Intellinet 524698, User Manual

Page 1: ...WIRELESS 150N USB ADAPTER USER MANUAL MODEL 524698 INT 524698 UM 0112 03 ...

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Page 3: ...upports Software AP function Windows 2000 XP Vista 7 Three Year Warranty FCC Certifications This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequ...

Page 4: ...ruction and electrical and RF characteristics Use in other devices such as PDAs or lap pads is not authorized This transmitter is restricted for use with the specific antenna s tested in the application for certification The antenna s used for this transmitter must not be co located or operated in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter R TTE Compliance Statement This equipment complies ...

Page 5: ...etting CA Server 17 Statistics 18 Advanced 18 WMM 21 About 22 WPS Configuration 22 SoftAP 26 Configuration 26 Security Setting 28 Access Control 30 MAC Table 31 Event Log 31 Statistics 32 About 32 Specifications 33 NOTE The Windows XP screen images are similar for Windows 2000 2003 Vista 7 Some images have been modified to fit the format of this user manual CONTENTS section page 5 ...

Page 6: ...el to continue 4 Insert the included setup CD and run the Setup exe program Read the license agreement that displays select I accept the terms of the license agreement and click Next to continue 5 On the Setup Type screen select Install driver and INTELLINET WLAN Utility Select Install driver only if you prefer to use the Windows integrated WLAN function Click Next 6 In Windows XP a Microsoft Zero...

Page 7: ...ows to automatically search for the correct driver Your adapter is now installed CONFIGURATION The configuration utility which displays automatically once the adapter is connected is a powerful application that helps you configure the adapter and monitor link status and statistics during the communication process This adapter will auto connect to the wireless device that has the better signal stre...

Page 8: ...or setting up wireless clients If you prefer to use the configuration utility there are two ways to switch to it instead of using the Windows tool Option 1 1 Right click the utility icon in the system tray and select Use INTELLINET Configuration utility Option 2 1 Right click the icon on the left side of the system tray and select View Available Wireless Networks 2 Click Change advanced settings C...

Page 9: ... configuration utility of the adapter NETWORK When you open the configuration utility the system scans all the channels to find access points stations within the accessible range of the adapter and automatically connect to the wireless device with the highest signal strength On the Network screen all the networks nearby are listed You can change the connection to another network or add one of the ...

Page 10: ...e list PROFILE The Profile screen is for managing networks you connect to frequently You can add delete edit and activate a profile on this screen Profile List The Profile List displays all the profiles and their related settings including Profile Name SSID Channel Authentication Encryption and Network Type Add Edit Delete Click the corresponding button to add edit or delete the selected profile s...

Page 11: ... data being transmitted Tx and received Rx Link Quality This status bar indicates the quality of the link The higher the percentage the better the quality dBm To display the signal strength measured in dBm decibels in milliwatts click this box on the Network screen see Page 9 Signal Strength This bar shows the signal strength level The higher the percentage being shown in the bar the more radio si...

Page 12: ...twork Type see below is set to Infrastructure CAM Constantly Awake Mode With this selected the adapter will remain in an active mode PSM Power Save Mode Enable the adapter in the power save mode when it is idle Network Type Select from the drop down menu Infrastructure This operation mode requires the presence of an 802 11 access point All communication is done via the AP or router Ad Hoc Select t...

Page 13: ...cation and Encryption Security Authentication Type This pull down menu setting has to be consistent with the wireless networks that the adapter is intended to connect Open No authentication is needed within the wireless network Shared Only wireless devices using a shared key WEP key identified are allowed to connect to each other LEAP This is a pre EAP Cisco proprietary protocol with many of the f...

Page 14: ...nism using the Advanced Encryption Standard AES AES is required for corporate or government users The difference between WPA and WPA2 is that WPA2 provides data encryption via AES In contrast WPA uses the Temporal Key Integrity Protocol TKIP WPA2 PSK This is also for home and small business use The difference between WPA PSK and WPA2 PSK is that WPA2 PSK provides data encryption via the AES In con...

Page 15: ...o button To fill in each text field 64 bit Input 10 digit hex values in the A F a f and 0 9 range or 5 digit ASCII characters a z and 0 9 as the encryption keys For example 0123456aef or test1 128 bit Input 26 digit hex values in the A F a f and 0 9 range or 13 digit ASCII characters a z and 0 9 as the encryption keys For example 01234567890123456789abcdef or administrator The IEEE 802 1X specific...

Page 16: ...er supports EAP MSCHAP v2 EAP TLS Smart Card and Generic Token Card The client certificate is optional TLS Smart Card This is the most secure of the EAP protocols but isn t easy to use It requires that digital certificates be exchanged in 16 CONFIGURATION RADIUS Server Windows 2000 IAS Internet Authentication Service IEEE 802 1x Access Client Access Point RADIUS Client 1 2 3 4 2 Login with usernam...

Page 17: ...otocol for building the encrypted tunnel Tunnel Authentication Select one of three options from the drop down menu EAP MSCHAPv2 EAP TLS Smart card or Generic Token Card 802 1x Setting CA Server Use certificate chain When the Extensible Authentication Protocol EAP authentication type such as TLS TTLS or PEAP is selected and requires certification to tell the client what credentials to accept from t...

Page 18: ...server name field identifies a domain The certificate must use a server name belonging to this domain or one of 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 STATISTICS This screen enables you to view compare the transmit and receive statistical information of the connection To reset the counters click Reset Coun...

Page 19: ... stations in your network it is recommended that the adapter be set to this mode This mode is also the default setting Only G Though the adapter is compatible with both 802 11g and 802 11b wireless stations if there are only 802 11g wireless stations in the network you can set the adapter to this mode Wireless Protection If you have a mix of 802 11b and 802 11g wireless stations in the network it ...

Page 20: ...ia application or a voice call you can set this parameter The adapter will fast roam when the receive sensitivity signal strength is below the value entered Show Authentication Status Dialog Select to display Select Your Country Region Code Channel availability varies from country to country for example USA FCC channels are 1 11 while Europe ETSI channels are 1 13 Enable CCX Cisco Compatible Exten...

Page 21: ... to turn off the radio of the adapter click again to turn it back on WMM This screen enables you to configure WMM Wi Fi Multimedia and other QoS settings such as Power Save and Direct Link Setup WMM Enable Click the check box then click Apply to enable the WMM function which then lets you configure the WMM Power Save and Direct Link Setup functions WMM Power Save Enable Click the check box to enab...

Page 22: ...t than IEEE 802 11g standard up to 54 Mbps by compressing data and decreasing the wait time for sending data to routers or access points Turbo Mode is enabled automatically without any configuration WPS CONFIGURATION The adapter supports WPS Wi Fi Protected Setup allowing connection to wireless APs that also support WPS without complicated procedures Two WPS configuration methods are available whe...

Page 23: ...scan to search again for WPS enabled access points near you in order to make sure the WPS function of your access point is activated All access points with the WPS function enabled will be displayed in the WPS AP List field If the access point you want to connect to isn t listed click Rescan a few more times 3 Begin the PBC pairing procedure on the access point side again refer to your access poin...

Page 24: ...of a selected WPS enabled access point Export Profile Click to save a highlighted connection on the list as a profile which will display on the WPS Profile list and which can be retrieved in the Profile menu Delete Delete the selected WPS enabled access point from the list WPS Associate IE Select to send the association request with WPS IE Information Element during WPS setup This is optional You ...

Page 25: ...ck to display a pop up window describing a selection Detail Click to show details of a selected WPS enabled access point Export Profile Click to save a highlighted connection on the list as a profile which will display on the WPS Profile list and which can be retrieved in the Profile menu Delete Delete the selected WPS enabled access point from the list WPS Associate IE Select to send the associat...

Page 26: ...lly SoftAP This adapter can run as a wireless access point AP Right click the configuration utility icon on the Windows system tray and select Switch to AP Mode to activate the SoftAP function CONFIGURATION This screen enables you to configure the AP connection setting the Country Region Code and other advanced functions SSID The SSID up to 32 printable ASCII characters is the unique ...

Page 27: ... ms Define the time between beacons default is 100 ms Tx Power To lower the transmit power of the AP to reduce the power used by the system select a lower percentage from the drop down menu NOTE A lower power level will result in lower signal strength and reduced coverage range Idle Time Select the idle time for the wireless access point The default value is 300 and normally there is no need to ch...

Page 28: ...presented in the drop down menu Open No authentication is needed within the wireless network WPA PSK This is a special mode designed for home and small business users who do not have access to network authentication servers In this mode known as Pre Shared Key you manually enter the starting password in your access point or gateway as well as in each wireless station in the network WPA PSK automat...

Page 29: ...ecurity in a wireless network BOTH In this mode the AP supports both TKIP and AES WPA Pre Shared Key The WPA PSK key can be 8 to 64 characters in length and can be letters or numbers This same key must be used on all the wireless stations in the network Group Rekey Interval This function is available when using WPA PSK and WPA2 PSK encryption algorithms WEP Key Key 1 4 WEP keys are used to encrypt...

Page 30: ... the AP Reject All Wireless adapters with a MAC address on the access list will be prevented from connecting to the AP MAC Address This is the unique 12 digit hexadecimal identification for hardware devices in the network Access List Displays all the MAC address that have been added Add Add the MAC address to the access list Delete Delete the selected MAC address from the access list Remove All Re...

Page 31: ...resses of wireless adapters connected to the AP AID The Association ID of the current connection Power Saving Mode The supporting status of the power saving mode of the connected wireless adapter EVENT LOG This screen displays event times and messages Click Clear to remove displayed information MAC Table MAC Table ...

Page 32: ...CS This screen displays the transmit and receive statistical information of the AP Click Reset Counters to clear the data ABOUT This screen displays basic information about the utility including the MAC address MAC Table ...

Page 33: ...M 64QAM Security 64 128 bit WEP data encryption WPA and WPA2 Cisco CCX Transmit power 11n 14 dBm 1 5 dBm 11g 14 dBm 1 5 dBm 11b 17 dBm 1 5 dBm Receive sensitivity 150 Mbps OFDM 70 dBm 1 5 dBm 54 Mbps OFDM 78 dBm 1 5 dBm 11 Mbps CCK 92 dBm 1 5 dBm Certification FCC Class B CE LEDs Link Activity Environmental Dimensions 10 H x 28 W x 89 6 L mm 0 4 x 1 1 x 3 5 in Weight 0 17 kg 0 4 lbs Operating temp...

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