1. Manuals
  2. Brands
  3. Abocom Manuals
  4. Adapter
  5. WU5214
  6. User manual

Abocom WU5214 User Manual

802.11 b/g/n mini wireless lan usb 2.0 adapter
Hide thumbs
Table of Contents

Advertisement

Quick Links

Download this manual
802.11 b/g/n
Mini Wireless LAN
USB 2.0 Adapter
User's Manual

Advertisement

Table of Contents
loading

Related Manuals for Abocom WU5214

Summary of Contents for Abocom WU5214

  • Page 1 802.11 b/g/n Mini Wireless LAN USB 2.0 Adapter User’s Manual...

  • Page 2: Federal Communication Commission Interference Statement

    OET Bulletin 65 Supplement C. This equipment should be installed and operated with minimum distance 2.5cm between the radiator & your body. CE Statement: Hereby, AboCom, declares that this device is in compliance with the essential requirement and other relevant provisions of the R&TTE Driective 1999/5/EC.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION ... 1 ...1 EATURES CHAPTER 2: INSTALLATION... 1 FOR WINDOWS 2000/XP ... 2 NSTALL THE OFTWARE NSTALL THE ARDWARE FOR WINDOWS VISTA... 6 NSTALL THE OFTWARE NSTALL THE ARDWARE ...5 ERIFICATION NETWORK CONNECTION ... 9 IP A ...9 DDRESS...
  • Page 4 Statistics... 34 About ... 35 FOR WINDOWS VISTA... 36 ...37 TATION Profile ... 37 Network... 42 Link Status... 45 Advanced... 46 Statistics... 47 WMM / QoS... 49 WPS ... 50 Radio On/Off ... 53 About ... 53 TILITY ...55 MODE Config ...

  • Page 5: Chapter 1: Introduction

    Chapter 1: Introduction WU5214 (Wireless LAN USB Adapter) is an IEEE802.11b/g/n USB adapter that connects your notebook to a wireless local area network. The and IEEE 802.11 b/g standards, delivers reliable, cost-effective, feature rich wireless connectivity at high throughput from an extended distance.

  • Page 6: Chapter 2: Installation

    Installation For Windows 2000/XP Install the Software Note: Do not insert the Wireless LAN USB Adapter into the computer until the InstallShield Wizard finished installing. 1. Exit all Windows programs. Insert the included Installation CD into the computer. The CD-ROM will run automatically.
  • Page 7 Microsoft Zero Configuration Tool: Choose to use Windows XP’s built-in Zero Configuration Utility (ZCU). Click Next to continue. 5. When prompt to the following message, please click Install to begin the installation. 6. When the following screen appears, click Finish to complete the software installation.

  • Page 8: Install The Hardware

    Install the Hardware Note: Insert the Wireless LAN USB Adapter when finished software installation. Insert the Wireless LAN USB Adapter into the USB Port of the computer. The system will automatically detect the new hardware.

  • Page 9: Verification

    Verification To verify if the device is active in the computer. Go to Start > Setting > Control Panel > System > Hardware > Device Manager. Expand the Network Adapters category. If the 802.11n/b/g Mini Wireless LAN USB2.0 Adapter is listed here, it means that the device is properly installed and enabled.

  • Page 10: For Windows Vista

    For Windows Vista Install the Software Note: Do not insert the Wireless LAN USB Adapter into the computer until the InstallShield Wizard finished installing. Exit all Windows programs. Insert the included Installation CD into the computer. The CD-ROM will run automatically. When the License Agreement screen appears, please read the contents and select “I accept the terms of the license agreement “...
  • Page 11 When prompt to the following message, please click Install to begin the installation. When the following screen appears, click Finish to complete the software installation.

  • Page 12: Install The Hardware

    Install the Hardware Note: Insert the Wireless LAN USB Adapter when finished software installation. Insert the Wireless LAN USB Adapter into the USB Port of the computer. The system will automatically detect the new hardware. Verification To verify if the device is active in the computer. Go to Start > Setting > Control Panel > System >...

  • Page 13: Network Connection

    Network Connection IP Address Note: When assigning IP address(es) to computers on the network, remember to have IP address for each computer set on the same subnet mask. If the Broadband Router has been enabled DHCP server function, it won’t be necessary to assign static IP address for PC.

  • Page 14: Chapter 3: Utility Configuration

    Chapter 3: Utility Configuration For Windows 2000/XP After the Wireless LAN USB Adapter has been successfully installed, users can use the included Configuration Utility to set the preference. Go to Start (All) Program Intelligent Wireless Intelligent Wireless Utility. Users can also open the Configuration Utility by double clicking or right clicking the icon in the tray to select Launch Config Utility.

  • Page 15: Station Mode

    Station Mode IMPORTANT NOTICE: Under screen resolution 800 x 600 pixels, if users click the triangle button at the right down corner of the utility windows to expand the station linking information that will NOT be displayed completely. Profile Profile can let users book keeping the favorite wireless setting among home, office, and other public hot-spot.
  • Page 16 Shows the encryption type. Encryption Use 802.1x Whether or not use 802.1x feature. Transmit power, the amount of power used by a radio transceiver to send Tx Power the signal out. Channel Shows the selected channel that is currently in use. Choose from CAM (Constantly Awake Mode) or PSM (Power Saving Power Save Mode Mode.)
  • Page 17 • The Ad-hoc lets users set a small wireless workgroup easily and quickly. Equipped with the Wireless LAN USB Adapter, users can share files and printers between each PC and laptop. Tx Power: Transmit power, the amount of power used by a radio transceiver to send the signal out.
  • Page 18 • Shared: Shared key is when both the sender and the recipient share a secret key. • LEAP: Light Extensible Authentication Protocol. It is an EAP authentication type used primarily in Cisco Aironet WLANs. It encrypts data transmissions using dynamically generated WEP keys, and supports mutual authentication (only with CCX mode enabled.) •...
  • Page 19 EAP Method: • PEAP: Protect Extensible Authentication Protocol. PEAP transport securely authentication data by using tunnelling between PEAP clients and an authentication server. PEAP can authenticate wireless LAN clients using only server-side certificates, thus simplifying the implementation and administration of a secure wireless LAN. •...
  • Page 20 ID/ PASSWORD: Identity and password for server. • Authentication ID / Password: Identity, password and domain name for server. Only "EAP-FAST" EAP method and "LEAP" authentication can key in domain name. Domain name can be keyed in blank space. • Tunnel ID / Password: Identity and Password for server. Show Password: Check this box to show the passwords that have been entered.

  • Page 21: Network

    Click to delete an existing profile. Delete Edit Click to edit a profile. Activate Click to make a connection between devices. Network The Network page displays the information of surrounding APs from last scan result. The tab lists the information including SSID, Network type, Channel, Wireless mode, Security-Enabled and Signal. Network Tab Sorted by Indicate that AP list are sorted by SSID, Channel or Signal.
  • Page 22 Select an item (SSID) on the list and then click to add it into the profile list. Add to Profile Connect Select an item (SSID) on the list and then click to make a connection. Access Point (AP) Information Double click on the intended AP to see AP's detail information that divides into four parts. They are General, WPS, CCX and 802.11n information.

  • Page 23: Link Status

    Selected Registrar: Indicate if the user has recently activated a Registrar to add an Enrollee. The values are "TRUE" and "FALSE" State: The current configuration state on AP. The values are "Unconfigured" and "Configured.” Version: WPS specified version. AP Setup Locked: Indicate if AP has entered a setup locked state. UUID-E: The universally unique identifier (UUID) element generated by the Enrollee.

  • Page 24: Link Status Tab

    Link Status Tab Shows the current connected AP SSID and MAC address. If there is no Status connection existing, it will show Disconnected. Shows the link status and TX power percentage. Extra Info Shows the current channel in use. Channel Authentication mode used within the network, including Unknown, Authentication Open, Shared, Leap, WPA-PSK, WPA2-PSK, WPA and WPA2.

  • Page 25: Advanced

    Shows the receiving signal strength, users can choose to display as Signal Strength 1 percentage or dBm format. Noise Strength Shows the noise signal strength in the wireless environment. Transmit Shows the current Link Speed and Throughput of the transmit rate. Receive Shows the current Link Speed and Throughput of receive rate.

  • Page 26: Statistics

    Check to enable the CCX function. Enable CCX • Turn on CCKM. (Cisco Compatible extensions) • Enable Radio Measurements: Check to enable the Radio measurement function. • Non-Serving Measurements limit: Users can set channel measurement every 0~2000 milliseconds. (Default is set to 250 milliseconds.) Click to apply above settings.

  • Page 27: Wmm/ Qos

    Receive Statistics Frames Received Successfully Shows information of packets received successfully. Frames Received With CRC Shows information of packets received with CRC error. Error Frames Dropped Due To Shows information of packets dropped due to resource issue. Out-of-Resource Duplicate Frames Received Shows information of packets received more than twice.

  • Page 28: Wps

    WMM/QoS Tab Check the box to enable Wi-Fi Multi-Media function that is meant to WMM Enable improve audio, video and voice applications transmitted over Wi-Fi. Select a power save mode that preferred. WMM- Power Save AC_BK (Access Category Background) Enable AC_BE (Access Category Best Effort) AC_VI (Access Category Video) AC_VO (Access Category Voice)
  • Page 29 WPS Tab WPS AP List Display the information of surrounding APs with WPS IE from last scan result. List information included SSID, BSSID, Channel, ID (Device Password ID), Security-Enabled. Rescan Issue a rescan command to wireless NIC to update information on surrounding wireless network.
  • Page 30 If selected the AP that listed in the WPS Profile List field, users can click the Detail button to see more AP information. SSID: Shows the connected AP network name. BSSID: The MAC address of the connected AP. Fixed and cannot be changed.

  • Page 31: Radio On/Off

    Export all credentials to Profile. Export Profile Delete Delete an existing credential. And then select the next credential if exist. If there is an empty credential, the driver will select any non-security AP. Registrar: Add the AP’s PIN code into the PIN code column, and press the device PIN button.

  • Page 32: About

    About This page displays the information of the Wireless LAN USB Adapter including, Config Version/ Date, Driver Version/ Date, EEPROM Version, Firmware Version and Phy_Address. Utility Menu List To access the utility menu list, please right click the utility icon on the task bar. Launch Config Utility: Select to open the utility screen.

  • Page 33: Soft Ap Mode

    Soft AP mode Config Config AP name of user type. Users also can click Use Mac Address button to SSID display it. Channel Manually force the AP using the channel. (The system default is CH 1.) Wireless Mode Here supports 2.4G (included 802.11b/g/n) wireless mode. (The system default is 2.4G.) Use Mac Address Click this button to replace SSID by MAC address.
  • Page 34 Authentication Type: There are several types of authentication modes including Open, Shared, WPA-PSK, WPA2-PSK, and WPA-PSK/ WPA2-PSK. (System authentication type default is Open.) Encryption Type: For Open and Shared authentication mode, the selections of encryption type are Not Use and WEP. For WPA-PSK, WPA2-PSK, and WPA-PSK/ WPA2-PSK authentication mode, the encryption type supports both TKIP and AES.

  • Page 35: Access Control

    No forwarding No beacon among wireless client, clients can share information each among wireless other. (The system default is no forwarding.) clients Hide SSID Do not display AP name. (System default is disabled.) Allow BW 40MHz Click to disable this function. (System default is enabled.) This function enables the adapter to deliver better throughput, enable this function the link speed will up to 300Mbps, disable this function the link speed will up to 150Mbps only.

  • Page 36: Mac Table

    Access Control User chooses whether AP start the function or not. (System default is Access Policy Disable.) Disable: Do not use this access control function. Allow All: Only the MAC address listed in the Access List can connect with this soft AP. Reject All: Only the MAC address listed in the Access List can NOT connect with this soft AP.

  • Page 37: Event Log

    MAC Table The station MAC address of current connection. MAC Address Raise value by current connection. Power Saving Mode The station of current connect whether it have to support. Status The status of current connection. Event Log Event Log Event Time Records the event time.

  • Page 38: Statistics

    Statistics Transmit Statistics Frames Transmitted Successfully Frames Fail To Receive ACK After All Retries RTS Frames Successfully Receive RTS Frames Fail To Receive CTS Frames Transmitted Successfully After Retry Receive Statistics Frames Received Successfully Frames Received With CRC Error Shows information of packets received with CRC error. Frames Dropped Due To Out-of-Resource Shows information of packets successfully sent.

  • Page 39: About

    Duplicate Frames Received Reset Counter About This page displays the Wireless LAN USB Adapter and driver version information. The number of duplicate packets received. Reset counters to zero. 35 -...

  • Page 40: For Windows Vista

    For Windows Vista After the Wireless LAN USB Adapter has been successfully installed, users can use the included Configuration Utility to set the preference. Go to Start (All) Program Intelligent Wireless Intelligent Wireless Utility. Open the Configuration Utility by double clicking or right clicking the icon in the tray to select Launch Config Utility.

  • Page 41: Station Mode

    Station Mode Profile Profile can book keeping the favorite wireless setting among home, office, and other public hot-spot. Users may save multiple profiles, and activate the correct one at preference. The Profile manager enables users to Add, Edit, Delete, and Activate profiles. Click this button to show the information of Status Section.
  • Page 42 Choose from CAM (Constantly Awake Mode) or PSM (Power Saving Power Save Mode Mode.) RTS Threshold Shows the RTS Threshold of the device. Fragment Threshold Shows the Fragment Threshold of the device. Click to add a profile from the drop-down screen. System Configuration tab: Profile Name: Users can enter profile name, or use default name defined by system.
  • Page 43 frame delimiter. Select from the pull-down menu to change the Preamble type into Auto or Long. Power Save Mode: • CAM (Constantly Awake Mode): When this mode is selected, the power supply will be normally provided even when there is no throughput.
  • Page 44 • WPA/ WPA-PSK/ WPA2/ WPA2-PSK: WPA-PSK offers two encryption methods, TKIP and AES. Select the type of algorithm, TKIP or AES and then enter a WPA Shared Key of 8-63 characters in the WPA Pre-shared Key field. Encryption Type: For Open and Shared authentication mode, the selection of encryption type are None and WEP.
  • Page 45 certificate-based and mutual authentication of the client and the network. It relies on client-side and server-side certificates to perform authentication and can be used to dynamically generate user-based and session-based WEP keys to secure subsequent communications between the WLAN client and the access point. Tunnel Authentication: •...

  • Page 46: Network

    OK: Click to save settings and exit this page. Cancel: Click to call off the settings and exit. Server Certification tab: Use certificate chain: Choose use server that issuer of certificates. Server name: Enter an authentication sever name. OK: Click to save settings and exit this page. Cancel: Click call off the settings and exit.

  • Page 47: Network Tab

    Network Tab Indicate that AP list are sorted by SSID, Channel or Signal. Sorted by Show dBm Check the box to show the dBm of the AP list. SSID Shows the name of BSS network. Network Type Network type in use, Infrastructure for BSS, Ad-Hoc for IBSS network. Channel Shows the currently used channel.
  • Page 48 WPS information contains Authentication Type, Encryption Type, Config Methods, Device Password ID, Selected Registrar, State, Version, AP Setup Locked, UUID-E and RF Bands. Authentication Type: There are four types of authentication modes supported by RaConfig. They are Open, Shared, WPA-PSK, WPA securities, WPA2-PSK and WPA2.

  • Page 49: Link Status

    802.11n This tab will show up if the selected access point supports 11n mode. Here shows the connected access point 802.11n related information. Link Status Click the triangle button at the right down corner of the windows to expand the link status. The link status page displays the detail information of current connection.

  • Page 50: Advanced

    Link Status Tab Shows the current connected AP SSID and MAC address. If there is no Status connection existing, it will show Disconnected. Extra Info Shows the link status and Tx power percentage. Channel Shows the current channel in use. Authentication mode used within the network, including Unknown, Open, Authentication Shared, WPA-PSK, WPA2-PSK, WPA and WPA2.

  • Page 51: Statistics

    Advanced Tab Wireless mode Here supports 2.4G (included 802.11b/g/n) wireless mode. Enable TX Burst Check to enable this function. This function enables the Wireless LAN USB Adapter to deliver better throughput during a period of time, it only takes effect when connecting with the AP that supports this function. Enable TCP Window Check to increase the transmission quality.
  • Page 52 Transmit Statistics Tab Frames Transmitted Shows information of packets successfully sent. Successfully Frames Retransmitted Shows information of packets successfully sent with one or more Successfully reties. Frames Fail To Receive ACK Shows information of packets failed transmit after hitting retry After All Retries limit.

  • Page 53: Wmm/ Qos

    WMM/ QoS The WMM page shows the Wi-Fi Multi-Media power save function and Direct Link Setup that ensure the wireless network linking quality. WMM/QoS Tab WMM Enable Check the box to enable Wi-Fi Multi-Media function that is meant to improve audio, video and voice applications transmitted over Wi-Fi.

  • Page 54: Wps

    The primary goal of Wi-Fi Protected Setup (Wi-Fi Simple Configuration) is to simplify the security setup and management of Wi-Fi networks. The STA as an Enrollee or external Registrar supports the configuration setup using PIN (Personal Identification Number) configuration method or PBC (Push Button Configuration) method through an internal or external Registrar.
  • Page 55 Select from the pull-down menu to decide the station role-playing as an Config Mode Enrollee or an external Registrar. Detail Click the Detail button to show the information about Security and Key in the credential. If selected the AP that listed in the WPS Profile List field, click the Detail button to see more AP information.
  • Page 56 Command to rotate to connect to the next network inside credentials. Rotate Disconnect Stop WPS action and disconnect this active link. And then select the last profile at the Profile Page. If there is an empty profile page, the driver will select any non-security AP.

  • Page 57: Radio On/Off

    Radio On/Off Click this button to turn on or off radio function. This icon shows radio on, click to turn it off. This icon shows radio off, click to turn it on. About This page displays the information of the Wireless LAN USB Adapter including, RaConfig Version/ Date, Driver Version/ Date, EEPROM Version and Phy_Address.

  • Page 58: Utility Menu List

    Utility Menu List To access Windows Vista utility menu list, please right click the utility icon on the task bar. Launch Config Utility: Select to open the utility screen. Switch to AP Mode: Select to make the Wireless LAN USB Adapter act as a wireless AP. Exit: Select to close the utility program.

  • Page 59: Soft Ap Mode

    Soft AP mode Config Config AP name of user type. Users also can click Use Mac Address button to SSID display it. Channel Manually force the AP using the channel. (The system default is CH 1.) Wireless Mode Here supports 2.4G (included 802.11b/g/n) wireless mode. Use Mac Address Click this button to replace SSID by MAC address.
  • Page 60 Authentication Type: There are several types of authentication modes including Open, Shared, WPA-PSK, WPA2-PSK, and WPA-PSK/ WPA2-PSK. (System authentication type default is Open.) Encryption Type: For Open and Shared authentication mode, the selections of encryption type are Not Use and WEP. For WPA-PSK, WPA2-PSK, and WPA-PSK/ WPA2-PSK authentication mode, the encryption type supports both TKIP and AES.

  • Page 61: Access Control

    No beacon among wireless client, clients can share information each No forwarding other. (The system default is no forwarding.) among wireless clients Hide SSID Do not display AP name. (System default no hide.) Allow BW 40MHz Click to disable this function. (System default is enabled.) This function enables the adapter to deliver better throughput, enable this function the link speed will up to 300Mbps, disable this function the link speed will up to 150Mbps only.

  • Page 62: Mac Table

    Access Control User chooses whether AP start the function or not. (System default is Access Policy Disable.) Disable: Do not use this access control function. Allow All: Only the MAC address listed in the Access List can connect with this soft AP. Reject All: Only the MAC address listed in the Access List can NOT connect with this soft AP.

  • Page 63: Event Log

    MAC Table MAC Address The station MAC address of current connection. Raise value by current connection. Power Saving Mode The station of current connect whether it have to support. The status of current connection. Status Event Log Event Log Event Time Records the event time.

  • Page 64: Statistics

    Statistics Transmit Statistics Frames Transmitted Successfully Frames Fail To Receive ACK After All Retries RTS Frames Successfully Receive RTS Frames Fail To Receive CTS Frames Transmitted Successfully After Retry Receive Statistics Frames Received Successfully Frames Received With CRC Error Shows information of packets received with CRC error. Frames Dropped Due To Out-of-Resource Shows information of packets successfully sent.

  • Page 65: About

    Duplicate Frames Received Reset Counter About This page displays the Wireless LAN USB Adapter and driver version information. The number of duplicate packets received. Reset counters to zero. 61 -...

  • Page 66: Chapter 4: Uninstallation

    Chapter 4: UNINSTALLATION For Windows 2000/XP To uninstall the utility and driver, please refer to below steps. (When uninstalling the utility, the driver will be uninstalled as well.) Go to Start All Programs Intelligent Wireless Uninstall –Intelligent. 62 -...
  • Page 67 Click Yes to complete remove the selected application and all of its features. Then click Finish to complete the uninstallation. 63 -...

  • Page 68: For Windows Vista

    For Windows Vista To uninstall the utility and driver, please refer to below steps. (When uninstalling the utility, the driver will be uninstalled as well.) 1. Go to Start Programs Intelligent Wireless Uninstall –Intelligent. 64 -...
  • Page 69 2. Click Yes to complete remove the selected application and all of its features. Caution: Under Vista 64-bit operation system, when process uninstallation the following screen will show up and request to insert Wireless LAN USB Adapter to complete the uninstallation. 3.

Table of Contents