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    1 USB W irele ss LAN A dap ter User’s M an ual Model # AWN-U SB-54S[...]

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    2 FCC Warning This equipment has been tested and found t o compl y with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. T hese limits are designed to provide reaso nable protection a gainst har mful interf erence in a resident ial in stallation. This equipment generate s, uses, and can radia te radio frequen cy energy[...]

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    3 Revision History Revision History V1.1 Second release All br and a nd pr oduct n ames ment ioned in t his m anual a re trademar ks an d/or register ed trademark s of their respect ive holde rs.[...]

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    4 Contents 1. Introduction ......... .......... ......... .......... ............ .......... ......... ......... .......... ..... 5 1.1 Features ..... ......... ......... .......... ......... ............ .......... ......... .......... ..... 5 1.2 LED Indi cato r ...... ......... .......... ......... ............ .......... ......... .......... ..[...]

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    5 1. Introduction This adapter is an IEE E 802.11g client device th at delivers unriva led wireless performan ce for your desktop PC or laptop PC. W ith this adapter, you can easil y upgrade your computer w ireless connectivit y. O nce conne cted, access your h igh-speed Int ernet connect ion while sharing photo s, files, mus ic, vid eo, print ers,[...]

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    6 2. Installation Procedure Note: If you hav e i nstalle d the Wireless USB 2.0 Adapt er dri ver & utility b efore, ple ase uninstall the old versi on first. 2.1 Install Driver & Utility Note: The followi ng i nstal lation was ope rated under Win dows XP. (Proce dures will b e same for W indows 200 0 / Wind ows ME / Windo ws 98S E) STEP1: F[...]

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    7 STEP2: Insert I nstallation CD i nto CD-R OM dr ive then windows below will appear. Click Install D river to begin device dr iver installatio n. STEP3: Please wait for a w hile durin g the Setup W iza rd i s preparing the setup.[...]

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    8 STEP4: Please read the following licen se agreement. Use the scroll bar to view the rest of this agreement. Click Yes to accept the agreem ent. STEP5: In W indows XP, the re is a Window s Zero Configu ration Tool f or you to setup wireless adapter. You can choose to configure the adapter through the Microsoft Zero Configurat ion Tool or t he Ra l[...]

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    9 STEP6: If you need the adapter to o perate w ith better performa nce, pl ease choose O ptimize for perfor mance mod e to enable the Tx Burst mod e . O r you can choose Optimi ze for WiFi mode to run in standard w ireless network . STEP7: Please wait for a while during th e a dapter is config uring your new software installation.[...]

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    10 STEP8: W hen the adapt er is installed pr operly, the confi guratio n util ity w ill be displa yed automatica lly. STEP9: After the setup ha s finished the installing a nd click Finish button.[...]

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    11 To check if th e ada pter is properl y installed , you can right-click My Co mputer  choo se Properties  cli ck Device Manag er . The C onfigur ation Ut ilit y appear s as a n icon on the s ystem t ray of W indows while the adapter is ru nning. You can open th e utilit y by double- click on the i con. Right-click the icon, ther e are some [...]

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    12 2.2 Install Driver for Vista Step 1: Once USB W ir eless LAN C ard i s plugge d into the Co mputer, you wi ll see the Found New Hardware w indows is shown as below. Cl ick Can cel to close th is window . Step 2: Insert the Install CD-Rom and Setup progr am will displ ay. Click Install Driver to st art device driver installation .[...]

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    13 Step 3: Please w ait for a while dur ing the USB W ireless L AN Car d is configur ing your new software in stallation. Step 4: After setup ha s finished inst alling, click Finish to e xit the wi zard.[...]

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    14 To check if th e ada pter is properl y installed , you can right-click My Co mputer  choo se Properties  cli ck Device Manag er .[...]

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    15 3. Wireless Network Configuration Utility The Conf iguration Utilit y i s a power ful a pplication that helps y ou to configure the W ireless USB 2.0 ad apter and m onitor the link stat us a nd statistics dur ing the communicat ion process. W hen the USB adapter is installed, the con figuration utility w ill be displayed automatica lly. This ada[...]

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    16 STEP3: Uncheck “Use Windows to configure my w ireless network settings” to enable the utility for the adapter a nd then click OK to contin ue. Note: If “Wireless Ze ro Conf iguration” is enabled , you can onl y configure the a dvance setting or c heck the link status and st atistics fro m the con figuration util ity of the ad apter. 3.1 [...]

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    17 3.2 Link Status In th is section, you can im mediatel y mo nitor the current con nected link sta tus, such as Link Speed, T hroughput , Link Quality, Signal Strength, Noise Leve l …etc.[...]

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    18 Status: Display the SSID and MAC I D of the netw ork that the adapter i s connecti ng to. Extra Info: Displa y the link status . Channel: Display the nu mber of the ra dio chan nel and the frequenc y used for the network ing. Link Speed ( Mbps): Display t he t ransmi ssion and reception rate of t he netwo rk. The maximum tr ansmission rat e is 5[...]

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    19 make conn ection.  If the i ntended netw ork has encr yption o ther than “ Not Use ”, RaConfig w ill br ing up the security page and let use input the appropria te information to make the connect ion Available Netwo rk: Thi s list shows all available wireless networ ks within range of your adapter. It also displa ys the informatio n of th[...]

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    20 Profile Na me: Define a recogni zable profile n ame for you to identi fy the different network . SSID: The SSID (up to 32 printable ASCII charact ers) is the unique name identified in a W LAN. The ID pre vents t he uninte ntional m erging of tw o co-l ocated W LANs. You ma y specify a S SID for the adapter and then only the d evice with the same[...]

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    21 stations. If ther e are only 802 .11b wire less stations i n the network, you can set the card to this mod e. 802.11 B/G mix – I f you h ave a mix of 802 .11b and 802.11g wirel ess station s in your network , it is recommen ded to setting the card to this mode. This mode is also the default setting. 802.11 G onl y –Thi s card can b e co mpat[...]

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    22 3.3.2 Authentication and Se curity Authenticat ion T ype: This setting h as to be consist ent w ith the wire less networ ks that the adapter inte nds to conne ct. Open: No authenticatio n is needed among the w ireless de vices. Shared: Onl y W ireless devi ce us ing a s hared ke y (W EP Key id entified) is all owed to connecting each othe r. Set[...]

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    23 WPA2 – Lik e W PA, W PA2 su pport s IEEE 802.1 x/EAP authentication or PSK tech nolog y. It also i ncludes a new advance d en cryption mecha nism using the Adva nced Encr yption Standard (A ES). AE S is r equired to t he corp orate u ser or go vernment u sers. Th e different between W PA and WPA2 is t hat WPA2 provides da ta encr y ption via t[...]

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    24 Fill the text b ox by follow ing the ru le below: 64-bit – Input 10-d igit Hex value s ( in th e “ A-F ”, “ a-f , and “ 0-9 ” ran ge) or 5-digit ASC II characters (i ncluding “ a- z ” and “ 0-9 ” ) as the e ncryption k eys. For ex ample: “ 0123 456aef ” or “ test1 ” 128-bit – Input 2 6-digit Hex values (in the “ A[...]

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    25 Authenticat ion Type: The EAP authentication prot ocols this adapter has supporte d are included as fo llows. This setting has to be consistent w ith the wire less APs or Rou ters that the adapter inte nds to conne ct. PEAP: Protect Ext ensible Auth entication P rotocol. PEA P transport se curel y aut hentication data by using tunnelin g betwe e[...]

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    26 Identity: Enter the name as the id entity for the server. Password: Enter the p asswo rd as the identit y for the serv er. Use C lient C ertific ate: A client cer tificate i s r equired fo r T LS, and i s o ptiona l f or TTL S an d PEAP. This force s a cl ient certifi cate to b e se lected fr om the appropria te W indows Cer tificate Store and m[...]

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    27 Allow Intermediate C ertifi cates: A server des ignates an i ssuer as a truste d root auth ority b y placing the issuer’s self-signed certificate, which contains the issuer ’s public k ey, into the trusted root certif ication authorit y cert ificate store o f the host computer. Intermediate or subordinat e ce rtifi cation authorities are tru[...]

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    28 or more ret ies. 4. Frames F ail To Recei ve ACK A fter A ll Retries: Frames f ailed tran smit after hitt ing retry limit. 5. RTS Fram es Su ccessful ly Receive CT S: Suc cessfull y r eceive C TS after sendin g RTS frame. 6. RTS Frames F ail To Rec eive CTS: Failed to re ceive CTS af ter sending R TS. Receive St atistics: 1. Frames Rece ived Su [...]

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    29 802.11 B only – This ada pter can be compatible with both 802.11g and 802.11 b wireless stations. If there are onl y 802.11b w ireless stations in t he network , you can set the adapter to thi s mode. 802.11 G onl y – This a dapt er can be compatib le with b oth 80 2.11g an d 802.11 b wireless stations. If there are onl y 802.11g w ireless s[...]

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    30 applied to the multime dia applica tion or a voice call. T he adapter w ill fast r oaming to the n ear network when the rece ive sensit ivity (signal stre ngth) i s lower to th e value you have set up. Turn Off RF Bu tton: If you w ant t o turn off the rad io of the a dapter tempor arily, click this button. To t urn on the ra dio, click this but[...]

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    31 3.6 QoS The Q oS Page of R aConfig. It involves “WMM Enab le” , “W MM – Powe r S ave Enable” and DLS setup. WMM Enabl e: Enable W i-Fi Multi-Me dia. WMM – Pow er Sa ve Enable: Enable W MM Power Save. Direct Link Se tup Enabl e: Enable DLS (D irect Link Setup). 3.6.1 Configure to en able Wi-Fi Multi-Media If you want to use “WMM –[...]

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    32 Step3: Chan ge to “Site S urvey Pag e” . And add a n AP t hat supports W MM features to a Profile. The result wi ll look like the below figure in Profi le page.[...]

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    33 3.6.2 Enable WMM – Pow er Save Step1: Click “WMM – Power Save Enable” . And Click “Setting…” butt on. Step2: After click ing “Setting …” b utton, show “Pow er Save Setti ng” dialog. Please select whi ch ACs you w ant to en able. Then click “ Apply” button. The setting of e nabling W MM – Power Save is successf ully.[...]

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    34 3.6.3 Enable DLS (Dir ect Link Setup) Step1: C lick “Direct Li nk Setup En able” . And Click “ A pp ly” button Step2: Change to “Site Su rvey Page” . A nd a dd an AP t hat s upports DL S featur es to a Profile. The re sult will look lik e the below figure in Prof ile page.[...]

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    35 The Setting of DLS in dicates as follow : 1. Fill i n the blank s o f Direct Link w ith M AC Address of S TA. The STA mu st c onform to tw o conditions as follow: Step1: C onnect with th e same AP t hat support DLS feature s. Step2: H ave to enable DLS. 2. Timeout Value represe nts that it disconn ect auto matically afte r some second s. The va [...]

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    36 3. Click “ Apply” button. The result w ill look lik e the below figu re. Describe “DLS Status” as follow : 1. As the up f igure, after config uring D LS successf ully, sh ow MAC ad dress o f the o pposite side and T imeout Value of setting in “DLS Statu s” . In “DLS Sta tus” of the o pposite side , it shows MAC address of myself [...]

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    37 Step2: D ouble click. An d the result w ill look like the bel ow figure. 3. Disconnect Direct Link Setup as fol low: Step1: Select a dire ct link STA.[...]

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    38 Step2: C lick “Tear Dow n” button. The result w ill look lik e the below fi gure. 3.7 About About page di spla y the wireless c ard and dr iver versio n information.[...]

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    39 In the “About” , you can c lick the h yperlink to connect the w ebsite fo r the i nformation of the w ireless chipset ve ndor an d re view basic in formati on a bout th e Ut ility such a s t he RaConfig V ersion, Dri ver Version , EEPROM Versio n, IP Addre ss, Sub Mask , and Default Gatewa y.[...]

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    40 4. Troubleshooting This chapter pr ovides so lutions to pr oblems usually enc ountered dur ing the ins tallation and operation of t he adapter. 1. Sympto m: The LED is Of f. Possible Re medy: Make sure the W ireless adapter is inserted properly. Otherwise, plea se co ntact your vendor. 2. Sympto m: The LED is always on n ot blinking. Possible Re[...]

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    41 Possible Re medy: Move the antennas of the access point or wir eless r outer into an L shape (one vertica lly, and on e ho rizontal ly). C lick on the R efresh bu tton on the Site Surv ey screen. If the computer still doe s n ot see the Acces s Point, and t hen tr y to mo ve your Ac cess Point closer to the computer. Then click on t he Refresh b[...]

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    42 10. Wha t does IE EE 802.11 fe ature suppo rt? The produc t supports the followin g IEEE 802. 11 functio ns: -- CSMA/CA Plus Ack nowledge Proto col -- Multi-Cha nnel Roam ing -- Automat ic Rate Sele ction -- RTS/CTS F eature -- Fragment ation -- Power Management 11. Wha t is A d-Ho c? An A d-Hoc integra ted w ireless LAN is a group of co mputers[...]

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    43 software than prev ious encr yption standards. It is also included in IEEE 8 02.11i stand ard. Compare w ith A ES, TKIP is a temporar y protocol for re placing W EP security until manufacturer s implem ent AES at the hardwa re level. 17. Woul d the infor mation b e intercepted wh ile transmitt ing on air? W LAN features two-fold prot ection i n [...]