Shuttle PN20 User manual

PN20
Shuttle Wireless Kit
Realtek RTL8187
User Guide

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Content
Chapter 1 Introduction ..................................................................................3
Chapter 2 Specifications ...............................................................................4
Chapter 3 Installation/ Un-installation..........................................................6
3.1 Installation.........................................................................................6
3.1.1 For Window XP and Windows 2000 user................................6
3.1.2 For Windows Vista user.........................................................10
3.2 Un-installation.................................................................................15
Chapter 4 Wireless LAN Management GUI ................................................17
4.1 Introduction of Main Window.........................................................17
4.2 Station mode ...................................................................................21

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Thank you for purchasing Shuttle PN20 Wireless Kit. Shuttle PN20 Wireless
Kit is a perfect combination of both performance and cost-effective product
introduced by Shuttle. Shuttle hopes you can enjoy the wireless world through
this solid profiled wireless card.
PN20 provides all the data rates in the IEEE 802.11 b/g standards. PN20
supports both the short and long preambles to ensure the compatibility of
legacy wireless products and new ones, saving the panic works for end users
to find compatible products.
Since the security has became one of the most important issue in the wireless
society, PN20 provides you with the full security coverage from the naïve
64/128bits WEP encryptions, second generation WPA-PSK encryption, to the
most advanced WPA2-AES encryption. WPA2 is the latest security standard
currently approved by WIFI standard. Shuttle cares about your security on the
wireless world and makes our efforts to protect our users from malicious
sniffers.
Saving mode, Ad-Hoc wireless LAN, Wake on LAN (WOL) and other exciting
features are also included in this Shuttle PN20 Wireless Kit. We will guide you
through these exciting features in the following chapters and we believe that
you will have a great satisfactory with its performance and ease of use.

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PN20 Wireless Kit
WLAN Interface Fully complies with IEEE 802.11 b/g specifications
Chipset: RealTek RTL8187
RF Chip: Realtek RTL8225
Data Rates : 54, 48, 36, 24, 18, 12, 9, and 6 Mbps (802.11g)
11, 5.5, 2, 1 Mbps (802.11b)
Frequency Band : 2.4GHz to 2.484GHz
Wireless Medium : DSSS and OFDM
Media Access
Protocol:
CSMA/CA
Operating Channels:
1-13(FCC:1-11
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ETSI:1-13)
Operating Range: • Indoors: Up to 328 ft (100 meters)
• Outdoors: Up to 1312 ft (400 meters)
Receive Sensitivity :
802.11g 54 Mbps: -71 dBm
48 Mbps: -73 dBm
36 Mbps: -77 dBm
24 Mbps: -81 dBm
18 Mbps: -83 dBm
12 Mbps: -83 dBm
9 Mbps: -83 dBm
6 Mbps: -83 dBm
802.11b 11 Mbps: -87 dBm
5.5 Mbps: -88 dBm
2 Mbps: -89 dBm
1 Mbps: -89 dBm
Transmit Power:
802.11g:
14±1dBm
802.11b:
17±1dBm
Security : 64/128-bit WEP
WPA— Wi-Fi Protected Access
Standards
Conformance:
WPA certified, IEEE 802.11g, IEEE 802.11b

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EMI: FCC, CE
Environmental
Range:
Operating
temperature:
0
o
to 40
o
C (32
o
to 104
o
F)
Operating humidity: 0 to 90% non-condensing
System
Requirements
Windows XP/ 2000/ Vista
Antenna Detachable dipolar antenna

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Before you proceed with the installation, please notice following descriptions.
Note1: The following installation was operated under Windows XP.
(Procedures are similar for Windows 2000.)
Note2: If you have installed the USB WLAN driver & utility before, please
uninstall the old version first.
A. Ignore the following dialog. Please click “Cancel”.

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B. Insert the Installation CD to your CD-ROM Drive. Execute the “setup”
program.
C. Choose Setup Language

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D. Click “Next” to process the installation
E. The system starts to install the software of the WLAN adapter.

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F. Please click “Finish” to complete the installation.
G. Now your PC has wireless network connection

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A. Ignore the following dialog. Please click “Cancel”.
B. Insert the Installation CD to your CD-ROM Drive. Execute the “setup”
program.

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C. The system will automatically detect the card and display “Hardware
Installation” screen. Click “Continue” to continue.

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D. Please click “Finish” to complete the installation.
E. Please click the “Start” than select ”Connect To”

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F. Please select your wireless network name and click “Connect”
G. Please click “Connect Anyway”

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H. You can select “Save this network, Start this connection automatically”,
Windows will connect to wireless network on start up. Than click “Close”
to finish.
I. Now your PC has wireless network connection

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A. Uninstall the RTL8187 WLAN Driver from “Start”“All Programs”
“Realtek RTL8187 Wireless Network Driver and Utility” or “Control
Panel”“”“Change or Remove Programs”.
Please click “Un-istall” (or “Change/Remove”) to remove RTL8187 WLAN
driver.
B. Please click “OK” if you want to remove RTL8187 USB WLAN Driver.
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C. Please click “Finish” to complete the un-installation.

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A. Main Menu
The main menu includes five submenus.
Refresh
As clicking the refresh menu, we can update and re-enumerate the
contents of adapter list area.
RT-Set
Mode
Wireless configuration was quickly switched to be either [Station] or
[Access Point] or [Access Point(WDS)].
A. Main Menu
B. Adapter List Area
C. Property Area
D. Global Control Bar
E. Status Bar

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View
Enable/disable the present of status bar. Without check mark in front will
make the status bar hidden.

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About
Click the item to show the about dialog. The application version and
license information are shown in the about dialog.
B. Adapter List Area
All connected adapters on this system for multiple adapter
installations are displayed in this area. It is easy for users to
change the selected adapter by one click. The contents of
properties area are dependant on wireless configuration that
the selected adapter was set up. If only single adapter was
installed on the system, only one adapter is always selected.
C. Properties Area
The contents of this area are dependent on current wireless configuration.
The current configuration is determined on previous explanation of submenu
“Mode”. The more detail contents are described in following wireless
configuration sections for both Station and AP mode.

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D. Global Control Bar
Each control items on this bar affects the adapter or management GUI
directly.
Show Tray Icon
Making this item to be checked and pressing “Close” button, the management
GUI will be minimized and stay on the tray icon located at the right down
corner of Windows. On the contrary, management GUI will shut down while
pressing “Close” button with unchecked condition.
Radio Off
Turn off the radio for saving power. While the radio being off, the links with
other wireless network nodes are disconnected. User should be care of it
while the wireless configuration is in AP mode. The radio off will cause the
sub network belong to the AP to disconnect with internet/intranet.
E. Status Bar
The hints or status of the management GUI are presented in the status bar.