ALFA NETWORK 05 802.11 a/b/g/n Long-Range Wireless USB Adaptor User Manual AWUS051NH
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IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n Wireless Series Long-Range USB Adapter User Manual Version: 2.0 Date: January 13, 2009 FCC Certifications Federal Communication Commission Interference Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one of the 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. This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. FCC Caution: Any changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user's authority to operate this equipment. IMPORTANT NOTE: FCC Radiation Exposure Statement: This equipment complies with FCC radiation exposure limits set forth for an uncontrolled environment. This equipment should be installed and operated with minimum distance 20cm between the radiator & your body. This transmitter must not be co-located or operating in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter. January 13, 2009 / Version: 2.0 CE Mark Warning This equipment complies with the requirements relating to electromagnetic compatibility, EN 55022 Class B for ITE, the essential protection requirement of Council Directive 89/336/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to electromagnetic 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. 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Copyright © 2009, All Rights Reserved. ᆖীڤᎁᢞٽհפ܅୴᙮ሽᖲΔॺᆖױΔֆΕᇆࢨࠌ݁ृشլᖐ۞᧢ޓ᙮Ε ףՕפࢨ᧢ޓૠհࢤ֗פ౨Ζ פ܅୴᙮ሽᖲհࠌشլᐙଆڜ٤֗եឫٽऄຏॾΙᆖ࿇ڶեឫွழΔᚨܛمೖ شΔࠀޏ۟ྤեឫழֱᤉᥛࠌشΖছႈٽऄຏॾΔਐࠉሽॾऄࡳ܂ᄐհྤᒵሽຏॾΖ פ܅୴᙮ሽᖲႊٽ࠹ݴऄຏॾࢨՠᄐΕઝᖂ֗᠔᛭شሽंᘿ୴ࢤሽᖲໂհեឫΖ January 13, 2009 / Version: 2.0 ii TABLE OF CONTENTS OVERVIEW ..........................................................1 UNPACKING INFORMATION ................................................................................................. 1 INTRODUCTION TO THE IEEE 802.11A/B/G/N WIRELESS USB ADAPTER ............................... 1 KEY FEATURES ................................................................................................................ 2 INSTALLATION GUIDE ........................................2 SOFTWARE INSTALLATION ................................................................................................. 2 MANAGEMENT GUIDE.........................................5 MAKING A BASIC NETWORK CONNECTION .......................................................................... 5 Select a configuration tool .......................................................................................... 5 To connect with Microsoft Zero Configuration tool...................................................... 5 To connect with 802.11a/b/g/n Wireless LAN Utility ................................................... 7 INTRODUCTION TO THE 802.11A/B/G/N WIRELESS LAN UTILITY ........................................... 8 Interfaces.................................................................................................................... 8 Link Status Information ............................................................................................... 9 Profile ....................................................................................................................... 10 Network .................................................................................................................... 19 Advanced.................................................................................................................. 20 Statistics ................................................................................................................... 21 WMM ........................................................................................................................ 22 WPS ......................................................................................................................... 24 CCX .......................................................................................................................... 35 Radio On/Off............................................................................................................. 35 AP MODE MANAGEMENT GUIDE FOR WINDOWS 2000/XP/VISTA ......................................... 36 Config ....................................................................................................................... 38 Security Setting ........................................................................................................ 40 Access Control ......................................................................................................... 41 MAC Table................................................................................................................ 42 Event Log ................................................................................................................. 43 Statistics ................................................................................................................... 44 January 13, 2009 / Version: 2.0 iii Overview Thank you for purchasing this product. Read this chapter to know about your IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n Wireless USB Adapter. Unpacking Information Before getting started, please verify that your package includes the following items: 1. 2. IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n Wireless USB Adapter. One Utility/ Manual CD. Introduction to the IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n Wireless USB Adapter The IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n Wireless USB adapter provides users to launch IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n wireless network at 150 Mbps in the 2.4GHz/5.8GHz band, which is also compatible with IEEE 802.11a/b/g wireless devices at 11/54 Mbps. You can configure this adapter with ad-hoc mode to connect to other 2.4GHz/5.8GHz wireless computers, or with Infrastructure mode to connect to a wireless AP or router 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. January 13, 2009 / Version: 2.0 Key Features Complies with IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/b/g wireless standards Supports wireless data encryption 64/128-bit WEP, WPA, WPA2, TKIP, AES with 2.4GHz/5.8GHz frequency band, MIMO 1T2R Supports QoS: WMM, WMM-PS Complies with USB 2.0 Supports multiple BSSID High speed transfer data rate up to 150 Mbps Supports auto-installation Supports driver for Windows 2000, XP 32/64, Vista 32/64, Linux (2.4.x/2.6.x), and Mac (10.4.x/10.5.x) Power PC & PC Installation Guide Software Installation Note: For Linux or Mac driver installation guide, please refer to the instruction in /Driver/Linux/README or /Driver/Mac/README in the CD-Rom. The following driver installation guide uses Windows XP as the presumed operation system. The procedures and screens in Windows 2000 and Vista are familiar with Windows XP. 1. 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 the Setup icon to start this menu. January 13, 2009 / Version: 2.0 3. Select if you are going to install the driver and wireless utility; or install the driver only. 4. Select if you are going to configure your wireless network with this device or with Microsoft Zero Configuration tool. Note: This can be changed after installing this software. January 13, 2009 / Version: 2.0 5. Click the Install button to start installing. 6. Click the Finish button to complete installation. January 13, 2009 / Version: 2.0 Management Guide Read this chapter to understand the management interface of the device and how to manage the device. Making a Basic Network Connection Select a configuration tool In the following instruction for making a network connection, we use the Utility we provide to configure your wireless 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 icon on system tray. Select View Available Wireless Networks to specify your wireless network. January 13, 2009 / Version: 2.0 The tool shows the available 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. January 13, 2009 / Version: 2.0 To connect with 802.11a/b/g/n Wireless LAN Utility We provide this Utility for users to connect to a wireless network easily. 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 and with no security setting. Right click on the icon in the system ray and select Launch Config utilities if the Utility does not start. Please refer to the following chapters to get information regarding to the functions of this Utility. January 13, 2009 / Version: 2.0 Introduction to the 802.11a/b/g/n Wireless LAN Utility Note: The Utility in Linux and Mac are different from the following. 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. Note: Click to enable/disable wireless connection status. 2. Configuration Column: Center of the Utility window. Make your changes for each function in this part. 3. Link Status Information: bottom of the utility window. Shows the connection status and system information. January 13, 2009 / Version: 2.0 Link Status Information A. Network Information: Items Status Extra Info Channel Authentication Encryption Network Type IP Address Sub Mask Default Gateway Link Speed Throughput Information Show the connecting status. Also shows the SSID while connecting to a valid network. Display link status in use. Display current channel in use. Authentication mode in use. Encryption type in use. Network type in use. IP address of current connection. Subnet mask of current connection. Default gateway of current connection. Show current transmit rate and receive rate. Display transmit and receive throughput in Mbps. B. HT: Display current HT status in use, containing BW, GI, MCS, SNR0, and SNR1 value. C. Link Quality and Strength Bar: Items Link Quality Signal Strength 1 Noise Strength Information Display connection quality based on signal strength and TX/RX packet error rate. Receive signal strength 1. Display noise signal strength. User can choose to display Signal and Noise Strength as percentage or dBm format by mark the dBm checkbox. D. Statistics: Items Link Speed Throughput Information Show current transmit rate and receive rate. Display transmit and receive throughput in Mbps. January 13, 2009 / Version: 2.0 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 environments quickly. A. Profile List: The list shows all the profiles you have added before. B. Buttons: You can click on these buttons to add a new profile, edit, delete or activate an old profile. Note: For Vista user, there are extra and buttons in this feature. Click on these buttons to import or export the selected profile. C. Profile Information: While you select a profile in the profile list, you can see the profile information shows on here. Items Profile Name SSID Information The name of the selected profile. The SSID of the wireless system. Shows Infrastructure / Ad-hoc to indicate the network type of the Network Type selected profile. Shows the authentication mode in use. There are total 8 modes: Open, Authentication Shared, LEAP, WPA, WPA-PSK, WPA2, WPA2-PSK and WPA-NONE. Shows the encryption mode in use. There are total 4 modes: None, Encryption WEP, TKIP and AES. Shows Yes/No to indicate whether the selected profile use the 802.1x Use 802.1x feature or not. Shows the transmit power in use. There are total 7 types: Auto, 100%, Tx Power 75%, 50%, 25%, 10% and Low. Channel Shows the channel in use (1~14) for Ad-Hoc mode. Shows the power save mode in use. Two selections: CAM (Constantly Power Save Mode Awake Mode) and PSM (Power Saving Mode). RTS Threshold Shows the RTS threshold value in use. Fragment Threshold Shows the fragment threshold in use. January 13, 2009 / Version: 2.0 10 To add a new profile: 1. Click the Add button. The add profile window pops up. Note: you could also add a new profile quickly by selecting an available network in the Network function then click the Add to Profile button. Чʳ Click on these tabs 2. There are three tabs on the window: Settings for: Profile Name, SSID, Network Type, Tx Power, Preamble, Power Save Mode, RTS Threshold, and Fragment Threshold. Settings for: Authentication, Encryption, Preshared Key, and WEP Key. Settings for: EAP Method, Tunnel Authentication, and Session Resumption. For different EAP Method, you also have to configure different require of ID/Password, Client Certificate, or Server Certificate. Please follow the steps below to fill in the information gradually. January 13, 2009 / Version: 2.0 11 3. In section, fill in information for this profile: Items Profile Name Information Choose a name for this profile, or use default name defined by system. Fill in the intended SSID name or use the drop list to select from SSID available APs. There are two types, infrastructure and 802.11 Ad-hoc modes. Under Ad-hoc mode, you could also choose the preamble type; the available Network Type preamble type includes auto and long. In addition to that, the channel field will be available for setup in Ad-hoc mode. Transmit power, the amount of power used by a radio transceiver to Tx Power send the signal out. Two selections: Auto, and Long Preamble. This can only be set up in Preamble Ad –hoc mode. Channel Channel in use for Ad-Hoc mode. Choose from CAM (Constantly Awake Mode) or PSM (Power Saving Power Save Mode Mode). For adjusting the RTS threshold number by sliding the bar or key in the RTS Threshold value directly. The default value is 2347. Adjust the Fragment threshold number by sliding the bar or key in the Fragment Threshold value directly. The default value is 2346. January 13, 2009 / Version: 2.0 12 4. In section, select an encryption type and fill in the corresponding wireless network information: Items Information For Windows 2000 User There are 7 types supported: Open, Shared, LEAP, WPA, WPA-PSK, WPA2, Authentication WPA2-PSK, and WPA-NONE1. Please select a type from the drop down list. Type For Vista User There are 7 types supported: Open, Shared, WPA, WPA-PSK, WPA2, WPA2-PSK, and CCKM. Please select a type from the drop down list. For Windows 2000 User There are 4 types supported: None, WEP, TKIP and AES. The available encryption selection will differ from the authentication type you have chosen, the result is shown below: Authentication Open Shared LEAP WPA/WPA2/WPA-PSK WPA2-PSK/WPA-NONE Encryption Type For Vista User There are 6 types supported: None, WEP, TKIP, AES, TKIP (MFP) and AES (MFP). The available encryption selection will differ from the authentication type you have chosen, the result is shown below: Authentication Open Shared WPA/ WPA-PSK/ WPA2-PSK WPA2 CCKM Available Encryption Selection NONE, WEP WEP (no selection) TKIP, AES WPA-NONE is only available in Ad-hoc mode. January 13, 2009 / Version: 2.0 13 Available Encryption Selection NONE, WEP WEP TKIP, AES TKIP, AES, TKIP(MFP), AES(MFP) WEP, TKIP, AES This checkbox appears while the environment is set to an Open authentication Use 802.1x with WEP encryption. Mark the checkbox to make the section available. The section is also available in WPA and WPA2 authentication types. This is the shared secret between AP and STA. For WPA-PSK, WPA2-PSK and WPA-NONE authentication mode, this field must be filled with characters longer Preshared Key than 8 and less than 32 lengths. The following dialog appears if you have input invalid values. WEP Key Only available when using WEP encryption algorithm. The key must match AP's key. Select Hex1 or ASCII2 to setup the key value. The following dialog appears if you have input invalid values. Hexadecimal digits consist of the numbers 0-9 and the letters A-F. ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange) is a code for representing English letters as numbers from 0-127. January 13, 2009 / Version: 2.0 14 5. Specify the 802.1x information if you are using the 802.1X certification method. Users that do not use this function or connecting to an open-wireless network please skip this part. A. EAP Method: For Windows 2000 User: There are total 5 modes: PEAP, TLS/Smart Card, TTLS, EAP-FAST, and MD5-Challenge. For Vista User: There are total 4 modes: PEAP, TLS/Smart Card, EAP-FAST, and LEAP. Please select an EAP method from the drop down list. Items Information Protect Extensible Authentication Protocol. PEAP transport securely authenticates data by using tunneling between PEAP clients and an authentication server. PEAP can PEAP authenticate wireless LAN clients using only server-side certificates, thus simplifying the implementation and administration of a secure wireless LAN. Transport Layer Security. Provides for certificate-based and mutual authentication of the client and the network. It relies on client-side and server-side certificates to TLS/Smart perform authentication and can be used to dynamically generate user-based and Card session-based WEP keys to secure subsequent communications between the WLAN client and the access point. Tunneled Transport Layer Security. This security method provides for TTLS certificate-based, mutual authentication of the client and network through an encrypted channel. Unlike EAP-TLS, EAP-TTLS requires only server-side certificates. Flexible Authentication via Secure Tunneling. It was developed by Cisco. Instead of using a certificate, mutual authentication is achieved by means of a PAC (Protected Access Credential) which can be managed dynamically by the authentication server. The PAC can be supplied (distributed one time) to the client either manually or EAP-FAST automatically. Manually, it is delivered to the client via disk or a secured network distribution method. Automatically, it is supplied as an in-band, over the air, distribution. For tunnel authentication, only support "Generic Token Card" authentication. Message Digest Challenge. Challenge is an EAP authentication type that provides MD5base-level EAP support. It provides for only one-way authentication - there is no Challenge mutual authentication of wireless client and the network. Light Extensible Authentication Protocol is an EAP authentication type used primarily LEAP by Cisco Aironet WLANs. It encrypts data transmissions using dynamically generated WEP keys, and supports mutual authentication. January 13, 2009 / Version: 2.0 15 B. Tunnel Authentication: The tunnel authentication will differ from the EAP method you have chosen, the result is shown below: For Windows 2000 User: EAP Method PEAP TLS/Smart Card TTLS EAP-FAST MD5-Challenge Tunnel Authentication EAP-MSCHAP v2 , EAP-TLS/Smart Card, Generic Token Card (no selection) CHP, MS-CHAP, MS-CHAP-V2, PAP, EAP-MD5 Generic Token Card (no selection) For Vista User: EAP Method PEAP TLS/Smart Card EAP-FAST LEAP C. Tunnel Authentication EAP-MSCHAP v2 , EAP-TLS/Smart Card, Generic Token Card (no selection) (no selection) (no selection) Session Resumption: Mark to enable this function or unmark it to disable. After doing the above settings, please click on the tabs below. There are several tabs on the window, please fill in the information gradually. Чʳ Click on these tabs Settings for: Authentication ID/Password, Tunnel ID/Password and Password Mode1. Settings for using the Client Certificate function or not. Settings for using the Server Certificate function or not. Setting for EAP-FAST method. Settings for Single Sign On. Note: This tab only appears in Vista system. Password mode is only available in EAP-FAST method. January 13, 2009 / Version: 2.0 16 ID \ PASSWORD Items Authentication ID / Password Tunnel ID / Password Password Mode Information The identity, password and domain name for server. Only "EAP-FAST" and "LEAP" authentication can be keyed in domain name. Blank space can be keyed in domain name. Identity and Password for server. Select the power save mode. For Windows 2000 User There are two selections: Soft Token and Static Password. For Vista User There are four selections: Soft Token, Static Password, Windows Logon and Prompt User. Client Certificate Items Use Client certificate Use my smart card January 13, 2009 / Version: 2.0 Information Client certificate for server authentication. Client certificate for server authentication. 17 Server Certificate Items Use Certificate chain Allow intimidate certificates Server name Information Mark the checkbox to enable using certification chain. Mark to allow intimidates certification. Enter an authentication sever root. EAP Fast Items Allow unauthenticated provision mode Use protected authentication credential January 13, 2009 / Version: 2.0 Information During the PAC can be provisioned (distributed one time) to the client automatically. It only supported "Allow unauthenticated provision mode" and use "EAP-MSCHAP v2" authentication to authenticate now. It causes to continue with the establishment of the inner tunnel even though it is made with an unknown server. Mark to enable unauthenticated provision mode. Use protected authentication credential: Using PAC, the certificate can be provided to the client manually via disk or a secured network distribution method. Mark to use protected authentication credential. 18 Network This network lists the available wireless networks. The Utility connects to a wireless network with best signal strength automatically. You can change the connecting network by clicking on the network name and click the Connect button. To see detail information of each network, please double click on each item to pop up the information window. A. Sorted by: Click each button to sort the listing networks by SSID, channel and Signal strength. B. Show dBm: Mark the checkbox to show the signal and noise strength in dBm, unmark to show in percentage. C. Buttons: You can click on these buttons to add a new profile, edit, delete or activate an old profile. Items Rescan Connect Add to Profile Information To rescan available wireless networks. To connect to a designated network. To add a network to profile after selecting a network. January 13, 2009 / Version: 2.0 19 Advanced This page provides advanced configurations to this adapter. Please refer to the following chart for definitions of each item. Items Wireless mode Enable TX Burst Enable TCP Window Size Fast Roaming at __ dBm Show Authentication Status Dialog Select Your Country Region Code Information Select wireless mode. 2.4G/5.8G is supported. Select to enable connecting to a TX Burst supported device. Mark the checkbox to enable TCP window size, which help enhance throughput. Mark the checkbox to enable fast roaming. Specify the transmit power for fast roaming. Mark the checkbox to show “Authentication Status Dialog” while connecting to an AP with authentication. Authentication Status Dialog displays the process about 802.1 x authentications. Eight countries to choose. Channel list: 1 ~ 11 channels (North America) 1 ~ 13 channels (General Europe) 1 ~ 14 channels (Japan) IEEE802.11a 4 Channels (Japan) 19 Channels (Europe) 13 Channels (USA) Enable CCX (Cisco Compatible Select to enable CCX. This function can only be applied extensions) when connecting to a Cisco compatible device. Turn on CCKM Mark to enable CCKM. Enable Radio Measurements Mark to enable channel measurement every 0~2000 milliseconds. Non-Serving Channel Mark to revise the channel measurement. Measurements limit Note: For Vista user, click on the CCX button to do more configuration. Please refer to CCX for more information. January 13, 2009 / Version: 2.0 20 Statistics Statistics page displays the detail counter information based on 802.11 MIB counters. This page translates the MIB counters into a format easier for user to understand. Items Information Frames Transmitted Successfully Frames successfully sent. Frames Retransmitted Successfully retransmitted frames numbers. Successfully Frames Fail To Receive ACK After Frames failed transmit after hitting retry limit. All Retries RTS Frames Successfully Receive Successfully receive CTS after sending RTS frame. CTS RTS Frames Fail To Receive CTS Failed to receive CTS after sending RTS. Reset Counter Reset counters to zero. Items Frames Received Successfully Frames Received With CRC Error Frames Dropped Due To Out-of-Resource Duplicate Frames Received Reset Counter January 13, 2009 / Version: 2.0 Information Frames received successfully. Frames received with CRC error. Frames dropped due to resource issue. Duplicate received frames. Reset counters to zero. 21 WMM This page allows users to activate the WMM function for this device. Please note that this function only works while connecting to a WMM compatible device. Items WMM Enable WMM - Power Save Enable Direct Link Setup Enable MAC Address Timeout Value Apply / Tear Down January 13, 2009 / Version: 2.0 Information Enable Wi-Fi Multi-Media. Enable WMM Power Save. Please enable WMM before configuring this function. Enable DLS (Direct Link Setup). Please enable WMM before configuring this function. Fill in the blanks of Direct Link with MAC Address of STA. Time of automatically disconnect after some seconds. The value is integer. The integer must be between 0~65535. It represents that it always connects if the value is zero. Default value of Timeout Value is 60 seconds. After fill in the "MAC Address" and "Timeout Value", click "Apply" button to save your configuration. The result will appear in the following "DLS Status" blanks. To remove the configuration, please select the configuration in the blanks and then click "Tear Down" button. 22 Steps to enable Direct Link Setup function: 1. Click the "Direct Link Setup Enable" checkbox. 2. Change to "Network" function. Add an AP that supports DLS features to the Profile. 3. Fill in the blanks of Direct Link with MAC Address of STA. The STA must conform to these two conditions: Connect with an AP that supports DLS features. Ensure that DLS is enabled 4. Fill in the Timeout Value and then click 5. After configuring the DLS successfully, the MAC address and Timeout Value are displayed in the "DLS Status". DLS Status 6. If you want to disconnect Direct Link Setup, select the list in “DLS Status” and then click on the button. January 13, 2009 / Version: 2.0 23 WPS The primary goal of Wi-Fi Protected Setup (Wi-Fi Simple Configuration) is to simplify the security setup and management of Wi-Fi networks. This adapter supports the configuration setup using PIN configuration method or PBC configuration method through an internal or external Registrar. 13 14 15 16 18 10 19 17 11 12 Items 1. WPS AP List 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. Information Display the information of surrounding APs with WPS IE from last scan result. List information includes SSID, BSSID, Channel, ID (Device Password ID), and Security-Enabled. WPS Profile Display all of credentials got from the Registrar. List information includes List SSID, MAC Address, Authentication and Encryption Type. If STA Enrollee, credentials are created as soon as each WPS success. If STA Registrar, Utility creates a new credential with WPA2-PSK/AES/64Hex-Key and doesn't change until next switching to STA Registrar. Rescan Click to rescan the wireless networks. Information Display the information about WPS IE on the selected network. List information includes Authentication Type, Encryption 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. Click on the Renew button to renew the PIN code. Config Mode Enrollee or an external Registrar. Detail Information about Security and Key in the credential. Connect Command to connect to the selected network inside credentials. Rotate Command to connect to the next network inside credentials. Disconnect Stop WPS action and disconnect this active link. And then select the last profile at the Profile Page of Utility if exists. If there is an empty profile page, the driver will select any non-security AP. Export Profile Click the "Export Profile" button will export the WPS profile. Delete Delete an existing credential. And then select the next credential if exist. If there is an empty credential, the driver will select any non-security AP. PIN Start to add to Registrar using PIN configuration method. PBC Start to add to AP using PBC configuration method. WPS Send the association request with WPS IE during WPS setup. It is optional associate IE for STA. WPS probe IE Send the probe request with WPS IE during WPS setup. It is optional for STA. Auto Select the AP automatically. Progress Bar Display rate of progress from Start to Connected status. Status Bar Display currently WPS Status. January 13, 2009 / Version: 2.0 24 The following description divides into four parts: A. WPS Information on AP B. Example of Adding to Registrar Using PIN Method C. Example of Adding to Registrar Using PIN Method D. Example of Configuring a Network/AP Using PIN or PBC Method January 13, 2009 / Version: 2.0 25 A. WPS Information on AP: On Network AP list, double click on the AP then you can see the information appears below. Items Information Authentication Type There are three authentication modes supported by this utility. They are open, Shared, WPA-PSK and WPA system. Encryption Type For open and shared authentication mode, the selection of encryption type are None and WEP. For WPA, WPA2, WPA-PSK and WPA2-PSK authentication mode, the encryption type supports both TKIP and AES. Config Methods Correspond to the methods the AP supports as an Enrollee for adding external Registrars. (a bitwise OR of values) Device Password ID Indicates the method or identifies the specific password that the selected Registrar intends to use. APs in PBC mode must indicate 0x0004 within two-minute Walk Time. Selected Registrar Indicates if the user has recently activated a Registrar to add an Enrollee. The values are "TRUE" and "FALSE". State The current configuration state on AP. The values are "Unconfigured" and "Configured". Version WPS specified version. AP Setup Locked Indicates if the AP has entered a setup locked state. UUID-E The universally unique identifier (UUID) element generated by the Enrollee. This is a 16 byte value. RF Bands Indicates all the RF bands available on the AP. A dual-band AP must provide it. The values are "2.4GHz/5.8GHz" and "5GHz". January 13, 2009 / Version: 2.0 26 B. Example of Adding to Registrar Using PIN Method The user obtains a device password (PIN Code) from the STA and enters the password into the Registrar. Both the Enrollee and the Registrar use PIN Config method for the configuration setup. Please follow the step below. 1. Select "Enrollee" from the Config Mode drop-down list. 2. Click "Rescan" to update available WPS APs. 3. Select an AP (SSID/BSSID) that STA will join to. January 13, 2009 / Version: 2.0 27 4. Click "PIN" to enter the PIN. 5. Enter the PIN Code of the STA into the Registrar when prompted by the Registrar. Note: Allow of an exchange between Step 4 and Step 5. If you use Microsoft Window Connection Now as an External Registrar, you must start PIN connection at STA first. After that, search out your WPS Device name and MAC address at Microsoft Registrar. Add a new device and enter PIN Code of STA at Microsoft Registrar when prompted. 6. The result should appear as the image below. January 13, 2009 / Version: 2.0 28 7. Configure one or more credentials. Then connect successfully. 8. Click "Detail." You can see the figure below. C. Example of Adding to the Registrar Using the PBC Method The PBC method requires the user to press a PBC button on both the Enrollee and the Registrar within a two-minute interval called the Walk Time. If there is only one Registrar in PBC mode, the PBC mode selected is obtained from ID 0x0004, and is found after a complete scan. The Enrollee can then immediately begin running the Registration Protocol. If the Enrollee discovers more than one Registrar in PBC mode, it MUST abort its connection attempt at this scan and continue searching until the two-minute timeout. Note: Before you press PBC on STA and candidate AP. Make sure all APs aren't PBC mode or APs using PBC mode have left their Walk Time. The user can configure WPS profiles with either PIN method or PBC method. Please follow the steps below. January 13, 2009 / Version: 2.0 29 1. Select "Enrollee" from the Config Mode drop-down list. 2. Click PBC to start the PBC connection. 3. Push the PBC on AP. Note: Allow time for an exchange between Step 2 and Step 3. January 13, 2009 / Version: 2.0 30 4. The progress bar as shown in the figure below indicates that scanning progress. 5. When one AP is found, join it. January 13, 2009 / Version: 2.0 31 6. Check WPS Information on the available WPS APs. 7. Configure and receive one or more credential(s).Then connect successfully. The result will be displayed as it is in the figure below. January 13, 2009 / Version: 2.0 32 D. Example of Configuring a Network/AP Using PIN or PBC Method 1. Select "Registrar" from the Config Mode drop-down list. 2. Enter the details of the credential and change configurations (SSID, Authentication, Encryption and Key) manually if needed. 3. If the PIN configuration is setup, enter the PIN sent from the Enrollee. 4. Start PIN or PBC. The following procedures are as similar as section PIN Enrollee Setup or PBC Enrollee Setup. January 13, 2009 / Version: 2.0 33 5. If your AP Enrollee has been configured before the WPS process, the credential you set in advance will be updated to the AP itself. Otherwise, after a successful registration, the AP Enrollee will be re-configured with the new parameters, and the STA Registrar will connect to the AP Enrollee with these new parameters. January 13, 2009 / Version: 2.0 34 CCX This page is available for Vista user only. It provides CCX configurations to this adapter. Please refer to the following chart for definitions of each item. Items Enable CCX (Cisco Compatible extensions) Turn on CCKM Enable Radio Measurements Non-Serving Channel Measurements limit Network EAP Enable RF Roaming Enable CAC (Tolerance) CAC Diagnosis Information Select to enable CCX. This function can only be applied when connecting to a Cisco compatible device. Mark to enable CCKM. Mark to enable channel measurement every 0~2000 milliseconds. Mark to revise the channel measurement. Enable the NetwrokEAP authentication algorithm. Enable RF roaming function Enable the call admission control There are four selections: ADDTS (Directly send TS), DELTS, and RESET. Select an item from the drop down list and then click on the button. Select a profile which the user wants to diagnose, and then click on the Diagnose button to perform the test. Radio On/Off Click on the button to enable/disable wireless connection status. Connected: Disconnected: January 13, 2009 / Version: 2.0 35 AP mode management guide for Windows 2000/XP/Vista If you wish to share the Internet access with the wireless stations in your environment, you can configure this wireless adapter as a software access point (Soft AP). In this mode, this wireless adapter becomes the wireless access point that provides local area network and Internet access for your wireless stations. To use this adapter as an access point, please right click the icon on system tray and select Switch to AP mode. Please refer to the following introduction and information about this AP-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. January 13, 2009 / Version: 2.0 36 Software Access Point (Soft AP) Application January 13, 2009 / Version: 2.0 37 Config This page provides overall configuration to this adapter. Please find the following items for identification to each field. 10 11 12 13 14 15 1. SSID: AP name of user type. User also can select [Use Mac Address] to display it. 2. Wireless Mode: Select wireless mode. 2.4G/5.8G is supported. January 13, 2009 / Version: 2.0 38 3. Country Region Code: eight countries to choose. Country channel list: Classification Range 0: FCC (Canada) CH1 ~ CH11 1: ETSI CH1 ~ CH13 2: SPAIN CH10 ~ CH11 3: FRANCE CH10 ~ CH13 4: MKK CH14 ~ CH14 5: MKKI (TELEC) CH1 ~ CH14 6: ISRAEL CH3 ~ CH9 7: ISRAEL CH5 ~ CH13 Note: Country Region code is not support for Vista. 4. Beacon (ms): The time between two beacons. System default is 100 ms. 5. TX Power: Manually force the AP transmits power. System default is 100%. 6. Idle Time: Manually force the Idle Time using selected value. Default is 300. 7. Channel: Manually force the AP using the channel. System default is channel 1. 8. Use Mac Address: Use MAC address of used wireless card to be AP name. System default is APX (X is last number of Mac Address). 9. Security Setting: Authentication mode and encryption algorithm used within the AP. System default is no authentication and encryption. 10. No forwarding among wireless clients: If there is no beacon among the wireless clients, they can’t share information with each other. 11. Hide SSID: Prevent this AP from recognized in wireless network. This is disabled as default. 12. Allow BW40 MHz: Allow BW40 MHz capability. 13. Default: Use system default value. 14. Cancel: Cancel the above changes. 15. Apply: Apply the above changes. January 13, 2009 / Version: 2.0 39 Security Setting This page pops up after clicking the Security Setting button. Please follow the instructions below: 1. Authentication Type: Select to be open, shared, WPA-PSK, WPA2-PSK, or WPA PSK/WPA2-PSK system. 2. Encryption Type: Select an encryption type from the drop list. 3. WPA Pre-shared Key: A shared string between AP and STA. For WPA-PSK authentication mode, this field must be filled with character longer than 8 and less than 32 lengths. 4. Group Rekey Interval: Only valid when using WPA-PSK encryption algorithm. The key will change compliance with seconds or beacon that user set. 5. 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 characters. b. Hexadecimal (128bits): 32Hex characters. c. ASCII (40bits): 5 ASCII characters. d. ASCII (128bits): 13 ASCII characters. January 13, 2009 / Version: 2.0 40 Access Control This function filters users to use this device by designating MAC address. Please refer to the following chart for introduction. 1. Access Policy: Choose a method to process access control from the drop list to determine the MAC addresses that you designated are allowed to access the AP or not. 2. MAC Address: Add allowed (or denied) MAC addresses to the MAC address list. 3. Access List: Display all Mac Addresses that you designated. 4. Delete: Delete Mac addresses that you selected. 5. Remove All: Remove all Mac address in [Access List]. 6. Apply: Apply changes. January 13, 2009 / Version: 2.0 41 MAC Table This page displays the station detail information of current connection. Items MAC Address AID Power Saving Mode Status January 13, 2009 / Version: 2.0 Information The station MAC address of current connection. Raise value by current connection. Check if the connected station supports power saving. The connection status. 42 Event Log Record Soft AP all event time and message. Items Event Time (yy/mm/dd-hh:mm:ss) Message January 13, 2009 / Version: 2.0 43 Information Record event time. All event messages. Statistics Statistics page displays the detail counter information based on 802.11 MIB counters. 1. Transmit Statistics Items Information Frames Transmitted Successfully Frames that successfully sent. Frames Fail To Receive ACK After Frames that failed to transmit after All Retries hitting retry limit. RTS Frames Successfully Receive Counts of CTS that successfully CTS 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 retransmitted frames Successfully numbers. 2. Receive Statistics Items Frames Received Successfully Frames Received With CRC Error Frames Dropped Due To Out-of-Resource Duplicate Frames Received Information Frames received successfully. Frames received with CRC error. Frames dropped due to resource issue. Duplicate received frames. 3. Reset Counters: Reset counters to zero. January 13, 2009 / Version: 2.0 44
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