Edimax EW-7206GAb, User Manual

Page 1: ...Wireless Gaming Adapter EW 7206GAb User s Manual...

Page 2: ...ting Started 7 Chapter 3 Windows Setup Wizard 9 Chapter 4 Web Configuration 20 4 1 Getting Started 20 4 2 Configuring the Gaming Adapter 23 4 2 1 Status and Information 23 4 2 2 Wireless Setting 24 4...

Page 3: ...nd Game Boy etc The product supports WEP and ESSID functions to consolidate the wireless network security With ESSID authentication and 64 128 bit WEP encryption you can prevent unauthorized wireless...

Page 4: ...eless data transmissions y Provides Windows Utility and Web based configuration 1 3 Specifications y Standards IEEE 802 11b Wireless IEEE 802 3 Wired y Data Rate 11 5 5 2 1Mbps auto fallback y Securit...

Page 5: ...ation of each LED LED Color Status Description Power Green Lit Power is supplied Flash System is booting Off No Power Status Yellow Flash No Access Point detected Yellow On PC configuration required s...

Page 6: ...you connect to your game console or other device with wired Ethernet y Head 2 Head Infrastructure button Press this button once and the Wireless Gaming Adapter will switch from Head to Head mode to I...

Page 7: ...e problems or you forgot your password press the reset button for longer than 4 seconds and the Wireless Gaming Adapter will reset itself to the factory default settings warning your original configur...

Page 8: ...e console Connect one end of standard UTP cable to the Wireless Gaming Adapter s Console Port and connect the other end of the cable to your game console 2 Connect the DC Power Adapter to the Wireless...

Page 9: ...Infrastructure button once and the Wireless Gaming Adapter will switch to Head to Head mode automatically 2 When the Wireless Gaming Adapters are successfully connected the STATUS LED will be light a...

Page 10: ...r will switch to Infrastructure mode automatically 3 When the Wireless Gaming Adapter is successfully connected to the wireless LAN the STATUS LED will be light and green 4 After the Wireless Gaming A...

Page 11: ...apter provides Windows setup wizard that can guide you through the configuration process step by step Please follow the instructions below to get started configuration 1 Follow the picture below to co...

Page 12: ...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 t...

Page 13: ...Click Search and this setup wizard will start to search for all accessible Wireless Gaming Adapters After a few seconds you can see a list of all accessible Wireless Gaming Adapters Select the one you...

Page 14: ...p to step 6 This mode let the Wireless Gaming Adapter connect to an access point and through this access point connect to the Internet If you want to play head to head game select the Head to Head Gam...

Page 15: ...re 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 jump to step 7 If already know the...

Page 16: ...ss Gaming Adapter automatically scans for all available access points and lists their SSID If the Wireless Gaming Adapter does not find any access point click Scan to let it search again You can selec...

Page 17: ...less Network to let the Wireless Gaming Adapter scan for all wireless devices available for connection and jump to step 9 If you already know the configuration of the wireless device you want to conne...

Page 18: ...ans 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 se...

Page 19: ...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 You also can select Set Your IP Man...

Page 20: ...X 128 bit and enter for encryption keys and then click Next Note that the key length and the four encryption keys should be the same among all wireless network devices to make the wireless connection...

Page 21: ...vious 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 13 Y...

Page 22: ...t button and select Settings then click Control Panel The Control Panel window will appear 2 Double click Network icon The Network window will appear 3 Check your list of Network Components If TCP IP...

Page 23: ...Properties button 5 In the Internet Protocol TCP IP Properties window select Use the following IP address and specify the IP Address and Subnet mask as following 9 IP Address 192 168 2 3 any IP addre...

Page 24: ...S Let all fields are blank WINS Let all fields are blank Routing Let all fields are blank 7 Click OK to confirm the setting Your PC will now have the IP Address you specified 2 Enter 192 168 2 1 from...

Page 25: ...ion 4 2 Configuring the Gaming Adapter 4 2 1 Status and Information On this screen you can see the general information of the Gaming Adapter including Alias Name Firmware Version ESSID Channel Number...

Page 26: ...ommunication With Infrastructure mode it can let your game console join a wireless LAN through an access point Parameter Description Mode The operation mode of this Gaming Adapter You can select Ad Ho...

Page 27: ...N network are the same The default ESSID is default Channel Number Select the appropriate channel from the list provided to correspond with your network settings Channels differ from country to countr...

Page 28: ...arameter Description Authentication Type There are two authentication types Open System and Shared Key When you select Open System your access point allows this Gaming Adapter to associate with it wit...

Page 29: ...ng Adapter uses to transmit data packets The Gaming Adapter will use the highest possible selected transmission rate to transmit the data packets Preamble Type Preamble type defines the length of CRC...

Page 30: ...e same with each other This Gaming Adapter supports 64 128 bit WEP Encryption function With this function your data will be transmitted over the wireless network securely Parameter Description WEP Mod...

Page 31: ...Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration 29...

Page 32: ...le or enable the WEP function from the setting item The selections in the setting item are changed based on the key format Key 1 Key 4 The WEP keys are used to encrypt data transmitted in the wireless...

Page 33: ...of the four keys to encrypt your data Only the key you select it in the Default key will take effect Click Apply button at the bottom of the screen to save the above configurations You can now configu...

Page 34: ...Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration 4 2 5 Wireless Site Survey Wireless Site Survey searches for all available access points near by You can select one access point listed in this table 32...

Page 35: ...string of the Gaming Adapter The default password for the Gaming Adapter is 1234 Note that the password is case sensitive New Password Enter the password up to 15 digit alphanumeric string you want t...

Page 36: ...ing Adapter select Use the following IP address IP Address Designate the Gaming Adapter s IP Address This IP Address should be unique in your network The default IP Address is 192 168 2 1 Subnet Mask...

Page 37: ...configuration setting Backup you can re load the saved configuration into the Gaming Adapter through the Restore selection If extreme problems occur you can use the Restore to Factory Default selectio...

Page 38: ...s LAN Access Point Configuration Gaming Adapter Alternatively you can use the Restore to Factory Default tool to force the Gaming Adapter to perform a power reset and restore the original factory sett...

Page 39: ...firmware file to your local hard disk and enter that file name and path in the appropriate field on this page You can also use the Browse button to find the firmware file on your PC Please reset the...

Page 40: ...ng 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 Your settings will not be changed To pe...

Page 41: ...ation 4 What is BSS ID A group of wireless stations and an Access Point compose a Basic Service Set BSS Computers in a BSS must be configured with the same BSSID 5 What is ESSID An Infrastructure conf...

Page 42: ...a unique number assigned by the manufacturer to any Ethernet networking device such as a network adapter that allows the network to identify it at the hardware level For all practical purposes this nu...