Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product Wireless LAN Cardbus Adapter Edimax
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1 Introduction T han k y ou fo r pu r c ha sing th e 802.11g W i r el e s s L AN M i ni U SB Adapt e r . T hi s U SB Adap te r i s de s i gn ed to c om pl y w i th IE EE 802.11g W i r el e s s LA N s tanda r d and ea s y to c ar r y w i th t he Mi ni s i z e .
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2 Installation Procedure B e f o re yo u p r o cee d w i t h t h e in s t al l a t io n , p l ease re ad t h e f o ll o w in g c h ap t er ! Not e 1 : For W i ndow s 9 8 S E plea s e m a k e s ur e y our c opy of wi ndow s i s full y upda t e d w i th the l a t e s t hotf i x e s by goi ng to htt p:/ / w i n dow s upda te .
4. Th e A t her os l i c ens e agr ee m ent w i n do w app e ar s . Re ad an d ac c ep t t h e a gr e e m e nt t o c o nt inue. C l i c k N ex t . 5. T h e I ns ta ll a ti o n P r o g ram w i n d o w a p p ea r s w i th th re e s e tu p op ti o n s .
Ma k e Dr iver In stal l ati on D i s k e t t e (s ) Cre at e s d r iv e r in s t alla t ion di s k e t t e s . 6. A p r o mp t a p p e a r s w a r n in g t h a t th e in s ta ll r e q u ir e s th e s ys te m to b e r e b oo te d a t th e e n d o f the in s ta lla tio n p r o c e s s .
T h e in s ta lle r c o n tin ue s in s ta lla tio n . 1 3 .W in d o w s m a y d is p la y a W in d o w s L o g o e r r o r f o r th e W L A N d r ive r . C li c k C lic k C ont i nue A ny w a y . T h e in s ta lle r c o n tin ue s in s ta lla tio n .
Insta l li ng the At h e r o s U SB W i r e l e ss N e t w o r k Adapt e r T o in s ta ll th e U SB d r iv e r a n d th e Ath e r o s C lien t Uti lit y, s ee “ T o in s ta ll th e ACU and US B de v i c e dr i v e r :” o n pa g e 2- 1. T o in s ta ll th e U SB De vi c e Dr ive r s e p a r a te ly: 1 .
4 . C l i ck F in i s h to clo s e th e Fou n d N e w H a r d w a r e W iz a rd a n d co m p le te i n s ta l la ti o n of t he US B dev i c e boot l oa der . 5 . T h e F o un d Ne w H a rd w a re W i z a rd o pe n s t o i ns t a l l s o f t w a re f o r th e U S B d e v i ce .
7. W i ndow s m a y di spl a y a Wi nd o w s Logo e rr o r for t he WLA N dri v e r . C l i c k C o n tin u e An y w a y. T h e in s ta lle r w i ll c o n tin u e th e in s ta lla tio n .
F or W i ndow s X P , t he r e i s a “ W i ndo w s Z e r o C on figur a tion T ool ” b y def aul t fo r you to s e tup w i r e le s s c lien t s . I f y ou w an t t o u s e t he U t ilit y o f t h e US B adap ter, plea s e fol l ow one of the w a y s as b e l ow .
3 Configuration Utility The C lie n t U t ilit y i s a u s e r- m ode ut ilit y de s ign ed t o edi t and ad d p r ofil e s f or , as w e l l as di s pl a y and diagno s tic s pe r taini ng to a s el ec te d w i r el e s s U SB adapte r .
3 .2 Pr of ile Ma na ge m e nt P a r a met e r De s c r ipt ion N ew T o add a ne w con figur a tion p r ofil e, c l i c k Ne w on the P r o fi l e Managem ent tab. T o modi fy a con figur a tion p r ofil e, s el e c t the c onfi gu r ation f r om the P r ofil e l i s t and c l i c k the Modi fy b u tto n .
3. B r o w s e to the di r ec to r y t o expo r t the p r o fi l e to. 4. Cl i c k Save . T he p r ofil e i s e x po r ted to t h e s pe cified l oc a ti on.
3. 4 S ecu ri ty T hi s C hapte r de s c r i be s s etting up s e c u r i ty u s i ng t h e At he r o s C l i ent U t ilit y ( A C U) . Whi l e u s i ng the A the r o s U SB w i r el e ss ne tw o rk adapt e r , enc r ypt i on da ta c an p r ote c t it s a s i t i s t r an s mi tted th r ough the w i r el e s s net w o rk .
T h i s i s bec aus e th e W EP k ey s of al l dev i ces th at ar e t o co m m un i c ate w i t h e ac h o t h e r mu s t m a t c h . Au th e n ti c a t i o n P r o c ess Ena bl i ng EAP on th e ac c .
tha t Al l ow A s s o c i ati on to M i x ed C el l s i s c hec ked on the S e cu r i t y Ta b to al l ow a ss o ciati on. Pr e - Sh ar ed Ke y (Sta t i c WEP ) Enable s the u s e of p r e -sha r ed k ey s tha t a r e de f i ned on bo t h th e a c c e s s p oi nt and t he s tation.
U s ing E AP - TLS S e c u r it y I m p o r t a n t N o te : T o u s e EAP - T T LS s e c u r i ty , the ma chine m u s t alr e ady ha ve the E A P- T T LS c e r ti fi cat e s do w nl oaded onto i t f r om a C e r ti ficat e Autho r i ty ( C A ) . Plea s e che c k w i th y our IT adm i ni s t r ato r .
U s ing E AP - TTL S S ec u r i t y I m p o r t a n t N o te : T o u s e EAP - T T LS s e c u r i ty , the ma chine m u s t alr e ady ha ve the E A P- T T LS c e r ti fi cat e s do w nl oaded onto i t f r om a C e r ti ficat e Autho r i ty ( C A ) . Plea s e che c k w i th y our IT adm i ni s t r ato r .
U s ing PE A P- G TC S e c u r it y I m p o r ta n t No te ! T o u se PE A P ( E A P - G T C ) secu r i t y , th e se r v er m u s t h av e W P A - PE A P ce r tifica t es, a n d t h e C e r t i f ica t e A u t h o r i t y ( C A ) serv er p r o p er t ies must alr ea d y b e se t u p .
7. C hoo s e T o k en or Stati c Pa ss w o r d , depe ndi ng on th e u s e r databa se. N ote that To ken u s e s a ha r dw a r e to ken dev i c e o r t he Se c u r e C om puti ng SofTo ken p r og r am ( v e rs i on 1.3 or l ate r ) to ob tai n and en te r a one - tim e pa ss w o r d dur i ng auth enticat i on .
5. Spe ci fy a u ser na m e fo r i n ne r PEAP t unnel authen ti c ati on: – C hec k U s e W i ndow s U s e r N am e to u se the W i ndo w s u ser n am e a s the PEAP u s er nam e. – O R : Ente r a PEAP u s e r n am e i n the U ser N a m e f i e l d to u se a s e pa r at e u s e r nam e an d start the PEAP a ut henti cat i on p r o c e s s .
U s ing LE AP S ec u r it y I m p o r t a n t N o te ! LEA P s e cur it y r equi r e s that al l i nfr a st r uc t u r e de vic e s ( e.g. ac c e s s poi nt s and s e r v e r s) a r e conf i gu r ed fo r L EAP au t hentic a t i on. C hec k w i th t he IT manage r .
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5. En ter the W P A pa s sph r a se ( fo r A SC II te x t, ente r 8 - 63 c ha r a c te r s , f o r he x ade cim al , ente r 64 c har a c te r s ) . C l i c k OK .
c onfi gu r ation s ec u r i ty . At lea s t one Sha r ed Key fi el d m u s t be popul ated to ena bl e s e cu r i ty u sing a s ha r ed k ey . C l i c k o n the r adi o button to s et the k ey a s t he default e n cr yp t i o n ke y . WEP Ke y Si ze D efine s t he siz e fo r eac h enc ry ption k ey .
4 Troubleshooting T hi s c hapte r p r o v i de s solution s t o p r obl em s u s ual l y enc oun tered du r i ng the i n s tall ati on and ope r ati on of t he adapte r .
802. 11g define s t he u s e of t h e s am e OF D M m odul ati on tec hni que s pe cified i n IE EE 802. 11a fo r the 5 GHz f r equ enc y band an d appl i e s i t i n the same 2.4 G H z f r equenc y band a s I EEE 8 02 . 11b. T he 802.11g s tan dar d r equi r e s ba c k w a r d c om pati b ilit y w it h 802.
8. W h a t is T K IP ? T KIP i s a qui c k - fi x m ethod to quic k l y o ve r come the inhe r ent w ea k ne ss e s in W EP s e cu r i ty , e s pecial l y t he r eu s e of en c r y p tion k e y s .
l oo k s l i k e b ac k gr o und noi s e . T her e a r e t w o mai n al te r na ti v e s, D i r e c t Sequenc e Sp r ead Spe c t r um ( D SSS ) and F r equen c y H o ppi ng Sp r ead Sp ec t r um ( F H SS ) .
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