Edimax pmn802.11b/g WLAN USB adapter with Wi-Fi Detector Bedienungsanleitung

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1 I ntroduction Th a nk you for pu r c h asi ng th is 802. 11b/g WL AN U SB adapter w i t h Wi-Fi Detect or. Th is conv e ni e n t de v ice i n st a n t ly detect s w i r el es s h ot spots an yw h er e. T h e backlig h t LCM di splay t el ls t h e u ser det ai led i n f ormatio n abo u t a n y det ected h ot spot. Th er e’ s n o n eed to pu r c [...]

• Data Rate: 54/ 48/ 36/ 24 / 18/ 12/ 11/ 9 / 6/ 5. 5 /2/ 1Mbps au t o f allback • Sec u rit y: 64/ 128/256- bi t WEP D at a En c rypt i on , WPA (TKIP w ith I EEE 802. 1 x) a n d WPA 2 ( AES w it h IEEE 802. 1 x ) • A n te nn a : In te r n al An te nn a • Dri vers: Win dow s 98SE/ M e/ 2000/ XP/2003 Ser v er • Trans mi t Pow er: 16dBm ( [...]

2 The Outward Appearance of the Wi-Fi Detector 3[...]

3 How to charge the Wi-Fi Detector 1. Rem o v e t h e cap f rom th e Wi- Fi Detect or, sl ide t h e pow er s w itch t o th e “ ON ” posit i o n an d car efu ll y inser t t h e US B co nn ec tor i n t o a n y a v ai l able U SB port on yo u r comp u ter . Y ou w ill see the r echar g i n g s cr ee n . The bat t er y s t re n gt h i n d icat or w[...]

4 How to use the Wi-Fi Detector 1. Slid e t he po w er sw it ch t o t h e “ O N ” pos it io n , an d a w elco me sc re en w ill gr eet the u se r. 2. Af t er t h e w elc ome s cr ee n is dis play ed t h e W i- Fi det ec to r w ill au t o m a tic al ly ent er scanni n g mod e to det ect Wi - Fi sign a l s. I n sc annin g m ode th e disp l ay w i[...]

Th e I co n s o n t h e LCM display are displayed as follows : 1. O perat i n g C h a nn e l : In dicates t h e c u rr ent operat i n g c h a nn e l of t h e det ect ed Wi-Fi sign al. 2. Num ber of AP’ s Det ected: th e lef t digit in d i cat es wh ic h det ected W i - Fi sig n al is cu r re n t ly di splay ed a n d t h e r ight digi t in dicates[...]

5 How to install the driver and utility Befor e you proceed w i t h th e i n st allatio n , pl ease n otice f oll ow in g des criptio ns. Note1: Pl eas e do not i ns t al l t he USB adapt er i nto your c omputer bef ore i nstal l i ng t he so f t w are progr am fr om the CD . Note2: The f oll ow i ng ins t al l a t i on w a s oper at ed i n W i ndo[...]

B . If yo u wan t to i n s tal l th e s oftwa re p rog ram i n a n ot h e r l oc ati on , cl i ck “B rows e” a n d s el ect a n a l ter n ativ e d es tin ati on . Th e n , cl i ck “ N e x t”. C. Cl ick “ C o n ti nue An yw ay” t o fin is h t h e i n st al lati o n . 8[...]

II . In stal l the U S B adap ter A. Plu g t h e US B adapt er i n to t h e U SB port of your computer . B. Th e “ F o un d N ew H ar dwar e Wiz ard” i s di splay ed, select “I n st al l the soft war e au t om at ical ly (Recom m e n ded) ” an d cl i ck “ N e x t ”. C. Cli ck “ C o n t inue A n yway” an d t h e syst em w ill st ar t[...]

D . Cl ic k “F in i s h ” to c om pl e te th e in sta ll ati on . III. Us in g t he Config ura ti on U t i l i ty To setu p t h e U SB adapter , dou ble-cl i ck t h e ico n in t h e syst em t ray. For W i n dow s XP , th er e is a “Win dow s Zero Co n f ig u r atio n Tool” by default f or you t o se tu p w i r el ess cl ie n t s. I f you w [...]

First W ay A. Do uble- cl ic k t h e u t il it y icon i n t h e syst em tr ay. B. Click “Y es” t o u se t h e u ti l it y of t h e U S B adapt er. 11 Second Way A. Do uble- cl ick the ico n. B. Cli ck “Ad v a n ce” . C. U nc h eck “ U s e Wi n dows t o con f i g u re m y w i r el ess n etw ork sett i n gs”.[...]

6 How to configure the utility Th e C o n f i g u r atio n U t i l i t y is a power fu l appli cat i o n t h at h e lps you co n f ig u r e the 802. 11g Wireless LA N U S B adapter an d mo nitor t h e li n k stat u s d u r in g t h e com mun icati o n pr ocess. Th e Co n fig u r atio n U t i l i t y appears as an ico n o n t h e syst em t ray of Wi[...]

P ara m ete r De sc rip ti o n Mode St at i on – S et th e USB adapter a wireless clie n t. Access P o i nt – Tu r n s th e US B adapt er t o fu n ct i o n as a w i r el ess A P . Pl ea se refe r to S ec ti on 6 .5 fo r th e A P se tti n gs . Netw ork Adapter Di spl ay th e pr od u c t in for m at io n of th e USB adapt er. Av a il a bl e N et [...]

P ara m ete r De sc rip ti o n Si g n a l Str en gt h This bar sh ow s th e sig n a l str en gt h l e v el. T h e hig h er perce n tage sh ow n i n t h e bar, th e more r adi o sig n a l bee n r ecei v ed by th e adapt er. Th is i n di c at or h elps to f i n d t he proper position of th e w i r el ess stat ion f or qu ality n etw ork oper ation . [...]

P ara m ete r De sc rip ti o n Tx Rate Th ere ar e sev era l optio n s i n c ludi n g Au to/ 1/2/ 5.5/ 11/6/ 9/12 / 18/24/ 36/48/ 54 M bps for you t o sel ect . W h e n t he “ Au t o” is s elec t ed, the de vic e w ill c h oos e t he most suitable t ran s m issi o n r ate au t om at i ca ll y. The hi g h er data r ate you desig n ated i n t h e[...]

P ara m ete r De sc rip ti o n Au t h e n ticat io n Mode This set tin g h as t o be con s i st ent w i t h t h e wir el ess n et wor ks that t h e adapt er in te n ds t o conn ect. O pen S yst em – No au t h e n t i cat io n is n e eded amo ng th e w i r eless ne t w o r k . Shared Key – On ly w ireless st atio n s u s i n g a s h ar ed key (W[...]

6. 3 W E P an d W PA E n cryp t i o n WEP is an dat a e n cry ptio n al gor it h m, w hi c h prot ects Wir el ess LA N data i n t h e n etw ork agai n s t eav es droppi n g. WEP h as bee n f oun d t h at i t h as som e sec u rit y problem s. Th e adapt er su ppor ts W P A ( Wi-Fi Prot ected Access ) t h at com bi n es I EEE 802. 1 x and TKIP (Tempo[...]

P ara m ete r De sc rip ti o n Key1 ~ Key4 Th e key s are u se d to en cr ypt dat a tr an sm it ted i n th e w i r el ess n e tw or k. Fill t h e t ex t bo x by f ollow i n g t h e r ules below . 64-bit – In pu t 10-dig i t H e x v al ues or 5- di git A SCII v al u es as th e en cr yptio n keys. For ex a m ple: “0123456aef “ or “G u est “[...]

P ara m ete r De sc rip ti o n Co nn ec t I n f orm at i o n I t is th e set tin g for WPA m ode. Prot ocol This adapter su pport s tw o kin d of protoc ol f or au t h e n t i cat io n i n c lu d in g TLS a n d PE A P. TLS a n d PEA P requires a cer tificat e w h ic h i s pr ovi ded by t h e C ertif i cat e S er v er. PEAP req ui r es a s et of u s[...]

P ara m ete r De sc rip ti o n WEP Key I f t h e AP u s es WEP data en cr yptio n f un ctio n , pl eas e clci k “WEP K E Y S E T TI N G“ to se tu p th e WE P ke y. WE P K E Y SE T TIN G S etu p th e fo u r se ts o f WE P ke y by cl i ck in g th e bu tton . C h a n ge /A pp ly Clcik “ C h a n g e“ w ill en a ble yo u t o se t u p t h e W PA [...]

P ara m ete r De sc rip ti o n P o w e r Co ns u mp t i o n S e t t i ng Contin uous A cce ss Mode ( C A M) – Th e adapt er w ill alw ays set i n ac tiv e m ode. Maximum Po w er -Sav i ng M ode – E n able t h e adapt er in the pow er sav i n g mode w h e n it is idle. Fast Power- Saving M ode – E nable t he adapter i n t h e pow er savi n g m[...]

P ara m ete r De sc rip ti o n Mode St at i on – S et th e USB adapter a wireless clie n t. Access P o i nt – Tu r n s th e US B adapt er t o fu n ct i o n as a w i r el ess AP. Netw ork Adapter Di spl ay th e pr od u c t in for m at io n of th e USB Adapt er. Co nn ec t Stat i on List Di spl ay all t h e M A C Ad dresses of th e w ireless adap[...]

6.5.2 A P Gen e ra l Co nnec tio n S etti ng C l i ck “Mor e S etti n g ”, u se rs a re al l o wed to s etu p th e A P con n e cti on se ttin g, En cry pti o n Sett in g a n d ot h er advance d fun ct ions. P ara m ete r De sc rip ti o n G en er al Co nnectio n Set ti n g Ch annel Sel ec t t h e nu mber of t h e r adi o c h a nn e l u sed by t [...]

P ara m ete r De sc rip ti o n Tx Rate Th ere ar e sev era l optio n s i n c ludi n g Au to/ 1/2/ 5.5/ 11/6/ 9/12 / 18/24/ 36/48/ 54 M bps for you t o sel ect . W h e n t he “ Au t o” is s elec t ed, the de vic e w ill c h oos e t he most suitable t ran s m issi o n r ate au t om at i ca ll y. The hi g h er data r ate you desig n ated i n t h e[...]

P ara m ete r De sc rip ti o n Frageme n t Th e v a l u e def in es t h e m a x i mu m size of packet s, an y pack et siz e larger th a n t h e v al u e w i l l be fr agm en ted. If you h a v e decreas ed t h is v alu e a n d e x peri e n ce hig h pac ket er ror ra t es, you can i n c rease it agai n , bu t it w ill lik ely dec re ase o v er al l n[...]

P ara m ete r De sc rip ti o n Fil t er Type Disable – Di sab le th e M A C Ad dress filter f u n ct i o n . Accept – O n ly t h e wir el ess adapt ers w ith t h e M AC Addres s setu p i n t h e t able ca n connec t t o th e AP. Rej ect – T h e w i r el ess adapt ers w ith t h e M AC Addres s setu p i n t h e t ab le w ill be r ejec t ed t o [...]

7 Troubleshooting This chapter prov ides sol u t io n s to pr obl ems u s uall y e n co un t ered d u ri n g t h e i n st al l atio n a n d operat i on of th e adapt er. 1. Wh at is t he IEEE 802.11g st andard? 802. 11g i s t h e n ew I EEE st an d ar d f or h ig h - s peed w i r eless LA N com municatio n s t h at provi d es for u p t o 54 Mbps da[...]

5. What i s Infr astruct ure ？ An in t egrated w i r eless a n d w i r eless an d w i r ed LA N is cal l ed a n In f rast ru ct u r e co n fi g u rati on . In fra stru ct u re i s ap pl ic abl e to e n terp ri se sc al e for wi rel e ss ac ce ss to cen t ral database, or w i r eless appl icat i o n for m obile wor kers. 6. What i s BSS ID ？ A s[...]

12. What is DSS S ？ What i s F HS S ？ A nd wh at ar e their diff erences ？ Frequ e n cy- h op pin g spr ead-spect rum (F H SS) u ses a n ar row band carr i er th at ch a n ges f requ e n cy i n a pat ter n t h at is kn ow n t o both t ran sm itt er an d rec ei v er . Pr operly syn c h ro ni z ed, th e net eff ect i s t o m ai n tai n a si n g[...]