Wireless 11N Wireless USB Adapter
EUB9603 EXT
User’s Manual
Version: 1.0
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Table of Contents
1 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................3
1.1
F
EATURES & BENEFITS
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1.2
P
ACKAGE CONTENTS
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1.3
USB A
DAPTER DESCRIPTION
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1.4
S
YSTEM REQUIREMENTS
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1.5
A
PPLICATIONS
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1.6
N
ETWORK CONFIGURATION
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2 USB ADAPTER FOR WINDOWS (XP & VISTA).................................................................7
2.1
B
EFORE YOU BEGIN
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2.2
I
NSTALLING THE DRIVERS
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2.3
G
ENERAL
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2.4
P
ROFILE
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2.4.1 A
VAILABLE NETWORK
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2.4.2 S
TATUS
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2.4.3 S
TATISTIC
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2.4.4 WI-FI P
ROTECTED SETUP
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3 USB ADAPTER FOR MAC OS X......................................................................................19
3.1
I
NSTALLING THE DRIVERS
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3.2
WLAN C
LIENT UTILITY - LINK STATUS
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3.3
WLAN C
LIENT UTILITY - PROFILES
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3.3.1 P
ROFILE PROPERTIES
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3.4
WLAN C
LIENT UTILITY - AVAILABLE NETWORK
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3.5
WLAN C
LIENT UTILITY - INFORMATION
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APPENDIX A – GLOSSARY.....................................................................................................32
APPENDIX B – FCC INTERFERENCE STATEMENT ...............................................................45
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1 Introduction
The high-speed wireless USB 2.0 client adapter is the most convenient way to let
you put a desktop/notebook computer almost anywhere without the hassle of running
network cables. Now you don’t need to suffer from drilling holes and exposed cables.
Once you are connected, you can do anything, just like the wired network. This USB
client adapter operates seamlessly in 2.4GHz frequency spectrum supporting the
802.11b, 802.11g, and 802.11n wireless standards. It’s the best way to add wireless
capability to your existing wired network or simply surf the web.
To protect your wireless connectivity, the high-speed wireless USB 2.0 client adapter
can encrypt all wireless transmissions through 64/128-bit WEP, WPA, WPA-PSK and
WPA-AES encryption and authentication allowing you to experience the most secure
wireless connectivity available.
The EnGenius 802.11n USB Adapter (EUB9603 EXT) implements Draft 2.0
technology which extremely improves wireless signal for your computer than existing
wireless 802.11g technology. It supports the 1T1R MIMO architecture with fully
forward compatibility with IEEE802.11n. The incredible speed of EUB9603 EXT USB
adapter makes heavy traffic networking activities more flexible and takes the wireless
into practical road. You could enjoy the racing speed of wireless connection, surfing
on Internet without string wires.
Adding EnGenius EUB9603 EXT to your Notebook or Computer, it provides an
excellent performance and cost-effective solution for doing media-centric activities
such as streaming video, gaming, and enhances the QoS (WMM) without any
reduction of performance. It extends 3 times network coverage and boosts 6 times
transmission throughput than existing 11g product. Advanced power management
and low power consumption among 11n products.
For more security-sensitive application, EUB9603 EXT supports Hardware-based
IEEE 802.11i encryption/decryption engine, including 64-bit/128-bit WEP, TKIP, and
AES. Also, it supports Wi-Fi alliance WPA and WPA2 encryption and is Cisco CCX
V1.0, V2.0 and V3.0 compliant.
1.1 Features & Benefits
Features Benefits
Racing Speed up to 150Mbps data
rate (2.4GHz 11N technology)
Enjoy the Internet connection in crazyfast speed, without the bottleneck of
stringing wires.
Advanced power management Low power consumption
WPA/WPA2 (IEEE 802.11i), WPAPSK, WPA2-AES, WEP 64/128
Support
Powerful data security.
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Support 2Tx * 2Rx Radio With Intelligent Antenna enables
WMM (IEEE 802.11e) standard
support
Wireless Multimedia Enhancements
Quality of Service support (QoS) /
enhanced power saving for Dynamic
Networking
USB 2.0/1.1
USB 2.0 interface and compatible with
USB 1.1
1.2 Package Contents
Open the package carefully, and make sure that none of the items listed below are
missing. Do not discard the packing materials, in case of return; the unit must be
shipped in its original package.
One Wireless LAN USB Adapter
One CD-ROM with Drivers and User’s Manual Included
1.3 USB Adapter Description
LED shows the Power and Link (traffic) status. Antenna SMA connector allows you to
upgrade to higher gain antenna. WPS button is located on the opposite side of the
antenna.
1.4 System Requirements
The following are the minimum system requirements in order to use the USB
adapter.
PC/AT compatible computer with a USB interface.
Windows 2000/XP/Vista or MAC OS operating system.
30 MB of free disk space for installing the USB adapter driver and utility
program.
LED
Antenna
SMA
WPS
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1.5 Applications
The wireless LAN products are easy to install and highly efficient. The following list
describes some of the many applications made possible through the power and
flexibility of wireless LANs:
a) Difficult-to-wire environments
There are many situations where wires cannot be laid easily. Historic
buildings, older buildings, open areas and across busy streets make the
installation of LANs either impossible or very expensive.
b) Temporary workgroups
Consider situations in parks, athletic arenas, exhibition centers, disasterrecovery, temporary offices and construction sites where one wants a
temporary WLAN established and removed.
c) The ability to access real-time information
Doctors/nurses, point-of-sale employees, and warehouse workers can
access real-time information while dealing with patients, serving
customers and processing information.
d) Frequently changed environments
Show rooms, meeting rooms, retail stores, and manufacturing sites where
frequently rearrange the workplace.
e) Small Office and Home Office (SOHO) networks
SOHO users need a cost-effective, easy and quick installation of a small
network.
f) Wireless extensions to Ethernet networks
Network managers in dynamic environments can minimize the overhead
caused by moves, extensions to networks, and other changes with
wireless LANs.
g) Wired LAN backup
Network managers implement wireless LANs to provide backup for
mission-critical applications running on wired networks.
h) Training/Educational facilities
Training sites at corporations and students at universities use wireless
connectivity to ease access to information, information exchanges, and
learning.
1.6 Network Configuration
To better understand how the wireless LAN products work together to create a
wireless network, it might be helpful to depict a few of the possible wireless LAN PC
card network configurations. The wireless LAN products can be configured as:
a) Ad-hoc (or peer-to-peer) for departmental or SOHO LANs.
b) Infrastructure for enterprise LANs.
a) Ad-hoc (peer-to-peer) Mode
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This is the simplest network configuration with several computers
equipped with the PC Cards that form a wireless network whenever they
are within range of one another. In ad-hoc mode, each client is peer-topeer, would only have access to the resources of the other client and
does not require an access point. This is the easiest and least expensive
way for the SOHO to set up a wireless network. The image below depicts
a network in ad-hoc mode.
b) Infrastructure Mode
The infrastructure mode requires the use of an Access Point (AP). In this
mode, all wireless communication between two computers has to be via
the AP. It doesn’t matter if the AP is stand-alone or wired to an Ethernet
network. If used in stand-alone, the AP can extend the range of
independent wireless LANs by acting as a repeater, which effectively
doubles the distance between wireless stations. The image below depicts
a network in infrastructure mode.
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2 USB Adapter for Windows (XP & Vista)
2.1 Before You Begin
During the installation, XP may need to copy systems files from its installation CD.
Therefore, you may need a copy of the Windows installation CD at hand before
installing the drivers. On many systems, instead of a CD, the necessary installation
files are archived on the hard disk in C:\WINDOWS \OPTIONS\CABS directory.
2.2 Installing the Drivers
Follow the steps below in order to install the USB adapter drivers:
1. Insert the CD-ROM that was provided to you in this package. The setup
should run automatically. If the setup does not run automatically, then must
manually select the setup.exe file from the CD-ROM drive.
2. Click on Windows Driver to start the install process.
3. Click on the Install button to begin the installation.
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4. Wait for a few seconds until the driver and client utility is installed.
5. The installation is complete. Click on the Finish button.
6. Carefully insert the USB adapter into the USB port. Windows will then detect
and install the new hardware.
7. An EG icon will then appear in the system tray. Right click on the EG icon and
then click on Launch Utility.
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2.3 General
This page delivers information of Status, Speed, Type, Encryption, SSID, Signal
Strength and Link Quality.
Click on [Renew IP] to re-initiate wireless connection with the chosen AP.
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2.4 Profile
Options:
Show Tray Icon: show/hide Utility icon in system tray.
Radio Off: temporary turn off wireless radio
Disable Adapter: temporary disable wireless adapter
Windows Zero Config: switch to Windows default wireless configuration tool
Functional Button:
Add: Manual to key in Profile name, SSID and encryption keys as below.
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Edit: You can modify the configuration and settings.
Duplicate: to clone a profile.
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Set Default: Reset all saved setting.
2.4.1 Available Network
This tab allows user to scan APs in proximity. The information includes
SSID, Channel, Encryption, Authentication and signal.
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Refresh: Scan available networks again.
Add to Profile: Select any available SSID to save in profiles.
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2.4.2 Status
In Status tab, you can find the information, included Manufacturer, NDIS Driver
Version, Radio Header, Encryption type, Authenticate type, Channel Set, MAC
Address, Data Rate, Channel used, SSID, Network Type and so on.
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