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.
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R&TTE Compliance Statement This equipment complies with all the requirements of DIRECTIVE 1999/5/CE 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.
1 Introduction Thank you for purchasing the 802.11g W ireless LAN Mini USB Adapter. This USB Adapter is designed to comply with IEEE 802.11g W ireless LAN standard and easy to carry with the Mini size. It is suitable for any Laptop or Desktop computers.
Certification: FCC, CE Package Contents Before you begin the installation, please check the items of your package. The package should include the following items: • One USB Adapter • One USB 2.0 Extension Cable (100 cm) • One Quick Guide •...
2 Installation Procedure Before you proceed with the installation, please notice following descriptions. Note1: Please do not install the USB adapter into your computer before installing the software program from the CD. Note2: The following installation was operated in Windows XP. (Procedures are similar for Windows 98SE/Me/2000/Server 2003.)
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C. Click “Continue Anyway” to finish the installation.
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A. Plug the USB Adapter into the USB port of your computer. B. The “Found New Hardware Wizard” is displayed, select “Install the software automatically (Recommended)” and click “Next”. C. Click “Continue Anyway” and the system will start to install the USB adapter.
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D. Click “Finish” to complete the installation.
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To setup the USB adapter, double-click the icon in the system tray. For Windows XP, there is a “Windows Zero Configuration Tool” for you to setup wireless clients. If you want to use the Utility of the USB adapter, please follow one of the ways as below.
3 Configuration Utility The Configuration Utility is a powerful application that helps you configure the 802.11g Wireless LAN Mini USB Adapter and monitor the link status during the communication process. The Configuration Utility appears as an icon on the system tray of W indows while the card is running.
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Description Station – Set the USB adapter a wireless client. Access Point – Turns the USB adapter to function as a wireless AP. Please refer to Section 3.5 for the AP settings. Display the product information of the USB Adapter.
RX Frame General Connection Setting Click “More Setting”, users are allowed to setup the wireless connection setting, Encryption Setting of the USB adapter and other advanced functions. Description This bar shows the signal strength level. The higher percentage shown in the bar, the more radio signal been received by the adapter.
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Parameter General Connection Setting Channel Tx Rate SSID Network Type Encryption Description Select the number of the radio channel used for the networking. The channel setting of the wireless devices within a network should be the same. There are several options including Auto/1/2/5.5/11/6/9/12/18/24/36/48/54Mbps for you to select.
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Parameter Encryption Authentication Mode Change/Apply Description AES – AES has been developed to ensure the highest degree of security and authenticity for digital information and it is the most advanced solution defined by IEEE 802.11i for the security in the wireless network.
Parameter Encryption Setting W EP Encryption Key Setting W PA Encryption Setting Click this button to setup the W PA function. Please refer to Profile Profile Name Load Save Current Delete Other Advanced Setting Information WEP and WPA Encryption WEP is an data encryption algorithm, which protects Wireless LAN data in the network against eavesdropping.
3.3.1 WEP Setting Parameter Key Length Default Key ID Key Format Key1 ~ Key4 Change/Apply Description You may select the 64-bit, 128-bit or 256-bit to encrypt transmitted data. Larger key length will provide higher level of security, but the throughput will be lower. Select one of the keys (1~4) as the encryption key.
3.3.2 WPA Setting The adapter can automatically detect the WPA setting of the AP which the adapter chooses to connect from the “Available Network“ list. To connect to the AP, you should setup the same settings with the AP. There are two kinds of WPA mode: W PA and WPA-PSK. W PA is designed for enterprise which requires a RADIUS Server and Certificate Server for the authentication.
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Parameter Connect Information Protocol User Name Password Pre-shared Key Certificate WEP Key W EP KEY SETTING Change/Apply Description It is the setting for W PA or WPA-PSK mode. This adapter supports two kind of protocol for authentication including TLS and PEAP. TLS and PEAP requires a certificate which is provided by the Certificate Server.
Advanced Setting The “Advanced Setting” allows user to enable/disable country roaming, setup power consumption, fragmentation threshold and RTS/CTS threshold of the adapter. Parameter User Interface Country Roaming Power Consumption Setting Description Select the display language of the utility. Two languages are enabled including English and Traditional Chinese.
RTS/CTS is not sent and the packet is transmitted directly to the WLAN. Select a setting within a range of 0 to 2347 bytes. Minor change is recommended Description Station – Set the USB adapter a wireless station. Access Point – Turns the USB adapter to function as a wireless...
Click “More Setting”, users are allowed to setup the AP connection setting, Encryption Setting and other advanced functions. Description Display the product information of the USB Adapter. Display all the MAC Addresses of the wireless stations connecting to the AP.
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Parameter General Connection Setting Channel Basic Rate SSID Hide SSID Tx Power Change/Apply Setting Authentication Mode Description Select the number of the radio channel used by the AP. The wireless stations which connect to the AP should set up the same channel.
Parameter Fragement RTS / CTS Preamble MAC Address Filter Bridge Adapter 3.5.3 MAC Address Filter Description The value defines the maximum size of packets, any packet size larger than the value will be fragmented. If you have decreased this value and experience high packet error rates, you can increase it again, but it will likely decrease overall network performance.
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Parameter Filter Type Filter MAC Address Change/Apply Description Disable – Disable the MAC Address filter function. Accept – Only the wireless stations with the MAC Addresses setup in the table can connect to the AP. Reject – The wireless stations with the MAC Addresses setup in the table will be rejected to connect to the AP.
4 Troubleshooting This chapter provides solutions to problems usually encountered during the installation and operation of the adapter. 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.
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5. What is Infrastructure? An integrated wireless and wireless and wired LAN is called an Infrastructure configuration. Infrastructure is applicable to enterprise scale for wireless access to central database, or wireless application for mobile workers. 6. What is BSS ID? A specific Ad hoc LAN is called a Basic Service Set (BSS).
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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 known 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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