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EPI-3601S Wireless LAN PCI adapter 

 

 

 

 

                         Version 1.2 

 

 

 4 

 

* Theoretical wireless signal rate based on IEEE standard of 802.11a, b, g chipset used. Actual 

throughput may vary. Network conditions and environmental factors lower actual throughput rate. 

 

3 Package Contents 

 

Open the package carefully, and make sure that none of the items listed below are 

missing. Do not discard the packing materials, in case of return; the unit must be 

shipped back in its original package. 

 

h

 

One EPI-3601S Wireless LAN PCI card 

h

 One 

Screwable 

Antenna 

h

 

One CD-ROM with User’s Manual, Configuration utility & Drivers  

 

 

Green color LED 

Description 

 

LINK 

 

Blinks when active connection is available 

else remains switched OFF 

 

 

 

Содержание EPI-3601S

Страница 1: ...EPI 3601S Wireless LAN PCI adapter Version 1 2 1 EPI 3601S Wireless LAN PCI Adapter 802 11g 802 11b up to 108 Mbps User Manual Version 1 2 ...

Страница 2: ...N 12 7 SETUP NETWORK CONFIGURATION MS WINXP 13 8 SETUP WLAN ENGENIUS CLIENT UTILITY 15 9 SYSTEM TRAY UTILITY OPTIONS 19 10 SETUP NETWORK SECURITY WEP WPA 25 A NONE 25 B WPA WPA2 26 C WPA WPA2 PASSPHRASE 28 D SETTING 802 1X 29 E PRE SHARED KEY STATIC WEP 30 11 MANAGING PROFILES 31 12 DIAGNOSTICS 34 13 MENU 36 14 UNINSTALLING ENGENIUS UTILITY DRIVER 38 APPENDIX A SPECIFICATIONS 41 ...

Страница 3: ...on environments and let the user connect to the Wireless network effortlessly EPI 3601S also supports Seamless Roaming compatible with other 11b 11g WLAN equipments 2 Features Features Benefits 2 4GHz IEEE802 11b g standard Fully interoperable with IEEE802 11 b g compliant products High Speed Data Rate up to 108Mbps Capable of handling heavy data payloads such as MPEG video streaming 802 11i secur...

Страница 4: ...ackage Contents Open the package carefully and make sure that none of the items listed below are missing Do not discard the packing materials in case of return the unit must be shipped back in its original package h One EPI 3601S Wireless LAN PCI card h One Screwable Antenna h One CD ROM with User s Manual Configuration utility Drivers Green color LED Description LINK Blinks when active connection...

Страница 5: ...ing minimum requirements h Operating System Microsoft Windows XP 2000 h PCI socket x 1 free to use socket h 256MB RAM memory or higher h 750MHz CPU or higher configuration 5 Installation Insert the support CD into your optical drive In the CD drive folder you will see the following file Click open the file and you can briefly see the following ...

Страница 6: ...EPI 3601S Wireless LAN PCI adapter Version 1 2 6 Click next to install or click cancel to terminate installation ...

Страница 7: ...Wireless LAN PCI adapter Version 1 2 7 Two options are available for installation Choose one of them and click Next 1 EnGenius Configuration Utility driver 2 Driver only Choose location to install and click Next ...

Страница 8: ...EPI 3601S Wireless LAN PCI adapter Version 1 2 8 Choose name for program folder to create shortcuts Click Next Should you agree with terms and conditions mentioned Click Next else click Cancel to exit ...

Страница 9: ...EPI 3601S Wireless LAN PCI adapter Version 1 2 9 Choose Engenius client Utility supplicant Else choose Third party supplicant click Next ...

Страница 10: ...EPI 3601S Wireless LAN PCI adapter Version 1 2 10 Be patient until the installation process is complete ...

Страница 11: ...EPI 3601S Wireless LAN PCI adapter Version 1 2 11 Find the item in Start menu ...

Страница 12: ... Verification involves finding EPI 3601S card in System Properties and checking if the driver is installed correctly 1 Open Control Panel Double click System 2 Select Hardware tab Click Device Manager Select Network Adapters Click open EnGenius PCI wireless Network Adapter ...

Страница 13: ...device status of EnGenius PCI wireless Network Adapter This device is working properly Click OK 7 Setup Network Configuration MS WinXP Enter Start Menu select Control panel select Network Right click Wireless Network Select Local Area Connection icon select properties ...

Страница 14: ...r Version 1 2 14 Select Internet Protocol TCP IP Click Properties Select the General tab a If your Wireless Router supports DHCP function please select both Obtain an IP address automatically and Obtain DNS server address automatically ...

Страница 15: ... there is no security key required If the connection is successful a message will appear on taskbar Following steps guides you to initially setup a wireless network connection If in case any non secure WLAN access point was found by EnGenius Client Utility it will have already connected to that AP Notice the EnGenius Client Utility on taskbar shows connected icon Hovering the mouse cursor briefly ...

Страница 16: ... as follows Current Status tab shows information about the ACTIVE network connection In case there was not any network connection made it can be manually connected by following the steps listed below 1 Click open EnGenius Client Utility from start menu 2 Click open Profile Management ...

Страница 17: ...n be detected by EPI 3601S Wireless LAN card Click on the SSID that you have security key information or choose an SSID which has no encryption to begin with Click Activate Then automatically profile management window pops up as shown below Give a profile name that you can recognize later Fill in the details of SSID ...

Страница 18: ...urity settings Click Configure This Access point for instance is WEP key protected Therefore the corresponding settings have to be keyed in Type the security key information as appropriate You will need to have this information ready in hand in case this is a protected network Click OK when you are done ...

Страница 19: ... management tab and click Advanced tab typically you will notice the following Clicking OK will result in connecting to the network directly 9 System Tray Utility options Right click on EnGenius utility icon can help do many activities Network connected Network disconnected ...

Страница 20: ...ons Radio Enabled Right click options Radio Disabled 1 Choose Exit to quit EnGenius Client utility 2 Choose Open EnGenius Client Utility If Radio is already disabled you will see a window as shown below If Radio is already enabled you will see a window as shown below ...

Страница 21: ...S Wireless LAN PCI adapter Version 1 2 21 3 Choose Preferences Check the box to choose whether you want the utility to run when Windows starts 4 Choose Enable Radio and notice the message that confirms the same ...

Страница 22: ...nd notice the message that confirms the same 6 Choose Show Connection Status If WLAN adapter is enabled you will notice the following window with network connection information If WLAN adapter is disabled you will notice the following window with disabled network information ...

Страница 23: ...on 1 2 23 7 Choose Select Profile If radio is disabled grayed out Profile options are shown as below If radio is enabled available Profiles are shown as below 8 Choose Select Client Software If Radio is enabled two options are shown as below ...

Страница 24: ...ow 9 Choose Disable WLAN if LAN is connected Immediately if an active LAN connection is detected EPI 3601SWLAN adapter is disabled 10 Choose Open EnGenius Client Utility If Radio is already disabled you will see a window as shown below If Radio is already enabled you will see a window as shown below ...

Страница 25: ...ection 10 Setup Network security WEP WPA If your AP Router has network security key your wireless adapter needs to have the same security setting The details of setting up network security are described below Please open EnGenius Client Utility a None If AP you want to connect has no encryption settings just simply click in Set ...

Страница 26: ...EPI 3601S Wireless LAN PCI adapter Version 1 2 26 Security Options b WPA WPA2 1 Select WPA WPA2 under Set Security Options 2 Choose the correct EAP type 3 Click Configure ...

Страница 27: ... Wireless LAN PCI adapter Version 1 2 27 Select the check boxes for Doman Login and Validate Server Identity choose the Trusted Root Certification Authorities Provide user information for EAP TTLS authentication ...

Страница 28: ...ick Settings c WPA WPA2 passphrase If AP includes support for passphrase the following settings need to be done In Security tab select WPA WPA2 passphrase Click Configure You can find the dialog box requests a passphrase Key in the correct value Click OK ...

Страница 29: ...ttings is immediately applied d Setting 802 1x If AP you want to connect to has 802 1x based other type of authentication Select 802 1x Choose the correct 802 1x EAP type Enable the following check boxes and set the correct value Click Configure to setup the values of user name and password ...

Страница 30: ... Authentication timeout value Enable No Network Connection Unless User Is Logged In checkbox if appropriate Else choose User Temproary User Name and password e Pre shared key Static WEP If Access Point you want to connect to has WEP authentication click the Security tab ...

Страница 31: ...heckbox related to Association to Mixed Cells Click Configure Choose the correct WEP Key Size Choose the appropriate Key entry Key the values for WEP key 11 Managing Profiles Click Profile Management tab Two boxes list the existing profiles and details about the particular profile ...

Страница 32: ...quired You can apply the profile by clicking on Activate button You can modify a profile configuration by clicking on modify button Adding a new profile is quick by pressing new button including the security details discussed in the previous chapter Each profile is associated with a SSID of an Access Point therefore all details should be available to create a new profile Importing a profile from a...

Страница 33: ...profile is similar to importing as shown below Give an appropriate name and save the currently active configuration Auto ordering Profiles Several profiles can be arranged in a priority or preference based order by clicking the Order Profiles tab Priority of preference can be changed by using Move up Move Down buttons ...

Страница 34: ...by disabling WLAN when LAN is Active Enable the checkbox for Disable WLAN if LAN is connected and the changes are instantly applied based on whether a LAN connection is active or not 12 Diagnostics A wide range of diagnostics is available in EnGenius Client Utility ...

Страница 35: ...stics tab to view the Transmit and Receive information in terms of packet numbers sent received Click Adapter Information to get information about the H W and driver information Click on Advanced Statistics to get information about very detailed TX RX information ...

Страница 36: ...ss LAN PCI adapter Version 1 2 36 13 Menu The main EnGenius Utility window has 3 menu options to choose from Action Enable Disable Radio This is a toggle feature and appropriate response is shown in dialog boxes below ...

Страница 37: ...y icon that represents signal strength and provides other configuration options Options Display Settings can be changed from to db and refresh interval can be changed Along with relative or cumulative change in data display Scan List Settings the items shown during AP scan can be customized using the following options ...

Страница 38: ...ose the utility to control the EPI 3601S Wireless LAN PCI adapter WZC and EnGenius and third party tools are the options available Help About 14 Uninstalling EnGenius Utility Driver Select Uninstall option from the start menu You can see the wizard preparing for uninstallation ...

Страница 39: ...EPI 3601S Wireless LAN PCI adapter Version 1 2 39 Select Uninstall the previous installation Click Next Select OK Select OK Rebooting ensures clean uninstall ...

Страница 40: ...EPI 3601S Wireless LAN PCI adapter Version 1 2 40 Click Yes If you want to keep it so that you can use it later select no Choose to keep or remove the device driver files Choosing OK will reboot PC ...

Страница 41: ...DM 64 QAM 16 QAM QPSK BPSK 802 11b DSSS DBPSK DQPSK CCK Operating Channels 11 for North America 13 for Europe Roaming Full mobility and seamless roaming from cell to cell Available transmit power Receive Sensitivity Typical 802 11g 90 dBm 6Mbps 74 dBm 54Mbp 802 11b 95 dBm 1Mbps 90 dBm 11Mbps Available transmit power Typical z 2 412 2 472 GHz IEEE802 11g 26 6 24Mbps 24 36Mbps 23 48Mbps 22 54Mbps z ...

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