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BENQ Corporation Wir eless LAN USB Stick AW L 4 0 0 User Man ual V ersion 1.1 J une 2002[...]
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BENQ Corporation i Notice I Cop yright Statement This manual cannot be r eproduced in an y form or by an y means or used to mak e any derivativ e such as translation, transformation, or adaptation without the prior written permission of BenQ Corporation. BenQ Corporation r eser v es the righ t to change this manual and the specifications to impr ov[...]
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BENQ Corporation ii Notice II FCC Warning The A WL400 compiles with Part 15 of the FCC rules. Operation is subject to the following tw o conditions. (1) This device ma y not cause harmful interfer ence . (2) This device must accept an y interfer ence receiv ed, including interfer ence that ma y cause undesired operation. Note: The AWL400 has been t[...]
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BENQ Corporation iii T able of Contents Wir eless LAN USB Stick ................................................................. i T able of Contents ........................................................................... iii Chapter 1. Introduction .................................................................. 1 1-1 Pr oduct Kit .........[...]
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BENQ Corporation 1 Chap ter 1. Intr oduction Thank y ou for pur chasing a BenQ A WL400 Wireless LAN USB Stick. The A WL400 Wir eless LAN USB Stick lets y ou connect to y o ur netw ork and the Internet without needing to be tether ed to a fix ed location by a ph ysical cable , while still getting the same data transfer rates as with traditional Ethe[...]
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BENQ Corporation 2 Pr oduct Kit Befor e installation, mak e sur e th at y ou ha ve the f ollowing items: A WL400 Wireless LAN USB Stick USB cable Softwar e CD containing user manual and utility Quick Start Guide Wa r r a n t y c a r d 1-2 System Requir ements Befor e using your A WL400, please check that you [...]
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BENQ Corporation 3 Chap ter 2. Installation 2.1 Installation for Win98SE/WinME/Win2000 Ex ecute Setup.ex e in the A WL400 dir e ctor y in BENQ Wir eless LAN CD . For example , if y our CD-R OM has a drive D , please ex ecute D:A WL400Setup .ex e . Pr ess Next button[...]
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BENQ Corporation 4 Pr ess Br o wse , if you want to change destination location of a pplications, and then pr ess Next button. The folder name will be A WL400. Pr ess Next button if y ou don’ t want to change it.[...]
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BENQ Corporation 5 Pr ess Finish and r estar t y our computer .[...]
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BENQ Corporation 6 After complete installation, y ou will get the following icon in y our PC Star t Menu.[...]
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BENQ Corporation 7 2.2 Installation for WinXP Inser t A WL400 USB Stick into y o ur PC, an d then Windows will show the dialog – ‘Found N ew Har dware Wizard’. Select ‘ Install fr om a list or sp ecific location (Advanced) ’ and press Next button.[...]
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BENQ Corporation 8 Select ‘ Include this location in the sear ch ’ and browse the BENQ Wir eless LAN CD to find A WL400. For example, if y our CD-R OM is drive D , the location is D:A WL400WinXP . Pr ess Continue An ywa y[...]
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BENQ Corporation 9 Please wait while coping files. Pr ess Finish .[...]
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BENQ Corporation 10 Chap ter 3. Uninstallation T o uninstall A W L400, you c an r emov e A WL400 fr om Add/Remov e Pr ograms Pr oper ties in Contr ol Panel as the follo wing figure. Pr ess Add/Remo ve Pr ess OK if y ou r eally want to r emove A WL400.[...]
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BENQ Corporation 11 Pr ess Finish when uninstall successfully complete d and then y ou must restart your computer .[...]
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BENQ Corporation 12 Chapter 4. Configuration & Monitor Utility 4.1 Monitor Operating Mode Infr astructure Mode In this mode , the driver will scan all a v ailable channels continuously until one or mor e Access P o ints ar e found that matches it s SSID . When it gets to that point, it will tr y to authenticate and a ssociate with the Access P [...]
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BENQ Corporation 13 Channel This field shows the curr ent radio cha nnel used for an activ e connection. SSID Ser vice Set Identity Tx Rate This field shows the curr ent transmit ra te which ar e being used for an activ e connection. Int. Roaming (not suppor ted by this model, A WL400) Radio (not suppor ted b y this model, A WL40 0) Status The curr[...]
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BENQ Corporation 14 4.2 Statistics The Statistics page shows the counts of pack ets transmitted and receiv ed. Pr ess Clear button to set these numbers to zer o .[...]
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BENQ Corporation 15 4.3 Site Sur ve y The Site Sur v ey page sho ws the APs nearby . After pr essing “ Re-Scan ” button to sear ch APs nearby , users can double click on the BSSID area to assoc iate with the AP which user wants to connect.[...]
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BENQ Corporation 16 4.4 Encr yption According to WEP function select, this pan el allows the entry of 64-bit encr yption and 128-bit k ey . Each k ey must consist of hex digits to be written to the driv er and r egistr y . This means that only digit 0-9 and letters A-F ar e valid entries. Ther efor e , if enter ed incorr ectly , the pr ogram will n[...]
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BENQ Corporation 17 4.5 Advanced The Advanced page sets the pr eamble ty pe and thr eshold of fragme ntation and R TS/CTS. Pr ess Submit button to apply y our changes[...]
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BENQ Corporation 18 4.6 V ersion Y ou ma y learn the pr oduct version including the detail of Driv er , Firmware, Application, and MA C Addr ess fr om this “V ersion” tab. When users wish to r epor t their pr oblems to technical suppor t, they must ha v e this v ersion number .[...]