Edimax EW-7612U, User Manual

Page 1: ...802 11b g n Wireless LAN USB Adapter User Manual Version 1 0 May 2009...

Page 2: ...espect 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...

Page 3: ...f and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures 1 Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna 2 Increase the separation between the equipment...

Page 4: ...ith SAR for general population uncontrolled exposure limits in ANSI IEEE C95 1 1999 and had been tested in accordance with the measurement methods and procedures specified in OET Bulletin 65 Supplemen...

Page 5: ...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...

Page 6: ...URATION UTILITY 9 3 1 Utility Overview 9 3 2 Available Network 11 3 3 General 12 3 4 Profile 13 3 4 1 Configure the Profile 14 3 5 Status 18 3 6 Statistics 18 3 7 Wi Fi Protect Setup WPS 19 3 8 Softwa...

Page 7: ...Advanced Encryption Standard which is a requirement for some corporate and government users This adapter is cost effective together with the versatile features it is the best solution for you to build...

Page 8: ...25 65 C Humidity Max 95 NonCondensing Certification FCC CE 1 3 Package Contents Before you begin the installation please check the items of your package The package should include the following items...

Page 9: ...ws XP Procedures are similar for Windows 2000 Vista Note2 If you have installed the Wireless PC Adapter driver utility before please uninstall the old version first I Install the Driver and Utility A...

Page 10: ...D Now you ll see the following message please click Install to begin the installation E The system starts to install the driver and utility F Click Finish to complete the driver and utility installati...

Page 11: ...icon in the system tray or right click the icon and select open configuration utility B The utility of the adapter is displayed Click Available Network and double click on the wireless access point yo...

Page 12: ...A For Windows Vista user you can use Windows Zero Configuration to connect to wireless access point Click Start button then click Control Panel Click Network and Internet in Control Panel B Click Conn...

Page 13: ...shown then click Connect D If it s an unnamed access point i e the SSID of this wireless access point is hidden you ll be prompted to input it s name and the name must be identical to the SSID setting...

Page 14: ...have to input its security or passphrase here It must match the encryption setting on the access point F If you can see this image the connection between your computer and wireless access point is suc...

Page 15: ...click the icon in the system tray there are some items for you to operate the configuration utility z Open Config Utility Select Open Config Utility to open the configuration utility z About Select A...

Page 16: ...PC from the utility Show Tray Icon To show the icon in the system tray select the item Disable Adapter This function is for you to disable or enable the adapter Windows Zero Config To configure the a...

Page 17: ...tion Available Network s This list shows all information of the available wireless networks within the range of your adapter The information includes SSID Channel Encryption Network Authentication Sig...

Page 18: ...of an 802 11 Access Point All communication is done via the Access Point or Router IBSS Select this mode if you want to connect to another wireless stations in the Wireless LAN network without through...

Page 19: ...ntly You are able to Add Remove Edit Duplicate Set Default to manage a profile Parameter Description Available Profile s This list shows the preferred networks for the wireless connection You can add...

Page 20: ...nal merging of two co located WLANs You may specify a SSID for the adapter and then only the device with the same SSID can interconnect to the adapter This is a computer to computer ad hoc network wir...

Page 21: ...PSK is also for home and small business The difference between WPA PSK and WPA2 PSK is that WPA2 PSK provides data encryption via the AES In contrast WPA PSK uses Temporal Key Integrity Protocol TKIP...

Page 22: ...e WEP key It is more recognizable for user PASSPHRASE It is a text string with a maximum of 32 alphanumeric characters for example Test The WEP Key is based upon the Passphrase determined by you This...

Page 23: ...e selected for use only when limited vendor choice for client access point and server products is not a concern When you have set up LEAP authentication you have to enter the user name and password of...

Page 24: ...e and link status If you don t ensure the status of the adapter and the network you are connecting please go to the screen for more details 3 6 Statistics You can get the real time information about t...

Page 25: ...hen press a WPS button or enter a set of 8 digit code on the wireless access point you wish to establish a secure connection I Pin Input Config PIN 1 The PIN code of your wireless network card is an e...

Page 26: ...ease select the SSID of wireless access point that you wish to connect and click Select 4 Please wait while the install procedure is running and wait for few seconds to two minutes If a wireless acces...

Page 27: ...click PBC button in wireless configuration utility to start to establish wireless connection by WPS Please be patient This may require several seconds to one minute to complete 2 When the connection b...

Page 28: ...is the unique name identified in a WLAN The ID prevents the unintentional merging of two co located WLANs The default SSID of the AP is Full Computer Name _AP Wireless adapters connect to the AP shoul...

Page 29: ...23 3 8 1 AP Properties Setting Please refer to Section 3 4 1 for the setting of the parameters for AP Note that Ad Hoc mode is not enabled for AP 3 8 2 AP Advanced...

Page 30: ...reamble The preamble defines the length of the CRC block for communication among the wireless stations There are two mode including Long and Short High network traffic areas should use the shorter pre...

Page 31: ...ou want to connect to the internet through this SoftAP you will need to make a bridge between our SoftAP and your internet connect Select the internet connection in your SoftAP host machine and press...

Page 32: ...ludes the modulation schemes found in 802 11b including CCK for 11 and 5 5 Mbps and Barker code modulation for 2 and 1 Mbps B A protection mechanism called RTS CTS that governs how 802 11g devices and...

Page 33: ...with Netware Windows 2000 or other LAN operating systems to support printer or file sharing 11 Would the information be intercepted while transmitting on air WLAN features two fold protection in secur...

Page 34: ...other words more bandwidth is consumed than in the case of narrowband transmission but the trade off produces a signal that is in effect louder and thus easier to detect provided that the receiver kn...