Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product EW-7206GAb Edimax Technology
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Wireless Gaming Adapter EW-7206GAb User’s Manual.
Table of Contents Chapter 1 Introduction ............................................................................. 1 1.1 Package Contents .......................................................................................... 2 1.2 Features ...
Introduction Chapter 1 Introduction This product is a Wireless Gaming Ad apter for IEEE 802. 11b 2.4GHz wireless network. You can use this Wireless Gami ng Adapter to make a game console or network device with wired Ethernet ha ve wireless LAN access capability.
Introduction 1.1 Package Contents T he Wireless Gaming Adapter pack age includes the follo wing items: y One Wireless Gaming Adapter y One Power Adapter y One Manual 1.2 Features y Let network device with wired Ethernet have wireless L AN access capability.
Introduction Operating: 32~131°F (0~55°C) Storage: -4~158°F(-20~70°C) y Humidity: 10-90% (Noncondensing) y Certification: FCC, CE 1.4 Physical Description Front Panel On the Wireless Gaming Adapter’s front pa nel there are LED lights that inform you of the Wireless Gaming Adapter’s current st atus.
Introduction Wireless Gaming Adapter’s connection ports ar e located on the back panel. Below is the description of each connection port. y Antenna Connector This round connection is standard Rev erse SMA connector where any antennas with Reverse SMA connector can connect to the Access Point.
Introduction 2) If problems persist or you experience extreme problems or you forgot your password, press the reset button for l onger than 4 seconds and the Wireless Gaming Adapter will reset itself to th e factory default settings (warning: your original configurations will be replaced with the factory default settings).
Wireless LAN Access Point Connection Chapter 2 Quick Installation 2.1 Hardware Installation Connect to a game console 1. Connect the Wireless Gaming Ad apter to your game console. Connect one end of standard UTP ca ble to the Wireless Gaming Adapter’s Console Port and connect the other e nd of the cable to your game console.
Wireless LAN Access Point Connection After power on both Wireless Gaming Ad apter and your game console, the “PWR” and “CONSOLE” LEDs of the Wire less Gaming Adapter should be light. The Hardware Installa tion is complete. 2.2 Getting Started Play head to head games 1.
Wireless LAN Access Point Connection Head” LED is light, press the “Head 2 Head/Infrastructure” button once and the Wireless Gaming Adapter w ill switch to “Infrastruct ure m ode” automatically. 3. When the Wireless Gaming Adapter is su ccessfully connected to the wireless LAN, the “STATUS” LED will be light and green.
Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration Chapter 3 Windows Setup Wizard The Wireless Gaming Adapter provides Wi ndows setup wizard that can guide you through the configuration process step by step. Please follow the instructions below to get started configuration: 1.
Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration 2. Insert CD-ROM for Wireless Gaming Adap ter into the administration PC. The installation program will be executed automatically and the window below will pop up. If the installation program is not executed automatically, please manually execute the setup.
Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration 4. Click “Search” and this se tup wizard will start to search for all accessible Wireless Gaming Adapters. After a fe w seconds, you can see a list of all accessible Wireless Gaming Adapters. Sele ct the one you want to configure and click “Configure”.
Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration 5. Select the mode for the Wireless Gaming Adapter. If you want to play Internet game, select the “Internet Gaming Mode (Infrastructure)” a nd click “Next” and jump to step 6. This mode let the Wire less Gaming Adapter connect to an access point, and through this access point connect to the Internet.
Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration 6. In the “Internet Gaming Mode (Infrastr ucture)”, the Wireless Gaming Adapter has to connect to an access point before going to the Internet. You can select “Scan For Your Local Wireless Network” to let the Wireless Gaming Adapter automatically scan for an available access point and ju mp to step 7.
Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration 7. The Wireless Gaming Adapter automatically scans for all available access points and lists their SSID. If the Wireless Ga ming Adapter does not find any access point, click “Scan” to let it search agai n. You can select one access point and click “Next”.
Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration 8. In the “Head to Head Gaming Mode (Ad Hoc)”, the Wireless Gaming Adapter can peer-to-peer connect to another Wi reless Gaming Adapter or other wireless devices with Ad Hoc mode.
Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration 9. The Wireless Gaming Adapter automatica lly scans for all available wireless devices, including Wireless Gaming Adapters , with Ad Hoc mode and lists their SSID. If the Wireless Gaming Adapter does not find any wireless device, click “Scan” to let it search again.
Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration 10. The Wireless Gaming Adapter needs an IP for you to configure by Web interface. You can select “Automatically Obtain IP Settings (DHCP)” to let the Wireless Gaming Adapter get IP settings from a DHCP server.
Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration 11. The WEP is used to encrypt the data communication of your wireless network. If you do not use WEP, select “OFF” and cl ick “Next”.
Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration 12. After you have done the previous setting process, this page shows all the configuration parameters. If all the settings are correct, click “Finish” to confirm the settings. You also can click “Back” to modify the previous settings.
Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration Chapter 4 Web Configuration 4.1 Getting Started This Gaming Adapter provides web-based configuration tool all owing you to configure from wired or wireless stations. We suggest you Web Configuration only when you have already set static IP to th e Gaming Adapter.
Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration • IP Address : Select Specify an IP Address. Specify the IP Address and Subnet Mask as following example. 9 IP Address: 192.168.2.3 (any IP address within 192.168.2.2~192.168.2.254 is available, do not setup 192.
Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration • IP Address: Select Specify an IP address. Specify the IP Address and Subnet Mask as following example. 9 IP Address: 192.168.2.3 (any IP address within 192.168.2.2~192.168.2.254 is available, do not setup 192.
Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration 4.2 Configuring the Gaming Adapter 4.2.1 Status and Information On this screen, you can see the general in formation of the Gaming Adapter including Alias Name, Firmware Version, ESSID, Ch annel Number, Status, IP Address, MAC Address, etc.
Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration 4.2.2 Wireless Setting This Gaming Adapter provides both “Ad Ho c mode” and “Infrastructure mode”. With “Ad Hoc mode”, it can let your game console join a wireless LAN with peer-to- peer communication.
Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration ESSID The ESSID (up to 31 printable ASCII characters) is the unique name identified in a WLAN. The ID prevent s the unintentional mergi ng of two co-located WLANs. Please make sure that the ESSID of all stations in the same WLAN network are the same.
Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration 4.2.3 Advanced Se tting You can set advanced parame ters of this Gaming Adapte r. The parameters include Authentication Type, Fragment Threshold, RTS Threshold, Beacon Interval, Data Rate, Preamble Type, Broadc ast ESSID.
Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration Fragment Threshold “Fragment Threshold” spec ifies the maxi mum size of packet during the fragmentation of data to be transmitted.
Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration 4.2.4 Encryption WEP is an authentication algorithm, whic h protects authorized Wireless LAN users against eavesdropping. The Authentication type and WEP key of wireless stations must be the same with ea ch other.
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Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration Parameter Description Key Format You may select to select ASCII Char act ers (alp hanumeric format ) or Hexadecimal Digits (in the “A-F”, “a-f” an d “0- 9” range) to be the WEP Key.
Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration Default Key Select one of the four keys to encrypt your data. Only the key you select it in the “Default ke y” will take effect. Click Apply button at the bottom of the screen to save t he above configuration s.
Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration 4.2.5 Wireless Site Survey “Wireless Site Survey” searches for a ll available access points near by. You can select one access point listed in this table.
Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration 4.2.6 System Utility From here, you can define the Gaming Adap ter’s IP Address a nd Login Password. Parameter Description Current Password Enter the current password (up to 15-digit alphanu meric string) of the Gaming Adapter.
Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration Management IP You can select “Obtain an IP address automatically” to let this Gaming Adapter get an IP from DHCP server. If you want to manual assign an IP to this Gaming Adapter, select “Use the following IP address”.
Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration 4.2.7 Configuration Tool The Configuration Tools scre en allows you to save ( Backup ) the Gaming Adapter’s current configuration setting. Saving the configuration settings provides an added protection and convenience should problems occur with the Gaming Adapter and you have to reset to factory de fault.
Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration Gaming Adapter. Alternatively, you can use the " Restore to Fa ctor y Default " tool to force the Gaming Adapter to perfo rm a power reset and restore the original factory settings.
Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration 4.2.8 Firmware Upgrade This page allows you to upgrade the Gaming Adapter’s firmware. Parameter Description Firmware Upgrade This tool allows you to upgrade t he Gaming Adapte r ’s syste m firmware.
Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration 4.2.9 Reset You can reset the Gaming Adapter’s system should any problem exist. The reset function essentially Re-boots your Gaming Adapter’s system. Parameter Description Reset In the event that the system stops responding correctly or in some way stops functioning, you can perform a reset.
Troubleshooting Chapter 5 Troubleshooting This chapter provides solutions to proble m s usually encountered during the installation and operation of the Gaming Adapter.
Troubleshooting 7. What is WEP? WEP stands for Wired Equivalent Privacy , a data privacy mechanis m based on a 64(40)-bit shared key algorithm. 8. What is a MAC Address? The Media Access Control (MAC).
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