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Edimax EW-7612PIn V2 User Manual

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  • Page 1 EW-7612PIn V2 User Manual 11-2011 / v1.0...
  • Page 2 COPYRIGHT Copyright  Edimax Technology Co., Ltd. all rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any language or computer language, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, magnetic, optical, chemical, manual or otherwise, without the prior written permission from Edimax Technology Co., Ltd.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    CHAPTER II: Driver Installation and Configuration ..............4 2-1 Network Card Installation ........................ 4 2-2 Connect to Wireless Access Point ....................10 2-2-1 Using Edimax Utility ......................11 2-2-2 Using Windows Zero Configuration ..................16 2-3 Connection Profile Management ....................20 2-3-1 Add a new profile .......................

  • Page 4: Chapter I: Product Information

    Chapter I: Product Information 1-1 Introduction and safety information Thank you for purchasing this high-speed wireless network card! Excepting common wireless standards 802.11b/g, this wireless network card is also able to access 802.11n wireless networks - data transfer rate up to 300Mbps, and that’s five times faster than 802.11g wireless network! With easy-to-install PCI express interface - a very common expansion port of computers - plug this wireless network card into any empty PCI express slot of your computer, just that...

  • Page 5: System Requirements

    3. This network card is small enough to put in a child’s mouth, and it could cause serious injury or could be fatal. If they throw the network card, the card will be damaged. PLEASE KEEP THIS NETWORK CARD OUT THE REACH OF CHILDREN! 4.

  • Page 6: Familiar With Your New Wireless Network Card

    1-5 Familiar with your new wireless network card 1. Antenna 2. WPS Button 3. Link and Tx/Rx LED Definitions LED Name Light Status Description Link to a wireless access point Link Not linked to any wireless access point Wireless WPS function is activated. The network card will wait for 2 minutes to establish WPS connection.

  • Page 7: Chapter Ii: Driver Installation And Configuration

    CHAPTER II: Driver Installation and Configuration 2-1 Network Card Installation Please follow the following instructions to install your new wireless network card: 1. SWITCH THE COMPUTER OFF, remove the cover and insert the wireless network card into an empty PCI express slot of your computer and then replace the cover. 2.
  • Page 8 3. Software Installation, This wizard can be run in Windows XP/Vista/7. The following procedures are operated in Windows XP. You can install the Wireless Adapter by EZMAX Setup Wizard in the CD-ROM including in the package. The wizard is an easy and quick configuration tool for internet connection with series process.
  • Page 9 If you prefer the traditional setup procedure, please follow the instruction as following step. 1. Insert device driver CDROM into the CD/DVD ROM drive of your computer, and execute ‘Setup.exe’ program in ‘Utility’ folder.
  • Page 10 2. Please select the language you wish to use, then click ‘Next’. 3. Click ‘Next’ to continue.
  • Page 11 4. Installation procedure needs few minutes to complete, please be patient. 5. Click ‘Finish’ to reboot your computer to complete installation procedure. If you don’t want to reboot computer now, select ‘No, I’ll restart my computer later’ option and click ‘Finish’. Please note you have to reboot your computer before you can use your new wireless network card.
  • Page 12 8. Please note that if you stopped config utility by ‘Quit’ function, you’ll not be able to maintain the wireless link to the access point you wish to use. In this case, you can start config utility again by clicking ‘Edimax Wireless Utility’ icon from ‘Start’ -> ‘All Programs’ -> ‘Edimax Wireless’, as shown below.

  • Page 13: Connect To Wireless Access Point

    The current status of wireless connection will be displayed by Edimax configuration utility icon: Wireless connection is established, good signal reception.

  • Page 14: Using Edimax Utility

    2-2-1 Using Edimax Utility Please follow the following instructions to use Edimax configuration utility to connect to wireless access point. 1. Left-click the Edimax configuration utility icon located at lower-right corner of computer desktop, and configuration menu will appear: 2. Wireless utility will appear. Click ‘Available Network’ menu to search for wireless...
  • Page 15 3. Please wait for a while, and all wireless access points which can be reached by this wireless network card will be displayed here. If the wireless access point you wish to connect does not appear here, you can click ‘Refresh’...
  • Page 16 All options in this page will be filled automatically according to the access point you wish to add to profile. However, you can still modify any of them to meet your requirement. Profile name You can give a name to this profile, so you can remember its purpose easily.
  • Page 17 Data encryption Select the data encryption type from drop-down menu. This setting must be identical with the setting of wireless access point you with to connect. ASCII / PASSPHRASE When the encryption type is ‘WEP’, it’s required to input a set of ‘passphrase’ to connect to wireless access point.
  • Page 18 5. Network card will attempt to connect to access point now, this may require few seconds to minutes, please be patient. When the ‘Status’ become ‘Associated’, your computer is connected to access point you selected. Click ‘Close’ to close configuration menu.

  • Page 19: Using Windows Zero Configuration

    Windows XP and Vista has a built-in wireless network configuration utility, called as ‘Windows Zero Configuration’ (WZC). You can also use WZC to configure your wireless network parameter: 1. Right-click Edimax configuration utility icon, and click ‘Open Config Utility’. 2. Check ‘Windows Zero Config’ box.
  • Page 20 3. A message indicating that you’ve been switched to Windows Zero Configuration mode will appear. Click ‘OK’ to continue. NOTE: To return to use Edimax utility, uncheck ‘Windows Zero Config’ box. 4. Click ‘Start’ button (should be located at the bottom-left corner of windows desktop),...
  • Page 21 5. Double click ‘Network Connections’. 6. Right-click ‘Wireless Network Connection’ (it may have a number as suffix if you have more than one wireless network card, please make sure you right-click the ‘Edimax 802.11n Wireless LAN Card), then select ‘View Available Wireless Networks’.
  • Page 22 7. All wireless access points in proximity will be displayed here. If the access point you want to use is not displayed here, please try to move your computer closer to the access point, or you can click ‘Refresh network list’ to rescan access points. Click the access point you want to use if it’s shown, then click ‘Connect’.

  • Page 23: Connection Profile Management

    To manage profiles, right-click the Edimax configuration utility icon located at lower-right corner of computer desktop, then click ‘Open Config Utility’.

  • Page 24: Add A New Profile

    Click the ‘Profile’ menu. 2-3-1 Add a new profile By this function you can setup the connection parameters for a specific wireless access point in advance, without contacting it first. If you want to create a new profile, click ‘Profile’ menu, then click ‘Add’ button.
  • Page 25 You’ll be prompted to input connection parameters for the wireless access point you wish to connect: Required parameters are: Profile name You can give a name to this profile, so you can remember its purpose easily. It can be any phrase to help you remember. Network Name (SSID) The SSID (Service Set IDentifier, i.e.
  • Page 26 drop-down menu. This setting must be identical with the setting of wireless access point you with to connect. ASCII / PASSPHRASE When the encryption type is ‘WEP’, it’s required to input a set of ‘passphrase’ to connect to wireless access point. Check ‘ASCII’ or ‘PASSPHRASE’...

  • Page 27: Remove An Existing Profile

    2-3-2 Remove an existing profile When you no longer need an existing profile, you can remove it. If you want to remove a profile, click ‘Profile’ menu, then select an existing profile which you wish to remove, and then click ‘Remove’ button.

  • Page 28: Edit An Existing Profile

    2-3-3 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. You’ll be provided with the contents of selected profile, and you can edit them. Click ”OK” to save changes, or click “Cancel”...

  • Page 29: Make A Copy Of Existing Profile

    2-3-4 Make a copy of existing profile If you need to make a copy of a specific profile, you can use this function. This function is very convenient when you need to build a new profile which parameters are similar to any existing profile.
  • Page 30 If you wish to use a specific profile as default connection, you can select a profile in the list, and click ‘Set Default’. Selected profile will become default selection and Edimax configuration utility will attempt to connect to selected access point.

  • Page 31: View Network Statistics, General Information, And Status

    2-4 View Network Statistics, General Information, and Status 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 wireless connection you’re using. 2-4-1 General Information If you want to know the general information of the access point you’re connecting to, click ‘General’...

  • Page 32: Status

    2-4-2 Status If you want to know the status of your wireless network card, click ‘Status’ menu: 2-4-3 View Network Statistics To view the statistical data of wireless network card, click ‘Statistics’ menu, and the statistics of wireless connection will be displayed: All connection-related statistics is displayed here.

  • Page 33: Miscellaneous Settings

    2-5 Miscellaneous Settings There are few functions provided by Edimax configuration utility, you can access these functions from the bottom of configuration menu: The descriptions of these function are listed as follow: Show Tray Icon Check this box to show an icon on system tray.

  • Page 34: Establish Secure Connection With Ap By Wps

    WPS-enabled wireless access point and your wireless network card. This wireless network card supports 2 kinds of WPS: PIN code and Push-Button. Please follow the following instructions to setup WPS: 1. Right-click Edimax configuration utility icon, and click ‘Open Config Utility’.
  • Page 35 2. Click ‘Wi-Fi Protect Setup’ menu. 3. You can use PIN code or Push-Button configuration, and WPS-compatible wireless access point must use the same type of WPS. For instructions on setup each type of WPS, see next 2 chapters for detailed instructions.

  • Page 36: Pin Code

    2-6-1 PIN Code To use PIN Code, please click ‘Pin Input Config (PIN)’ button: You’ll be prompted to select an access point you wish to connect. If you know its SSID, click ‘Yes’, otherwise click ‘No’.
  • Page 37 If you select ‘Yes’, a list of all WPS-compatible AP nearby will be displayed; you can click ‘Refresh’ to rescan, then select an AP and click ‘Select’ button. If you select ‘No’, wireless network card will prompt you to enter 8-digit PIN code into your AP, without selecting an AP in advance.
  • Page 38 2-6-2 Push Button To use Push-Button WPS configuration, please click ‘Push Button Config (PBC)’ button. This is the easiest way to establish secure connection by WPS, but if there’re more than one WPS-compatible AP using Push-Button config, please use PIN Code instead. After you click Push Button Config, a message box will appear: Please activate Push-Button function on wireless access point now, and wireless network card will establish secure connection with access point within one minute.

  • Page 39: Chapter Iii: Soft-Ap Function

    The operating mode of the wireless card is ‘Station Mode’ (becoming a client of other wireless access points) by default. Please follow the following instructions to switch to AP mode: 1. Right-click Edimax configuration utility icon, and click ‘Open Config Utility’.
  • Page 40 2. Select ‘Mode’, and then select ‘Access Point’. It requires few seconds to switch to AP mode, please be patient.

  • Page 41: Configure Ssid And Channel

    After mode switch is complete, you’ll see general information of software AP, which shows AP’s SSID and connected wireless clients. 3-1-1 Configure SSID and Channel To configure software AP, click ‘Config’ button:...
  • Page 42 The ‘Wireless Network Properties’ is displayed. Please note that Ad-Hoc mode is not available when network card is in AP mode. The description of major setup items are listed below: Network Name (SSID) Please input the SSID (the name used to identify this wireless access point) here.

  • Page 43: Setup Soft-Ap Security

    3-1-2 Setup Soft-AP Security To setup security options for Soft-AP, configure ‘Wireless Network Security’ section as follow: The description of setup items about wireless security are listed below: Network Select network authentication mode from Authentication dropdown menu. Data Encryption Select data encryption method from dropdown menu.

  • Page 44: Advanced Settings

    3-2 Advanced Settings If you want to setup advanced settings of software access point, select ‘Advanced’ menu. If you don’t know the meaning and affects of these settings, keep them untouched. The description of all setup items are listed below: Beacon Interval Please input wireless beacon time interval here.

  • Page 45: Wireless Statistics

    3-3 Wireless Statistics Select ‘Statistics’ menu and the data statistics about software access point will be displayed. Click ‘Reset’ to reset the value of every item back to ‘0’.

  • Page 46: Hardware Specification

    CHAPTER IV: Appendix 4-1 Hardware Specification Standards: IEEE 802.11b/g/n Interface: PCI Express interface Frequency Band: 2.4000 ~ 2.4835GHz (Industrial 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 144Mbps) 11n (40MHz): MCS0-7 (Up to 300Mbps) Securities: WEP 64/128, WPA, WPA2 and IEEE 802.1x Antenna: 3dBi detachable antenna (2T2R)

  • Page 47: Troubleshooting

    4-2 Troubleshooting If you encounter any problem when you’re using this wireless network card, don’t panic! 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 Solution...
  • Page 48 have to input correct SSID of the access point you wish to connect. Please contact the owner of access point to ask for correct SSID. 3. You have to input correct passphrase / security key to connect an access point with encryption.

  • Page 49: Glossary

    4-3 Glossary 1. What is the IEEE 802.11g standard? 802.11g is the new IEEE standard for high-speed wireless LAN communications that provides for up to 54 Mbps data rate in the 2.4 GHz band. 802.11g is quickly becoming the next mainstream wireless LAN technology for the home, office and public networks.
  • Page 50 6. What is BSS ID? A specific Ad hoc LAN is called a Basic Service Set (BSS). Computers in a BSS must be configured with the same BSS ID. 7. What is WEP? WEP is Wired Equivalent Privacy, a data privacy mechanism based on a 40 bit shared key algorithm, as described in the IEEE 802 .11 standard.
  • Page 51 13. What is Spread Spectrum? Spread Spectrum technology is a wideband radio frequency technique developed by the military for use in reliable, secure, mission-critical communication systems. It is designed to trade off bandwidth efficiency for reliability, integrity, and security. In other words, more bandwidth is consumed than in the case of narrowband transmission, but the trade off produces a signal that is, in effect, louder and thus easier to detect, provided that the receiver knows the parameters of the...

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