Canyon CNP-WF518N1 User Manual

CNP-WF518N1 Wireless USB Adapter User Manual

7 Connecting to Wireless Network After the driver is correctly installed, it will try to connect to any unencrypted wireless access point automatica

8 Using Ralink Utility Please follow the following instructions to use Ralink configuration utility to connect to wireless access point. 1. Right-

9 You can click ‘More / Less’ button again, and setup utility window will resume to its original size. Scan for Other Wireless Devices There

10 Before you can connect to any wireless access point or device by infrastructure or Ad-Hoc mode, there two things you must know: a. Wireless devi

11 A The SSID (Service Set Identifier) of wireless device. If nothing is displayed here, it means the SSID of this wireless device is hidden. If a

12 There are 4 types of technical information: General: Displays basic information about this access point, such as SSID, MAC Address, authentica

13 And here are descriptions of every setup item in setup area: Item Name Description Sorted by >> You can decide how to sort all listed acc

14 If the access point you selected does not use encryption, you’ll be connected to this wireless access point within one minute. If the access point

15 4. Please ask the owner of the wireless access point you want to connect, and input the correct key here and then click ‘OK’. By checking ‘Show P

16 Add an Access Point to Profile If you will connect to some specific wireless access point frequently, you can add their information to the prof

Table of Contents Introduction ... 1 Safety Precautions

17 The setup utility will expand: Here are descriptions of every setup item: Item Name Description Profile Name You can give this profile a nam

18 keep this field unchanged. Tx Power You can select the wireless output power here. If you’re not too far from access point (good signal reception

19 To set authentication / encryption information for the access point. Please click ‘Auth. \ Encry.’ tab: Here are descriptions of every setup ite

20 WEP Key You can select key type (Hexadecimal or ASCII) and input WEP key here. If encryption is not enabled, or you select ‘WPA’ as encryption ty

21 Tunnel Authentication Select 802.1x tunnel authentication type from dropdown menu. Please ask the administrator of the access point you wish to co

22 CA server’s name must be the same with the value you set in ‘Server name’ field; If only the domain name part of full server name must the same wi

23 3. Click ‘Start’ button (should be located at the bottom-left corner of windows desktop), click ‘Control Panel’, then click ‘Network and Inter

24 4. Click ‘Network Connections’. 5. Right-click ‘Wireless Network Connection’ (it may have a number as suffix if you have more than one wireless

25 7. If the access point is protected by encryption, you have to input its security key or passphrase here. It must match the encryption setting o

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27 Profile Management If you need to connect to different wireless access points at different time, like of access point of your home, office, cyber

28 Add a profile If you want to click new profile, click ‘Profile’ menu, then click ‘Add’ button. You’ll be prompted to input detailed information o

29 Edit an existing profile If you have added a profile before, and you wish to change the content of the profile, you can use this function. Please

30 Delete an existing profile If you no longer need a profile, you can delete it. Select the profile you wish to delete from the list, and click ‘De

31 Activate a profile When you want to connect to a specific wireless device in the profile list, you can select it and click ‘Activate’ button, to

32 Advanced Settings This wireless network card provides several advanced settings for experienced wireless users. You can change these settings to

33 Here are descriptions of every setup item: Item Name Description Wireless mode Display the wireless operation mode of the network card. Enable

34 connectivity. Non-Serving Channel Measurements Limit: When you’re connecting to CCX-compatible access point, check this box to enable measurement

35 View Network Statistics The configuration utility provides information about network statistics and link status. If you want to know how your wir

36 WMM Setting This wireless network card provides WMM (Wi-Fi Multimedia) function, which can improve the performance of certain network application

1 Thank you for purchasing CANYON CNP-WF518N1. We sincerely wish you to enjoy the 802.11b/g wireless network adapter. It is an easy-to-install device

37 In ‘WMM Setup Status’ block, current WMM settings will be displayed. And here are descriptions of every setup item: Item Name Description WMM En

38 WPS Configuration Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) is the latest wireless network technology which makes wireless network setup become very simple. If

39 WPS Setup - PBC (Push-Button Configuration) 1. Right-click the Ralink configuration utility icon located at lower-right corner of computer deskt

40 All access points with WPS function enabled will be displayed here. Please make sure the access point you wish to connect is displayed. If not,

41 You can click ‘PBC’ button few more times to try again. When an access point is connected, you can click ‘Disconnect’ to disconnect your wireles

42 WPS Setup - PIN If the wireless access point you wish to connect supports PIN, please follow the following instructions to establish connection t

43 5. You may have to click ‘PIN’ for few more times to try again. If you still can not connect to access point by this way, please make sure the PI

44 Radio ON/OFF You can switch the wireless radio transceiver on and off by the utility, so if you want to disable wireless network function, you do

45 About The ‘About’ tab provides you the information about version number of the configuration utility, driver, and other important information abo

46 Online Help If you need to know the directions of how to use specific function in the utility, please click ‘Help’ button. On-line help documents

2 Package Contents Product Image Item Name CNP-WF518N1 Main Unit USB Extension Cable Warranty Card Quick Guide Driver and Documentation CD

47 Soft-AP Function Excepting become a wireless client of other wireless access points, this wireless card can act as a wireless service provider al

48 If your computer has another network card which is connected to Internet, please select it from ‘Name’ dropdown menu, and click ‘Enable ICS’; if

49 Here are descriptions of every setup item: Item Name Description SSID Please input the SSID (the name used to identify this wireless access poin

50 Allow BW 40 MHz Check this box to allow BW 40MHz capability. Tx BURST Check this box to accelerate the data transmit rate. It may not work with

51 Here are descriptions of every setup item: Item Name Description Authentication Type Please select a wireless authentication type you wish to us

52 When you finish with setting and want to save changes, click ‘OK’ button, or click ‘Cancel’ button to discard all changes you made. Access Contro

53 Reject All: Reject wireless clients with MAC address listed here to be connected to this access point. MAC address Input the MAC address of the

54 Here are descriptions of every field: Item Name Description MAC Address Displays the MAC address of this wireless client. AID The serial num

55 Statistics If you want to know detailed information about how your software access point works, click ‘Statistics’ tab, and the event log will be

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3 Hardware Overview USB Connector Connects to PC Device Cap Protects USB connector Status LED Indicator Indicates link/activity status Radi

57 Appendix Specification Standards: IEEE 802.11b/g Interface: USB 2.0 (USB 1.1 Compatible) Frequency Band: 2.4000 ~ 2.4835GHz (Industrial Scientif

58 4. Please adjust the position of network card (you may have to move your computer if you’re using a notebook computer) and click ‘Rescan’ button

59 The network is slow / having problem when transferring large files 1. Move closer to the place where access point is located. 2. Disable ‘Tx Bur

60 3. What does IEEE 802.11 feature support? The product supports the following IEEE 802.11 functions: z CSMA/CA plus Acknowledge Protocol z Multi

61 10. Can Wireless products support printer sharing? Wireless products perform the same function as LAN products. Therefore, Wireless products can

62 14. What is WMM? Wi-Fi Multimedia (WMM), a group of features for wireless networks that improve the user experience for audio, video and voice ap

4 Getting Started Before using CANYON CNP-WF518N1, please make sure that the PC and the device are within range of an access point (802.11b, 802.11g

5 3. Select installation type: z Driver and Ralink WLAN Utility: Install device driver and Ralink WLAN Utility software designed specifically for t

6 9. After successful installation, a desktop shortcut will be created and an icon will be also created at Notification Area. 10. Right click