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802.11b/g/n Draft 2.0 Wireless LAN USB Adapter User Manual V ersion: 1.0 (April, 2007).
- 1 - COPYRIGHT Copyright ©2005/2006 by this company. All rights re serv ed. No part of this publication may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retri eval system, or translated into.
- 2 - CA T ALOG Chapter I: Product Informati on .............................................................................................. 3 1-1 Introduction and safe ty inform ation ................................................................
- 3 - Chapter I: Product Information 1-1 Introduction and safety information Thank you for purchasing this nMAX wireless net work ca rd! Excepting common wireless st andards 802.1 1b/g, this wireless network ca rd is also 802.1 1 Draft-N comp at ible - data transfer rate is 300Mbp s, and that’ s six times faster than 802.
- 4 - 1-2 Safety Information In order to keep the safety of users and your propert ies, plea se follow the fo llowing safety instructions: 1. This USB wirel ess network card is d esigned for indoor use only . DO NOT expose this network ca rd to direct sun light, rain, or snow .
- 5 - 1-3 System Requirement s An empty USB 2.0 port (May not work on USB 1.1 port, and performance will be greatly reduced) Operation system: Windows 2000, XP , XP64,or Vist a CD-ROM driv.
- 6 - 1-5 Familiar with your new wireless network card 1. USB Connecto r 2. Connector Cap (T o protect USB connector when not i n use) 3. Link/Activity LED LED Name Light St atus Description On Linked.
- 7 - CHAPTER II: DRIVER INST ALLA TION AND CONFIGURA TION 2-1 Network Card Inst allation Please follow the following instructions to inst all your new wireless network card: 1. Insert the USB wireless network card int o an em pty USB 2.0 port of your computer when computer is switched on.
- 8 - 3. The following message will appear on your computer , click ‘Cancel’. 4. Insert device driver CDROM into the CD/DVD ROM drive of your computer , and execute ‘Setup.exe’ program in ‘Driver’ folder . Please read the end user license agreement and click ‘Y es’ to accep t license agreement.
- 9 - 4. Y ou can choose the configur ation tool used to con figure the wi reless netw ork card h ere. It’s recommended to select ‘Edimax Configuration T ool’, which provides fully access to all function of this wireless network card.
- 10 - When you select one mode, please cli ck ‘Next>’ to continue. If y ou see ‘Found New Hardware’ message again, please ignore it and wait. 6. Please click ‘inst all’ to run the driver inst allation process. If you see ‘Found New Hardware’ message again, please ignore it and wait.
- 11 - 7. Please wait while the inst all procedure is running. When you see thi s message, please click ‘Finish’ to complete the driver inst allation process.
- 12 - 8. A new icon will appear at lower-right corn er of your computer d esktop, you can put the mouse cursor on the icon, and the status of wireless card will be displayed as a popup balloon. 9. When you want to configure your wireless connec tion, please right click on this icon, an d a popup menu will appear .
- 13 - 2-2 Connect to Wireless Access Point There are two ways you can configure your wireless netwo rk card to connect to wireless access point: using the Ralink configuration utility which comes with wireless card driver , and using built-in windows zero configuration utility .
- 14 - Here are descriptions of ev ery setup item: SSID: The Service Set IDentifier of wi reless access point or other net work device. Y ou can think it as the name of access point of wireless devi ce. BSSID: The MAC address of wireless access point or other network device.
- 15 - Authentication: Shows the authent ication mode that acce ss point or wireless devi ce uses. If the wireless access point does not requi re authentication, you’ ll see ‘Unknown’ displayed here. Network T ype: Shows the type of wireless connection.
- 16 - If the access point you selected doe s not enable encryption (The content of ‘Encrypti on’ field of the access point you selected is ‘None’, you’ll be connected to this wireless a ccess point within one minute. Please jump to step 6. If the access point you selected enabl es en cryption, please proceed to next step.
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- 18 - 6. Y ou’ll see ‘Connect ed <-> SSID’ (‘SSID’ is the SSID of the wire less access point or wi reless device you connected to) message displayed at lower-lef t corner of configuration utility , congratulations, you’re successfully con nected to the ac cess point or wi reless device yo u selected! 7.
- 19 - 2-2-2 Using Windows Zero Configuration Windows XP and Vist a has a built-in wireless net work configuration utility , called as ‘Windows Zero Configuration’ (WZC).
- 20 - 3. Right-click ‘Wireless Network Connection’ (it may have a number as suffix if you have more than one wireless network ca rd, please make sure you right -click the ‘Ediamx 802.1 1n Wi reless LAN Card), then select ‘View A vailable Wireless Net works’.
- 21 - 5. If the access point is protected by encry ption, you have to input its se curity key or passphra se 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.
- 22 - 2-3 Connection Profile Management If you need to connect to dif ferent wireless acce ss point s at different time, like of access p oint of your home, office, cybe r cafe, or public wireless service, you can st ore the connection paramet ers (encryption, p assphrase, security etc, etc.
- 23 - Or , you can add a connected wireless a ccess point or wirele ss device to a profile by clicking ‘S ite Survey’ tab, then click ‘Add to Profile’ button:.
- 24 - And you can set the param eter for this connection here:.
- 25 - Here are descriptions of ev ery setup items: Profile Name Please give this profile a na me, up to 32 alphanum erical characters and symbol s are allowed, but sp ace is not allowed. SSID The SSID of the wireless access point or wireless device you selected will be displayed here.
- 26 - TX Power Y ou can select the radio output pow er of wireless n etwork card. Y ou may not need full radio power if you’re not far from wireless acce ss point, and only use a high setting here if you found that radio reception is bad. If you don’t know which one to use, sel ect ‘Auto’.
- 27 - Here are descriptions of ev ery setup items: Authentication Select the authentic ation type of the wireless access T ype point or wireless device you wish to con nect. If you’re adding a prof ile from an existing access point or wi reless device, the value will be selected autom atically , and please do not modify it.
- 28 - grayed out. WEP Key Y ou can select key type (Hex or ASC II) and input WEP key here. If encryption is not enabled, or you select ‘WP A ’ as encrypti on type, this field will be disabled an d grayed out.
- 29 - Select the profile you wish to use, and click ‘Activate’ to use the profile you sele cted. Y ou can only activate a profile a time, and the profile that is ac tivated currently will have a green check ( ) before it s name. If the wireless access point is not reachable, a red check ( ) will be displayed before it s name.
- 30 - 2-3-2 Using 802.1x – Certification After you click ‘802.1x Setting’, a new wi ndow will appear: Here are descriptions of ev ery setup items: Authentication Please select an 802.1x authentication type h ere. T ype The type you select here must be ide n tical to the type of the 802.
- 31 - Use Client If the authentication ty pe you use is ‘PEAP’ or ‘TTLS’ , you can use the certifi cate stored on your computer . If the authenticat ion type you use is ‘TLS/Smart Card’ , this box is alwa ys checke d. More.. Af ter you clicked this butto n, you’ll be prompted to select a certifica te on your computer .
- 32 - 2-3-3 Using 802.1x - CA Server If you want to use CA server , please click ‘CA Server’ t ab. And the following message will be displayed: Here are descriptions of ev ery setup items: Use certificate Check this box to enable the use of certificate chain.
- 33 - exactly you set here is exactly matched with the CA server connected to. If they don’t match, connection will be dropp ed. Domain name Check this box and the wireless c onfiguration utility will ch eck the end of dom ain must end name. If there’ s anything wrong, connection will b e dropped.
- 34 - 2-4 V iew Network S t atistics and Link S t atus The configuration utility provides information about net work statistics and link st atus. If you want to know how your wireless network card works, you can use these f unctions to get detailed inf ormation about the wireless connection you’re using.
- 35 - All connection-related st atistics is displayed here. Y ou c an click ‘Reset Counter ’ to reset the st atistics of all items back to 0. Click ‘OK’ to close the window . 2-4-2 Link S tatus Please follow the following instructions to chec k network stati stics: 1.
- 36 - These information display ed here are up dated every second, and here a re descriptions of every item: S tatus Displays the SSID and BSSID of connected wireless access point or wireless device (displayed as SSID <-> BSSID as s h own in above picture.
- 37 - 2-5 Advanced Settings This wireless network card provide s several advan ced settings for experienced wireless use rs. Y ou can change these settings to increase dat a trans fer performance, or change operation mode. Please follow the following instructions to set advanced wirele ss settings: 1.
- 38 - Here are descriptions of ev ery setup items: Wireless mode Select wireless operation mode, available options are 802.1 1 B/G mix, 802.1 1 B only , and 802.1 1 B/G/N mix. Y ou can select 802.1 1 B/G/N mix to maximize wireless compatibility with wirele ss access point s and other wireless de vices.
- 39 - Show When your computer is being authe nticated by Authentication wireless authentication serve r , a dialog window S tatus Dialog with the process of authentication will appea r .
- 40 - 2-6 QoS Setting This wireless netwo rk card provides QoS (Quality of Se rvice) function, which can improve the performance of certain netwo rk applications, like audio / video stream ing, netwo rk telephony (V oIP), and others.
- 41 - Here are descriptions of ev ery setup items: WMM Enable Check this box to enable WMM function. Please click ‘Apply’ button on the right of this check box af ter you check or un check this bo x, so corresponding settings in this window will be activated or deactivated respectively .
- 42 - 2-7 WPS Configuration Note: This function support s Window s XP/XP64 Operation System only . Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) is the latest wireless ne twork t echnology , which makes wirel ess netwo rk setup become very simple.
- 43 - 2-7-1 WPS Setup - PBC (Push-Button Configuration) 1. Right-click the Edimax conf iguration utility icon located at lower-ri ght corner of computer desktop, then click ‘Launch Config Utilities’.
- 44 - 3. Push the ‘WPS’ button on your wireless access point (the button used to activate WPS st andby mode may have another name), or use other way to start WPS st andby mode a s the instruction given by your wireless access point’ s user manual.
- 45 - 5. Click ‘PBC’ button now to st art to est ablish wire less connection b y WPS, and please be patient (This may require several seconds to one minute to complete).
- 46 - 2-7-2 WPS Setup - PIN If the wireless access point you wish to connect support s PIN, please follow the following instructions to establish co nnection to it: 1. Right-click the Edimax configuration utili ty icon loca ted at lower-right corner of computer desktop, then click ‘Launch Config Utilities’.
- 47 - The PIN number of your wirele ss network card i s an ei ght-digit number located at the upper-right position of configuration utility . Remember it, and input the number to your wireless access point as the WPS PIN code (Please refer to the user manual of your wirel ess access point for instructions about how to do this).
- 48 - 2-8 About The ‘About’ t ab provides you the information ab out version numbers of configuration utility , firmware, and other important info rmation about your wireless network card . Please follow the following instructions to see these i nformation: 1.
- 49 - If you need assista nce about network problem, you’ll need these v alues. Y ou can also click ‘WWW .EDIMAX.COM’ button to go to the web site of network card driver ma nufacturer and get more information about your wireless network card. Please click ‘OK’ to close configuration utility .
- 50 - CHAPTER III: APPENDIX 3-1 Hardware S pecification Standards: IEEE 802.11b/g/Draft-N Interface: USB 2.0 (USB 1.1 Compatible) Frequency Band: 2.4000 ~ 2.
- 51 - 3-2 T roubleshoot ing If you encounter any problem when you’re usin g this wireless network card, don’t pani c! Before you call your dealer of purchase for help, please check this troublesh.
- 52 - add the MAC address of your netwo rk card to his / her access point’s list. The network is slow / having problem when transferring large files 1. Move closer to the place where access point is lo cated. 2. Enable ‘Wireless Protection’ in ‘Advanced’ t ab.
- 53 - 3-3 Glossary 1. What is the IEEE 802.1 1g standar d? 802.1 1g is the new IEEE standard for high-speed wi reless LAN communica tions that provides for up to 54 Mbps dat a rate in the 2.4 GHz band. 802.1 1g is quickly becoming the next mainstream wire less LAN technology for the home, of fice and public networks.
- 54 - 7. What is WEP? WEP is Wired Equivalent Privacy , a data privacy mechanism ba sed on a 40 bit shared key algorithm, as described in the IEEE 802 .1 1 standard. 8. What is TKIP? TKIP is a quick-fix method t o quickly overcome the inherent weaknesses in WEP security , especially the reuse of encryption keys.
- 55 - 14. What is WMM? Wi-Fi Multimedia (WMM), a grou p of features for wi rel ess networks that improv e t he user experience for audio, video and voice applications.
- 56 - 3-4 FCC and Other Compliance S t atement s Federal Communication Commission Interference S t atement This equipment has been tested a nd found to comply with the limit s for a Class B digit al device, pursuant to Part 15 of FCC Rules.
- 57 - Federal Communication Commission (FCC) Radiation Exposure Statement This equipment complies with FCC radia tion exposure se t forth for an uncontrolled environme nt.
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