Arctic Wifi N150 User manual

Contents
Chapter 1 Product Introduction
1.1 Package Contents
1.2 LED Indicator Description
1.3 Product Features
1.4 Product Usage
1.5 Before Installation
1.6 Disable other manufacturers' wireless network adapters
1.7 Product Maintenance
Chapter 2 Installation Guide
2.1 Hardware Installation
2.1.1 Install the USB network adapter
2.1.2 Install the PCI network adapter
Chapter 3 How to use the Windows Built-in Wireless
Configuration
3.1 Wireless Network Connection under Windows 7
Chapter 4 ARCTIC Wireless Utility
4.1 Station mode (Client Mode)
4.1.1 Available Network
4.1.2 Link Information
4.1.3 Profile
4.1.4 Advanced
4.1.5 About
4.1.6 Help
4.2 AP mode
AP Mode under Windows 7
Appendix 1: Acronyms and Terms
Appendix 2: How to Set WPS
Appendix 3: FAQ
Appendix 4 :Regulatory Information
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Wifi N150
User Guide

Thank you for choosing this ARCTIC wireless adapter!
The ARCTIC Wifi N150 supports IEEE wireless standards, and is able to quickly process file transfer, video, multi-media and
other applications that require higher bandwidth.
This ARCTIC wireless adapter also integrates wireless configuration program, which makes it easy and quick to set up the
wireless client. Besides, Soft AP is supported for fast wireless network establishment, and WPS encryption supported for you to
quickly encrypt and secure your wireless network.
All in all, the ARCTIC wireless adapter is easy-to-use, and of robust signal, long transmitting distance.
1.1 Package Contents
Ÿ One Wireless network adapter
Ÿ One Software CD (includes user guide and driver)
The above list is for your reference only, the actual contents may differ according to the product you purchase.
1.2 LED Indicator Description
There is one status LED indicator on the side of the wireless network adapter. It lights up and stays ON when working correctly,
and flashes when transferring data.
1.3 Product Features
Ÿ Supports soft AP feature
Ÿ Detects wireless network and adjusts transmitting rate automatically
Ÿ Provides two working modes: Infrastructure and Ad-Hoc
Ÿ Supports WEP data encryption and WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK encryption methods
Ÿ Supports WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup) encryption to secure your wireless network
Ÿ Complies with Windows 7/XP/ 2000/Vista, Linux, MAC OS, etc.
1.4 Product Usage
This ARCTIC Wireless Adapter offers a fast, reliable and exArcticble solution for wireless access.
It is mostly used in the following circumstances:
1. Enables staff members who require higher mobility, to have access to the wireless network anywhere inside their company.
2. Enables wireless communication for companies or places which are not suitable for wired LAN installation because of
budget or building environment restrictions, such as historical buildings, rentals, or places for short-term usage.
3. Suitable for Enterprises or individuals requiring to regularly alter the networking topology
4. Helps enterprises or individuals who would like to use wireless to establish wireless network quickly and frees them from the
trouble of cable distribution.
1.5 Before Installation
1. Please read through the whole user guide before you install and use this product.
2. Please close or uninstall the configuration programs of other manufacturers' before you install the configuration programs of
ARCTIC network adapters to avoid possible UI (user interface) conflict.
3. To avoid possible network conflicts between this ARCTIC network adapter and those of other manufactures', we recommend
that you first disable the network adapters of other manufacturers before installing the driver.
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1.6 Disable other manufacturers' wireless network adapters
1. Right click “My Computer” and select “Manage”
2. On the Computer Management screen ,select “ Device Manager” - “Network adapters”, and right click the network adapter
you want to disable and click “Disable”
3. Click the “Yes” button on the dialogue box to disable the network adapter.
1.7 Product Maintenance
1. Please keep the product away from water and humid environment to guarantee its normal performance
2. Protect it against hazardous substances (such as acids, alkalis etc).
3. Please don't directly expose the adapter to the sunlight or excessive heat.
4. Please contact ARCTIC tech support if any problems occur.
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Chapter 2 Installation Guide
This chapter will guide you through the process of installing the network adapter software package, with the included software
CD. The package integrates driver and configuration software. Thus, when you are installing the driver, the configuration
software will be installed automatically as well.
The software installation steps and operating guide in this user guide are explained under Windows 7, Installation steps for other
operating systems are similar.
2.1 Hardware Installation
2.1.1 Install the USB network adapter
Please insert the Wireless USB Adapter into the USB port of your computer.
2.1.2 Install the PCI network adapter
Insert the wireless adapter into the PCI slot of your computer when it is turned off and then start it(Please make sure the PCI
adapter's “gold fingers” are clean. If the PCI adapter can not be identified after being inserted into the mainboard slot, or the
adapter can not scan signals after the driver being installed, please shut down your computer and clean the adapter and then
re-install).
2.2. When The “Found New Hardware Wizard” system dialogue pops up, we recommend that you select” Cancel” and use the
included Setup Wizard software CD for fast installation.
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2.3 Put the included software CD into the CD drive of your computer ,and the driver should run automatically , a Welcome
screen should pop up, just click the “RUN” button.( Double click “wizard.exe” in the software CD and manually install when it
doesn't auto-run).
2.4 Select “I accept the terms of the license agreement” and click “Next”.
2.5 Two set up types are provided: one is “Install driver only”, the other is “Install driver and ARCTIC WLAN utility”
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NOTE: you may select the first method when you are accustomed to use the WINDOWS built-in wireless configuration
program. However, this program doesn't support AP mode, WPS, and the WPS button on the wireless adapter. To use
these advanced features, the second method is recommended.

2.6. Click “Install” to begin the driver installation.
2.7 Click “Finish” to complete the installation.
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2. If the wireless network you are connecting is encrypted, you'll be prompted to enter the key. Click “Ok” after you enter the
correct key.
3. It shows “Connected” after successfully connected. You can disconnect it, view its status or modify the wireless network
properties by right click the wireless network
Chapter 3 How to use the Windows Built-in Wireless Configuration
This chapter explains to users who don't install ARCTIC configuration program how to use Windows Built-in Wireless
Configuration to connect to the wireless network .
Use of the Windows Built-in Wireless Configuration requires enabling Wireless Zero Configuration service(the default is
enabled).
3.1 Wireless Network Connection under Windows 7
1. Click the wireless connection in the lower right corner of the computer's desktop to view the available wireless networks.
Select the wireless network you wish to connect and click “Connect” or double click the wireless network to connect. If you don't
find the specified one, please click the refresh icon in the upper right corner to update the list.

Chapter 4 ARCTIC Wireless Utility
When you are installing the driver, select “Install driver and ARCTIC WLAN utility” and the adapter driver and client utility
will be installed. All functions of this adapter can be configured via ARCTIC's utility interface (in the following text it is abbreviated
as UI).
Select “Start” - “All Programs” - “ARCTIC” - “ARCTIC Wifi N150”, or click the “ARCTIC Wifi N150” shortcut on your PC's desktop
to start the UI.
4.1 Station mode (Client Mode)
Station mode (Client Mode) Overview
It is a common solution to use the wireless network adapter as a client to receive signals.
Main interface for station mode
The function buttons on the top(From L to R )are respectively Site Survey, Link Information, Profile, Advanced, About, Help, and
Mini Size. While the left column displays Turn On/Off RF, Security /No security, and Signal status.
4.1.1 Available Network
The “Available Network” screen displays currently scanned wireless signals and you can click one to connect the signal. Select
one and you may view the AP's MAC address, wireless mode (A/B/G/N), authentication type, and encryption type, or WPS
authentication and signal strength.
Before you connect to a wireless network, please click the “Rescan” button to update the wireless network list and select the one
you wish to connect, then click the “Connect” icon.
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For the networks that are not encrypted, you can directly click “Connect”. However, for the encrypted wireless networks, a
“Profile” dialog will pop up and you must select the corresponding authentication type and encryption type, and then click the
“Next” button to input the correct key. Please note that this type of connection will not create a profile ,thus next time connect to
this network you still need to select it manually.
The detailed explanations about the authentication and encryption are as follows:
WEP: Supports 10/26-bit Hex characters and 5/13-bit ASCII. WPA-PSK: Supports 8-63-bit ASCII and 8-64-bit Hex characters.
WPA2-PSK: Supports 8-63-bit ASCII and 8-64-bit Hex characters.
WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK: Supports 8-63-bit ASCII and 8-64 -bit hex characters.
NOTE:
The Hex characters consist of numbers 0~9 and letters a-f. ASCII characters consist of any Arabic digitals / letters and
characters.
4.1.2 Link Information
After successfully connected to one wireless network, you can view its detailed information by clicking the “Link Information” on
the main interface.
1. “Link Status” screen displays the detailed information of the connected AP including its SSID, MAC address, authentication
type, encryption type, network type and channel.
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2. “Throughput” screen displays the signal strength of each of the wireless adapter's antennas and the link quality.
3.”Statistics” screen is used to count the total Rx and Tx data packets, including transmitted, retransmitted and fail to receive
ACK after all retries. You can click the “Reset Counter” button to clear the count.
4.1.3 Profile
Except the above common connection type, you can also connect to the wireless network by adding a profile on the
“Profile“screen.The Profile screen is used to save the wireless network parameters. When the adapter is successfully connected
to a network, the profile name of this network will automatically be added here, which helps the adapter to quickly connect to the
wireless network next time. However, there's one exception that when you have set the hidden SSID, namely the SSID can not
be scanned, then you must manually connect by adding the profile name. The main interface is as shown below.
Add: create a new profile
Delete: delete the existing profile
Edit: modify the existing profile
Add WPS Profile: WPS setting requires that the connecting wireless device support WPS function. WPS helps you to fulfill
wireless encryption fast as well as secure your wireless network. For detailed setting steps, refer to appendix2.
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There are two network types for your option when clicking the “Add” button to add wireless adapter connection: Infrastructure
and Ad-Hoc.
Infrastructure is an application mode that integrates the wired and wireless LAN architectures. It is different from Ad-Hoc in that
in this mode the computer installed with the wireless network adapter has to fulfill the wireless communication via AP or wireless
router. It can be divided into two modes:“wireless AP + wireless network adapter” and “wireless router + wireless network
adapter”.
Ad-Hoc is a special wireless mobile network application mode. All nodes in the network are equal. Usually it is used to share
resources by connecting the opposing computer's wireless adapter.
1. Infrastructure Profile Management
When you are connecting the wireless adapter to an AP or a wireless router, please select the Infrastructure mode.
Click the “Add”button and select the network type as” Infrastructure”,and enter the profile name and SSID or you can find the
SSID you wish to connect from the drop-down list.
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Click the next button to select the authentication type and encryption type such as WPA - PSK and AES, and then input the key
and click next.
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After a profile is successfully added, the profile name can be seen on the profile list, you can edit , import or export the profile,
click “Active” to finish the connection, now you can also view the detailed connection status on the “Link Information”screen.
NOTE:
If the SSID broadcast function of the wireless router or AP you wish to connect is disabled, then the wireless adapter
can not scan the SSID, thus you need to connect by creating the corresponding profile.

2. Ad-Hoc Profile management
Using the Ad-hoc mode to establish a wireless network requires that each computer should be equipped with a wireless network
adapter. By connecting these wireless adapters, computers are able to share the resources. The detailed setting steps are as
follows:
1) Firstly you'll have to allocate a static IP to each wireless adapter to be connected in Ad-hoc mode.
a. Right click “My Network Places” on your computer's desktop and select “Properties”.
b. Right click “Wireless Network Connection”, and select “Properties”
c. Select “Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) ”and click “Properties”.
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d. Please enter the IP address and subnet mask, and make sure this IP address is not used by other devices in the network. For
example: if your wireless adapter's IP address is 192.168.0.1, then set other wireless adapters' IP addresses within the range of
192.168.0.2 - 192.168.0.254. Click “Ok” to save the settings.
2) Create a new Ad-hoc profile
Click the “Add” button and enter the network name in the SSID field to identify the wireless network, and select Ad-hoc as the
network type and then select the channel.
Click the “Next” button to select the authentication type and encryption type and then input the correct key and click “Next”.
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After a profile is successfully added, the profile can be seen on the profile list ,select it and click the “Active” icon on the lower
right corner.
4.1.4 Advanced
This section is used to set the wireless mode and country region code for the current wireless adapter. You have three options to
choose from: 2.4G. The widely used is 2.4G wireless adapter.
4.1.5 About
This screen mainly displays the version information of the UI's different programs as well as ARCTIC's copyright statement.

4.1.6 Help
Click the help button to open the user manual.
4.2 AP mode
When you want to use the wireless adapter's AP function, please right click the UI icon on the taskbar of your computer desktop
and select “Switch to AP Mode”.
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In this mode, the wireless adapter acts as an AP to transmit wireless signal and create a wireless network, while allowing
other wireless clients to access this network.
As shown in the diagram below: The PC in the left has already accessed to the Internet by using a wired network adapter,
meanwhile, you install a ARCTIC wireless adapter (take a USB wireless adapter as an example) and its UI on this computer, and
set the adapter to AP mode.
By using the wireless adapters to scan the AP'S SSID to connect, the computers in the right can also access to the Internet after
successfully connected.

4.2.1 AP Mode under Windows 7
Under Windows 7, wireless adapters are allowed to work in both STA and AP modes. Here, the wireless adapter acts not only as
a client, but also an AP to send wireless signal, which equals to an amplifier. Right click the UI icon on the lower right corner of
the computer desktop and select “Switch to STA+AP Mode”.
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You can change the SSID on the Config AP screen and control the number of the connected clients by modifying the max
number of peers. AP mode has only one encryption method which is WPA2-AES by default and cannot be modified.

WLAN Wireless Local Area Network
802.11 A family of specifications developed by the IEEE for WLAN technology.
802.11a An extension to 802.11 WLAN standards that provides up to 54 Mbps transmission in the 5 GHz UNI radio band.
802.11b An extension to 802.11 WLAN standard that provides up to 11 Mbps transmission in the 2.4 GHz ISM radio band.
802.11b uses DSSS modulation.
802.11g An extension to 802.11 WLAN standard that provides up to 54 Mbps transmission in the 2.4 GHz ISM radio band.
802.11b uses OFDM modulation and is backwards compatible with 802.11b.
802.11n higher transmission rate, supports Multi-Input Multi-Output (MIMO) technology.
WEP Wired Equivalent Privacy. A security protocol for WLANs defined in the IEEE 802.11 standard.
WPA Wireless Protected Access, adopts rotating keys. RSN Robust Security Network, A substitute for WPA, and it adopts
802.1x standard and advanced encryption
ICS Microsoft Internet Connection Sharing enables multi-computer to share access to Internet via one PC.
Appendix 1: Acronyms and Terms
WPS setting supports two modes :PBC and PIN. The detailed setting steps are as follows:
1.Wireless Connection in PBC Mode
1.1 Enable the router's WPS-PBC feature.
If your router provides WPS button, just press and hold it for about 1 second, then the WPS LED will be flashing for about 2
minutes, which indicates the router's WPS feature has been enabled. Otherwise, you can also log on to the router's web-based
utility to enable the PBC mode in WPS settings screen(For detailed settings,please refer to your router's user guide).
Appendix 2: How to Set WPS
1.2 Perform PBC connection on the UI of the wireless adapter
1) On the main interface of ARCTIC's UI, click “Profile”—“Add WPS Profile”.
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2) On the Profile screen, select “Push-Button Configuration”(PBC) and then click the “Next” button, select “Start PBC” two
minutes after the router enables the WPS function. The connection is established when the negotiating process finishes.
Start PBC:
Negotiating process:
A profile forms automatically after the connection is successfully established.
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1.3 Using the wireless adapter's WPS button to perform PBC connection.
If your wireless adapter provides a WPS button, you may use the button to perform PBC connection.
a) Run the adapter's UI and switch to STATION mode
b) Two minutes after the router's WPS-PBC is enabled, press the adapter's WPS button to connect in PBC mode.
c) You may view the PBC connection process on the UI's PBC screen.
2. Wireless Connections in PIN Mode
On the “Add WPS Profile” screen, select “PIN ” as the WPS Method. You may select the wireless AP to be connected in WPS
mode on the WPS AP drop-down List, or select “Auto “and then click the next button.
2.1 Enrollee Mode
The PIN code field lists the adapter's current PIN code, when you select “Enrollee” as the Config Mode, you need to copy this
PIN code and input it in the PIN code field of the router's WPS setting screen.
Here we take ARCTIC Wifi N150 as an example. First enter its WPS configuration screen, enable WPS settings and select PIN
for WPS mode and then input 32813777 in the PIN code field, and then click the “Save” button. When the WPS indicator of the
Router starts flashing, it indicates that WPS feature is enabled.
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