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3.8.3 AP Statistics

You can get the real time information about the packet transmission and receiving status during

wireless communication from the screen. If you want to recount the statistics value, please click

“Reset“.

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Page 1: ...8 80 02 2 1 11 1g g W Wi ir re el le es ss s L LA AN N M Mi in ni i U US SB B A Ad da ap pt te er r User Manual Version 1 0 August 2005 ...

Page 2: ...warranties merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose Any software described in this manual is sold or licensed as is Should the programs prove defective following their purchase the buyer and not this company 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 Furth...

Page 3: ...m that to which the receiver is connected 4 Consult the dealer or an experienced radio technician for help FCC Caution This equipment complies with FCC radiation exposure limits set forth for an uncontrolled environment This equipment should be installed and operated with minimum distance 1 5cm between the radiator your body This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules Operation is subject t...

Page 4: ... of those who install and use it However special attention must be paid to the dangers of electric shock and static electricity when working with electrical equipment All guidelines of this and of the computer manufacture must therefore be allowed at all times to ensure the safe use of the equipment EU Countries Intended for Use The ETSI version of this device is intended for home and office use i...

Page 5: ...RATION UTILITY 9 3 1 Utility Overview 9 3 2 Available Network 10 3 3 General 12 3 4 Profile 13 3 4 1 Configure the Profile 14 3 4 2 Enable WPA in Windows XP 16 3 5 Advanced 19 3 6 Status 21 3 7 Statistics 21 3 8 Software AP 22 3 8 1 AP Properties Setting 23 3 8 2 AP Advanced 23 3 8 3 AP Statistics 25 4 TROUBLESHOOTING 26 ...

Page 6: ...modes allowing user customizes the way of saving the power from his her portable or handheld devices This adapter is cost effective together with the versatile features it is the best solution for you to build your wireless network 1 1 Features Works with both IEEE 802 11b and IEEE 802 11g products High speed transfer data rate up to 54Mbps High throughput supports multi media data bandwidth requi...

Page 7: ...ification FCC CE 1 3 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 One CD Driver Utility Manual If any of the above items is missing contact your supplier as soon as possible ...

Page 8: ...ty before please uninstall the old version first I Install the Driver A Insert the Installation CD to your CD ROM Drive B Insert the USB Adapter to the USB port of your laptop or desktop computer the system will automatically find the device and search for its driver C Select Install from a list or specific location Advanced and click Next D Please select the Driver Winxp_2k folder select the fold...

Page 9: ...4 E The Hardware Installation screen is popped up Click Continue Anyway to continue F The system is installed the driver automatically G Click Finish to complete the driver installation ...

Page 10: ... II Install the Utility A Execute Utility Setup exe from the installation CD B The InstallShield Wizard is displayed Click Next C Click Yes to process the installation if you accept the license agreement ...

Page 11: ...ystem tray III Use the Configuration Utility To start configuring the 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 By default this Windows Zero Configuration Tool is enabled If you want to use the Utility of the adapter please follow one of the ways as below ...

Page 12: ... of the adapter is displayed and it alerts you that you are in the Windows Zero Configuration mode Click Ok C Uncheck Windows Zero Config to enable the utility of the adapter Second Way A Right click the icon and select View Available Wireless Networks B Click Advanced ...

Page 13: ...8 C Uncheck Use Windows to configure my wireless network settings to enable the utility for the adapter ...

Page 14: ... You can open it by double click on the icon In the Desktop In the System Tray Right click the icon in the system tray there are some items for you to operate the configuration utility Open Config Utility Select Open Config Utility to open the configuration utility About Select About to show the utility information Hide Select Hide to hide the utility in the system tray 3 1 Utility Overview There ...

Page 15: ... of the adapter If the radio is turned off the adapter will not work Windows Zero Config To configure the adapter from Windows XP Zero Configuration check the item It is the status bar that displays the current status of the utility To close it please disable the Status Bar in the View item There are several tabs in the block for you to setup the function of the adapter Please refer to the descrip...

Page 16: ...ation Signal and etc If you want to connect to any network on the list double click the selected network Refresh Click Refresh to update the available networks list It is recommended that refresh the list while you have changed the connection network Add to Profile A profile stores the setting of a network so that you can connect to the network quickly To add the selected network to a profile clic...

Page 17: ...e requires the presence of an 802 11 Access Point All communication is done via the Access Point or Router IBSS Select this mode if you want to connect to another wireless stations in the Wireless LAN network without through an Access Point or Router Encryption It displays the encryption setting of the current connection including None WEP or TKIP SSID The SSID up to 32 printable ASCII characters ...

Page 18: ...ows the preferred networks for the wireless connection You can add remove edit duplicate the preferred networks or set one of the networks as the default connection Add Remove Edit Button Click these buttons to add delete edit the selected profiles Duplicate If you like to build up the new profile with the same settings as the current profile then you can select this feature Set Default To designa...

Page 19: ...the adapter and then only the device with the same SSID can interconnect to the adapter This is a computer to computer ad hoc network wireless access points are not used There are two kinds of network type described as follows Infrastructure This operation mode requires the presence of an 802 11 Access Point All communication is done via the Access Point or Router Ad Hoc Connect to another wireles...

Page 20: ...eping unauthorized users that don t have the matching password from joining the network while encrypting the data traveling between authorized devices The encryption method supported by the adapter is TKIP Data Encryption Disabled Disable the WEP Data Encryption WEP Enable the WEP Data Encryption When the item is selected you have to continue setting the WEP Encryption keys TKIP TKIP Temporal Key ...

Page 21: ...ds based interoperable security enhancement that strongly increases the level of data protection encryption and access control authentication for existing and future wireless LAN systems The technical components of WPA include Temporal Key Integrity Protocol TKIP for dynamic key exchange and 802 1x for authentication There are two types of WPA security WPA PSK no server and WPA with server WPA req...

Page 22: ...ress Configure button to configure the WPA function for the current network 1 From here right click the icon to select View Available Wireless Networks 2 Press Advanced button from Wireless Network Connection ...

Page 23: ...ell as in each PC on the wireless network WPA takes over automatically from that point keeping unauthorized users that don t have the matching password from joining the network while encrypting the data traveling between authorized devices Data Encryption Disabled No encryption is needed WEP In WPA or WPA PSK mode WEP is also able to be the encryption method for the transmission data TKIP TKIP Tem...

Page 24: ...s of the adapter are still alive In this mode the power consumption is larger than Max mode Max Enable the adapter in the power saving mode when it is idle Wireless Mode 802 11 b This adapter can be compatible with both 802 11g and 802 11b wireless stations If there are only 802 11b wireless stations in the network you can set the adapter to this mode 802 11 g b If you have a mix of 802 11b and 80...

Page 25: ...ed If you are in different country you could change the channel from the pull down list Fragment Threshold 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 Select a setting within a range of 2...

Page 26: ...me and link status If you don t ensure the status of the adapter and the network you are connecting please go to the screen for more details 3 7 Statistics You can get the real time information about the packet transmission and receiving status during wireless communication from the screen If you want to recount the statistics value please click Reset ...

Page 27: ...characters is the unique name identified in a WLAN The ID prevents the unintentional merging of two co located WLANs The default SSID of the AP is ANY Wireless adapters connect to the AP should set up the same SSID as the AP BSSID Display the MAC address of the adapter Associate Table All the wireless adapters connected to the software AP will be displayed in the list Config Click Config for setti...

Page 28: ...23 3 8 1 AP Properties Setting Please refer to Section 3 4 1 for the setting of the parameters for AP Note that Ad Hoc mode is not enabled for AP 3 8 2 AP Advanced ...

Page 29: ...ected the AP will auto switch the preamble mode depending on the wireless adapters Data Rate There are several options including Auto 1 2 5 5 11Mbps for you to select When the Auto is selected the AP will choose the most suitable transmission rate automatically Accept Authentication Type The wireless network supports two subtypes of network authentication services Open System and Shared Key Under ...

Page 30: ...AP Statistics You can get the real time information about the packet transmission and receiving status during wireless communication from the screen If you want to recount the statistics value please click Reset ...

Page 31: ...ERP includes the modulation schemes found in 802 11b including 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 w...

Page 32: ... 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 33: ...n other words more bandwidth is consumed than in the case of narrowband transmission but the trade off produces a signal that is in effect louder and thus easier to detect provided that the receiver knows the 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...

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