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Golden 300N Wireless USB Adapter
Model # AWLL6077v2
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 Wireless USB Adapter....
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1. Introduction Congratulations on your purchase of the Golden 300N Wireless USB Adapter! Its high bandwidth combined with extended wireless coverage delivers fast and reliable connection for all of your networking applications. The adapter will yield a higher throughput especially when it is used with other Airlink101® Wireless 300N or Wireless N products. A full range of security features WEP, WPA-PSK, and WPA2-PSK provide you the highest level of wireless network security. The bundl
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2. Install Wireless USB Adapter This section provides instructions on how to install the Golden 300N Wireless USB Adapter. The driver is installed along with the utility. Step 2.1 Insert the USB adapter into an available USB port of your computer. Step 2.2 Click Cancel when you see the Found New Hardware Wizard. Windows XP/2000 Users: Windows Vista Users: 3
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Step 2.3 Insert the Installation CD in the CD drive. The Autorun screen will pop up. Select Install Utility and Driver from the menu. 4
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Note: If the Autorun screen doesn’t appear automatically 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: When you get warning message(s), make sure that you give permission to continue with the installation of the driver software. Step 2.4 The Airlink101 WLAN Monitor screen will popup. Click Next at the screen. Step 2.5 Click Install to begin the installation. 5
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Step 2.6 For Windows XP, click on Continue Anyway. For Windows Vista: click on Install this driver software anyway. 6
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Please wait when Windows is installing the driver for Airlink101 Wireless Adapter and the utility, Airlink101 Wireless Monitor. Step 2.7 Click Finish to complete the installation. 7
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Step 2.8 Select Yes, I want to restart my computer now. Click Finish to complete the installation. The driver and utility have been installed. Please continue to the next section. 8
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3. Connect to Wireless Network This section describes how to connect your wireless USB adapter to a wireless network. Step 3.1 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. Step 3.2 The Easy Setup Button (Wi-Fi Protected Setup) is a new and easy way to configure the encryption for your wireless network clients. In order to use it, you n
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1. Push the Easy Setup Button of the Adapter until you see the following window pops up on the monitor. This window pops up to acknowledge you the Adapter is starting to establish a connection. 2. Within the following 2 minutes, push the Easy Setup Button (i.e. WPS Button) of the Router for 3 seconds. The picture below shows Airlink101 AR675W Wireless N Green Router. 10
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3. The router will now start the handshake with the wireless USB adapter. The connection will be established in 2 minutes. Continue to Step 3.5. If the connection is not able to establish, continue to Step 3.3. Step 3.3 Click the Available Network tab of the Wireless Monitor, select the SSID (Network Name) of the wireless network that you wish to connect to, and click Add to Profile. If the network that you are attempting to connect does not have encryption enabled, you will recei
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The Adapter will automatically detect the type of Network Authentication and the Data encryption. All you need to do is to enter the Network Key in the appropriate boxes according to the settings of the wireless router and then click OK to connect. Step 3.5 The connection should be now established. Go to General tab to check the status of the connection. Verify that IP Address, Subnet Mask and Gateway have valid numbers assigned to them (instead of all 0’s). The Status should be Asso
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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 General The General tab provides you with the status of the current connection, including signal, network name (SSID) and IP Address. At the bottom you have options for controlling the utility and adapter. Show Tray Icon allows you to show or hide the tray icon for the utility. Radio Off disables the wireless f
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4.2 Profile Settings The Profile tab lists the current profiles and allows you to add/remove/edit profiles. The Available Profile(s) box lists all the profiles that you’ve created for your network. A profile is automatically created and added to this list when you connect to a new network. You can also manually add a profile. To modify an existing profile, select the profile from the Available Profile(s) box and click on Edit. The Profile box will appear allowing you to modif
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Enter the profile settings here, including Profile Name, SSID, Network Authentication, Data Encryption and Network Key. Click OK to save the changes. The section 4.7, Configuring Encryption will give you the information of how to set the different options of the wireless network encryption settings. 16
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4.3 Available Network The Available network tab lists all of the networks that the adapter detects in your area. Clicking Refresh will refresh the list. To connect to a network, select a network from the list and click Add to Profile. 17
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4.4 Status The status section provides you with a list of information about the current status of the adapter. 18
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4.5 Statistics The Statistics section gives you information about transmit and receive packet count. 19
