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802.11b/g Mini Wireless LAN USB 2.0 Adapter User’s Manual[...]

REGULATORY STATEMENTS FCC Certification The United States F ederal Comm unication Commission (FCC) and the Canadian Department of Communicati ons have established certain rules governing the use of electron ic equipment. Part15, Class B This device complies with Part 15 of FCC rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: 1) This dev[...]

Table of Contents TU INTRODUCTION UT ................................................................................................... 1 TU F EATURES UT .............................................................................................................. 1 TU SOFTWARE INSTALLATION UT ......................................................[...]

TU About UT ....................................................................................................... 30 TU UTILITY MENU LIST UT ......................................................................................... 31 TU S OFT AP MODE UT ..............................................................................................[...]

- 1 - INTRODUCTION The 802.11b/g Mini Wireless LAN USB Adapter is designed for a USB type A port of a laptop or desktop computer for cr eating a wireless workstation T . T It is USB 2.0 compliant, which connects to any available USB port on a notebook or desktop computer. The 802.11b/g Mini Wireless LAN USB Adapter complies with IEEE 802.11g standa[...]

- 2 - SOFTWARE INSTALLATION Install the Driver & Utility Caution ! Do not insert the wireles s LAN adapter into your comp uter until the procedures in “ Driver& Utility I nstallation” have been performed. 1. Exit all Windows programs. Insert the included CD-ROM into your computer. The CD-ROM will run automatically. 2. When the Main M en[...]

- 3 - 4. Select the check box to choose a configuration Tool from the listed two choices. Wireless Configuration Tool : Choose to use our configuration utility. Microsoft Zero Confi guration To ol : Choose to use Windows XP’s built-in Zero Configuration Utility (ZCU). Click Next to conti nue.[...]

- 4 - 5. There are two modes for you to choos e in this screen, either choose WiFi mode or performance mode (TxBurst mode). This m ode selection screen is set for the default mode shown i n the utility scre en, you can still change its mode later in th e utility s creen. Click Next to cont inue.[...]

- 5 - 6. When you are prom pted to insert the wir eless USB adapter , please do so to continue the installation . 7. When the following screen appears, y ou may select to restart your computer immediately or t o restart it later, and then click Finish to complete the installation.[...]

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- 7 - HARDWARE INSTALLATION Note : Insert the Wireless USB adapter when you are asked to do so during your software installation. Windows 98SE/2 000/ME / XP 1. Locate your USB host an d insert the USB Adapter. The system will automatically detect the new hardware.[...]

- 8 - Verification To verify if the device exists i n y our computer and is en abled, go to Start > Control Panel > Syste m ( > Hardware) > Device Manager . Expand the Network Adapters category. If the 802.11b/g Mini Wireless LAN USB 2.0 Adapter is listed here, it m eans that your dev i ce is properly installed and enabled.[...]

- 9 - NETWORK CONNECTION Once the device driver is well installed, a network setting described in the following should be also established. In Windows 98SE/ME 1. Go to Start  Settings  Control Panel  Network . 2. Make sure that al l the required com ponents are installed. If any component s are missi ng, click on the Add button to add them[...]

- 10 - 3. For maki ng your com puter visibl e on the network, ena ble the File and Print Sharing . 4. Click the Identification tab. Make up a name that is unique from the other com puters' nam es on the netw ork. Type the nam e of your workgroup, which shou ld be the same used by all of the other PCs on the network.[...]

- 11 - 5. Click the Access Control ta b. Make sure t hat “ Share-level access control ” is selected. If connecting to a Netware server, share level can be set to “ User-level acc ess control .” 6. When finished, restart y our com puter to activate the ne w device.[...]

- 12 - In Windows 2000/XP 1. (In Windows 20 0 0 ) Go to Start  Settings  Control Panel  Network and Dial-up Connections  Local Area Connection  Prop erties . (In Windows XP ) Go to Start  Control Panel  Network and Internet Connection s  Network Connec tion  Wireless Netw ork Connection  Prop erties.[...]

- 13 - 2. Make sure that all the requi red compone nts are instal led. 3. If any co mponents are missi ng, click on the Install… button to select the Client/Servi ce/Protocol re quired. After selec ting the component you need, cli ck Add… to add it in. 4. For m aking your computer visible on the network, make sure you have installed File and Pr[...]

- 14 - IP Address Note : When assigning IP Addresses to the computers on the net work, remember to have the IP address for each computer set on the same subnet mask. If your Broadband Router use DHCP technology, however, i t won’t be necessary for you to assign Static IP Address for yo ur computer. 1. To configure a dynamic IP address (i .e. if y[...]

- 15 - Configuration Utility After the Wireless adapter has been successfull y installed, users can us e the included Configuration Utili ty to set their preference. Go to Start J (All) Program J Intel ligent Wirel ess J Intelligent Wir eless Utility You can also open th e Configuration Utility by double clicking the icon or right clicking to selec[...]

- 16 - Station Mode Profile The Profile Manager enables you to create , edit and delete the profiles that the station uses to connect to WLAN networks, to a ctivate and de -activate profiles, and t o raise and lower a profiles’s priority. Profile Tab Profile Name You may enter a distinctive name of profil e in this colum n. The default is P ROF# [...]

- 17 - Configuration tab: Profile Name : Enter a profile n ame here, the default is set to be PROF1. SSID : The SSID is the unique name shared among all points in your wireless network. Th e name must be identical for all devices and poi nts attempting to connect to the same network. It shows the current SSID se tting of the Wireless USB Adapter. P[...]

- 18 - environment to s ynchronize the transmitting tim ing including Synchronization and Start frame delimiter. Select from the pull-down menu to change the Preamble type into Long or Short RTS Threshold : RTS/CTS Threshold is a mechanism implemented to prevent the “ Hid den Node ” problem. If the “Hidden Node” problem is an issue, users h[...]

- 19 - Authentication Type : There are three type of authentication modes including Open , Shared , LEAP , WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK and WPA/WPA2 syst em. Open : If your access point/wireless router is using " Open " authentication, then th e wireless adap ter will need to b e set to the same auth entication type. Shared : Shared Key is when both [...]

- 20 - • ASCII (40bits): 5 ASCII characters. • ASCII (128bits): 13 ASCII characters. 802.1x Setting : When user use r adius server to au thenticate client certificat e for WPA authentication mode. Certification tab: Authentication type : • PEAP: Protect Extensible Authentication P rotocol. PEAP transport securely authentication d ata by using[...]

- 21 - • LEAP: Light Extensible Authenticat ion Protocol. It is an EAP authentication t ype used primarily in Cisco Aironet WLANs. It encrypts data transmissions using dynamically generated WE P key s, and supports mutual authentic ation. • MD5-Challenge: Message Digest Challenge. Challenge is an EAP authentication type that pro vides base-leve[...]

- 22 - certificate chain between the server certific ate and the server specified in th e certificate issuer mus t be field. Server name : E nter an authentication sever root. Add Click to add a profile. Delete Click to delete a n existing profile. Edit Click to edit a profile. Activate Click to make a connection between d evices. OK Click to exit [...]

- 23 - Channel Shows the current channel in use. Link Speed Shows the current transmitting r ate and receiving rat e. Throughput Shows the transmitting and receiving throughput in the unit of K bits/sec. Link Quality Shows the connection quality based on signal strength and TX/RX packet error rate. Signal Strength Shows the Receiving signal strengt[...]

- 24 - Site Survey SSID Shows the name of BSS of IBSS network. BSSID Shows the MAC address of th e AP or randomly generated of IBSS. Signal Shows the receiving signal st rength of specified network. Channel Shows the currentl y used channel. Encryption Shows the encryption type currently in use. Valid value includes WEP, TKIP, AES, and Not Use. Aut[...]

- 25 - Transmit Statistics Frames Transmitted Successfull y Frames successfully sent. Frames Transmitted Successfully Without Retry Frames succes sfully sent withou t any retr y. Frames Transmitted Successfully After Retry Frames success fully sent with on e or more reties. Frames Fail To Receive ACK After All Retries Frames failed tra nsmit after [...]

- 26 - Out-of-Resource Duplicate Frames Received Duplicate received fram es. Reset Counter Reset counters to zero. Advanced This Advanced page prov ides ad vanced settings. Advanced Tab Wireless mode Select wi reless mode. 802.11b only and 802.11 b /g mixed mode are supported Ad hoc wireless mode Select ad hoc wireless mode. 802 .11b only and 802.1[...]

- 27 - Tx Burst Check to enable the burst mode. Enable TCP Window Size Check to increase th e transmission qual ity. Fast Roaming at Check to set the roam ing interval. Select Your Countr y Region Code Select your country region code from the pull-down menu. CCX2.0: support Cisco Compatible Extensions function: Check to enable the CCX2.0 function. [...]

- 28 - WMM Enable: Place a check in the check box, and then click Apply to enable Power Save or Direct Link Setup. • WMM Power Save Enable : Place a check in the check box , and then click Setting to select which ACs you want to enable. Click Apply to save the configuration. • Direct Link Setup Enable : Place a ch eck in the check box, and then[...]

- 29 - The Timeout value- it will become disc onnected after the timeout valu e you set. The value is integer, and must be between 0~65535. If the v alue is set to 0, then i t will never be disconnected. The default value is 60seconds. After you hav e done all the settings, click Apply to sa ve them, and the result will b e shown in the DLS status [...]

- 30 - About This page displays the wir eless card and driver v ersion information[...]

- 31 - UTILITY MENU LIST To access the utilit y menu list, please r ight click the ut ility icon on the task bar. Launch Config Utilities : Select to open the utility screen. Use Zero Configuration a s Configuration utility : Select to use the Window XP built-in utility (Z er o configuration utility). Switch to AP Mode : Select to make your wi rele[...]

- 32 - Soft AP mode Config Wireless mode Select wireless mode.802.11 b/ g mixed, 802.11b only and 802.11g only mode are s upported. S ystem default is 802.11 b/g mixed. SSID AP name of user type. Us er also can se lect [Use Mac Address] to display it. S yst em default is SoftAP-31. Country Region Code Eight countries to choose. Country channel list[...]

- 33 - Auto : STA will dynamically ch ange as AP announcement. On : Always send frame with protection. Off : Always send frame without protection. Preamble Preamble frames. Long pr eamble (128 bits s ync field) and short preamble (56 bits sync field) are suppo rted. The system default is long pream ble. Beacon (ms) The tim e between tw o beacons. T[...]

- 34 - Access Control Access Policy User chooses whether AP start the function. S ystem default is disabling. Mac Address Manually force t he Mac a ddress using the function. Click Add and the MAC address will be list ed in the Access List pool. Access List Display all Mac Address that you have set. Delete Delete the Mac address that you have set. [...]

- 35 - MAC Table MAC Address The station Mac a ddress of current connection. AID Raise value by current connection. Power Saving Mode The station of current connect whether it have to s upport.[...]

- 36 - Event Log Event Time (yy/mm/ dd-hh: mm:ss) Records the event time. Message Records all the event messages.[...]

- 37 - Statistics Transmit Statistics Frames Transmitted Successfull y Frames successfully sent. Frames Transmitted Successfully Without Retry Frames succes sfully sent withou t any retr y. Frames Transmitted Successfully After Retry Frames success fully sent with on e or more reties. Frames Fail To Receive ACK After All Retries Frames failed tra n[...]

- 38 - Frames Dropped Due To Out-of-Resource Frames dropped due to resource issue Duplicate Frames Received Duplicate received fram es. Reset Counter Reset counters to zero. About This page displays the wir eless card and driver v ersion information.[...]

- 39 - UNINSTALLATION In case you need to uninstall the Utility and driver, please refer to below steps. (As you uninstall the utilit y, the driver will be un installed as well.) 1. Go to Start  Programs  Intelligent Wireless  Uninstall – 802.11bg L AN USB. 2. Select Rem ove All to start uninstalling. 3. Select Yes, I want to restart my [...]