MT-LINK MT-WN941G User manual

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MT-WN941G
1000mW Wireless G High Power USB Adapter
User’s Guide

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Table of Content
Over view.......................................................................................................................3
Unpacking information............................................................................................3
Introduction to the MT-WN941G Indoor USB Adapter........................................4
Installation Guide.....................................................................................................5
Software Installation................................................................................................5
Management Guide ...............................................................................................10
Makinga Basic Network Connection..................................................................10
Ad-Hoc Mode.................................................................................................10
Infrastructure mode.......................................................................................12
Introductionto the Wireless LAN Utility..............................................................14
Starting the Wireless LAN Utility.................................................................14
General...........................................................................................................15
Profile..............................................................................................................16
Available Network..........................................................................................17
Advanced........................................................................................................18
Status..............................................................................................................19
Statistics..........................................................................................................19
Appendix.....................................................................................................................20
RT-Set Setup Wizard............................................................................................20
Connect to a wireless network in ad hoc mode................................................23
Use this adapter as an AP...................................................................................25
AP mode management guide..............................................................................27
General...........................................................................................................27
Advanced........................................................................................................27
Statistics..........................................................................................................28
ICS (Internet Connection Sharing).............................................................29

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Overview
Thank you for purchasing this product. Please read this chapter to
better understand your MT-WN941G Long Range indoor USB Adapter
Unpacking information
Before getting started, please verify that your package includes the following items:
1. MT-WN941G Long-Range 802.11g Indoor USB Adapter
2. One Utility/ Manual CD
3. USB Cable

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Introduction to the MT-WN941G Indoor USB Adapter
The MT-WN941G IEEE 802.11g indoor USB adapter provides users to launch IEEE
802.11g wireless network at 54 Mbps in the 2.4GHz frequency, which is also
compatible with IEEE 802.11b wireless devices at 11Mbps. You can configure
this adapter with AP mode to connect/share to other 2.4GHz wireless computers
or with Infrastructure mode to connect to a wireless AP or router for accessing to
Internet. This adapter includes a convenient Utility for scanning available
networks and saving preferred networks that users a r e usually connected
with. Security encryption can also be configured by this utility.
KeyFeatures
Complies with IEEE 802.11b/g
wireless standard
Support driver for Windows XP, Vista,
and Windows 7.
Complies with Universal Serial Bus
Rev. 1.0, 1.1 and 2.0 specifications.
Supports auto-installation and
diagnostic utilities.
High Speed transfer data rate up
to 54Mbps
Support turbo mode for 72 Mbps data
rate
Support wireless data encryption with 64/128-bit WEP, WPA (TKIP with IEEE
802.1x), and AES functions.

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Installation Guide
Software Installation
Note: The following driver installation guide uses Windows 7 as the presumed
operation system. The procedures and screens in Windows 98se, 2000, XP are
similar with Windows 7.
Insert the installation CD that came with this product to your CD-ROM drive.
Please click the “Windows 7/Vista/XP” button from the popup menu for this
product.
Note: If the CD-ROM fails to auto-run, please click on “My Computer”your
CD-ROM Drive will then double-click the “AutoRun.exe”to start this menu.

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1. Select the language for the installation.
2. The welcome window will pop up. Click the “Next”button to proceed.
3. Click “Install”button to continue the installation.

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4. Installation is in progress, please wait.
5. Click the “Finish” button to complete driver and utility installation.
Note, please insert this USB wireless adapter to your computer if you’re using
Windows 7, Vista, XP, or Windows 2000. If you are using Windows 98se or ME,
please restart the system first before connect this wireless adapter to your
computer.
6. Windows 7 detects new hardware has been inserted and driver is installed.

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Found New Hardware Wizard in Windows XP, 2000, and Vista.
1. The “Found New Hardware Wizard“ may pop up. (Note: This wizard
won’t pop up in Windows 98 and ME. The system finds the new hardware
and installs the hardware automatically. Please skip the following steps)
2. Select “No, not this time” and click the “Next” button.
3. Select “Install the software automatically” and then click the “Next”
button.
4. Please wait while installing the driver. The Windows logo testing
warning message may pops up. Please click the “Continue Anyway”
button to continue.

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5. Click the “Finish” button to complete installation.

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Management Guide
Please read this chapter to better understand the management interface
of your MT-WN941G Long Range Indoor USB Adapter
Makinga Basic Network Connection
BeforeYou Start
In the following instructions for making a network connection, we use the utility
we provided to configure your wireless network settings.
Note: For Windows XP users that want to configure your wireless network using this
Utility, please perform the following procedures to disable your native Windows XP
wireless support (Wireless Zero Configuration Service)
1. Double click the icon on your desktop to start the utility.
2. Make sure that the “Windows Zero Config” checkbox is unchecked.
Ad-Hoc Mode
An Ad-Hoc mode wireless network connects two computers directly without the use
of a router or AP. It is also known as a peer-to-peer network. For example, we
can install this wireless adapter to two computers respectively. The
communication between the two computers is an Ad-Hoc mode network.