AVM FRITZ!WLAN USB Stick Bedienungsanleitung

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2 Lega l Not ice FRITZ!WLAN USB Stick v1. 1 This doc umentati on and the software i t describe s are prot ected by copyri ght. A VM gra nts the non-ex clus iv e right t o use th e softw are, whi ch is suppli ed ex clus iv ely in wha t is k nown as ob- ject co de format . Th e licens ee may create only on e copy of the so ftware , which may be u sed[...]

3 T able of C ontents 1 FRITZ!WL AN USB Stick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 1.1 Pack ag e C onten ts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 1.2 Opera tion Re quir ements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 1.3 LEDs . . . . . . . . . . [...]

4 9 Customer Service Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 9.1 Product Doc umen tation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 9.2 Inform ation in the Int ernet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 9.3 Supp ort from the AV M Servic e T eam . . . . . . . . . [...]

5 Safety Ins tru ctions When work ing with the FR ITZ!WLAN US B Stick, fol low th e instructions below to protect yourself and the FRITZ!WL AN USB Sti ck fr om dama ge. • Do not in stal l FRITZ !WLAN USB S tick du ring an electrical storm. • Unplug the FRITZ! WLAN USB Stick from the c ompute r dur ing an elect ri ca l st orm. • Never le t liq[...]

6 Symb ol s a nd Hi ghl i gh ti ng The fo llo wing highl ighting an d ic ons are used t o des ignate impor tant informati on: Thi s sym bol indi ca tes imp ortant ins tru ctions th at mu st be obser ved to avoi d malfunc tions. This symbol indic ates useful hints to as sist y ou in working wi th the FRI TZ!WLAN USB S tick. The table below explains [...]

FRITZ!WLAN USB Stick 7 1 FRITZ!WLAN USB Stick An Overview FRITZ!WLA N USB Stick is a WLAN adapter for the Universal Serial Bu s (USB). Wit h the FRITZ! WLAN USB St ick, yo u c an c onne ct y ou r co mput er di re ctly with a WLAN acce ss point, for example, with an AV M FRITZ!Box WLAN. Y ou can also connec t to oth er WL AN devi c es, to printe rs,[...]

8 LEDs • pen tium- class co mpu ter or note book (500 MHz CPU or better) • at least 64 MB RAM and 5 MB free memory on the har d dr ive • one C D dri ve Y ou ca n inst all FR ITZ!WLA N USB Stic k if you r c omput er meets all o f these requirem ents. If you would lik e to connect a dditional computers, addi- tional FRITZ!WLAN USB Sticks are re[...]

T echnical Specifications 9 Operating syst ems supp or ted: Windows 7 (32-bit or 64-bit e dition) / Windows Vista (32-bit or 64 -bit edi- tion ) / Win dows XP ( 32-bit or 64- bit editi on) Dimensions (WxDxH): approx. 53 x 20 x 11 m m Weight: approx. 10 g Power supply: powered by USB, no exte rnal power supply requ ired Max imu m pow er consum pti o[...]

10 2 A VM St ick & Surf T ec hnology C o nnecti ng Se cu re ly wi th a FR ITZ !Bo x WLAN With the AVM Stick & Surf t echnolo gy th e FRITZ !WLAN USB St ick can tak e ov er the WLA N securit y settin gs from F RITZ!Bo x WLAN p roducts. This allows a secure WLA N connection to b e estab lished be tween your computer and your FRITZ!Bo x withou[...]

11 deleted from the Stick. The AV M Stick & Surf logo appears and a WLAN connection to your FRITZ!Bo x is estab lished automatically.[...]

12 Installation 3 I nstallat io n Ins ta ll ing the FRIT Z!W LAN USB Stic k The FRIT Z!WLAN USB Sti ck can be instal led in the operatin g sys tems Windows 7 (32-bit o r 64-bit edi tion), Wind ows Vista (32-bit o r 64-bit editio n) and W ind ows XP (3 2-bit or 64- bit edit ion) . Please inst all the cu rrent Microsoft Service Pac ks using Microso f[...]

Installation in Windows 7 / Windows Vista 64-bit Edition 13 5. Then click “Y es” (Windo ws 7) or “C ontinue” (Windows Vista) in the “User Acc ount C o ntrol” dia- log. The dr iv er s and the c ont r ol soft w are f or th e FRITZ!WLAN USB Stick are instal led automatic ally . A progres s bar indic ates the progres s and the c onclu- sion[...]

14 Installation in Windows XP 32- bit Edition 7. Then click “Y es” (Windo ws 7) or “C ontinue” (Windows Vista) in the “User Acc ount C o ntrol” dia- log. 8. Ins ert th e FRIT Z!WLAN USB Stic k CD whe n Windows prompts you to do so. The dr iver software is installed automatically. Thi s compl etes the d rive r instal lati on for the FRIT[...]

Installation in Windows XP 64- bit Edition 15 Thi s compl etes the d rive r instal lati on for the FRITZ !WLAN USB Stic k. Continue rea ding fro m secti on “Information o n WLAN Connections ” on page 16. 3.4 Install ation in Windows XP 64- bit E dition Administrat or rights are required to install the FRITZ !WLAN US B Stic k in Wi ndow s XP 64-[...]

16 Information on WLAN C onnections Inform ation on WLAN Co nnections If yo u perf or med installation using Stick &Surf , no furthe r steps are necess ary to establish a WL AN connection. Y our FRITZ!B ox WLAN will be i dentified automati c ally as W LAN acc ess point. A WLAN conne ction you can use im mediate- ly will be established. If yo u [...]

The FRITZ!WLAN Co ntrol S oftware 17 4 The FRITZ!WLAN C ontro l Software Establis hing and Clearing WLAN C onn ections With the FR ITZ!WL AN USB Stick you can esta blish wirel ess net work con- nections (WLANs) with various WLAN devices. The FRI TZ!WLAN control software i s available to manage all these W LAN connection s. With FRITZ! WLAN you can [...]

18 Operating FR ITZ!WLAN The le ft side shows your own WL AN device, the F R I T Z ! W L A NU S B S t i c k , c o m p l e t e w i t h n a m e a n d I P a d - dress. The midd le sectio n displays the icon of the WL AN connec- tion as a box with li nks to the de vices on the l eft a nd on the righ t. The small icons in th e box display the connec- ti[...]

Estab lishing a WLAN C onnection 19 Co nn e c ti o n S ta tu s The col ors of th e c onnecti on ico ns in th e FRIT Z!WLAN u ser interface and the FRITZ!WLAN program ic on in the notifica- tion are a of the t as k bar sh ow the cu rrent c onditi on of the conne cti on: 4.2 Estab lishing a WLAN Connection With FRI TZ!WLAN you can establish WLAN conn[...]

20 Estab lishing a C onnection w ith a WLAN Acc ess Point (Infrast ructu re Network) exch ange data w ith each other quickly and directly . The ad-hoc network participants have t o shar e the existing bandwi dth. In the device lists in the FRITZ!W LAN control software, this type of conne ction is desig nated by the ad-hoc connecti on icon. Esta bli[...]

Connecting T wo WLAN Users Directly (Ad-hoc Network) 21 C onnecting T wo WLAN Users Di rectly (Ad-hoc Network) T o establish a di rect conne ction via WL AN, on e WLAN par- ty has to offer an ad-hoc network that other ad -hoc parties may join. How to Create an Ad-hoc Network 1. In the FRITZ !WLAN user interfac e, click the icon of the WLAN re mote [...]

22 Conn ecting to the Internet How to Jo in an Ad-h oc Net work 1. Open the FR ITZ!WLAN control so ftware on all o f the comput ers to be connecte d to th e ad- hoc ne twork by doub le-cl ick ing the FRI TZ!WLAN ic on in th e notific ation are a of the t ask b ar. 2. Click the “F ind” button to display the WL AN de vices at your locat ion. Pos [...]

Conn ecting to the Internet 23 acc ess softw are on the other c onnected co mputers. With this configuration , the WLAN access point can be used as a router for multiple-workpl ace operation. Inst ructions on how to confi gure the WLAN acc ess point for m ultiple-work- place operation are presen ted in the W LAN acces s point manual. Establishing C[...]

24 Microsoft WLAN Ser vice 5 Microsoft WLAN Ser vic e Establis hing and Clearing WLAN C onn ections I n W i n d o w s7 , W i n d o w sV i s t a a n d W i n d o w sX P w i t h S e r v i c e P a c k2 o r higher , the Mic ro soft WL AN se rvic e WZ C (Wir ele ss Z ero C onf igu ratio n) c a n b e u s e d t o m a n a g e w i r e l e s s d e v i c e s r[...]

Estab lishing a WLAN C onnection (Windows 7) 25 – Selec t the command “Install A VM WLAN Sof t- ware” in the context menu and follow the instruc- tions on the screen. Esta blishing a WLAN C onnec tion (Windows 7) T o estab lis h a WLAN c onnect ion in W indow s 7 usin g Mi- cro soft WLAN S ervice , work throu gh the fol low ing st eps: 1. Cl [...]

26 Estab lishing a WLAN C onnection (Windows Vi sta) Should di fficulties arise in establishing a WLAN connec- tion, see the sections “WLA N C onnection Is Not Est ab- lished” from page 39 and “Errors D uring Installation” from page 36. For inform ation on A VM Stick & Surf, see the section “A VM Stick & Surf T echnolog y” on pa[...]

Estab lishing a WLAN C onnection (Windows Vi sta) 27 2. Select the de sire d WLAN ac ces s point an d click the “C onnect” button. The window for entering the netw ork security key opens: Enteri ng the networ k k ey 3. Enter the ne twork k ey of the selected WLAN ac c ess point in the “Security key or passphrase” field and click “C onnect[...]

28 Estab lishing a W LAN C onnection (Wind ows XP from Service P ack 2) Esta blishing a WLAN C onnection (Windows XP fr om Service P ack 2) T o establish a WLAN connect ion using Microsof t WLAN Ser vice (“Wi reless Zero C onf igurat ion Ser vice” ) in Windows XP from Ser vice Pack 2, work through t he follow- ing steps: 1. Cl ick the Micr oso [...]

Estab lishing a W LAN C onnection (Wind ows XP from Service P ack 2) 29 Should di fficulties arise in establishing a WLAN connec- tion, see the sections “WLA N C onnection Is Not Est ab- lished” from page 39 and “Errors D uring Installation” from page 36. For inform ation on A VM Stick & Surf, see the section “A VM Stick & Surf T [...]

30 More about WLAN 6M o r e a b o u t W L A N AV M a n d W L A N WLAN (Wireless Local Area Network) is a radio technol ogy that allows net works an d access to the Intern et to b e provid ed with out cable con- nectio ns. This allows mul tiple users to share one wireless Inte rnet con- nect ion . 6.1 Standards The W LAN standards IEEE 802.11b, IEEE[...]

Security 31 IEEE 802.1 1i The WP A2 security mechanism is defined in the IEEE 802.11i s t andar d. WP A2 i s an e xte nsio n of the f ami l- iar security mech anism WP A (Wi-Fi Prot ected Acce ss). The main feature of the ex tension of W P A to WPA2 is the AES-C CM encryption process. • The WPA mechanism stipulates th e TKIP (T emporar y Key Inte[...]

32 Encryption Encr yption The most impor t ant security se tting is the e ncrypti on. The FRIT Z!WLAN USB S tick suppor ts th e security mechan isms WEP (Wire d Equivalent Privac y), WP A (Wi-Fi Prot ected Ac- cess) and WPA2 as foll ows : • As part of the WE P mechani sm a static k ey is dete r- mined to serve for the encrypti on of the user data[...]

Frequency Range 33 6.3 Frequency Range WLAN uses the frequenc y range around 2.4 GHz in the ISM band or, alternatively , the frequency range at 5 GHz. The FRIT Z!WLAN USB Stick can use th e 2.4-GHz frequ ency band. A WLAN in the 2 .4-GHz frequ ency band w orks in the same band as Blue tooth, DECT , microwa ve devices, video b ridg - es an d bab y m[...]

34 Frequency Range WLA N ch anne ls i n the 2.4-G Hz r an ge: Channel Frequ ency ( MHz) Chann el Frequ ency ( MHz) 1 2412 8 2447 2 2417 9 2452 3 2422 10 2457 4 2427 11 2462 5 2432 12 2467 6 2437 13 2472 7 2442[...]

Removing the F RITZ!WL AN USB Stick 35 7 Remo vi ng the FRIT Z!WLAN USB Stick Rem oving So ftwa re a nd P rog ram E ntrie s The instructions for removi ng the FR ITZ!WLAN USB Stick are v alid for all operating systems. The FRITZ!WLAN USB Stick driver software and the FRITZ! WLAN c ont ro l softw ar e are r emo ved at the s ame time. Proceed as foll[...]

36 8 T roubleshootin g This ch apte r pr ovid es a ss is t anc e if y ou ar e h avi ng pr obl ems w ith th e WLAN connecti on, or if you want to change the I P settings on your comp ute r. 8.1 Errors Du ring Inst al lation If an error message is ret urned during install ation of the FRITZ !WLAN U SB Stick , this can have vari ous causes. Check the [...]

37 Ch ec k in g t he U SB P o r t The compute r does no t detect the FRIT Z!WLAN USB Sti ck. Unin stalling the WLAN Ada pter So ftware The AVM FRITZ!WLAN s oftware is installed , but every ti me Windows 7/Vista/XP is restar ted, the M icrosof t WLAN control is applied , no matter wh ich settin gs were co nf ig ur ed be f or e. Possib le Cause The F[...]

38 Inst alli ng the Lat est Servic e Pa cks The FRITZ!WLAN USB Stick is detected automa tically in the W indow s XP operatin g sys tem . Howev er , the dev ic e is not fully functional . Possib le Cause The necess ary se rvice packs ha ve not been installed. Remed y USB 2.0 su pport wa s inte grat ed int o the ope rating s ys- tem f or the fir st t[...]

39 8.2 WLAN C onnection Is Not Es tab lished Make sure that the se tting s in the WLAN ac c ess point and in th e FRITZ!WL AN control soft ware agree with t he entries in th e following table. Try again to establish a WLAN conne cti on. For th e setting s in thi s tab le it i s pre sume d that an A V M WLAN p roduct from the F RITZ!Box family is us[...]

40 C hecki ng the Data of the WL AN C onnection C ould not reg ister at the WLA N remote site. Setting the 2.4-GHz Frequency B and in the WLAN Acc ess Point C ould not reg ister at the WLA N remote site. Possib le Cause The settings of the WLAN remo te si te and the entries in the “WLAN Remote S ite” area of the FRITZ !WLAN control softw ar e d[...]

41 C hanging the Posi tion of the WLAN Devices No WLAN remo te sites are found. Installing the Patch for WPA2 with Micro soft WL AN Service The co nne ction to an access po int can not b e esta blished using the Microsoft WLAN Ser vice (WZ C) in Wind ows X P with Se rvice Pack 2. Possib le Cause The WLAN re mote si te ha s not bee n turn ed on or i[...]

42 8.3 Errors Du ring Dat a Ex chang e with Othe r Devic es in the Net work Checkin g t he WL AN A ccess Point The FRITZ!WLAN USB Stick and the WLAN acc es s point ca nn ot e xcha n ge a n y d at a wi t h e ac h oth e r. Allowing Network Acc ess T wo o r more co mput ers a re net wor ke d vi a FRITZ!WLAN USB Stick, but you cannot acce ss files and [...]

43 Checking the Netw ork Data Y ou comput er reco gnizes the net work and the ro uter , but c annot a cc es s the Int ernet or t he ne twork (lim ite d connectivity). C hecki ng the Data of the Ad-hoc C onnection The FR ITZ! WLAN USB Stick and a fur th er WLA N adapter are connected directly via WLAN, but c annot exchange any d ata wit h each othe [...]

44 Switc hing the WLA N Chann el An undefined malfunction occurs. Performing a Ping T est A ping to any web URL appears to be fa ster without the power s ave feat ure (Ec o mode). Possib le Cause Radi o traffi c is subje cted to i nter ference by strong irrad i- atio n. Remed y Swi tch th e WL AN chann el s etti ng o n th e access poi nt . Find a b[...]

45 8.4 Chec king the IP Setting s A WLAN acc ess point, f or instanc e, a FRITZ!Bo x WLAN, has its own DHCP server, which assigns IP addresses to the co nnec ted c ompu ter s. F or thi s the c ompu ter s mus t be configured to obtain a n IP address automatically from the DHCP server of the access point. The steps fo r checking and adjust ing thi s [...]

46 Prope rties of th e Interne t protocol (TCP/ IP) 7. Confirm your settings by clicking “OK”. If necess ary , repeat steps 5 through 7 for the “Int erne t Pro toc ol V ers ion 6 (T CP/ IPv6)” a s w ell. The computer now receives an IP address from th e WLAN acc ess point. For WLAN prod ucts of the A VM FRITZ!Box family , automatic IP addre[...]

47 Obtaining a n IP Address Automat ically in Windows Vista 1. Click the “Sta rt” button in th e task bar and se lect “C ontr ol Pa nel / Netw ork and Internet / V iew Ne twork Status and T asks”. 2. From the “T asks”, select “Manage netw ork conne cti ons” . 3. Cl ick th e wir eles s netw ork c onnect ion ic on wi th the right mous[...]

48 6. Confirm your settings by clicking “OK”. If necess ary , repeat steps 4 through 6 for the “Int erne t Pro toc ol V ers ion 6 (T CP/ IPv6)” a s w ell. The computer now receives an IP address from th e WLAN acc ess point. For WLAN prod ucts of the A VM FRITZ!Box family , automatic IP address assignment (DHCP) is enabled in the factor y s[...]

49 Prope rties of th e Interne t protocol (TCP/ IP) 5. Confirm your settings by clicking “OK”. The computer now receives an IP address from th e WLAN acc ess point. For WLAN prod ucts of the A VM FRITZ!Box family , automatic IP address assignment (DHCP) is enabled in the factor y settings.[...]

50 Cust omer Service Guide 9 Customer Service Guide Help on All Impor tant Service T opics A VM provides numerou s sources of inform ation to assi st you should any questio ns or problems arise. He re you will find the im portant infor- mation you nee d, in the fo rm of man uals, up dates and s up port. MS Se r v i ce Pa ck In many ca ses problems [...]

Information in the Internet 51 9.2 Information in th e Internet On its web site AV M presents comprehensive information on all A VM products a s wel l as new pr oduct anno unc e- ments and new produc t versions. Frequently Ask ed Questions (FA Qs) W e would like to make ou r product s as e asy to use as pos- si bl e. If y ou sti l l ha ve pr ob lem[...]

52 Suppor t by E-mail Supp or t by E- mail Y ou can send us an e-mail request at any time using the Ser vice ar ea of our web site. T he Ser vice area c an be reached at: www.avm.de/ en/ser vice/suppor t Cl ick in th e su pport area on the “Mail Form” li nk after y our pro duct. Se lect th e oper ation syst em y ou us e. Fil l out th e form and[...]

53 Index A access point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 establishing connections . . . . . . 20 ad-hoc connec tion icon . . . . . . . . . . . 20 ad-hoc n etwork . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 9 , 21 creating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 parti cipating. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 assi stanc e FAQs . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

54 M Microsoft WLAN Service . . . . . . . . . . 24 Microsoft WLAN ser vice Microsoft WLAN icon . . . 25 , 26 , 28 WLAN key . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 , 27 , 28 N network error during data ex change . . . . . 42 networks available . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 , 26 wireless . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 , 26 , 28 O obtai nin g an IP addr ess aut[...]

Declarat ion of CE Confo rmity 55 Declar ation of CE C onformity herew ith decl ares th at the produc t compl ies with the fol lowing dir ecti ves: The follo wing norms were consult ed to assess co nformity:  EN 55024/9.98 + A1/10.01 + A2/01.03  EN 301 489-1 V 1.8.1 (2008)  EN 301 489-17 V 1.3.2 (2008)  EN 300 328 V 1.6.1 (11/2004) The [...]