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CONTENTS 1 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................. 1 1.1 1.2 1.3 Features ......................................................................................................................... 1 Specifications................................................................................................................ 1 Package Contents ..........................................................................................................
1 Introduction Thank you for purchasing the Hawking Technologies Wireless-108G USB Adapter with Removable Antenna. This device complies with the IEEE 802.11g standard, which supports up to 108Mbps high-speed wireless networking when paired with the Hawking Wireless-108G router. It is also backwards compatible with IEEE 802.11b devices. The HWUG1A is a high quality, high performance wireless product that has been designed for improved distance and throughput.
• • • • • • Antenna: Hi-Gain Advanced Dual Design 5/5dBi Antenna (Rotate and Swivel) Drivers: Mac OSX 10.3 – 10.4 (Supports Tiger OS) LEDs: Power, Link Transmit Power: 16dBm~18dBm (Before Antenna) Power consumption: Tx: 350mA, Rx: 250mA Receive Sensitivity: 54Mbps OFDM, 10% PER, -70dBm, 11Mbps CCK, 8% PER, -86dBm, 1Mbps BPSK, 8% PER, -92dBm • • • • Dimension: 8(H) x 118(W) x 54(D) mm Temperature: 32~131°F (0 ~55°C) Humidity: Max. 95% (NonCondensing) Certification: FCC, CE, WEEE 1.
2 Installation Procedure Before you proceed with the installation, please notice following descriptions. Note1: Please do not install the wireless adapter into your laptop computer before installing the software program from the CD. Note2: The following installation was operated under Apple OSX 10.3 Panther. are similar for other operating systems) (Procedures Note3: If you have installed the Wireless adapter driver & utility before, please uninstall the older version first. A.
iii. Click Continue to begin (Note: the setup wizard may look different depends on the version of Mac OS X you are using. ) B. Select the location on your computer where you wish to install the software and click “Continue.” C. The system will begin to install the software utility for the HWU54DMA. You may be prompted to enter your administrator login information. If so please enter your user information and select “Continue.” D.
E. When setup has completed. Click Restart to complete the driver installation. F. When your computer has successfully restarted. Insert the Hi-Gain Mini USB Wireless-G Adapter into an available USB port on your desktop or notebook computer. - Insert the USB adapter firmly into the USB port to ensure a proper connection is made. - When the adapter is inserted carefully lift the antenna unit upright.
2) System Preferences and Network Settings (a) Click the APPLE icon on the top left corner of your desktop and open the SYSTEM PREFERENCES menu. (b) If this is your first time using the Wireless-G USB adapter on your computer, you will need to enable the device before using the Wireless Utility. In the System Preferences page, locate the NETWORK icon and double click it to access the control panel. (c) The new USB wireless adapter will automatically be detected. Click “OK” to continue.
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.
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.
Connect Button Click “Connect” to connect to the selected network. Add to Profile Button Add the selected network to Profiles list. 3.2 Profile 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.
3.2.1 Configure the Profile System Configuration Parameter Description Profile Name Define a recognizable profile name for you to identify the different networks. SSID 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 card and then only the device with the same SSID can interconnect to the card.
Parameter Description Network Type Infrastructure – This operation mode requires the presence of an 802.11 Access Point. All communication is done via the Access Point or Router. Ad-Hoc – Select this mode if you want to connect to another wireless station in the Wireless LAN network without going through an Access Point or Router. Peer to Peer. Transmit Power If you wish to lower the transmit power of the card to save the power of your system, you can select the lower percentages from the list.
Authentication vs. Security Parameter Description Authentication Type This setting has to be consistent with the wireless networks that the card intends to connect to. All security keys within a network must match to allow successful communications. None – No authentication is needed among the wireless network. Shared – Only wireless stations using a shared key (WEP Key identified) are allowed to connecting each other.
Parameter Description Encryption Mode None – 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. TKIP – TKIP (Temporal Key Integrity Protocol) changes the temporal key every 10,000 packets (a packet is a kind of message transmitted over a network.) This insures much greater security than the standard WEP security.
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 Description Status Display the SSID and MAC ID of the network the card is connecting to. Current Channel Display the number of the radio channel and the frequency used for the networking.
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.
3.4 Statistics This option enables you to view the available statistic information with its Tx counts (Tx success, Tx error, RTS Success and RTS Failed), and its Rx counts (Rx success, Rx error). You may reset the counters by clicking ”Reset Counter”.
3.5 Advanced This option enables you to configure more advanced settings, for example: wireless mode, protection mode and etc. Parameter Description Wireless Mode 802.11 B/G mix – If you have a mix of 802.11b and 802.11g wireless stations in your network, it is recommended to setting the card to this mode. This mode is also the default setting. 802.11 B only – This card can be compatible with both 802.11g and 802.11b wireless stations. If there are only 802.
On – Always enable the protection mode. Off – Always disable the protection mode. Parameter Description ADHOC_OFDM When the network type is in Ad Hoc mode, that the card can only work in 11b data rate. It is defined by Wi-Fi organization. If you want to enable the data rate up to 54Mbps (11g), select “ADHOC_OFDM”. Tx Rate There are several options including Auto/1/2/5.5/11/6/9/12/18/24/36/48/54Mbps for you to select.
4 Troubleshooting This chapter provides solutions to problems usually encountered during the installation and operation of the adapter. 1. What is the IEEE 802.11g standard? 802.11g is the new IEEE standard for high-speed wireless LAN communications that provides for up to 54 Mbps data rate in the 2.4 GHz band. 802.11g is quickly becoming the next mainstream wireless LAN technology for the home, office and public networks. 802.11g defines the use of the same OFDM modulation technique specified in IEEE 802.
6. What is BSS ID？ A specific Ad hoc LAN is called a Basic Service Set (BSS). Computers in a BSS must be configured with the same BSS ID. 7. What is WEP？ WEP is Wired Equivalent Privacy, a data privacy mechanism based on a 40 bit shared key algorithm, as described in the IEEE 802 .11 standard. 8. 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.
13. What is Spread Spectrum？ Spread Spectrum technology is a wideband radio frequency technique developed by the military for use in reliable, secure, mission-critical communication systems. It is designed to trade off bandwidth efficiency for reliability, integrity, and security.
