Hamlet HNW600ACU User manual

Wireless USB 600AC
Dual Band USB Adapter
USER MANUAL
HNW600ACU
Rev. 2.0
www.hamletcom.com

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Table of Contents
1. Introduction ........................................................................................................ 4!
1.1 Product Features................................................................................................................ 4!
1.2 Package contents............................................................................................................... 4!
2. Wireless USB Adapter Installation ................................................................... 5!
2.1 Driver Installation ............................................................................................................... 5!
2.2 Connect to Wireless Access Point...................................................................................... 7!
3. Client Utility ...................................................................................................... 10!
3.1 Connection Profile Management ...................................................................................... 10!
3.2 General Information, Status and Network Statistics ......................................................... 15!
3.3 Other Settings .................................................................................................................. 17!
3.4 Establish secure connection using WPS .......................................................................... 18!
4. Soft AP Function .............................................................................................. 22!
4.1 Switch to AP Mode and Station Mode .............................................................................. 22!
4.2 Advanced Settings ........................................................................................................... 25!
4.3 Wireless Statistics ............................................................................................................ 26!
4.4 Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) ................................................................................... 27!
5. Troubleshooting ............................................................................................... 28!

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Dear Customer,
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Italian Legislative Decree 2005/151 and RED Directive 2014/53/EU for the following standards:
EN 301 489-1 V2.2.3: 2019, EN 301 489-17 V3.2.4: 2020,
EN 300 328 V2.2.2: 2019, EN 301 893 V2.1.1: 2017,
EN 62311: 2008, EN 62368-1: 2014 + A11: 2017.
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1. Introduction
Hamlet Wi-Fi 600AC USB adapter upgrades your notebook or desktop to the standard
802.11ac, the next generation wireless technology that offers high speed and stability. The Dual
Band support allows wireless connection speed up to 433Mbps on the 5GHz band, ideal for HD
video streaming and online gaming, and up to 150Mbps on the 2.4GHz frequency for web
surfing, providing the router supports such speeds too.
1.1 Product Features
• Complies with IEEE 802.11ac, IEEE 802.11a, IEEE 802.11n, IEEE 802.11g and IEEE
802.11b wireless standards
• Supports 5GHz and 2.4GHz frequency bands
• Wireless data rates: up to 433Mbps (5GHz); up to 150Mbps (2.4GHz)
• RTL8811CU chipset
• Wireless range: 15 m
• External omni-directional detachable Antenna (3dBi)
• Transmit Power (EIRP): 100mW
• USB 2.0 interface connection (480Mbps)
• Supports 20MHz/40MHz/80MHz frequency width
• Auto-detects and changes the network transmission rate
• Provides two work modes: Infrastructure and Ad-Hoc
• Supports Soft AP to establish your wireless LAN networking
• Supports 64/128-bit WEP, WPA, WPA2 encryption methods and 802.1x security
authentication standard
• Supports WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup) encryption method
• Easy plug and play installation
• Dimensions (L x W x H): 47 × 19 × 12 mm (without antenna)
• Compatible with: Windows Vista/7/8 and 10, Mac OS X 10.4 or above*,
Linux (Kernel 2.6.18 ~ 5.x)
1.2 Package contents
The Wireless USB Adapter package includes the following.
• Wireless USB Adapter
• Quick Installation Guide
• Driver CD
* Drivers for Mac OS X 10.4-10.8 are available on Hamlet website at www.hamletcom.com.

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2. Wireless USB Adapter Installation
This chapter is to assist you how to use the included CD-ROM which comprises the Driver and
the Client Utility Interface.
2.1 Driver Installation
Please follow the following instructions to install your new wireless USB Adapter.
1. Insert the USB wireless network adapter into an empty USB 2.0 port of your computer when
computer is switched on.
2. If the following message will appear on your computer, click Cancel/Close.
Under Windows Vista and Windows 7
3. Insert the driver CD into your CD-ROM. The autorun screen below will appear. if not, you
can double click autorun.exe file on CD.
4. Click Install Driver to start the installation procedure.

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5. Follow the installation wizard and if requested click Next to continue.
6. Once the installation is completed click Finish to exit.
After the installation the new icon of the wireless utility software will appear on the desktop and
near the clock in the system tray.
Left-click the icon in the system tray will launch wireless network configuration utility, right-click
the icon to open the quick menu of configuration utility.
This icon also uses different color to show the status of wireless connection:
Wireless connection is established, good signal reception.
Wireless connection is established, weak signal reception.
Connection is not established yet.
Wireless network adapter is not detected.
For detailed instructions of wireless network configuration utility, please see next chapter.

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2.2 Connect to Wireless Access Point
To use wireless network, you have to connect to a wireless access point first. You can either use
Client utility (comes with network adapter driver), or Windows Zero Config utility (comes with
Windows operating system).
Using Client Wireless Utility
Please follow the following instructions to use Client configuration utility to connect to wireless
access point.
1. Left-click the Client configuration utility icon located at lower-right corner of computer
desktop, and Wireless LAN Utility will appear.
2. In the Wireless utility interface, click Available Network tab to search for wireless access
points nearby.
Please wait for a while, and all wireless access points which can be reached by this wireless
network adapter will be displayed here.
If the wireless access point you wish to connect does not appear here, you can click Refresh
button to scan for wireless access points again; if the wireless access point you’re looking for
still not appear, try to move the computer closer.

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3. When the access point you’re looking for is on the list, double click it or click Add to Profile.
4. If a password (“Network Key”) is required to access the wireless access point, please input it
in Network key text field (and input it again in Confirm network key for confirmation).
NOTE: Network security type (Network Authentication and Data encryption) will be selected
automatically based on wireless access point’s security setting. It’s not required to change these
settings by yourself.
5. After the password is properly inserted, click OK to confirm.

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The network adapter will attempt to connect to access point now, this may require few seconds
to minutes. When the “Status” become “Associated”, your computer is connected to access
point you selected and you can close the client configuration utility.
NOTE: If you connected to an access point but the connection has been dropped soon, please
check security settings and re-check password spelling.

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3. Client Utility
3.1 Connection Profile Management
If you need to connect to different wireless access points at different time, like access point of
your home, office or public wireless service, you can store the connection parameters as a
profile for every access point, so you don’t have to input these parameters every time when you
want to connect to a specific wireless access point.
1. To manage profiles, right-click the Client configuration utility icon located at lower-right
corner of computer desktop, then click Open Config Utility.
2. Click the Profile tab in the main window of the configuration utility.
The “Available Profile” window displays the existing profiles and the buttons on the right side
allow the user to manage and create new profiles for different networks configurations.

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Add a new profile
By this function you can setup the connection parameters for a specific wireless access point in
advance, without contacting it first.
1. If you want to create a new profile, click Add button in the “Profile” window.
2. You ’l l be p r om p ted t o input connection parameters for the wireless access point you wish to
connect.
3. Fill in the required parameters, then click OK to create and save a new profile.

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The following table describes the parameters that can be configured in the “Wireless Network
Properties” window.
Profile name
You can give a name to this profile, so you can remember its
purpose easily. It can be any phrase to help you remember.
Network Name
(SSID)
The SSID (Service Set IDentifier, i.e. access point’s name).
This must be identical with the SSID of the access point you
wish to connect.
This is a computer-
to-computer (ad
hoc) network
Check this box if you wish to connect to another computer /
network device by ad hoc method. When not accessing to
wireless access point, you have to check this box.
Channel
Select wireless channel for ad hoc connection. This option
only appears when you’re using ad hoc connection.
Network
Authentication
Select the network authentication type from drop-down menu.
This setting must be identical with the setting of wireless
access point you with to connect.
Data encryption
Select the data encryption type from drop-down menu. This
setting must be identical with the setting of wireless access
point you with to connect.
ASCII /
PASSPHRASE
When the encryption type is “WEP”, it’s required to input a set
of “passphrase” to connect to wireless access point. Check
“ASCII” or “PASSPHRASE” depends on the security setting of
access point, and input it in the box; if you select
“PASSPHRASE” you also need to select the length of the key.
The passphrase must be identical with the setting of wireless
access point you with to connect.
Key index
Select WEP key index. For most of access points you can
select “1”, but please refer to the setting of the access point.
Network key /
Confirm network key
When the encryption type is “WPA” or “WPA2-PSK”, it’s
required to input a set of “passphrase” to connect to wireless
access point. Please input the same passphrase in two boxes
for confirmation.
EAP TYPE / Tunnel /
Provision Mode
When authentication type is any of 802.1X, you have to select
EAP type, tunnel, and provision mode from dropdown menu.
This setting must be identical with your 802.1x authentication
server.
Username / Identity /
Domain / Password
Please input 802.1x related authentication information here.
Certificate
If certification is required to authenticate with 802.1x
authentication server, please select a local certificate from
dropdown list.
PAC
Check this box and PAC (Privilege Access Certificate) will be
automatically selected.

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Remove an existing profile
When you no longer need an existing profile, you can remove it.
In the “Profile” window, select an existing profile you wish to remove then click Remove button.
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 select a profile from the list first, then click Edit button.
You’ll be provided with the contents of selected profile, and you can edit them. Click OK to save
changes or Cancel to discard them.

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Make a copy of existing profile
If you need to make a copy of a specific profile, you can use this function. This function is very
convenient when you need to build a new profile which parameters are similar to any existing
profile. Select an existing profile from the list, then click Duplicate button.
You ’l l be p r om p ted t o inp ut a profile name, please use a name that does not exist in profile list.
Set as default profile
If you wish to use a specific profile as default connection, you can select a profile in the list, and
click Set Default. Selected profile will become default selection and Client configuration utility
will attempt to connect to selected access point.

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3.2 General Information, Status and Network Statistics
The wireless configuration utility provides information about network statistics and link status. If
you want to know how your wireless network adapter works, you can use these functions to get
detailed information about the wireless connection you’re using.
General Information
If you want to know the general information of the access point you’re connecting to, click on
General menu tab.
The information displayed here are described in the below table. These information are very
useful when you encounter some problem on connecting to access point.
If you wish to get a new IP address from DHCP server, you can click ReNew IP button.
Status
Check if the device associated to target network.
Speed
The transmission (Tx) and receiving (Rx) speed of the current
connection.
Type
Infrastructure or Ad-Hoc mode.
Encryption
The encryption mode for connecting to current network profile.
SSID
The SSID (network name) of the connected wireless network.
Signal Strength
Indicates the signal strength.
Link Quality
Indicates the link quality.
Network Address
Shows the current IP addresses settings.

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Status
If you want to know the status of your wireless network adapter, click Status menu tab.
Network Statistics
Click Statistics menu tab to view the statistical data of wireless adapter.
You can click Reset button to reset the statistics of all items back to 0.

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3.3 Other Settings
There are few functions provided by Client configuration utility you can access from the bottom
of utility interface.
The descriptions of these function are listed in the following table.
Show Tray Icon
Check this box to show an icon on system tray.
Uncheck this box to hide it.
Radio Off
Switch wireless radio off. Wireless network
functionalities are disabled.
Disable Adapter
Disable wireless network adapter. All functionalities of
configuration menu will disappear. To resume, uncheck
“Disable Adapter”.
Virtual WiFi
allowed
Use this option to access Virtual WiFi Soft AP
configuration menu tab.

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3.4 Establish secure connection using WPS
Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) is the latest wireless network technology which makes wireless
network setup become very simple. If you have WPS-enabled wireless access point, and you
want to establish a secure connection to it, you don’t have to configure the wireless access
point and setup data encryption by yourself. All you have to do is to go to the WPS setup page
of this wireless adapter, click a button, and then press a specific button or enter a set of 8-digit
code on the wireless access point you wish to establish a secure connection - just three simple
steps!
For older wireless access points, it’s possible to perform a firmware upgrade to become a WPS-
enabled access point. Since they may not have a hardware button to press for WPS setup, you
can use an alternative WPS setup method - input the pin code. Every WPS-compatible wireless
network adapter support pin code configuration method; you can just input the code to wireless
access point, and the wireless access point and wireless network adapter will do the rest for
you.
This wireless network adapter is compatible with WPS. To use this function, the wireless access
point you wish to connect to must support WPS function too.
This wireless network adapter supports two kinds of WPS: PIN code and Push Button
Configuration (PBC). In the following pages are described the instructions to establish secure
connection between WPS-enabled wireless access point and your wireless network adapter.
PIN Code
1. Open the Client configuration utility and click Wi-Fi Protect Setup tab.

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2. To use PIN Code, please click Pin Input Config (PIN) button:
3. You’ll be prompted to select an access point you wish to connect. If you know its SSID, click
Yes, otherwise click No.
4. If you select Yes, a list of all WPS-compatible AP nearby will be displayed; you can click
Refresh to rescan, then select an AP and click Select button.

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5. If you select No, wireless network adapter will prompt you to enter 8-digit PIN code into your
AP, without selecting an AP in advance.
6. After you select Yes or No in previous step, network adapter will attempt to connect to WPS-
compatible AP, and an 8-digit number will appear. Please input this number to AP’s
configuration menu within 2 minutes, and network adapter will establish secure connection
with AP automatically.
7. If you want to stop this procedure before connection is established, click Cancel.