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802.11b/g/Draft 2.0-N Wireless LAN PCI Card User Manual V ersion: 1.0 (April, 2007).
- 1 - COPYRIGHT Copyright ©2005/2006 by this company. A ll rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, transmi tted, transcribed, st ored in a retrieval system, or translated into.
- 2 - CA T ALOG CHAPTER I: Produc t Information......................................................................................... 3 1-1 Introduction and safe ty inform ation ......................................................................
- 3 - CHAPTER I: Product Information 1-1 Introduction and safety information Thank you for purchasing this high-spe ed 802.1 1b/g/Dra ft 2.0-N wi reless network ca rd! Excepting common wireless st andards 802.1 1b/g, this wirel ess network card is also 802.
- 4 - 1-2 Safety Information In order to keep the safety of users and your propert ies, plea se follow the fo llowing safety instructions: 1. This PCI wireless n etwork card is designed for indo or use only . DO NOT expose this network card to dire ct sunlight or rain, snow .
- 5 - 1-3 System Requirements An empty PCI slot Windows 2000, XP , XP64, or Vista Oper ating System CD-ROM drive At least 100MB of available disk space 1-4 Package Contents Before you .
- 6 - CHAPTER II: DRIVER INST ALLA TION AND CONFIGURA TION Before you proceed with the install ation, please notice following descriptio ns. Note1: The following installation was operated under Windows XP . (Procedures are similar for Windows 2000/V ista.
- 7 - 3. Close the computer case and switch the comp uter on, the following message will appear on your comp uter , please click ‘Cancel’ . 4. Insert device driver CDROM into the CD/DVD ROM drive of your computer , and execute ‘Setup.exe’ program in ‘Driver’ folder .
- 8 - 5. Y ou can choose the configuration tool u sed to conf igure the wirele ss network card here. It’ s recomm ended to select ‘Edimax Configuration T ool’, which provides fully ac cess to all function of this wireless network card.
- 9 - 7. When you see this message, plea se click ‘Finish’ to complete the driver installa tion process..
- 10 - 8. A new icon will appear at lower-right corner of your computer deskt op, you can put the mouse cursor on the icon, and the statu s of wireless card will be displayed as a popup b alloon. 9. When you want to configure your wireless connection, please right click on this icon, and a po pup menu will appear .
- 11 - 2-2 Connect to Wireless Access Point There are two ways you can configure y our wirele ss network card to conn ec t to wireless access point: using the Ralink configuration utilit y which comes with wireless card driver , a nd using built-in windows zero configuration utility .
- 12 - Here are descriptions of ev ery setup item: SSID: The Service Set IDentifier of wire less access point or other network device. Y ou can think it as the name of access point of wireless device. BSSID: The MAC address of wireless access point or other network device.
- 13 - Authentication: Shows the authent ication mode that acce ss point or wireless devi ce uses. If the wireless access point does not require authentication, you’ ll see ‘Unknown’ displayed here. Network T y pe: Shows the type of wireless connection.
- 14 - 3. Click the wireless access point or network device y ou wish to con nect, it will be highlighted, then click ‘Connect’. If the access point you selected doe s not enable encryption (The c.
- 15 - 5. If the wireless access point uses encryption, you hav e to input WEP passphrase or WP A preshared key . Please ask the owner of the wireless a ccess point y ou want to connect, and in put the correct passphrase / preshared key here, then click ‘OK’.
- 16 - 6. Y ou’ll see ‘Connected <-> SSI D’ (‘SSID’ is the SSID of the wireless access point or wireless device you connected to) message displayed at lower-lef t corner of configuration utility , congratulations, you’re successfully con nected to the ac cess point or wirele ss device you selected! 7.
- 17 - 2-2-2 Using Wi ndows Zero Configuration Windows XP and Vist a has a built-in wireless net work configuration utility , called as ‘Windows Zero Configuration’ (WZC).
- 18 - 3. Right-click ‘Wireless Network Connection’ (it ma y have a number as suffix if you have more than one wireless network ca rd, please make sure you right -click the ‘Ediamx 802.1 1n Wi reless LAN Card), then select ‘View Available Wireless Net works’.
- 19 - 5. If the access point is protected by encr yption, you have to input it s security key or passph rase 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.
- 20 - 2-3 Connection Profile Management If you need to connect to dif ferent wireless acce ss points at dif ferent time, like of access point of your home, office, cybe rcafe, or public wireless service, you can store the connection p arameters (encryption, pa ssphrase, security etc, etc.
- 21 - Or , you can add a connected wireless a ccess point or wirele ss device to a profile by clicking ‘S ite Survey’ tab, then click ‘Add to Profile’ button:.
- 22 - Y ou can set the pa rameter for this connection h ere:.
- 23 - Here are descriptions of ev ery setup items: Profile Name Please give this profile a nam e, up to 32 alphanumerical characters and symbols are allowed, but sp ace is not allowed. SSID The SSID of the wireless access point or wireless device you selected will be displayed here.
- 24 - TX Power Y ou can select the radio output power of wireless network card. Y ou 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, sel ect ‘Auto’.
- 25 - Now click ‘Authenticatio n and Security’ tab, and set the encryption and aut hentication settings. Here are descriptions of ev ery setup items: Authentication Select the aut hentication type of the wireless ac cess T ype point or wireless device you wish to con nect.
- 26 - Encryption: Select the encryption type of the wirele ss a ccess point or wireless devi ce you wish to connect. If you’re adding a profile from an existing access point or wireless devi ce, the value will be selected a utomatically , and please do not modify it.
- 27 - After you finish all settings, click ‘OK’ to save setti ngs and exit. The profile you just created will be displayed : Select the profile you wish to use, and click ‘Activate’ to use the profile you sele cted.
- 28 - 2-3-2 Using 802.1x – Certification After you click ‘802.1x Setting’, a new wi ndow will appear: Here are descriptions of ev ery setup items: Authentication Please select an 802.1 x authentication type here. T ype The type you sele ct here must be identical to the type of the 802.
- 29 - Use Client If the authentication ty pe 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.. Af ter you clicked this button, you’ ll be prompted to select a certificat e on your computer .
- 30 - 2-3-3 Using 802.1x - CA Server If you want to use CA server , please click ‘CA Server’ t ab. And the following message will be displayed: Here are descriptions of ev ery setup items: Use certificate Check this box to enabl e the use of certificate chain.
- 31 - connection will be dropped. Domain name Check this box and the wireless configuration utility must end will check the end of domain name. If there’ s in specified name anything wrong, connection will be drop ped. After you finish all settings, click ‘OK’ to save settings and exit.
- 32 - 2-4 V iew Network S tatistics and Link S tatus The configuration utility provides information about net work statistics and link st atus. If you want to know how your wireless network card works, you can use these f unctions to get detailed inf ormation about the wireless connection you’re using.
- 33 - 2-4-2 Link S tatus Please follow the following instructions to chec k network stati stics: 1. Right-click the Edimax configuration utili ty icon located at lower-right corner of computer desktop, then click ‘Launch Config Utilities’.
- 34 - These information display ed here are up dated every second, and here are descriptions of every item: S tatus Display the SSID and BSSID of connected wireless access point or wireless device (displayed as SSID <-> BSSID as shown in above pi cture.
- 35 - 2-5 Advanced Settings This wireless network card provides several advance d settings for experie nced wireless user s. Y ou can change these settings to increase dat a transfer perfo rmance, or change op eration mode. Please follow the following instructions to set advanced wirele ss settings: 1.
- 36 - Here are descriptions of ev ery setup items: Wireless mode Select wireless ope ration mode, available optio ns are 802.1 1 B/G mix, 802.1 1 B only , and 802.1 1 B/G/N mix. Y ou can select 802.1 1 B/G/N mix to maximize wireless compatibility with wirele ss access point s and other wireless de vices.
- 37 - Show When your computer is being authe nticated by Authentication wireless authentication serve r , a dialog window S tatus Dialog with the process of authentication will appea r .
- 38 - 2-6 QoS Setting This wireless netwo rk card provides QoS (Quality of Se rvice) function, which can improve the performance of certain netwo rk applications, like audio / video stream ing, netwo rk telephony (V oIP), and others.
- 39 - Here are descriptions of ev ery setup items: WMM Enable Check this box to enable WMM function. Please click ‘Apply’ button on the right of this check box af ter you ch eck or uncheck this box, so correspon ding settings in this window will be activated or deactivated respecti vely .
- 40 - Direct Link Enable or disable direct link setup (DLS) function. Setup Enable This function will greatly impro ve the data transfer rate betwe en WMM-enabled wireless device s.
- 41 - 2-7 WPS Configuration Note: This function support s Wi ndows XP/XP64 Operat ion system only . Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) is the latest wireless ne twork t echnology , which makes wi reless n etwork set up become very simple.
- 42 - 2-7-1 WPS Setup - PBC (Push-Button Configuration) 1. Right-click the Edimax conf iguration utility icon located at lower-ri ght corner of computer desktop, then click ‘Launch Config Utilities’.
- 43 - 4. Push the ‘WPS’ button on your wirel ess access point (the button used to activate WPS standby mode may have another name), or use other way to st art WPS standby mode as the instruction given by your wirele ss access point’ s user manual.
- 44 - message, means the conn ection between your wireless network card and access point is su ccessfully connected by WPS, and the information about acce ss point you connected to wil l be displayed. Sometime WPS may fail, and you can click ‘PBC’ button fe w more times to try again.
- 45 - 2-7-2 WPS Setup - PIN If the wireless access point you wish to connect support s PIN, please follow the following instructions to est ablish connection to it: 1. Right-click the Edimax conf iguration utility icon located at lower-ri ght corner of computer desktop, then click ‘Launch Config Utilities’.
- 46 - The PIN number of your wirele ss network card i s an ei ght-digit number located at the upper-right position of configuration utility . Remember it, and input the number to your wireless acce ss point as the WPS PIN code (Please refer to the user manual of your wirel ess access point for instructions about how to do this).
- 47 - 2-8 About The ‘About’ ta b provides you the information about versi on number s of configuration utility , firmware, and other important info rmation about your wireless network card . Please follow the following instructions to see these i nformation: 1.
- 48 - If you need assista nce about network problem, you’ll need th ese values. Y ou can also click ‘www .edimax.com” button to go to the web site of network card driver m anufacturer and get more informatio n about your wireless network card. Please click ‘OK’ to close configuration utility .
- 49 - CHAPTER III: Sof t-AP Function Note: This function support s Wi ndows XP/XP64 Operat ion system only . Excepting become a wireless client of other wi reless access points , this wireless card c.
- 50 - If your computer has another network ca rd which is connected to Internet, please sele ct it from ‘Name’ dropdown menu, and click ‘Enable ICS’; if your computer doe s not have another network card with Inte rnet connection, please click ‘Not enable ICS’.
- 51 - Here are descriptions of ev ery setup items: SSID Please input the SSID (the name used to identify this wirel ess access point) here. Up to 32 numerical characters can be acce pted here, excepting spa ce. TX Rate Please select the dat a transfer rate here.
- 52 - computer , unless you want to limit the type of wireless client allo wed to connect to your computer . Use Mac Click this button to use the MAC addre ss of the Address wireless card as SSID.
- 53 - Hide SSID Check this box and the SSID will not be broadcaste d to the public. Y our wireless clients m ust know the exact SSID to be able to connect to your com puter . This option is useful to enhance security level. Allow BW Check this box to allow BW 40MHz cap ability .
- 54 - 3-2 Security Settings This wireless card suppo rts wirele ss encryption in AP mode, which will encrypt the dat a being transferred ov er the air to enhance data security level. It’s re commended to enable dat a encryption unles s you wish to open your computer (and its internet con nection) to the public.
- 55 - NOTE: WP A encryption is safer than WEP , how ever , some older wireless client s don’t support WP A encryption. WP A Pre -shared Please input the WP A pre-shared key here. Only Key clients with th e same pre-shared key you inputted here will be able to connect to your comput er .
- 56 - 3-3 Access Control If you’re not going to open your computer and wirel ess resources to the public, you can use MAC add ress filtering function to enforce your acce ss control policy , so only wireless c lient s with MAC addre ss you defined by this function can be connected to your sof tware access point.
- 57 - Here are descriptions of ev ery setup items: Access Policy Select the policy type of your access rule: Disable: Allow any wireless clie nt with proper authentication settings to connect to this access poin t. Allow All: Only allow wireless clients wit h MAC address listed here to connect to this access point.
- 58 - 3-4 Connection T able If you want to see the list of all wireless client s con nected to this access point, please follow t he following instructions: 1.
- 59 - Here are descriptions of every field: MAC Address Displays the MAC add ress of this wireless client. AID The serial num ber of this wireless connection. Power Saving Displays the cap ability of power -saving function of Mode this wireless client.
- 60 - 3-5 Event Log This software access point will log all wi reless-related activities as a log. Y ou can follow the foll owing instructions to view the content of the event log: 1. Right-Click Edimax configuration utilit y icon, and select ‘Switch to AP Mode’ 3.
- 61 - 3-6 S tatistics If you want to know detaile d information about how your soft ware access point works, you can follow the following instructions to view t he statistics of the access point: 1. Right-Click Edimax configuration utilit y icon, and select ‘Switch to AP Mode’ 3.
- 62 - CHAPTER IV : APPENDIX 4-1 Hardware S pecification Standards: IEEE 802.11b/g/Draft-N Interface: 32-bit PCI Frequency Band: 2.4000 ~ 2.4835G Hz (I ndustrial Scientific Medical Band) Data Rate: 11b: 1/2/5.
- 63 - 4-2 T roubleshooting If you encounter any problem when you’re usin g this wireless network card, don’t pani c! Before you call your dealer of purchase for help, please check this troublesho.
- 64 - problem when transferring large files 2. Enable ‘Wireless Protection’ in ‘Advanced’ t ab. 3. T ry a lower TX Rate in ‘Advanced’ tab. 4. Disable ‘Tx Burst’ in ‘Advanced’ tab. 5. Enable ‘WMM’ in ‘QoS’ tab if you need to use multimedia / telephony related applications.
- 65 - 4-3 Glossary 1. What is the IEEE 802.1 1g standar d? 802.1 1g is the new IEEE standa rd for high-speed wireless LAN communi cations that provides for up to 54 Mbps dat a rate in the 2.4 GHz band. 80 2.1 1g is quickl y becoming the next mainstream wireless LA N technology for the home, of fice and public networks.
- 66 - 7. What is WEP? WEP is Wi red Equivalent Privacy , a data privacy mechanism based on a 40 bit shared key algorithm, as described in the IEEE 802 .1 1 standard. 8. What is TKIP? TKIP is a quick-fix method to quickly ov ercome the inherent weaknesses in WEP security , especially the reuse of encryption keys.
- 67 - 14. What is WMM? Wi-Fi Multimedia (WMM), a group of feature s for wire less networks that improv e the user experience for audio, video and voice applications.
- 68 - 4-4 FCC and Other Compliance S tatements Federal Communication Commission Interference S t atement This equipment has been tested a nd found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursu ant to Part 15 of FCC Rules.
- 69 - The antenna(s) used for this transmitter must not be co-located or operating in conjun ction with any other antenna or transmitter . R&TTE Compliance Statement This equipment complies with .
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