802.11b/g/Draft 2.0-N
Wireless LAN PCI Card
User Manual
Version: 1.0 (April, 2007)
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CHAPTER I: Product Information......................................................................................... 3
1-1 Introduction and safety information............................................................................ 3
1-2 Safety Information...................................................................................................... 4
1-3 System Requirements................................................................................................ 5
1-4 Package Contents...................................................................................................... 5
1-5 Familiar with your new wireless network card............................................................ 5
CHAPTER II: DRIVER INSTALLATION AND CONFIGURATION........................................ 6
2-1 Network Card Installation........................................................................................... 6
2-2 Connect to Wireless Access Point ........................................................................... 11
2-2-1 Using Edimax Utility....................................................................................... 11
2-2-2 Using Windows Zero Configuration ............................................................... 17
2-3 Connection Profile Management.............................................................................. 18
2-3-2 Using 802.1x – Certification........................................................................... 28
2-3-3 Using 802.1x - CA Server .............................................................................. 30
2-4 View Network Statistics and Link Status................................................................... 32
2-4-1 Network Statistics .......................................................................................... 32
2-4-2 Link Status..................................................................................................... 33
2-5 Advanced Settings ................................................................................................... 35
2-6 QoS Setting.............................................................................................................. 38
2-7 WPS Configuration .................................................................................................. 41
2-7-1 WPS Setup - PBC (Push-Button Configuration) ............................................ 42
2-7-2 WPS Setup - PIN........................................................................................... 45
2-8 About........................................................................................................................ 47
CHAPTER III: Soft-AP Function.......................................................................................... 49
3-2 Security Settings...................................................................................................... 54
3-3 Access Control......................................................................................................... 55
3-3 Access Control......................................................................................................... 56
3-4 Connection Table ..................................................................................................... 58
3-6 Statistics................................................................................................................... 61
CHAPTER IV: APPENDIX.................................................................................................. 62
4-1 Hardware Specification ............................................................................................ 62
4-2 Troubleshooting ....................................................................................................... 63
4-3 Glossary................................................................................................................... 65
4-4 FCC and Other Compliance Statements.................................................................. 68
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CHAPTER I: Product Information
1-1 Introduction and safety information
Thank you for purchasing this high-speed 802.11b/g/Draft 2.0-N wireless network card! Excepting common
wireless standards 802.11b/g, this wireless network card is also 802.11 Draft 2.0-N compatible - data transfer
rate is 300Mbps, and that’s six times faster than 802.11g wireless network. 802.11 Draft 2.0-N also provides
wider wireless coverage, so you don’t have to worry if your computer is far from your wireless access point. This
wireless network card also supports MIMO (Multi-In, Multi-Out) technology, which uses three different radio
channels to enhance data transfer rate and wireless coverage.
With easy-to-install PCI interface - a very common expansion slot of desktop computers - and Plug-and-Play
technology, even inexperienced computer user can get this wireless network card installed on his or her
computer in just few minutes! All you have to do is shutdown the computer and remove the cover, then insert the
wireless network card into any empty PCI slot, that’s all!
Other features of this router including:
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Complies with IEEE802.11b/g/Draft 2.0 N standard.
Provides high-efficiency detachable antenna to expand the scope of your wireless network.
Provides QoS function: control the bandwidth required for different applications.
Supports major encryption methods like WEP, WPA, and WPA2 encryption.
Supports PCI interface - you can get it installed on your computer in just few minutes!
Provides wireless access control - prevent unauthorized network access to your network and
computer.
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1-2 Safety Information
In order to keep the safety of users and your properties, please follow the following safety instructions:
1. This PCI wireless network card is designed for indoor use only. DO NOT expose this network card to direct
sunlight or rain, snow.
2. DO NOT put this network card at or near hot or humid places, like kitchen or bathroom. Also, do not left this
wireless network card in the car in summer.
3. Shutdown the computer and remove the power cord of your computer when you want to install / remove the
network card. If you’re not familiar about interface card installation, ask an experienced technician for help.
4. The antenna of this network card is small enough to put in a child’s mouth, ear, or nose, and it could cause
serious injury or could be fatal. If they throw the network card or antenna, cards or antennas will be damaged.
PLEASE KEEP THIS NETWORK CARD OUT THE REACH OF CHILDREN!
5. If you found that the network card is not working properly, please contact your dealer of purchase and ask for
help. DO NOT try to fix the network card by your self, warranty will be void.
6. If the network card falls into water, DO NOT USE IT AGAIN BEFORE YOU SEND THE CARD TO THE
DEALER OF PURCHASE FOR INSPECTION.
7. If you smell something strange or even see some smoke coming out from your computer, switch the computer
off immediately, and call dealer of purchase for help.
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1-3 System Requirements
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An empty PCI slot
Windows 2000, XP, XP64, or Vista Operating System
CD-ROM drive
At least 100MB of available disk space
1-4 Package Contents
Before you starting to use this wireless network card, please check if there’s anything missing in the package,
and contact your dealer of purchase to claim for missing items:
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One Wireless LAN PCI Card
Three Antennas
One English Quick Installation Guide
One CD-ROM (Including all the software utilities, drivers and User’s Guide)
1-5 Familiar with your new wireless network card
2
1. PCI Interface
2. Antennas
3. ‘Link’ LED
4. ‘Tx / Rx’ LED
3, 4
1
LED Name Light Status
Description
On
Linked to a wireless access point
Link
Off
Not linked to any wireless access point
Transferring / receiving data
No wireless activity
Blinking
Tx / Rx
Off
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CHAPTER II: DRIVER INSTALLATION AND CONFIGURATION
Before you proceed with the installation, please notice following descriptions.
Note1: The following installation was operated under Windows XP. (Procedures are similar for
Windows 2000/Vista.)
Note2: If you have installed the Wireless PCI Card driver & utility before, please uninstall the old version
first.
2-1 Network Card Installation
Please follow the following instructions to install your new wireless network card:
1. SWITCH THE COMPUTER OFF, remove the cover and insert the wireless network card into an empty PCI
slot of your computer.
2. Install all three antennas on the wireless network card, and make sure the antennas are securely installed.
To improve radio reception, please adjust antennas to the position shown in the picture below.
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3. Close the computer case and switch the computer on, the following message will appear on your computer,
please click ‘Cancel’.
4. Insert device driver CDROM into the CD/DVD ROM drive of your computer, and execute ‘Setup.exe’
program in ‘Driver’ folder. Please read the end user license agreement and click ‘Yes’ to accept license
agreement.
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5. You can choose the configuration tool used to configure the wireless network card here. It’s recommended to
select ‘Edimax Configuration Tool’, which provides fully access to all function of this wireless network card. If
you prefer to use the wireless configuration tool provided by Windows XP or Vista, please select ‘Microsoft
Zero Configuration Tool’, then click ‘Next’.
6. There are two wireless performance modes you can select here:
Optimize for WiFi mode
or
Optimize for performance mode
If you want to enhance wireless performance, please select ‘Optimize for performance mode’. However,
wireless compatibility is not guaranteed in this mode. If you want to use this mode, you may not be able to
communicate with older wireless devices and wireless access point, such as 802.11b devices, but the data
transfer rate will be enhanced in this mode. You can select this mode when you only plan to communicate
with 802.11 Draft 2.0-N devices.
If you want to keep compatibility and communicate with older wireless devices, please select ‘Optimize for
WiFi Mode’.
When you select one mode, please click ‘Next>’ to continue. If you see ‘Found New Hardware’ message
again, please ignore it and wait.
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7. When you see this message, please click ‘Finish’ to complete the driver installation process.
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8. A new icon will appear at lower-right corner of your computer desktop, you can put the mouse cursor on the
icon, and the status of wireless card will be displayed as a popup balloon.
HERE!
9. When you want to configure your wireless connection, please right click on this icon, and a popup menu will
appear. You can click ‘Launch Config Utilities’ to start configuration program.
If you want to close configuration utility, please click ‘Exit’.
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2-2 Connect to Wireless Access Point
There are two ways you can configure your wireless network card to connect to wireless access point: using the
Ralink configuration utility which comes with wireless card driver, and using built-in windows zero configuration
utility.
2-2-1 Using Edimax Utility
Please follow the following instructions to use Edimax configuration utility to connect to wireless access point.
1. Right-click the Edimax configuration utility icon located at lower-right corner of computer desktop, then click
‘Launch Config Utilities’.
2. Configuration utility will scan for all wireless access points automatically. Scan results will be displayed here,
please check if the wireless access point with the SSID (the name of wireless access point) you preferred is
shown here.
If the wireless access point you wish to connect does not show here, please click ‘Rescan’ to try again, until
the one you preferred is displayed. You may have to click ‘Rescan’ for more than two times before you can
see the access point you wish to use here sometimes.
If you still can not see the access point you wish to use after clicking ‘Rescan’ for more than five times,
please move your computer closer to the location where the wireless access point is, or see instructions in
chapter 4-2 ‘Troubleshooting’.
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Here are descriptions of every setup item:
SSID:
The Service Set IDentifier of wireless access point or other network device.
You can think it as the name of access point of wireless device.
BSSID:
The MAC address of wireless access point or other network device. Unlike SSID,
BSSID of every access point or network device is unique, and will not be the same
with others. So you can identify a single access point or wireless device from others
by BSSID, if they all have the same SSID.
Signal:
Shows the signal strength of access point or wireless device. Larger number means
better radio strength, which often means you’re not too far from that access point or
wireless device.
Channel:
Shows the channel number that access point or wireless device uses.
Encryption:
Shows the encryption method that access point or wireless device uses. If the
wireless access point does not enable encryption, you’ll see ‘None’ displayed here.
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Authentication:
Network Type:
Shows the authentication mode that access point or wireless device uses. If the
wireless access point does not require authentication, you’ll see ‘Unknown’ displayed
here.
Shows the type of wireless connection. If it’s a wireless access point, ‘Infrastructure’
will be displayed here; if it’s a computer or network device, ‘AdHoc’ will be displayed
here.
Tips:
Wireless access point (Infrastructure) is a network device, which acts as a bridge, to let wired
and wireless network devices communicate with each other.
AdHoc is another connection type. A computer or network device can establish a direct
wireless link with other computer or network device directly, without the help of wireless
access point.
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3. Click the wireless access point or network device you wish to connect, it will be highlighted, then click
‘Connect’.
If the access point you selected does not enable encryption (The content of ‘Encryption’ field of the access point
you selected is ‘None’, you’ll be connected to this wireless access point within one minute. Please jump to step 6.
If the access point you selected enables encryption, please proceed to next step.
4. If the wireless access point does not have SSID, you’ll be prompted to input it here. Please ask the owner of
wireless access point and input the exact SSID here, then click ‘OK’ when ready. If the SSID you provided
here is wrong, you’ll not be able to connect to this access point.
If the wireless access point you selected have SSID, please skip this step.
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5. If the wireless access point uses encryption, you have to input WEP passphrase or WPA preshared key.
Please ask the owner of the wireless access point you want to connect, and input the correct passphrase /
preshared key here, then click ‘OK’. If the value you inputted here is wrong, you will not be able to connect to
this wireless access point.
Authentication type is selected automatically, please don’t change it.
If the access point you selected does not enable encryption and does not require authentication,
please skip this step.
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6. You’ll see ‘Connected <-> SSID’ (‘SSID’ is the SSID of the wireless access point or wireless device you
connected to) message displayed at lower-left corner of configuration utility, congratulations, you’re
successfully connected to the access point or wireless device you selected!
7. You can put the mouse cursor over the Edimax configuration utility icon, and the brief information about link
status and signal strength of current wireless connection will be shown as a popup balloon.
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2-2-2 Using Windows Zero Configuration
Windows XP and Vista has a built-in wireless network configuration utility, called as ‘Windows Zero
Configuration’ (WZC). You can also use WZC to configure your wireless network parameter:
1. Right-click Edimax configuration utility icon and select ‘Use Zero Configuration as Configuration utility.
2. Click ‘Start’ button (should be located at the bottom-left corner of windows desktop), click ‘Control Panel’,
then click ‘Network and Internet Connections’ in Control Panel.
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3. Right-click ‘Wireless Network Connection’ (it may have a number as suffix if you have more than one
wireless network card, please make sure you right-click the ‘Ediamx 802.11n Wireless LAN Card), then
select ‘View Available Wireless Networks’.
4. All wireless access points in proximity will be displayed here. If the access point you want to use is not
displayed here, please try to move your computer closer to the access point, or you can click ‘Refresh
network list’ to rescan access points. Click the access point you want to use if it’s shown, then click
‘Connect’.
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5. If the access point is protected by encryption, you have to input its security key or passphrase here. It must
match the encryption setting on the access point.
If the access point you selected does not use encryption, you’ll not be prompted for security key or
passphrase.
6. If you can see ‘Connected’ message, the connection between your computer and wireless access point is
successfully established.
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2-3 Connection Profile Management
If you need to connect to different wireless access points at different time, like of access point of your home,
office, cybercafe, or public wireless service, you can store the connection parameters (encryption, passphrase,
security etc, etc.) as a profile for every access point, so you don’t have in input these parameters every time you
want to connect to a specific wireless access point.
2-3-1
Make a profile for an access point or wireless device
1. Right-click the Edimax configuration utility icon located at lower-right corner of computer desktop, then click
‘Launch Config Utilities’.
2. There are two ways to add a new connection profile:
Create a new profile,
or
Add a profile from an existing wireless access point or wireless device
If you want to click new profile, click ‘Profile’ tab, then click ‘Add’ button:
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Or, you can add a connected wireless access point or wireless device to a profile by clicking ‘Site Survey’ tab,
then click ‘Add to Profile’ button:
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You can set the parameter for this connection here:
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Here are descriptions of every setup items:
Profile Name
Please give this profile a name, up to 32
alphanumerical characters and symbols are allowed, but space is not allowed.
SSID
The SSID of the wireless access point or wireless device you selected will be
displayed here. But if the SSID of access point or wireless device is not available, you
have to input it here manually.
PSM:
Please select CAM (constantly awake mode, keep
(Power Saving
Mode)
the wireless radio activity when not transferring
data), or PSM (Power saving mode, switches radio off when not transferring data).
It’s recommended to choose ‘PSM’ if you’re using this network card with notebook
computer to help the battery live longer.
Network Type
Select network type (‘Ad Hoc’ or ‘Infrastructure’). If you’re adding a profile from an
existing access point or wireless device, it’s automatically selected and you don’t
have to change it.
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TX Power
You can select the radio output power of wireless network card. You may not need full
radio power if you’re not far from wireless access point, and only use a high setting
here if you found that radio reception is bad.
If you don’t know which one to use, select ‘Auto’.
Preamble
This option is only available when the network type is ‘Ad hoc’. You can select ‘Auto’
or ‘Long Preamble’. Please select ‘Auto’ if you don’t know what it is.
RTS Threshold
Check the box and you can set RTS threshold manually here. Do not modify default
setting unless you know what it is.
Fragment
Threshold
Check the box and you can set fragment threshold
manually here. Do not modify default setting unless you know what it is.
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Now click ‘Authentication and Security’ tab, and set the encryption and authentication settings.
Here are descriptions of every setup items:
Authentication
Type
Select the authentication type of the wireless access
point or wireless device you wish to connect. If you’re adding a profile from an
existing access point or wireless device, the value will be selected automatically, and
please do not modify it.
If you select ‘LEAP’, the following message will be displayed. Please input LEAP
identity, password, domain name, and select encryption type. You can check ‘Show
Password’ box so the password you inputted will be displayed as you type, but not
replace by asterisk.
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Encryption:
Select the encryption type of the wireless access point or wireless device you wish to
connect. If you’re adding a profile from an existing access point or wireless device,
the value will be selected automatically, and please do not modify it.
WPA
Input WPA preshared key here. If encryption is not
Preshared Key
enabled, or you select ‘WEP’ as encryption type, this field will be disabled and grayed
out.
WEP Key
You can select key type (Hex or ASCII) and input WEP key here. If encryption is not
enabled, or you select ‘WPA’ as encryption type, this field will be disabled and grayed
out.
Show Password
Use 802.1x
Check this box and all passphrases or security keys you inputted will be displayed as
you type, but not replace your input with asterisk.
Enable 802.1x wireless authentication. Please click ‘802.1x Setting’ button to set
802.1x parameters. (See next section).
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After you finish all settings, click ‘OK’ to save settings and exit. The profile you just created will be displayed:
Select the profile you wish to use, and click ‘Activate’ to use the profile you selected. You can only activate a
profile a time, and the profile, which is activated currently will have a green check ( ) before its name. If the
wireless access point is not reachable, a red check ( ) will be displayed before its name.
If you want to change the connection parameters of a specific profile, just select it and click ‘Edit’ button, you’ll be
prompted to input the connection parameters, just like you’re creating a new profile.
If you no longer need a profile, select the profile then click ‘Delete’.
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2-3-2 Using 802.1x – Certification
After you click ‘802.1x Setting’, a new window will appear:
Here are descriptions of every setup items:
Authentication
Type
Please select an 802.1x authentication type here.
The type you select here must be identical to the
type of the 802.1x authentication type you’re using.
Session
You can enable or disable session resumption here.
If you don’t know if you should enable session resumption or not, please ask your
802.1x authentication administrator.
Resumption
Identity
Please input 802.1x identity here.
Password
Domain Name
Please input the password of 802.1x identity here.
Please input the domain name of 802.1x authentication here. This field will be grayed
out when authentication type is not ‘EAP-FAST’.
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Use Client
More..
If the authentication type you use is ‘PEAP’ or ‘TTLS’, you can use the certificate
stored on your computer. If the authentication type you use is ‘TLS/Smart Card’, this
box is always checked.
After you clicked this button, you’ll be prompted to select a certificate on your
computer.
Allow
This box is always checked and can not be modified.
unauthenticated
provision mode
Use protected
authentication
credential
If the authentication type you use is ‘EAP-FAST’
you can use protected authentication credential
by check this box.
Remove
Import
Remove the credential you imported previously.
Import the authentication credential file (PAC or al file format), you’ll be prompted to
select a credential file from your computer.
Protocol
You can select the protocol of tunneled authentication here. This pulldown menu is
only available when authentication type you use is ‘PEAP’ or ‘TTLS’. When you use
‘EAP-FAST’ as authentication type, the protocol setting is always ‘Generic Token
Card’ and can not be changed.
Identity
Please input the identity of tunneled authentication
here.
(of tunneled
authentication)
Password
Please input the password of tunneled authentication
here.
(of tunneled
authentication)
Password Mode
Please select the password mode of ‘EAP-FAST’ authentication mode. This setting is
hidden when the authentication type is not ‘EAP-FAST’.
After you finish all settings, click ‘OK’ to save settings and exit.
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2-3-3 Using 802.1x - CA Server
If you want to use CA server, please click ‘CA Server’ tab. And the following message will be displayed:
Here are descriptions of every setup items:
Use certificate
chain
Check this box to enable the use of certificate chain.
Certificate
Issuer
Please select the issuer of certificate from this
dropdown menui.
Allow
Check this box if you wish to allow intermediate
certificates.
intermediate
certificates
Server name
Input the server name of CA server here.
Server name
must match
exactly
Check this box and the wireless configuration
utility will check if the server name of CA server
you set here is exactly matched with the CA server connected to. If they don’t match,
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connection will be
dropped.
Domain name
must end
Check this box and the wireless configuration utility
will check the end of domain name. If there’s
anything wrong, connection will be dropped.
in specified name
After you finish all settings, click ‘OK’ to save settings and exit.
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2-4 View Network Statistics and Link Status
The configuration utility provides information about network statistics and link status. If you want to know how
your wireless network card works, you can use these functions to get detailed information about the wireless
connection you’re using.
2-4-1 Network Statistics
Please follow the following instructions to check network statistics:
1. Right-click the Edimax configuration utility icon located at lower-right corner of computer desktop, then click
‘Launch Config Utilities’.
2. Click ‘Statistics’ tab, and the statistics of wireless connection will be displayed:
All connection-related statistics is displayed here. You can click ‘Reset Counter’ to reset the statistics of all items
back to 0.
Click ‘OK’ to close the window.
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2-4-2 Link Status
Please follow the following instructions to check network statistics:
1. Right-click the Edimax configuration utility icon located at lower-right corner of computer desktop, then click
‘Launch Config Utilities’.
2. Click ‘Link Status’ tab, and information about current wireless connection will be displayed:
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These information displayed here are updated every second, and here are descriptions of every item:
Status
Display the SSID and BSSID of connected wireless access point or wireless device
(displayed as SSID <-> BSSID as shown in above picture. If there’s no active
connection currently, ‘Disconnected’ will be displayed here.
Extra Info
Displays the link status (‘Link is up’ or Link is down’, and the radio transmitting power
of your network card.
Channel
Displays the radio channel being used now.
Link Speed
Displays the link speed of data transmitting (Tx, in Mbps) and receiving (Rx, in Mbps).
Link speed is the maximum available data transfer speed of the wireless connection,
and depends on the radio signal quality of wireless connection.
Throughput
Link Quality
Displays the rate of data transmitting (Tx, in Kbps) and receiving (Rx, in Kbps).
Displays link quality (radio signal quality). When the link quality is better, the wireless
link speed will be better, too. Link quality is displayed by percentage and a descriptive
word (Good, normal, weak, and low).
Signal Strength 1
Signal Strength 2
Noise Level
Displays the radio signal strength of built-in antenna 1.
Displays the radio signal strength of built-in antenna 2.
Displays the percentage or level of noise (unusable) signal. If the value of this item is
high, data transfer rate will drop.
dBm
Check this box and the value of signal strength and noise level will be displayed in
dBm level instead of percentage.
There are several wireless statuses available at the bottom of this window.
For their explanations, please see chapter 4-3 ‘Glossary’.
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2-5 Advanced Settings
This wireless network card provides several advanced settings for experienced wireless users. You can change
these settings to increase data transfer performance, or change operation mode.
Please follow the following instructions to set advanced wireless settings:
1. Right-click the Edimax configuration utility icon located at lower-right corner of computer desktop, then click
‘Launch Config Utilities’.
2. Click ‘Advanced’ tab, and the following settings will appear:
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Here are descriptions of every setup items:
Wireless mode
Select wireless operation mode, available options are 802.11 B/G mix, 802.11 B only,
and 802.11 B/G/N mix. You can select 802.11 B/G/N mix to maximize wireless
compatibility with wireless access points and other wireless devices. Anyway, you
can set this setting to ‘802.11 B only’ when you’re going to communicate with old
802.11b wireless devices and you got problem using other two modes.
Wireless
This setting helps your network card to avoid
Protection
interference with other wireless devices when there are both 802.11b and 802.11g
wireless devices in the same place. It’s recommended to set this setting to ‘Auto’ ,
since enabling this setting will slightly reduce the data transfer performance.
TX Rate
Normally, the wireless network card will adjust transfer rate automatically according
to wireless signal quality. However, you can fix the data transfer rate to a lower fixed
rate if you think there’s some problem about data transfer, or you’re too far from
wireless access point. It’s recommended to set this setting to ‘Auto’, unless you really
know the meaning of this setting.
Tx BURST
Check this box to accelerate the data transmit rate. It may not work with all wireless
access point and wireless devices.
Enable TCP
Window Size
Check this box and the configuration utility will
adjust TCP window size automatically, to get better performance. It should be safe for
most of wireless environments, but if you found some problem on data transfer,
uncheck this box.
Fast Roaming at
Turn off RF
Check this box and you can adjust the threshold of
when this wireless network card should switch to another wireless access point with
better signal quality. Only adjust value when you understand what it means.
Click this button to switch wireless radio off, click it
again switch wireless radio on.
Select Your
Country Region
Code
Select the country / region code of the place you’re
living. Different country / region has different
regulations on wireless devices, and it’s forbidden
to use certain channel (radio frequency) in some
countries or regions. Please select the country and region code according to the
place you live.
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Show
When your computer is being authenticated by
Authentication
Status Dialog
wireless authentication server, a dialog window
with the process of authentication will appear.
This function is helpful to find out the problem when you can not be authenticated,
and you can provide this information to authentication server’s administrator for
debugging purpose.
Enable CCX
Enable Cisco Compatible eXtensions. CCX is a wireless feature developed by Cisco
used to improve the wireless performance with CCX compatible wireless devices.
Check this box if you need to connect to CCX-compatible wireless devices.
Turn on CCKM
Check this box to enable CCKM (Cisco Centralized Key Management), which
enables wireless clients to roam between CCKM-enabled access points in very short
time.
Enable Radio
Measurement
When you’re connecting to CCX-compatible
access point, check this box to enable radio measurement function to improve
wireless connectivity.
Non-Serving
Channel
When you’re connecting to CCX-compatible
access point, check this box to enable measurement
on unused radio channels to improve wireless connectivity.
Measurements
Limit ---
Limit the time used for said measurement to a
certain time. Default value is 250.
milliseconds
After you finish the settings, click ‘Apply’ to apply new settings, and click ‘OK’ to close configuration utility.
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2-6 QoS Setting
This wireless network card provides QoS (Quality of Service) function, which can improve the performance of
certain network applications, like audio / video streaming, network telephony (VoIP), and others. When you
enable WMM (Wi-Fi MultiMedia) function of this network card, you can define the priority of different kinds of data,
to give higher priority to applications, which require instant responding. Therefore you can improve the
performance of such network applications.
Please follow the following instructions to set advanced wireless settings:
3. Right-click the Edimax configuration utility icon located at lower-right corner of computer desktop, then click
‘Launch Config Utilities’.
Click ‘QoS’ tab, and the following settings will appear:
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Here are descriptions of every setup items:
WMM Enable
Check this box to enable WMM function. Please click ‘Apply’ button on the right of this
check box after you check or uncheck this box, so corresponding settings in this
window will be activated or deactivated respectively.
WMM - Power
Save Enable
Enable WMM power saving mode to save energy
and lets your battery live longer.
Setting...
Click this button to select the WMM data type which will suppress the function of
power saving. When this kind of data is transferring, power saving function will be
disabled. Available data types are AC_BK (Background / Low Priority), AC_BE (Best
Effort), AC_VI (Video First), and AC_VO (Voice First).
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Direct Link
Enable or disable direct link setup (DLS) function.
Setup Enable
This function will greatly improve the data transfer rate between WMM-enabled
wireless devices. Please click ‘Apply’ button on the right of this check box after you
check or uncheck this box, so corresponding settings in this window will be activated
or deactivated respectively.
MAC Address
Timeout Value
Tear Down
Input the MAC address of another WMM-enabled
wireless device you wish to establish a direct link here, then click ‘Apply’ to add this
MAC address to DLS address table.
Input the timeout value of this WMM-enabled direct link wireless device. If the
wireless
device is not responding after this time, it will be removed from DLS table.
If you want to remove a specific wireless device from DLS table, select the device
and click this button to remove it.
After you finish the settings, click ‘OK’ to close configuration utility.
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2-7 WPS Configuration
Note: This function supports Windows XP/XP64 Operation system only.
Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) is the latest wireless network technology, which makes wireless network setup
become very simple. If you have WPS-enabled wireless access point, and you want to establish a secure
connection to it, you don’t have to configure the wireless access point and setup data encryption. All you have to
do is go to the WPS setup page of this wireless card, click a button, and then press a specific button on the
wireless access point you wish to establish a secure connection - just three simple steps!
For older wireless access points, it’s possible to perform a firmware upgrade to become a WPS-enabled access
point. Since they may not have a hardware button to press for WPS setup, you can use an alternative WPS
setup method – input the pin code. Every WPS-compatible wireless network card comes with a unique WPS pin
code; you can just input the code to wireless access point, and the wireless access point and wireless network
card will do the rest for you.
This wireless network card is compatible with WPS. To use this function, the wireless access point you wish to
connect to must support WPS function too. Now, please follow the following instructions to establish secure
connection between WPS-enabled wireless access point and your wireless network card:
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2-7-1 WPS Setup - PBC (Push-Button Configuration)
1. Right-click the Edimax configuration utility icon located at lower-right corner of computer desktop, then click
‘Launch Config Utilities’.
2. Click ‘WPS Configuration’ tab, and the following settings will appear:
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4. Push the ‘WPS’ button on your wireless access point (the button used to activate WPS standby mode may
have another name), or use other way to start WPS standby mode as the instruction given by your wireless
access point’s user manual.
4. Before you start to establish the wireless connection by using WPS, you can click ‘Rescan’ button to
search for WPS-enabled access points near you, to make sure the WPS function of your access point is
activated.
All access points found will be displayed. Please make sure the access point you wish to connect is displayed. If
not, please click ‘Rescan’ few more times. You can also click ‘Information’ button to see the detailed information
about selected access point.
5. Click ‘PBC’ button now to start to establish wireless connection by WPS, and please be patient (This may
require several seconds to one minute to complete). When you see ‘WPS status is connected successfully’
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message, means the connection between your wireless network card and access point is successfully
connected by WPS, and the information about access point you connected to will be displayed.
TIPS: You can push ‘WPS’button on network card too, it’s the same as the ‘PBC’
button in configuration utility.
Sometime WPS may fail, and you can click ‘PBC’ button few more times to try again. When an access point is
connected, you can click ‘Disconnect’ to disconnect your wireless network card from a connected access point,
or select another WPS-enabled wireless access point, then click ‘Connect’ to establish connection to selected
access point, if there are more than one WPS-enabled access point found. You can also click ‘Rotate’ button,
and next access point on the list will be selected to establish connection.
If you want to delete a found access point from the list, select it and click ‘Delete’ button.
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2-7-2 WPS Setup - PIN
If the wireless access point you wish to connect supports PIN, please follow the following instructions to establish
connection to it:
1. Right-click the Edimax configuration utility icon located at lower-right corner of computer desktop, then click
‘Launch Config Utilities’.
3. Click ‘WPS Configuration’ tab, and the following settings will appear:
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The PIN number of your wireless network card is an eight-digit number located at the upper-right position of
configuration utility. Remember it, and input the number to your wireless access point as the WPS PIN code
(Please refer to the user manual of your wireless access point for instructions about how to do this).
3. Click ‘PIN’ button now, and wait for few seconds to one minute. If a wireless access point with correct PIN
code is found, you’ll be connected to that access point:
You may have to click ‘PIN’ for few more times to try again. If you still can not connect to access point by this way,
please make sure the PIN code you provided to access point is correct.
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2-8 About
The ‘About’ tab provides you the information about version numbers of configuration utility, firmware, and other
important information about your wireless network card.
Please follow the following instructions to see these information:
1. Right-click the Edimax configuration utility icon located at lower-right corner of computer desktop, then click
‘Launch Config Utilities’.
2. Click ‘About’ tab, and the following settings will appear:
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If you need assistance about network problem, you’ll need these values. You can also click ‘www.edimax.com”
button to go to the web site of network card driver manufacturer and get more information about your wireless
network card.
Please click ‘OK’ to close configuration utility.
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CHAPTER III: Soft-AP Function
Note: This function supports Windows XP/XP64 Operation system only.
Excepting become a wireless client of other wireless access points, this wireless card can act as a wireless
service provider also! You can switch this wireless card’s operating mode to ‘AP’ mode to simulate the function of
a real wireless access point by software, and all other computers and wireless devices can connect to your
computer wirelessly, even share the internet connection you have!
Please follow the instructions in following chapters to use the AP function of your wireless card.
3-1 Switch to AP Mode and Basic Configuration
The operating mode of the wireless card is ‘Station Mode’ (becoming a client of other wireless access points) by
default. If you want to switch to AP mode, please right-click Ralink utility icon, and select ‘Switch to AP Mode’.
After you select ‘Switch to AP Mode’, the Ralink utility icon will change:
Which indicated the wireless card is operating in AP mode now. If you want to switch the wireless card back to
station mode (become a client of other wireless access points), then click ‘Switch to Station Mode’.
A configuration window will appear after you switch the operation mode to ‘AP’ or click ‘Launch Config Utilities’
after you right-click the Edimax configuration utility, which asks you to assign an existing network card with
internet connection:
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If your computer has another network card which is connected to Internet, please select it from ‘Name’ dropdown
menu, and click ‘Enable ICS’; if your computer does not have another network card with Internet connection,
please click ‘Not enable ICS’.
After you click ‘Enable ICS’ or ‘Not enable ICS’, you’ll see the basic configuration menu of the AP function:
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Here are descriptions of every setup items:
SSID
Please input the SSID (the name used to identify this wireless access point) here. Up
to 32 numerical characters can be accepted here, excepting space.
TX Rate
Please select the data transfer rate here. The maximum TX rate you can select here
depends on the wireless mode you’re using. It’s safe to select ‘Auto’ to let wireless
card select a proper TX rate according to the strength and quality of radio signal.
When the wireless mode is set to ‘802.11 B/G/N Mix’, TX Rate will be set to ‘Auto’ and
cannot be changed.
Channel
Please select the wireless channel you wish to use. The number of channels
available here will vary depends on the setting of ‘Country Region Code’.
Wireless Mode
Please select the wireless operating mode. You can limit the type of wireless client to
802.11b or 802.11g only, or allow 802.11b/g, and 802.11b/g/n clients. It’s safe to
select ‘802.11 B/G/N mix’ to allow all kinds of wireless client to connect to your
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computer, unless you want to limit the type of wireless client allowed to connect to
your computer.
Use Mac
Address
Click this button to use the MAC address of the
wireless card as SSID. A prefix of ‘AP’ will be added.
Security
Setting
Set the security options (wireless data encryption)
Please refer to chapter 3-2 ‘Security Settings’ for details.
Country
Please select the country code of the country or
Region Code
region you live. Available options are 0-7, which will affect the available wireless
channels you can use:
0: FCC (US, Canada, and other countries uses FCC radio communication standards)
1: ETSI (Europe)
2: SPAIN
3: FRANCE
4: MKK
5: MKKI (TELEC)
6: ISERAL (Channel 3 to 9)
7: ISERAL (Channel 5 to 13)
Wireless
Wireless protection will prevent data collision when
Protection
there are both 802.11b and 802.11g clients. You can select ‘Auto’ to let configuration
utility to decide to use wireless protection or not. You can also select ‘ON’ or ‘OFF’ to
force the use of wireless protection or not.
Beacon(ms)
TX Power
You can define the time interval that a beacon signal should be send. Default value is
100. Do not modify this value unless you know what will be affected.
You can select the wireless output power here.
Please select a proper output power setting according to your actual needs. You may
not need 100% of output power if other wireless clients are not far from you.
Idle Time
Select the idle time of your wireless network card. Default value is 300. Do not modify
this value unless you know what will be affected.
No forwarding
among wireless
clients
Check this box and wireless clients will not be able
to share data with each other.
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Hide SSID
Check this box and the SSID will not be broadcasted to the public. Your wireless
clients must know the exact SSID to be able to connect to your computer.
This option is useful to enhance security level.
Allow BW
40 MHz
Check this box to allow BW 40MHz capability.
Default
Apply
Click this button to restore all settings in this page back to default value.
Click this button to activate current settings.
To exit, click ‘X’ button at the upper-right corner of configuration window.
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3-2 Security Settings
This wireless card supports wireless encryption in AP mode, which will encrypt the data being transferred over
the air to enhance data security level. It’s recommended to enable data encryption unless you wish to open your
computer (and its internet connection) to the public.
When you click ‘Security Setting’ in Edimax configuration utility, the following window will appear:
Here are descriptions of every setup items:
Authentication
Type
Please select a wireless authentication type you
wish to use. Available options are ‘Open’, ‘Shared’,
‘WPA-PSK’, ‘WPA2-PSK’, and ‘WPA-PSK / WPA2-PSK’. If you want to disable
wireless data encryption, you must select ‘Open’ or ‘Shared’.
Encryption
Type
Please select an encryption mode. The available
options in this setting item will vary depending on the authentication type you select.
If you select ‘Not Use’, data will not be encrypted and people with some networking
knowledge will be able to read the data you transfer with proper tool.
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NOTE: WPA encryption is safer than WEP, however, some older wireless clients don’t
support WPA encryption.
WPA Pre-shared
Key
Please input the WPA pre-shared key here. Only
clients with the same pre-shared key you inputted
here will be able to connect to your computer. This setting is only available when you
select one of WPA encryptions.
Group Rekey
Interval
You can specify the time interval to re-issue the key
to your wireless clients here. You can click the button ’10 seconds’ or ‘Kpackets’ to
change the unit of time interval. (every 10 seconds or a thousand data packets times
the value you specified in ‘Group Rekey Interval’ field)
Wep Key
#1 ~ #4
Please input the WEP encryption key here when you
select ‘WEP’ as encryption type. There are 2 types of WEP key: Hex (number 0 to 9,
and ASCII characters A to F) and ASCII (all alphanumerical characters plus symbols).
Please select the type of WEP key first, and then input the WEP key according to the
type of WEP key you selected.
If you want to use WEP 64 bits encryption, please input 10 characters if you select
HEX, or input 5 characters if you select ASCII; If you want to use WEP 128bits
encryption, please input 26 characters if you select HEX, or input 13 characters if you
select ASCII. 128 bits encryption is safer then 64 bits, but the data transfer speed will
be slightly reduced.
Show Password
Check this box and the WPA pre-shared key orWEP key you inputted will be shown,
but not replaced by asterisk (*).
OK
Click this button to save changes you made in this page.
Cancel
Click this button to discard all changes you made in this window.
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3-3 Access Control
If you’re not going to open your computer and wireless resources to the public, you can use MAC address
filtering function to enforce your access control policy, so only wireless clients with MAC address you defined by
this function can be connected to your software access point.
Please follow the following instructions to set access control based on MAC address:
1. Right-Click Edimax configuration utility icon, and select ‘Switch to AP Mode’
2. Click ‘Access Control’ tab, and the following messages will appear:
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Here are descriptions of every setup items:
Access Policy
Select the policy type of your access rule:
Disable: Allow any wireless client with proper
authentication settings to connect to this access point.
Allow All: Only allow wireless clients with MAC address listed here to connect to this
access point.
Reject All: Reject wireless clients with MAC address listed here to be connected to
this access point.
MAC address
Add
Input the MAC address of the wireless client you
you wish to allow or reject here. No colon (:) or hyphen (-) required.
Add the MAC address you inputted in ‘MAC
address’ field to the list.
Delete
Please select a MAC address from the list, then click
‘Delete’ button to remove it.
Remove All
Apply
Delete all MAC addresses in the list.
Save and apply changes you made.
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3-4 Connection Table
If you want to see the list of all wireless clients connected to this access point, please follow the following
instructions:
1. Right-Click Edimax configuration utility icon, and select ‘Switch to AP Mode’
3. Click ‘Mac Table’ tab, and a list containing all connected wireless clients will appear:
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Here are descriptions of every field:
MAC Address
AID
Displays the MAC address of this wireless client.
The serial number of this wireless connection.
Power Saving
Mode
Displays the capability of power-saving function of
this wireless client.
Status
Displays additional information of this wireless
Connection, like current wireless operating mode
and data transfer rate.
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3-5 Event Log
This software access point will log all wireless-related activities as a log. You can follow the following instructions
to view the content of the event log:
1. Right-Click Edimax configuration utility icon, and select ‘Switch to AP Mode’
3. Click ‘Event Log’ tab, and the event log will be displayed:
You can click ‘Clear’ to remove all entries in the log.
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3-6 Statistics
If you want to know detailed information about how your software access point works, you can follow the
following instructions to view the statistics of the access point:
1. Right-Click Edimax configuration utility icon, and select ‘Switch to AP Mode’
3. Click ‘Statistics’ tab, and the event log will be displayed:
You can click ‘RESET COUNTERS’ button to reset all counters to zero.
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CHAPTER IV: APPENDIX
4-1 Hardware Specification
Standards: IEEE 802.11b/g/Draft-N
Interface: 32-bit PCI
Frequency Band: 2.4000 ~ 2.4835GHz (Industrial Scientific Medical Band)
Data Rate:
11b: 1/2/5.5/11Mbps
11g: 6/9/12/24/36/48/54Mbps
11n (20MHz): MCS0-15, 32 with Half Guard Interval Support (up to 144Mbps)
11n (40MHz): MCS0-15, 32 with Half Guard Interval Support (up to 300Mbps)
WEP 64/128, WPA, WPA2
Securities:
Cisco CCX V1.0, V2.0 & V3.0 Compliance
Antenna: External 3 Antennas with Two TX and Three RX (Connector: RP-SMA)
Drivers: Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista Server
LEDs: Link, TX/RX
Transmit Power: 16dBm ± 2dBm
Temperature: 32~131°F (0 ~ 55°C)
Humidity: 10-95% (NonCondensing)
Certification: FCC, CE
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4-2 Troubleshooting
If you encounter any problem when you’re using this wireless network card, don’t panic! Before you call your
dealer of purchase for help, please check this troubleshooting table, the solution of your problem could be very
simple, and you can solve the problem by yourself!
Scenario
Solution
I can’t find any wireless access
point / wireless device in ‘Site
Survey’ function.
1. Click ‘Rescan’ for few more times and see if you can find any wireless
access point or wireless device.
2. Please move closer to any known wireless access point.
3. ‘Ad hoc’ function must be enabled for the wireless device you wish to
establish a direct wireless link.
4. Please adjust the position of network card (you may have to move your
computer if you’re using a notebook computer) and click ‘Rescan’
button for few more times. If you can find the wireless access point or
wireless device you want to connect by doing this, try to move closer to
the place where the wireless access point or wireless device is located.
1. Please make sure the wireless network card is firmly inserted into your
computer’s PCI slot. If the Ralink configuration utility’s icon is black, the
network card is not detected by your computer. Switch the computer off
and insert the card again. If this doesn’t work, contact the dealer of
purchase for help.
Nothing happens when I click
‘Launch config utilities’
2. Reboot the computer and try again.
3. Remove the driver and re-install.
4. Contact the dealer of purchase for help.
I can not establish connection
with a certain wireless access
point
1. Click ‘Connect’ for few more times.
2. If the SSID of access point you wish to connect is hidden (nothing
displayed in ‘SSID’ field in ‘Site Survey’ function), you have to input
correct SSID of the access point you wish to connect. Please contact
the owner of access point to ask for correct SSID.
3. You have to input correct passphrase / security key to connect an access
point with encryption. Please contact the owner of access point to ask
for correct passphrase / security key.
4. The access point you wish to connect only allows network cards with
specific MAC address to establish connection. Please go to ‘About’ tab
and write the value of ‘Phy_Addess’ down, then present this value to
the owner of access point so he / she can add the MAC address of
your network card to his / her access point’s list.
The network is slow / having
1. Move closer to the place where access point is located.
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problem when transferring large
files
2. Enable ‘Wireless Protection’ in ‘Advanced’ tab.
3. Try a lower TX Rate in ‘Advanced’ tab.
4. Disable ‘Tx Burst’ in ‘Advanced’ tab.
5. Enable ‘WMM’ in ‘QoS’ tab if you need to use multimedia / telephony
related applications.
6. Disable ‘WMM – Power Save Enable’ in ‘QoS’ tab.
7. There could be too much people using the same radio channel. Ask the
owner of the access point to change the channel number.
Please try one or more solutions listed above.
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4-3 Glossary
1. What is the IEEE 802.11g standard?
802.11g is the new IEEE standard for high-speed wireless LAN communications that provides for up to 54
Mbps data rate in the 2.4 GHz band. 802.11g is quickly becoming the next mainstream wireless LAN
technology for the home, office and public networks.
802.11g defines the use of the same OFDM modulation technique specified in IEEE 802.11a for the 5 GHz
frequency band and applies it in the same 2.4 GHz frequency band as IEEE 802.11b. The 802.11g
standard requires backward compatibility with 802.11b.
The standard specifically calls for:
A. A new physical layer for the 802.11 Medium Access Control (MAC) in the 2.4 GHz frequency band,
known as the extended rate PHY (ERP). The ERP adds OFDM as a mandatory new coding scheme for
6, 12 and 24 Mbps (mandatory speeds), and 18, 36, 48 and 54 Mbps (optional speeds). The ERP
includes the modulation schemes found in 802.11b including CCK for 11 and 5.5 Mbps and Barker
code modulation for 2 and 1 Mbps.
B. A protection mechanism called RTS/CTS that governs how 802.11g devices and 802.11b devices
interoperate.
2. What is the IEEE 802.11b standard?
The IEEE 802.11b Wireless LAN standard subcommittee, which formulates the standard for the industry.
The objective is to enable wireless LAN hardware from different manufactures to communicate.
3. What does IEEE 802.11 feature support?
The product supports the following IEEE 802.11 functions:
z
z
z
z
z
z
CSMA/CA plus Acknowledge Protocol
Multi-Channel Roaming
Automatic Rate Selection
RTS/CTS Feature
Fragmentation
Power Management
4. What is Ad-hoc?
An Ad-hoc integrated wireless LAN is a group of computers, each has a Wireless LAN card, Connected as
an independent wireless LAN. Ad hoc wireless LAN is applicable at a departmental scale for a branch or
SOHO operation.
5. What is Infrastructure?
An integrated wireless and wireless and wired LAN is called an Infrastructure configuration. Infrastructure
is applicable to enterprise scale for wireless access to central database, or wireless application for mobile
workers.
6. What is BSS ID?
A specific Ad hoc LAN is called a Basic Service Set (BSS). Computers in a BSS must be configured with
the same BSS ID.
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7. What is WEP?
WEP is Wired Equivalent Privacy, a data privacy mechanism based on a 40 bit shared key algorithm, as
described in the IEEE 802 .11 standard.
8. What is TKIP?
TKIP is a quick-fix method to quickly overcome the inherent weaknesses in WEP security, especially the
reuse of encryption keys. TKIP is involved in the IEEE 802.11i WLAN security standard, and the
specification might be officially released by early 2003.
9. What is AES?
AES (Advanced Encryption Standard), a chip-based security, has been developed to ensure the highest
degree of security and authenticity for digital information, wherever and however communicated or stored,
while making more efficient use of hardware and/or software than previous encryption standards. It is also
included in IEEE 802.11i standard. Compare with AES, TKIP is a temporary protocol for replacing WEP
security until manufacturers implement AES at the hardware level.
10. Can Wireless products support printer sharing?
Wireless products perform the same function as LAN products. Therefore, Wireless products can work
with Netware, Windows 2000, or other LAN operating systems to support printer or file sharing.
11. Would the information be intercepted while transmitting on air?
WLAN features two-fold protection in security. On the hardware side, as with Direct Sequence Spread
Spectrum technology, it has the inherent security feature of scrambling. On the software side, WLAN
series offer the encryption function (WEP) to enhance security and Access Control. Users can set it up
depending upon their needs.
12. What is DSSS? What is FHSS? And what are their differences?
Frequency-hopping spread-spectrum (FHSS) uses a narrowband carrier that changes frequency in a
pattern that is known to both transmitter and receiver. Properly synchronized, the net effect is to maintain a
single logical channel. To an unintended receiver, FHSS appears to be short-duration impulse noise.
Direct-sequence spread-spectrum (DSSS) generates a redundant bit pattern for each bit to be transmitted.
This bit pattern is called a chip (or chipping code). The longer the chip is, the greater the probability that
the original data can be recovered. Even if one or more bits in the chip are damaged during transmission,
statistical techniques embedded in the radio can recover the original data without-the need for
retransmission. To an unintended receiver, DSSS appears as low power wideband noise and is rejected
(ignored) by most narrowband receivers.
13. What is Spread Spectrum?
Spread Spectrum technology is a wideband radio frequency technique developed by the military for use in
reliable, secure, mission-critical communication systems. It is designed to trade off bandwidth efficiency
for reliability, integrity, and security. In other words, more bandwidth is consumed than in the case of
narrowband transmission, but the trade off produces a signal that is, in effect, louder and thus easier to
detect, provided that the receiver knows the parameters of the spread-spectrum signal being broadcast. If
a receiver is not tuned to the right frequency, a spread –spectrum signal looks like background noise.
There are two main alternatives, Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum (DSSS) and Frequency Hopping
Spread Spectrum (FHSS).
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14. What is WMM?
Wi-Fi Multimedia (WMM), a group of features for wireless networks that improve the user experience for
audio, video and voice applications. WMM is based on a subset of the IEEE 802.11e WLAN QoS draft
standard. WMM adds prioritized capabilities to Wi-Fi networks and optimizes their performance when
multiple concurring applications, each with different latency and throughput requirements, compete for
network resources. By using WMM, end-user satisfaction is maintained in a wider variety of environments
and traffic conditions. WMM makes it possible for home network users and enterprise network managers
to decide which data streams are most important and assign them a higher traffic priority.
15. What is WMM Power Save?
WMM Power Save is a set of features for Wi-Fi networks that increase the efficiency and flexibility of data
transmission in order to conserve power. WMM Power Save has been optimized for mobile devices
running latency-sensitive applications such as voice, audio, or video, but can benefit any Wi-Fi device.
WMM Power Save uses mechanisms included in the IEEE 802.11e standard and is an enhancement of
IEEE 802.11 legacy power save. With WMM Power Save, the same amount of data can be transmitted in
a shorter time while allowing the Wi-Fi device to remain longer in a low-power “dozing” state.
16. What is GI?
GI stands for Guard Interval. It’s a measure to protect wireless devices from cross- interference. If there
are two wireless devices using the same or near channel, and they are close enough, radio interference
will occur and reduce the radio resource usability.
17. What is STBC?
STBC stands for Space-Time Block Coding, which is a technique used to transfer multiple copies of data
by multiple antenna, to improve data transfer performance. By using multiple antennas, not only data
transfer rate is improved, but also the wireless stability.
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4-4 FCC and Other Compliance Statements
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 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 or more of the following measures:
1. Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
2. Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.
3. Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected.
4. Consult the dealer or an experienced radio technician for help.
FCC Caution
This device and its antenna must not be co-located or operating in conjunction with any other antenna or
transmitter.
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.
Any changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the
authority to operate equipment.
Federal Communication Commission (FCC) Radiation Exposure Statement
This equipment complies with FCC radiation exposure set forth for an uncontrolled environment. In order to
avoid the possibility of exceeding the FCC radio frequency exposure limits, human proximity to the antenna shall
not be less than 20cm (8 inches) during normal operation.
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The antenna(s) used for this transmitter must not be co-located or operating in conjunction with any other
antenna or transmitter.
R&TTE Compliance Statement
This equipment complies with all the requirements of DIRECTIVE 1999/5/EC OF THE EUROPEAN
PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL of March 9, 1999 on radio equipment and telecommunication terminal
Equipment and the mutual recognition of their conformity (R&TTE)
The R&TTE Directive repeals and replaces in the directive 98/13/EEC (Telecommunications Terminal Equipment
and Satellite Earth Station Equipment) As of April 8, 2000.
Safety
This equipment is designed with the utmost care for the safety of those who install and use it. However, special
attention must be paid to the dangers of electric shock and static electricity when working with electrical
equipment. All guidelines of this and of the computer manufacture must therefore be allowed at all times to
ensure the safe use of the equipment.
EU Countries Intended for Use
The ETSI version of this device is intended for home and office use in Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland,
France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, and the United
Kingdom.
The ETSI version of this device is also authorized for use in EFTA member states: Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway,
and Switzerland.
EU Countries Not intended for use
None.
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