Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product Edimax Wireless LAN Cardbus Adapter Edimax Technology
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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 Adapte r . T hi s USB Adap te r i s de s i gn ed to c ompl y w i th I EEE 802.11g W i r el e s s LA N s tanda r d and ea s y to c ar ry w i th the Mi ni s ize .
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2 Installation Procedure B e f o r e yo u p ro cee d w i t h t h e in s t al la t io n , p l ease r e ad th e fo ll o w in g c h ap t er ! Not e 1 : For W i ndow s 9 8 S E pl e a s e ma k e s ur e y our c opy of w i ndow s i s full y upda t e d w i th t he l a t e s t hotf i x e s by goi ng to htt p: / /w i n dow s upda t e .
4. Th e A t her o s l i c en se ag r ee m ent w i nd ow app e ar s . Re ad an d ac c ept t h e a gr e e m e nt t o c o nt i nue . C l i c k N e x t . 5. T h e I ns ta ll a ti o n P r o g ram w in d o w a p p ea rs w i th th r e e s e tu p op ti o n s .
Ma k e Dr iv er 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 a lla t io n d i 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 the in s ta ll r e q u ir e s th e s ys t em to b e r e b oo te d a t t h e e n d o f t h e 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 Lo g o e r r o r f o r the W LA 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 . 1 4 .
I nst a l li n g t he 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 lient U t i lit y, s ee “ T o in s ta ll th e AC U and US B de v i c e dr i v e r : ” on pag e 2 -1 . T o in s ta ll the 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 rd w a re W i z a rd a n d co m p l e 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 t h 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 r r o r f or t he W L A N dri v e r . Cl 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 ti on T ool” b y def aul t f o r you to s e tup w i r e le s s c lie n t s . I f y ou w an t t o u s e t he U t ilit y o f t he USB 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 lien t U t ilit y i s a u s e r- m ode ut ilit y d e 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 pla y and di agno 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 amet 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 m odi fy a c on figur a tion p r ofil e, s el e c t the c onfi gu r ation f r om the P r ofi l e l i s t and c l i c k the M odi fy bu tto n .
3. B r o w s e to the di r ec to r y t o ex po r t the p r o fi l e to. 4. Cl i c k Sa v e . T he p r ofil e i s e x po r ted to th e s pe c i fied l oc a ti on.
3. 4 S ecu ri ty T hi s C hapt e r de s cr i be s s ett i ng up s e c u r i ty u s i ng th e Athe r o s C l i ent U t ilit y( A C U) . Whi l e u s ing the A the r o s U SB w i r el e s s 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 m i tt ed 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 ic es th at ar e t o c o m mun 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 en ti c at i o n P r o c e ss Ena bl i ng EAP on th e ac c e.
tha t Al l ow A s s o c i ati on t o Mi x ed C el l s i s c hec k ed on t he S e cu r i t y Ta b to al l ow a ss o ciation. Pr e - Sh a r e d Ke y ( St a t i c WEP ) Enable s the u s e of p r e - s ha 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 the s t ation.
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 ) . Pl ea s e c he c k w i th y our IT adm i ni s t r ato r .
U s ing E AP - TTL S S e c 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 ) . Pl ea s e c he c k w i th y our IT adm i ni s t r ato r .
U s ing P E AP- G TC S e c u r it y I m p or 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 i ca t e A u t h o ri ty ( 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 s e. N ote that T o ken u s e s a ha r dw a r e to k en devi c e o r t he Se c u r e C om puting SofT o k en p r og r am ( ve r s i on 1.3 or l ate r ) to ob tai n and en te r a one - tim e pa s s w o r d dur i ng auth entic ation .
5. Spe ci fy a u ser na m e fo r i n ne r PEAP t unnel authen tic ation: – 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 t he PEAP u s er nam e. – O R : Ente r a PEAP u s e r na m e i n the U s er N am e fi e l d to u se a s epa r at e u s e r nam e an d start the PEAP aut henti cat i on p r o c e ss .
U s ing LE AP S ec u r it y I m p o r t a n t N o te ! LEAP s e c ur i t y r equi r e s t hat al l infr a s t r uc tu r e de v i ce s ( e.g. ac c e s s poi nt s and s e r v e r s ) a r e c onfi gu r ed f o r L EAP au t hent i c a tion. C hec k w i th t he IT m anage r .
o 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 na m e a s t he L EAP u s er nam e. o OR : C h e c k Manual l y P r om pt fo r LEAP U se r N am e and Pa s s w or d to manual l y l ogi n and st a r t the LE AP au thent i c a tion p r oc e s s .
5. En ter the W P A pa s sph r a se ( fo r A SC II t e x t , ente r 8 - 63 cha r a ct e r s , f o r he x ade c i m al , ente r 64 c har a c t e 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 c u 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 ti 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 s ol ution s t o p r obl em s u s uall 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 the u s e of t h e s ame OF D M m odul ati on tec hni que s pe c i fi ed i n IE EE 802. 11a fo r the 5 GHz f r equ enc y band an d appl ie s i t i n the s am e 2.4 G H z f r equenc y band a s I EEE 8 0 2. 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 v e r c ome the i nhe r ent w ea k ne s s e s in W EP s e c u r i t y , e s pec i al 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 t e r na tive 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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