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2.2.1 Install IEEE 802.11n Wireless LAN USB Adapter for Windows Vista

Step 1:

Insert the included CD into the CD-ROM driver on your computer. Locate and

double-click

setup.exe

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Step 2:

The following screen displays. Click

Next

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Step 3:

Click

Next

to accept installing IEEE 802.11n Wireless LAN USB Adapter driver files.

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Summary of Contents for 802AIN

Page 1: ...1 8 80 02 2A AI IN N 8 80 02 2 1 11 1n n U US SB B W Wi ir re el le es ss s A Ad da ap pt te er r Model 802AIN User s Manual ...

Page 2: ...e that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures 1 Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna 2 Increase the separation between the equipment a...

Page 3: ...The 802 11b g n Wireless LAN USB Adapter has been tested to the FCC exposure requirements Specific Absorption Rate ...

Page 4: ...ou have difficulty solving the problem while installing or using the IEEE 802 11n Wireless LAN USB Adapter please contact the supplier for support About This Manual IEEE 802 11n Wireless LAN USB Adapter User s Manual is first published on March 2008 This manual is intended for people who want to config ure the IEEE 802 11n Wireless LAN USB Adapter under Windows Vista Windows XP and Windows 2000 Yo...

Page 5: ...EE 802 11n Wireless LAN USB Adapter for Windows XP 2000 15 Chapter 3 Wireless LAN Network 23 3 1 Wireless LAN Overview 23 3 1 1 SSID 23 3 1 2 Channel 23 3 1 3 Transmit Rate Tx Rate 23 3 2 Wireless LAN Security Overview 24 3 2 1 Data Encryption with WEP 25 3 2 2 IEEE 802 1x 26 3 2 3 WPA 2 26 3 3 Authentication Type 33 3 3 Wi Fi Protected Setup WPS 34 Chapter 4 Configure by Wireless Utility 35 4 1 U...

Page 6: ... rate giving equivalent Ethernet speed to access corporate network or the Internet in a wireless environment When installed IEEE 802 11n Wireless LAN USB Adapter is able to communicate with any 802 11b g n compliant devices 1 2 Features and Benefits Automatic rate selection Support 802 11b g n solution in 2 4GHz frequency band Greater flexibility to locate or move networked PCs Wireless connection...

Page 7: ...arrange the workplace and change location Temporary LANs for special projects or peak time Trade shows exhibitions and construction sites where a temporary network will be practical Retailers airline and shipping companies need additional workstations during peak period Auditors requiring workgroups at customer sites Access to database for mobile workers Doctors nurses retailers accessing their da...

Page 8: ...11n Wireless LAN USB Adapter LED Indicators The IEEE 802 11n Wireless LAN USB Adapter has one LED indicators The behavior of the indicators is described as below Link LED Off Power off Solid Green Associate with the Access Point or Ad Hoc wireless workstation Blinking Green Indicate the device is transmitting data through the Access Point or Ad Hoc wireless workstation Also when the PBC button is ...

Page 9: ...minimum of 32 MB RAM A computer equipped with USB slot and socket services compliant with revision 1 1 or 2 0 of USB specification A CD ROM drive Windows Vista XP 2000 2 2 Installation This section describes the installation of the IEEE 802 11n Wireless LAN USB Adapter software for the Windows 2000 XP and Windows Vista The installation procedures for Windows Vista refer to 2 2 1 Install IEEE 802 1...

Page 10: ...or Windows Vista Step 1 Insert the included CD into the CD ROM driver on your computer Locate and double click setup exe Step 2 The following screen displays Click Next Step 3 Click Next to accept installing IEEE 802 11n Wireless LAN USB Adapter driver files ...

Page 11: ...11 Step 4 Click Next to accept the default file location or click Browse to select an alternate folder Step 5 Select a program folder or type a new folder name and click Next ...

Page 12: ...up folder as desired and click Next Step 7 The windows will appear the message about the windows can t verify the publisher of this driver software compatibility with Windows Vista Select Install this driver software anyway to continue installing ...

Page 13: ... Finish to complete the installation Step 9 Insert the IEEE802 11n Wireless LAN USB Adapter into the USB port on your notebook and the Windows will auto install the IEEE802 11n Wireless LAN USB Adapter driver and utility ...

Page 14: ... After the driver installed completed the bellowing information will appear in the system tray Click the icon to configure the wireless LAN adapter via utility To use the utility please refer to Chapter 4 ...

Page 15: ...tall IEEE 802 11n Wireless LAN USB Adapter for Windows XP 2000 Step 1 Insert the included CD into the CD ROM driver on your computer Locate and double click setup exe Step 2 The following screen displays Click Next ...

Page 16: ...16 Step 3 Click Next to accept installing IEEE 802 11n Wireless LAN USB Adapter driver files Step 4 Click Next to accept the default file location or click Browse to select an alternate folder ...

Page 17: ...17 Step 5 Select a program folder or type a new folder name and click Next Step 6 You may add a shortcut in the startup folder as desired and click Next ...

Page 18: ...rt the IEEE 802 11n Wireless LAN USB Adapter into the USB port Step 9 After inserting USB Adapter into the USB port on your computer Windows wil l auto detect new hardware and will display a Found New Hardware Wizard window Select Install the software automatically Recommended and press Next to install the driver ...

Page 19: ...Step 10 The windows will appear the me ssage about the Network Control has not passed Windows Logo testing to verify its compatibility with Windows XP Click on Continue Anyway button to continue installing ...

Page 20: ...20 Step 11 The windows will find 802 11n Wireless LAN USB Adapter and start copying corresponding files into the system Click on Next to continue Step 12 Click Finish to complete the installation ...

Page 21: ...in the system tray If the icon is blue and or you see t he following icon on your desk top you re already connected to a wireless network Upon completion clicking on the icon will open the configuration window When you minimize the window the system tray icon will be loaded in the System Tray again ...

Page 22: ...work utility if you already install it or just install the driver To install the driver only 1 Slide the IEEE 802 11n Wireless LAN USB Adapter into an available USB port 2 The Found New Hardware Wizard window appears In Windows XP SP2 select No not this time and click Next 3 Select Install from a list of specific location Advanced and click Next 4 Insert the included CD into your CD ROM drive sele...

Page 23: ...p to 32 characters and is case sensitive 3 1 2 Channel A radio frequency used by a wireless device is called a channel 3 1 3 Transmit Rate Tx Rate The IEEE 802 11n Wireless Network USB Adapter supports various transmit data rate The Auto Rate algorithm allows your IEEE 802 11n Wireless Network USB Adapter to operate at the maximum transmit data rate When the communications quality drops below a ce...

Page 24: ...ng data transmitted over the network the WLAN Utility offers a sophisticated security algorithm Configure the wireless LAN sec urity by clicking the check box next to Security A privacy Configuration window will appear If you do not enable any wireless security on your IEEE 802 11n Wireless LAN USB Adapter the wireless communication is accessible to any wireless networking device that is in the co...

Page 25: ...e key index you desire to use for transmitting data on your wireless LAN You can change the default key by clicking on the up or down arrow and make sure the default key is set up exactly the same on the Wireless LAN stations as they are on the wireless Access Point For 64bit encryption you may choose Alphanumeric entering 5 characters case sensitive ranging from a z A Z and 0 9 e g MyKey Hexadeci...

Page 26: ...CA A certificate can be used to authenticate users and a CA issues certificates and guarantees the identity of each certificate owner 3 2 3 WPA 2 Wi Fi Protected Access WPA is a subset of the IEEE 802 11i standard WPA2 is a wireless security standard that defines stronger encryption authentication and key management than WPA WPA Allows you to gain access to a more secured wireless network that req...

Page 27: ...allows you to gain access to a secured wireless network that the stat ion and the access point use t he same pre shared key to authenticate You must type a mixture of numbers and letters in the Pre shared key section of this menu You may input either 8 63 ASCII characters or 64 HEX characters Choose WPA PSK if needed from Authentication Mode ...

Page 28: ...cryption via the AES contrast to WPA which uses Temporal Key Integrity Protocol TKIP Choose WPA2 if needed from Authentication Mode WPA2 PSK Like WPA WPA2 Personal offers authentication via a pre shared key Pre shared key is usually used for Personal authentication Personal mode requires only an access point and client on the network Similarly you need to type a mixture of numbers and letters in t...

Page 29: ...ials The common password approach makes WP A 2 PSK susceptible to brute force password guessing attacks but it s still an improvement over WEP as it employs a consistent single alphanumeric password to derive a PMK which is used to generate unique temporal encryption keys 3 2 3 2 IEEE 802 1X Authentication WPA and WPA2 apply IEEE 802 1X and Extensible Authentication Protocol EAP to authenticate wi...

Page 30: ...ticate If you desire to use the Certificate Authority manually you can click the ch eck box next to Verify Certificate Authority and choose the usable selection in the User Certificate field using drop down menu User Certificate select one of user certificates you have enrolled TLS is used to create a secure tunnel through which authentication and encryption keys can be passed and require server a...

Page 31: ... User information filed to authenticate If you click the Verify Certificate Authority check box you are able to choose one of User Certificate from the drop down menu Furthermore you need to input User Name and Password in the User Name field on the screen To save the information you en tered in the appropriate field click the button or button Otherwise click the button to close the menu If you wa...

Page 32: ...etween station and access points You must present a User Name and Password in the User Information field that will be verified by TTLS capable server This mutual authentication ensures that only authorized users are allowed access to the network SIM Clicking the Certification tab for SIM displays the following menu ...

Page 33: ...dard describes a simple authentication method between the wireless stations and AP Two authentication types are defined Open system mode and a Shared key mode Open system mode is implemented for ease of use and when security is not a n issue It requires NO authentication since it allows any device to join a network without performing any security check The wireless station and the AP do not share ...

Page 34: ...n a wireless LAN network The WPS gives users a variety of setup options It uses PBC Push Button Configuration and PIN Personal Identification Number to enable user to automatically configure network names and strong data encryption and authentication For the PBC mode the Access Point and the wireless client just simply push a hardware button or software button on the unit After pushing Access Poin...

Page 35: ...profiles Link Test Site Survey and About Connection The Connection item allows you to monitor the current status and quality of your connection to the wireless network When you click on this tab the following screen will display Status Shows the MAC address and the network type of Profile with which you are associated SSID The SSID is the unique ID used by Access Points and stations to identify a ...

Page 36: ...nal Strength Based on the received signal strength measurement of the baseband processor of the Beacon signal There are 5 states of signal strength There is one button to choose from Clicking on the to let you monitor the more current status of your connection To close the menu click Profile The Profiles item allows you to add a new profile or to set values for all parameters by editing a previous...

Page 37: ...ss to create a new profile and configure all the parameters following the steps below Step1 Input the Profile Name Network SSID and sel ect Network type Infrastructure Adhoc when Add a profile progress start ...

Page 38: ...orithm To activate security enable click the Security check box For detailed security configuration please refer to Chapter 3 for how to configure security settings Step3 Setup the TCP IP settings When you check the box you can choose to obtain the IP address from the DHCP server on your network automatically Or you can specify IP address manually but it must be an unique IP address to your networ...

Page 39: ...de The Power Save Mode is designed to conserve battery life of you computer When Power Save Mode is enabled your IEEE 802 11n Wireless LAN USB Adapter will go into sleep mode to minimize power consumption Note When power save mode is enabled the Access Points you use need to support power saving as well so that the communication can be established Wireless Mode The wireless Mode supports three opt...

Page 40: ...formation menu allows you to double check the changes you make To apply any changes click on th e button Otherwise click on the button to close this menu If you want to return to select other security type click on the button ...

Page 41: ...ores number of packets you set On the bottom of this menu provides current and cumulative counters of the activity on your wireless network The counters of packets turn to 0 once you click on the Start button Site Survey Use the Site Survey function to scan available wireless Access Points on your network You may click on the Rescan button to enforce the utility to scan Access Points around the en...

Page 42: ...42 By pressing the icon you may see more information of Access Points such as ESSID Channel Network Type BSSID Security Signal and Supported Rates Click OK to close the menu ...

Page 43: ...tion The IEEE 802 11n Wireless LAN USB Card supports WPS Wi Fi Protected Setup feature defined by the Wi Fi Alliance It s a new protocol for configuring a wireless network more easily and secure The IEEE 802 11n Wireless LAN USB Card supports two modes of WPS protocol Enrollee mode Join a WPS WLAN and Registrar mode Configure WPS AP To setup the WPS please follow the steps below ...

Page 44: ...to profile setup page and click the button Or right click on utili ty icon in the system tray and select WPS Wi Fi Protected Setup Step2 Select the WPS mode to link or manage the WPS enabled AP you want to connect ...

Page 45: ... will display the success message Instead of Push Button on AP you may use XN 721 s hardware push button to establish WPS link as well Push the button on the Access Point and press PBC button on the client to start WPS link within 2 minutes If WPS link is established successful it will display the success message figured below Furthermore there are two options for connecting to the WPS enabled AP ...

Page 46: ... spec ified AP uncheck the Automatically select the network checkbox and click on Next a WPS AP scan list will appear and scan WPS APs on the network within coverage select the desired AP and click on Next to start WPS authentication process ...

Page 47: ...lient s PIN Mode Select PIN and then the PIN key field will generate a dynamic PIN code automatically Input the PIN key into the Access Point PIN key field and apply change Click to start WPS link progress ...

Page 48: ...48 Same as PBC mode the Client PIN mode also allows you to connect to any WPS enabled AP within coverage by checking Automatically select the network checkbox or select one that you want to connect ...

Page 49: ... Configure a WLAN Registrar and click on Next The following window will show up The scan list will scan the WPS enabled AP on your network within its coverage Select the one that you want to configure and input the AP pin generated by the AP in the Access Point PIN field Click Next to proceed to the next step ...

Page 50: ...the AP Settings that can be managed include SSID Auth Mode Encryption Mode and Network Key Click to start WPS link progress To check whether the setting of AP is modified corresponding with the profile you may use scan function to display AP information ...

Page 51: ...e Windows to configure my wireless network settings check box is selected in the Wireless Network Connection Properties Step 2 Double click the network icon for wireless connections in the system tray to open the Wireless Network Connection Status screen Warning You must choose one way to configure Wireless LAN USB Adapter either of using our WLAN Utility by un checking this check box or using Win...

Page 52: ... Wireless Networks to open the Wireless Network Connection screen Step 4 Click Refresh network list to reload and search for available wireless devices within transmission range Select a wireless network in the list and click Connect to join the selected wireless network ...

Page 53: ...ireless connections in the system tray to open the Wireless Network Connection Status screen Step 2 Select the Connect to a network to open the Connect to the network screen Step 3 Select a wireless network in the list and click Connect to join the selected wireless network ...

Page 54: ...If the wireless security is activated for the selected wireless network the related fields must be set to the same security setting as the associated AP Step 4 Click Connect to connect the wireless network ...

Page 55: ...our products Duration of Hardware Warranty One Year Replacement Repair or Refund Procedure for Hardware 1 This product is design based on the 802 11n draft 2 0 standards do not guarantee the compatibility with the products that design by other vendors based on 802 11n draft or the products that design accroding to the 802 11n formal standard that announce in the future 2 The maximum performance de...

Page 56: ...per use in the application for which the products are intended and does not cover products which have been modified without the reseller s approval or which have been subjected to unusual physical or electrical demands or damaged in any way ...

Page 57: ... along with your products Name Title Company Telephone Fax Email City State Zip code Country Product Name Serial Number MAC Address Invoice Date Product Description If you have any further questions please contact your local authorized reseller for support ...

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