11.21.2012
Alfa WiFi USB Adapter on Windows 8
Windows 8 Compatible List
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AUTO INSTALLATION
1. Make sure you PC is connecting to Internet
2. Plug AWUS036H into USB port directly
3. Add Hardware Wizard will search & install driver for you automatically
INSTALL DRIVER MANUALLY
(That's t take AWUS036H as example)
1. Plug in AWUS036H into Windows 8 and launch Device Manager
2. Expend your Network adapters section in Device Manager, click on Settings -> PC Info -> Device
Manager
3. Right click on AWUS036H (Realtek RTL8187 Wireless …. ) and select Update Driver Software ..
4. Press Browse button to locate driver for AWUS036H for Windows 7 where is located in CD as shown in following picture.
5. Driver is installed as shown in following picture
11.06.2012
Establish Point to Point Connection
Apply Model: N2, N2C, N5, N5C, and AP121U
Hardware Setup –
Setup Procedure -
Setup your FIRST UNIT as a WDS Access Point
AP Bridge Mode, WDS Access Point Mode, IP address 192.168.2.1
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AP Bridge Mode, WDS Client Mode, IP address 192.168.3.1
Setup Procedure -
Setup your FIRST UNIT as a WDS Access Point
AP Bridge Mode, WDS Access Point Mode, IP address 192.168.2.1
Open your browser and enter configuration IP address http://192.168.2.1
Enter admin/admin for user name and password.
Now, it shows the status of your unit
Click on Advanced and select Operation Mode
Choose the AP Bridge from the drop down menu and press Apply button when finished.
Your unit will reboot and save your current settings.
After rebooting, your browser will show you the status of your unit in AP Bridge Mode as shown below.
Make sure your DHCP server is disabled.
Select Advanced >> Network Setting >> LAN
Enable WDS Access Point mode for your first unit.
Select the Advanced >> Wireless Settings >> Basic use drop down menu to select WDS Access Point from Wireless Mode and press Apply button when finished.
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Setup your SECOND UNIT as a WDS CLIENT
AP Bridge Mode, WDS Client Mode, IP address 192.168.3.1
Open your browser and enter configuration IP address http://192.168.2.1 and enter admin/admin for both user name & password when prompted.
Status page showing your 2nd unit in AP Router mode (default setting)
Select Advanced >> Operation Mode
Choose AP Bridge from the drop down menu and click Apply when finished.
Your unit will reboot and save your current settings.
After rebooting, your browser will show you the status of your unit in AP Bridge Mode as shown below.
Now, we need to change IP address for the unit to 192.168.3.1 and make sure DHCP is disabled.
Select Advanced >> Network Settings >> LAN and change the IP address from 192.168.2.1 to 192.168.3.1. Lastly, press Apply button when finished.
Open your browser and enter configuration IP address http://192.168.3.1 and enter admin/admin for both user name & password when prompted.
Your browser will show you the status of your unit in AP Bridge Mode as shown below.
Enable WDS Client mode for your second unit.
Select the Advanced >> Wireless Settings >> Basic use drop down menu to select WDS Client from Wireless Mode and press Apply button when finished.
Press Scan button to find your target SSID that you setup for your 1st unit.
Select your target SSID from the list and press Apply when finished.
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Verification -
My PC is connected to 2nd Atheros unit so able to ping both 1st and 2nd Atheros unit
Another PC is connecting to 1st Atheros unit and received IP address from the Router and able to ping Google and open www.yahoo.com web page
11.01.2012
Install AWUS036NHA into your Linux Box
Credit: http://www.backtrack-linux.org/forums/showthread.php?t=47385
1. Download Linux
driver from an open source vendor. For detail information, please visit http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/ath9k_htc
2.
tar -xvjf compat-wireless-2.6.39-1.tar.bz2
3.
cd compat-wireless-2.6.39-1
6.
patch -p1 <
mac80211.compat08082009.wl_frag+ack_v1.patch
7.
patch -p1 < channel-negative-one-maxim.patch
Compile the driver for your AWUS036NHA =>
chose "atheros".
8.
./scripts/driver-select atheros
Plug and AWUS036NHA into your Linux box
9.
make & make install
10. modprobe ath9k_hw
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