Edimax Technology EW-7711UAN, EW-7711UMN User Manual

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C A T A L O G

Chapter I: Product Information…………………………………………………………1

1-1 Introduction and safety information .............................................................. 1

1-2 Safety Information ......................................................................................... 1

1-3 System Requirements .................................................................................. 2

1-4 Package Contents ........................................................................................ 2

1-5 Familiar with your new wireless network card .............................................. 3

CHAPTER II: Driver Installation and Configuration.…………..….…….......……4

2-1 Network Card Installation .............................................................................. 4

2-2 Connect to Wireless Access Point .............................................................. 1 1

2-2-1 Using Edimax Utility .......................................................................... 12

2-2-2 Using Windows Zero Configuration .................................................. 28

2-3 Profile Management .................................................................................... 32

2-3-1 Add a profile ...................................................................................... 33

2-3-2 Edit an existing profile ....................................................................... 34

2-3-3 Delete an existing profile .................................................................. 35

2-3-4 Activate a profile ............................................................................... 36

2-4 Advanced Settings ...................................................................................... 37

2-5 View Network Statistics ............................................................................... 39

2-6 WMM Setting .............................................................................................. 40

2-7 WPS Configuration ..................................................................................... 42

2-7-1 WPS Button (Push-Button) ............................................................... 43

2-7-2 WPS Setup - PBC (Push-Button Configuration) ............................... 43

2-7-3 WPS Setup - PIN .............................................................................. 46

2-8 Radio On/Off ............................................................................................... 48

2-9 About ........................................................................................................... 49

2-10 On-line Help .............................................................................................. 50

CHAPTER III: Soft-AP Function.........................................................….…………51

3-1 Switch to AP Mode and Basic Configuration ......................................................... 51

3-2 Security Setting .................................................................................................... 55

3-3 Access Control ...................................................................................................... 57

3-4 Connection Table .................................................................................................. 59

3-5 Event Log ............................................................................................................. 60

3-6 Statistics ............................................................................................................... 61

3-7 About .................................................................................................................... 62

CHAPTER IV: Appendix………………………………………………………………62

4-1 Specification ......................................................................................................... 63

4-2 Troubleshooting .................................................................................................... 64

4-3 Glossary ............................................................................................................... 66

4-4 FCC and CE Compliance Statements .................................................................. 72

Chapter I: Product Information

1-1 Introduction and safety information

Thank you for purchasing this high-speed wireless network card! Excepting common wireless standards 802.11b/g, this wireless network card is also able to access 802.11n wireless networks - data transfer rate is 150Mbps, and that’s three times faster than

802.11g wireless network!

With easy-to-install USB 2.0 interface - a very common expansion port of computers - plug this wireless network card into any empty USB port of your computer, just that simple!

Main Features

 Complies with wireless 802.11b/g standards  Compatible with wireless 802.11n standard with data rate up to 150Mbps

 Increases Wireless coverage 3 times further *

 Includes multi-language EZmax setup wizard  Supports USB 2.0/1.1 interface  Supports WPS configuration function  Supports WMM, WMM-PS (IEEE 802.11e QoS standard)  Supports 64/128-bit WEP, WPA (TKIP with IEEE 802.1x),WPA2 (AES with IEEE

802.1x) for high security level

 Supports operating system: Windows 2000/XP/Vista, MAC 10.4.x and above & Linux

* Maximum performance may vary depending on network conditions and environmental factors.

1-2 Safety Information

In order to keep the safety of users and your properties, please follow the following safety instructions:

1. This USB wireless network card is designed for indoor use only. DO NOT expose this network card to direct sun light, rain, or 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. This network card is small enough to put in a child’s mouth, and it could cause serious injury or could be fatal. If they throw the network card, the card will be damaged. PLEASE

KEEP THIS NETWORK CARD OUT THE REACH OF CHILDREN!

4. This network card will become hot when being used for long time (This is normal and is not a malfunction). DO NOT put the network card on a paper, cloth, or other flammable objects after the network card has been used for a long time.

5. There’s no user-serviceable part inside the network card. If you found that the network card is not working properly, please contact your dealer of purchase and ask for help. DO NOT disassemble 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 the network

card, switch the computer off immediately, and call dealer of purchase for help.

1-3 System Requirements

 CPU : Pentium III 1G above or similar  Memory size : 256MB RAM  One CD-ROM drive  Hard Disk : At least 100MB available space

 One available USB 2.0 port (May not work on USB 1.1 port, and performance will be

greatly reduced)

 Operation System : Windows 2000/XP/Vista, Mac 10.4.x and above or Linux

1-4 Package Contents

 Wireless USB Adapter x1  USB cable with stand x1  Quick Installation Guide x1  CD (EZmax Wizard / Utility , Multi-language Quick Inst allation Guide & User Manual) x1

1-5 Familiar with your new wireless network card

1. USB Connector

2. Link/Activity LED

3. WPS Button

LED Name Light Status Description

The network card has linked to a wireless

Link/

Activity

access point and is receiving or transferring data.

Off No wireless activity

CHAPTER II: Driver Installation and Configuration

2-1 Network Card Installation

Please follow the following instructions to install your new wireless network card:

1. Insert the USB wireless network card into an empty USB 2.0 port of your computer when computer is switched on. Never use force to insert the card, if you feel it’s stuck, flip the card over and try again.

2. The following message will appear on your computer, click ‘Cancel / Close’.

Under Windows XP

Under Windows Vista

3. Software Installation, This wizard can be run in Windows 2000/XP/Vista. The following procedures are operated in Windows XP. You can install the Wireless Adapter by EZMAX Setup Wizard in the CD-ROM including in the package. The wizard is an easy and quick configuration tool for internet connection with series process.

When you start EZMAX Setup Wizard, you will get the following welcome screen. Please choose the language to start the configuration. The wizard will guide you to finish your network connection. We will not provide any instruction for the EZMAX Setup Wizard here.

If you lose the CD ROM or you prefer the traditional setup procedure, please follow the instruction as following step.

Execute ‘Setup.exe’ program inside the CD then the programs will appear. Please read

the end user license agreement and click ‘I accept the terms of the license agreement’ then click ‘Next’ button, to accept license agreement.

5. It is recommend installing driver and utility if the network card is installing the first time. If you want to update the driver only, choose ’Install driver only’. Click ‘Next’ to continue.

6. 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 functions 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’.

7. Now you’ll see the following message, please click ‘Install’ to start utility installation. If

you see ‘Found New Hardware’ message again, please ignore it and wait.

8. Please wait while the install procedure is running. When you see this message, please click ‘Finish’ to complete the driver installation process.

9. After installation is complete, wireless configuration utility will be shown in the desktop of your computer automatically. You will also see an icon at the lower-right corner of your windows system. If you put the mouse cursor on the icon, the status of wireless card will be displayed as a popup balloon.

10. 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 Utility’ to start configuration program.

If you want to close the configuration utility, please click ‘Exit’.

HERE!

11. Please note that if you stopped config utility by ‘Exit’ function,

you’ll not be able to maintain the wireless link to the access point you wish to use. In this case, you can start config utility again by clicking ‘Edimax Wireless Utility’ icon from ‘Start’ -> ‘All Programs’ -> ‘Edimax Wireless’, as shown below.

2-2 Connect to Wireless Access Point

After the driver is correctly installed, it will try to connect to any unencrypted wireless access point automatically. If you want to connect to a specific wireless access point, or the access point you wish to connect uses encryption, you have to configure the wireless network card and input required parameters, to get connected to the wireless access point you wish to connect.

The current status of wireless connection will be displayed by Edimax configuration utility icon:

Wireless connection is established, good signal reception.

Wireless connection is established, normal signal reception.

Wireless connection is established, weak signal reception.

Connection is not established yet.

Wireless network card is not detected.

There are two ways you can configure your wireless network card to connect to wireless access point: using the Edimax configuration utility 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 and then click ‘Launch Config Utility’.

Edimax setup utility (RaUI) will launch, and begin to scan for all wireless access points automatically.

Setup Area

More / Less button

RaUI consists two parts: Menu and setup area. You can select a setup function (Profile, Network, etc.) from menu, and corresponding setup items will be displayed at setup area.

Some function includes more information, and can not be fitted in setup area. In this case, you can click ‘More / less’ button to expand the setup utility window, to display more information:

You can click ‘More / Less’ button again, and setup utility window will resume to its original size.

Tip: If a setup item requires more information to complete the setup procedure, the setup utility window will expand automatically.

2-2-1-1 Scan for Other Wireless Devices

There are two kinds of wireless connection mode: Infrastructure and Ad-Hoc. Infrastructure mode is used by wireless access points, which is able to establish wireless connection for you and other wireless / wired network clients.

Ad-Hoc mode is also know as ‘point-to-point’ mode, and in this mode, wireless devices such as computer or PDA will not be capable to establish wireless connection with more than one wireless device, and is suitable for establishing a one-to-one wireless connection between two wireless devices.

Before you can connect to any wireless access point or device by infrastructure or Ad-Hoc mode, there two things you must know:

a. Wireless device’s ‘SSID’ (Service Set IDentifier, someone will call it ‘access point’s

name’).

You can scan for the SSID of other wireless devices nearby, but if the SSID of the wireless device you wish to connect is hidden, you must know exact SSID before you can establish connection with it.

b. If the wireless device you wish to connect uses encryption, you must know its

encryption key.

Please launch Edimax setup utility and it will scan for wireless access points near by:

Scan results will be displayed here, please check if the wireless device (access point or another computer) with the SSID you wish to connect is shown here.

Scan result includes 6 types of information, they are:

A B C D E

A The SSID (Service Set Identifier) of wireless device. If nothing is displayed here, it means the SSID of this wireless device is hidden.

If a symbol appears in front of the name of wireless device, means you’ve established connected with that wireless device.

B The type of this wireless device and the channel number of this wireless device.

Means this wireless device is an access point

Means this wireless device is a computer (Ad-Hoc mode, point-to-point

connection) C The wireless standard supported by this access point. ‘n’ for 802.11n

, ‘g; for 802.11g , and ‘b’ for 802.11b . WPS icon will appear when the access point supports WPS. If the access point uses encryption, a key icon

Note: When the access point supports WPS and WPS icon see the key icon here even through the access point uses encryption.

D Shows the signal strength of access point by percentage.

will appear.

is appeared, you will not

E Shows the bar graph of the signal strength.

If you can not see the access point you wish to connect here, please click ‘Rescan’ button to scan for access point 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.

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 3-2 ‘Troubleshooting’.

If you wish to see detailed information for a specific access point, please double-click on it, and you’ll be provided with its detailed information.

There are 4 types of technical information:

General: Displays basic information about this access point, such as SSID, MAC Address, authentication / encryption type, channel etc.

WPS: If this access point supports WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup), related information will be displayed here.

CCX: If this access point supports CCX (Cisco Compatible eXtension), related information will be displayed here.

802.11n: If this access point complies with 802.11n draft, related information will be displayed here.

And here are descriptions of every setup item in setup area:

Item Name Description

Sorted by >>

Show dBm

Rescan

Add to Profile

You can decide how to sort all listed access point by ‘SSID’, ‘Channel’, or ‘Signal’ (signal strength). Check this box to show the signal strength of access point, instead of percentage. Click this button to rescan access points. You can click this button for several times, if the access point you wish to use does not show in the list. You can store a specific access point to profile, so you can link to that access point directly next time, without inputting authentication key again.

To add an access point to profile, you have to select an access point from the list first, then click ‘Add to Profile’ button. Detailed instructions will be given below.

Connect

Connect to a selected access point. You have to select an access point from the list first and then click ‘Connect’ to connect to the selected access point.

2-2-1-2 Connect to an Access Point

If the wireless access point you wish to connect is found, you can establish connection with it by clicking ‘Connect’ button. Instructions will be given as follow:

1. 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 use encryption, you’ll be connected to this wireless access point within one minute. If the access point you selected uses encryption, please proceed to step 3.

2. If the wireless access point does not have SSID, you’ll be prompted to input it now. Please ask the owner of wireless access point for the exact SSID and input it 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.

3. If the wireless access point uses encryption, you will be prompted to input its WEP key or WPA preshared key.

4. Please ask the owner of the wireless access point you want to connect, and input the correct key here and then click ‘OK’. By checking ‘Show Password’ box, the encryption key you inputted here will be displayed.

If the value you inputted here is wrong, you will not be able to connect to this wireless access point.

Authentication type will be selected by the authentication type of the access point automatically, please don’t change it.

However, if you’re connecting to an access point uses 802.1x authentication, you have to check ‘802.1x’ box and input related information. Instructions for 802.1x authentication will be given later.

5. If the wireless access point is successfully connected, you’ll see a symbol appears in front of the name of wireless device.

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.

You can also click More / Less button ( of connected access point:

) to see detailed information

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