EnGenius EUB9801 manual

300Mbp s 8 02.1 1 a/b/g/n Dual Band W ireless USB Adapter User ’ s Manu al V ersion: 1.0[...]

EUB9801 –300Mbps 802.1 1 a/b/g/n Dual Band Wireless N USB Adapter V ersion 1.0 2 T able of Cont ent s 1 INTRODUCTIO N...... ......... .......... ........... ......... ......... ......... ......... ............ ......... ......... ......... ........... ..... 3 F EATURES & B ENEFITS ......... ......... ......... ........... ......... ......... [...]

EUB9801 –300Mbps 802.1 1 a/b/g/n Dual Band Wireless N USB Adapter V ersion 1.0 3 1 Introduction The high-speed wireless USB 2 . 0 client adapter i s th e most c onvenient way to let you put a desktop/notebook computer al m ost anywhere without the hassle of running network cables. Now you don’t need to suffe r from drilling holes and exposed c [...]

EUB9801 –300Mbps 802.1 1 a/b/g/n Dual Band Wireless N USB Adapter V ersion 1.0 4 W P A2- AES, W EP 64/128 Support Support 2T x * 2Rx Radio W ith Intelligent Antenna enables W MM (IEEE 802.1 1e) standard support W ireless Multimedia Enhancements Quality of Service support (QoS) / enhanced power saving for D ynamic Network ing USB 2.0/1. 1 USB 2.0 [...]

EUB9801 –300Mbps 802.1 1 a/b/g/n Dual Band Wireless N USB Adapter V ersion 1.0 5 A p plic ations The wire less LAN products are easy to instal l and highly efficient. Th e following list describes s ome of the many appli cations made possible thr ough the power a nd flexibility of wireless LAN s: a) Difficult-to- wire environment s There are many[...]

EUB9801 –300Mbps 802.1 1 a/b/g/n Dual Band Wireless N USB Adapter V ersion 1.0 6 a) Ad-hoc (peer-t o-peer) Mode This is th e simplest network configuration with several computers equipped w ith the PC Cards that form a wireless netw o rk whenever they are within range of one another . In ad-hoc mode, each client is peer-to- peer, would only have [...]

EUB9801 –300Mbps 802.1 1 a/b/g/n Dual Band Wireless N USB Adapter V ersion 1.0 7 2 USB Adapter f or Windows (XP & Vista) Before You Begin During the installation, XP may need to co py systems files from its insta llation CD. Therefore, y ou may need a copy of the W indows installation CD at hand bef o re installing the drivers. On man y syste[...]

EUB9801 –300Mbps 802.1 1 a/b/g/n Dual Band Wireless N USB Adapter V ersion 1.0 8 Installing the Drive rs Follow the steps below in orde r to install the U SB adapter dr ivers: 1. Insert the CD-ROM that was pr ovided to you in this package . T he setup should run automatically . If t he setup does not run automatically , the n must manually select[...]

EUB9801 –300Mbps 802.1 1 a/b/g/n Dual Band Wireless N USB Adapter V ersion 1.0 9 3. Once t he setup begins you will see the Install Shield Wizard . Select EnGenius Configura tion T ool and then click on th e Next> button.[...]

EUB9801 –300Mbps 802.1 1 a/b/g/n Dual Band Wireless N USB Adapter V ersion 1.0 10 4. Click on the Inst all butto n to begin the inst allation. 5. Wa it for a few seconds until the driver and cl ient utility is inst alled.[...]

EUB9801 –300Mbps 802.1 1 a/b/g/n Dual Band Wireless N USB Adapter V ersion 1.0 1 1 6. The inst allation is co mplete. Click on the F inish button. 7. Carefully insert the USB adapter into the USB po rt. W indows will then detec t and insta ll the new hardw are. 8. An EG icon w ill then appear in the system tray . Right click on the EG icon and th[...]

EUB9801 –300Mbps 802.1 1 a/b/g/n Dual Band Wireless N USB Adapter V ersion 1.0 12 Profiles The Profile ta b is used to store the settings of multiple Access Points such as home, of f ice, ca fé, etc. W hen a dding a profile y ou are requ ired to enter a p rofile name and S SID as well as configure the power-saving mode, network type, RTS/frag m [...]

EUB9801 –300Mbps 802.1 1 a/b/g/n Dual Band Wireless N USB Adapter V ersion 1.0 13  Profile: Enter a na me f or the p rofile; this does no t need to be the sa me as the SSID.  SSID : Enter the SSID o f the network or select one from the drop-dow n list. T he SSID is a unique name shared among a ll points in your w ireles s network. T he SSID[...]

EUB9801 –300Mbps 802.1 1 a/b/g/n Dual Band Wireless N USB Adapter V ersion 1.0 14  Profile: Enter a na me f or the p rofile; this does no t need to be the sa me as the SSID.  SSID : Enter the SSID o f the network or select one from the drop-dow n list. T he SSID is a unique name shared among a ll points in your w ireles s network. T he SSID[...]

EUB9801 –300Mbps 802.1 1 a/b/g/n Dual Band Wireless N USB Adapter V ersion 1.0 15 A u thentic ation an d Security The S ec urity tab allows you to configure the aut henticat ion and encry p tion settings such a s: W EP , WP A, W P A-P SK, W P A2, and 802.1x . Each security option is described in det ail bel ow . WEP Encrypti on The WEP tab displa[...]

EUB9801 –300Mbps 802.1 1 a/b/g/n Dual Band Wireless N USB Adapter V ersion 1.0 16  Authentication T y pe: Select Open or Shared fro m the drop-down list.  Encryption: Select W EP from the drop-down list.  WEP Key (Hex or ASCII): T ype a character string in to the field. For 64 -bit enter 5 alphanume ric or 10 hexadecimal cha racters. For[...]

EUB9801 –300Mbps 802.1 1 a/b/g/n Dual Band Wireless N USB Adapter V ersion 1.0 17  Authentication T y pe : Select WP A or WP A2 from the drop-dow n list.  Encryption: Select TKIP o r AES from the drop- down list.  Click on the Apply button to save the changes .  Show Pass word check box. If you wan t to make sure the accuracy of passw[...]

EUB9801 –300Mbps 802.1 1 a/b/g/n Dual Band Wireless N USB Adapter V ersion 1.0 18  WP A Preshare d key: E nter a pass phrase which is between 8 and 32 characters long.  Click on the Apply button to save the changes .  Show Pass word check box. If you wan t to make sure the accuracy of passw ord y ou type, click the Show Password bo x to [...]

EUB9801 –300Mbps 802.1 1 a/b/g/n Dual Band Wireless N USB Adapter V ersion 1.0 19 to be authenticated by a central authority . 802.1X uses an existing protocol called EAP . EAP (Extensible A uthenticat ion Protocol) is an extension t o the PPP protocol t hat enables a variety of authent ication p rotocols t o be used. It passes through the exchan[...]

EUB9801 –300Mbps 802.1 1 a/b/g/n Dual Band Wireless N USB Adapter V ersion 1.0 20 client and authentication server .  Authentication T y pe : Select TT LS from the drop-dow n list.  Protocol : Select EAP-MSCHAP v2, MS-CHAP , or CHAP from the drop- dow n lis t.  Identity : Enter the user name.  Password : Enter the p assw ord.  Clic[...]

EUB9801 –300Mbps 802.1 1 a/b/g/n Dual Band Wireless N USB Adapter V ersion 1.0 21  Use certificate chain : Place a check in this to en able the certificate use.  Certificate issuer : Selec t the Certification Aut hority f rom the drop-dow n list.  Allow intermediate certificates: During tunne l creation the client must verify the server [...]

EUB9801 –300Mbps 802.1 1 a/b/g/n Dual Band Wireless N USB Adapter V ersion 1.0 22 Network (Site Sur vey) The Net work tab displays a list o f Access Points a nd S tations in the area, and allows y ou to connect to a specific one. The following information is inclu ded in this tab, as the image depicts below . The information is displaye d in th e[...]

EUB9801 –300Mbps 802.1 1 a/b/g/n Dual Band Wireless N USB Adapter V ersion 1.0 23  St atu s: Th is indicates the s tate of the c lient. T here are three options: o Associated: Indicates that the wireless client is connected to an Access Point (AP) . The BSSID is shown in the form of 12 HEX digits, w hich is the MAC address of the AP . o Scanni[...]

EUB9801 –300Mbps 802.1 1 a/b/g/n Dual Band Wireless N USB Adapter V ersion 1.0 24 A d vanced Configuration The Advanced t ab is use d to configure T x burst, WMM, an d CCX.  Wireless mode : Currently support s 2.4G wireles s only .  Enable Tx BURST : Cl ick the check box w ill enhance the throughput  Enable TCP Windo w Size : Enhance the[...]

EUB9801 –300Mbps 802.1 1 a/b/g/n Dual Band Wireless N USB Adapter V ersion 1.0 25  Rescan: Click on this button to view a list of A ccess Point s in the area.  Connect: Click on the AP to sta r t WPS connect ion with the A P  Disconnect: Click to term inate WPS connection[...]

EUB9801 –300Mbps 802.1 1 a/b/g/n Dual Band Wireless N USB Adapter V ersion 1.0 26 Uninstall the Dr ivers & Client Utility If the USB client adapter insta lla tion is unsuccess ful f or a ny reason, the best way to so lve th e problem ma y be to completely uninstall th e USB a dapter and its utility and repeat the insta llation procedure again[...]

EUB9801 –300Mbps 802.1 1 a/b/g/n Dual Band Wireless N USB Adapter V ersion 1.0 27 3. Select the R emove all button. 4. Click on th e Y es button to confirm the un-installa tion process and t hen click on the Next button.[...]

EUB9801 –300Mbps 802.1 1 a/b/g/n Dual Band Wireless N USB Adapter V ersion 1.0 28 5. The un-inst allation proce ss is complete. Select Y es, I w ant to rest art my computer now radio button and then clic k on the Finish button. Then re move the USB adapter .[...]

EUB9801 –300Mbps 802.1 1 a/b/g/n Dual Band Wireless N USB Adapter V ersion 1.0 29 3 USB Adapter f or MAC OS X Installing the Drive rs Follow the steps below in orde r to install the U SB adapter dr ivers: 1. Insert the CD-ROM th at was provided to you in this pac kage. The setup should run automatically . If the setup does not run autom ati cally[...]

EUB9801 –300Mbps 802.1 1 a/b/g/n Dual Band Wireless N USB Adapter V ersion 1.0 30 3. Select the Maci n tosh HD and then click on the Continue button. 4. Click on the Continue button to con fi gure the next step.[...]

EUB9801 –300Mbps 802.1 1 a/b/g/n Dual Band Wireless N USB Adapter V ersion 1.0 31 5. The inst allation is co mplete. Click on the Rest art button. 6. Carefully i nsert the USB adapter into the USB port. MAC OS X will t hen detect and insta ll the new hardw are. 7. The Client Utility is insta lled in the Applicati ons folder . Profiles The Profile[...]

EUB9801 –300Mbps 802.1 1 a/b/g/n Dual Band Wireless N USB Adapter V ersion 1.0 32 Infrastructure M ode The infrast ructure mode requires the use of an Access Point (AP). In th is mode, all wire less communication betw e en two co m puters ha s to be vi a the A P . I t doesn’t m atter if the AP is stand-alone or wired t o an Et hernet network. I[...]

EUB9801 –300Mbps 802.1 1 a/b/g/n Dual Band Wireless N USB Adapter V ersion 1.0 33  Profile: Enter a na me f or the p rofile; this does no t need to be the sa me as the SSID.  SSID : Enter the SSID o f the network or select one from the drop-dow n list. T he SSID is a unique name shared among a ll points in your w ireles s network. T he SSID[...]

EUB9801 –300Mbps 802.1 1 a/b/g/n Dual Band Wireless N USB Adapter V ersion 1.0 34 A d -hoc Mode This is the simplest net work configuration with several compute rs equipped with the PC Cards that form a w ireless network whene ver t hey are within range of one another . In ad-hoc mode, e ach client is pee r-to-peer , would o nly have a ccess to t[...]

EUB9801 –300Mbps 802.1 1 a/b/g/n Dual Band Wireless N USB Adapter V ersion 1.0 35 enable Fragment Threshold. Any packet larger than the specified value (by tes) will be discarded.  Click on the Apply button to save the changes . A u thentic ation an d Security The S ec urity tab allows you to configure the aut henticat ion and encry p tion set[...]

EUB9801 –300Mbps 802.1 1 a/b/g/n Dual Band Wireless N USB Adapter V ersion 1.0 36  Click on the Apply button to save the changes .  Show Pass word check box. If you wan t to make sure the accuracy of passw ord y ou type, click the Show Password bo x to check it. WPA-PSK Authentication & TKIP, AES Encryption W P A – PSK (Pre-shared K e[...]

EUB9801 –300Mbps 802.1 1 a/b/g/n Dual Band Wireless N USB Adapter V ersion 1.0 37 Link Status The Link St atus tab displays the current status of th e wireless radio. Th e following information is included in this t ab, as th e image depicts below .  St atu s: Th is indicates the s tate of the c lient. T here are three options: o Associated: I[...]

EUB9801 –300Mbps 802.1 1 a/b/g/n Dual Band Wireless N USB Adapter V ersion 1.0 38  HT : High T hrough-Put / 802.1 1 n Secti on  BW: C hannel Bandwid th  GI: Guard Interval  MCS: Modulation Coding Scheme  Click on the OK button to close this window .  dBm Ch eck Box . W h en you click on the check box as the drawing below . The s[...]

EUB9801 –300Mbps 802.1 1 a/b/g/n Dual Band Wireless N USB Adapter V ersion 1.0 39 Access Point (In frastructure).  Rescan: Click on this button to view a list of A ccess Point s in the area.  Connect : to conn ect w ith a specific Acc ess Point, select the SS ID from the list, and then c lick on the Connect but t on.  Add P rofile : Clic[...]

EUB9801 –300Mbps 802.1 1 a/b/g/n Dual Band Wireless N USB Adapter V ersion 1.0 40  Wireless mode : S elect 802.1 1 B/G /N mix ed if the wireless netwo rk uses both 1 1b, 1 1g and 1 1n st ations and APs.  Tx Rate: The transmit rate should be s et to auto, however you may manually select a transmit rate from the drop-down list.  Tx BURST :[...]

EUB9801 –300Mbps 802.1 1 a/b/g/n Dual Band Wireless N USB Adapter V ersion 1.0 41  Rescan: Click on this button to view a list of A ccess Point s in the area.  Renew: Regenerate a new PIN code  Config Mode: switch betw een En rollee or Regis trar  Profile Deta i l: show pro file of the selected pa rt y  Connect: Click on the AP to [...]

EUB9801 –300Mbps 802.1 1 a/b/g/n Dual Band Wireless N USB Adapter V ersion 1.0 42 A b out The About tab displays information about the device, such as: the network driver version and date, configuration utility version and date, and th e NIC (Network Interface Card) fir mware version and date.[...]

EUB9801 –300Mbps 802.1 1 a/b/g/n Dual Band Wireless N USB Adapter V ersion 1.0 43 Appendix A – Glossary 8 802.1 1 A family of spec ifications for wireless local ar ea networks ( W LA Ns) dev eloped by a working grou p of the Institute of Electrica l and Electronics Engineers ( IEEE). A A ccess C ontrol List ACL. This is a database of network de[...]

IEEE802.1 1b/g/n W irele ss LAN USB 2.0 Client A dapter V ersion 1.0 44 Automatic Private IP A ddre ssing APIP A. An IP address that that a W indows computer will as sign it self when it is configured to obtain an IP address automatically but no DHCP server is avail able on the network B Backward C omp ati ble The ability for new devices to comm un[...]

IEEE802.1 1b/g/n W irele ss LAN USB 2.0 Client A dapter V ersion 1.0 45 A program or user that requests data from a server Collision W hen do two devices on the sam e Ethernet network try and tran smit data at the ex act same ti me. Cookie Information that is sto red on the hard drive of your computer that holds your pr eferences to the site that g[...]

IEEE802.1 1b/g/n W irele ss LAN USB 2.0 Client A dapter V ersion 1.0 46 DSSS: Modulation technique used by 802.1 1b wireless dev ices DMZ "Demilitarized Zone". A co mputer th at logically sit s in a "no -mans land" between the LAN and the WAN. The DMZ computer t rades some of the pro tection of the router's sec urity mech a[...]

IEEE802.1 1b/g/n W irele ss LAN USB 2.0 Client A dapter V ersion 1.0 47 Firmware Programm ing that is inserted into a hardware device that tells it how to f unction Fragment ation Breaking up data into smaller pieces to make it easier to store FTP File T ransf er Protocol. Easiest way to transf er files between com puters on the Internet Full-duple[...]

IEEE802.1 1b/g/n W irele ss LAN USB 2.0 Client A dapter V ersion 1.0 48 IEEE Institute of Electrical and E lectronics Engineers IGMP Internet Group Management Protocol is used to make s ure that computers can rep ort their multicast gr oup membership to adjac ent routers IIS Internet Inf ormation Server is a W EB server and FTP ser ver provided by [...]

IEEE802.1 1b/g/n W irele ss LAN USB 2.0 Client A dapter V ersion 1.0 49 Kbps Kilobits per second Kbyte Kilobyte L L2TP Layer 2 T unneling Protoc ol LAN Local Area N etwork Latency The amount of time that it takes a packet to get from th e one point to another on a network. Also referred to as delay LED Light Emitting Diode Legacy Older devices or t[...]

IEEE802.1 1b/g/n W irele ss LAN USB 2.0 Client A dapter V ersion 1.0 50 Sending data from on e device to many devices on a networ k N NA T Network Addr ess T ranslation allows m any private IP addresses to connect to the Internet, or another net work, through one IP address NetBEUI NetBIOS Extended Us er Interface is a Loc al Area Net wor k c o mm [...]

IEEE802.1 1b/g/n W irele ss LAN USB 2.0 Client A dapter V ersion 1.0 51 A utility progr am that verifies that a given Inter net address e xist s and can rec eive messages. The utility sends a contr ol packet to the given address and waits for a response. PoE Power over Ethernet is the means of transmitting electricity over the un used pairs in a ca[...]

IEEE802.1 1b/g/n W irele ss LAN USB 2.0 Client A dapter V ersion 1.0 52 The interfac e for serial communication between c omputers and othe r related devices RSA Algorithm used for encryption and authentication S Server A com puter on a network that pro vides services a nd resources to other comp uters on the network Session key An encryption and d[...]

IEEE802.1 1b/g/n W irele ss LAN USB 2.0 Client A dapter V ersion 1.0 53 T r ansmission Con trol Protocol TCP Raw A TCP/IP protoc ol for transmitting streams of printer data. TCP/IP T r ansmission Con trol Protocol/Internet Protocol TFTP T r ivial File T ransf er Protocol is a utility used fo r transferring files that is s impler to use than FTP b u[...]

IEEE802.1 1b/g/n W irele ss LAN USB 2.0 Client A dapter V ersion 1.0 54 W W ake on LAN Allows you to power up a computer though it's Network Interfac e Card W A N W ide Area Network WCN W indows Connect Now . A Microsoft method for co nfiguring and bootstrapping wireless networking hard ware (access points) and wireless clients, including PCs [...]

IEEE802.1 1b/g/n W irele ss LAN USB 2.0 Client A dapter V ersion 1.0 55 Appendix B – FCC Interfere nce Statement Federal Communication Commission Interference Sta t ement This e quipment has been tested and f ound to com ply wit h the limits fo r a C lass B d igital de vice, pursuant to Part 15 of the F CC Rules. These lim its are designed to pro[...]