Edimax Draft 2.0-N, User Manual

Page 1: ...802 11b g Draft 2 0 N Wireless LAN PCI Card User Manual Version 1 0 April 2007 ...

Page 2: ...h respect to the contents hereof and specifically disclaims any warranties merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose Any software described in this manual is sold or licensed as is Should the programs prove defective following their purchase the buyer and not this company its distributor or its dealer assumes the entire cost of all necessary servicing repair and any incidental or conse...

Page 3: ...n Profile Management 18 2 3 2 Using 802 1x Certification 28 2 3 3 Using 802 1x CA Server 30 2 4 View Network Statistics and Link Status 32 2 4 1 Network Statistics 32 2 4 2 Link Status 33 2 5 Advanced Settings 35 2 6 QoS Setting 38 2 7 WPS Configuration 41 2 7 1 WPS Setup PBC Push Button Configuration 42 2 7 2 WPS Setup PIN 45 2 8 About 47 CHAPTER III Soft AP Function 49 3 2 Security Settings 54 3...

Page 4: ...asy to install PCI interface a very common expansion slot of desktop computers and Plug and Play technology even inexperienced computer user can get this wireless network card installed on his or her computer in just few minutes All you have to do is shutdown the computer and remove the cover then insert the wireless network card into any empty PCI slot that s all Other features of this router inc...

Page 5: ...n ask an experienced technician for help 4 The antenna of this network card is small enough to put in a child s mouth ear or nose and it could cause serious injury or could be fatal If they throw the network card or antenna cards or antennas will be damaged PLEASE KEEP THIS NETWORK CARD OUT THE REACH OF CHILDREN 5 If you found that the network card is not working properly please contact your deale...

Page 6: ... dealer of purchase to claim for missing items One Wireless LAN PCI Card Three Antennas One English Quick Installation Guide One CD ROM Including all the software utilities drivers and User s Guide 1 5 Familiar with your new wireless network card 1 PCI Interface 2 Antennas 3 Link LED 4 Tx Rx LED LED Name Light Status Description On Linked to a wireless access point Link Off Not linked to any wirel...

Page 7: ...iver utility before please uninstall the old version first 2 1 Network Card Installation Please follow the following instructions to install your new wireless network card 1 SWITCH THE COMPUTER OFF remove the cover and insert the wireless network card into an empty PCI slot of your computer 2 Install all three antennas on the wireless network card and make sure the antennas are securely installed ...

Page 8: ...owing message will appear on your computer please 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 Yes to accept license agreement ...

Page 9: ...mode If you want to enhance wireless performance please select Optimize for performance mode However wireless compatibility is not guaranteed in this mode If you want to use this mode you may not be able to communicate with older wireless devices and wireless access point such as 802 11b devices but the data transfer rate will be enhanced in this mode You can select this mode when you only plan to...

Page 10: ... 9 7 When you see this message please click Finish to complete the driver installation process ...

Page 11: ...and the status of wireless card will be displayed as a popup balloon 9 When you want to configure your wireless connection please right click on this icon and a popup menu will appear You can click Launch Config Utilities to start configuration program If you want to close configuration utility please click Exit HERE ...

Page 12: ...ilities 2 Configuration utility will scan for all wireless access points automatically Scan results will be displayed here please check if the wireless access point with the SSID the name of wireless access point you preferred is shown here If the wireless access point you wish to connect does not show here please click Rescan to try again until the one you preferred is displayed You may have to c...

Page 13: ...with others So you can identify a single access point or wireless device from others by BSSID if they all have the same SSID Signal Shows the signal strength of access point or wireless device Larger number means better radio strength which often means you re not too far from that access point or wireless device Channel Shows the channel number that access point or wireless device uses Encryption ...

Page 14: ...ccess point Infrastructure will be displayed here if it s a computer or network device AdHoc will be displayed here Tips Wireless access point Infrastructure is a network device which acts as a bridge to let wired and wireless network devices communicate with each other AdHoc is another connection type A computer or network device can establish a direct wireless link with other computer or network...

Page 15: ...ss access point within one minute Please jump to step 6 If the access point you selected enables encryption please proceed to next step 4 If the wireless access point does not have SSID you ll be prompted to input it here Please ask the owner of wireless access point and input the exact SSID here then click OK when ready If the SSID you provided here is wrong you ll not be able to connect to this ...

Page 16: ...to connect and input the correct passphrase preshared key here then click OK If the value you inputted here is wrong you will not be able to connect to this wireless access point Authentication type is selected automatically please don t change it If the access point you selected does not enable encryption and does not require authentication please skip this step ...

Page 17: ...er left corner of configuration utility congratulations you re successfully connected to the access point or wireless device you selected 7 You can put the mouse cursor over the Edimax configuration utility icon and the brief information about link status and signal strength of current wireless connection will be shown as a popup balloon ...

Page 18: ...uration WZC You can also use WZC to configure your wireless network parameter 1 Right click Edimax configuration utility icon and select Use Zero Configuration as Configuration utility 2 Click Start button should be located at the bottom left corner of windows desktop click Control Panel then click Network and Internet Connections in Control Panel ...

Page 19: ...Wireless LAN Card then select View Available Wireless Networks 4 All wireless access points in proximity will be displayed here If the access point you want to use is not displayed here please try to move your computer closer to the access point or you can click Refresh network list to rescan access points Click the access point you want to use if it s shown then click Connect ...

Page 20: ...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 6 If you can see Connected message the connection between your computer and wireless access point is successfully established ...

Page 21: ... t have in input these parameters every time you want to connect to a specific wireless access point 2 3 1 Make a profile for an access point or wireless device 1 Right click the Edimax configuration utility icon located at lower right corner of computer desktop then click Launch Config Utilities 2 There are two ways to add a new connection profile Create a new profile or Add a profile from an exi...

Page 22: ... 21 Or you can add a connected wireless access point or wireless device to a profile by clicking Site Survey tab then click Add to Profile button ...

Page 23: ... 22 You can set the parameter for this connection here ...

Page 24: ... you have to input it here manually PSM Please select CAM constantly awake mode keep Power Saving the wireless radio activity when not transferring Mode data or PSM Power saving mode switches radio off when not transferring data It s recommended to choose PSM if you re using this network card with notebook computer to help the battery live longer Network Type Select network type Ad Hoc or Infrastr...

Page 25: ...ich one to use select Auto Preamble This option is only available when the network type is Ad hoc You can select Auto or Long Preamble Please select Auto if you don t know what it is RTS Threshold Check the box and you can set RTS threshold manually here Do not modify default setting unless you know what it is Fragment Check the box and you can set fragment threshold Threshold manually here Do not...

Page 26: ...less device you wish to connect If you re adding a profile from an existing access point or wireless device the value will be selected automatically and please do not modify it If you select LEAP the following message will be displayed Please input LEAP identity password domain name and select encryption type You can check Show Password box so the password you inputted will be displayed as you typ...

Page 27: ...or you select WEP as encryption type this field will be disabled and grayed out WEP Key You can select key type Hex or ASCII and input WEP key here If encryption is not enabled or you select WPA as encryption type this field will be disabled and grayed out Show Password Check this box and all passphrases or security keys you inputted will be displayed as you type but not replace your input with as...

Page 28: ...d the profile which is activated currently will have a green check before its name If the wireless access point is not reachable a red check will be displayed before its name If you want to change the connection parameters of a specific profile just select it and click Edit button you ll be prompted to input the connection parameters just like you re creating a new profile If you no longer need a ...

Page 29: ...802 1x authentication type you re using Session You can enable or disable session resumption here Resumption If you don t know if you should enable session resumption or not please ask your 802 1x authentication administrator Identity Please input 802 1x identity here Password Please input the password of 802 1x identity here Domain Name Please input the domain name of 802 1x authentication here T...

Page 30: ...ort the authentication credential file PAC or al file format you ll be prompted to select a credential file from your computer Protocol You can select the protocol of tunneled authentication here This pulldown menu is only available when authentication type you use is PEAP or TTLS When you use EAP FAST as authentication type the protocol setting is always Generic Token Card and can not be changed ...

Page 31: ...chain Certificate Please select the issuer of certificate from this Issuer dropdown menui Allow Check this box if you wish to allow intermediate intermediate certificates certificates Server name Input the server name of CA server here Server name Check this box and the wireless configuration must match utility will check if the server name of CA server exactly you set here is exactly matched with...

Page 32: ... name Check this box and the wireless configuration utility must end will check the end of domain name If there s in specified name anything wrong connection will be dropped After you finish all settings click OK to save settings and exit ...

Page 33: ...ou re using 2 4 1 Network Statistics Please follow the following instructions to check network statistics 1 Right click the Edimax configuration utility icon located at lower right corner of computer desktop then click Launch Config Utilities 2 Click Statistics tab and the statistics of wireless connection will be displayed All connection related statistics is displayed here You can click Reset Co...

Page 34: ...ons to check network statistics 1 Right click the Edimax configuration utility icon located at lower right corner of computer desktop then click Launch Config Utilities 2 Click Link Status tab and information about current wireless connection will be displayed ...

Page 35: ...adio signal quality of wireless connection Throughput Displays the rate of data transmitting Tx in Kbps and receiving Rx in Kbps Link Quality Displays link quality radio signal quality When the link quality is better the wireless link speed will be better too Link quality is displayed by percentage and a descriptive word Good normal weak and low Signal Strength 1 Displays the radio signal strength...

Page 36: ...ettings to increase data transfer performance or change operation mode Please follow the following instructions to set advanced wireless settings 1 Right click the Edimax configuration utility icon located at lower right corner of computer desktop then click Launch Config Utilities 2 Click Advanced tab and the following settings will appear ...

Page 37: ...ta transfer or you re too far from wireless access point It s recommended to set this setting to Auto unless you really know the meaning of this setting Tx BURST Check this box to accelerate the data transmit rate It may not work with all wireless access point and wireless devices Enable TCP Check this box and the configuration utility will Window Size adjust TCP window size automatically to get b...

Page 38: ...nnect to CCX compatible wireless devices Turn on CCKM Check this box to enable CCKM Cisco Centralized Key Management which enables wireless clients to roam between CCKM enabled access points in very short time Enable Radio When you re connecting to CCX compatible Measurement access point check this box to enable radio measurement function to improve wireless connectivity Non Serving When you re co...

Page 39: ...work card you can define the priority of different kinds of data to give higher priority to applications which require instant responding Therefore you can improve the performance of such network applications Please follow the following instructions to set advanced wireless settings 3 Right click the Edimax configuration utility icon located at lower right corner of computer desktop then click Lau...

Page 40: ... be activated or deactivated respectively WMM Power Enable WMM power saving mode to save energy Save Enable and lets your battery live longer Setting Click this button to select the WMM data type which will suppress the function of power saving When this kind of data is transferring power saving function will be disabled Available data types are AC_BK Background Low Priority AC_BE Best Effort AC_V...

Page 41: ...ly MAC Address Input the MAC address of another WMM enabled wireless device you wish to establish a direct link here then click Apply to add this MAC address to DLS address table Timeout Value Input the timeout value of this WMM enabled direct link wireless device If the wireless device is not responding after this time it will be removed from DLS table Tear Down If you want to remove a specific w...

Page 42: ...ion just three simple steps For older wireless access points it s possible to perform a firmware upgrade to become a WPS enabled access point Since they may not have a hardware button to press for WPS setup you can use an alternative WPS setup method input the pin code Every WPS compatible wireless network card comes with a unique WPS pin code you can just input the code to wireless access point a...

Page 43: ...h Button Configuration 1 Right click the Edimax configuration utility icon located at lower right corner of computer desktop then click Launch Config Utilities 2 Click WPS Configuration tab and the following settings will appear ...

Page 44: ...PS enabled access points near you to make sure the WPS function of your access point is activated All access points found will be displayed Please make sure the access point you wish to connect is displayed If not please click Rescan few more times You can also click Information button to see the detailed information about selected access point 5 Click PBC button now to start to establish wireless...

Page 45: ...ct your wireless network card from a connected access point or select another WPS enabled wireless access point then click Connect to establish connection to selected access point if there are more than one WPS enabled access point found You can also click Rotate button and next access point on the list will be selected to establish connection If you want to delete a found access point from the li...

Page 46: ...s PIN please follow the following instructions to establish connection to it 1 Right click the Edimax configuration utility icon located at lower right corner of computer desktop then click Launch Config Utilities 3 Click WPS Configuration tab and the following settings will appear ...

Page 47: ...to the user manual of your wireless access point for instructions about how to do this 3 Click PIN button now and wait for few seconds to one minute If a wireless access point with correct PIN code is found you ll be connected to that access point You may have to click PIN for few more times to try again If you still can not connect to access point by this way please make sure the PIN code you pro...

Page 48: ...ther important information about your wireless network card Please follow the following instructions to see these information 1 Right click the Edimax configuration utility icon located at lower right corner of computer desktop then click Launch Config Utilities 2 Click About tab and the following settings will appear ...

Page 49: ...rk problem you ll need these values You can also click www edimax com button to go to the web site of network card driver manufacturer and get more information about your wireless network card Please click OK to close configuration utility ...

Page 50: ...card 3 1 Switch to AP Mode and Basic Configuration The operating mode of the wireless card is Station Mode becoming a client of other wireless access points by default If you want to switch to AP mode please right click Ralink utility icon and select Switch to AP Mode After you select Switch to AP Mode the Ralink utility icon will change Which indicated the wireless card is operating in AP mode no...

Page 51: ...net please select it from Name dropdown menu and click Enable ICS if your computer does not have another network card with Internet connection please click Not enable ICS After you click Enable ICS or Not enable ICS you ll see the basic configuration menu of the AP function ...

Page 52: ...a proper TX rate according to the strength and quality of radio signal When the wireless mode is set to 802 11 B G N Mix TX Rate will be set to Auto and cannot be changed Channel Please select the wireless channel you wish to use The number of channels available here will vary depends on the setting of Country Region Code Wireless Mode Please select the wireless operating mode You can limit the ty...

Page 53: ...protection will prevent data collision when Protection there are both 802 11b and 802 11g clients You can select Auto to let configuration utility to decide to use wireless protection or not You can also select ON or OFF to force the use of wireless protection or not Beacon ms You can define the time interval that a beacon signal should be send Default value is 100 Do not modify this value unless ...

Page 54: ...connect to your computer This option is useful to enhance security level Allow BW Check this box to allow BW 40MHz capability 40 MHz Default Click this button to restore all settings in this page back to default value Apply Click this button to activate current settings To exit click X button at the upper right corner of configuration window ...

Page 55: ...ill appear Here are descriptions of every setup items Authentication Please select a wireless authentication type you Type wish to use Available options are Open Shared WPA PSK WPA2 PSK and WPA PSK WPA2 PSK If you want to disable wireless data encryption you must select Open or Shared Encryption Please select an encryption mode The available Type options in this setting item will vary depending on...

Page 56: ... you 1 4 select WEP as encryption type There are 2 types of WEP key Hex number 0 to 9 and ASCII characters A to F and ASCII all alphanumerical characters plus symbols Please select the type of WEP key first and then input the WEP key according to the type of WEP key you selected If you want to use WEP 64 bits encryption please input 10 characters if you select HEX or input 5 characters if you sele...

Page 57: ...cess control policy so only wireless clients with MAC address you defined by this function can be connected to your software access point Please follow the following instructions to set access control based on MAC address 1 Right Click Edimax configuration utility icon and select Switch to AP Mode 2 Click Access Control tab and the following messages will appear ...

Page 58: ...to this access point Reject All Reject wireless clients with MAC address listed here to be connected to this access point MAC address Input the MAC address of the wireless client you you wish to allow or reject here No colon or hyphen required Add Add the MAC address you inputted in MAC address field to the list Delete Please select a MAC address from the list then click Delete button to remove it...

Page 59: ... all wireless clients connected to this access point please follow the following instructions 1 Right Click Edimax configuration utility icon and select Switch to AP Mode 3 Click Mac Table tab and a list containing all connected wireless clients will appear ...

Page 60: ...s wireless client AID The serial number of this wireless connection Power Saving Displays the capability of power saving function of Mode this wireless client Status Displays additional information of this wireless Connection like current wireless operating mode and data transfer rate ...

Page 61: ...ities as a log You can follow the following instructions to view the content of the event log 1 Right Click Edimax configuration utility icon and select Switch to AP Mode 3 Click Event Log tab and the event log will be displayed You can click Clear to remove all entries in the log ...

Page 62: ...nt works you can follow the following instructions to view the statistics of the access point 1 Right Click Edimax configuration utility icon and select Switch to AP Mode 3 Click Statistics tab and the event log will be displayed You can click RESET COUNTERS button to reset all counters to zero ...

Page 63: ...n 20MHz MCS0 15 32 with Half Guard Interval Support up to 144Mbps 11n 40MHz MCS0 15 32 with Half Guard Interval Support up to 300Mbps Securities WEP 64 128 WPA WPA2 Cisco CCX V1 0 V2 0 V3 0 Compliance Antenna External 3 Antennas with Two TX and Three RX Connector RP SMA Drivers Windows 2000 XP 2003 Vista Server LEDs Link TX RX Transmit Power 16dBm 2dBm Temperature 32 131 F 0 55 C Humidity 10 95 No...

Page 64: ...rmly inserted into your computer s PCI slot If the Ralink configuration utility s icon is black the network card is not detected by your computer Switch the computer off and insert the card again If this doesn t work contact the dealer of purchase for help 2 Reboot the computer and try again 3 Remove the driver and re install 4 Contact the dealer of purchase for help I can not establish connection...

Page 65: ...isable Tx Burst in Advanced tab 5 Enable WMM in QoS tab if you need to use multimedia telephony related applications 6 Disable WMM Power Save Enable in QoS tab 7 There could be too much people using the same radio channel Ask the owner of the access point to change the channel number Please try one or more solutions listed above ...

Page 66: ...B A protection mechanism called RTS CTS that governs how 802 11g devices and 802 11b devices interoperate 2 What is the IEEE 802 11b standard The IEEE 802 11b Wireless LAN standard subcommittee which formulates the standard for the industry The objective is to enable wireless LAN hardware from different manufactures to communicate 3 What does IEEE 802 11 feature support The product supports the fo...

Page 67: ...set it up depending upon their needs 12 What is DSSS What is FHSS And what are their differences Frequency hopping spread spectrum FHSS uses a narrowband carrier that changes frequency in a pattern that is known to both transmitter and receiver Properly synchronized the net effect is to maintain a single logical channel To an unintended receiver FHSS appears to be short duration impulse noise Dire...

Page 68: ...y of data transmission in order to conserve power WMM Power Save has been optimized for mobile devices running latency sensitive applications such as voice audio or video but can benefit any Wi Fi device WMM Power Save uses mechanisms included in the IEEE 802 11e standard and is an enhancement of IEEE 802 11 legacy power save With WMM Power Save the same amount of data can be transmitted in a shor...

Page 69: ...tenna 2 Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver 3 Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected 4 Consult the dealer or an experienced radio technician for help FCC Caution This device and its antenna must not be co located or operating in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter This device complies with Part 1...

Page 70: ...ety This equipment is designed with the utmost care for the safety of those who install and use it However special attention must be paid to the dangers of electric shock and static electricity when working with electrical equipment All guidelines of this and of the computer manufacture must therefore be allowed at all times to ensure the safe use of the equipment EU Countries Intended for Use The...