DIGITUS DN-70543 Wireless 300n Usb 2.0
Internet Adapter User Manual
Safety Precautions
- Only use the device within the specified temperature range for: 0 ~ 40°C
- When not in use, store the product in a clean and dry place in temperatures between 0°C and 40°C
- Do not let the indoor devices come into contact with liquids
- Ensure that the indoor devices are only used inside. These devices are not intended for outdoor use and would be damaged
- During thunderstorms, there is a danger of lightning strike and due to overvoltage damage to connected electrical appliances
- Do not install the product during a thunderstorm
- Disconnect the product from power source during a thunderstorm
- Keep the devices outside the reach of children, since these components can be dangerous
- Never try to repair the device by yourself. Repair and maintenance work must be carried out by specialists
- In case of problems contact our customer service
- Dust, humidity and vapors as well as sharp cleaning agents or solvents can damage the product
- Disconnect the product from the power source before cleaning
- Clean the product with a slightly damp, lint-free cloth
CHAPTER 1. Introduction
DIGITUS new 2T2R wireless 802.11b/g/n USB adapter series comes with two models. DN-70542 is the mini-size version whereas DN-70543 integrates external detachable dipole antenna for better transmission and reception. In addition to the common wireless standards 802.11b/g, this new wireless adapter series is also 802.11n compatible with data transfer rate up to 300Mbps, which is three times faster than 802.11g wireless network!
1.1 Product Features
- Complies with IEEE 802.11n, IEEE 802.11g and IEEE 802.11b standards
- Provides USB2.0 port
- Provides 150/300Mbps receiving rate and 150/300Mbps sending rate
- Supports 20MHz/40MHz 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 to free you from remembering long passwords
- Easy-to-install, plug and play
- Supports Windows 7/ Win8/ Win10/ Linux/ Macintosh
1.2 Package contents
The package contains:
- One Wireless 801.11b/g/n USB adapter
- One CD (include driver/utility/user manual)NOTE: If any of the listed contents are damaged or missing, please contact the retailer from whom you purchased the product for assistance.
1.3 Indicator Description
LED blinking indicates the data communication.
CHAPTER 2: Quick Installation Guide
This chapter describes how to use the included CD-ROM which includes the Driver and the Client Utility.
2.1 Driver Installation
Please follow the below instructions to install the Wireless USB Adapter:
2.1.1Insert the USB wireless network adapter into an available USB 2.0 port of your computer. Please note that the USB connector side is directional, so please flip the USB adapter when it cannot be inserted into the USB port.
2.1.2The following message will appear on your computer, click `Cancel / Close‘.
Under Windows 7
2.1.3Insert the driver CD into your CD-ROM. You can see autorun screen below. If not, you can double click `autorun.exe‘ on CD.
Click `Install Driver’ to start the installation procedure
2.1.4Please select the language you wish to use, then click `Next‘.
2.1.5Installation wizard will then be shown. Click `Next’ to continue.
2.1.6Once the installation is finished the computer will be asked to reboot. You can click `Finish‘ and reboot the computer to finish the driver installation.
2.1.7A new icon will appear near the clock of system tray:
Left-click the icon will launch wireless network configuration utility, and you can right-click the icon to show the quick menu of configuration utility. This icon also uses different color to show the status of wireless connection:
For detailed instructions of wireless network configuration utility, please see next chapter.
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 card driver), or Windows Zero Config utility (comes with Windows operating system).
2.2.1 Using Client
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 configuration menu will appear:
2. Wireless utility will appear. Click `Available Network‘ menu to search for wireless access points nearby.
3. Please wait for a while, and all wireless access points which can be reached by this wireless network card 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. When the access point you’re looking for is on the list, left-click it and then double click it or click `Add to Profile‘.
4. If a password (a.k.a. `Network Key’) is required to access the wireless access point, please input it in `Network key‘ (and input it again in `Confirm network key‘ for confirmation). Click `OK’ when password is properly inputted.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.
All options in this page will be filled automatically according to the access point you wish to add to profile. However, you can still modify any of them to meet your requirement.
Please click `OK‘ when ready.
5. Network card will attempt to connect to access point now, this may require few seconds to minutes, please be patient. When the `Status‘ become `Associated‘ , your computer is connected to access point you selected. Click `Close‘ to close configuration menu.
NOTE: If you connected to an access point but the connection has been dropped soon, please check security settings and re-check password spelling.
2.2.2 Using Windows Zero Configuration
Windows XP and Vista has a built-in wireless network configuration utility, called as `Windows Zero Configuration‘ (WZC). You can also use WZC to configure your wireless network parameter:
1. Right-click Client configuration utility icon, and click `Open Config Utility’.
2. Check `Windows Zero Config‘ box.
3. A message indicating that you’ve been switched to Windows Zero.
NOTE: To return to use Client utility, uncheck `Windows Zero Config’ box.
4. Click `Start’ button (should be located at the bottom-left corner of windows desktop), click `Control Panel‘, then click `Network and Internet Connections‘ in Control Panel.
5. Double click `Network Connections‘.
6. Right-click `Wireless Network Connection‘ (it may have a number as suffix if you have more than one wireless network card, please make sure you right-click the Wireless LAN 802.11n USB Network Adapter), then select `View Available Wireless Networks‘.
7. All wireless access points in proximity will be displayed here. If the access point you want to use is not displayed here, please try to move your computer closer to the access point, or you can click `Refresh network list’ to rescan access points. Click the access point you want to use if it’s shown, then click `Connect‘.
8. If the access point is protected by encryption, you have to input its security key or passphrase here. It must match the encryption setting on the access point. If the access point you selected does not use encryption, you’ll not be prompted for security key or passphrase.
9. If you can see `Connected‘ message, the connection between your computer and wireless access point is successfully established.
CHAPTER 3: Client Utility
3.1 Connection Profile Management
If you need to connect to different wireless access points at different time, like of access point of your home, office, cybercafé, or public wireless service, you can store the connection parameters (encryption, passphrase, security etc., etc.) 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.
To manage profiles, right-click the Client configuration utility icon located at lower-right corner of computer desktop, then click `Open Config Utility‘.
Click the `Profile‘ menu.
3.1.1 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. If you want to create a new profile, click `Profile‘ menu, then click `Add‘ button.
You’ll be prompted to input connection parameters for the wireless access point you wish to connect:
Required parameters are:
When all required parameters are set, click ‘OK’ to create and save a new profile
3.1.2 Remove an existing profile
When you no longer need an existing profile, you can remove it. If you want to remove a profile, click `Profile‘ menu, then select an existing profile which you wish to remove, and then click `Remove‘ button.
3.1.3 Edit an existing profile
3.1.3 Edit an existing profileIf 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 click `Cancel‘ to discard changes.
3.1.4 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. To do this, select an existing profile, then click `Duplicate‘ button.
You’ll be prompted to input a profile name, please use an identical name that does not exist in profile list.
3.1.5 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.
3.2 View Network Statistics, General Information, and Status
The configuration utility provides information about network statistics and link status. If you want to know how your wireless network card works, you can use these functions to get detailed information about the wireless connection you’re using.
3.2.1 General Information
If you want to know the general information of the access point you’re connecting to, click `General‘ menu:
All general information like signal strength and link quality will be displayed here. 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.
3.2.2 Status
If you want to know the status of your wireless network card, click `Status‘ menu:
3.2.3 View Network Statistics
3.2.3 View Network StatisticsTo view the statistical data of wireless network card, click `Statistics‘ menu, and the statistics of wireless connection will be displayed:
All connection-related statistics is displayed here. You can click `Reset‘ button, to reset the statistics of all items back to 0.
3.3 Miscellaneous Settings
There are few functions provided by Client configuration utility, you can access these functions from the bottom of configuration menu:
The descriptions of these function are listed as follow:
3.4 Establish secure connection with AP by 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 card, 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 card support pin code configuration method; you can just input the code to wireless access point, and the wireless access point and wireless network card will do the rest for you. This wireless network card is compatible with WPS. To use this function, the wireless access point you wish to connect to must support WPS function too. Now, please follow the following instructions to establish secure connection between WPS-enabled wireless access point and your wireless network card. This wireless network card supports 2 kinds of WPS: PIN code and Push-Button.Please follow the following instructions to setup WPS:
1. Right-click Client configuration utility icon, and click `Open Config Utility’.
2. Click `Wi-Fi Protect Setup‘ menu.
3. You can use PIN code or Push-Button configuration, and WPS-compatible wireless access point must use the same type of WPS. For instructions on setup each type of WPS, see next 2 chapters for detailed instructions.
3.4.1 PIN Code
To use PIN Code, please click `Pin Input Config (PIN)‘ button:
You’ll be prompted to select an access point you wish to connect. If you know its SSID, click `Yes‘, otherwise click `No‘.
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.
If you select `No‘, wireless network card will prompt you to enter 8-digit PIN code into your AP, without selecting an AP in advance.
After you select `Yes’ or `No’ in previous step, network card 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 card will establish secure connection with AP automatically.
To stop this procedure before connection is established, click `Cancel‘.
To use Push-Button WPS configuration, please click `Push Button Config (PBC)’ button. This is the easiest way to establish secure connection by WPS, but if there’re more than one WPS-compatible AP using Push-Button config, please use PIN Code instead.
After you click “Push Button Config(PBC)“, a message box will appear:
Please activate Push-Button function on wireless access point now, and wireless network card will establish secure connection with access point within one minute.
CHAPTER 4 Soft-AP Function
Excepting become a wireless client of other wireless access points, this wireless adapter can act as a wireless service provider also! You can switch this wireless adapter’s operating mode to `AP’ mode to simulate the function of a real wireless access point by software, and all other computers and wireless devices can connect to your computer wirelessly, even share the internet connection you have! Please follow the instructions in following chapters to use the AP function of your wireless card.
4.1 Switch to AP Mode and Station Mode
The operating mode of the wireless card is `Station Mode’ (becoming a client of other wireless access points) by default. Please follow the following instructions to switch to AP mode:
1. Right-click Client configuration utility icon, and click `Open Config Utility‘.
2. Select `Mode‘, and then select `Access Point‘.
It requires few seconds to switch to AP mode, please be patient.
After mode switch is complete, you’ll see general information of software AP, which shows AP’s SSID and connected wireless clients.
Client mode icon :
Software AP icon:
4.1.1 Configure SSID and Channel
To configure software AP, click `Config‘ button:
The `Wireless Network Properties‘ is displayed.
Please note that Ad-Hoc mode is not available when network card is in AP mode. The description of major setup items are listed below:
To save changes, click `OK‘; otherwise click `Cancel‘ to leave this menu and keep settings untouched.
4.1.2 Setup Soft-AP Security
To setup security options for Soft-AP, configure `Wireless Network Security’ section as follow:
The description of setup items about wireless security are listed below:
4.2 Advanced Settings
If you want to setup advanced settings of software access point, select `Advanced’ menu. If you don’t know the meaning and affects of these settings, keep them untouched.
The description of all setup items are listed below:
If you changed any setting here and cause problem on communicating with wireless clients, click `Set Defaults‘ to reset all settings back to default setting.
4.3 Wireless Statistics
Select `Statistics‘ menu and the data statistics about software access point will be displayed.
Click `Reset‘ to reset the value of every item back to `0’. 35
4.4 Internet Connection Sharing (ICS)
In this page, you can assign a network card on your computer as the path for all wireless clients to get connected to Internet. If you have only one network card (except this software access point), you don’t have to select network card here; if you have more than one network card, select the one you wish to be used as Internet gateway.
Click `Apply‘ to save changes (`Apply‘ is grayed out when no changes are made in this page).
CHAPTER 5: Troubleshooting
If you encounter any problem when you’re using this wireless network card, don’t panic! Before you call your dealer of purchase for help, please check this troubleshooting table, the solution of your problem could be very simple, and you can solve the problem by yourself !
DN-70542Technical DescriptionFrequency Range: 2412MHz-2472MHz for 802.11b, g, n/HT20 2422MHz-2462MHz for 802.11n/HT40Transmit Power: < 20 dBm EIRPHardware Version: V 1.1Software Version: 1030.38
DN-70543Technical DescriptionFrequency Range: 2412MHz-2472MHz for 802.11b, g, n/HT20 2422MHz-2462MHz for 802.11n/HT40Transmit Power: < 20 dBm EIRPHardware Version: V 1.0Software Version: 1030.38
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