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Click OK to complete the connection. Go to Step 3.4. Step 3.3 Enter the wireless security key into the Network Key, Confirm Network Key boxes and click OK. The Adapter will automatically detect the type of Network Authentication and the Data encryption. It is suggested that you leave these settings unchanged. 10 Step 3.4 The connection should be now established. Under General tab, you can check the status of the connection. Verify that IP Address, Subnet Mask and Gateway have valid numbers assigned to them (instead of all 0’s). The Status should be Associated, and there will be green bars next to Signal Strength and Link Quality. 11 12 4. Wireless Monitor This section describes the various functions of the Wireless Monitor that you can configure, including the settings of wireless encryption. 4.1 General The General tab provides you with the status of the current connection, including signal, network name (SSID) and IP Address. At the bottom, you have options for controlling the utility and adapter: Show Tray Icon: Check this box to show or hide the utility icon on the task bar. 13 Radio Off: Check/uncheck this box to turn off/on the wireless function of the adapter. Disable Adapter: Check/uncheck this box to disable/enable the wireless adapter. For Windows XP users, you will see a checkbox “Windows Zero Config” which can be used to enable or disable the Windows XP’s built-in wireless utility, Windows Zero Configuration. It is suggested NOT to check this box and use Airlink101 Wireless Monitor that provides more advanced features to manage your wireless connection. Windows Zero Config: Check/uncheck this box to disable/enable Airlink101 Wireless Monitor. 14 4.2 Profile Settings The Profile tab lists the current profiles and allows you to add/remove/edit profiles. The Available Profile(s) box lists all the profiles that you’ve created for your network. A profile is automatically created and added to this list when you connect to a new network. You can also manually add a profile. To modify an existing profile, select the profile from the Available Profile(s) box and click on Edit. The Profile box will appear allowing you to modify the settings for this profile 15 To create a new profile, click on Add. The Profile box will appear allowing you to specify the settings for your new profile. Enter the profile settings here, including Profile Name, SSID, Network Authentication, Data Encryption and Network Key. Click OK to save the changes. The section 4.7, Configuring Encryption will give you the information of how to set the different options of the wireless network encryption settings. 16 4.3 Available Network The Available network tab lists all of the networks that the adapter detects in your area. Clicking Refresh will refresh the list. To connect to a network, select a network from the list and click Add to Profile. 17 4.4 Status The status section provides you with a list of information about the current status of the adapter. 18 4.5 Statistics The Statistics section gives you information about transmit and receive packet count. 19 4.6 Wi-Fi Protected Setup (Easy Setup Button) The Wi-Fi Protected Setup™ (Easy Setup Button) is a new and easy way to configure the encryption for your wireless network clients. In order to use it, you need to have a router that supports this feature, like the AR570W Airlink101 Wireless 150 Router. You also need to configure the wireless encryption on the router; you should find the instructions of how to configure it in the router’s user manual. If your wireless router does not support this feature, you will need to set up the wireless security manually and you can skip this section. We are using the Wireless N 150 USB Adapter and the AR570W Airlink101 Wireless 150 Router to illustrate the following setup instructions. Step 4.6.1 Open the Airlink101 Wireless Monitor. Click the Wi-Fi Protect Setup tab. Choose your configuration method: -For Push Button method, click Push Button Config (PBC) button, continue to Step 4.6.2 20 -For Pin Input Config method, click Pin Input Config (PIN) button, continue to Step 4.6.3a Step 4.6.2 When you see this window pops up, within the following 2 minutes, push the Easy Setup Button (i.e. WPS button) on the back of the router and release it right away. The router will now start to synchronize the security settings with the wireless USB adapter. The connection will be built in few seconds. Step 4.6.3a If you choose the Pin Code method, click Yes when prompted with the question “Do you want to select a specific AP?”. 21 Select the Access Point that you want to connect, and then click Select. Write down the PIN Code on a piece of paper. 22 (The following steps are different for each router. Please refer to the user’s manual of your router for detailed instructions.) Step 4.6.3b Log on to the router AR570W’s web configuration page from the browser (i.e. Internet Explore or Mozilla Firefox) and click on Wireless. Then click WPS. Step 4.6.3c Make sure th...