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AWUS036NHA
150Mbps Wireless High Gain USB Adapter

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  • Page 1 User’s Guide AWUS036NHA 150Mbps Wireless High Gain USB Adapter...

  • Page 2: Fcc Statement

    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.

  • Page 3: Ce Mark Warning

    CE Mark Warning This is a class B product. In a domestic environment, this product may cause radio interference, in which case the user may be required to take adequate measures. National restrictions This device is intended for home and office use in all EU countries (and other countries following the EU directive 1999/5/EC) without any limitation except for the countries mentioned below: Country...

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    TABLE OF CONTENT Package Contents ........................1 Chapter 1. Introduction ........................ 2 Overview of the product ..................2 Features ........................2 LED Status ........................ 3 Chapter 2. Installation Guide ...................... 4 Hardware Installation ....................4 Software Installation ....................4 2.2.1 Overview ....................... 4 2.2.2 Software Installation for Windows XP ............

  • Page 5: Package Contents

    Make sure that the package contains the above items. If any of the listed items are damaged or missing, please contact with your distributor. Conventions: The ‘Adapter’ mentioned in this user guide stands for AWUS036NHA 150Mbps Wireless High Gain USB Adapter without any explanations.

  • Page 6: Chapter 1. Introduction

    PC. With a faster wireless connection, you can get a better Internet experience, such as downloading, gaming, video streaming and so on. The AWUS036NHA’s auto-sensing capability allows high packet transfer rate of up to 150Mbps for maximum throughput. It has good capability on anti-jamming; it can also interoperate with other wireless (802.11b/g) products.

  • Page 7: Led Status

    1.3 LED Status LED Indications Status Working Status Status Green The adapter is trying to scan a networking Flashing Alternately connection. Activity Green Status Green The adapter is already connected but is not Intermittently transmitting or receiving data. Activity Green Status Green Flashing The adapter is transmitting or receiving data.

  • Page 8: Chapter 2. Installation Guide

    Insert the Resource CD into your CD-ROM drive, and the Figure 2-1 will appear. To continue, select the AWUS036NHA.There will be a menu including: Windows (Driver & Utility), and User Guide. Figure 2-1 2. Click AWUS036NHA to load the following screen and select your language. Click Next to continue.
  • Page 9 Figure 2-2 Soon, Figure 2-3 will display after a moment. Click Next to continue. Figure 2-3 After License Agreement, you should choose a Setup type. It is recommended that you select Install Client Utilities and Driver. Select Install Driver Only to install driver only, select Make Driver Installation Diskette(s) to make the diskette(s) as the installation driver (shown in Figure 2-4).
  • Page 10 Figure 2-4 Click Browse to change the destination location for the software, then click Next in the screen below (shown in Figure 2-5). Figure 2-5 After that, select the program folder, you should create a new folder name or select one from the Existing Folders list.
  • Page 11 Figure 2-6 Choose configuration tool, if you are not sure, please leave it default. Then click Next to continue. Figure 2-7 Click OK to continue the Installation. Wait a while for the setup as shown in Figure 2-8.
  • Page 12 Figure 2-8 After all the steps above, you will see the screen below, click Finish to reboot the system. Figure 2-10 Now, carefully insert the device into the USB port of your computer. Windows will automatically detect the device and display the icon below in the taskbar.

  • Page 13: Chapter 3. Configuration For Windows Xp

    Chapter 3. Configuration for Windows XP Alfa AWUS036NHA can be configured by Atheros Wireless Client Utility (ACU) in Windows XP & 2000. This chapter describes how to configure your Adapter for wireless connectivity on your Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) and use the data security encryption features.
  • Page 14 Figure 3-1 The following table describes the items found on the Current Status screen.  Profile Name - This shows the name of current selected configuration profile. The configuration of Profile name will be described on the General tab of Profile Management. ...

  • Page 15: Profile Management

    3.2 Profile Management Click the Profile Management tab of the ACU and the next screen will appear (shown in Figure 3-2). The Profile Management screen provides tools to:  Add a new profile  Modify a profile  Remove a profile ...
  • Page 16  Network Names (SSIDs) - Please enter the IEEE 802.11 wireless network name. This field has a maximum limit of 32 characters. Figure 3-3 Edit the Security tab Select the Security tab in the screen above, and then you can edit the fields to configure the profile.
  • Page 17  WPA/WPA2: Wi-Fi Protected Access  WPA/WPA2 Passphrase: Wi-Fi Protected Access Passphrase  802.1x: Enables 802.1x security.  Pre-Shared Key (Static WEP): Enables the use of shared keys that are defined on both the access point and the station. To define shared encryption keys, choose the Shared Key radio button and click Configure to fill in the Define Shared Keys window (shown in Figure3-5).
  • Page 18 AWUS036NHA wireless adapters. Note: An Infrastructure network contains an Access Point or wireless router. All the wireless devices or clients will connect to the wireless router or access point.

  • Page 19: Remove A Profile

    of the access point with which it associates.  Wireless Mode when Starting an Ad Hoc Network: Specifies 2.4 GHz 54/11 Mbps to start an Ad Hoc network if no matching network name is found after scanning all available modes. This mode also allows the selection of the channel that the Wireless Adapter uses.

  • Page 20: Switch Another Profile

    The profile being used can’t be removed. Note: 3.2.3 Switch another Profile Go to the Profile Management screen (shown in Figure 3-2). Select the profile name required in the Profiles List. Click Activate. 3.2.4 Export a Profile From the Profile Management screen (shown in Figure 3-2), highlight the profile to export. Click Export…, the Export Profile window will then appear below.

  • Page 21: Scan Available Networks

    Figure 3-9 3.2.6 Scan Available Networks Click Scan on the Profile Management screen (shown in Figure 3-2), the Available Infrastructure and Ad Hoc Networks window will appear below. Click Refresh to refresh the list at any time. Highlight a network name and click Activate to connect to an available network. If no configuration profile exists for that network, the Profile Management window will open the General tab screen.

  • Page 22: Diagnostics

    Figure 3-11 Highlight the profiles to add to auto profile selection, and click Add. The profile will appear in the Auto Selected Profiles box. Highlight a profile in the Auto Selected Profiles box. Click Move Up or Move Down as appropriate. Note: The first profile in the Auto Selected Profiles box has highest priority, while the last profile has the lowest priority.

  • Page 23: Check Driver Information

    received or transmitted by the wireless network adapter:  Multicast frames transmitted and received  Broadcast frames transmitted and received  Unicast frames transmitted and received  Total bytes transmitted and received Figure 3-12 3.3.1 Check Driver Information Click the Adapter Information button in the screen above, you will see the adapter information, including general information about the wireless network adapter and the Network Driver Interface Specification (NDIS) driver.

  • Page 24: Check Receive And Transmit Statistical Information

     Client Name - The name of the client computer. 3.3.2 Check Receive and Transmit Statistical Information The Advanced Statistics show receiving and transmitting statistical information about the following receiving and transmitting diagnostics for frames received by or transmitted to the wireless network adapter.

  • Page 25: Appendix A: Specifications

    Appendix A: Specifications Normal Interface USB 2.0 Interface Standards IEEE802.11n, IEEE802.11g; IEEE802.11b; Operating System Windows 2000/ Windows XP/ Windows Vista/Windows 7 11b：Up to11Mbps Radio Data Rate 11g：Up to 54Mbps 11n：Up to 150Mbps 11b:CCK,QPSK,BPSK; Modulation 11n/11g:OFDM; Media Access Protocol CSMA/CA with ACK Data Security WPA/WPA2;...

  • Page 26: Appendix B: Glossary

    Appendix B: Glossary  802.11b - The 802.11b standard specifies a wireless product networking at 11 Mbps using direct-sequence spread-spectrum (DSSS) technology and operating in the unlicensed radio spectrum at 2.4GHz, and WEP encryption for security. 802.11b networks are also referred to as Wi-Fi networks.
  • Page 27 trade off produces a signal that is, in effect, louder and thus easier to detect, provided that the receiver knows the parameters of the spread-spectrum signal being broadcast. If a receiver is not tuned to the right frequency, a spread-spectrum signal looks like background noise. There are two main alternatives, Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum (DSSS) and Frequency...
  • Page 28 Hopping Spread Spectrum (FHSS).  SSID - A Service Set Identification is a thirty-two character (maximum) alphanumeric key identifying a wireless local area network. For the wireless devices in a network to communicate with each other, all devices must be configured with the same SSID. This is typically the configuration parameter for a wireless PC card.

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