User manual HAWKING HWU8DD DOCUMENT

[. . . ] These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with this user's guide, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference, in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at his/her own expense. The equipment complies with FCC RF radiation exposure limits set forth for an uncontrolled environment, under 47 CFR 2. 1093 paragraph (d)(2). [. . . ] - If you plan on using a "Static" (Manually entered) IP address for your computer you may do so here by double clicking the "USB Wireless Adapter" selection and selecting TCP/IP. - If you are using an automatically assigned IP address (MOST NETWORKS) you do not have to worry about this. Simply close the window to proceed. 6 How to Change Your IP Address to Static mode If your wireless network uses a static IP address or requires manual configuration you may do so by highlighting the USB wireless adapter(Shown above). Select "Configure" to enter the configuration menu for the wireless adapter. Select the Tab that is named TCP/IP Select the menu button for "Configure IPv4" and choose the appropriate selection You manually configure your IP Address, DNS Servers and other information here. Please contact a network administrator if you are uncertain of the settings that are required to connect to your network. When you have finished select APPLY NOW to continue. 7 3 Configuration Utility The Configuration Utility is a powerful application that helps you configure the HWU54DMA and monitor the link status and statistics of your wireless connection. Each time you insert the Hawking Hi-Gain card the Hawking Wireless Utility should automatically load. In the case that it doesn't you may manually load the Utility by using "FINDER" to view your "APPLICATIONS" folder and selecting the Hawking Wireless Utility Icon displayed on the left. 3. 1 Site Survey When you open the Configuration Utility, the system will scan all wireless channels to find all access points/stations within the accessible range of your card and automatically connect to the wireless device with the highest signal strength. When using the "Site Survey" option, all nearby networks will be listed. You can change your connection to another network or you may add one of the networks to your own profile list. Parameter AP List Description This list shows all available wireless networks within range of your card. For example: "01234567890123456789abcdef" or "administrator". 13 3. 3 Link Status From the "Link Status" option, you can view all the information of the network you are connecting to. You can use this tool in while at the same time repositioning the Hi-Gain antenna to find the optimal location for antenna placement. Parameter Status Description Display the SSID and MAC ID of the network the card is connecting to. Display the number of the radio channel and the frequency used for the networking. Current Channel Parameter Current Tx Rate Description Display the transmission rate of the network. Display the speed of data transmitted and received. Throughput (Kbits/sec) Link Quality This bar indicates the quality of the link. If you want to know the signal strength in the unit of dBm, select this check box. dBm 14 Signal Strength This bar shows the signal strength level. The higher percentage shown in the bar, the more radio signal been received by the card. This indicator helps to find the proper position of the wireless device for quality network operation. Reading the Link Status Page and Obtaining the Strongest Connection The Link Status page gives you information regarding your current wireless channel, transmit rate (speed) and link/signal quality. You will use this utility to figure out which antenna position results in the best performance and connection. 1) First you must determine where the location of your Wireless Access Point is within your network. 2) Position the directional antenna towards the location of the Access Point. 3) While viewing your Link Status utility, rotate the antenna clockwise and counter-clockwise slowly to figure out which position gives you the highest Link Quality and Signal Strength. [. . . ] AES (Advanced Encryption Standard), a chip-based security, has been developed to ensure the highest degree of security and authenticity for digital information, wherever and however communicated or stored, while making more efficient use of hardware and/or software than previous encryption standards. Compare with AES, TKIP is a temporary protocol for replacing WEP security until manufacturers implement AES at the hardware level. Can Wireless products support printer sharing Wireless products perform the same function as LAN products. Therefore, Wireless products can work with Netware, Windows 2000, or other LAN operating systems to support printer or file sharing. [. . . ]