EnGenius EnGenius Wireless USB Adapter, User Manual

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Page 2: ... with PEAP 20 2 3 9 PEAP Authentication with EAP TLS Smartcard 20 2 3 10 802 1x with TTLS with EAP MD5 MS CHAP MS CHAPv2 21 2 3 11 802 1x CA Server 22 2 4 NETWORK SITE SURVEY 24 2 5 ADVANCED CONFIGURATION 26 2 6 STATISTICS 27 2 7 WMM 28 2 8 WPS 29 2 9 CCX 30 2 10 RADIO ON OFF 30 2 11 ABOUT 31 2 12 UNINSTALL THE DRIVERS CLIENT UTILITY 32 3 USB ADAPTER FOR MAC OS X 35 3 1 INSTALLING THE DRIVERS 35 3...

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Page 4: ...e EnGenius Wireless USB Adapter implements 11N technology which extremely improves wireless signal for your computer than existing wireless 802 11b g technology The incredible speed of EnGenius USB adapter makes heavy traffic networking activities more flexible and takes the wireless into practical road You could enjoy the racing speed of wireless connection surfing on Internet without string wire...

Page 5: ...dapter Description A standard USB adapter can fit into any USB interface EUB9703 EUB9706 EUB9705 EUB9801 EUB9707 PWR and LINK LED Indicator USB Connector WPS button PWR and LINK LED Indicator PWR and LINK LED Indicator USB Connector WPS button ...

Page 6: ...uirements The following are the minimum system requirements in order to use the USB adapter PC AT compatible computer with a USB interface Windows or Mac OS operating system 40 MB of free disk space for installing the USB adapter driver and utility ...

Page 7: ...e frequently rearrange the workplace e Small Office and Home Office SOHO networks SOHO users need a cost effective easy and quick installation of a small network f Wireless extensions to Ethernet networks Network managers in dynamic environments can minimize the overhead caused by moves extensions to networks and other changes with wireless LANs g Wired LAN backup Network managers implement wirele...

Page 8: ... below depicts a network in ad hoc mode b Infrastructure Mode The infrastructure mode requires an Access Point AP In this mode all wireless communication between two computers has to go through the AP It doesn t matter if the AP is stand alone or wired to an Ethernet network If used in stand alone the AP can extend the range of independent wireless LANs by acting as a repeater which effectively do...

Page 9: ...hived on the hard disk in C WINDOWS OPTIONS CABS directory Wi Fi Alliance certification recommends WPA2 AES to be the security mechanism under 11N mode System driver will automatically bring down wireless data rate to 54Mbps if other security method such as WEP or WPA is used under 11n mode If your 11N router is using security mechanism other than WPA2 AES you are recommended to disable security s...

Page 10: ...ld run automatically If the setup does not start shortly please manually browse the file index html with a standard file or web browser 1 Click on Windows Driver to start the install process 2 Once the setup begins you will see the InstallShield Wizard Select Install driver and EnGenius WLAN Utility and then click on the Next button ...

Page 11: ...EnGenius Wireless USB Adapter 11 3 Click on the Install button to begin the installation 4 Wait for a few seconds until the driver and client utility is installed ...

Page 12: ...pter into the USB port Windows will then detect and install the new hardware 7 An EG icon will then appear in the system tray Right click on the EG icon and then click on Launch Config Utility Note Click on Use Zero Configuration as Configuration Utility if you would like to use Windows Zero Configuration XP only feature ...

Page 13: ...office café etc When adding a profile you are required to enter a profile name and SSID as well as configure the power saving mode network type RTS fragmentation threshold and encryption authentication settings A profile can be configured as Infrastructure or Ad hoc mode The configuration settings for each mode are described below ...

Page 14: ...de Select this option if your notebook uses its battery power This option minimizes the battery usage while the network is idle Network Type Select Infrastructure from the drop down list TX Power Select a transmit power from the drop down list If your notebook is connected to external power then select 100 or auto if not select one of the lower values for power saving RTS Threshold Place a check i...

Page 15: ...l for all points in the network and is case sensitive Network Type Select Ad hoc from the drop down list Preamble Select Auto from the drop down list unless you are aware of the preamble type long or short used in each station Channel Displays the channel number of the Access Point TX Power Select a transmit power from the drop down list If your notebook is connected to external power then select ...

Page 16: ... of the Keys from a panel When you use WEP to communicate with the other wireless clients all the wireless devices in this network must have the same encryption key or passphrase The following information is included in this tab as the image depicts below Wi Fi Alliance certification recommends WPA2 AES to be the security mechanism under 11N mode System driver will automatically bring down wireles...

Page 17: ...Access was designed to improve upon the security features of WEP Wired Equivalent Privacy This is used along with 802 1x security setting The technology is designed to work with existing Wi Fi products that have been enabled with WEP WPA provides improved data encryption through the Temporal Key Integrity Protocol TKIP which scrambles the keys using a hashing algorithm and by adding an integrity c...

Page 18: ... a Pre Shared Key mode that does not require an authentication server Access to the Internet and the rest of the wireless network services is allowed only if the pre shared key of the computer matches that of the Access Point This approach offers the simplicity of the WEP key but uses stronger TKIP encryption EAP Extensible Authentication Protocol is an extension to the PPP protocol that enables a...

Page 19: ...rver LEAP is one of several protocols used with the IEEE 802 1X standard for LAN port access control LEAP also delivers a session key to the authenticated station so that future frames can be encrypted with a key that is different than keys used by others sessions Dynamic key delivery eliminates one big vulnerability static encryption keys that are shared by all stations in the WLAN EAP Extensible...

Page 20: ...col called EAP EAP Extensible Authentication Protocol is an extension to the PPP protocol that enables a variety of authentication protocols to be used It passes through the exchange of authentication messages allowing the authentication software stored in a server to interact with its counterpart in the client 2 3 9 PEAP Authentication with EAP TLS Smartcard EAP TLS Smartcard provides for certifi...

Page 21: ...th TTLS with EAP MD5 MS CHAP MS CHAPv2 802 1X provides an authentication framework for wireless LANs allowing a user to be authenticated by a central authority 802 1X uses an existing protocol called EAP EAP Extensible Authentication Protocol is an extension to the PPP protocol that enables a variety of authentication protocols to be used It passes through the exchange of authentication messages a...

Page 22: ...ter the password Click on the OK button to save the changes 2 3 11 802 1x CA Server Depending on the EAP in use only the server or both the server and client may be authenticated and require a certificate Server certificates identify a server usually an authentication or RADIUS server to clients Most EAPs require a certificate issued by a root authority or a trusted commercial Certificate Authorit...

Page 23: ...ation the client must verify the server s certificate When checking this certificate the signature is verified against a list of trusted certificate authorities If this parameter is true then the client will also accept a signature from a trusted intermediate certificate authority otherwise it will not Server name Enter the server name if not selected from the existing drop down list above Click o...

Page 24: ...itive MAC AP MAC address Channel Displays the channel number of the Access Point Mode Displays the supporting AP mode Signal Displays the receiving signal strength from the Access Point Rescan Click on this button to view a list of Access Points in the area Add to Profile Click on this button to add the SSID and its associated settings into a profile Connect connect to an Access Point select the S...

Page 25: ...t mask IP address Default Gateway Displays IP address of the default gateway Link Speed The current rate at which the client is transmitting and receiving Transmit Receive Throughput Displays the Tx transmit and Rx receive kilo bytes per second Link Quality In infrastructure mode this bar displays the transmission quality between an AP and a client In Ad hoc mode this bar displays the transmission...

Page 26: ...used to configure Tx burst WMM and CCX Wireless mode 2 4G 5G 2 4 5G Enable Tx Burst Click the check box will enhance the throughput Enable TCP Window Size Enhance the throughput if enable this function Fast Roaming setting fast roaming Click on the Apply button to save the changes ...

Page 27: ...EnGenius Wireless USB Adapter 27 2 6 Statistics Transmit Display current network TX statistics Receive Display current network RX statistics Reset Counter Reset data back to zero ...

Page 28: ...WMM Enable Enable WMM feature Power Save Enable Enable Disable WMM Power Save Direct Link Setup Enable Enable Disable Direct Link Setup MAC Address Define MAC address Timeout Define time out seconds Click Apply to activate the new settings ...

Page 29: ...tected Setup Rescan Click on this button to view a list of Access Points in the area Information Display selected AP WPS details Renew Renew the PIN code Config Mode Enrollee or Registrar Connect Click to start WPS connection with the AP Rotate to rotate the role Disconnect Terminate the WPS connection Export Profile export the selected AP and store it as a profile PIN Regenerate PIN WPS PBC Serve...

Page 30: ...tensions please do not change the settings here if you do not know what it does This feature is a Cisco specific compatibility support Please refer to your Cisco equipment for details Press Apply to activate the new settings 2 10 Radio on off Click the icon to turn on or turn off the wireless radio ...

Page 31: ...EnGenius Wireless USB Adapter 31 2 11 About Click on About it will display the driver version information ...

Page 32: ...any reason the best way to solve the problem may be to completely uninstall the USB adapter and its utility and repeat the installation procedure again Follow the steps below in order to uninstall the client utility 1 Click on Start EnGenius Wireless Uninstall EnGenius Wireless USB Adapter 2 The un installation process will then begin ...

Page 33: ...EnGenius Wireless USB Adapter 33 3 Select the Remove all button 4 Click on the Yes button to confirm the un installation process and then click on the Next button ...

Page 34: ...EnGenius Wireless USB Adapter 34 5 The un installation process is complete Select Yes I want to restart my computer now radio button and then click on the Finish button Then remove the USB adapter ...

Page 35: ...that is provided to you in the package The setup should run automatically If the setup does not run automatically does not need you must manually select the setup EnGenius_xxxx dmg file on the CD ROM drive 2 Choose the appropriate Mac OS version you are currently using 3 Choose the package file to start installation 4 Click on the Continue button to configure the next step ...

Page 36: ...EnGenius Wireless USB Adapter 36 5 Click on the Install button to configure the next step 6 Click on the Continue Installation button to configure the next step ...

Page 37: ...EnGenius Wireless USB Adapter 37 7 The whole process may take about 2 minutes please wait patiently 8 The installation is complete Click on the Restart button ...

Page 38: ...The Profile tab is used to store the settings of multiple Access Points such as home office café etc When adding a profile you are required to enter a profile name and SSID as well as configure the power saving mode network type RTS fragmentation threshold and encryption authentication settings A profile can be configured as Infrastructure or Ad hoc mode The configuration settings for each mode ar...

Page 39: ...EnGenius Wireless USB Adapter 39 3 2 1 Infrastructure Mode Profile Enter a name for the profile this does not need to be the same ...

Page 40: ...ower This option minimizes the battery usage while the network is idle Network Type Select Infrastructure from the drop down list TX Power Select a transmit power from the drop down list If your notebook is connected to external power then select 100 or auto if not select one of the lower values for power saving RTS Threshold Place a check in this box if you would like to enable RTS Threshold Any ...

Page 41: ...N RTS Threshold Place a check in this box if you would like to enable RTS Threshold Any packet larger than the specified value bytes will send RTS CTS handshake packet Fragment Threshold Place a check in this box if you would like to enable Fragment Threshold Any packet larger than the specified value bytes will be fragmented Click on the OK button to save the changes 3 3 Authentication and Securi...

Page 42: ...A PSK WPA2 PSK Authentication TKIP AES Encryption WPA PSK Pre shared Key is used in a Pre Shared Key mode that does not require an authentication server Access to the Internet and the rest of the wireless network services is allowed only if the pre shared key of the computer matches that of the Access Point This approach offers the simplicity of the WEP key but uses stronger TKIP encryption EAP Ex...

Page 43: ...phrase which is between 8 and 32 characters long Click on the OK button to save the changes Show Password check box If you want to make sure the accuracy of password you type click the Show Password box to check it 3 4 Link Status The Link Status tab displays the current status of the wireless connection The following information is included in this tab as the image depicts below ...

Page 44: ...ate at which the client is transmitting and receiving Throughput bytes sec Displays the Tx transmit and Rx receive kilo bytes per second Link Quality In infrastructure mode this bar displays the transmission quality between an AP and a client In Ad hoc mode this bar displays the transmission quality between one client and another Signal Strength This bar displays the strength of the signal receive...

Page 45: ...eiving signal strength from the Access Point Channel Displays the channel number of the Access Point Authentication displays the authentication types of the Access Point this includes WPA WPA PSK WPA2 or Unknown Encryption Displays the encryption on the Access Point this includes WEP TKIP AES or None Network Type Indicates whether the SSID is a Station Ad hoc or Access Point Infrastructure Rescan ...

Page 46: ...ive packet statistics in real time Information included is frames transmitted received successfully transmitted successfully without and after retry received with CRC error duplicate frames received etc 3 7 Advanced Configuration The Advanced tab is used to configure advanced wireless settings ...

Page 47: ...ult Tx BURST Click the check box will enhance the throughput Click on the Apply button to save the changes 3 8 WPS WPS Wireless Push Button is used for Wi Fi Protected Setup By pressing this button the security settings of the device will automatically synchronize with other wireless devices on your network that support Wi Fi Protected Setup ...

Page 48: ...n the area Renew Regenerate a new PIN code Config Mode Switch between Enrollee or Registrar Profile Detail Display profile of the selected party Connect Click to connect a AP via WPS Disconnect Terminate WPS connection Import Profile Load pre stored profile database Delete Remove the selected item ...

Page 49: ...EnGenius Wireless USB Adapter 49 3 9 About The About tab displays information about the device such as configuration utility version and date and the NIC Network Interface Card firmware version and date ...

Page 50: ...dard AES Government encryption standard Alphanumeric Characters A Z and 0 9 Antenna Used to transmit and receive RF signals AppleTalk A set of Local Area Network protocols developed by Apple for their computer systems AppleTalk Address Resolution Protocol AARP Used to map the MAC addresses of Apple computers to their AppleTalk network addresses so that conversions can be made in both directions Ap...

Page 51: ...y broadcasts network control data to other wireless stations Bit rate The amount of bits that pass in given amount of time Bit sec Bits per second BOOTP Bootstrap Protocol Allows for computers to be booted up and given an IP address with no user intervention Bottleneck A time during processes when something causes the process to slowdown or stop all together Broadband A wide band of frequencies av...

Page 52: ...al link of a network DB 25 A 25 ping male connector for attaching External modems or RS 232 serial devices DB 9 A 9 pin connector for RS 232 connections dBd Decibels related to dipole antenna dBi Decibels relative to isotropic radiator dBm Decibels relative to one milliwatt Decrypt To unscramble an encrypted message back into plain text Default A predetermined value or setting that is used by a pr...

Page 53: ...r changing IP address The IP address is updated by either client software running on a computer or by a router that supports Dynamic DNS whenever the IP address changes Dynamic IP address IP address that is assigned by a DHCP server and that may change Cable Internet providers usually use this method to assign IP addresses to their customers E EAP Extensible Authentication Protocol Email Electroni...

Page 54: ...of 1 billion bits per second GUI Graphical user interface H H 323 A standard that provides consistency of voice and video transmissions and compatibility for videoconferencing devices Half duplex Data cannot be transmitted and received at the same time Hashing Transforming a string of characters into a shorter string with a predefined length Hexadecimal Characters 0 9 and A F Hop The action of dat...

Page 55: ...osoft Internet Protocol The method of transferring data from one computer to another on the Internet Internet Protocol Security IPsec provides security at the packet processing layer of network communication Internet Service Provider An ISP provides access to the Internet to individuals or companies Intranet A private network Intrusion Detection A type of security that scans a network to detect at...

Page 56: ...by the manufacturer Mbps Megabits per second MDI Medium Dependent Interface is an Ethernet port for a connection to a straight through cable MDIX Medium Dependent Interface Crossover is an Ethernet port for a connection to a crossover cable MIB Management Information Base is a set of objects that can be managed by using SNMP Modem A device that Modulates digital signals from a computer to an analo...

Page 57: ...Used to synchronize the time of all the computers in a network NIC Network Interface Card NTP Network Time Protocol O OFDM Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing is the modulation technique for both 802 11a and 802 11g OSI Open Systems Interconnection is the reference model for how data should travel between two devices on a network OSPF Open Shortest Path First is a routing protocol that is u...

Page 58: ...e server over Ethernet PPTP Point to Point Tunneling Protocol is used for creating VPN tunnels over the Internet between two networks Preamble Used to synchronize communication timing between devices on a network Q QoS Quality of Service R RADIUS Remote Authentication Dial In User Service allows for remote users to dial into a central server and be authenticated in order to access resources on a n...

Page 59: ... A standard protocol for initiating a user session that involves multimedia content such as voice or chat SMTP Simple Mail Transfer Protocol SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol SOHO Small Office Home Office SPI Stateful Packet Inspection SSH Secure Shell is a command line interface that allows for secure connections to remote computers SSID Service Set Identifier is a name for a wireless netwo...

Page 60: ...d receiver Universal Plug and Play A standard that allows network devices to discover each other and configure themselves to be a part of the network Upgrade To install a more recent version of a software or firmware product Upload To send a request from one computer to another and have a file transmitted from the requesting computer to the other UPnP Universal Plug and Play URL Uniform Resource L...

Page 61: ...Area Network The larger network that your LAN is connected to which may be the Internet itself or a regional or corporate network Wi Fi Wireless Fidelity Wi Fi Protected Access An updated version of security for wireless networks that provides authentication as well as encryption Wireless ISP A company that provides a broadband Internet connection over a wireless connection Wireless LAN Connecting...

Page 62: ...asures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help FCC Caution Any changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the u...