Pentagram horNET Wi-Fi PCI User manual

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Installation and Operation Manual
PENTAGRAM horNet Wi-Fi USB [P 132-11]
2010-08-24
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Table of contents
IMPORTANT INFORMATION.........................................................................4
SAFETY PRECAUTIONS........................................................................................4
INFORMATION CONCERNING WASTE ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT........4
INTRODUCTION................................................................................................5
PACKAGE CONTENTS.............................................................................................5
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS....................................................................................5
INSTALL ADAPTER, DRIVER AND UTILITY............................................
WIRELESS ADAPTER CONFIGURATION...................................................7
CONFIGURATION APPLICATION........................................................................7
[STATION] GENERAL TAB....................................................................................8
[STATION] PROFILE TAB......................................................................................9
Wireless Network Properties Window.................................................10
[STATION] AVAILABLE NETWORK TAB.......................................................12
[STATION] STATUS TAB.....................................................................................13
[STATION] STATISTICS TAB.............................................................................14
[STATION] WI-FI PROTECT SETUP TAB.......................................................15
PBC method:...................................................................................................15
PIN method:....................................................................................................1
[ACCESS POINT] GENERAL TAB.....................................................................1
Wireless Network Properties Window.................................................17
[ACCESS POINT] ADVANCED TAB..................................................................18
[ACCESS POINT] STATISTICS TAB.................................................................19
[ACCESS POINT] SOFT AP TAB.......................................................................20
TROUBLESHOOTING....................................................................................21
SPECIFICATION...............................................................................................22
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Important information
Safety precautions
•Do not use or store the device in dusty places, where the humidity is high or in extreme
temperatures.
•Do not operate the device with wet hands to avoid the risk of device damage or electric
shock.
•Do not clean the device with chemicals, such as benzine or detergents – always clean the
device with a soft, dry cloth.
•Disconnect the device from the computer prior to cleaning.
•Do not modify or fix the device yourself in any way, it might void the guarantee.
•Do not drop or shake the device.
Information concerning waste electronic equipment
The markings on the device and in the attached documentation indicate
that it cannot be disposed of along with unsegregated general black bag
waste when withdrawn from use. The device must be recycled or processed in
another way to recover reusable materials and neutralize hazardous
components.
The users should contact recycling/recovery authorities to determine how
the device is to be disposed of in an environment-friendly manner.
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NOTE: All information and technical data is subject to change without previous notice and/or
indication in this manual.
Copyright ©2010 PENTAGRAM
All rights reserved; copying and reproduction is strictly forbidden.

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Introduction
PENTAGRAM horNET is a high-performance, easy-to-install USB 32-bit wireless network
adapter. The adapter can be used in ad-hoc mode to establish peer-to-peer connections with
other adapters for file sharing, or in infrastructure mode to provide Internet access on home or
office networks using an access point or a router.
PENTAGRAM horNET USB supports 802.11n (Draft 2) connectivity with a maximum data rate of
150 Mbps. With a rich feature set, it can also interoperate with 802.11b (up to 11 Mbps) and
802.11g (up to 54 Mbps) products in home or office environments, and with public hotspots.
Regardless of the mode, your data remains secure due to WEP, WPA or WPA2 encryption.
This Manual contains information on how to install and configure your wireless adapter to get
your network started accessing the Internet. It will guide you through the correct configuration
steps to get your device up and running.
Package Contents
1. Wireless USB [P 132-11] adapter
2. Manual, Drivers and Utility on CD
3. Quick Installation Guide
If any of the above items are missing, please contact your reseller.
System Requirements
You must have at least the following:
•A laptop computer/desktop PC with an available USB slot
•At least a 300MHz processor and 32MB of memory
•Windows 2000, XP, Vista, 7
•A CD-ROM Drive
•An 802.11n, 802.11g or 802.11b Access Point (for infrastructure Mode) or another
802.11n, 802.11g or 802.11b wireless adapter (for Ad-Hoc; Peer-to-Peer networking mode.)
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Install Adapter, Driver and Utility
1. Power on your PC, let the operating system boot up completely, and log in as needed.
2. If the Found New Hardware Wizard displays, click Cancel button.
3. Insert the driver and utility CD into the CD-ROM drive. The CD start menu will display (in
Windows Vista and 7 systems, you may have to additionally click the Run: AUTORUN.EXE
button in the Autoplay window). When launching start menu, you may have to click the
Allow button (Windows Vista) or Yes (Windows 7) in the User account control window, and
enter the name and password of the user with administrative privileges, if the current user
does not have them.
4. If the menu window does not start automatically, select menu Start > Run (in Windows
Vista and 7 systems: Start > All programs > Accessories > Run). In the Open field of the Run
window, enter X:\autorun.exe (where X is the optical drive letter) and press Enter.
5. Select Driver Installation (Instalacja Sterowników), to start driver installation.
. Select the Installer language from the list and click Next >.
7. Click Next >, to install drivers and application.
8. In some cases there is a need to restart computer after driver installation. Select Yes, I want
to restart my computer now., to restart computer after installation or No, I will restart my
computer later. if you plan to restart computer at later time.
9. Click Finish, to complete installation process.

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Wireless adapter configuration
A configuration application is installed with adapter drivers. The application’s icon is displayed
in the system tray (next to the clock), and its appearance depends on the adapter and/or
connection status.
– adapter is not connected to computer.
– adapter is connected, but not ready.
– adapter is not connected to any wireless network or radio is turned off.
– adapter is connected to wireless network. Amount and color of bars depend on signal
strength.
– adapter is working in Access Point mode.
To launch the adapter’s configuration application, double-click the application’s icon.
Configuration application
Configuration application window is divided into few main parts:
1. Menu:
Refresh(R) – refreshes available adapters list.
Mode(M) – change of adapter work mode between wireless Station and Access Point.
View(V) – show or hide Status Bar(S).
About(A) – displays information abort application.
2. Available adapters list – on this list all installed and supported wireless adapters are
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displayed.
3. Main panel – in this part of the application window you can find all options needed to
configure adapter and wireless connection parameters. Tabs described in this manual are in
this panel.
4. General options:
Show Tray Icon – when this option is enabled, application tray icon will be visible.
Disable Adapter – when this option is enabled, adapter selected in available adapters list is
disabled.
Radio Off – when this option is enabled, adapter selected in available adapters list has
disabled radio.
Windows Zero Config – when this option is enabled, adapters configuration is done via
default system application
5. Status bar – displays short info about adapter/connection state.
Below you can find descriptions of all tabs available in main panel of the application window.
Text in square brackets in section title represents adapter’s working mode, for which tab is
described.
[Station] General Tab
This Tab allows you to check current state of active network connection.
Status – status of wireless connection:
• Radio is Off – radio transmission is turned off.
• Not Associated – no wireless connection is established.
• Associated – wireless connection is established.
Throughput – current throughput of wireless network.
Speed – connection speed.
Type – type of active network:
• Ad hoc – point-point (peer-to-peer) connection with another wireless adapter.
• Infrastructure – connection with wireless network based on Access Point or wireless router.
Encryption – encryption method used by connected network.
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SSID – SSID of connected network.
Signal Strength – signal strength of connected network.
Link Quality – quality of connected network.
Network Address – information on adapter and connection IP settings:
• Mac Address – MAC address of adapter.
• IP Address – IP address of adapter acquired from DHCP server.
• Subnet Mask – subnet mask acquired from DHCP server.
• Gateway – IP address of default gateway acquired from DHCP server.
ReNew IP – renew all addresses from DHCP server.
[Station] Profile Tab
This Tab allows you to create profiles for the most frequently used wireless networks, i.e. home
network, company network or public hotspots. The profiles can be activated as required.
Available Profile(s) – list containing configured profiles. Profile name is in first column, and
network SSID in second. Active connections icon has red circle.
Add – click, to open Wireless Network Properties Window with new profile configuration.
Delete – click, to delete selected profile.
Edit – click, to open Wireless Network Properties Window with selected profile configuration.
Duplicate – click, to save selected profile copy with new name.
Set Default – click, to set selected profile as default.
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Wireless Network Properties Window
This window allows you to configure network properties which will be stored in profile.
General options
Profile Name – enter a name to identify your profile.
SSID – enter a network Service Set IDentifier (SSID). If SSID Broadcast function of AP is
disabled, SSID must be entered by hand. SSID is case sensitive, which means that pentagram
and Pentagram are two different networks.
This is a computer-to-computer(ad hoc)… – select this field if network you wish to connect to is a
Ad Hoc type network (point-point (peer-to-peer) with another adapter without Access Point).
Channel – Select the channel to be used when establishing an Ad hoc network.
Wireless network security frame
This frame contains all Authentication and Encryption settings. All information can be obtained
from wireless network administrator. Appearance of this frame depends on options selected
from Network Authentication and Data encryption lists.
Network Authentication – method to authenticate wireless stations:
• Open System – with this method, every wireless station can request authentication. If open
network uses WEP encryption, you may need to input WEP key in order to connect to this
network.
• Shared – with this authentication, the station requesting authentication must provide a
secret WEP key (which can be obtained from the network administrator) using a secure
channel (independent of the 802.11 wireless communications channel).
• WPA PSK and WPA2 PSK – station requesting authentication must provide a WPA Preshared
Key. AES or TKIP are used for encryption.
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• WPA 802.1x and WPA2 802.1x – IEEE 802.1x protocol is used for authentication and AES or
TKIP for encryption.
• WEP 802.1x – IEEE 802.1x protocol is used for authentication and WEP for encryption.
Data encryption – data encryption algorithm used by wireless network:
• Disabled (Open System) – network doesn’t use encryption and any wireless station can
connect to it.
• WEP (Open System, Shared Key) – first and least safe method of securing wireless network.
• TKIP (WPA PSK, WPA2 PSK) – base data encryption algorithm in WPA and WPA2 standards.
• AES (WPA PSK, WPA2 PSK) – newest and safest data encryption algorithm used in wireless
networks.
ASCII – if acquired WEP key is ASCII characters string (instead of hex), select this option and
enter key in field on the right side of PASSPHRASE option.
PASSPHRASE – selecting this box allows you to enter passphrase, based on which proper WEP
key will be generated. Passphrase can be acquired from wireless network administrator.
Key Length – length of key generated from passphrase.
Key Index (advanced) – select WEP key index which will be used.
Network key – enter encryption key for wireless network.
Confirm network key – reenter encryption key for wireless network.
802.1x configure frame
Settings in this frame allow to configure IEEE 802.1x protocol. All information can be obtained
from wireless network administrator. Appearance of this frame depends on option selected
from EAP TYPE list.
EAP TYPE – change EAP authentication method.
Tunnel Authentication – change tunnel authentication method.
Username – enter username for the EAP authentication.
Identity – enter Identity for the EAP authentication.
Password – enter Password for the EAP authentication.
Certificate – enable this option to use Client certificate for server authentication and then
select certificate from drop-down list.
OK – closes profile configuration window and saves settings.
Cancel – closes profile configuration window without saving settings.
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[Station] Available Network Tab
This Tab enables searching for and connecting to active wireless networks. Icon with red
marker represents currently connected wireless network.
Column headers on the list means::
SSID – Service Set IDentifier of network (network name).
Channel – channel (frequency), on which wireless network operates.
Encryption – encryption method used by wireless network.
Network Authentication – authentication method used by wireless network.
Signal – wireless network signal strength.
Type – wireless network type: Infrastructure or Ad-hoc.
BSSID – Basic Service Set IDentifier of network (MAC Address of the Access Point).
Supported Rate(s) – data rates supported by network.
Mode – wireless standard supported by network.
Refresh – click this button, to rescan for available wireless networks.
Add to Profile – click this button, to open Wireless Network Properties Window in which you can
create a profile for selected network. You can find detailed information on profile configuration
in previous section.
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[Station] Status Tab
This Tab shows basic information on adapter and connection state.
Manufacturer – manufacturer of adapter’s processor unit.
NDIS Driver Version – driver version.
Short Radio Header – info on radio header length.
Encryption – currently used encryption.
Channel Set – currently used channel set.
MAC Address – MAC address of adapter.
Data Rate (AUTO) – current data rate.
Channel (Frequency) – currently used channel (frequency).
Status – state of wireless connection.
SSID – SSID of connected wireless network.
Network Type – type of connected wireless network.
Power Save Mode – currently used power saving mode.
Associated AP MAC – MAC address of connected Access Point.
Up Time (hh:mm:ss) – time since last adapter power up.
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[Station] Statistics Tab
This Tab shows transmit (Tx) and receive (Rx) statistics.
Tx OK – shows the number of frames transmitted without errors.
Tx Error – shows the number of frames transmitted with CRC errors.
Rx OK – shows the number of frames received without errors.
Rx Packet Count – shows the total number of received frames.
Rx Retry – shows the number of frames received successfully after retrying.
Rx ICV Error – shows the number of frames received with ICV errors.
Reset – click this button to reset all statistics.
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[Station] Wi-Fi Protect Setup Tab
This tab allows you to connect to WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup) compatible Access Point.
WPS was created in order to simplify connection process between wireless stations and
secured Access Points. User don't need to know any authentication or encryption settings used
by network – direct or indirect (contact with network administrator) access to the WPS
compatible AP is enough.
Caution: WPS is not a method to secure wireless network, only a method to effortlessly connect
wireless stations to already secured wireless network.
Two methods of WPS connecting are available: PBC method (Push Button Config) and PIN
method.
PBC method:
1. While on Wi-Fi Protect Setup tab, click on Push Button Config (PBC) button or press WPS
button on adapter's casing (release when new window appears).
2. Before progress bar reaches its end, press WPS button on AP's casing (for example router's),
or use corresponding function on its configuration page (details can be found in AP's or
router's manual).
3. If everything is OK, connection between adapter and AP will be established.
4. [Session Overlap] error means, that more than one AP in PBC mode was found. Retry after
few minutes or try PIN method.
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PIN method:
1. While on Wi-Fi Protect Setup tab, click on Pin Input Config (PIN) button and then click on Yes
button on new window that appears.
2. On WPS compatible Access Points list, select AP to which you want to connect and click on
Select button – new window containing adapter's PIN (same as on Wi-Fi Protect Setup tab,
i.e. PIN on above screen shot is 3912579 ) will appear.
3. Enter AP's (or router's) configuration page and enter adapter's PIN in corresponding field of
WPS section (details can be found in AP's or router's manual).
4. If everything is OK, connection between adapter and AP will be established.
[Access Point] General Tab
This Tab allows you to check current state of active network connection.
SSID – SSID of wireless network created by adapter.
BSSID – BSSID of wireless network created by adapter (adapter’s MAC address).
Association Table – list of connected wireless stations:
• AID – identifier of connected wireless station.
• Mac Address – MAC address of connected wireless station.
• Life Time – time of connection.
Config – click this button, to open Wireless Network Properties window with configuration of
wireless network created by adapter.
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Wireless Network Properties Window
This window allows you to configure created network properties.
General options
Profile Name – not available in Access Point Mode.
Network Name(SSID) – enter SSID for created by adapter wireless network. This SSID will be
required in order to connect to this network.
This is a computer-to-computer(ad hoc)… – not available in Access Point Mode.
Channel – channel (frequency) on which wireless network will operate.
Wireless network security frame
This frame contains all Authentication and Encryption settings, required to connect to this
network. Appearance of this frame depends on options selected from Network Authentication
and Data encryption lists.
Authentication – method to authenticate wireless stations:
• Open System – with this method, every wireless station can request authentication. If open
network uses WEP encryption, you may need to input WEP key in order to connect to this
network.
• Shared – with this authentication, the station requesting authentication must provide a
secret WEP key (which can be obtained from the network administrator) using a secure
channel (independent of the 802.11 wireless communications channel).
• WPA PSK and WPA2 PSK – station requesting authentication must provide a WPA Preshared
Key. AES or TKIP are used for encryption.
Data encryption – data encryption algorithm used by wireless network:
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• Disabled (Open System) – network doesn’t use encryption and any wireless station can
connect to it.
• WEP (Open System, Shared Key) – first and least safe method of securing wireless network.
• TKIP (WPA PSK, WPA2 PSK) – base data encryption algorithm in WPA and WPA2 standards.
• AES (WPA PSK, WPA2 PSK) – newest and safest data encryption algorithm used in wireless
networks.
ASCII – select this option and enter key in field on the right side of PASSPHRASE option, if you
want to use as key ASCII characters string (instead of hex). To connect to this network this
method of key input will be required.
PASSPHRASE – selecting this box and enter passphrase, based on which proper WEP key will be
generated. To connect to this network this method of key input will be required.
Key Length – length of key generated from passphrase.
Key Index (advanced) – select WEP key index which will be used.
Network key – enter encryption key for wireless network.
Confirm network key – reenter encryption key for wireless network.
OK – closes configuration window and saves settings.
Cancel – closes configuration window without saving settings.
[Access Point] Advanced Tab
This Tab can be used to change advanced options for Access Point mode.
Beacon Interval – time interval in which beacon packets are sent.
DTIM Period – time period in which DTIM (Delivery Traffic Indication Message) packets are sent.
Data Rate – select preamble length (must be identical with network setting).
WMM Parameter:
•Power Save (APSD) Enable – select this option to use APSD power save mode.
Set Defaults – click this button, to revert all advanced settings to default values.
Apply – click this button, to apply changes.
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[Access Point] Statistics Tab
This Tab shows transmit (Tx) and receive (Rx) statistics.
Tx OK – shows the number of frames transmitted without errors.
Tx Error – shows the number of frames transmitted with CRC errors.
Rx OK – shows the number of frames received without errors.
Rx Packet Count – shows the total number of received frames.
Rx Retry – shows the number of frames received successfully after retrying.
Rx ICV Error – shows the number of frames received with ICV errors.
Reset – click this button to reset all statistics.
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[Access Point] Soft AP Tab
This Tab can be used to configure Internet Connection Sharing.
To share Internet connection to wireless stations connected to adapter’s wireless network,
select on list computer connection with access to the Internet, click on Select button, and then
on Apply button. Internet Connection Sharing for selected connection will be automatically
configured. Caution: This operation may also disable system Firewall for this connection.
Warning: Enabling this option may also disable system firewall for this connection.
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