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VigorN65 User’s Guide

 

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The following message will appear on your computer, click 

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Insert the CD into your computer. The following screen will appear. Insert device driver 
CDROM into the CD/DVD ROM drive of your computer, and execute 

VigorN65 

Driver.exe 

program. Please read the end user license agreement and click 

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terms of the license agreement

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Summary of Contents for Vigor N65

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Page 2: ...er s Guide ii VigorN65 Wireless USB Adapter User s Guide Version 1 0 Date 26 7 2011 Software Version 1 0 Copyright 2011 All rights reserved Please visit www draytek com to get the newly updated manual at any time ...

Page 3: ...If the network card falls into water DO NOT USE IT AGAIN BEFORE YOU SEND THE CARD TO THE DEALER OF PURCHASE FOR INSPECTION If you smell something strange or even see some smoke coming out from the network card switch the computer off immediately and call dealer of purchase for help Warranty We warrant to the original end user purchaser that the router will be free from any defects in workmanship o...

Page 4: ...d in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee 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 use is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one of the f...

Page 5: ...B Adapter Utility 17 3 1 1 1 Scan for Other Wireless Devices 19 3 1 1 2 Connect to an Access Point 22 3 1 1 3 Add an Access Point to Profile 24 3 1 2 Using Windows Zero Configuration 30 3 2 Profile Management 33 3 2 1 Add a profile 34 3 2 2 Edit an existing profile 35 3 2 3 Delete an existing profile 35 3 2 4 Activate a profile 36 3 3 Advanced Settings 36 3 4 View Network Statistics 37 3 5 WMM Set...

Page 6: ... 47 4 1 Switch to AP Mode and Basic Configuration 47 4 2 Security Setting 50 4 3 Access Control 52 4 4 Connection Table 53 4 5 Event Log 54 4 6 Statistics 55 4 7 About 56 5 Appendix 57 5 1 Specification 57 5 2 Troubleshooting 58 5 3 Glossary 59 ...

Page 7: ...omputer just that simple Other features of this wireless network card including High efficiency antenna expands the scope of your wireless network High speed data transfer rate Up to 300Mbps WMM function control the bandwidth required for different applications Comply with 802 11a b g n wireless networks Supports major encryption methods like WEP WPA and WPA2 encryption WPS configuration You don t...

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Page 9: ...e e C Co on nt te en nt t Driver Utility User Manual CD Wireless Adapter 2 2 2 2 F Fa am mi il li ia ar r w wi it th h y yo ou ur r n ne ew w w wi ir re el le es ss s n ne et tw wo or rk k c ca ar rd d 1 USB Connector 2 Connector Cap To protect USB connector when not in use 3 Link Activity LED 4 WPS Button 1 2 3 4 ...

Page 10: ... USB 1 1 port and performance will be greatly reduced Windows 2000 XP Vista and 7 operating system CD ROM drive At least 100MB of available disk space 2 2 4 4 I In ns st ta al ll la at ti io on n P Pr ro oc ce ed du ur re e Here are some steps you will perform in establishing your wireless network connection 1 Install the USB Driver for VigorN65 by using the Install CD 2 Install the Wireless card ...

Page 11: ...into your computer The following screen will appear Insert device driver CDROM into the CD DVD ROM drive of your computer and execute VigorN65 Driver exe program Please read the end user license agreement and click I accept the terms of the license agreement then click Next button to accept license agreement ...

Page 12: ...follows It is recommend installing driver and utility by choosing Install driver and VigorN65 Utility if the network card is installing the first time If you want to update the driver only choose Install driver only After choosing the correct option click Next ...

Page 13: ...ides fully access to all functions of this wireless network card Then click Next If you prefer to use the wireless configuration tool provided by Windows 2000 XP Vista and 7 please select Microsoft Zero Configuration Tool 6 Now you ll see the following message please click Install to start utility installation If you see Found New Hardware message again please ignore it and wait ...

Page 14: ...on the icon the status of wireless card will be displayed as a popup balloon 9 When you want to configure your wireless connection please right click on this icon and a popup menu will appear You can click Launch Config Utility to start configuration program If you want to close the configuration utility please click Exit 10 Please note that if you stopped config utility by Exit function you ll no...

Page 15: ...i in ng g U US SB B D Dr ri iv ve er r If you want to remove the driver for this wireless card please do the following 1 Run Start Programs DrayTek VigorN65 Uninstall VigorN65 2 The Preparing Setup will appear 3 When the following screen appears please click Yes ...

Page 16: ...VigorN65 User s Guide 16 4 Now the system starts to remove the corresponding files 5 When the following dialog appears please click Finish ...

Page 17: ...rent status of wireless connection will be displayed by DrayTek configuration utility icon Wireless connection is established good signal reception Wireless connection is established normal signal reception Wireless connection is established weak signal reception Connection is not established yet Wireless network card is not detected WEP Key error occurs There are two ways you can configure your w...

Page 18: ...play available wireless AP automatically It consists two parts Menu and setup area You can select a setup function Profile Network etc from menu and corresponding setup items will be displayed at setup area Some function includes more information and can not be fitted in setup area In this case you can click More Less button to expand the setup utility window to display more information Menu Setup...

Page 19: ...n this mode wireless devices such as computer or PDA will not be capable to establish wireless connection with more than one wireless device and is suitable for establishing a one to one wireless connection between two wireless devices Before you can connect to any wireless access point or device by infrastructure or Ad Hoc mode there two things you must know 1 Wireless device s SSID Service Set I...

Page 20: ...e type of this wireless device and the channel number of this wireless device Means this wireless device is an access point Means this wireless device is a computer Ad Hoc mode point to point connection C The wireless standard supported by this access point is displayed here n for 802 11n a for 802 11a g for 802 11g and b for 802 11b WPS icon will appear when the access point supports WPS If the a...

Page 21: ...l be provided with its detailed information There are 3 types of technical information General Displays basic information about this access point such as SSID MAC Address authentication encryption type channel etc WPS If this access point supports WPS Wi Fi Protected Setup related information will be displayed here 802 11n If this access point complies with 802 11n related information will be disp...

Page 22: ...es ss s P Po oi in nt t If the wireless access point you wish to connect is found you can establish connection with it by clicking Connect button Instructions will be given as follow 1 Click the wireless access point or network device you wish to connect it will be highlighted then click Connect If the access point you selected does not use encryption you ll be connected to this wireless access po...

Page 23: ... If the value you inputted here is wrong you will not be able to connect to this wireless access point Authentication type will be selected by the authentication type of the access point automatically please don t change it However if you re connecting to an access point uses 802 1x authentication you have to check 802 1x box and input related information Instructions for 802 1x authentication wil...

Page 24: ...il le e If you will connect to some specific wireless access point frequently you can add their information to the profile Just like the telephone directory the profile saves all information of access points and you can recall them anytime you wish to establish connection You can add a found access point to profile or input all information of an access point by yourself To add a found access point...

Page 25: ...se select the network type Ad hoc or Infrastructure If you re connecting to an access point please select Infrastructure for point to point wireless connection i e connecting to another computer using Ad Hoc mode please select Ad hoc here If you selected an access point from the list above please keep this field unchanged Tx Power You can select the wireless output power here If you re not too far...

Page 26: ...in the box located at right It s recommended to keep this value untouched unless you know the effect of changing this value It s recommended to keep this value untouched unless you know the effect of changing this value Fragment Threshold Check this box to set the packet fragment threshold by yourself You can drag the slider to set the threshold value or input the value in the box located at right...

Page 27: ...ion is not enabled or you select WPA as encryption type this field will be disabled and grayed out You can set up to 4 WEP keys here There are two types of WEP key Hexadecimal and ASCII For Hexadecimal key you can input number 0 9 and alphabet a f for example 001122aabbcc For ASCII key you can input number 0 9 and alphabet a z for example mywepkey12345 The length of WEP key depends on the type of ...

Page 28: ...TLS Smart Card or TTLS When you use EAP FAST as authentication type the tunnel authentication type is always Generic Token Card and can not be changed You also need to select Soft Token or Static Password as password in Authentication ID Password setting EAP FAST authentication type also have a sub menu to set EAP fast specific parameters If you need to use protected authentication credential chec...

Page 29: ...elect a CA Certificate Authority from dropdown menu If intermediate certificates are allowed please select Allow intermediate certificates Also if you need to specify CA server s name you can specify it in Server name field You can select Server name must match so the CA server s name must be the same with the value you set in Server name field If only the domain name part of full server name must...

Page 30: ...C to configure your wireless network parameter 1 Right click VigorN65 configuration utility icon and select Use Zero Configuration 2 Right click Windows Zero Configuration icon and select View Available Wireless Networks If you can not find the icon please follow the procedures from step 3 to step 5 3 Click Start button should be located at the bottom left corner of windows desktop click Control P...

Page 31: ... Connections 5 Right click Wireless Network Connection it may have a number as suffix if you have more than one wireless network card please make sure you right click the ViogrN65 Wireless LAN Card then select View Available Wireless Networks ...

Page 32: ...t or you can click Refresh network list to rescan access points Click the access point you want to use if it is shown then click Connect 7 If the access point is protected by encryption you have to input its security key or passphrase 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 pas...

Page 33: ... different time like of access point of your home office cybercafé or public wireless service you can store the connection parameters encryption passphrase security etc etc as a profile for every access point so you don t have to input these parameters every time when you want to connect to a specific wireless access point To manage profiles right click VigorN65 configuration utility icon located ...

Page 34: ... select a profile from the list all information about selected profile will be listed 3 3 2 2 1 1 A Ad dd d a a p pr ro of fi il le e If you want to click new profile click Profile menu then click Add button You ll be prompted to input detailed information of access point as described in Section 3 1 1 3 ...

Page 35: ... select a profile from the list first then click Edit button You ll be provided with the contents of selected profile and you can edit them Click OK to save changes or click Cancel to discard changes 3 3 2 2 3 3 D De el le et te e a an n e ex xi is st ti in ng g p pr ro of fi il le e If you no longer need a profile you can delete it Select the profile you wish to delete from the list and click Del...

Page 36: ... failed When the connection is successfully established a icon will be displayed 3 3 3 3 A Ad dv va an nc ce ed d S Se et tt ti in ng gs s This wireless network card provides several advanced settings for experienced wireless users You can change these settings to increase data transfer performance or change operation mode Please follow the following instructions to set advanced wireless settings ...

Page 37: ... box Fast Roaming Check this box and you can control the threshold that the wireless network card should switch to another wireless access point with better signal quality Only adjust value when you understand what it means and you need to roam between multiple access points Show Authentication Status Dialog When your computer is being authenticated by wireless authentication server a dialog windo...

Page 38: ...tion which can improve the performance of certain network applications like audio video streaming network telephony VoIP and others When you enable the WMM function of this network card you can define the priority of different kinds of data to give higher priority to applications which require instant responding Therefore you can improve the performance of such network applications Please follow t...

Page 39: ... 3 3 6 6 W WP PS S C Co on nf fi ig gu ur ra at ti io on n Wi Fi Protected Setup WPS is the latest wireless network technology which makes wireless network setup become very simple If you have WPS enabled wireless access point and you want to establish a secure connection to it you don t have to configure the wireless access point and setup data encryption by yourself All you have to do is to go t...

Page 40: ...ate WPS standby mode may have another name or use other way to start WPS PBC standby mode as the instruction given by your wireless access point s user manual You can also set Config Mode to Registrar In this mode this wireless network card will wait for other WPS enabled access points to send WPS pairing requests Please refer to the instruction given by your wireless access point s user manual to...

Page 41: ...this connection as a profile you can click Export Profile button and this connection will be saved You can find this connection in Profile tab in a later time 7 Sometime WPS may fail In the following picture WPS pairing is failed because no WPS enabled access point is found You can click PBC button few more times to try again When an access point is connected you can click Disconnect to disconnect...

Page 42: ...you experienced problem with the pin code provided here you can click Renew to get a new pin code 4 Click PIN button now and wait for few seconds to one minute If a wireless access point with correct PIN code is found you ll be connected to that access point 5 You may have to click PIN for few more times to try again If you still can not connect to access point by this way please make sure the PIN...

Page 43: ...Click it to enable SSO feature You have to choose one of the SSO methods to log on Enable Pre Logon Connectivity Click it to enable pre logon connectivity Use ID and Password in Winlogon Use the ID and Password in Windows logon Use ID and Password in Profile Use the ID and Password defined in a profile Prompt ID and Password Dialog Use the ID and Password in pop up authentication dialog Profile Li...

Page 44: ... CCS Choose whether Cisco compatible eXtensions are supported or not Enable Radio Measurements Enable the radio measurement Non Serving Channel Measurement limit Non serving channel measurement limit is between 0 and 1023 milliseconds Roaming with RF Parameters Check the box to make roaming by a set of RF parameters from AP Voice Drastic Roaming Check the box to diagnose roaming function by voice ...

Page 45: ...ad di io o O On n O Of ff f You can switch the wireless radio transceiver on and off by the utility so if you want to disable wireless network function you don t have to remove the network card physically 1 Right click VigorN65 configuration utility icon located at lower right corner of computer desktop and then click Launch Config Utility 2 To switch wireless radio on off please click Radio On Of...

Page 46: ...ility driver and other important information about your wireless network card Please follow the following instructions to see the information 1 Right click VigorN65 configuration utility icon located at lower right corner of computer desktop and then click Launch Config Utility 2 Click About tab and the following information will appear ...

Page 47: ...even share the internet connection you have Please follow the instructions in following chapters to use the AP function of your wireless card 4 4 1 1 S Sw wi it tc ch h t to o A AP P M Mo od de e a an nd d B Ba as si ic c C Co on nf fi ig gu ur ra at ti io on n The operating mode of the wireless card is Station Mode becoming a client of other wireless access points by default If you want to switch...

Page 48: ...e number of channels available here will vary depends on the setting of Country Region Code Wireless Mode Select the operation mode of the access point here When 2 4G is selected the access point is operated as 802 11b g n access point When 5GHz is selected the access point is operated as 802 11a n access point Use Mac Address Click this button to use the MAC address of the wireless card as SSID A...

Page 49: ...w the exact SSID to be able to connect to your computer This option is useful to enhance security level Allow BW 40 MHz Check this box to allow BW 40MHz capability Beacon ms You can define the time interval that a beacon signal should be send Default value is 100 Do not modify this value unless you know what will be affected TX Power You can select the wireless output power here Please select a pr...

Page 50: ...n Shared WPA PSK WPA2 PSK and WPA PSK WPA2 PSK If you want to disable wireless data encryption you must select Open Encryption Type Please select an encryption mode The available options in this setting item will vary depending on the authentication type you select If you select Not Use data will not be encrypted and people with some networking knowledge will be able to read the data you transfer ...

Page 51: ...according to the type of WEP key you selected If you want to use WEP 64 bits encryption please input 10 characters if you select HEX or input 5 characters if you select ASCII If you want to use WEP 128bits encryption please input 26 characters if you select HEX or input 13 characters if you select ASCII 128 bits encryption is safer then 64 bits but the data transfer speed will be slightly reduced ...

Page 52: ... point Here are descriptions of every setup item Item Name Description Access Policy Select the policy type of your access rule Disable Allow any wireless client with proper authentication settings to connect to this access point Allow All Only allow wireless clients with MAC address listed here to connect to this access point Reject All Reject wireless clients with MAC address listed here to be c...

Page 53: ... When you finish with setting and want to save changes click Apply button 4 4 4 4 C Co on nn ne ec ct ti io on n T Ta ab bl le e If you want to see the list of all wireless clients connected to this access point please select Mac Table tab from the utility Here are descriptions of every setup item Item Name Description MAC Address Displays the MAC address of this wireless client AID The serial num...

Page 54: ...s additional information of this wireless Connection like current wireless operating mode and data transfer rate 4 4 5 5 E Ev ve en nt t L Lo og g This software access point will log all wireless related activities as a log Click Event Log tab and the event log will be displayed You can click Clear to remove all entries in the log ...

Page 55: ... St ta at ti is st ti ic cs s If you want to know detailed information about how your software access point works click Statistics tab and the event log will be displayed You can click RESET COUNTERS button to reset all counters to zero ...

Page 56: ...65 User s Guide 56 4 4 7 7 A Ab bo ou ut t The About tab provides you the information about version number of the configuration utility driver and other important information about your wireless access point ...

Page 57: ... 48 54Mbps 11b 1 2 5 5 11Mbps 11g 6 9 12 24 36 48 54Mbps 11n 20MHz 5G 2 4G MCS0 15 up to 144Mbps 11n 40MHz 5G 2 4G MCS0 15 up to 300Mbps Securities WEP 64 128 WPA WPA2 Cisco CCX Support Output Power 2 4GHz 11b 17 1 5 dBm 11g 14 1 5 dBm 11n 20MHz 15 1 5 dBm 11n 40MHz 15 1 5 dBm 5GHz 11a 12 1 5 dBm 11n 20 40MHz 12 1 5 dBm Antenna Internal Printed Antenna 2T2R MIMO Technology Drivers Windows 2000 XP ...

Page 58: ... If the VigorN95 configuration utility s icon is black the network card is not detected by your computer 2 Reboot the computer and try again 3 Remove the card and insert it into another USB port 4 Remove the driver and re install 5 Contact the dealer of purchase for help Q 3 I can not establish connection with a certain wireless access point Solution 1 Click Connect for few more times 2 If the SSI...

Page 59: ...for the home office and public networks 802 11g defines the use of the same OFDM modulation technique specified in IEEE 802 11a for the 5 GHz frequency band and applies it in the same 2 4 GHz frequency band as IEEE 802 11b The 802 11g standard requires backward compatibility with 802 11b The standard specifically calls for A A new physical layer for the 802 11 Medium Access Control MAC in the 2 4 ...

Page 60: ...s implement AES at the hardware level DSSS vs FHSS 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 Direct sequence spread spectrum DSSS generates a r...

Page 61: ...i Fi device WMM Power Save uses mechanisms included in the IEEE 802 11e standard and is an enhancement of IEEE 802 11 legacy power save With WMM Power Save the same amount of data can be transmitted in a shorter time while allowing the Wi Fi device to remain longer in a low power dozing state GI GI stands for Guard Interval It s a measure to protect wireless devices from cross interference If ther...

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