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TLS Authentication – Download Digital Certificate from Server ................. 45

MD5 Authentication ........................................................................... 51

UTHENTICATOR

: W

IRELESS

ETWORK

CCESS

OINT

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ADIUS

ERVER

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INDOW

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For TLS Authentication Setup (Steps 34 ~ 38) ....................................... 66

For MD5 Authentication (Steps 39 ~ 54)............................................... 69

APPENDIX D: GLOSSARY ........................................................................74

APPENDIX E: TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION .............................................79

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Page 1: ...LevelOne WNC 0300 54Mbps Wireless PCI Adapter User s Manual Version 1 0...

Page 2: ...ppearing in this document are registered property of their respective owners FCC STATEMENT This product has been tested and complies with the specifications for a Class B digital device pursuant to Pa...

Page 3: ...IRELESS PCI ADAPTER 13 LINK INFO PAGE 13 CONFIGURATION PAGE 14 SECURITY PAGE 16 SITESURVEY PAGE 17 ABOUT PAGE 19 APPENDIX A TROUBLESHOOTING 20 APPENDIX B NETWORKING BASIS 25 USING THE WINDOWS XP NETWO...

Page 4: ...ver 45 MD5 Authentication 51 AUTHENTICATOR WIRELESS NETWORK ACCESS POINT 54 RADIUS SERVER WINDOW2000 SERVER 55 For TLS Authentication Setup Steps 34 38 66 For MD5 Authentication Steps 39 54 69 APPENDI...

Page 5: ...2 1x authentication security With drivers and utility available for most commonly used Windows OS including Windows XP the setup and installation can be easily managed LevelOne WPC 0300 2 4GHz 802 11g...

Page 6: ...System Requirements Windows 98 98SE Millennium Edition ME 2000 and XP operating systems PC with Pentium III 600MHz system or above is recommended Equipped with at least one PCI slot One CD ROM drive 6...

Page 7: ...re two wireless network topologies for you setting up your wireless card One is called Ad Hoc and the other is Infrastructure On an Ad Hoc network two or more computers each has at least one wireless...

Page 8: ...oadband Internet connection 2 ADSL or Cable modem provided by your ISP as part of the broadband connection installation 3 A Router that connects to the ADSL Cable modem for Internet connection sharing...

Page 9: ...less Network PCI Adapter NOT inserted into the Cardb is us slot Turn on the computer Insert the software CD into the CD ROM Drive NOTE All the captured images of installation mentioned in this user s...

Page 10: ...InstallShield Wizard starts Click Next to continue Click Next to install the program files in the default folder 10...

Page 11: ...Open up the cover of your PC 3 Remove the PCI slot cover from PC case 4 Insert the 54Mbps Wireless Network PCI Adapter into the empty PCI slot 5 Place the computer case back on and plug the power cor...

Page 12: ...e Anyway to continue Click Finish to complete new hardware installation After successful installation a utility program icon will appear on your desktop screen To launch the utility simply double clic...

Page 13: ...ion Encryption Shows the current encryption mode used for wireless network TxRate Shows the current data rate used for transmitting Channel Shows the current channel for communication Link Quality Sho...

Page 14: ...less communication with LAN and other wireless clients through the use the Access Points Ad Hoc to establish point to point wireless communication directly with other wireless client devices such as w...

Page 15: ...defined the mandatory supported Long Preamble and header which interoperates with the 1 Mbit s and 2 Mbit s DSSS specification as described in IEEE Std 802 11 and an optional Short Preamble and header...

Page 16: ...d every time Shared Authentication the sender and receiver shares the common key for data communication and the key is used for extended length of time Auto depend on the communication to establish an...

Page 17: ...double click or click on the Connect button Click Refresh button to start scanning for available network again 2 Profile You can create and manage the created profiles for Home offices or public areas...

Page 18: ...e detail information about each settings and configuration item are described in previous Configuration and Security Page sessions Please refer to those two sessions for more information When you fini...

Page 19: ...ome information about the 54Mpbs PCI Adapter utility which includes the version numbers for Driver Firmware and Utility When there is new version of software available for upgrade you will be able to...

Page 20: ...n and operation of LevelOne WNC 0300 54Mbps Wireless PCI Adapter Please read through the following to solve your problems 1 The wireless clients cannot access the network in the infrastructure mode Ch...

Page 21: ...Go to Hardware tab Click Device Manager 21...

Page 22: ...Right click on the wireless network adapter Select Properties Check and make sure that the network adapter is working properly 22...

Page 23: ...network device will automatically reestablish connection with the new AP 4 What is a MAC Address The Media Access Control MAC address is a unique number assigned by the manufacturer to any Ethernet ne...

Page 24: ...the opportunity for the global market of 802 11b high speed wireless products 8 Could I implement the driver utility installations on another operating system e g Windows 98SE 2000 and ME Are there an...

Page 25: ...the basics of home networking Using the Windows XP Network Setup Wizard onnections eft home ffice network Go to Start menu Control Panel Network C In the menu on the l side of the window select Set up...

Page 26: ...computer to the Internet In the case of using router in the network choose the second opti Click Next to continue on 1 Enter a short description for your computer 2 Enter a name for your computer to b...

Page 27: ...Enter Workgroup name for your home network Click Next to continue Click Next and wait for the wizard to apply the settings 27...

Page 28: ...may create a network setup disk which saves you the trouble of having to configure every PCs in your network Select the first choice and insert a floppy disk into your disk drive Click Next to continu...

Page 29: ...disk Click Format Disk if you wish to format the Click Next to copy the necessary files to the disk Click Next to continue with the Network Setup Wizard 29...

Page 30: ...nto the disk drive of a PC and open to browse the content of the disk with My Computer or Windows File Manager Double click and run the file netsetup for the program to handle the rest Click Finish to...

Page 31: ...s Point for you can configure and access the AP Go to Start menu Run type command Click OK When the command prompt window appears type command ipconfig all and press Enter This command will display th...

Page 32: ...ork adapter might would not be the same NOTE To renew IP under Windows 98 and Windows ME you will have to go to the Start menu Run type winipcfg and click OK The Windows IP Configuration Menu window w...

Page 33: ...IP addresses that users manually enter for each of the network adapters Go to Start menu Control Panel Network Connections Right click on the active Local Area connection Select Properties NOTE There...

Page 34: ...if you are on a DHCP enabled network Click OK to close the window with the changes made Static IP Address Select Use the following IP address Enter the IP address and subnet mask fields Enter the IP a...

Page 35: ...ess Network Adapter Go to Start menu Settings Network and Dial up Connections Double click on the Local Area Connection Select Internet Protocol TCP IP and click Properties The TCP IP Properties windo...

Page 36: ...et mask fields Enter the IP address of the Router in the Default gateway field Enter the IP address of the Router in the DNS server field Go to Start menu Settings Control Panel Double click on Networ...

Page 37: ...abled network Click OK to close the window with the changes made Select Specify an IP address Enter the IP address and subnet mask fields In the DNS Configuration Tab Page 1 enter the IP address of th...

Page 38: ...horized attacker becomes extremely difficult and the wireless network is safely secured We will introduce the 802 1x Authentication infrastructure as a whole and going into details of the setup for ea...

Page 39: ...cess Point process can be briefed as follows 1 The client sends an EAP start message to the Access Point 2 The Access Point replies with an EAP Request ID message 3 The client sends its Network Access...

Page 40: ...urity in all common Windows Operating System including Win98SE ME 2000 by releasing Service Pack in 2003 Please note that the setup illustration is based on LevelOne WNC 0300 54Mbps wireless PCI Adapt...

Page 41: ...5 Click on the Wireless Network tab 54Mbps High Speed Network Adapter 41...

Page 42: ...ange to a different 802 1x authentication EAP method i e switch from using MD5 to TLS you must remove the current existing wireless network from your Preferred networks first and add it in again To co...

Page 43: ...TLS Authentication 7 Select The key is provided for me automatically option 8 Click OK to close the Wireless Network Properties window 43...

Page 44: ...Click OK to close the Wireless Network Connection Properties window thus make the changes effective The wireless client configuration in the zero configuration utility provided in Windows XP is now c...

Page 45: ...Windows 2000 Server which can act as a CA server assuming you have a valid account password to access the server 13 Connect to the server and ask for access and the server will prompt you to enter you...

Page 46: ...16 Now we are connected to the Certificate Service Select Request a certificate and click Next to continue 17 Select User Certificate request and click Next to continue 46...

Page 47: ...18 Click Submit to continue 19 The Certificate Service is now processing the certificate request 47...

Page 48: ...20 The certificate is issued by the server click Install this certificate to download and store the certificate to your local computer 21 Click Yes to store the certificate to your local computer 48...

Page 49: ...ficate download are now complete Let s try to connect to the Access Point using 802 1x TLS Authentication 23 Windows XP will prompt you to select a certificate for wireless network connection Click on...

Page 50: ...e certificate that was issued by the server WirelessCA and click OK to continue 25 Check the server to make sure that it s the server that issues certificate and click OK to complete the authenticatio...

Page 51: ...acters for HEX 104 bits 13 characters for ASCII 26 characters for HEX 29 After deciding the key format and key length that you wish to use for network key Enter the network key in Network key text box...

Page 52: ...31 Select Authentication tab 32 Select Enable network access control using IEEE 802 1X to enable 802 1x authentication 33 Select MD 5 Challenge from the drop down list box for EAP type 34 Click OK to...

Page 53: ...used by the server for validation 35 WindowsXP will prompt you to enter your user name and password Click on the network connection icon in the system tray to continue 36 Enter the user name password...

Page 54: ...over the Encryption Key will be renewed by the Radius server 4 Enter the IP address of and the Port used by the Primary Radius Server Enter the Shared Secret which is used by the Radius Server 5 Enter...

Page 55: ...which includes setting up Certificate Service for TLS Authentication and enable EAP methods 1 Login into your Windows 2000 Server as Administrator or account that has Administrator authority 2 Go to...

Page 56: ...5 Select Enterprise root CA and click Next to continue 6 Enter the information that you want for your Certificate Service and click Next to continue 56...

Page 57: ...istrative Tools Certificate Authority 8 Right click on the Policy Setting select new 9 Select Certificate to Issue 10 Select Authenticated Session and Smartcard Logon by holding down to the Ctrl key a...

Page 58: ...1 Go to Start Program Administrative Tools Active Directory Users and Computers 12 Right click on domain and select Properties to continue 13 Select Group Policy tab and click Properties to continue 5...

Page 59: ...14 Go to Computer Configuration Security Settings Public Key Policies 15 Right click Automatic Certificate Request Setting and select New 16 Click Automatic Certificate Request 59...

Page 60: ...atic Certificate Request setup simply click Next through to the last step 18 Click Finish to complete the Automatic Certificate Request Setup 19 Go to Start Run and type command and click Enter to ope...

Page 61: ...et Authentication Service 21 Go to Start Control Panel Add or Remove Programs 22 Select Add Remove Windows Components from the panel on the left 23 Select Internet Authentication Service and click OK...

Page 62: ...click Client and select New Client 26 Enter the IP address of the Access Point in the Client address text field a memorable name for the Access Point in the Client Vendor text field the access passwor...

Page 63: ...27 Click Finish to complete adding of the Access Point 28 In the Internet Authentication Service right click Remote Access Policies 29 Select New Remote Access Policy 63...

Page 64: ...lect Day And Time Restriction and click Add to continue 31 Unless you want to specify the active duration for 802 1x authentication click OK to accept to have 802 1x authentication enabled at all time...

Page 65: ...32 Select Grant remote access permission and click Next to continue 33 Click Edit Profile to open up 65...

Page 66: ...66 For TLS Authentication Setup Steps 34 38 34 Select Authentication Tab 35 Enable Extensible Authentication Protocol and select Smart Card or other Certificate for TLS authentication...

Page 67: ...digital ertificate remotely Please note that in this case we have a user called test whose account password are used to obtain the digital certificate from server Computers 37 Select Users and double...

Page 68: ...38 Go to the Dial in tab and check Allow access option for Remote Access Permission and No Callback for Callback Options 68...

Page 69: ...ion Steps 39 54 39 e Directory Users and omputers 40 Right click on the domain and select Properties 41 Select Group Policy tab and click Edit to edit the Group Policy Go to Start Program Administrati...

Page 70: ...42 Go to Computer Configuration Windows Settings Security Settings 43 Click Define this policy setting select Enabled and click OK to continue Account Policies Password Policies 70...

Page 71: ...e Tools Active Directory Users and Computers 45 Go to Users Right click on the user that you are granting access and select Properties 46 Go to Account tab and enable Store password using reversible e...

Page 72: ...48 Go to Start Program Administrative Tools Internet Authentication Service 49 Go to Remote Access Policies 50 Make sure that MD5 is moved up to Order 1 51 Right click MD5 and select Properties 72...

Page 73: ...52 Go to Authentication tab 53 Enable Extensible Authentication Protocol 54 Select MD5 Challenge for EAP type list 73...

Page 74: ...ated if 802 11 Authentication Type at the recipient station is set to Open System authentication 2 Shared Key Shared Key authentication supports authentication of stations as either a member of those...

Page 75: ...rier sense multiple access collision detection CSMA CD to avoid having collisions occur a second time This work best if the time allocated is short compared CSMA CD Carrier Sense Mult access method us...

Page 76: ...ces are made a part of the network through the Access Point which connects them to the rest of the network ESS ESS stands for Extended Service Set More than one BSS is configured to become Extended Se...

Page 77: ...ired and interoperability with legacy and non short preamble PSDU PLCP service data unit Roaming A LAN mobile user moves around an ESS and enjoys a continuous connection to an Infrastructure network t...

Page 78: ...cess to the Internet your computer is provided with a copy or get information from also has a copy of TCP IP Throughput The amount of data transferred successfully from one point to another in a given...

Page 79: ...apan Operating 1 11 Channels North Am Channel erica 1 13 Channels Europe 1 14 Channels Japan RF Output 16 18 db Power m typical Sensitivity for 802 11b 1 2 Mbps BPSK QPSK 90 dbm 5 5 Mbps CCK 86 dbm 11...

Page 80: ...PCI Standard v2 2 Power Voltage 5 Volt 5 Power Consumption 802 11g draft TX 650mA RX 450mA Standby 20mA 802 11b TX 600mA RX 350mA Standby 20mA Design and specifications are subject to change without...

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