Edimax EW-7126 Bedienungsanleitung

W W i i r r e e l l e e s s s s L L A A N N P P C C I I C C a a r r d d EW-7126 User Manual Version: 2.0 (June, 2003)[...]

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Federal Communication Commission Interference Statement This equipment has been te sted and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of FCC Rules. These limit s are designed to provide reasonable protect i on against harmful interference in a residential installation. Th is equipment generates, us es, and ca[...]

R&TTE Compliance Statement This equipment complies wi th all the requirements of DIRECTIVE 1999/5/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND TH E COUNCIL of March 9, 1999 on radio equipment and telecommunicati on t erminal Equipment and the m utual recognition of their conformity (R&TTE) The R&TTE Directive repeals and re places in the directive[...]

CONTENTS 1 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................. 1 1.1 F EAT URES .................................................................................................... 1 1.2 S PE CIFICATIONS ............................................................................................ 1 1.3 P AC KAG[...]

1 Introduction Thank you for purchasing the Wireless LAN PC I Card. This card features the latest innovation wireless technology. IEEE 802.1x wh ich request wireless stations to pass the authorization by entering a unique u ser nam e and password designated by the autho rization server before connecting to the wire less devices such as Access Point[...]

1.3 Package Contents Before you begin the installation , please c heck the items of your package. The package should include the following items: O One PCI Card O One Antenn a O One Quick Guide O One CD (Driver/Utility/Manual) If any of the above items is missing, contact your supplier as soo n as possible. 2[...]

2 Installation Procedure 2.1 Windows 98SE/Me/2000 Before you proceed with the ins tallati on, please notice following descriptions. Note1: The following installation was operated under Windows 2000. (Procedur es will be the same for Windows 98SE/Me.) Note2: If you have installed the Wireless LAN PC I Card driver & utility before, please un inst[...]

3. Click "Finish" to complete the ins tallation. 4. When you complete the Utility installation , a shortcut named “Rtl8180“ will appear in the computer’s desktop and a new icon will d isplay in the system tray at the bottom of the screen. Double click the shortcut or the icon and start using the WLAN PCI Card. In the Desktop In the [...]

B. Using the Utilit y of this card 1. Get into Windows XP’s Utility, click “Advanced“ button. 2. On the “Wireless Networks“ tab in the “Wireless Network Connection Properties“ screen, clear the “Use Windows to configure my wi rele ss network settings“ check box. If you want to enable the Windows XP built-i n utility, select the ch[...]

Note: If you don’t disable the XP’s Utility, you can still see the link statu s and statistics during communication process from the card’s utility. 6[...]

3 Configuration Utility The Configuration Utility is a powerful application tha t helps you configure the Wireless LAN PCI Card and monitor the link status and the statistics during the communication process. This utility can be used to change th e following configuration parameter s when the device is active. 3.1 Connect to the Wireless Network Fr[...]

Parameter Description Connect Button Click the button to connect to the selec ted network. Cancel Button Click the button to canc el the wireless network connection. 3.2 Configuration This screen is for you to make advanced setting in order to connect to an available network or create a new wireless network connection. You could also define the con[...]

Parameter Description Available Wireless Network(s) Configure Button If you are unable to con ect to an existing wireless network, click the network name and then click this button. The “Wireless Netowrk Properties“ will show up fo r you to configure the card and ensure the settings are correct. Refresh Button To update the list o f available n[...]

Parameter Description Network Name(SSID) The SSID (up to 32 printable ASCII characters) is the unique name identified in a WLAN. The ID prevents the unintentional merging of two co-located WLANs. Only the wireless devices with the same SSID can interconnect. Wireless Network Key(WEP) WEP is an authent ication algorithm, which protects authorized Wi[...]

Parameter Description Wireless Network Key(WEP) Net work Key If the network is required for Wir ed Equivalent Privacy (WEP) key, type the key in the text box. The key should be 10 or 26 hexadecimal characters accordi ng to the WEP mode designa ted by the network. Note: The hexadecimal characters include the range of “A-F”, “a- f” and “0-9[...]

Parameter Description Ad Hoc Default Channel Select the number of the radio chan nel used for the Ad Hoc networking. The channel of all the wireless statio ns in the Ad Hoc network should be the same. The parameter is not active in the infrastructure operation mode. Note: The Infrastructure operati on mode requires the presence of an 802.11 Access [...]

Parameter Description Preamble Mode The preamble defines th e length of the CRC block for communication among the wireless stations. Th ere are three mode including Long, Short and Au to. High network traffic areas should use the shorter preamble type. If “Auto“ mode is selected, the card will auto switch the preamble mode depending on the wire[...]

3.5 Statistics You can get the real time information about the packet transmission and receiving status during wireless communication from the screen. If you want to recount the statistics value, please click “Reset“ button. 14[...]

3.6 About This screen displays the version and the designer of the Utility. 15[...]

4 Troubleshooting This chapter provides solutions to problem s usually encountered during the installation and operation of the card. 1. What is the IEEE 802.11b standar d ？ The IEEE 802.11b Wireless LAN standard s ubcommittee which formulates the standard for the industry. The objective is to enable wireless LAN hardware from different manufactu[...]

8. What is AES? AES (Advanced Encryption Standard), a chip -based security, has been developed to ensure the highest degree of security and authe n ticity for digital information, wherever and however communicated or stored, while making more efficient use of hardware and/or software than previous encryption standa rds. It is also included in IEEE [...]

12. What is DSSS ？ What is FHSS ？ And w hat are their differences ？ Frequency-hopping spread-spectrum (FHSS) us es 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 a n unintended receiver, FHSS appears to b[...]

Appendix A Antenna Specification Part Number W111-094-D200 Electrical Properties Frequency Range 2.4~2.5GHz Impedance 50 Ohms nominal V.S.W.R. 2.0 (Max.) Return Loss -10.0dB(Min.) Max. Gain 0.5dBi Polarization Vertical Admitted Power 1W Electrical Wave 1/4 λ Dipole Mechanical Properties Connector Reverse SMA Plug Straight Cable RG178 (94cm) Antenn[...]