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11g Wireless LAN USB 2.0 Client Adapter 

 

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3.5.6  TLS / Smart Card 

 

 

 

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Authentication Type

: If your network uses TLS or Smart Card to 

authenticate its users, select 

TLS/Smartcard

 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. 

h

 

Username

: Enter the user name. 

h

 

Use Client Certificate

: Place a check in this box if you would like to use a 

client certificate and then click on the 

Select

 button.   

h

 

Server Name

: Enter the name of the server. 

h

 

Allow Intermediate CA: 

During 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 we will not. 

h

 

Allow Subdomains

: During tunnel creation the Client must verify the 

Server’s certificate. 

T

his parameter indicates whether the Server’s name 

must match the 

Server Name

 parameter exactly or if only the sub domain 

must match.  

h

 

Tunneled Authentication / Username

: Enter the user name. 

h

 

Tunneled Authentication / Password

: Enter the password. 

h

 

Authentication

: Select an authentication method from the drop-down list.  

h

 

Enable WPA: 

Place a check in this box if you would like to enable the WPA 

function. 

WPA

 (Wi-Fi Protected Access) was designed to improve upon the 

security features of WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy).  The technology is 

Summary of Contents for USB-3014

Page 1: ...11g Wireless LAN USB 2 0 Client Adapter User s Manual Version 1 0...

Page 2: ...OU BEGIN 8 2 2 INSTALLING THE DRIVERS 8 2 3 VERIFY THE INSTILLATION 13 2 4 DISABLE WINDOWS WEP SSID CONFIGURATION 14 3 USING THE CLIENT UTILITY 16 3 1 STATUS 16 3 2 SITE SURVEY 17 3 3 CONFIGURATION 18...

Page 3: ...11g Wireless LAN USB 2 0 Client Adapter Version 1 0 3 Revision History Version Date Notes 1 0 July 8 2004 Initial Version...

Page 4: ...wireless connectivity available This chapter describes the features benefits package contents applications and network configuration 1 1 Features Benefits Features Benefits High speed data rate up to...

Page 5: ...s The wireless LAN products are easy to install and highly efficient The following list describes some of the many applications made possible through the power and flexibility of wireless LANs a Diffi...

Page 6: ...Training Educational facilities Training sites at corporations and students at universities use wireless connectivity to ease access to information information exchanges and learning 1 6 Network Conf...

Page 7: ...ess 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 independen...

Page 8: ...Windows installation CD at hand before installing the drivers On many systems instead of a CD the necessary installation files are archived on the hard disk in C WINDOWS OPTIONS CABS directory 2 2 Ins...

Page 9: ...a destination folder for the drivers as the image depicts below 4 Click on the Browse button to select another drive or folder to install the drivers and then click on the Next button If you would lik...

Page 10: ...to continue 6 The first part of the driver installation is complete Select Yes I want to restart my computer now radio button and then click on the Finish button 7 After you computer has restarted plu...

Page 11: ...1 8 Select the Install the software automatically Recommended radio button and then click on the Next button to continue 9 If you are using Windows XP you will see a message regarding Windows Logo Tes...

Page 12: ...11g Wireless LAN USB 2 0 Client Adapter Version 1 0 12 10 The Setup Wizard will then copy the necessary files The Driver Utility installation is now complete click on the Finish button...

Page 13: ...lick on the System icon 3 Click on the Hardware tab and then click on the Device Manger button 4 Select Network adapters to view a list of network adapters on your PC You will then see a window simila...

Page 14: ...ow the steps below in order to disable the SSID and WEP on Windows 1 Click on Start Settings Control Panel 2 Double click on the Network Connections icon 3 Right click on the wireless network connecti...

Page 15: ...11g Wireless LAN USB 2 0 Client Adapter Version 1 0 15 5 Make sure that there isn t any check placed in the Use Windows to configure my wireless network settings check box 6 Click on the OK button...

Page 16: ...depicts below h State This indicates the state of the client There are three options o Associated Indicates that the wireless client is connected to an Access Point AP The BSSID is shown in the form...

Page 17: ...Rescan Click on this button to rescan the environment for a better signal frequency h Click on the Apply or OK button if you have made any changes 3 2 Site Survey The Site Survey tab displays a list...

Page 18: ...and 802 11d country selection The following information is included in this tab as the image depicts below h Profile click on the Save As button and enter a name for this profile this can be any name...

Page 19: ...on to save the changes 3 4 WEP The WEP tab displays the WEP settings Encryption is designed to make the data transmission more secure You may select 64 or 128 bit WEP Wired Equivalent Privacy key to e...

Page 20: ...w to configure each of these settings are listed in this section 3 5 1 No Authentication h Authentication Type If your network does not require any authentication select None from the drop down list h...

Page 21: ...button to save the changes 3 5 2 MD5 Challenge h Authentication Type If your network uses MD5 to authenticate its users select MD5 Challenge from the drop down list h Username Enter the user name h P...

Page 22: ...ryption keys that are shared by all stations in the WLAN h Username Enter the user name h Password Enter the password h Enable WPA Place a check in this box if you would like to enable the WPA functio...

Page 23: ...zed authentication protocol that uses PKI Public Key Infrastructure certificate based authentication of both the client and authentication server h Username Enter the user name h Use Client Certificat...

Page 24: ...l TKIP which scrambles the keys using a hashing algorithm and by adding an integrity checking feature which makes sure that keys haven t been tampered with h Authentication Mode select an authenticati...

Page 25: ...t match the Server Name parameter exactly or if only the sub domain must match h Tunneled Authentication Username Enter the user name h Tunneled Authentication Password Enter the password h Authentica...

Page 26: ...rver 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 fro...

Page 27: ...like the device to automatically switch between Open and Shared authentication mode h Click on the Apply button to save the changes 3 5 7 WPA PSK h Authentication Type If your network uses WPA PSK Pre...

Page 28: ...dapter Version 1 0 28 3 6 About The About tab displays information about the device This includes the network driver version and date configuration utility version and date and the NIC Network Interfa...

Page 29: ...he 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 Programs IEEE 802 11 g Uninstall WLAN Utilit...

Page 30: ...11g Wireless LAN USB 2 0 Client Adapter Version 1 0 30 4 The Uninstallation is complete Select the Yes I want to restart my computer now radio button and then click on the Finish button...

Page 31: ...mm x 25 5 H mm RF Information Frequency Band 2412 2483 5 MHz Channels 11 for North America 14 for Japan 13 for Europe 2 for Spain 4 for France Media Access Protocol Carrier Sense Multiple Access with...

Page 32: ...ftware Drivers Windows98SE ME 2000 XP Security WEP 64 128bit Encryption WPA Wi Fi Protected Access z PSK Pre share key with 64 128 bit WEP Key z IEEE802 1x TLS TTLS supplicant Support z TKIP Complianc...

Page 33: ...ing measures z Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna z Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver z Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which...

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