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Edimax EW-7126 User Manual

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User Manual
Version: 3.0
(June, 2004)

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  • Page 1 User Manual Version: 3.0 (June, 2004)
  • Page 2 COPYRIGHT Copyright 2003/2004 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 This company makes no representations or warranties, either expressed or implied, with respect to the contents hereof and specifically disclaims any...

  • Page 3: Federal Communication Commission Interference Statement

    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 4 R&TTE Compliance Statement This equipment complies with all the requirements of DIRECTIVE 1999/5/E C OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL of March 9, 1999 on radio equipment and telecommunication terminal Equipment and the mutual recognition of their conformity (R&TTE) The R&TTE Directive repeals and replaces in the directive 98/13/EEC (Telecommunications Terminal Equipment and Satellite Earth Station Equipment) As of April 8, 2000.

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    1 INTRODUCTION ... 1 ...1 EATURES ...1 PECIFICATIONS ACKAGE ONTENTS 2 INSTALLATION PROCEDURE... 3 NSTALL THE RIVER NSTALL THE TILITY SING TILITY IN 2.3.1 Using the Windows XP’s Utility... 7 2.3.2 Using the Utility of this Card ... 7 3 CONFIGURATION UTILIT Y ... 10 TILITY VERVIEW ONNECT TO THE...

  • Page 6: Introduction

    1 Introduction Thank you for purchasing the Wireless LAN PCI Card. This card features the latest innovation wireless technology. For WLAN security issues, this card supports 64/128-bit WEP data encryption that protects your wireless network from eavesdropping. It also supports WPA (Wi-Fi Protected Access) feature that combines IEEE 802.1x and TKIP (Temporal Key Integrity Protocol) tec hnologies.

  • Page 7: Package Contents

    Data Rate: 11/5.5/2/1Mbps auto fallback Security: 64/128-bit WEP Data Encryption, WPA (IEEE 802.1x with TKIP) and AES Antenna: External detachable dipole antenna (Cable Length: 94cm, Connector: RP -SMA connector) Drivers: Windows 98SE/Me/NT/2000/XP/Server 2003 and Linux LEDs: TX/RX, Link Power Voltage: 3.3V Transmit Power: 16dBm~18dBm Receive Sensitivity: -83dBm (Typical) Dimension: 19(H) x 135(W) x 121(D) mm...

  • Page 8: Installation Procedure

    2 Installation Procedure Before you proceed with the installation, please notice following descriptions. Note1: The following installation was operated under Windows X P. (Procedures will be the same for Windows 98SE/Me/NT/2000/Server 2003.) Note2: If you have installed the Wireless PC Card driver & utility before, please uninstall the old version first.
  • Page 9 4. The system starts installing the driver for the card. 5. Click “Finish“ when the installation is finished.

  • Page 10: Install The Utility

    Install the Utility 1. Insert the CD into the CD-ROM device and execute the "Utility \setup.exe" program. The InstallShield Wizard box will appear, click " Next" to continue. 2. Click “Yes“ if you accept all the terms of preceding License Agreement.
  • Page 11 3. The system will install the utility completely. 4. When you complete the Utility installation, a shortcut named “Rtl8180“ will appear in the computer’s desktop and a new icon will display in the system tray at the bottom of the screen.

  • Page 12: Using Utility In Windows Xp

    Using Utility in Windows XP Due to the Windows XP has built -in wireless network utility (also known as wireless zero configuration) you may decide to use the “Windows Zero Configuration” or the one provided by this card. If you don’t disable the “Windows Zero Configuration“ , you couldn’t connect to the selected network from the card’...
  • Page 13 S e cond Way 1. Right click the icon marked in pink in the system tray and select “View Available Wireless Networks“. Then, click “Advanced“. 2. Clear the “Use Windows to configure my wireless network settings“ check box.

  • Page 15: Configuration Utility

    3 Configuration Utility The Configuration Utility is a powerful application that helps you configure the Wireless LAN PCI Card and monitor the link status and the statistics during the communication process. The Configuration Utility appears as an icon on the system tray and desktop of Windows while the card is running.

  • Page 16: Connect To The Wireless Network

    Parameter Connect to the Wireless Network When you open the Configuration Utility, the system will scan all the channels to find all the access points /stations within the accessible range of your card and automatically connect to the wireless network with the highest signal strength. From the “Available Network” tab, all the networks nearby will be listed.

  • Page 17: Connection Status

    Parameter Available Netowrk(s) Refresh Add to Profile Connection Status To check the connection status of the card, select “General“. This screen shows the information of Link Speed, Network Type, Encryption Method, SSID, Signal Strength and Network Address of the card. Description This list shows all information of the available wireless networks within the range of your card.

  • Page 18: Profile List

    Profile List This profile list shows all the profiles with its configurations currently stored in the program. You can click “Add“, “Remove“, “Edit“, “Duplicate“ and “Set Default“ to configure the profile list.

  • Page 19: Configure The Profile

    Parameter Available Profile(s) Remove Duplicate Set Default 3.4.1 Configure the Profile Description This list shows the preferred networks for the wireless connection. You can add, remove, edit, duplicate the preferred networks or set one of the networks as the default connection. To configurate a new profile, click “Add“.
  • Page 20 Parameter Profile Name Network Name(SSID) This is a computer-t o- computer(ad hoc) network... Channel Wireless Network Key(WEP) Data Encryption(WEP Enabled) Network Authenticaton (Shared Mode) ASCII Description Define a recognizable profile name for you to identify the different networks. The SSID (up to 32 printable ASCII characters) is the unique name identified in a WLAN.

  • Page 21: Enable Wpa In Windows Xp

    Parameter Passphrase Key Length Network Key Confirm Network Key Key Index(Advanced) 3.4.2 Enable WPA in Windows XP W i-Fi Protected Access (WPA) is a specification of standards -based, interoperable security enhancement that strongly increases the level of data protection (encryption) and access control (authentication) for existing and future wireless LAN systems.
  • Page 22 1. Right click the icon. 2. Select “View Available Wireless Networks“ and click “Advanced“. 3. Click “Configure” button to configure the WPA function for the current network.
  • Page 23 Parameter Association Network Authentication Description O p e n – No authentication is needed among the wireless network. Shared – Only wireless stations using a shared key (WEP Key identified) are allowed to connecting each other. W P A – This mode is for enterprise with an authentication server (Radius Server), W P A -enabled access point, and a WPA-enabled client.

  • Page 24: Advanced Configuration

    Parameter Data Encryption Association Enable IEEE 802.1x authenticatin for this network EAP Type Advanced Configuration This screen allows you to do some advanced configuration including Power Save Mode and some specific settings for the card. Description WEP – In WPA or WPA-PSK mode, WEP is also able to be the encryption method for the transmission data.
  • Page 25 Parameter Power Save Wireless Mode Preamble Mode Channel Plan Description None – This card will always be set in active mode. Min – Enable the card in the power saving mode when it is idle, but some compoents of the card is still alive. In this mode, the power consumption is larger than “Max“...

  • Page 26: Status

    Parameter Data Rate Fragment Threshold RTS Threshold Save Log Set Defaults Apply Status This screen shows the information of manufacturer, driver version, settings of the wireless network the card is connecting to, linking time and link status. If you don’t ensure the status of the card and the network you are connecting, please go to the screen for more details.

  • Page 27: Statistics

    Statistics Y ou can get the real time information about the packet transmission and receiving status during wireless communication from the screen. If you want to recount the statistics value, please click “ Reset“.

  • Page 28: Software Ap

    Software AP This card can run as a wireless AP. The relative configurations of the AP including channel, SSID, WEP encryption and so on are described as follows. Paramet er SSID BSSID Associate Table Config 3.8.1 AP Connection Setting Please refer to Section 3.4.1 for the setting of the parameters for AP. Note that Ad Hoc mode is not enabled for AP.

  • Page 29: Ap Advanced Setting

    3.8.2 AP Advanced Setting Parameter Beacon Interval Description Beacon Interval which specifies the duration between beacon packets (milliseconds). The range for the beacon period is between 20-1000 milliseconds with a typical value of 100.

  • Page 30: Statistics

    Parameter DTIM Period Preamble Mode Data Rate Accept Authentication Type Set Defaults 3.8.3 Statistics You can get the real time information about the packet transmission and receiving status during wireless communication from the screen. If you want to recount the statistics value, please click “...

  • Page 32: Troubleshooting

    4 Troubleshooting This chapter provides solutions to problems usually encountered during the installation and operation of the card. 1. What is the IEEE 802.11b standard？ The IEEE 802.11b Wireless LAN standard subcommittee which formulat es the standard for the industry. The objective is to enable wireless LAN hardware from different manufactures to communicate.
  • Page 33 8. What is AES? AES (Advanced Encryption Standard), a chip-based securit y, has been developed to ensure the highest degree of security and authenticity for digital information, wherever and however communicated or stored, while making more efficient use of hardware and/or software than previous encryption standards.
  • Page 34 12. What is DSSS ？ What is FHSS ？ And what are their differences？ Frequency-hopping spread-spectrum (FHSS) uses a narrowband carrier that changes frequency in a pattern that is k nown to both transmitter and receiver. Properly synchronized, the net effect is to maintain a single logical channel. To an unintended receiver, FHSS appears to be short -duration impulse noise.

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