Planex GW-US54HP, Manual

Page 1: ...IEEE 802 11g Wireless 5dBi High Gain USB Adapter GW US54HP ...

Page 2: ...perational problems while conÀguring or setting up the product you may contact with our Customer Service Department or ask the agent or the distributor from which you bought the product for help Moreover during warranty if you Ànd any defect or breakdown of the product you may bring the product assembly and its warranty card to our company or to where you bought the product to ask for repair ŘEver...

Page 3: ...Trademarks All trade names and trademarks are the properties of their respective companies Copyright 2006 All Rights Reserved ...

Page 4: ... Chapter2 Basic Installation Configuration 5 2 1 How to Install the Driver Utility 6 2 2 How to Make a Wireless Connection 12 2 3 Site Survey 19 2 4 Profile 23 2 5 Authentication and Security 27 2 6 802 1x Setting 33 2 7 Link Status 37 2 8 Statistics 39 Chapter3 Advanced Configuration 43 3 1 Advanced 43 3 2 QoS 47 3 3 About 49 ...

Page 5: ...1 4 1 How to Use AP Mode 51 4 2 Config 53 4 3 Auth vs Security 57 4 4 Access Control 60 4 5 MAC Table 62 4 6 Event Log 63 4 7 Statistics 64 4 8 About 66 Chapter5 Appendix 67 5 1 How to Make a PSP XLink Connection 67 Contents ...

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Page 7: ... the waiting time of sending the data to the next routers or APs so it increases the data transmission rate This function is called Turbo Mode When GW US54HP WLAN adapter connect to the APs or routers by using this particular function your wireless network will be more effective For the security of WLAN GW US54HP supports 64 128 bit WEP data encryption which protects your wireless network from eav...

Page 8: ...er x 1 œCD ROM Driver Utility x 1 œUser s Manual x 1 œExtended USB Stand x 1 œWarranty Card x 1 1 2 Features œCompatible with IEEE 802 11b and IEEE 802 11g 2 4GHz œData transmission rate is up to 54Mbps œSupports Turbo Mode which can enhance the data transmission rate within the specific wireless network œSupports WMM Wi Fi Multimedia function IEEE 802 11e QoS standard and can meet the requirement...

Page 9: ...xtensions for the radio monitoring and fast roaming œAutomatic fallback which increases the data security and reliability œSupports Nintendo NDS online game œSupports PSP XLink online game œSupports the most popular O S ĈWindows 98SE ME 2000 XP 2003 œSupports PCI BUS interface ...

Page 10: ... AP this LED will be blinking Link LED When transferring data through wireless network this LED will be blinking orange light Signal LED There are five signal LEDs The blue light shows the signal strength is very good yellow light means good orange light means normal and red light means bad You may adjust the pointing direction of the USB adapter to have better radio signals 1 3 Product Functions ...

Page 11: ...pay attention to the following statements 1 If you had installed the wireless PC card driver and utility before please uninstall the old version first 2 The following illustrations of installation procedures are from Windows XP And these procedures are all similar to the operating procedures on Windows 98SE ME and Windows 2000 ...

Page 12: ...puter and then insert GW US54HP into the PCI BUS and put the external antenna at the spot which does not have many obstacles around and can have better radio signals Put back the shell and power on the computer After that the computer will automatically detect and open the Found New Hardware Wizard please clickņCancelŇ and then use the driver and utility of GW US54HP ...

Page 13: ... Installation Configuration 2 Put the installation CD ROM into the CD ROM player and then start the ņSetup exeŇprogram After that the setup wizard will automatically start theņInstallShield WizardŇto continue setting up ...

Page 14: ... otherwise clickņNoŇto exit the installation program 4 First you have to make sure that if you want to use GW US54HP configuration tool as the default tool If you want to make it to be the default tool please chooseņPlanex Configuration ToolŇ if not please chooseņMicrosoft Zero Configuration ToolŇ If you install the utility on Windows 2000 O S or lower version this page will NOT show ...

Page 15: ...the AP which you want to connect with supports Tx Burst mode you can selectņOptimize for performance modeŇ to enable Tx Burst mode ChooseņOptimize to Wi Fi modeŇto let GW US54HP operate under standard mode To continue setting up please clickņNextŇ or you may clickņCancelŇto install it later 6 After clickņNextŇon the previous page the installation wizard starts to install the software for GW US54HP...

Page 16: ...2 10 GW US54HP 7 After running the software installation there will pop up two warning windows please clickņContinue AnywayŇto enter the installation complete page ...

Page 17: ... utility are all installed in your computer you may start to configure the connection of GW US54HP 9 When you finish installing the driver and utility on the computer you can start to use the utility of GW US54HP to check the connection status of wireless connection ClickņStartƖAll ProgramsƖPlanex Wireless ƖPlanex Wireless UtilityŇon the desktop After that the icon of the utility will show on the ...

Page 18: ... bar and then chooseņLaunch Config UtilitiesŇto enter GW US54HP utility or double left click on the utility icon to enter the utility directly You may also clickņStartƖAll ProgramsƖPlanex WirelessƖPlanex Wireless UtilityŇto enter the utility right away If you installed GW US54HP Wireless Utility on Windows 2000 O S or lower version theņUse Zero Configuration as Configuration utilityŇfunction does ...

Page 19: ...h are automatically detected by GW US54HP and connecting with it 3 Connect with an APĈFirst you have to choose an AP on the list and then clickņConnectŇbutton to make a connection If the AP which you want to connect with has set the encryption or authentication the ņAuthentication and SecurityŇwindow will show and you have to enter the correct key to connect to the AP ...

Page 20: ...ects the APs which can be connected with and firstly connect with the AP 1 with strongest signal strength 2 non encryption and 3 non authentication If you want to change the connection profile you may just double left click on the AP you want to modify then you can enter the configuration page ...

Page 21: ...f you want to add a connection which you often use to the Profile List please click on the AP which you want to add and clickņAdd to ProfileŇbutton 6 ConfigurationĈAfter entering the Add Profile page you can set the ņProfile NameŇby your own and configure the rest of the settings ...

Page 22: ...ccording to the APŅ s requirement enter the Key value or just leave it blank and then click ņOKŇto save the settings 8 Activate the settingsĈEnterņProfile ListŇpage if you really want to use an AP to make a wireless connection please clickņActivateŇto use this connection to connect with your LAN or surf the Internet ...

Page 23: ...file list shows a red check it means the connection has not succeeded if the profile list shows a green check it means the connection has succeed and you have already add this connection into the profile list It means that you do not need to set again and again before every time you make a connection ...

Page 24: ... the desktop to check current connection status and packets transferring status 11 ClickņSupportŇtab on the wireless network connection status window and then you can see the IP address of the AP in use If the connection is abnormal you can also clickņRepairŇbutton to make the computer do the IP Release and IP Renew action ...

Page 25: ... can see the information about the wireless connections Before using the utility you have to know the following restriction of the utility This adapter will work in 11b mode when the network type is in Ad hoc mode It is defines by Wi Fi organization If you want to enable the data rate up to 54Mbps 11g please follow steps listed below A Go toņStartƖSettingsƖNetwork ConnectionsŇon the task bar B Rig...

Page 26: ...y and GW US54HP will not be the default utility anymore If you want to use GW US54HP as the default utility again just click ņUse RaConfig as Configuration utilityŇ œSwitch to AP Mode Click it to change the adapter mode of GW US54HP into AP mode If you want to use the adapter function please click ņSwitch to Station ModeŇ œExit SelectņExitŇto close the configuration utility tool 2 The GW US54HP ic...

Page 27: ...tructions SSID The SSID up to 32 printable ASCII characters is a unique name identified in a WLAN The SSID can prevent the unintentional merging of two co located WLANs You may assign an SSID for GW US54HP and only the device with the same SSID can interconnect to it BSSID It displays the MAC Addresses of the APs which GW US54HP has detected Signal The box displays all the SSIDs Service Set Identi...

Page 28: ...r AES etc double click on the name of the AP or clickņConnectŇbutton and then the configuration page of encryption will show Authentication This section shows the authentication using by the AP There are five kinds of authentication ņUnknownŇ ņWPA PSKŇ ņWPA2 PSKŇ ņWPAŇandņWPA2Ň Network Type There are two types of network type including ņAd hocŇandņInfrastructureŇ Rescan Rescan and update all the d...

Page 29: ...ooseņProfileŇ tab on the homepage of utility and clickņAddŇ theņAdd ProfileŇwindow will pop up as well Users can setup the general settings encryption and authentication settings and so on If you want to look up the advanced setup and more information please refer to the next chapter If you want to do the general settings please follow the instructions below ...

Page 30: ...ructure An 802 11 networking framework in which devices communicate with each other by first going through and Access Point AP In infrastructure mode wireless devices can communicate with each other or can communicate with a wired network If enabling this mode the PSM mode will take effect and the Preamble function will be disabled Ad hoc An 802 11 networking framework in which devices or stations...

Page 31: ...hort preamble type RTS Threshold Here it defines the minimum packet size required for RTS Request to Send Select a value within a range of 0 to 2347 bytes Normally if there are no hiding nodes problems the values no need to be altered Fragment Threshold The value defines the maximum size of packets any packet size larger than the value will be fragmented If you have decreased this value and experi...

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Page 33: ...h existing Wi Fi products that have been enabled with WEP It also provides strong data protection by using encryption as well as strong access controls and user authentication WPA utilizes 128 bit encryption keys and dynamic session keys to ensure your wireless network s privacy and enterprise security WPA PSK is short for Wi Fi Protected Access Pre Shared Key WPA PSK is basically an authenticatio...

Page 34: ...e home office SOHO networks WPA2 Personal supports the use of a pre shared key PSK WPA2 PSK is short for Wi Fi Protected Access 2 Pre Shared Key WPA2 Personal supports PSK pre shared key WPA PSK and WPA2 PSK are special modes designed for small office home office users who do not have access to the network authentication servers If you want to use WPA as the authentication of GW US54HP you can ref...

Page 35: ...d WPA2 PSK WPA and WPA2 are for enterprise which requires a RADIUS Server and Certificate Server for the authentication WPA PSK and WPA2 PSK are special modes designed for small office home office users who do not have access to the network authentication servers 2 There are three authentication types under Ad hoc mode Open It does not need authentication when connecting to the AP Shared Only wire...

Page 36: ...ously and has a fixed block size of 128 bits and a key size of 128 192 or 256 bits TKIP It is short for Temporal Key Integrity Protocol TKIP scrambles the key using a hashing algorithm and by adding an integrity checking feature ensures that the keys havenŅt been tampered with WPA Preshared Key This setting only takes effect underņWPA PSKŇ orņWPA2 PSKŇ mode Besides the key should be at least 8 cha...

Page 37: ...owed to be set in a WEP key ASCII Numerical values characters or signs are all allowed to be arranged into a WEP key It is more recognizable for user 64 bit Enter 10 digit Hex values or 5 digit ASCII values as the encryption keys For example ņ 0123456aefŇorņGuest Ň 128 bit Enter 26 digit Hex values or 13 digit ASCII values as the encryption keys For example ņ01234 567890123456789abcdefŇorņadminist...

Page 38: ...2 32 GW US54HP Cancel ClickņCancelŇwill exit the page and won t save the settings Apply ClickņApplyŇto enable the settings you made on this page ...

Page 39: ...data including passwords over 802 11 wireless networks And it requires a set of user name and password in addition Enter theņUser NameŇ andņPasswordŇand also select a certificate from theņCertificateŇlist To get the certificate and the personal user name and password please contact with your administrator 2 TLSƟSmart Card Short for Transport Layer Security a protocol that guarantees privacy and da...

Page 40: ...s Certificate Store and made available to the RADIUS server for certification Tunneled 1 ProtocolĈWhen the authentication type is PEAP or TTLS select a protocol to be used to build the encrypted tunnel Under PEAP authentication you can chooseņEAP MSCHAP v2Ň ņEAP TLS Smart CardŇ andņGeneric Token CardŇ Under TTLS authentication there areņCHAPŇ ņMS CHAPŇ ņMS CHAP V2Ň ņPAPŇ and ņEAP MD5Ň 2 IdentityĈT...

Page 41: ...e the certificate IfņAny Trusted CAŇis selected any CA included in the list provided by the Microsoft Certificate Store is permitted Allow intermediate A server designates an issuer as a trusted root authority by placing the issuer s self signed certificate which contains the issuer s public key into the trusted root certification authority certificate store of the host computer Intermediate or su...

Page 42: ...f its sub domains e g zeelans com where the server is blueberry zeelans com but it may be any name used in the certificate name field OK Cancel Apply Click this button and the utility will save the settings and close the page ClickņCancelŇwill exit the page and won t save the settings ClickņApplyŇto enable the settings you made on this page end in specified name ...

Page 43: ...ters Items Instructions Status Here displays the SSID and MAC ID of the network which GW US54HP is connecting to Extra Info Here displays the current link status and channel Link Speed Here display the transmission and reception rate of the network The maximum transmission rate is 54Mbps Throughput Here display the speed of data transmitted Tx and received Rx ...

Page 44: ... strength The higher percentage the bar shows the more radio wave has been received by the adapter This indicator helps users to find a proper position for the adapter to have better network connection You can also choose dBm mode to show the signal strength Noise Level Here display the noise level in the wireless environment OK ClickņOKŇbutton and the utility will save the settings and close the ...

Page 45: ... will display the transmitted and received results Items Descriptions Transmit Statistics Frames Transmitted Frames successfully sent Frames Transmitted Frames successfully sent without any retry Frames Transmitted Frames successfully sent with one or more retries Successfully Successfully Without Retry Successfully After Retry s ...

Page 46: ...ive Frames received successfully Frames Receive Frames received with CRC error Frames Dropped Frames dropped due to resource problem Duplicate Frames Frames received more than twice Buttons Reset Counter Click the button to reset counters to zero OK ClickņOKŇbutton and the utility will save the settings and close the page Frames Fail To Receive ACK ACKnowledge After All Retries Successfully Receiv...

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Page 49: ...nel differs from different countries For example USA FCC is channel 1 11 Europe ETSI is channel 1 13 The operating frequency channel will be restricted to the country user located before importing If you are in different country you have to adjust the channel setting to comply the regulation of the country B G Protection If you have a mix of 802 11b and 802 11g wireless stations in the network it ...

Page 50: ... the wireless stations When the wireless mode isņ802 11 B onlyŇ the maximum data rate is 11Mbps 11b so that there are only ņAuto 1 2 5 5 11MbpsŇoptions you can select Tx Burst Tx Burst enables the adapter to deliver better throughput during a period of time but the function only takes effect when connecting with the AP which also supports Tx Burst Enable TCP The TCP Window is the amount of data wh...

Page 51: ...ew access point by performing a complete LEAP authentication including communication with the main RADIUS server When you configure your wireless LAN for fast re association however LEAP enabled client devices roam from one access point to another without involving the main server Using Cisco Centralized Key Management CCKM an access point configured to provide Wireless Domain Services WDS takes t...

Page 52: ...F for FAA requirement ĈNow the radio is on and click to turn it off ĈNow the radio is off and click to turn it on Apply ClickņApplyŇto enable the settings you made on this page OK ClickņOKŇbutton and the utility will save the settings and close the page ...

Page 53: ...ch with different latency and throughput requirements compete for network resources Click the check box and then clickņApplyŇbutton to apply this function to the system WMM Power Click the check box and then clickņSettingĀŇ button the Power Save Setting dialog box will pop up there are four types of power saving mode including AC_BK Access Category Background ă A C_B E A c c e s s C a t e g o r y ...

Page 54: ...C address of the adapter which wants to connect with the remote system Timeout Value The utility performs time outs so that the program does not sit idle waiting for input that may never come Set a value to apply to the system with WMM DLS Status The system will show you the remote devices which has already connected and supported WMM OK ClickņOKŇbutton and the utility will save the settings and c...

Page 55: ... browser will be opened automatically and connect to the international website of PLANEX Communications Inc Click the second one it will link to PLANEX Communications Inc Taiwan website RaConfig Version This section shows the version and released date of the Utility and Driver EEPROM Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory and Firmware version are also displayed Driver Version EEPROM V...

Page 56: ...S54HP IP Address This section shows the TCP IP settings of GW US54HP and the MAC Physical Address OK ClickņOKŇbutton and the utility will save the settings and close the page Phy_Address Sub Mask Default Gateway ...

Page 57: ...on the desktop will show as follows Right click the mouse on the PLANEX icon and the four options will show Launch Config Utilities Use Zero Configuration as Configuration utility Switch to AP Mode and Exit ClickņSwitch to AP ModeŇ the utility will switch GW US54HP to the AP mode immediately 2 Right click on the AP mode icon and clickņLaunch Config UtilitiesŇ to enter the AP mode configuration pag...

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Page 59: ...odes ņ802 11 B G mixŇ ņ802 11 B onlyŇandņ802 11 G onlyŇ The system default isņ802 11 B G mixŇ Please set the mode according to the real environment SSID The default AP name SSID is SoftAP XX XX is last two digits of GW US54HP Mac Address Or you can chooseņUse MAC AddressŇand the system will automatically copy the NIC MAC Address to this column and add two characters ņAP Ň before the MAC address Co...

Page 60: ...nnouncement œOn Always send frame with protection œOff Always send frame without protection Preamble The preamble defines the length of the CRC cyclic redundancy check block when communicating among the wireless networks There are two types of preamble Long and Short Preamble Intensive network traffic areas should use the short preamble type The default preamble is Long one 128 bit sync field Beac...

Page 61: ...channel for the AP The default setting is channel 1 Auth vs Security Click this button and then to set up the authentication and security of the AP The detailed configuration is shown in theņ4 3 Auth vs SecurityŇ Nintendo GW US54HP supports Nintendo NDS online gaming If you want to make a connection with Nintendo NDS through GW US54HP please put a check in this check box Tx BURST Tx Burst enables ...

Page 62: ...ck if there is data transmitting Short slot time is 9 us and long slot time is 20 us System default is long slot time Auto Channel Click this check box and the system will randomly select the channel for the AP when starting up the system next time The default setting is disabled Default Click this button and the AP will show the default value of this page Without Tx BURST and Use Short Slot Apply...

Page 63: ... authentication of GW US54HP must set the same as the settings of the destination Open It does not need authentication when connecting to the AP WPA includes WPA WPA PSK WPA2 and WPA2 PSK WPA and WPA2 are for enterprise which requires a RADIUS Server and Certificate Server for the authentication WPA PSK and WPA2 PSK are special modes designed for small office home office users who do not have acce...

Page 64: ...ion You have to enter the same Passphrase or Hexadecimal key into both your access points and computers but the length requirement is changed The more random your WPA pre shared key the safer it is to use Group Rekey Interval This function only takes effect when using ņWPA PSKŇ ņWPA2 PSKŇandņWPA PSK WPA2 PSKŇ authentication The key set by the user will be changed according to the interval set by t...

Page 65: ...st Ň 128 bit Enter 26 digit Hex values or 13 digit ASCII values as the encryption keys For example ņ 01234567890123456789abcdefŇorņadministrator Ň Show Password If you want to let the system shows the password you set you can enable this check box After that the asterisk will be replaced by the showing the password OK Click this button and the utility will save the settings and close the page Canc...

Page 66: ...ow All Only the MAC addresses listed in the Access List can connect with GW US54HP Reject All Only the MAC addresses listed in the Access List can NOT connect with GW US54HP MAC Address MAC address is a unique identification for hardware devices on the network It is a 12 digit hexadecimal value Fill in the MAC addresses of wireless adapters you want to accept or reject to access GW US54HP in this ...

Page 67: ...61 4 Chapter4 Soft AP Mode Apply ClickņApplyŇto enable the settings you made on this page OK Click this button and the utility will save the settings and close the page ...

Page 68: ... Mode status Items Descriptions MAC Address Here shows the Mac address of stations which are connecting with GW US54HP AID The number of AID will increase as the number of connections increasing It can be a kind of identification for the connection Power Saving Mode Here shows if the stations connecting with GW US54HP are in power saving mode OK Click this button and the utility will save the sett...

Page 69: ...scription of every event happened on Soft AP Items Descriptions Event Time Here shows the time when event happened Message The utility will depict every event happened on the Soft AP including restart AP or station is failed to link or success to link and so on Clear Click this button to delete all the previous event logs OK Click this button and the utility will save the settings and close the pa...

Page 70: ...without any retry Frames Transmitted Frames successfully sent with one or more retries Frames Fail To Frames failed to transmit after hitting retry limit RTS Frames Successfully receive CTS Clear To Send after sending RTS Request To Send frame RTS Frames Fail Failed to receive CTS Request To Send after sending RTS Clear To Send Successfully Successfully Without Retry Successfully After Retry Recei...

Page 71: ... with CRC error Frames Dropped Frames dropped due to resource problem Duplicate Frames Frames received more than twice Buttons Reset Counters Click the button to reset counters to zero OK ClickņOKŇbutton and the utility will save the settings and close the page Successfully With CRC Error Due To Out of Resource Received ...

Page 72: ...X Communications Inc Click the second one it will link to PLANEX Communications Inc Taiwan website Utility Version This section shows the version and released date of the Utility and Driver EEPROM Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory and Firmware version are also displayed MAC Address This section shows the TCP IP settings of GW US54HP and the MAC Physical Address OK Click this butt...

Page 73: ... users can play online game through using XLink and GW US54HP 5 1 How to make a PSP XLink connection Please follow the instructions below to enable PSP XLink function 1 Left clickņWireless Network ConnectionŇto enter network connection management page 2 After Wireless Network Connection window pops up please click ņPropertiesŇto configure ...

Page 74: ...68 GW US54HP 5 3 The Wireless Network Connection Properties window will pop up and then please clickņConfigureĀ Ň 4 Enter the GW US54HP Properties page please clickņAdvancedŇtab ...

Page 75: ...eŇselection Please scroll down the list at theņValueŇcolumn and chooseņEnableŇto start using the PSP XLink function If you want to close this function please follow the same steps above and then enter this page to chooseņDisableŇXLink function ClickņOKŇto save the settings and leave this page ...

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