Edimax EW-7612PIn V2 User Manual Download

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EW-7612PIn V2

User Manual

11-2011 / v1.0

Summary of Contents for EW-7612PIn V2

Page 1: ...I EW 7612PIn V2 User Manual 11 2011 v1 0 ...

Page 2: ...y its distributor or its dealer assumes the entire cost of all necessary servicing repair and any incidental or consequential damages resulting from any defect in the software Edimax Technology Co Ltd reserves the right to revise this publication and to make changes from time to time in the contents hereof without the obligation to notify any person of such revision or changes The product you have...

Page 3: ...ofile Management 20 2 3 1 Add a new profile 21 2 3 2 Remove an existing profile 24 2 3 3 Edit an existing profile 25 2 3 4 Make a copy of existing profile 26 2 4 View Network Statistics General Information and Status 28 2 4 1 General Information 28 2 4 2 Status 29 2 5 Miscellaneous Settings 30 2 6 Establish secure connection with AP by WPS 31 2 6 1 PIN Code 33 CHAPTER III Soft AP Function 36 3 1 S...

Page 4: ... multi language setup wizard Wireless speed up to 12 times faster and coverage 5 times further Features a hardware WPS Wi Fi Protected Setup button Includes a low profile bracket for small computers Supports major encryption methods like WEP WPA and WPA2 encryption PCI e interface you can get it installed on your computer in just few seconds Software AP acting as an access point Green Power Saving...

Page 5: ...isassemble the network card by yourself warranty will be void 6 If the network card falls into water DO NOT USE IT AGAIN BEFORE YOU SEND THE CARD TO THE DEALER OF PURCHASE FOR INSPECTION 7 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 1 3 System Requirements An empty PCI express slot W...

Page 6: ...ink On Link to a wireless access point Off Not linked to any wireless access point Tx Rx On Wireless WPS function is activated The network card will wait for 2 minutes to establish WPS connection Blinking Wireless network card is normally installed Linked to a wireless access point Transferring or receiving data Off No wireless activity 1 2 3 ...

Page 7: ...reless network card 1 SWITCH THE COMPUTER OFF remove the cover and insert the wireless network card into an empty PCI express slot of your computer and then replace the cover 2 Install the antenna on the wireless network card and make sure the antenna is securely installed To improve radio reception please adjust antenna to the proper position ...

Page 8: ...he CD ROM including in the package The wizard is an easy and quick configuration tool for internet connection with series process When you start EZMAX Setup Wizard you will get the following welcome screen Please choose the language to start the configuration The wizard will guide you to finish your network connection We will not provide any instruction for the EZMAX Setup Wizard here ...

Page 9: ...u prefer the traditional setup procedure please follow the instruction as following step 1 Insert device driver CDROM into the CD DVD ROM drive of your computer and execute Setup exe program in Utility folder ...

Page 10: ...7 2 Please select the language you wish to use then click Next 3 Click Next to continue ...

Page 11: ... 5 Click Finish to reboot your computer to complete installation procedure If you don t want to reboot computer now select No I ll restart my computer later option and click Finish Please note you have to reboot your computer before you can use your new wireless network card ...

Page 12: ...to configure your wireless connection please right click on this icon and a popup menu will appear You can click Open Config Utility to start configuration program If you want to close the configuration utility please click Quit 8 Please note that if you stopped config utility by Quit function you ll not be able to maintain the wireless link to the access point you wish to use In this case you can...

Page 13: ...wireless access point you wish to connect The current status of wireless connection will be displayed by Edimax 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 There are two wa...

Page 14: ...guration utility to connect to wireless access point 1 Left click the Edimax configuration utility icon located at lower right corner of computer desktop and configuration menu will appear 2 Wireless utility will appear Click Available Network menu to search for wireless access points nearby ...

Page 15: ...computer closer When the access point you re looking for is on the list left click it and then double click it or click Add to Profile 4 If a password a k a Network Key is required to access the wireless access point please input it in Network key and input it again in Confirm network key for confirmation Click OK when password is properly inputted NOTE Network security type Network Authentication...

Page 16: ...cess point you selected when SSID is not hidden and grayed out If SSID is hidden you have to input correct SSID you yourself This is a computer to computer ad hoc network Check this box if you wish to connect to another computer network device by ad hoc method When not accessing to wireless access point you have to check this box Channel Select wireless channel for ad hoc connection This option on...

Page 17: ... please refer to the setting of the access point Network key Confirm network key When the encryption type is WPA or WPA2 PSK it s required to input a set of passphrase to connect to wireless access point Please input the same passphrase in two boxes for confirmation EAP TYPE Tunnel Provision Mode When authentication type is any of 802 1X you have to select EAP type tunnel and provision mode from d...

Page 18: ...nutes please be patient When the Status become Associated your computer is connected to access point you selected Click Close to close configuration menu NOTE If you connected to an access point but the connection has been dropped soon please check security settings and re check password spelling ...

Page 19: ... a built in wireless network configuration utility called as Windows Zero Configuration WZC You can also use WZC to configure your wireless network parameter 1 Right click Edimax configuration utility icon and click Open Config Utility 2 Check Windows Zero Config box ...

Page 20: ...ation mode will appear Click OK to continue NOTE To return to use Edimax utility uncheck Windows Zero Config box 4 Click Start button should be located at the bottom left corner of windows desktop click Control Panel then click Network and Internet Connections in Control Panel ...

Page 21: ...s 6 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 Edimax 802 11n Wireless LAN Card then select View Available Wireless Networks ...

Page 22: ...an click Refresh network list to rescan access points Click the access point you want to use if it s shown then click Connect 8 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 passphrase ...

Page 23: ...access point of your home office cybercafe 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 the Edimax configuration utility icon located at lower right corner ...

Page 24: ... 1 Add a new profile By this function you can setup the connection parameters for a specific wireless access point in advance without contacting it first If you want to create a new profile click Profile menu then click Add button ...

Page 25: ...ess point you wish to connect This is a computer to computer ad hoc network Check this box if you wish to connect to another computer network device by ad hoc method When not accessing to wireless access point you have to check this box Channel Select wireless channel for ad hoc connection This option only appears when you re using ad hoc connection Network Authentication Select the network authen...

Page 26: ...work key Confirm network key When the encryption type is WPA or WPA2 PSK it s required to input a set of passphrase to connect to wireless access point Please input the same passphrase in two boxes for confirmation EAP TYPE Tunnel Provision Mode When authentication type is any of 802 1X you have to select EAP type tunnel and provision mode from dropdown menu This setting must be identical with you...

Page 27: ...an existing profile When you no longer need an existing profile you can remove it If you want to remove a profile click Profile menu then select an existing profile which you wish to remove and then click Remove button ...

Page 28: ...ou wish to change the content of the profile you can use this function Please 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 ...

Page 29: ...s function This function is very convenient when you need to build a new profile which parameters are similar to any existing profile To do this select an existing profile then click Duplicate button You ll be prompted to input a profile name please use an identical name that does not exist in profile list ...

Page 30: ...wish to use a specific profile as default connection you can select a profile in the list and click Set Default Selected profile will become default selection and Edimax configuration utility will attempt to connect to selected access point ...

Page 31: ...d information about the wireless connection you re using 2 4 1 General Information If you want to know the general information of the access point you re connecting to click General menu All general information like signal strength and link quality will be displayed here These information are very useful when you encounter some problem on connecting to access point If you wish to get a new IP addr...

Page 32: ...nu 2 4 3 View Network Statistics To view the statistical data of wireless network card click Statistics menu and the statistics of wireless connection will be displayed All connection related statistics is displayed here You can click Reset button to reset the statistics of all items back to 0 ...

Page 33: ...low Show Tray Icon Check this box to show an icon on system tray Uncheck this box to hide it Radio Off Switch wireless radio off Wireless network functionalities are disabled Disable Adapter Disable wireless network adapter All functionalities of configration menu will disappear To resume unckeck Disable Adapter Windows Zero Config Use Windows Zero Configuration to manage wireless connections See ...

Page 34: ...to become a WPS enabled access point Since they may not have a hardware button to press for WPS setup you can use an alternative WPS setup method input the pin code Every WPS compatible wireless network card support pin code configuration method you can just input the code to wireless access point and the wireless access point and wireless network card will do the rest for you This wireless networ...

Page 35: ...t Setup menu 3 You can use PIN code or Push Button configuration and WPS compatible wireless access point must use the same type of WPS For instructions on setup each type of WPS see next 2 chapters for detailed instructions ...

Page 36: ...33 2 6 1 PIN Code To use PIN Code please click Pin Input Config PIN button You ll be prompted to select an access point you wish to connect If you know its SSID click Yes otherwise click No ...

Page 37: ...ter 8 digit PIN code into your AP without selecting an AP in advance After you select Yes or No in previous step network card will attempt to connect to WPS compatible AP and an 8 digit number will appear Please input this number to AP s configuration menu within 2 minutes and network card will establish secure connection with AP automatically To stop this procedure before connection is establishe...

Page 38: ...re connection by WPS but if there re more than one WPS compatible AP using Push Button config please use PIN Code instead After you click Push Button Config a message box will appear Please activate Push Button function on wireless access point now and wireless network card will establish secure connection with access point within one minute ...

Page 39: ...computers and wireless devices can connect to your computer wirelessly even share the internet connection you have Please follow the instructions in following chapters to use the AP function of your wireless card 3 1 Switch to AP Mode and Station Mode The operating mode of the wireless card is Station Mode becoming a client of other wireless access points by default Please follow the following ins...

Page 40: ...37 2 Select Mode and then select Access Point It requires few seconds to switch to AP mode please be patient ...

Page 41: ...fter mode switch is complete you ll see general information of software AP which shows AP s SSID and connected wireless clients 3 1 1 Configure SSID and Channel To configure software AP click Config button ...

Page 42: ...p items are listed below Network Name SSID Please input the SSID the name used to identify this wireless access point here Up to 32 numerical characters can be accepted here excepting space Channel Please select the wireless channel you wish to use from 1 to 13 To save changes click OK otherwise click Cancel to leave this menu and keep settings untouched ...

Page 43: ...Encryption Select data encryption method from dropdown menu ASCII PASSPHRASE If the encryption method is WEP check either ASCII or PASSPHRASE box and input it in the box as WEP passphrase Key Index Select WEP key index 1 4 If you don t know which one you should use select 1 Network key Confirm network key IF network authentication mode is WPA please input WPA passphrase in both box To save changes...

Page 44: ...on Interval Please input wireless beacon time interval here DTIM Period Please input DTIM Delivery Traffic Indication Message here Preamble Mode Select wireless frame preamble mode long or short from dropdown menu Set Defaults Reset all settings back to factory default value Apply Save changes If you changed any setting here and cause problem on communicating with wireless clients click Set Defaul...

Page 45: ...42 3 3 Wireless Statistics Select Statistics menu and the data statistics about software access point will be displayed Click Reset to reset the value of every item back to 0 ...

Page 46: ...11g 6 9 12 24 36 48 54Mbps 11n 20MHz MCS0 7 Up to 144Mbps 11n 40MHz MCS0 7 Up to 300Mbps Securities WEP 64 128 WPA WPA2 and IEEE 802 1x Antenna 3dBi detachable antenna 2T2R Drivers Windows XP Vista Windows 7 LED Link Tx Rx Transmit Power 11b 16 1 5dBm 11g 12 1 5dBm 11n 12 1 5dBm Dimension 22 H x 121 W x 88 D mm without Antenna Temperature 32 104 F 0 40 C Humidity 10 95 Non Condensing Certification...

Page 47: ...ition of network card you may have to move your computer if you re using a notebook computer and click Rescan button for few more times If you can find the wireless access point or wireless device you want to connect by doing this try to move closer to the place where the wireless access point or wireless device is located Nothing happens when I click Open Config Utility 1 Please make sure the wir...

Page 48: ...ws network cards with specific MAC address to establish connection Please go to Status menu and write the value of MAC Address down then present this value to the owner of access point so he she can add the MAC address of your network card to his her access point s list The network is slow having problem when transferring large files 1 Move closer to the place where access point is located 2 There...

Page 49: ...ng CCK for 11 and 5 5 Mbps and Barker code modulation for 2 and 1 Mbps B A protection mechanism called RTS CTS that governs how 802 11g devices and 802 11b devices interoperate 2 What is the IEEE 802 11b standard The IEEE 802 11b Wireless LAN standard subcommittee which formulates the standard for the industry The objective is to enable wireless LAN hardware from different manufactures to communic...

Page 50: ... with Netware Windows 2000 or other LAN operating systems to support printer or file sharing 11 Would the information be intercepted while transmitting on air WLAN features two fold protection in security On the hardware side as with Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum technology it has the inherent security feature of scrambling On the software side WLAN series offer the encryption function WEP to en...

Page 51: ... parameters of the spread spectrum signal being broadcast If a receiver is not tuned to the right frequency a spread spectrum signal looks like background noise There are two main alternatives Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum DSSS and Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum FHSS 14 What is WPS WPS stands for Wi Fi Protected Setup It provides a simple way to establish unencrypted or encrypted connections ...

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