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Wireless N PCI Adapter
Model # AWLH6075
User’s Manual
Rev. 1.0
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Table of Contents 1. Introduction ..............................................................................................................................2 1.1 Package Contents................................................................................................................2 1.2 Features...............................................................................................................................2 2. Install the Wireless PCI Adapter ...................
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1. Introduction Congratulations on your purchase of the Wireless N PCI Adapter. Its high bandwidth combined with extended wireless coverage delivers fast and reliable connection for all of your networking applications especially when used with other Airlink101® Wireless N, Wireless 300N products. 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 Monitor utility allows you to set up the adap
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2. Install the Wireless PCI Adapter Step 1 SWITCH THE COMPUTER OFF, remove the cover and insert the wireless PCI adapter into an available PCI slot of your computer. Step 2 Fasten the 2 antennas to the antenna connectors on the wireless PCI adapter. Step 3 To improve radio reception, please adjust antennas to the position shown in the following picture. Step 4 Switch on the computer. Step 5 Click Cancel when you see the Found New Hardware Wizard. (Windows XP) (Wind
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Step 6 Insert the Installation CD in the CD drive. When the autorun screen pops up, select Install Utility and Driver. Windows Vista Users: When you get warning message(s), make sure that you click Allow to continue with the installation of the driver software. Step 7 Click Next. 4
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Step 8 Click Next to start installing the software. For Windows XP, click Continue Anyway at the Windows Logo Screen. 5
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Step 9 Click Finish and restart your computer as prompted. Step 10 You will see the Airlink101 Wireless Monitor pops up. 6
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Congratulations! The Wireless N PCI Adapter has now been successfully installed on your computer. 7
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3. Connect to Wireless Network This section describes how to connect your wireless adapter to a wireless network. Note: If the Airlink101 Wireless Monitor does not open on your desktop, you can open the Airlink101 Wireless Monitor utility by double clicking on the Airlink101 Wireless Monitor Utility icon in the system tray at the bottom right-hand corner of your screen. If the icon does not appear in the system tray, go to Start → Programs → Airlink101 → Airlink101 Wireless Monitor.
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Step 3 After the adapter connects to the wireless network successfully, a blue triangle will appear at the front of your wireless network. 9
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4. Configure Wireless Monitor This section describes the various functions of the Wireless Monitor that you can configure. Some general functions of this utility will be described here, and the features of each tab will be described in the following sections. Top Menu: Click on the buttons to go to the specific settings/information you need to change/view. RF ON/OFF: Click on RF ON/OFF to switch on/off the wireless connection. Click on the down/up arrow on the right hand side to d
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Extra Info: Displays the link status (‘Link is up’ or Link is down’, and the radio transmitting power of your network card. Channel: Displays the radio channel being used now. Authentication: Shows the authentication mode that access point or wireless device uses. If the wireless access point does not require authentication, you’ll see ‘Unknown’ displayed here. Encryption: Shows the encryption method that access point or wireless device uses. If the wireless access point does not e
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4.1 Profile The Profile tab lists the current profiles and allows you to manage and create new profiles. The Profile List box lists all the profiles that you’ve created for your networks. You can create a profile for a wireless network you use very often at certain area, such as the wireless network at your home or office so that you can interchange connections more easily. You will need to manually add in these profiles. To modify an existing profile, select the profile from
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4.2 Network The Network tab lists all of the available networks that the network card detects in your area. Rescan: Clicking Rescan will refresh the network list. Connect: To connect to a wireless network, please refer to Step 1 to 3 in Chapter 3. Add to Profile: To add a network to profile, please follow the instructions below. Step 1 Under Network tab, select a desired network, and click Add to Profile. Step 2 Specify a Profile Name, and configure other settings if needed
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Profile Name: Please give this profile a name, up to 32 alphanumerical Characters and symbols are allowed, but space is not allowed. SSID: The SSID of the wireless access point or wireless device you selected will be displayed here. But if the SSID of access point or wireless device is not available, you have to input it here manually. PSM (Power Saving Mode): Select CAM (constantly awake mode, keeping the wireless radio activity when not transferring data), or PSM (Power saving mode,
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Step 4 Select the profile you just created and click Activate. 15
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4.3 Advanced This wireless network card provides several advanced settings for experienced wireless users. You can change these settings to increase data transfer performance, or change operation mode. Wireless mode: Select wireless mode, only 2.4G (single bandwidth) is available here. Enable TX Burst: Check this box to accelerate the data transmit rate. It may not work with all wireless access points and wireless devices. Enable TCP Window Size: Check this box and the configu
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4.4 Statistics The Statistics section gives you information about transmit and receive packet count. Click Reset Counter to reset all counters to zero. 4.5 WMM The AWLH6075, Wireless N PCI Card provides QoS (Quality of Service) function, which can improve the performance of certain network applications, like audio / video streaming, network telephony (VoIP), and others. When you enable WMM (Wi-Fi MultiMedia) function of this network card, you can define the priority of different
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WMM Enable: Check this box to enable WMM function. Please click ‘Apply’ button on the right of this check box after you check or uncheck this box, so corresponding settings in this window will be activated or deactivated respectively. WMM - Power Save Enable: Enable WMM power saving mode to save energy and let your battery live longer. AC_BK (Background / Low Priority), AC_BE (Best Effort), AC_VI (Video First), and AC_VO (Voice First): Check one or more options; when the checked ty
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4.6 WPS (Security Push Button) WPS is a new and easy way to configure the encryption for your wireless network clients. In order to use it, you need to have a router that supports this feature, like the AR675W Airlink101 Wireless N Green Router. You also need to configure the wireless encryption on the router; you should find the instructions for configuring it in the router User Manual. If your wireless router does not support WPS, you will need to set up the wireless security manually
