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Encore 802.11n Wireless PCI / PCMCIA Adapter

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Page 1: ...User s Guide Encore 802 11n Wireless PCI PCMCIA Adapter ...

Page 2: ...r relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules Operation is subject to the following two conditions 1 This device may not cause harmf...

Page 3: ...etic compatibility Company has an on going policy of upgrading its products and it may be possible that information in this document is not up to date Please check with your local distributors for the latest information No part of this document can be copied or reproduced in any form without written consent from the company Trademarks All trade names and trademarks are the properties of their resp...

Page 4: ...ENT GUIDE 10 MAKING A BASIC NETWORK CONNECTION 10 Select a configuration tool 10 To connect with Microsoft Zero Configuration tool 10 To connect with 802 11n Wireless LAN Utility 12 INTRODUCTION TO THE 802 11n WIRELESS LAN UTILITY 13 Interfaces 13 Information 14 Profile 14 Network 19 Advanced 20 Statistics 21 WMM 23 WPS 24 APPENDIX 26 INTRODUCTION TO THE CONFIGURATION UTILITY FOR VISTA ...

Page 5: ...4 USERS 26 Profile 26 Link Status 28 Site Survey 29 Statistics 30 AP MODE MANAGEMENT GUIDE 34 Config 34 Access Control 37 MAC Table 38 Event Log 39 Statistics 40 PRODUCT SPECIFICATION 41 ...

Page 6: ...ad this chapter to know about your Encore 802 11n Wireless PCI PCMCIA Adapter Unpacking information Before getting started please verify that your package includes the following items 1 ENCORE 802 11n Wireless PCI PCMCIA Adapter 2 One Utility Manual CD ...

Page 7: ...r for accessing to Internet This adapter includes a convenient Utility for scanning available networks and saving preferred networks that users usually connected with Security encryption can also be configured by this utility Key Features y Complies with IEEE 802 11n b g wireless standard y Supports driver for Windows 2000 XP and Vista y 2 4GHz Frequency band MIMO 2T3R y Supports QoS WMM WMM PS y ...

Page 8: ...oduct to your computer The system finds the newly installed device automatically Click cancel to close this window 2 Insert the CD Rom that came with this product to your CD Rom drive The menu window pops up automatically Please click the Driver button of this product Note If the CD Rom fails to auto run please click on My Computer your CD Rom Drive folder of this product Driver then double click ...

Page 9: ...onfiguration tool Note This can be changed after installing this software 4 Select to optimize this adapter in WiFi mode or performance mode Note The performance mode is only valid while connecting to a TX burst supported AP Users that uses the AP without TX Burst please select WiFi mode standard mode 8 ...

Page 10: ...5 Click the Install button to start installing 6 Click the Finish button to complete installation 9 ...

Page 11: ...eless network settings Note You could use either the software we provide or Microsoft Zero Configuration tool to configure this adapter To switch between the two configuration tools please right click on the icon on system tray to select To connect with Microsoft Zero Configuration tool After specifying the Microsoft Zero Configuration tool to configure your wireless network right click on the ico...

Page 12: ...e wireless networks Select your demanding network to connect with To connect to a wireless network with more security settings please click Change advanced settings to be compatible with your wireless network security settings 11 ...

Page 13: ...y It provides more information and configuration for this adapter As default the utility is started automatically upon starting your computer and connects to a connectable wireless network with best signal strength Please refer to the following chapters to get information regarding to the functions of this utility 12 ...

Page 14: ...he instruction in Appendix Interfaces This Utility is basically consisted of three parts 1 Functional buttons on top of the window You can click each button to access each configuration window 2 Configuration column Center of the utility window Make your changes for each function in this part 3 Status information bottom of the utility window Shows the connection status and system information 13 ...

Page 15: ...throughput in Mbps Link Quality Display connection quality based on signal strength and TX RX packet error rate Signal Strength 1 Receive signal strength 1 user can choose to display as percentage or dBm format Signal Strength 2 Receive signal strength 2 user can choose to display as percentage or dBm format Signal Strength 3 Receive signal strength 3 user can choose to display as percentage or dB...

Page 16: ... select from available Aps Power Save Mode Choose from CAM Constantly Awake Mode or PSM Power Saving Mode Network Type There are two types infrastructure and 802 11 Ad hoc mode Under Ad hoc mode you could also choose the preamble type the available preamble type includes auto and long In addition to that the channel field will be available for setup in Ad hoc mode RTS Threshold For adjusting the R...

Page 17: ...pports both TKIP and AES 802 1x Use 802 1x to make WPA and WPA2 certification This functions only works when connecting to a WPA and WPA2 supported device WPA Pre shared Key This is the shared secret between AP and STA For WPA PSK and WPA2 PSK authentication mode this field must be filled with character longer than 8 and less than 32 length WEP Key Only valid when using WEP encryption algorithm Th...

Page 18: ...nmark it to disable ID PASSWORD Authentication ID Password Identity password and domain name for server Only EAP FAST and LEAP authentication can key in domain name Domain name can be keyed in blank space Tunnel ID Password Identity and Password for server Client Certification Use Client certificate Client certificate for server authentication 17 ...

Page 19: ...rotected authentication credential Mark to use protected authentication credential Server Certification Use Certificate chain Mark the checkbox to enable using certification chain Allow intimidate certificates Mark to allow intimidate certification Server name Enter an authentication sever name 18 ...

Page 20: ...mation of each network please double click on each item to pop up the information window SSID Channel and Signal buttons Click each button to sort the listing networks by SSID channel and Signal strength Show dBm Mark the checkbox to show the signal strength in dBm Rescan To rescan available wireless networks Connect Click this button to connect to a designated network Add to Profile Click this bu...

Page 21: ...nable TCP window size which help enhance throughput Fast Roaming at __ dBm Mark the checkbox to enable fast roaming Specify the transmit power for fast roaming Show Authentication Status Dialog Mark the checkbox to show Authentication Status Dialog while connecting to an AP with authentication Authentication Status Dialog displays the process about 802 1x authentication Enable CCX Cisco Compatible...

Page 22: ...cessfully Frames successfully sent Frames Retransmitted Successfully Successfully retransmitted frames numbers Frames Fail To Receive ACK After All Retries Frames failed transmit after hitting retry limit RTS Frames Successfully Receive CTS Successfully receive CTS after sending RTS frame RTS Frames Fail To Receive CTS Failed to receive CTS after sending RTS Restart Counter Reset counters to zero ...

Page 23: ...ully Frames received successfully Frames Received With CRC Error Frames received with CRC error Frames Dropped Due To Out of Resource Frames dropped due to resource issue Duplicate Frames Received Duplicate received frames 22 ...

Page 24: ...ction only works while connecting to a WMM compatible device WMM Enable Enable Wi Fi Multi Media WMM Power Save Enable Enable WMM Power Save Please enable WMM before configuring this function Direct Link Setup Enable Enable DLS Direct Link Setup Please enable WMM before configuring this function 23 ...

Page 25: ...yption Type Config Methods Device Password ID Selected Registrar State Version AP Setup Locked UUID E and RF Bands PIN Code 8 digit numbers It is required to enter PIN Code into Registrar using PIN method Each Network card has only one PIN Code of Enrollee Config Mode Enrollee or an external Registrar Table of Credentials Display all of credentials got from the Registrar List information includes ...

Page 26: ... Registrar using PIN configuration method PBC Start to add to AP using PBC configuration method WPS associate IE Send the association request with WPS IE during WPS setup It is optional for STA WPS probe IE Send the probe request with WPS IE during WPS setup It is optional for STA Progress Bar Display rate of progress from Start to Connected status Status Bar Display currently WPS Status Note When...

Page 27: ... Vista users to configure the wireless network Please refer to the following sections for introduction Profile This profile page allows users to save different wireless settings which helps users to get access to wireless networks at home office or other wireless network environment quickly 26 ...

Page 28: ...formation of this wireless network and its relative security settings Please note that the information should be corresponding to the wireless network you are connecting to Deleting profile Click the Delete button to delete the selected profile Editing profile Click the Edit button to pop up the profile setting page for users to edit the existing profile Activating profile Click the Activate butto...

Page 29: ...ay link status and current channel in use Link Speed Display current transmitting and receiving rates Throughput Display transmitting and receiving throughputs Link Quality Display connecting quality based on signal strength and TX RX packet error rate Signal Strength Display receiving signal strength either in percentage or dBm format Noise Level Display noise signal strength 28 ...

Page 30: ...Phy Type of the network Signal Signal strength of the network Channel The channel in use Encryption Encryption algorithm The supported algorithms are WEP TKIP AES and Not Use Authentication Authentication mode The supported modes are Unknown WPA PSK WPA2 PSK WPA and WPA2 Network Type Infrastructure or Ad Hoc Rescan Click the rescan button to perform re scanning Add to profile Select a network then...

Page 31: ...smitted failed after hitting the retrying limit RTS Frames Successfully Receive CTS CTS frames received successfully after sending RTS frames RTS Frames Fail To Receive CTS The missing CTS frames after sending RTS frames Frames Received Successfully Frames received successfully Frames Received With CRC Error Frames received with CRC error Frames Dropped Due To Out of Resource Frames dropped due to...

Page 32: ...n is checked station probes a request with WPS IE during WPS setup Re scanning Click the rescan button to perform the re scanning WPS AP Information Click the WPS information button to bring up the WPS capable AP information dialog window The window shows the information including Authentication Type There are three types of supported authentication modes including Open Shared WPA PSK and WPA mode...

Page 33: ...egistrar indicates if the user has recently activated a Registrar to add an Enrollee State This attribute is used to indicate the current configuration state This attribute is either Un configured or Configured Version This attribute is the specified WPS version AP Setup Locked AP Setup Locked indicates if AP has entered a setup locked state UUID E UUID E is universally unique identifier UUID gene...

Page 34: ...ofile detail information Selecting a profile then pushing the Detail button brings up the WPS profile This profile shows information including Connect with WPS profile Clicking the Connect button will connect to AP with the selected WPS profile Rotate WPS profiles If there are more than two WPS profiles clicking the Rotate button will rotate to next profile and connect to AP with this profile If t...

Page 35: ...P mode utility Note In Windows XP it provides WPA support at hotfix Q815485 However you have to make sure that hotfix Q815485 require XP SP1 installed has been installed in your system before you can start using WPA features You can check the installation of hotfix in add remove software page under control panel Config This page provides overall configuration to this adapter Please find the follow...

Page 36: ...t protection 5 Beacon ms The time between two beacons System default is 100 ms 6 TX Power Manually force the AP transmits power System default is 100 7 TX Rate Manually force the Transmit using selected rate Default is auto 8 Idle Time Manually force the Idle Time using selected value Default is 300 9 Channel Manually force the AP using the channel System default is channel 1 10 Use Mac Address Us...

Page 37: ...s field must be filled with character longer than 8 and less than 32 length PCI only Group Rekey Interval Only valid when using WPA PSK encryption algorithm The key will change compliance with seconds or beacon that user set PCI device only WEP Key Only valid when using WEP encryption algorithm The key must match the key on AP There are several formats to enter the keys a Hexadecimal 40bits 10 Hex...

Page 38: ...process access control from the drop list to determine the MAC addresses that you designated are allowed to access the AP or not MAC Address Add allowed or denied MAC addresses to the MAC address list Access List Display all Mac Addresses that you designated Delete Delete Mac addresses that you selected Remove All Remove all Mac address in Access List Apply Apply changes 37 ...

Page 39: ...ays the station detail information of current connection MAC Address The station MAC address of current connection AID Raise value by current connection Power Saving Mode Check if the connected station supports power saving 38 ...

Page 40: ...Event Log Record Soft AP all event time and message Event Time yy mm dd hh mm ss Record event time Message All event messages 39 ...

Page 41: ...S that successfully received after sending RTS frame RTS Frames Fail To Receive CTS Counts of CTS that fail to be received after sending RTS frame Frames Retransmitted Successfully Successfully retransmitted frames numbers Frames Received Successfully Frames received successfully Frames Received With CRC Error Frames received with CRC error Frames Dropped Due To Out of Resource Frames dropped due ...

Page 42: ... 11Mbps 90dBm 54 Mbps 78dBm 300mbps 70dBm Channel USA 11 Europe 13 Transmit Power PCI 11Mbps 19dBm 54Mbps 16dBm 11n 20MHz and 11n 40MHz 16dBm Mini PCI 11Mbps 18dBm 54Mbps 14dBm 11n 20MHz and 11n 40MHz 15dBm Range Coverage Indoor 35 100 meters Outdoor 100 300 meters Operating Temperature 0 40 32 104 Operating Humidity 10 90 non condensing Emission FCC Class B CE 41 ...

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