WF-2111 150Mbps Wireless-N USB Adapter User Manual V1.
WF-2111 User manual Certification FCC CE FCC Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications.
WF-2111 User manual Package Contents The following items should be found in your package: ¾ 150Mbps Wireless-N USB Adapter ¾ Quick Installation Guide ¾ CD-Rom Make sure that the package contains above items. If any of the above items is missing or damaged, please contact the store you bought this product from.
WF-2111 User manual Content 1 INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................................... ‐ 5 ‐ 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 2 DRIVER AND HARDWARE INSTALLATION .................................................................................... ‐ 7 ‐ 2.1 2.2 3 PRODUCT OVERVIEW ..........................................................................................................................‐ 5 ‐ MAIN FEATURES ...................
WF-2111 User manual 1 Introduction 1.1 Product Overview This 150Mbps Wireless-N Adapter is a powerful USB 2.0 Adapter that installs quickly and easily with PCs. The Adapter can be used in ad hoc mode to connect directly with other wireless adapters for peer-to-peer file sharing, or in infrastructure mode to connect with a wireless access point or router. The adapter connects with 802.11n networks at up to 150Mbps, and is backwards compatible with 54Mbps 802.11g or 11Mbps 802.11b devices.
WF-2111 User manual 1.5 System Requirements ¾ ¾ ¾ ¾ ¾ Available USB 1.1 or USB 2.0 slot 300 MHz processor and 32 MB of memory CD-ROM drive An 802.11b/g/n access point (for Infrastructure Mode) or another 802.11b/g/n wireless adapter (for Ad Hoc; Peer-to-Peer networking mode.
WF-2111 User manual 2 Driver and Hardware Installation 2.1 Driver and Software Installation ¾ ¾ ¾ Insert the Driver and Utility CD-ROM into the CD-ROM driver. The Wizard should run automatically. If not, click the Start button and choose Run. In the field that appears, enter D:\autorun.exe (if ‘’D’’ is the letter of your CD-ROM drive).
WF-2111 User manual Figure 2-2 ¾ Click Install to start installing Figure 2-3 ¾ Follow the InstallShield Wizard steps, and click Finish when done.
WF-2111 User manual Figure 2-4 ¾ Now your PC or notebook will restart automatically. 2.2 Insert the Adapter The 150Mbps Wireless-N USB Adapter supports up to 150 Mbps transfer rate. This card is fully compliant with the specifications defined in IEEE802.11n standard. It is designed to complement USB2.0 computers and supports Windows2000/XP/2003/Vista/7. Figure 2-5 Install Wireless USB Adapter ¾ Power on your PC, let the operating system boot up completely, and log in succeed.
WF-2111 User manual Figure 2-6 ¾ If the Welcome to Found New Hardware Wizard displays, choose install the software automatically (Recommended), and click Next button. The driver will be installed automatically. Figure 2-7 Now you have completed the driver and hardware installation for the adapter.
WF-2111 User manual 3 System configuration This Wireless USB Adapter provides two modes: Station mode and Access Point mode, the default is Station mode. You can select remote wireless AP to connect to Internet in station mode.
WF-2111 User manual Figure 3-2 General Information ¾ Status: Wireless network Associated, Ad-hoc Mode or Not Associated. ¾ Speed: The data Tx rate and Rx rate of the current connection. ¾ Type: The type of the current wireless connection, Infrastructures or ad hoc ¾ Encryption: Current encryption. ¾ SSID: The unique name of the wireless network to which the wireless adapter is connecting ¾ Signal Strength: The signal quality of the current connection.
WF-2111 User manual 3.2 Profile Using the Profile tab (the following picture), you can add, remove, edit, duplicate, and set default a profile. Figure 3-3 3.2.1 Add ¾ Create a new Infrastructure mode profile If you want your wireless computers to communicate with other computers on your wired network via a wireless access point. Click the Add button to create a new infrastructure profile.
WF-2111 User manual Figure 3-4 When the Network Info dialog box appears (the former picture), enter a name for the new profile. Enter the Network SSID. Choose the Network Authentication Mode and Data encryption from the drop-down menu and import the network key. Then click OK button. ¾ Create a new ad-hoc mode profile If you want your wireless computers communicate with each other directly, click the Add button to create a new ad-hoc profile.
WF-2111 User manual Figure 3-6 Choose the Network Authentication Mode and Data encryption from the drop-down menu. And import the network key. Then click OK button. You have successfully created a profile. 3.2.2 Remove Select a profile and click Remove button to delete this profile (the following picture).
WF-2111 User manual Figure 3-7 3.2.3 Edit Select a profile and click Edit button to edit this profile (the following picture).
WF-2111 User manual Figure 3-9 Modify the profile information according to your demand. 3.2.
WF-2111 User manual Figure 3-11 3.2.5 Set default When you want to make one profile as a default wireless connection, you should select the profile and click Set default button. The wireless adapter will use this profile to connect to wireless network automatically when the utility running next time. Figure 3-12 3.
WF-2111 User manual Figure 3-13 Double-click the network to which you wish to connect. Figure 3-14 Refer to the former picture choose the Authorization modes and Encryption modes in the drop-down box. If the wireless network uses a Passphrase, enter the Passphrase in the Passphrase field. If the wireless network uses a WEP key, enter the WEP key in the Key field. Click the OK button to complete the network connection.
WF-2111 User manual 3.4 Status The Status tab displays the detailed information of current device and wireless connection. Figure 3-15 3.5 Statistics The Statistics tab display the stat. value of current wireless connection Tx and Rx, you can click Reset button to reset value and restart to count.
WF-2111 User manual Figure 3-16 3.6 Wi-Fi Protect Setup Wi-Fi Protect Setup (WPS) function can let you create a safety network easily. You can through ‘PIN Input Config (PIN)’ or ’Push Button (PBC)’to encrypt your network.
WF-2111 User manual Figure 3-17 WPS can connect the wireless adapter and the router in a safe way.
WF-2111 User manual Figure 3-19 ¾ Click the ‘PIN Input Config (PIN)’ in the Wi-Fi protect setup of the adapter Figure 3-20 ¾ Select the AP that you want to connect in the pop-up window, and then click ‘Select’ ¾ The connection between the adapter and the router will be established automatically. Note: If there is more than one AP on the PBC mode when you use the method 1, there will be session overlap. Please using method 2 or wait for a while push the button again.
WF-2111 User manual 4 The Access Point mode We can use the wireless USB adapter to build an access point apart from the station mode. The wireless client can connect to it if the wireless USB adapter is set to access point mode, then you can share an Internet connection with others Click Mode in the menu bar and select Access Point, then it will change to Access Point mode automatically 4.
WF-2111 User manual Figure 4-2 z z z z Profile name: The default is Access Point Mode and can’t be modified Network name (SSID): The name of this AP and can be modified Channel: You can select channel 1 to 14, which provides a choice of avoiding interference Network authentication: It contains open system, shared key, WPA-PSK and WPA2-PSK. You can configure safe encryption mode for this AP.
WF-2111 User manual 4.2 Advanced Figure 4-3 ¾ ¾ ¾ ¾ ¾ Beacon Interval: This represents the amount of time between beacon transmissions. Before a station enters power save mode, the station needs the beacon interval to know when to wake up to receive the beacon (and learn whether there are buffered frames at the access point) DTIM period: The DTIM period is set on the TIM information element on the DTIM period field.
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WF-2111 User manual 4.4 ICS Figure 4-5 You can set internet connecting sharing (ICS), select the network you want to share in the list, then click ‘apply’, the following picture appears.
WF-2111 User manual 5 Troubleshooting This chapter provides solutions to problems that may occur during the installation and operation of the Wireless USB Adapter. Read the descriptions below to solve your problems. 1. The Wireless USB Adapter does not work properly. Reinsert the Wireless USB Adapter into your PC’s USB slot. Right click My Computer and select Properties. Select the device manager and click on the Network Adapter. You will find the Adapter if it is installed successfully.
