network. SSID (Service Set Identifier) SSID is the unique name shared among all nodes in a wireless network. The SSID must be the same for all the nodes on the network, and is case sensitive. TX Rate: This is the current transfer rate for the network card. It should set to Fully Automatic to get the optimal performance State State is to display the current state of the linkage. It shows the BSS ID of the associated Access Point which wireless connects to the adapter. The state is showing "Scanning" when the adapter is searching for an available access point. Sometimes it is because the adapter can not detect the SSID for an access point within the range. An error message may be displayed when the driver failed to initialize. Signal Strength It is active only when the node is in Infrastructure Mode. Here displays the signal strength of the connection. Figure 2 Wireless Configuration Utility program The utility is divided into five tabs: STATUS, STATISTICS, SITE SURVEY, ENCRYPTION, ADVANCED, AND VERSION. STATUS (see figure 2) It shows the information of the linkage between this wireless pc adapter and the wireless access point. Click the CHANGE button to change the set ups, and click the SUMIT button after the configuration has been changed. [. . . ] If you can't find an answer, please check on our web site www. aopen. com. My computer does not recognize the network PC card. Make sure the USB adapter is properly inserted into the USB slot. Reinsert the USB card, and a beep should be heard if the adapter is properly inserted. [. . . ]