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EUB600 – Dual Band Wireless-N 300Mbps Media USB Adapter

 

 

 

 2 

 

Table of Contents 

1

 

INTRODUCTION............................................................................................................................... 3

 

F

EATURES 

&

 

B

ENEFITS

............................................................................................................................... 3

 

P

ACKAGE 

C

ONTENTS

 .................................................................................................................................. 4

 

USB

 

A

DAPTER 

D

ESCRIPTION

 ..................................................................................................................... 4

 

S

YSTEM 

R

EQUIREMENTS

 ............................................................................................................................ 4

 

A

PPLICATIONS

 ............................................................................................................................................ 5

 

N

ETWORK 

C

ONFIGURATION

 ....................................................................................................................... 5

 

2

 

USB ADAPTER FOR WINDOWS (XP & VISTA) .......................................................................... 7

 

B

EFORE 

Y

OU 

B

EGIN

 ................................................................................................................................... 7

 

I

NSTALLING THE 

D

RIVERS

 .......................................................................................................................... 8

 

P

ROFILES

 ...................................................................................................................................................12

 

I

NFRASTRUCTURE 

M

ODE

 ...........................................................................................................................12

 

A

D

-

HOC 

M

ODE

 ..........................................................................................................................................14

 

A

UTHENTICATION AND 

S

ECURITY

 .............................................................................................................15

 

WEP Encryption...................................................................................................................................15

 

WPA, WPA2 Authentication & TKIP, AES Encryption........................................................................16

 

WPA-PSK & WPA2-PSK Authentication & TKIP, AES Encryption ....................................................17

 

LEAP Authentication ...........................................................................................................................18

 

802.1x with PEAP ................................................................................................................................18

 

PEAP Authentication with EAP/TLS Smartcard ..................................................................................19

 

802.1x with TTLS with EAP-MD5, MS-CHAP, MS-CHAPv2 ..............................................................19

 

802.1x CA Server .................................................................................................................................20

 

N

ETWORK 

(S

ITE 

S

URVEY

) .........................................................................................................................22

 

A

DVANCED 

C

ONFIGURATION

 ....................................................................................................................24

 

WPS ..........................................................................................................................................................24

 

U

NINSTALL THE 

D

RIVERS 

&

 

C

LIENT 

U

TILITY

 ...........................................................................................26

 

3

 

USB ADAPTER FOR MAC OS X ....................................................................................................29

 

I

NSTALLING THE 

D

RIVERS

 .........................................................................................................................29

 

P

ROFILES

 ...................................................................................................................................................32

 

I

NFRASTRUCTURE 

M

ODE

 ...........................................................................................................................32

 

A

D

-

HOC 

M

ODE

 ..........................................................................................................................................34

 

A

UTHENTICATION AND 

S

ECURITY

 .............................................................................................................35

 

WEP Encryption...................................................................................................................................35

 

WPA-PSK & WPA2-PSK Authentication & TKIP, AES Encryption ....................................................36

 

L

INK 

S

TATUS

 .............................................................................................................................................37

 

S

ITE 

S

URVEY

 .............................................................................................................................................38

 

S

TATISTICS

 ................................................................................................................................................39

 

A

DVANCED 

C

ONFIGURATION

 ....................................................................................................................39

 

WPS ..........................................................................................................................................................40

 

A

BOUT

.......................................................................................................................................................42

 

APPENDIX A – GLOSSARY .....................................................................................................................43

 

APPENDIX B – FCC INTERFERENCE STATEMENT .........................................................................56

 

 
 
 

Summary of Contents for EUB600

Page 1: ...Dual Band Wireless N 300Mbps Media USB Adapter EUB600 User s Manual Version v1 0 ...

Page 2: ... PSK Authentication TKIP AES Encryption 17 LEAP Authentication 18 802 1x with PEAP 18 PEAP Authentication with EAP TLS Smartcard 19 802 1x with TTLS with EAP MD5 MS CHAP MS CHAPv2 19 802 1x CA Server 20 NETWORK SITE SURVEY 22 ADVANCED CONFIGURATION 24 WPS 24 UNINSTALL THE DRIVERS CLIENT UTILITY 26 3 USB ADAPTER FOR MAC OS X 29 INSTALLING THE DRIVERS 29 PROFILES 32 INFRASTRUCTURE MODE 32 AD HOC MOD...

Page 3: ... fully forward compatibility with IEEE802 11n The incredible speed of EUB600 USB adapter makes heavy traffic networking activities more flexible and takes the wireless into practical road You could enjoy the racing speed of wireless connection surfing on Internet without string wires Adding EnGenius EUB600 to your Notebook or Computer it provides an excellent performance and cost effective solutio...

Page 4: ...rd the packing materials in case of return the unit must be shipped in its original package One Wireless LAN USB Adapter One CD ROM with Drivers and User s Manual Included One Quick Installation Guide USB Adapter Description The USB adapter is a standard USB adapter that fits into any USB interface System Requirements The following are the minimum system requirements in order to use the USB adapte...

Page 5: ...etworks SOHO users need a cost effective easy and quick installation of a small network f Wireless extensions to Ethernet networks Network managers in dynamic environments can minimize the overhead caused by moves extensions to networks and other changes with wireless LANs g Wired LAN backup Network managers implement wireless LANs to provide backup for mission critical applications running on wir...

Page 6: ...re mode requires the use of an Access Point AP In this mode all wireless communication between two computers has to be via the AP It doesn t matter if the AP is stand alone or wired to an Ethernet network If used in stand alone the AP can extend the range of independent wireless LANs by acting as a repeater which effectively doubles the distance between wireless stations The image below depicts a ...

Page 7: ...files are archived on the hard disk in C WINDOWS OPTIONS CABS directory WiFi Alliance certification recommends WPA2 AES to be the security mechanism under 11N mode System driver will automatically bring down wireless data rate to 54Mbps if other security method such as WEP or WPA is used under 11n mode If your 11N router is using security mechanism other than WPA2 AES you are recommended to disabl...

Page 8: ...ter drivers 1 Insert the CD ROM that was provided to you in this package The setup should run automatically If the setup does not run automatically then must manually select the Autorun exe file from the CD ROM drive 2 Click on Driver Utility to go to the Driver page 3 Click For Windows XP or above version to start the install process ...

Page 9: ... 300Mbps Media USB Adapter 9 4 Once the setup begins you will see the InstallShield Wizard Select Install driver and EnGenius WLAN Utility and then click on the Next button 5 Click on the Install button to begin the installation ...

Page 10: ...EUB600 Dual Band Wireless N 300Mbps Media USB Adapter 10 6 Wait for a few seconds until the driver and client utility is installed 7 The installation is complete Click on the Finish button ...

Page 11: ... port Windows will then detect and install the new hardware 9 An EG icon will then appear in the system tray Right click on the EG icon and then click on Launch Config Utility Note Click on Use Zero Configuration as Configuration Utility if you would like to use Windows Zero Configuration XP only feature ...

Page 12: ...cation settings A profile can be configured as Infrastructure or Ad hoc mode The configuration settings for each mode are described below Infrastructure Mode The infrastructure mode requires the use of an Access Point AP In this mode all wireless communication between two computers has to be via the AP It doesn t matter if the AP is stand alone or wired to an Ethernet network If used in stand alon...

Page 13: ...e Select this option if your notebook uses its battery power This option minimizes the battery usage while the network is idle Network Type Select Infrastructure from the drop down list TX Power Select a transmit power from the drop down list If your notebook is connected to external power then select 100 or auto if not select one of the lower values for power saving RTS Threshold Place a check in...

Page 14: ... need to be the same as the SSID SSID Enter the SSID of the network or select one from the drop down list The SSID is a unique name shared among all points in your wireless network The SSID must be identical for all points in the network and is case sensitive Network Type Select Ad hoc from the drop down list Preamble Select Auto from the drop down list unless you are aware of the preamble type lo...

Page 15: ... one of the Keys from a panel When you use WEP to communicate with the other wireless clients all the wireless devices in this network must have the same encryption key or pass phrase The following information is included in this tab as the image depicts below WiFi Alliance certification recommends WPA2 AES to be the security mechanism under 11N mode System driver will automatically bring down wir...

Page 16: ...rotected Access was designed to improve upon the security features of WEP Wired Equivalent Privacy This is used along with 802 1x security setting The technology is designed to work with existing Wi Fi products that have been enabled with WEP WPA provides improved data encryption through the Temporal Key Integrity Protocol TKIP which scrambles the keys using a hashing algorithm and by adding an in...

Page 17: ...ntication server Access to the Internet and the rest of the wireless network services is allowed only if the pre shared key of the computer matches that of the Access Point This approach offers the simplicity of the WEP key but uses stronger TKIP encryption EAP Extensible Authentication Protocol is an extension to the PPP protocol that enables a variety of authentication protocols to be used It pa...

Page 18: ...y others sessions Dynamic key delivery eliminates one big vulnerability static encryption keys that are shared by all stations in the WLAN EAP Extensible Authentication Protocol is an extension to the PPP protocol that enables a variety of authentication protocols to be used It passes through the exchange of authentication messages allowing the authentication software stored in a server to interac...

Page 19: ...ard from the drop down list TLS Transport Layer Security is an IETF standardized authentication protocol that uses PKI Public Key Infrastructure certificate based authentication of both the client and authentication server Identity Enter the user name Click on the OK button to save the changes 802 1x with TTLS with EAP MD5 MS CHAP MS CHAPv2 802 1X provides an authentication framework for wireless ...

Page 20: ...ame Password Enter the password Click on the OK button to save the changes 802 1x CA Server Depending on the EAP in use only the server or both the server and client may be authenticated and require a certificate Server certificates identify a server usually an authentication or RADIUS server to clients Most EAPs require a certificate issued by a root authority or a trusted commercial Certificate ...

Page 21: ...g tunnel creation the client must verify the server s certificate When checking this certificate the signature is verified against a list of trusted certificate authorities If this parameter is true then the client will also accept a signature from a trusted intermediate certificate authority otherwise it will not Server name Enter the server name if not selected from the existing drop down list a...

Page 22: ...e SSID is a unique name shared among all points in your wireless network The SSID must be identical for all points in the network and is case sensitive MAC AP MAC address Channel Displays the channel number of the Access Point Mode Displays the supporting AP mode Signal Displays the receiving signal strength from the Access Point Rescan Click on this button to view a list of Access Points in the a...

Page 23: ...yption Displays the encryption type Network Type Displays the network type infrastructure or ad hoc IP Address Displays the IP address Sub Mask Displays the subnet mask IP address Default Gateway Displays the IP address of the default gateway Link Speed The current rate at which the client is transmitting and receiving Transmit ReceiveThroughput Displays the Tx transmit and Rx receive kilo bytes p...

Page 24: ...e Enhance the throughput if enable this function WMM Enable Click the check box to enable WMM QoS capability XP only CCX Enable this option if the network supports Cisco Compatible Extensions XP only Click on the Apply button to save the changes WPS WPS Wireless Push Button is used for WiFi Protected Setup By pressing this button the security settings of the device will automatically synchronize w...

Page 25: ... Wireless N 300Mbps Media USB Adapter 25 Rescan Click on this button to view a list of Access Points in the area Connect Click on the AP to start WPS connection with the AP Disconnect Click to terminate WPS connection ...

Page 26: ...sful for any reason the best way to solve the problem may be to completely uninstall the USB adapter and its utility and repeat the installation procedure again Follow the steps below in order to uninstall the client utility 1 Click on Start EnGenius Wireless Uninstall EnGenius Wireless USB Adapter 2 The un installation process will then begin ...

Page 27: ...EUB600 Dual Band Wireless N 300Mbps Media USB Adapter 27 3 Select the Remove all button 4 Click on the Yes button to confirm the un installation process and then click on the Next button ...

Page 28: ...al Band Wireless N 300Mbps Media USB Adapter 28 5 The un installation process is complete Select Yes I want to restart my computer now radio button and then click on the Finish button Then remove the USB adapter ...

Page 29: ...ers 1 Insert the CD ROM that was provided to you in this package The setup should run automatically If the setup does not run automatically then you must manually select the Autorun exe file from the CD ROM drive 2 Click on Driver Utility to go to the Driver page 3 Click For MAC OS X to start the install process 4 Click on the Continue button to configure the next step ...

Page 30: ...EUB600 Dual Band Wireless N 300Mbps Media USB Adapter 30 5 Select the Macintosh HD and then click on the Continue button ...

Page 31: ...e Continue button to configure the next step 7 The installation is complete Click on the Restart button 8 Carefully insert the USB adapter into the USB port MAC OS X will then detect and install the new hardware 9 The Client Utility is installed in the Applications folder ...

Page 32: ...cation settings A profile can be configured as Infrastructure or Ad hoc mode The configuration settings for each mode are described below Infrastructure Mode The infrastructure mode requires the use of an Access Point AP In this mode all wireless communication between two computers has to be via the AP It doesn t matter if the AP is stand alone or wired to an Ethernet network If used in stand alon...

Page 33: ...de Select this option if your notebook uses its battery power This option minimizes the battery usage while the network is idle Network Type Select Infrastructure from the drop down list TX Power Select a transmit power from the drop down list If your notebook is connected to external power then select 100 or auto if not select one of the lower values for power saving RTS Threshold Place a check i...

Page 34: ...nts in the network and is case sensitive Network Type Select Ad hoc from the drop down list TX Power Select a transmit power from the drop down list If your notebook is connected to external power then select 100 or auto if not select one of the lower values for power saving Ad hoc wireless mode Select a wireless mode from the drop down list depending on the type of stations used in the ad hoc net...

Page 35: ... key to encrypt data Default setting is Disable WEP encrypts each frame transmitted from the radio using one of the Keys from a panel When you use WEP to communicate with the other wireless clients all the wireless devices in this network must have the same encryption key or pass phrase The following information is included in this tab as the image depicts below Authentication Type Select Open or ...

Page 36: ...implicity of the WEP key but uses stronger TKIP encryption EAP Extensible Authentication Protocol is an extension to the PPP protocol that enables a variety of authentication protocols to be used It passes through the exchange of authentication messages allowing the authentication software stored in a server to interact with its counterpart in the client Authentication Type Select WPA or WPA2 from...

Page 37: ...ted Indicates that there are no APs or clients in the area Current Channel The operating frequency channel that the client is using infrastructure mode Link Speed The current rate at which the client is transmitting and receiving Throughput bytes sec Displays the Tx transmit and Rx receive kilo bytes per second Link Quality In infrastructure mode this bar displays the transmission quality between ...

Page 38: ...in your wireless network The SSID must be identical for all points in the network and is case sensitive BSSID Displays the MAC address of the Access Point Signal Displays the receiving signal strength from the Access Point Channel Displays the channel number of the Access Point Authentication displays the authentication on the Access Point this includes WPA WPA PSK WPA2 or Unknown Encryption Displ...

Page 39: ...f you have made any changes Statistics The Statistics tab displays transmit and receive packet statistics in real time Information included is frames transmitted received successfully transmitted successfully without and after retry received with CRC error duplicate frames received etc Advanced Configuration The Advanced tab is used to configure advanced wireless settings ...

Page 40: ...o auto by default Tx BURST Click the check box will enhance the throughput Click on the Apply button to save the changes WPS WPS Wireless Push Button is used for WiFi Protected Setup By pressing this button the security settings of the device will automatically synchronize with other wireless devices on your network that support Wi Fi Protected Setup ...

Page 41: ...he area Renew Regenerate a new PIN code Config Mode switch between Enrollee or Registrar Profile Detail show profile of the selected party Connect Click on the AP to start WPS connection with the AP Disconnect Click to terminate WPS connection Import Profile Load pre stored profile database Delete Remove the selected item ...

Page 42: ...300Mbps Media USB Adapter 42 About The About tab displays information about the device such as the network driver version and date configuration utility version and date and the NIC Network Interface Card firmware version and date ...

Page 43: ...Advanced Encryption Standard AES Government encryption standard Alphanumeric Characters A Z and 0 9 Antenna Used to transmit and receive RF signals AppleTalk A set of Local Area Network protocols developed by Apple for their computer systems AppleTalk Address Resolution Protocol AARP Used to map the MAC addresses of Apple computers to their AppleTalk network addresses so that conversions can be ma...

Page 44: ...i Fi network periodically broadcasts network control data to other wireless stations Bit rate The amount of bits that pass in given amount of time Bit sec Bits per second BOOTP Bootstrap Protocol Allows for computers to be booted up and given an IP address with no user intervention Bottleneck A time during processes when something causes the process to slowdown or stop all together Broadband A wid...

Page 45: ...vement of data on the physical link of a network DB 25 A 25 ping male connector for attaching External modems or RS 232 serial devices DB 9 A 9 pin connector for RS 232 connections dBd Decibels related to dipole antenna dBi Decibels relative to isotropic radiator dBm Decibels relative to one milliwatt Decrypt To unscramble an encrypted message back into plain text Default A predetermined value or ...

Page 46: ...sers with Dynamic IP addresses to obtain a Domain Name that will always by linked to their changing IP address The IP address is updated by either client software running on a computer or by a router that supports Dynamic DNS whenever the IP address changes Dynamic IP address IP address that is assigned by a DHCP server and that may change Cable Internet providers usually use this method to assign...

Page 47: ...k to another like the internet Gbps Gigabits per second Gigabit Ethernet Transmission technology that provides a data rate of 1 billion bits per second GUI Graphical user interface H H 323 A standard that provides consistency of voice and video transmissions and compatibility for videoconferencing devices Half duplex Data cannot be transmitted and received at the same time Hashing Transforming a s...

Page 48: ...o be accessed from computers around the world Internet Explorer A World Wide Web browser created and provided by Microsoft Internet Protocol The method of transferring data from one computer to another on the Internet Internet Protocol Security IPsec provides security at the packet processing layer of network communication Internet Service Provider An ISP provides access to the Internet to individ...

Page 49: ... LPR LPD Line Printer Requestor Line Printer Daemon A TCP IP protocol for transmitting streams of printer data M MAC Address A unique hardware ID assigned to every Ethernet adapter by the manufacturer Mbps Megabits per second MDI Medium Dependent Interface is an Ethernet port for a connection to a straight through cable MDIX Medium Dependent Interface Crossover is an Ethernet port for a connection...

Page 50: ... which part designates the Host Network Interface Card A card installed in a computer or built onto the motherboard that allows the computer to connect to a network Network Layer The third layer of the OSI model which handles the routing of traffic on a network Network Time Protocol Used to synchronize the time of all the computers in a network NIC Network Interface Card NTP Network Time Protocol ...

Page 51: ...but can have multiple ports logical channels each identified by a number PPP Point to Point Protocol is used for two computers to communicate with each over a serial interface like a phone line PPPoE Point to Point Protocol over Ethernet is used to connect multiple computers to a remote server over Ethernet PPTP Point to Point Tunneling Protocol is used for creating VPN tunnels over the Internet b...

Page 52: ...SI model which coordinates the connection and communication between applications on both ends Simple Mail Transfer Protocol Used for sending and receiving email Simple Network Management Protocol Governs the management and monitoring of network devices SIP Session Initiation Protocol A standard protocol for initiating a user session that involves multimedia content such as voice or chat SMTP Simpl...

Page 53: ... simpler to use than FTP but with less features Throughput The amount of data that can be transferred in a given time period Traceroute A utility displays the routes between you computer and specific destination U UDP User Datagram Protocol Unicast Communication between a single sender and receiver Universal Plug and Play A standard that allows network devices to discover each other and configure ...

Page 54: ...e interconnection of access points wirelessly Web browser A utility that allows you to view content and interact with all of the information on the World Wide Web WEP Wired Equivalent Privacy is security for wireless networks that is supposed to be comparable to that of a wired network Wide Area Network The larger network that your LAN is connected to which may be the Internet itself or a regional...

Page 55: ...i security enhancement that provides improved data encryption relative to WEP X xDSL A generic term for the family of digital subscriber line DSL technologies such as ADSL HDSL RADSL and SDSL Y Yagi antenna A directional antenna used to concentrate wireless signals on a specific location ...

Page 56: ...following measures Reorient or 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 FCC Caution Any changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance coul...

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