Edimax LAN USB Adapter, User Manual

Page 1: ...802 11b g n Draft 2 0 Wireless LAN USB Adapter 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: ...dows Zero Configuration 19 2 3 Connection Profile Management 22 2 3 1 Make a profile for an access point or wireless device 22 2 3 2 Using 802 1x Certification 30 2 3 3 Using 802 1x CA Server 32 2 4 View Network Statistics and Link Status 34 2 4 1 Network Statistics 34 2 4 2 Link Status 35 2 5 Advanced Settings 37 2 6 QoS Setting 40 2 7 WPS Configuration 42 2 7 1 WPS Setup PBC Push Button Configur...

Page 4: ...ifferent radio channels to enhance data transfer rate and wireless coverage With easy to install USB 2 0 interface a very common expansion port of computers plug this wireless network card into any empty USB port of your computer just that simple Other features of this router including Complies with 802 11b 802 11g 802 11 Draft 2 0 N standards Provides high efficiency antenna expands the scope of ...

Page 5: ...NETWORK CARD OUT THE REACH OF CHILDREN 4 This network card will become hot when being used for long time This is normal and is not a malfunction DO NOT put the network card on a paper cloth or other flammable objects after the network card has been used for a long time 5 There s no user serviceable part inside the network card If you found that the network card is not working properly please conta...

Page 6: ...ive At least 100MB of available disk space 1 4 Package Contents Before you starting to use this wireless network card please check if there s anything missing in the package and contact your dealer of purchase to claim for missing items One Wireless LAN USB Adapter One English quick installation guide One CD ROM Including all the software utilities drivers and User s Manual ...

Page 7: ... network card 1 USB Connector 2 Connector Cap To protect USB connector when not in use 3 Link Activity LED LED Name Light Status Description On Linked to a wireless access point Transferring data Link Activity Off No wireless activity 1 2 3 ...

Page 8: ...ease follow the following instructions to install your new wireless network card 1 Insert the USB wireless network card into an empty USB 2 0 port of your computer when computer is switched on Never use force to insert the card if you feel it s stuck flip the card over and try again 2 ...

Page 9: ...ear 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 Yes to accept license agreement ...

Page 10: ... select here Optimize for WiFi mode or Optimize for performance 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 enha...

Page 11: ...please click Next to continue If you see Found New Hardware message again please ignore it and wait 6 Please click install to run the driver installation process If you see Found New Hardware message again please ignore it and wait ...

Page 12: ... 11 7 Please wait while the install procedure is running When you see this message please click Finish to complete the driver installation process ...

Page 13: ...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 14: ...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 15: ...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 16: ... a computer or network device AdHoc will be displayed here 3 Click the wireless access point or network device you wish to connect it will be highlighted then click Connect 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 establ...

Page 17: ...dy If the SSID you provided here is wrong you ll not be able to connect to this access point If the wireless access point you selected have SSID please skip this step 5 If the wireless access point uses encryption you have to input WEP passphrase or WPA preshared key Please ask the owner of the wireless access point you want to connect and input the correct passphrase preshared key here then click...

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Page 19: ...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 20: ...Configuration 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 Connections in Control Panel ...

Page 21: ...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 22: ...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 23: ...n t have to 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 ex...

Page 24: ... 23 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 25: ... 24 And you can set the parameter for this connection here ...

Page 26: ... 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 27: ...n 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 modify default setting unless you know what i...

Page 28: ...put 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 type but not replace by asterisk Encryption Select the encryption type of the wireless access point or wireless device you wish to connect If you re adding a profile from an existing access point or wireless device the value will be selected automa...

Page 29: ...ut 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 asterisk Use 802 1x Enable 802 1x wireless authentication Please click 802 1x Setting button to set 802 1x parameters See next section After you finish all settings click OK to save settings and exit The profile you just created will be displayed ...

Page 30: ...reen 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 profile select the profile then click Delete ...

Page 31: ...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 32: ...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 33: ...his box to enable the use of certificate chain chain Certificate Please select the issuer of certificate from this dropdown menu Issuer Allow Check this box if you wish to allow intermediate certificates intermediate certificates Server name Input the server name of CA server here Server name Check this box and the wireless configuration utility will check if the server name must match of CA serve...

Page 34: ... don t match connection will be dropped Domain name Check this box and the wireless configuration utility will check the end of domain must end name If there s anything wrong connection will be dropped in specified name After you finish all settings click OK to save settings and exit ...

Page 35: ...se these functions to get detailed information about the wireless connection you 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 displa...

Page 36: ...OK to close the window 2 4 2 Link Status 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 Link Status tab and information about current wireless connection will be displayed ...

Page 37: ...radio 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 strengt...

Page 38: ...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 39: ...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 adjust TCP window size Window Size automatically to get b...

Page 40: ...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 41: ...twork 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 Right click the Edimax configuration utility icon located at lower right corner of computer desktop then click Laun...

Page 42: ...nable or disable direct link setup DLS function Setup Enable This function will greatly improve the data transfer rate between WMM enabled wireless devices Please click Apply button on the right of this check box after you check or uncheck this box so corresponding settings in this window will be activated or deactivated respectively MAC Address Input the MAC address of another WMM enabled wireles...

Page 43: ...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 44: ...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 45: ...u start to establish the wireless connection by using WPS you can click Rescan button to search for WPS 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 d...

Page 46: ...ton few more times to try again When an access point is connected you can click Disconnect to disconnect 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 th...

Page 47: ...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 2 Click WPS Configuration tab and the following settings will appear ...

Page 48: ...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 provided to access point is correct NOTE The PIN code of...

Page 49: ...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 50: ...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 51: ... 36 48 54Mbps 11n 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 Internal 2 Antennas with Two TX and Two RX Drivers Windows 2000 XP 2003 Vista Server LEDs Link Activity Transmit Power 16dBm 2dBm Temperature 32 131 F 0 55 C Humidity 10 95 No...

Page 52: ...ocated Nothing happens when I click Launch config utilities 1 Please make sure the wireless network card is inserted into your computer s USB port If the Ralink configuration utility s icon is black the network card is not detected by your computer 2 Reboot the computer and try again 3 Remove the card and insert it into another USB port 4 Remove the driver and re install 5 Contact the dealer of pu...

Page 53: ... Wireless Protection in Advanced tab 3 Try a lower TX Rate in Advanced tab 4 Disable 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 list...

Page 54: ...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 55: ...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 56: ...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 shorter time while allowing the Wi Fi device to remain longer in a low power dozing state 16 What is GI GI stands for Guard Interval It s a measure to protect wireless devices from cross interference If there are...

Page 57: ...urning the equipment off 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 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 ...

Page 58: ...TTE The R TTE Directive repeals and replaces in the directive 98 13 EEC Telecommunications Terminal Equipment and Satellite Earth Station Equipment As of April 8 2000 Safety 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 equipme...