Limited Warranty TM Hawking Technology guarantees that every HWDN3 Hi-Gain USB Wireless-300N Adapter is free from physical defects in material and workmanship under normal use for one (1) year from the date of purchase. If the product proves defective during this one-year warranty period, call Hawking Customer Service in order to obtain a Return Authorization number. Warranty is for repair or replacement only. Hawking Technology does not issue any refunds. BE SURE TO HAVE YOUR PROOF OF PURCHASE.
This equipment complies with FCC RF radiation exposure limits set forth for an uncontrolled environment. This equipment should be installed and operated with a minimum distance of 20 centimeters between the radiator and your body. Unauthorized antenna, modification, or attachments could damage the transmitter and may violate FCC regulations.
TABLE OF CONTENTS I. OVERVIEW ......................................................................................................................................................... 5 1. FEATURES......................................................................................................................................................... 5 2. PACKAGE CONTENTS .......................................................................................................................................
I. OVERVIEW TM Thank you for purchasing the Hawking HWDN3 Hi-Gain USB Wireless-300N Dish Adapter. Now you can enjoy the latest Wireless-N technology with excellent speeds, of up to 300Mbps*. Designed with HiTM Gain Dish Technology, the USB Wireless-300N Dish Adapter extends your wireless network coverage by up to 3 times the speed and 5 times the range more than a standard Wireless-N Network. It allows you to connect a notebook or desktop to any wireless network** using the USB port.
2. Package Contents Before you begin the installation, please check the items of your package. The package should include the following items. TM One HWDN3 Hi-Gain USB Wireless-300N Dish Adapter One USB cable (3ft) One CD-ROM with User‟s Manual & Drivers for Windows and Mac Quick Installation Guide Dual Antenna – Dish Technology USB port WPS (Wi-Fi Protection Setup) LED Description Solid On Dish adapter is powered on Flashing Data communication in progress LED indicator 3.
II. FOR WINDOWS USERS 1. Installation for Windows 7/ Vista Important! (1) If you have installed the Wireless PC Adapter driver & utility before, please uninstall the old version first. (2) Be sure to save all your work, your system may automatically restart after installation. a. Insert the included CD an auto load page will appear instantly on your screen. b. Click ”Driver & Utility Install” c. Please wait a while the Wizard prepares for setup. Click “Next” to begin installation.
d. Wait while the Driver and Utility installs. e. When the installation is complete you will be prompted to restart your computer.
1.1 Connecting to a Wireless Network (Windows 7) a. Plug in the HWDN3 to an available USB port after computer restarts. b. Please wait until your system completes with the driver installation. The Adapter will automatically search and locate an open network. Select a desired network. You can locate search for the available network by clicking on the wireless icon on your system tray (bottom-right corner). c.
1.2 Connecting to a Wireless Network (Windows Vista) a. Plug in the HWDN3 to an available USB port after computer restarts. b. Your system will automatically search for the installed driver for your HWDN3 adapter and will prompt you when it is ready. e. Select a location for your network. f. If your selected network is encrypted/password protected, please enter the network security key and click “OK”. If you don‟t have the network security key, please contact your network administrator. g.
2. Installation (Windows XP) Important! Please Install the HWDN3 Driver & Utility before connecting the HWDN3 into the USB port on your computer. The HWDN3 Driver & Utility is located on the CD. The following installation was operated under Windows XP. 1. Insert the included CD an auto load page will appear instantly on your screen. 2. Click “Driver and Utility Install” 3. Please wait a while the Wizard prepares for setup. Click “Next” to begin installation.
f. Wait while the Driver and Utility installs. g. When the installation is complete you will be prompted to restart your computer. 4. After your computer restarts plug in the HWDN3 to an available USB after computer restarts.
5. Your system will recognize the new hardware, HWDN3 adapter. Please wait while it searches for the installed driver and utility. 6. A window will appear and ask if you would like to search for software online. Select “No, not at this time” and click “Next”. 7. On the next window select “Install software automatically”. Then click “Next” and wait for the software to install. 8. After the software finishes installing click “Finish”.
2.1 Connect - Using HWDN3 Wireless Utility NOTE: The HWDN3 Adapter must be connected to your computer at this point. Your home/office environment should have a wireless LAN Access Point (AP) that is available for your use. You should readily have the (security keys) to connect to those Wireless LAN Access Points (AP) Configuration utility will first automatically link with the Wireless AP if there is no security key required. If the connection is successful, a message will appear on taskbar.
2. From the Available network tab, double click on the SSID or Access the SSID and click on Connect. To see a list of available wireless networks, select Available Network tab Select Refresh. All detected service set identifiers (SSID) will be listed under SSID column. Encryption/Security/Authentication: If the selected SSID is an open network or has no encryption, “none” will be listed under the Encryption column.
3. Hawking Wireless Utility 3.1 Utility Overview NOTE: The HWDN3 Wireless Utility works best with Windows XP. For Windows 7 and Windows Vista, it is recommended to use the default Windows Wireless Utility. There are several parts to the utility screen. Please refer to the following table for the description. A C B D E Utility and Configuration tabs for the HWDN3 Adapters: General, Profiles, Available Network, Status, Statistics, and Wi-Fi Protected Setup.
PARAMETER DESCRIPTION Refresh - Refresh the list of adapters on your computer: “B“ block A Mode - There are two modes: Station and Access Point. If “Station" is selected, the adapter works as a standard wireless adapter. If “Access Point" is selected, the adapter will works as a wireless AP. View – Allows for viewing of specific items with your adapter such as the current status. About - To check the version of the software utility, select this item.
3.2 Available Network Tab When you open the Configuration Utility, the utility will do an initial scan of all the networks within your vicinity and automatically connect to the wireless network with the highest signal strength. From the “Available Network” tab, all the networks nearby will be listed. Here you can change the network that you are connected to. Parameter Description Available Network(s) This list shows all information of the available wireless networks within the range of your adapter.
3.3 General Tab To check the connection status of the adapter, select “General”. This screen shows the information of Link Speed, Network Type, Encryption Method, SSID, Signal Strength, Link Quality and Network Address of the adapter. Parameter Status Speed Encryption SSID Signal Strength Link Quality Network Address Description Shows the connection status of the adapter. Shows the current speed Infrastructure – This operation mode requires the presence of an 802.11 Access Point.
3.4 Profile Tab The “Profiles List” lets you manage the networks you connect to frequently. You are able to add/Remove/Edit/Duplicate/Set Default to manage a profile. Parameter Description Available This list shows the preferred networks for the wireless Profile(s) connection. You can add, remove, edit, duplicate the preferred networks or set one of the networks as the default connection. Add/ Remove/ Click these buttons to add/ delete/ edit the selected profiles.
Configure a Network Profile Parameter Profile Name Description Define a recognizable profile name for you to identify the different networks you are saving The SSID (up to 32 printable ASCII characters) is the unique name for the wireless network you are saving. The ID prevents Network Name the unintentional merging of two co-located wireless networks. (SSID) You may specify a SSID for the adapter and then only the device with the same SSID can interconnect to the adapter.
This setting is only available for Ad Hoc mode. Select the Channel number of the radio channel used for the ad hoc connection. The channel setting should be the same as the computer you are connecting with. This setting has to be consistent with the wireless networks that the adapter intends to connect to. Open System – No authentication is needed among the wireless network. Shared Key – Only wireless stations using a shared key (WEP Key identified) are allowed to connect with each other.
WPA2 provides data encryption via the AES. In contrast, WPA uses Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP). WEP 802.1X – It‟s a special mode for using IEEE 802.1x/EAP technology for authentication and WEP keys for data encryption. Disabled – Disable the WEP Data Encryption. WEP – Enable the WEP Data Encryption. When the item is selected, you have to continue setting the WEP Encryption keys.
128-bit – Input 26-digit Hex values as the encryption keys. For example: “01234567890123456789abcdef“. Key Index (advanced) Network Key Confirm Network Key Select one of the four keys to be the data encryption key. Please enter network security key here to make sure the password is correct. Please enter network security key here again. GTC – GTC is an authentication protocol which allows the exchange of clear text authentication credentials across the network.
Certificate Select the certificate for RADIUS server authentication Status This screen provides information regarding Hawking Technology, the driver version, settings of the wireless network the adapter is connected to, the link time and link status. 3.5 Statistics You can get real time information about packet transmissions and receiving statuses during wireless communications. If you want to recount the statistics value, please click “Reset“.
3.6 Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) is the latest wireless network technology which makes wireless network setup very simple. If you have a WPS-enabled wireless access point, and you want to establish a secure connection to it, you don‟t have to configure the wireless access point and setup data encryption by yourself.
4. Please wait while the install procedure is running and wait for few seconds to two minutes. If a wireless access point with correct PIN code is found, you‟ll be connected to that access point. 3.6.2 Push Button Config (PBC) a. Start PBC pairing procedure at access point side (please refer to the instruction given by your access point‟s manufacturer), then click „PBC‟ button in wireless configuration utility to start to establish wireless connection by WPS.
2. When the connection between this wireless network card and access point is successfully established by WPS, and the information about access point you connected to will be displayed. 3.7 NETWORK SECURITY (WEP, WPA…) If your AP/Router has a networking security key, you must enter the same security key and setting. If you do not have the Network Encryption key, please request it from the Network Administrator or the person who set up your wireless network.
Make sure the 1. Network Authentication and 2. Data encryption matches your selected Network. Finally, enter the 3. Network Key. 1 2 3 Windows Vista/7 1 2 3 Windows XP/2000 WEP Setup Instructions: (All settings should correspond with settings of the wireless AP that you are connecting to.) a. Network Authentication field: indicates the authentication type of the AP/Router. Please confirm the setting of the AP/Router. Open: WEP open system is based on request and grant.
c. Enter in AP encryption keys (64/128bits) in the box Key1~Key4. Please accept the auto selected setting of [Hex]/ [ASCII]. d. Select the current AP encryption keys from Key1~Key4. e. Press [OK] to finish setting. 3.7.2 WPA Setup WPA encryption type can be divided into WPA-PSK, WPA2-PSK, WPA (also known as WPA-EAP), and WPA2 (also known as WPA2-EAP). All settings should correspond with the wireless AP that you wish to connect to. Setting the Authentication and Security Page: a.
4. Uninstalling Hawking Utility/Driver Select Uninstall option from the start menu. Select "Yes" to remove all its features. Removing the utility is in progress. HWDN3 Driver and Utility has finished uninstalling. Select Finish.
III. FOR MAC USERS 1. Installation for Mac OSX 10.4 or later IMPORTANT: Please do not install the wireless adapter into your Mac desktop or notebook before installing the software program from the CD. The following installation was operated under Apple OSX 10.5 Leopard. (Installation Procedures are similar in other OS.
3. Welcome to the Hawking HWDN3 Hi-Gain Adapter Driver Installer. Select “Continue”. 4. Read the Important information in the following screen, then “Continue”. 5. Software License Agreement: select “Continue”. 6. Click Agree to continue.
7. Select a destination and “Continue”. 8. The driver will take 2.5MB of space on your computer. Click “Install” to continue. 9. If your computer is password protected, please enter your password to continue. 10. Again, make sure you save all your work, then select “Continue Installation”.
11. Please wait while your wizard is installing the HWDN3 Driver. 12. Finally, select “Restart”. 2. Connecting To Your Wireless Network (Mac 10.5 or later) 1. When your computer has successfully restarted. Insert the HWDN3 Hi-Gain Wireless-N USB Dish Adapter into an available USB port on your desktop or notebook computer. Insert the USB dish adapter firmly into the USB port to ensure a proper connection is made. When the adapter is inserted carefully lift the antenna unit upright.
If this is your first time using the Wireless-N USB Dish Adapter on your computer, you will need to enable the HWDN3 in your Network Preference. 2. After plugging in the Adapter, the Hawking HWDN3 Wireless Utility will automatically pop up. You will be asked to enable your WLAN card. When a NOTICE comes up, select “OK”. Then, select “Network Preferences.” Please note the “Ethernet Adapter (en15)”network interface. You will need to enable this in the Network Preferences.
4. From Hawking HWDN3 Wireless Utility, select “Available Network” tab. Then select your desired Wireless Network (SSID). 5. If your selected network has encryption, please enter the network key and confirm it. If the selected network has encryption, please enter the password and confirm it. 6. Congratulations! the asterisk sign (*) next to the selected network indicates that your are connected. 3. Connecting To Your Wireless Network (Mac 10.4~10.4.9) 1. When your computer has successfully restarted.
NOTE: If your computer or laptop already has a built-in Airport Card, please turn it off by going to the Wireless Icon on the top right corner or your screen and select “TURN OFF AIRPORT.” If this is your first time using the Wireless-N USB Dish Adapter on your computer, you will need to enable the HWDN3 in your Network Preference. 2. After plugging in the Adapter, the Hawking HWDN3 Wireless Utility will automatically pop up. You will be asked to enable your WLAN card. When a NOTICE comes up, select “OK”.
5. Click “APPLY NOW” to confirm the selection. - 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. - 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. SIDE NOTE: Configure IP Manually vs.
8. If your selected network has encryption, please enter the network key and confirm it. If the selected network has encryption, please enter the password and confirm it. 9. Congratulations! the asterisk sign (*) next to the selected network indicates that your are connected. 4. Hawking HWDN3 Wireless Utility The Hawking HWDN3 Wireless Utility is an application that helps you configure the HWDN3A and monitor the link status and statistics of your wireless connection.
4.1 Available Network When you open the Wireless Utility, the system will scan all wireless channels to find all access points/stations within the accessible range of your adapter and automatically connect to the wireless device with the highest signal strength. When using the “Available Network” 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.
Connect Button Click “Connect” to connect to the selected network. Add to Profile Button Add the selected network to Profiles list. 4.2 Profiles The “Profiles List” is for you to manage the networks you connect to frequently. You are able to Add/Delete/Edit/Activate a profile. Parameter Description Profiles List The profiles list display all the profiles and the relative information including Profile Name, SSID, Channel, etc.
Parameter Profile Name Network Name (SSID) Description Define a recognizable profile name for you to identify the different networks The SSID (up to 32 printable ASCII characters) is the unique name identified in a WLAN. The ID prevents the unintentional merging of two co-located WLANs. You may specify a SSID for the adapter and then only the device with the same SSID can interconnect to the adapter. There are two kinds of network type described as follows.
mode, known as Pre-Shared Key, the user manually enters the starting password in their access point or gateway, as well as in each wireless station in the network. WPA-PSK takes over automatically from that point, keeping unauthorized users that don‟t have the matching password from joining the network, while encrypting the data traveling between authorized devices. WPA2-PSK – WPA2-PSK is also for home and small business.
wireless network. ASCII Note: All devices in the network should use the same encryption method to ensure the communication. WEP Key can be ASCII format. Alphanumeric values or signs are allowed to be the WEP key. It is more recognizable for user. It is a text string with a maximum of 32 alphanumeric characters, for example: “Test“. The WEP Key is based upon the Passphrase PASSPHRASE determined by you.
4.3 Link Status Page 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. Obtaining the Strongest Connection First you must determine where the location of your Wireless Access Point is within your network. Position the directional antenna towards the location of the Access Point.
4.4 Information By choosing this option, you can the information about the Driver and Utility. 5. Uninstalling Hawking Utility (Mac) 1. Insert the Original Setup CD. Select “Sofware_MAC” folder.
2. Select your Mac OS (10.4 or 10.5) and the “Uninstall.command 3. Click on “Password” and enter the password for your computer, then “enter”. If your computer is not password protected, then press enter.
IV. APPENDIX A – SPECIFICATIONS Standard: IEEE 802.11b/g/n Interface: USB 2.0 Type A Frequency Band: 2.4000 ~ 2.4835GHz (Industrial Scientific Medical Band) Data Rate: 11b: 1/2/5.5/11Mbps 11g: 6/9/12/24/36/48/54Mbps 11n (20MHz): MCS0-7 (up to 72Mbps) 11n (40MHz): MCS0-7 (up to 150Mbps) Security: 64/128-bit WEP Data Encryption, WPA, WPA2 Antenna: Hi-Gain Dual Antenna – Dish Technology Drivers: Windows XP/Vista/7 or Mac 10.
V. INDEX This chapter provides solutions to problems usually encountered during the installation and operation of the adapter. 1. What is the IEEE 802.11n standard? 802.11n is an IEEE 802.11 wireless network standard that increases transmission speeds from a traditional 11Mbps (802.11b) to over 100Mbps. Currently, the HWDN3 supports up to 300Mbps. 802.11n can handle legacy 11a, 11b and 11g transmission in a mixed mode or only 11n nodes for maximum performance. It supports the 2.
7. What is TKIP? TKIP is a quick-fix method to quickly overcome the inherent weaknesses in WEP security, especially the reuse of encryption keys. TKIP is involved in the IEEE 802.11i WLAN security standard, and the specification might be officially released by early 2003. 8.
13. What is Hi-Gain and dBi? Hi-Gain is Hawking Technology‟s high performance wireless distance extending product line. It encompasses a group of products and technologies used to help solve distance issues accompanied with Wi-Fi products. A unit of measurement on antenna strength and power is dBi. The higher the dBi or gain level of an antenna the more powerful it is. 14.
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