Edimax Technology EW-7711UAN manuel d'utilisation

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    Copyright © by Edimax T echnology Co, L TD. al l rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, t ransmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any language or computer language, in any form or by any means, electronic, me chanical, magnetic, optical, chemical, manual or otherwise, without the prior wri[...]

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    C A T A L O G Chapter I: Product In formation………… ………………………………………………1  1-1 Introduction and sa fety information .............................................................. 1 1-2 Safety Information ......................................................................................... 1 1-3 System [...]

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    CHAPTER III: Sof t-AP Function .........................................................….…………51  3-1 Switch to AP Mode and Basic Configuration ......................................................... 51 3-2 Security Setti ng .................................................................................................... 55 3-3 Ac[...]

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    1 Chapter I: Product Information 1-1 Introduction and safety information Thank you for purchasing this high-speed wireless network card! Excepting common wireless standards 802.1 1b/g, this wireless network card is also able to access 802.1 1n wireless networks - data transfer rate is 150Mbps, and that’ s three times faster than 802.1 1g wireless[...]

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    2 KEEP T HIS NETWORK CA RD OUT THE REACH OF CHILDREN! 4. This network card will become hot when being used for long time ( This is normal and is not a malfunction) . DO NOT put the network card on a p aper , cloth, or other flammable objects af ter the network card has been used for a long time. 5. There’s no user-serviceable p art inside t he ne[...]

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    3 1-5 Familiar with your new wireless network card 1. USB Connector 2. Link/Activity LED 3. WPS Button LED Name Light S t atus Description Link/ Activity On The network card has linked to a wireless access point and is receiving or transferring data. Off No wireless activity 2 1 3[...]

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    4 CHAPTER II: Driver Inst allation and Configuration 2-1 Network Card Inst allation Please follow the following instructions to install your new wireless network card: 1. Insert the USB wireless net work card into an empty USB 2.0 port of your computer when computer is switched on. Never use force to insert the card, if you feel it’ s stuck, flip[...]

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    5 2. The following message will appear on your computer , click ‘Cancel / Close’. Under Windows XP Under Windows V ista 3. Software Installation, This wizard can be run in Windows 2000/XP/ Vista. The following procedures are operated in Windows XP. Y ou can install the Wireless Adapter by EZMAX Setup Wizard in t he CD-ROM including in the packa[...]

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    6 If you lose the CD ROM or you prefer the traditional setup procedure, please follow the instruction as following step. 4. Execute ‘Setup.exe’ p rogram inside the CD then the programs will appear . Please read the end user license agreement and click ‘I a ccept the terms of the license agreement’ then click ‘Next’ button, to accept lic[...]

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    7 5. It is recommend installing driver and utility if the network card is installing the first time. If you want to update the driver only , choose ’Ins tall driver only’. Click ‘Next’ to continue. 6. Y ou can choose the configurat ion tool used to configure the wireless network card here. It’ s recommended to select ‘Edimax Configurati[...]

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    8 7. Now you’ll see the following message, please c lick ‘Install’ to st art utility installation. If you see ‘Found New Hardware’ message again, please ignore it and wait. 8. Please wait while the install procedure is running. When you see this message, please click ‘Finish’ to complete the driver installation process.[...]

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    9 9. After inst allation is complete, wireless conf iguration utility will be shown in the desktop of your computer automatically . Y ou will also see an icon at the lower-right corner of your windows system. If you put the mouse cursor on the icon, the status of wireless card will be displayed as a popup balloon. 10. When you want to configur e yo[...]

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    10 11. Please note that if you stopped conf ig utility by ‘Exit’ function, you’ll not be able to maintain the wireless li nk to the access point you wish to use. In this case, you can start config utility again by clicking ‘Edimax Wireless Utility’ icon from ‘S tart’ -> ‘All Programs’ -> ‘Edimax Wireless’, as shown below[...]

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    11 2-2 Connect to Wireless Access Point After the driver is correctly inst alled, it will try to connect to any unencrypted wireless access point automatically . If you want to connec t to a specific wireless access point, or the access point you wish to connect uses encrypt ion, you have to configure the wireless network card and input required pa[...]

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    12 2-2-1 Using Edimax Utility Please follow the following instructions to use Edimax configuration utility to connect to wireless access point. 1. Right-click the Edimax confi guration utility icon located at lo wer-right corner of computer desktop and then click ‘Launc h Config Utility’. Edimax setup utility (RaUI) will launc h, and begin to s[...]

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    13 Y ou can click ‘More / Less’ button ag ain, and setup utility window will resume to its origi nal size. T ip: If a setup item r equir es mor e information to complete the setup pr ocedur e, the setup utility window will expand automatically .[...]

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    14 2-2-1-1 Scan for Other Wireless Devices There are two kinds of wireless conn ection mode: Infrastructure and Ad-Hoc. Infrastructure mode is used by wireless access point s, which is able to establish wi reless connection for you and other wireless / wired network clients. Ad-Hoc mode is also know as ‘poi nt-to-point’ mode, and in this mode, [...]

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    15 Scan results will be displayed here, please check if the wireless device (access point or another computer) with the SSID you wish to connect is shown here. Scan result includes 6 types of information, they are: A The SSID (Service Set Identifie r) of wireless device. If no thing is displayed here, it means the SSID of this wireless device is hi[...]

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    16 If you can not see the access point you wish to connect here, please click ‘Rescan’ button to scan for access point again, until the one you preferred is displayed. Y ou may have to click ‘R escan’ for more t han two times before you can see the access point you wish to use here. If you still can not see the access poi nt you wish to use[...]

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    17 There are 4 types of technical information: General: Displays basic information about this access point, such as SSID, MAC Address, authentication / enc ryption type, channel etc. WPS: If this access point supports WPS (W i-Fi Protected Setup), related information will be displayed here. CCX: If this access point supports CCX ( Cisco Compatible [...]

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    18 2-2-1-2 Connect to an Access Point If the wireless access point you wish to connec t is found, you can establish connection with it by clicking ‘Connect’ button. Instructions will be given as follow: 1. Click the wireless access poi nt or network device you wish to connect, it will be highlighted, then click ‘Connect’. If the access poin[...]

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    19 2. If the wireless access point does not have SSI D, you’ll be prompted to input it now . Please ask the owner of wirele ss access point for the exact SSID and input it here, then click ‘OK’ when ready . If t he SSID you provided here is wrong, you’ll not be able to connect to this access point. 3. If the wireless access point uses encry[...]

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    20 4. Please ask the owner of t he wireless access point you want to connect, and input the correct key here and then click ‘OK’. By c hecking ‘Show Password’ box, the encryption key you inputted here will be displayed. If the value you inputted here is wrong, you will not be able to connect to this wireless access point. Authentication typ[...]

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    22 2-2-1-3 Add an Access Point to Profile If you will connect to some specific wirele ss access point frequently , you can add their information to the profile. Just like the telephone directory , the profile saves all information of access points, and you can recall them any time you wish to est ablish connection. Y ou can add a found access point[...]

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    23 Here are descriptions of every setup item: Item Name Description Profile Name Y ou can give this profile a nam e. Every profile needs a unique name. SSID Please input the SSID of this access point. If you selected an access point from the list, and it s SSID is not hidden, the SSID will be filled automatically; however , you can modify the SSID [...]

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    24 Channel Y ou can select the radio channel number for Ad-Hoc mode here. Power Save Mode Please select CAM (constantly awake mode, keep wireless radio activity even when not transferring data), or PSM (Power saving mode, switches radio off when not transferring dat a). It’ s recommended to choose ‘PSM’ if you’re using this network card wit[...]

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    25 will be selected automatically , an d please do not change it. If you select ‘LEAP’, you’ll be prompted to input LEAD specific settings: Please input LEAP identity , pa ssword, domain name, and select encryption type. Y ou can check ‘Show Password’ box so the password you inputted will be displayed as you type, but not replace by aster[...]

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    26 T o set 802.1x authentication for the acce ss point. Please click ‘802.1X’ tab: Here are descriptions of every setup item: Item Name Description EAP Method Select 802.1x EAP method from dropdown menu. Please ask the administrator of the access point you wish to connect to select a correct EAP method. T unnel Authentication Select 802.1x tunn[...]

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    27 load .pac credential file; to remo ve a loaded credential file, click ‘Remove’. Session Resumption Y ou can enable or dis able session resumption here. If you don’t know if you should enable session resumption or not, please ask your 802.1x authentication administrator . ID Password tab Input 802.1x username (ID) and passwor d and other [...]

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    28 2-2-2 Using Windows Zero Configuration Windows XP and Vist a has a built-in wireless network configuratio n utility , called as ‘Windows Zero Configuration’ (WZC). Y ou c an also use WZC to configure your wireless network parameter: 1. Right-click Edimax configur ation utility icon and select ‘U se Zero Configuration as Configuration utili[...]

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    29 3. Click ‘S tart’ button (should be located at the bottom-left corner of windows desktop), click ‘Control Panel’, then click ‘Network and Internet Connections’ in Control Panel. 4. Click ‘Network Connections’.[...]

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    30 5. Right-click ‘Wireless Network Connection’ (i t may have a number as suffix if you have more than one wireless network card, please make sure you right-click the ‘Edimax 802.1 1n Wireless LAN Card), then select ‘View Available Wireless Networks’. 6. All wireless access points in proximity will be displayed here. If the access point y[...]

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    31 7. If the access point is protec ted by encryption, you have to input its security key or passphrase here. It must match the encryption setting on the access point. If the access point you selected does not us e encryption, you’ll not be prompted for security key or passphrase. 8. If you can see ‘Connected’ message, t he connection between[...]

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    32 2-3 Profile Management If you need to connect to different wireless access point s at different time, like of access point of your home, of fice, cybercafe, or public wireless service, you can store the connection parameters (encryption, p assphrase, security etc, etc.) as a profile for every access point, so you don’t have to input these p ar[...]

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    33 2-3-1 Add a profile If you want to click new profile, click ‘Pro file’ menu, then click ‘Add’ button. Y ou’ll be prompted to input detailed information of acce ss point, as described in Section 2-2-1-3.[...]

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    34 2-3-2 Edit an existing profile If you have added a profile before, and you wish to change the content of the profile, you can use this function. Please select a profile from the list first, then click ‘Edit’ button. Y ou’ll be provided with the contents of selected profile, and you can edi t them. Click ‘OK’ to save changes, or click ?[...]

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    35 2-3-3 Delete an existing profile If you no longer need a profile, you can delete it. Select the profile you wish to delete from the list, and click ‘Delete’ button to delete it.[...]

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    36 2-3-4 Activate a profile When you want to connect to a specific wireless device in the profile list, you can select it and click ‘Activate’ button, to establish connection with it. 1. When you selected a profile and click ‘Act ivate’ button to activate the profile, a icon will be displayed in front of the profile to show that the connect[...]

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    37 2-4 Advanced Settings This wireless network card provides seve ral advanced settings for experienced wireless users. Y ou can change these settings to increase data transfer performance, or change operation mode. Please follow the following instructions to set advanced wireless settings: 1. Right-click the Edimax confi guration utility icon loca[...]

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    38 Here are descriptions of every setup item: Item Name Description Wireless mode Display the wireless o peration mode of the network card. Enable Tx Burst Check this box to accelerate the dat a transmit rate. It may not work with all wireless access point and wireless devices. Enable TCP Window Size Check this box and the configurat ion utility wi[...]

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    39 2-5 V iew Network St atistics The configuration utility provides information about network statistics and link status. If you want to know how your wireless network card works, you can use these functions to get detailed information about the wirel ess connection you’re using. Please follow the following instructio ns to check network statisti[...]

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    40 2-6 WMM Setting This wireless network card pr ovides WMM (Wi-Fi Multimedia) function, which can improve the performance of certain network applicat ions, like audio/video streaming, network telephony (V oIP), and others. W hen you enable the WMM function of this network card, you can define the priority of differ ent kinds of dat a, to give high[...]

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    41 In ‘WMM Setup S tatus’ block, current WM M settings will be displayed. And here are descriptions of every setup item: Item Name Description WMM Enable Check this box to enable WMM f unction. Please click ‘Apply’ button on the right of this check box after you check or uncheck this box, so corresponding settings in this window will be act[...]

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    42 2-7 WPS Configuration Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) is the latest wireless network technology which makes wireless network setup become very simp le. If you have WPS-enabled wireless access point, and you want to establish a secure c onnection to it, you don’t have to configure the wireless access point and setup data encryption by yourself. All[...]

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    43 2-7-1 WPS Button (Push-Button) With WPS button, it is easy to connect with a secure wireless network. If the wireless AP/Router supports WPS featur e, just press the WPS butt on of the wireless AP/Router first. After press the WPS button on the wireless adaptor . The wireless adaptor will scan and connect with the AP/Router automatically , no ne[...]

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    44 Y ou can also set ‘Config Mode’ to ‘Registrar ’. In this mode, this wireless network card will wait for other W PS-enabled access points to send WPS pairing request s. Please refer to th e instruction given by your wireless access point’ s user manual to und erstand how to send WPS request s. 4. Before you start to est ablish the wirel[...]

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    45 Y ou can click ‘PBC’ button few more time s to try again. When an access point is connected, you can click ‘Disconnect’ to disc onnect your wireless network card from a connected access point, or select another WPS-enabled wireless access point, then click ‘Connect’ to establish connection to se lected access point, if there are more[...]

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    46 2-7-3 WPS Setup - PIN If the wireless access point you wish to connec t supports PIN, please follow the following instructions to establish connection to it: 1. Right-click the Edimax confi guration utility icon located at lo wer-right corner of computer desktop and then click ‘Launc h Config Utility’. 2. Click ‘WPS Configuration’ menu, [...]

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    47 4. Click ‘PIN’ button now , and wait for few se conds to one minute. If a wireless access point with correct PIN code is found, you ’ll be connected to that access point. 5. Y ou may have to click ‘PIN’ for few more ti mes to try again. If yo u still can not connect to access point by this way , please make sure the PIN code you provid[...]

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    48 2-8 Radio On/Off Y ou can switch the wireless radi o transceiver on and off by the utility , so if you want to disable wireless network function, you don’t hav e to remove the network card physically . 1. Right-click the Edimax confi guration utility icon located at lo wer-right corner of computer desktop and then click ‘Launc h Config Utili[...]

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    49 2-9 About The ‘About’ tab provides you the information about version number of the configuration utility , driver , and other important info rmation about your wireless network card. Please follow the following instructions to see these information: 1. Right-click the Edimax confi guration utility icon located at lo wer-right corner of compu[...]

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    50 2-10 On-line Help If you need to know the directions of how to use specific func tion in the utility , please click ‘Help’ button. On-line help documents will be presented in Windows help format. Click this button to view on-line help documents.[...]

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    51 CHAPTER III: Sof t-AP Function Excepting become a wireless cli ent of other wireless access points, this wireless card can act as a wireless service provider also! Y ou can switch this wireless card’s operating mode to ‘AP’ mode to simulate the function of a real wireless access point by software, and all other computers and wirel ess devi[...]

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    52 A configuration window will appear after you s witch the operation mode to ‘AP’, which asks you to assign an existing network card with internet connection. If your computer has another network card whic h is connected to Internet, please select it from ‘Name’ dropdown menu, and c lick ‘Enable ICS’; if your computer does not have ano[...]

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    53 Here are descriptions of every setup item: Item Name Description SSID Please input the SSID (t he name used to identify this wireless access point) here. Up to 32 numerical characters can be accepted here, excepting space. Channel Please select the wireless channel you wish to use. The number of channels available here will vary depends on the s[...]

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    54 0: FCC (US, Canada, and other countries uses FCC radio communication standards) 1: ETSI (Europe) 2: SP AIN 3: FRANCE 4: MKK 5: MKKI (TELEC) 6: ISERAL (Channel 3 to 9) 7: ISERAL (Channel 5 to 13) Please note that only change the country code if y ou are in different country . For example: when operating this product in US , only channels 1~1 1 ca[...]

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    55 3-2 Security Setting This wireless card supports wireless encrypti on in AP mode, which will encrypt the data being transferred over the air to enhance data security level. It’s recommended to enable data encryption unless you wish to open your comput er (and its internet connection) to the public. When you click ‘Security Setting’ in t he[...]

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    56 Here are descriptions of every setup item: Item Name Description Authentication Ty p e Please select a wireless authentic ation type you wish to use. A vailable options are ‘Open’, ‘S hared’, WP A-PSK’, ‘WP A2-PSK’, and ‘WP A-PSK / WP A2-PSK’. If you want to disab le wireless data encryption, you must select ‘Open’. Encrypt[...]

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    57 3-3 Access Control If you’re not going to open your computer and wireless resour ces to the public, you can use MAC address filtering function to enforce your access control policy , so only wireless clients with MAC address you defined by this function can be connected to your software access point.[...]

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    58 Here are descriptions of every setup item: Item Name Description Access Policy Select the policy type of your access rule. Disable: Allow any wireless cli ent with proper authentication settings to connect to this access point. Allow All: Only allow wireless clients with MAC address listed here to connect to this access point. Reject All: Reject[...]

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    59 3-4 Connection T a ble If you want to see the list of all wireless c lients connected to this ac cess point, please select ‘Mac T able’ tab from the utility . Here are descriptions of every field: Item Name Description MAC Address Displays the MAC addr ess of this wireless client. AID The serial number of this wireless connection. Power Savi[...]

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    60 3-5 Event Log This software access point will log all wireless-related activities as a log. Click ‘Event Log’ tab, and the event log will be displayed. Y ou can click ‘Clear ’ to remove all entries in the log.[...]

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    61 3-6 S t atistics If you want to know detailed information about how your sof tware access point works, click ‘S tatistics’ tab, and the event log will be displayed. Y ou can click ‘RESET COUNTERS’ butt on to reset all counters to zero.[...]

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    62 3-7 About The ‘About’ tab provides you the in formation about version number of the configuration utility , driver , a nd other import ant information about your wireless access point. CHAPTER IV : Appendix[...]

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    63 4-1 S pecification Standards: IEEE 802.11b/g Interface: USB 2.0 (USB 1.1 Compatible) Frequency Band: 2.4000 ~ 2.4835GHz (Indus trial Scientific Medical Band) Data Rate: 11b: 1/2/5.5/11Mbps 11g: 6/9/12/24/36/48/54Mbps 11n (20MHz): MCS0-7 (up to 72Mbps) 11n (40MHz): MCS0-7 (up to 150Mbps) Securities: WEP 64/128, WPA, WPA2, Cisco CCX Support Antenn[...]

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    64 4-2 T roubleshoot ing If you encounter any problem when you’re usi ng this wireless network card, don’t p anic! Before you call your dealer of purchase for help, please check this troubleshooting table, the solution of your problem could be very simple, and you can solve the problem by yourself! Scenario Soluti on I can’t find any wireless[...]

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    65 list. The network is slow / having problem when transferring large files 1. Move closer to the place where access point is located. 2. Disable ‘Tx Burst’ in ‘Advanced’ tab. 3. Enable ‘WMM’ in ‘QoS’ t ab if you need to use multimedia / telephony related applications. 4. Disable ‘WMM – Power Save Enable’ in ‘QoS’ tab. 5. [...]

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    66 4-3 Glossary 1. What is the IEEE 802.1 1g st andard? 802.1 1g is the new IEEE sta ndard for high-speed wireless LAN communications that provides for up to 54 Mbps dat a rate in the 2.4 GHz band. 802.1 1g is quickly becoming the next mainstream wireless LAN technology for the home, offi ce and public networks. 802.1 1g defines the use of the same[...]

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    67 What does IEEE 802.1 1 feature support? The product supports the following IEEE 802.1 1 functions: z CSMA/CA plus Acknowledge Protocol z Multi-Channel Roaming z Automatic Rate Selection z R TS/CTS Feature z Fragmentation z Power Management 3. What is Ad-hoc? An Ad-hoc integrated wireless LAN is a group of computers, each has a Wireless LAN card,[...]

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    68 7. What is TKIP? TKIP is a quick-fix method to quick ly overcome the inherent weaknesses in WEP security , especially the reuse of encryption keys. TKIP is involved in the IEEE 802.1 1i WLAN security st andard, and the specification might be official ly released by early 2003. 8. What is AES? AES (Advanced Encryption S tandard), a chip-based sec[...]

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    69 11. What is DSSS? What is FHSS? And what are their differences? Frequency-hopping spread-s pectrum (FHSS) uses a narrowband carrier that changes frequency in a pattern that is known to both transmitter and receiver . Properly synchronized, the net effect is to maint ain a single logical channel. T o an unintended receiver , FHSS appears to be sh[...]

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    70 13. What is WMM? Wi-Fi Multimedia (WMM), a group of f eatures for wireless networks that improve the user experience for audio, video and voice applications. WMM is based on a subset of the IEEE 802.1 1e WLAN QoS draft standard. WMM adds prioritized cap a bilities to Wi-Fi networks and optimizes their performance when multip le concurring applic[...]

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    71 15. What is GI? GI stands for Guard Interval. It’ s a measure to protect wireless devices from cross- interference. If there ar e two wireless devices using the same or near channel, and they are close enough, radio int erference will occur and reduce the radio resource usability . 16. What is STBC? STBC stands for S pace-T ime Block C oding, [...]

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    72 4-4 FCC and CE Compliance S t atement s Federal Communication Commission Interference S t atement This equipment has been tested and found to co mply with the limits for a Class B digit al device, pursuant to Part 15 of FCC Rule s. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interfer ence in a residential installat[...]

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    73 Federal Communication Commission (FCC) Radiation Exposure S t atement This equipment complies with FCC radiat ion exposure set fort h for an uncontrolled environment. In order to avoi d the possibility of exceedi ng the FCC radio frequency exposure limits, human proximity to the ant enna shall not be less than 20cm (8 inches) during normal opera[...]

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    74 R&TTE Compliance S t atement This equipment complies with all t he requirement s of DI RECTIVE 1999/5/EC OF THE EUROPEAN P ARL IAMENT AND THE COUNCIL of March 9, 1999 on radio equipment and telecommunication te rminal Equipment and the mutual recognition of their conformity (R&TTE) The R&TTE Directive repeals and repla ces in the dir[...]

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