Abocom WCU5102, User Manual

Page 1: ...High Gain 802 11b g Wireless USB Adapter with Rotatable Connector Design WCU5102 User s Manual ...

Page 2: ...nce to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving ant...

Page 3: ...mply with FCC RF exposure compliance requirements a separation distance of at least 20 cm must be maintained between the antenna of this device and all persons This Transmitter must not be co located or operating in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter Testing was performed on laptop computers with antennas at 0 75mm Stand or 0 75mm Lie spacing The maximum SAR value is 0 562W kg The d...

Page 4: ...TALLATION 3 INSTALL THE DRIVER UTILITY 3 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 8 Verification 9 NETWORK CONNECTION 10 IN WINDOWS 98SE ME 10 IN WINDOWS 2000 XP 14 IP ADDRESS 16 Configuration Utility 17 STATION MODE 18 Profile 18 Link Status 24 Site Survey 25 Statistics 26 Advanced 27 QoS 29 ...

Page 5: ...About 31 UTILITY MENU LIST 32 SOFT AP MODE 33 Config 33 Access Control 35 MAC Table 36 Event Log 37 Statistics 38 About 39 UNINSTALLATION 40 ...

Page 6: ...pecification The high speed wireless network card can plug into your notebook or desktop PC and accesses to the LAN or peer to peer networking easily without wires or cables Whether you re at your desk or in the boardroom it allows you to share printers files and other network resources Features Complies with IEEE 802 11g standard for 2 4GHz Wireless LAN USB 2 0 compliant USB Plug Play Interoperab...

Page 7: ...dicators There are three kinds of LED indicators including Power Link and Signal Strength see the following LED table Red Bad Orange Poor Yellow Good Blue Very good Blue Excellent Orange Link Activity Blue Power ...

Page 8: ...in Driver Utility Installation have been performed 1 Exit all Windows programs Insert the included CD ROM into your computer The CD ROM will run automatically 2 When the Main Menu screen appears click Driver Utility Installation to continue 3 When the License Agreement screen appears please read the contents and then click Yes to continue ...

Page 9: ... configuration Tool from the listed two choices Wireless Configuration Tool Choose to use our configuration utility Microsoft Zero Configuration Tool Choose to use Windows XP s built in Zero Configuration Utility ZCU Click Next to continue ...

Page 10: ...oose in this screen either choose WiFi mode or performance mode TxBurst mode This mode selection screen is set for the default mode shown in the utility screen you can still change its mode later in the utility screen Click Next to continue ...

Page 11: ...sert the wireless USB adapter please do so to continue the installation 7 When the following screen appears you may select to restart your computer immediately or to restart it later and then click Finish to complete the installation ...

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Page 13: ...Note Insert the Wireless USB adapter when you are asked to do so during your software installation Windows 98SE 2000 ME XP 1 Locate your USB host and insert the USB Adapter The system will automatically detect the new hardware ...

Page 14: ... your computer and is enabled go to Start Control Panel System Hardware Device Manager Expand the Network Adapters category If the 802 11b g High Gain Wireless LAN USB Adapter is listed here it means that your device is properly installed and enabled ...

Page 15: ... a network setting described in the following should be also established In Windows 98SE ME 1 Go to Start Settings Control Panel Network 2 Make sure that all the required components are installed If any components are missing click on the Add button to add them in ...

Page 16: ...etwork enable the File and Print Sharing 4 Click the Identification tab Make up a name that is unique from the other computers names on the network Type the name of your workgroup which should be the same used by all of the other PCs on the network ...

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Page 18: ...ess Control tab Make sure that Share level access control is selected If connecting to a Netware server share level can be set to User level access control 6 When finished restart your computer to activate the new device ...

Page 19: ... 2000 Go to Start Settings Control Panel Network and Dial up Connections Local Area Connection Properties In Windows XP Go to Start Control Panel Network and Internet Connections Network Connection Wireless Network Connection Properties ...

Page 20: ...ents are missing click on the Install button to select the Client Service Protocol required After selecting the component you need click Add to add it in 4 For making your computer visible on the network make sure you have installed File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks ...

Page 21: ... for your computer 1 To configure a dynamic IP address i e if your broadband Router has the DHCP technology check the Obtain an IP Address Automatically option 2 To configure a fixed IP address if you broadband Router is not DHCP supported or when you need to assign a static IP address check the Use the following IP address option Then enter an IP address into the empty field for example enter 192...

Page 22: ...talled users can use the included Configuration Utility to set their preference Go to StartJ All ProgramJIntelligent Wireless J Intelligent Wireless Utility You can also open the Configuration Utility by double clicking the icon or right clicking to select Launch Config Utilities ...

Page 23: ...enter a distinctive name of profile in this column The default is PROF 1 2 3 SSID The SSID is the unique name shared among all points in your wireless network Channel Shows the selected channel that is currently in use There are 14 channels available depending on the country Authentication Shows the authentication mode of the device Encryption Shows the encryption mode of the device Network Type S...

Page 24: ...upply will be normally provided even when there is no throughput PSM When this mode is selected this device will stay in power saving mode even when there is high volume of throughput Network Type Tx Power Select the Tx power percentage from the pull down list including Auto 100 75 50 25 10 and Lowest Preamble A preamble is a signal used in wireless environment to synchronize the transmitting timi...

Page 25: ...igh traffic flows along in the wireless network If your 802 Wireless LAN Adapter often transmit large files in wireless network you can enter new Fragment Threshold value to split the packet The value can be set from 256 to 2346 The default value is 2346 Authentication and Security tab Authentication Type There are three type of authentication modes including Open Shared LEAP WPA PSK WPA2 PSK and ...

Page 26: ...re are several formats to enter the keys Hexadecimal 40bits 10 Hex characters Hexadecimal 128bits 32Hex characters ASCII 40bits 5 ASCII characters ASCII 128bits 13 ASCII characters 802 1x Setting When user use radius server to authenticate client certificate for WPA authentication mode Certification tab Authentication type PEAP Protect Extensible Authentication Protocol PEAP transport securely aut...

Page 27: ...y in Cisco Aironet WLANs It encrypts data transmissions using dynamically generated WEP keys and supports mutual authentication MD5 Challenge Message Digest Challenge Challenge is an EAP authentication type that provides base level EAP support It provides for only one way authentication there is no mutual authentication of wireless client and the network Session Resumption user can choose from the...

Page 28: ... certificate chain between the server certificate and the server specified in the certificate issuer must be field Server name Enter an authentication sever root Delete Click to delete an existing profile Edit Click to edit a profile Activate Click to make a connection between devices OK Click to exit this page ...

Page 29: ...hows the current channel in use Link Speed Shows the current transmitting rate and receiving rate Throughput Shows the transmitting and receiving throughput in the unit of K bits sec Link Quality Shows the connection quality based on signal strength and TX RX packet error rate Signal Strength Shows the Receiving signal strength you can choose to display as percentage or dBm format Noise Level Show...

Page 30: ...D Shows the MAC address of the AP or randomly generated of IBSS Signal Shows the receiving signal strength of specified network Channel Shows the currently used channel Encryption Shows the encryption type currently in use Valid value includes WEP TKIP AES and Not Use Authentication Authentication mode used within the network including Unknown WPA PSK WPA2 PSK WPA and WPA2 Network Type Network typ...

Page 31: ...this page Statistics Statistics page displays the detail counter information based on 802 11 MIB counters This page translates that MIB counters into a format easier for user to understand Transmit Statistics Frames Transmitted Successfully Frames successfully sent Frames Transmitted Successfully Without Retry Frames successfully sent without any retry Frames Transmitted Successfully Frames succes...

Page 32: ...ailed to receive CTS after sending RTS Receive Statistics Frames Received Successfully Frames Received Successfully Frames Received With CRC Error Frames received with CRC error Frames Dropped Due To Out of Resource Frames dropped due to resource issue Duplicate Frames Received Duplicate received frames Reset Counter Reset counters to zero Advanced This Advanced page provides advanced and detailed...

Page 33: ...own menu The default is auto Tx Burst Check to enable the burst mode Enable TCP Window Size Check to increase the transmission quality Fast Roaming at Check to set the roaming interval Select Your Country Region Code Select your country region code from the pull down menu CCX2 0 support Cisco Compatible Extensions function Check to enable the CCX2 0 function LEAP turn on CCKM Enable Radio Measurem...

Page 34: ...y WMM Enable Place a check in the check box and then click Apply to enable Power Save or Direct Link Setup WMM Power Save Enable Place a check in the check box and then click Setting to select which ACs you want to enable Click Apply to save the configuration ...

Page 35: ...ly Afterwards change to Site Survey page add an AP that supports DLS features to a Profile The setting of DLS Fill in the blanks of Direct Link with MAC Address of STA and the STA must conform to two conditions 1 Connecting with the same AP that supports DLS feature 2 DSL enabled ...

Page 36: ...value is set to 0 then it will never be disconnected The default value is 60seconds After you have done all the settings click Apply to save them and the result will be shown in the DLS status field the MAC address and timeout value will be shown in the Status field About This page displays the wireless card and driver version information ...

Page 37: ... bar Launch Config Utilities Select to open the utility screen Use Zero Configuration as Configuration utility Select to use the Window XP built in utility Zero configuration utility Switch to AP Mode Select to make your wireless USB adapter act as a wireless AP Exit Select to close the utility program ...

Page 38: ... Use Mac Address to display it System default is SoftAP 31 Country Region Code Eight countries to choose Country channel list Classification Range 0 FCC Canada CH1 CH11 1 ETSI CH1 CH13 2 SPAIN CH10 CH11 3 FRANCE CH10 CH13 4 MKK CH14 CH14 5 MKKI TELEC CH1 CH14 6 ISRAEL CH3 CH9 7 ISRAEL CH5 CH13 B G Protection ERP protection mode of 802 11G definition User can chose Auto on or off the system default...

Page 39: ...ing the channel The system default is CHl 1 Auth Vs Security Authentication mode and encryption algorithm used within the AP The system default is no authentication and encryption TX Burst Place a check in the check box to enable the TX Burst function No forwarding among wireless clients No beacon among wireless client clients can share information each other The system default is no forwarding Hi...

Page 40: ...ddress Manually force the Mac address using the function Click Add and the MAC address will be listed in the Access List pool Access List Display all Mac Address that you have set Delete Delete the Mac address that you have set Remove All Remove all Mac address in the Access List Apply Apply the above changes ...

Page 41: ... 36 MAC Table MAC Address The station Mac address of current connection AID Raise value by current connection Power Saving Mode The station of current connect whether it have to support ...

Page 42: ... 37 Event Log Event Time yy mm dd hh mm ss Records the event time Message Records all the event messages ...

Page 43: ...s successfully sent with one or more reties Frames Fail To Receive ACK After All Retries Frames failed transmit after hitting retry limit RTS Frames Successfully Receive CTS Successfully receive CTS after sending RTS frame RTS Frames Fail To Receive CTS Failed to receive CTS after sending RTS Receive Statistics Frames Received Successfully Frames Received Successfully Frames Received With CRC Erro...

Page 44: ...ue To Out of Resource Frames dropped due to resource issue Duplicate Frames Received Duplicate received frames Reset Counter Reset counters to zero About This page displays the wireless card and driver version information ...

Page 45: ... refer to below steps As you uninstall the utility the driver will be uninstalled as well 1 Go to Start Programs Intelligent Wireless Uninstall 802 11bg LAN USB 2 Select Remove All to start uninstalling 3 Select Yes I want to restart my computer now to complete the uninstallation ...