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Edimax 802.11g Wireless LAN Cardbus Adapter User Manual

Edimax 802.11g Wireless LAN Cardbus Adapter User Manual

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  • Page 1: User Manual

    User Manual...
  • Page 2 Vers ion: 1 .1 (June, 2 005) COPYRIGHT Co p yrigh t © 2 005 /2006 b y this compan y. All rig hts rese rved . No pa rt o f th is pu blication ma y be repro duce d, transmitted , transcribe d, s tore d in a re trie val s ystem, or transla ted in to an y langu age or compu ter la nguage , in an y fo rm o r b y an y means , electroni c, me chani cal , magne tic, op ti cal , chemical , manual o r o the rwise , wi thou t the p rior w ri tten pe rmission o f this compan y...
  • Page 3 Fe deral Communication Commission Inte rference Statement This equipmen t has been tested and found to compl y wi th the l imits fo r a Class B digi ta l de vi ce , pu rsuant to Part 15 o f FCC Rul es. These l imits are design ed to pro vide reasonable p ro te ction agai nst ha rmful in te rference in a residen tial ins talla ti on .
  • Page 4 R&TTE Compliance Statement This equipmen t complies wi th a ll the req uiremen ts of D IR EC TIVE 1999 /5 /C E OF TH E EUR OPEAN PARL IAMEN T AND TH E C OUNC IL o f Ma rch 9, 1 999 on radio eq uipmen t and tele communica tion te rminal Equ ipment a nd the mutu al reco gni tion o f thei r con fo rmity (R &TTE) The R &TTE Di recti ve re peals and re places in the di re cti ve 98 /1 3/EEC...

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    CONTENTS 1 I NTRODUCTION............. 1 ..................

  • Page 6: Ntroduction

    1 Introduction Than k you fo r pu rcha sing th e 802.11g Wirele ss L AN Ca rbu s Adap te r. Thi s A dapte r i s de sign ed to comply with IEEE 802.11g Wi rele ss LA N standa rd and ea sy to carry with the Mini size .

  • Page 7: Package Contents

    • Dimension: 8(H) x 118(W) x 54(D) mm • Temperature: 32~131°F (0 ~55°C) • Humidity: 0-95% (NonCondensing) • Certification: FCC, CE Package Contents Be fore you begin the in stallation, plea se check the item s o f your package. The package sh ould include t he following item s: •...

  • Page 8: Nstallati On Procedure

    2 Installation Procedure Be fore you p roceed with the in stallation, plea se notice following de scription s. Note1: The following installation was operated in Windows XP. (Procedures are similar for Windows 98SE/Me/2000) Note2: If you have installed the Wireless PC Card driver & utility before, please uninstall the old version first.
  • Page 9 Table 2-1. I ns ta ller I nsta llat ion Se lect ions Radio Button Descr ipti on In stall Client In stall s the d rive r an d client u tilities. Thi s i s the re commend s Utilitie s and option .
  • Page 10 12.W indows m ay display a W indo ws Logo e rror for the USB bootloade r. C li ck C ontinue Any way. The installe r continue s installation. 13.W indows m ay display a W indo ws Logo e rror for the W LA N drive r. C li ck C lick C ontinue Any way.
  • Page 11 Installing the Atheros USB Wireless Network Adapter To install the USB drive r and the Athe ros C lient Uti lit y, see “To install the ACU and USB de vice dri ve r:” on page 2-1. To install the USB De vi ce Drive r se parate ly: 1.
  • Page 12 4. C li ck Finish to close the Found Ne w Hard wa re W izard and comple te installation of the USB de vice bootloade r. 5. The Found Ne w Ha rd ware W izard ope ns to install soft wa re for the USB de vice . C li ck Ne x t to continue .
  • Page 13 7. W indows m ay display a W indo ws Logo e rror for the W LAN drive r. C li ck C ontinue Any way. The installe r wi ll continue the installation. 8. C li ck Finish to close the Found Ne w Hard wa re W izard and comple te installation of the Athe ros USB Ne t wo rk Adapte r.
  • Page 14 Use the ACU to configure the de vice dri ve r. The AC U provide s ex te nsive online he lp to aid in configuring the de vi ce . Acce ss the ACU by right-cli ck ing the tray i con and choosing Athe ros C lie nt Utili ty.

  • Page 15: Configuration Utility

    3 Configuration Utility The Client Utility i s a u ser-mode utility de sign ed to edit and ad d p rofile s fo r, a s well a s di spla y and diagno stics pe rtaining to a selecte d wirele ss USB adapte r. Wireless Connection Status When you ope n the Con figura tion Utility, the system will scan all t he ch annel s t o find all the a cce ss p oint s/ station s within the acce ssi ble ra nge of you r ca rd and automatically conne ct to...

  • Page 16: Profile Management

    Profile Management Pa ramete r De sc ription To add a ne w con figura tion p rofile, click Ne w on the P ro file Management tab. To modify a con figura tion p rofile, sele ct the configu ration f rom the P rofile li st and click the Modify button .

  • Page 17: Diagnostics

    B ro wse to the di recto ry to expo rt the p ro file to. Cli ck Save . The p rofile i s e xpo rted to th e spe cified loca tion. O rde r Pro file s In cluding a p rofile in t he auto selection fea ture allows the wi rele ss adap ter to au tomatically select tha t p rofile f rom the li st o f p rofile s and u se it to connect to the ne twork.

  • Page 18: Security

    Security Thi s Chapte r de scribe s setting up se cu rity u sing th e Athe ro s Client Utility(A CU). While u sing the A the ro s USB wi rele ss ne two rk adapte r, encryption da ta can p rote ct it s a s it i s t ran smitted th rough the wirele ss net wo rk.
  • Page 19 This is because the WEP keys of all devices that are to communicate with each other must match. Authentication Process Enabling EAP on the access point and configuring the USB device to LEAP, EAP-TLS, PEAP (EAP-GTC), or PEAP (EAP-MSCHAP V2) authentication to the network occurs in the following sequence: 1.

  • Page 20: Wpa S Etting

    tha t Allow A sso ciation to Mixed Cell s i s checked on the S ecu rit y to allow a sso ciation. Enable s the u se of p re -sha red keys tha t a re de fined on bo th th e Pr e- Shar ed a cce ss p oint and the station.
  • Page 21 Us ing EAP-TLS Sec ur ity Im portant Note : To u se EAP -TTLS se cu rity, the ma chine mu st alre ady ha ve the EA P- TTLS ce rtifi cate s do wnloaded onto it f rom a Ce rtificate Autho rity (CA ). Plea se che ck with your IT admini st rato r.
  • Page 22 Us ing EAP-TTLS Sec ur ity Im portant Note : To u se EAP -TTLS se cu rity, the ma chine mu st alre ady ha ve the EA P- TTLS ce rtifi cate s do wnloaded onto it f rom a Ce rtificate Autho rity (CA ). Plea se che ck with your IT admini st rato r.
  • Page 23 Us ing PEAP-GTC Sec ur ity I mpor ta nt Note ! To use PE AP (E AP -G TC) securi ty, the se rv er m us t hav e WP A-PE AP ce rtifica tes, a nd the Ce r ti fica te Authori ty (CA) serv er pr oper ties must alrea dy be se t up.
  • Page 24 Choo se To ken Static Pa sswo rd, depe nding on th e u se r databa se. Note that To ken u se s a ha rdwa re to ken devi ce o r t he Se cu re Computing SofTo ken p rog ram (ve rsi on 1.3 or late r) to ob tain and en te r a one -time pa sswo rd during auth entication .
  • Page 25 Spe cify a u ser name fo r inne r PEAP tunnel authen tication: – Check Use Windows Use r Name to u se the Windo ws u ser name a s the PEAP u ser name. – O R: Ente r a PEAP u se r name in the User Name field to u se a sepa rat e u se r name and start the PEAP authenti cation p ro ce ss.
  • Page 26 Us ing LEAP Sec ur ity Im portant Note ! LEAP se curit y requi re s that all infra st ructu re de vice s (e.g. acce ss point s and se rve rs) a re configu red fo r LEAP au thentica tion. Check with the IT manage r. To u se se cu rity In t he Athe ro s Client Utility, acce ss the Secu rit y tab in the Pro file...

  • Page 27: Us Ing Wpa Pass Phrase Sec Ur Ity

    Check Use Windows Use r Name to u se the Windo ws u ser name a s the L EAP u ser name. O R: Che c k Manually P rompt fo r LEAP Use r Name and Pa ssword to manually login and sta rt the LE AP au thentica tion p roce ss.

  • Page 28: Pre-Share D Enc R Yption Ke Ys

    5. En ter the WP A pa ssph ra se (fo r A SCII te xt, ente r 8 -63 cha ra cte rs, fo r he xade cimal, ente r 64 chara cte rs). Click OK. 6. Click O K and enable the p rofile. 3 .4 .3 Pre-Share d Enc r yption Ke ys To use Pre-Shared Key (static WEP) security In the Atheros Client Utility, access the Security tab in the Profile Management window.

  • Page 29: Overwriting An Existing Static Wep Key

    configu ration secu rity. At lea st one Sha red Key field mu st be populated to ena ble se cu rity u sing a sha red key. Cli ck o n the radio button to set the key a s t he default en cryption key.

  • Page 30: Troubleshooting

    4 Troubleshooting Thi s chapte r p ro vide s solution s to p roblem s u sually encoun tered du ring the in stallation and ope ration of the adapte r. 1. For Wi ndow s 98SE c om pute rs, i f the Ather os Cli ent Util ity fails to loa d a fter pr operl y i ns talla ti on, cl ick on the w i ndow s “S tar t”...
  • Page 31 scheme s found in 802.11b including CCK fo r 11 and 5.5 Mbp s a nd Ba rke r code modulation f or 2 and 1 Mbp s. B. A pro tection mechani sm called RTS/CTS that gove rn s ho w 802.1 1g devi ce s and 802.
  • Page 32 and howe ve r communicated o r sto red , while ma king mo re ef ficient u se of ha rdware and/ or sof tware than p re viou s encryption standa rd s. It i s al so included in IEEE 802.11i st anda rd.

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