Allied Telesis AT-WCU200G manual

USB 2.0 Adapter AT-WCU200G 54Mbps Wireless Adapter ◆ User’s Guide FOR WINDOWS 98/ME/XP/2000 VERSION 1.0.0 ® PN 613-50653-00 Rev A[...]

Copyright © 2004 Allied Telesyn, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduc ed without prior written permissi on from Allied Telesyn, Inc. Windows 95, Windows 98, Window s 2000, Windows Me, Windows NT and Windows XP are either regist ered trademarks or trademarks of Micros oft Corporation in th e United States and/ or ot[...]

AT-WCU200G User’s Guide iii Regulatory Notes and Statements Wireless LAN, Health and Authorization For Use Radio frequency electromagnetic energy is emitted from Wireless LAN devices. However, the energy levels of these emissions are far less than the electromagneti c energy emissions from s imilar wireless devices such as mobile phones. Wireless[...]

Regulatory Notes and Statements iv The following equipment: AT-WCU 200G 54Mbps Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter. Is herewith confirmed to comply wi th the requirements set out in the Council Directive on the Approxim ation of the Laws of the Member States relating to the Electromagnetic Compatibility (89/336/EEC). Low- voltage Directive (72/23/ECC) and the[...]

AT-WCU200G User’s Guide v FCC Radio Frequency Exposure Statement This Wireless LAN radio device has been evaluated under FCC Bulletin OET 65 and found compliant to the requirements as set forth in CFR 47 Sections 2.1091, 2.1093, and 15.247 (b) (4) addres sing RF Exposure from radio frequency devices. FCC RF Radiation Exposure Statemen t: This equ[...]

Regulatory Notes and Statements vi CE Mark Warning This is a Class B product. In a domes tic environment, this product may cause radio interference, in which case the user may be required to take adequate measures. Protection Requirements for Health and Safety - Article 3.1a Testing for electric saf ety according to EN60950 has been conducted. Thes[...]

vii Table of Contents Regulatory Notes and Statements .......... ........ .......... ......... .......... ........ ........... ........ ........ ........... ........ .......... ......... ...... .. .......... ........... ........ iii Wireless LAN, Hea lth and Authorizat ion For Use ......... .......... ........... .......... .......... ........... .[...]

Table of Contents viii Configuring th e Profile Edit Screen ........ .......... .......... ........... .......... ........... .......... ........ ........... ... ... ........ .......... ......... ........ .......... ......... .. 21 Uninstalling the AT-WCU200G Wireless Adapte r .................... ............ ............. ............ ...........[...]

ix Preface This manual provides a description of the Allied Telesyn AT-WCU200G 54Mbps Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter and contains information about how to install and conf igure this product.[...]

Preface x How This Guide is Organized This guide contains the following sections: Introduction , describes the AT-WCU200G wireless adapter. Before you Install , helps you get started with th e basic installation of the AT-WCU200G wireless adapter. Installing the AT-WCU20 0G Software Driver , describes the LEDs of the adapter. Installing the AT-WCU2[...]

AT-WCP200G User’s Guide xi Document Conventions This guide uses several conventions that you should become familiar with before you begin to install the product. Note Notes provide additional information. Warning Warnings inform you th at performin g or omitting a specific action may result in bodily injury. Caution Cautions inform you that perfo[...]

Preface xii Where to Find Related Guides The Allied Telesyn web site at www.alliedtelesyn.com offers you an easy way to access the most recent documentation, software updates, and technical information for all of our products. The documents provided on our web site ar e available as PDF files.[...]

AT-WCP200G User’s Guide xiii Contacting Allied Telesyn This section provides Allied Telesyn contact informat ion for technical support as well as sales or corporate information. Online Support You can request technical support onlin e by accessing the Allied Telesyn Knowledge Base from the following web site: www.alliedtelesyn.com/kb . You can us[...]

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1 Installing the AT-WCU200G Wireless Adapter Introduction The AT-WCU200G wireless adapter is a standards-b ased wireless product. See Figure 1. It can communicate with other devices enabled for 802.11g and 802.11b standards-based wireless LAN connectivity. The wireless adapter is fully compatible wi th the IEEE 802.11b RFC, so it can be connected t[...]

2 Ad-hoc Mode In the ad-hoc mode, you can enable a wireless connection between two PCs. To accomplish this , you need one AT-WCU20 0G wireless adapter for each PC. See Figure 2. You can use a USB cable to connect the AT-WCU200G wireless adapter to a workstation or laptop. Or, you can connect the AT-WCU200G wireless adapter directly to the USB port [...]

AT-WCU200G User’s Guide 3 Infrastructure Mode In the Infrastructure mode, you can use an access point to facilitate the wireless connection between two PCs. See Figure 3. Figure 3 Infrastructure Mode This chapter provides the following sections: ❑ Before you Install on page 4 ❑ Installing the AT-WCU200G Software Driver and the AT-WCU200G Wire[...]

4 Before you Install This section describes what to do before you install the AT-WCU200G wireless adapter. It includes: ❑ Package Contents on page 4 ❑ System Requirements on page 4 Package Contents Open the AT-WCU200G wi reless adapter box and un pack it carefully. The box contains the following items: ❑ One AT-WCU200G wireless adapter ❑ On[...]

AT-WCU200G User’s Guide 5 Installing the AT-WCU200G Software Driver and the AT-WCU200G Wireless Adapter To install the AT-WCU200G wireless adap ter, you first install the software drivers that are provided on the CD ROM. Then insert the wireless adapter into your PC. Confirm that the software is installed by looking for the ATI icon. See the foll[...]

6 3. From the Windows Start Menu, select Run . The Run window is displayed. 4. Type the following: D:Setup.exe where the D: drive is your CD ROM Drive. 5. Click Install Driver Utility . The Welcome screen is displayed. See Figure 5 . Figure 5 Welcome Screen 6. Click Next .[...]

AT-WCU200G User’s Guide 7 The Choose Destination Location screen is displayed. See Figure 6 . Figure 6 Choose Destination Location Screen If you want to install the soft ware in another folder, click Browse and then select a folder. 7. Click Next . 8. If you purchased th e AT -WCU200G/EU CD ROM, the Country/Domain Selection screen is displayed. S[...]

8 9. Select the Channel for yo ur country. Then click Next . A screen is displayed that states in stallation is in pr ocess. Then the Installation Complete sc reen is displayed See Figure 8 . Figure 8 Installation Complete Screen 10. Click Finish to complete th e installation. Installing the AT-WCU200G Wireless Adapter This section provides an inst[...]

AT-WCU200G User’s Guide 9 - Insert the USB cable into the AT-WCU200G wireless adapter. See Figure 9 . Then connect the other end of the USB cable into an available USB port on your computer. Figure 9 Connecting the USB Cable The Welcome to the Found New Hardware Wizard screen is displayed. See Figure 10 . Figure 10 Welcome to the Found Ne w Hardw[...]

10 A screen is displayed that states in stallation is in pr ocess. Then the Completing the Found New Hardware Wizard screen is displayed. See Figure 11 . Figure 11 Completing the Found New Hardware Wizard Screen 4. Select Finish to complete the AT-WCU 200G wireless adapter Installation. AT-WCU200G LEDs The AT-WCU200G wireless adapter contains two L[...]

AT-WCU200G User’s Guide 11 Confirming Software Installation After you install the AT-W CU200G software driver, the Allied Telesyn AT- WCU200G Wireless Client Manager icon is displayed in your Windows System Tray. This icon is located in the bottom right hand corner of the Windows desktop screen, next to the time display. See Figure 12. 1. Click t[...]

12 2. Choose one of the following: - Click Yes to start the AT-WC U200G Wireless Conf iguration utility. Then refer to the procedure described in AT-WCU200G Wireless Configuration Utility on page 12 . - Click No to start the Windows Wireless Zero Configuration utility. Then refer to the procedure described in Windows XP Wireless Configuration on pa[...]

AT-WCU200G User’s Guide 13 . Figure 15 Allied Telesyn Wireless Clie nt Manager, Status Tab For information about how to use the Allied Telesyn AT-WCU200G Client Manager to configure the wireless adapter, see the following sections. ❑ One-Button Quick Connection on page 13 ❑ Configuring the Wireless Client Manager Settings on page 16 One-Butto[...]

14 Connecting to an Access Point To connect your AT-WC U200G wireless adapter to an access point, perform the following procedure. 1. Click following icon at the bottom right hand corner of your screen. The Allied Telesyn Wireless Client Manager screen is displayed with the Status Tab selected. See Figure 15 on page 13 . 2. Click the PC->AP butt[...]

AT-WCU200G User’s Guide 15 Wait approximately 1 minute for both computers to make the wireless network connection. 5. Double click My Network Places icon on your Windows desktop. See the following icon. The Network Tasks wi ndow is displayed. 6. Click View workgroup computers . Windows displays a message that both computers are in the same workgr[...]

16 Configuring the Wireless Client Manager Settings You can use the Wireless Client Ma nager to customize your wireless connections settings. This section pr ovides descriptions of the following Tabs: ❑ Status ❑ Site Survey ❑ Configuration ❑ Host Information ❑ Version Information To access the Allied Telesyn AT-WCU 200G Wireless Cl ient M[...]

AT-WCU200G User’s Guide 17 Status Tab The Status tab contains general information about the AT-WCU200G wireless adapter connection, includ ing transmission rate and network type. To access the Status Tab, see the procedure described in Configuring the Wireless Client Manager Settings on page 16. See Figure 15 on page 13. Configure the following s[...]

18 Configuring Network Profiles You can configure network profiles fr om the Site Survey screen. From this screen, you can do the following: ❑ View Available Networks ❑ Create a Profile ❑ Edit a profile ❑ Delete a profile To configure network profiles, perform the following procedure: 1. Click the following icon at the bo ttom right hand co[...]

AT-WCU200G User’s Guide 19 In the Site Survey window, the Ava ilable Network area includes the following fields. Move the scroll bar to the right to see all of the fields. This window is for display purposes only. ❑ Mode : Indicates either the access point or Ad-hoc mode is currently in use. ❑ BSSID : Indicates the MAC address of a wireless r[...]

20 Figure 17 Profile Edit with General Tab Selected For information abo ut how to configure this screen, Configuring the Profile Edit Screen on page 21 . Editing a Network Profile To edit a profile, perf orm the following proced ure from the Site Survey screen: 1. Click Refresh . 2. Select a profile from the Pr ofile Name ar ea. Double click on it.[...]

AT-WCU200G User’s Guide 21 Deleting a Network Profile To delete a profile, perform the follo wing procedure fr om the Site Survey screen: 1. Click on a profile from the Profile Name area. Note You cannot delete the active profile. 2. Click Delete . Configuring the Profile Edit Screen The Profile Edit screen allows you to create and edit network p[...]

22 ❑ Tx Rate : Indicates the data transfer rate between the node and another device. The default is Auto . The Tx Rate is determined by the AT-WCU200G wireless adapter automatically, depending on the distance to the access point or wire less router. 2. Click Okay . Setting Encryption This section discusses how to set th e following authentication[...]

AT-WCU200G User’s Guide 23 Choose one of the following: - To configure encryption on a n ew network profile, perform steps 2 and 3. - To edit an existing network profile, perform steps 4 and 5. 2. Click Configuration on the side bar on the Allied Telesyn AT-WCU200G Wireless Client Manager. 3. Click Encryption . The Encryption tab is displayed. Se[...]

24 which is used to authenticate an other device. Choose either TKIP or AES as the encryption mode in the Data encrypti on field. To use a WPA Pre-Shared key, enter a pa ssword in the WPA Pre-shared key field that is between 8 and 63 characters. ❑ Data encryption : Indicates the data en cryption method. The encryption mode you select m ust match [...]

AT-WCU200G User’s Guide 25 — PEAP: Indicates Protected Extensible Authentication Protocol. Once you select PEAP, click Configuration . Then enter a User Name and Password. Click OK . ❑ Pre-shared key : This field only appear s when you configure the Authentication Mode field as WPA-P SK. Enter a pre-shared key in ASCII format. This value can [...]

26 Figure 19 Advance Tab 4. Configure the following fields as needed: ❑ Power Consumption : Indicates the power consumption of the AT-WCU200G wireless adapter. Choose from the following options: - Disable: This setting consum es the most power. This is the default setting. - Enable (Fast): This setting consumes a moderate amount of power. - Enabl[...]

AT-WCU200G User’s Guide 27 to Send) value. Th e default setting is 2347 (when the Power Consumption field is set to disable) . Through the proper use of the RTS/CTS Threshold setting, you ca n fine tune the operation of your wireless LAN. If you find a relatively larg e number of collisions, you can enable RTS/CTS by setting a specif ic packet si[...]

28 Displaying and Configuring Host Information The Host Information Screen displays information about your computer. It also allows you to assign an IP address to your comp uter or release an IP address that is assigned to yo ur computer to the DHCP server. To display the Host Information Scr een and configure an IP address, perform the following p[...]

AT-WCU200G User’s Guide 29 3. If no IP address is displayed, click Renew to assign an IP address to your computer fr om the DHCP server. Note Click Release to release an assigned an IP address to the DHCP server. Displaying Version Information To display the information about th e software, perform the following procedure: 1. To access the Versio[...]

30 Uninstalling the AT-WCU200G Wireless Adapter Under normal circumstances, you do not need to uninstall the AT-WCU200G wireless adapter. The proc edure in this sec tion describes how to uninstall the A T-WCU200G wireless adapte r. After you perform this procedure, you remove th e AT-WCU200G Sof tware driver, AT-WCU200G Wireless Configuration ut il[...]

AT-WCU200G User’s Guide 31 Windows XP Wireless Configuration Configuring Wireless Network Clients Automatic wireless network configura tion supports th e IEEE 802.11 standard for wireless networks and min imizes the configuration that is required to access wireless netw orks. When you enable automatic wireless network configuration on your comput[...]

32 Starting Microsoft’s Wireless Configuration Utility You configure the AT-WCU200G wireless adapter by using Microsoft's Zero Configuration utility supplied with Windows XP. To access the Zero Configuration Utility, perform the following procedure: 1. Select Start , Setti ngs then Network Connections as shown in Figure 22 . Figure 22 Select[...]

AT-WCU200G User’s Guide 33 3. Click on the Wireless Networks Tab . The Wireless Networks sc reen is displayed. See Figure 23 . Figure 23 Wireless Connection Properties Screen 4. On the Wireless Netw orks tab, make su re “Use Windows to configure my wireless network settings” is selected at the top of the screen. If this field is not selected,[...]

34 (for example, the key is stored on the wireless network adapter given to you by your a dministrator), select the The key is provided for me automatically check box. If you are unsure about whether a network key is needed or which settings you need to enter, contact yo ur network administrator. ❑ If a network does not broadca st its network nam[...]

AT-WCU200G User’s Guide 35 To change the wireless network connection settings for a network that is listed in Preferred networks , click the wireless n etwork for which you want to change settings, select Properties , and then change the settings as needed. To remove a wireless network from th e list of preferred networks, under Preferred network[...]

36 Under the Shared Key authentication , each wireless st ation is assumed to have received a secret shared key over a secure channel that is independent from the 802.11 wi reless network communications channel. To use Shared Key authentication, you must have a network key. WPA and WPA-PSK Authentication Short for Wi-Fi Protected Access, a Wi-Fi st[...]

AT-WCU200G User’s Guide 37 Under 802.11, a wireless station can be configured with up to four keys (the key index values are 0, 1, 2, and 3). When an access point or a wireless station transmits an encr ypted message using a key that is stored in a specific key index, the transmitted message indicates the key index that was used to encrypt th e m[...]

38 WPA Network Authentication: When choosing WPA Network Authentica tion a certifica te is requ ired from a cert ificate server and additional parameters must be conf igured in the Au thentication tab. There are two selection s for data encryption , choose one of the following: TKIP - Temporal Key In tegrity Protocol. TKIP addresses the WEP static [...]

AT-WCU200G User’s Guide 39 If you select Smart Card or other Certificate in EAP type , you can configure additional prop erties. If you select Properties in Smart Card or other Certificate Properties , do the following: ❑ To use the certificate that r esides on your smart card for authentication, select Use my smart card . ❑ To use the certif[...]

40 Figure 25 Wireless Network Properti es, Authentication Tab Configure WPA- PSK on Windows XP Select the Wireless Netwo rks tab in the Wireless Network Connection Properties and highlight the appr opriate wireless network in the Available Networks window. Select Configure and then select in Authentication .[...]

AT-WCU200G User’s Guide 41 WPA-PSK Network Authentication : When choosing WPA-PSK this option does not require a certificate, but it implements a Pre-shared Key which is a user defined encryption parameter. This is commonly used when a certificate is not available for clients. Wh en selecting WPA-PSK TKIP, the Pre-shared Key must be entered into [...]

42 WEP - Wireless Encryption Protocol. WEP incorporates a static key that must match on all devices that are wi thin the same wireless network as identified by the SSID. The key you entered fo r an AP must match the key you enter for the client adapter. See Figure 27. Figure 27 Data Encryption Field Wireless[...]

AT-WCU200G User’s Guide 43 Technical Specifications This section lists the technical sp ecifications of the AT-WCU200G wireless adapter. Gene r al Bus Interface Universal Se rial Bus (USB) 2.0 Radio Technology IEEE 802.11b Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum (DSSS)/CCK IEEE 802.11g Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) Network Architectur[...]

44 Temperature Operating: 0 o to 45 o C (32 o to 113 o F) Storage: o C Humidity 5% to 90% RH, no condensation Dimensions W x H x D 80 mm x 30 mm x 13 mm (2.98 in x 1.1 in x 0.48 in) Weight 25g (0.88oz) Certifications FCC Part 15.2 47 for US, ETS 300 328 for Europe[...]

AT-WCU200G User’s Guide 45 Regulatory Domains This appendix lists the IEEE 802.11 g channels supported by the world’s regulatory domains. Channel Identifier 802.11b Fr e q u e n c y Regulatory Domains FC C (North America) E TSI (Europe) F ranc e Israel MKK (Japan) 12 4 1 2 XX X 22 4 1 7 XX X 32 4 2 2 XX X X 42 4 2 7 XX X X 52 4 3 2 XX X X 62 4 [...]

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