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- Page 1 www.4GSource.net 802.11b/g/n Draft 2.0 Wireless LAN USB Adapter User Manual Version: 1.0 (April, 2007)
- Page 2 www.4GSource.net COPYRIGHT Copyright ©2005/2006 by this company. 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 of this company.
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
CHAPTER II: DRIVER INSTALLATION AND CONFIGURATION ......... 7 2-1 Network Card Installation ..................7 2-2 Connect to Wireless Access Point................. 13 2-2-1 Using Edimax Utility ..................13 2-2-2 Using Windows Zero Configuration............. 19 2-3 Connection Profile Management ................22 2-3-1 Make a profile for an access point or wireless device ......... 22 2-3-2 Using 802.1x –... -
Page 4: Chapter I: Product Information
Chapter I: Product Information 1-1 Introduction and safety information Thank you for purchasing this nMAX wireless network card! Excepting common wireless standards 802.11b/g, this wireless network card is also 802.11 Draft-N compatible - data transfer rate is 300Mbps, and that’s six times faster than 802.11g wireless network! 802.11 Draft-N also provides wider wireless coverage, so you don’t... -
Page 5: Safety Information
www.4GSource.net 1-2 Safety Information In order to keep the safety of users and your properties, please follow the following safety instructions: 1. This USB wireless network card is designed for indoor use only. DO NOT expose this network card to direct sun light, rain, or snow. -
Page 6: System Requirements
www.4GSource.net 1-3 System Requirements An empty USB 2.0 port (May not work on USB 1.1 port, and performance will be greatly reduced) Operation system: Windows 2000, XP, XP64,or Vista CD-ROM drive At least 100MB of available disk space 1-4 Package Contents Before you starting to use this wireless network card, please check if there’s anything missing in the package, and contact your dealer of purchase to claim for missing items: □... -
Page 7: Familiar With Your New Wireless Network Card
www.4GSource.net 1-5 Familiar with your new wireless network card 1. USB Connector 2. Connector Cap (To protect USB connector when not in use) 3. Link/Activity LED LED Name Light Status Description Linked to a wireless access point / Link / Transferring data Activity No wireless activity... -
Page 8: Chapter Ii: Driver Installation And Configuration
www.4GSource.net CHAPTER II: DRIVER INSTALLATION AND CONFIGURATION 2-1 Network Card Installation Please follow the following instructions to install your new wireless network card: 1. Insert the USB wireless network card into an empty USB 2.0 port of your computer when computer is switched on. - Page 9 www.4GSource.net 3. The following message will appear on your computer, click ‘Cancel’. 4. Insert device driver CDROM into the CD/DVD ROM drive of your computer, and execute ‘Setup.exe’ program in ‘Driver’ folder. Please read the end user license agreement and click ‘Yes’ to accept license agreement.
- Page 10 4. You can choose the configuration tool used to configure the wireless network card here. It’s recommended to select ‘Edimax Configuration Tool’, which provides fully access to all function of this wireless network card. If you prefer to use the wireless configuration tool provided by Windows XP or Vista, please select ‘Microsoft Zero Configuration Tool’, then click ‘Next’.
- Page 11 www.4GSource.net When you select one mode, please click ‘Next>’ to continue. If you see ‘Found New Hardware’ message again, please ignore it and wait. 6. Please click ‘install’ to run the driver installation process. If you see ‘Found New Hardware’ message again, please ignore it and wait. - 10 -...
- Page 12 www.4GSource.net 7. Please wait while the install procedure is running. When you see this message, please click ‘Finish’ to complete the driver installation process. - 11 -...
- Page 13 www.4GSource.net 8. A new icon will appear at lower-right corner of your computer desktop, you can put the mouse cursor on the icon, and the status of wireless card will be displayed as a popup balloon. HERE! 9. When you want to configure your wireless connection, please right click on this icon, and a popup menu will appear.
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Page 14: Connect To Wireless Access Point
2-2-1 Using Edimax Utility Please follow the following instructions to use Ralink configuration utility to connect to wireless access point. Right-click the Edimax configuration utility icon located at lower-right corner of computer desktop, then click ‘Launch Config Utilities’. 2. Configuration utility will scan for all wireless access points automatically. Scan results will be displayed here, please check if the wireless access point with the SSID (the name of wireless access point) you preferred is shown here. - Page 15 www.4GSource.net Here are descriptions of every setup item: SSID: The Service Set IDentifier of wireless access point or other network device. You can think it as the name of access point of wireless device. BSSID: The MAC address of wireless access point or other network device. Unlike SSID, BSSID of every access point or network device is unique, and will not be the same with others.
- Page 16 www.4GSource.net Authentication: Shows the authentication mode that access point or wireless device uses. If the wireless access point does not require authentication, you’ll see ‘Unknown’ displayed here. Network Type: Shows the type of wireless connection. If it’s a wireless access point, ‘Infrastructure’ will be displayed here;...
- Page 17 www.4GSource.net If the access point you selected does not enable encryption (The content of ‘Encryption’ field of the access point you selected is ‘None’, you’ll be connected to this wireless access point within one minute. Please jump to step 6. If the access point you selected enables encryption, please proceed to next step.
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- Page 19 7. You can put the mouse cursor over the Edimax configuration utility icon, and the brief information about link status and signal strength of current wireless connection will be shown as a popup balloon.
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Page 20: Using Windows Zero Configuration
Configuration’ (WZC). You can also use WZC to configure your wireless network parameter: Right-click Edimax configuration utility icon and select ‘Use Zero Configuration as Configuration utility. 2. Click ‘Start’ button (should be located at the bottom-left corner of windows desktop), click ‘Control Panel’, then click ‘Network Connections’... - Page 21 www.4GSource.net 3. 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 ‘Ediamx 802.11n Wireless LAN Card), then select ‘View Available Wireless Networks’. 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’...
- Page 22 www.4GSource.net If the access point is protected 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 use encryption, you’ll not be prompted for security key or passphrase.
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Page 23: Connection Profile Management
2-3-1 Make a profile for an access point or wireless device Right-click the Edimax configuration utility icon located at lower-right corner of computer desktop, then click ‘Launch Config Utilities’. There are two ways to add a new connection profile:... - Page 24 www.4GSource.net Or, you can add a connected wireless access point or wireless device to a profile by clicking ‘Site Survey’ tab, then click ‘Add to Profile’ button: - 23 -...
- Page 25 www.4GSource.net And you can set the parameter for this connection here: - 24 -...
- Page 26 www.4GSource.net Here are descriptions of every setup items: Profile Name Please give this profile a name, up to 32 alphanumerical characters and symbols are allowed, but space is not allowed. SSID The SSID of the wireless access point or wireless device you selected will be displayed here.
- Page 27 www.4GSource.net TX Power You can select the radio output power of wireless network card. You may not need full radio power if you’re not far from wireless access point, and only use a high setting here if you found that radio reception is bad. If you don’t know which one to use, select ‘Auto’.
- Page 28 www.4GSource.net Here are descriptions of every setup items: Authentication Select the authentication type of the wireless access Type point or wireless device you wish to connect. If you’re adding a profile from an existing access point or wireless device, the value will be selected automatically, and please do not modify it.
- Page 29 www.4GSource.net grayed out. WEP Key You can select key type (Hex or ASCII) and input WEP key here. If encryption is not enabled, or you select ‘WPA’ as encryption type, this field will be disabled and grayed out. Show Password Check this box and all passphrases or security keys you inputted will be displayed as you type, but not replace your input with asterisk.
- Page 30 www.4GSource.net Select the profile you wish to use, and click ‘Activate’ to use the profile you selected. You can only activate a profile a time, and the profile that is activated currently will have a green check ( ) before its name. If the wireless access point is not reachable, a red check ( ) will be displayed before its name.
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Page 31: Using 802.1X - Certification
www.4GSource.net 2-3-2 Using 802.1x – Certification After you click ‘802.1x Setting’, a new window will appear: Here are descriptions of every setup items: Authentication Please select an 802.1x authentication type here. Type The type you select here must be identical to the type of the 802.1x authentication type you’re using. - Page 32 www.4GSource.net Use Client If the authentication type you use is ‘PEAP’ or ‘TTLS’, you can use the certificate stored on your computer. If the authentication type you use is ‘TLS/Smart Card’, this box is always checked. More.. After you clicked this button, you’ll be prompted to select a certificate on your computer.
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Page 33: Using 802.1X - Ca Server
www.4GSource.net 2-3-3 Using 802.1x - CA Server If you want to use CA server, please click ‘CA Server’ tab. And the following message will be displayed: Here are descriptions of every setup items: Use certificate Check this box to enable the use of certificate chain. chain Certificate Please select the issuer of certificate from this dropdown menu. - Page 34 www.4GSource.net exactly you set here is exactly matched with the CA server connected to. If they don’t match, connection will be dropped. Domain name Check this box and the wireless configuration utility will check the end of domain must end name.
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Page 35: View Network Statistics And Link Status
2-4-1 Network Statistics Please follow the following instructions to check network statistics: Right-click the Edimax configuration utility icon located at lower-right corner of computer desktop, then click ‘Launch Config Utilities’. Click ‘Statistics’ tab, and the statistics of wireless connection will be displayed:... -
Page 36: Link Status
2-4-2 Link Status Please follow the following instructions to check network statistics: Right-click the Edimax configuration utility icon located at lower-right corner of computer desktop, then click ‘Launch Config Utilities’. 2. Click ‘Link Status’ tab, and information about current wireless connection will be displayed:... - Page 37 www.4GSource.net These information displayed here are updated every second, and here are descriptions of every item: Status Displays the SSID and BSSID of connected wireless access point or wireless device (displayed as SSID <-> BSSID as shown in above picture. If there’s no active connection currently, ‘Disconnected’...
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Page 38: Advanced Settings
Please follow the following instructions to set advanced wireless settings: 1. Right-click the Edimax configuration utility icon located at lower-right corner of computer desktop, then click ‘Launch Config Utilities’. - Page 39 www.4GSource.net Here are descriptions of every setup items: Wireless mode Select wireless operation mode, available options are 802.11 B/G mix, 802.11 B only, and 802.11 B/G/N mix. You can select 802.11 B/G/N mix to maximize wireless compatibility with wireless access points and other wireless devices. Anyway, you can set this setting to ‘802.11 B only’...
- Page 40 www.4GSource.net Show When your computer is being authenticated by Authentication wireless authentication server, a dialog window Status Dialog with the process of authentication will appear. This function is helpful to find out the problem when you can not be authenticated, and you can provide this information to authentication server’s administrator for debugging purpose.
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Page 41: Qos Setting
Please follow the following instructions to set advanced wireless settings: Right-click the Edimax configuration utility icon located at lower-right corner of computer desktop, then click ‘Launch Config Utilities’. Click ‘QoS’ tab, and the following settings will appear:... - Page 42 www.4GSource.net Here are descriptions of every setup items: WMM Enable Check this box to enable WMM function. 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 activated or deactivated respectively. WMM - Power Enable WMM power saving mode to save energy Save Enable...
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Page 43: Wps Configuration
www.4GSource.net 2-7 WPS Configuration Note: This function supports Windows XP/XP64 Operation System only. Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) is the latest wireless network technology, which makes wireless network setup become very simple. If you have WPS-enabled wireless access point, and you want to establish a secure connection to it, you don’t have to configure the wireless access point and setup data encryption. -
Page 44: Wps Setup - Pbc (Push-Button Configuration)
2-7-1 WPS Setup - PBC (Push-Button Configuration) 1. Right-click the Edimax configuration utility icon located at lower-right corner of computer desktop, then click ‘Launch Config Utilities’. 2. Click ‘WPS Configuration’ tab, and the following settings will appear: - 43 -... - Page 45 www.4GSource.net 3. Push the ‘WPS’ button on your wireless access point (the button used to activate WPS standby mode may have another name), or use other way to start WPS standby mode as the instruction given by your wireless access point’s user manual. 4.
- Page 46 www.4GSource.net 5. Click ‘PBC’ button now to start to establish wireless connection by WPS, and please be patient (This may require several seconds to one minute to complete). When you see ‘WPS status is connected successfully’ message, means the connection between your wireless network card and access point is successfully connected by WPS, and the information about access point you connected to will be displayed.
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Page 47: Wps Setup - Pin
If the wireless access point you wish to connect supports PIN, please follow the following instructions to establish connection to it: 1. Right-click the Edimax configuration utility icon located at lower-right corner of computer desktop, then click ‘Launch Config Utilities’. - Page 48 www.4GSource.net The PIN number of your wireless network card is an eight-digit number located at the upper-right position of configuration utility. Remember it, and input the number to your wireless access point as the WPS PIN code (Please refer to the user manual of your wireless access point for instructions about how to do this). NOTE: The PIN code of every wireless network card is DIFFERENT.
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Page 49: About
Please follow the following instructions to see these information: Right-click the Edimax configuration utility icon located at lower-right corner of computer desktop, then click ‘Launch Config Utilities’. 2. Click ‘About’ tab, and the following settings will appear:... - Page 50 If you need assistance about network problem, you’ll need these values. You can also click ‘WWW.EDIMAX.COM’ button to go to the web site of network card driver manufacturer and get more information about your wireless network card. Please click ‘OK’ to close configuration utility.
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Page 51: Chapter Iii: Appendix
www.4GSource.net CHAPTER III: APPENDIX 3-1 Hardware Specification Standards: IEEE 802.11b/g/Draft-N Interface: USB 2.0 (USB 1.1 Compatible) 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): MCS0-15, 32 with Half Guard Interval Support (up to 144Mbps) 11n (40MHz): MCS0-15, 32 with Half Guard Interval Support (up to 300Mbps) Securities: WEP 64/128, WPA, WPA2... -
Page 52: Troubleshooting
www.4GSource.net 3-2 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 I can’t find any wireless access... - Page 53 www.4GSource.net add the MAC address of your network card to his / her access point’s list. The network is slow / having 1. Move closer to the place where access point is located. problem when transferring large 2. Enable ‘Wireless Protection’ in ‘Advanced’ tab. files 3.
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Page 54: Glossary
www.4GSource.net 3-3 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 55 www.4GSource.net 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. 8. What is TKIP? TKIP is a quick-fix method to quickly overcome the inherent weaknesses in WEP security, especially the reuse of encryption keys.
- Page 56 www.4GSource.net 14. What is WMM? Wi-Fi Multimedia (WMM), a group of features for wireless networks that improve the user experience for audio, video and voice applications. WMM is based on a subset of the IEEE 802.11e WLAN QoS draft standard. WMM adds prioritized capabilities to Wi-Fi networks and optimizes their performance when multiple concurring applications, each with different latency and throughput requirements, compete for network resources.
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Page 57: Fcc And Other Compliance Statements
www.4GSource.net 3-4 FCC and Other Compliance Statements Federal Communication Commission Interference Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. - Page 58 www.4GSource.net Federal Communication Commission (FCC) Radiation Exposure Statement This equipment complies with FCC radiation exposure set forth for an uncontrolled environment. In order to avoid the possibility of exceeding the FCC radio frequency exposure limits, human proximity to the antenna shall not be less than 20cm (8 inches) during normal operation.