EnGenius Technologies EUB600V2 User Manual

Dual Band Wireless-N

300Mbps Media USB Adapter

User’s Manual

EUB600

Version v1.2

EUB600 – Dual Band Wireless-N 300Mbps Media USB Adapter

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................................... 3

EATURES & BENEFITS

ACKAGE CONTENTS

USB A

DAPTER DESCRIPTION

YSTEM REQUIREMENTS

PPLICATIONS

ETWORK CONFIGURATION

USB ADAPTER FOR WINDOWS (XP, VISTA AND WIN7) ........................................................................ 7

EFORE YOU BEGIN

NSTALLING THE WINDOWS DRIVERS

AIN INTERFACE OF THE UTILITY

ITE SURVEY

INK INFORMATION

ROFILE

DVANCED

BOUT

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AUTHENTICATION AND SECURITY .......................................................................................................22

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WEP Encryption ....................................................................................................................................22

WPA-PSK & WPA2-PSK Authentication & TKIP, AES Encryption ..........................................................23

Setting Up CCKM, 802.1X, WPA or WPA2 ............................................................................................24

UNINSTALL THE DRIVERS & CLIENT UTILITY........................................................................................36

USB ADAPTER FOR MAC OS X .............................................................................................................38

NSTALLING THE DRIVERS

ROFILES

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NFRASTRUCTURE MODE

AD-

HOC MODE

UTHENTICATION AND SECURITY

WEP Encryption ....................................................................................................................................44

WPA-PSK & WPA2-PSK Authentication & TKIP, AES Encryption ..........................................................45

INK STATUS

ITE SURVEY

TATISTICS

DVANCED CONFIGURATION

WPS ...........................................................................................................................................................49

BOUT

APPENDIX A – GLOSSARY ..............................................................................................................................52

APPENDIX 2 – HOW TO SET WPS ..................................................................................................................65

APPENDIX C – FCC INTERFERENCE STATEMENT ...........................................................................................71

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APPENDIX C – EU DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY .....................................................................................72

EUB600 – Dual Band Wireless-N 300Mbps Media USB Adapter

Features

Benefits

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 & 5Ghz frequency spectrum supporting the 802.11a, 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 WPA2-AES encryption and authentication allowing you to experience the most secure wireless connectivity available.

The EnGenius Dual Band USB Adapter (EUB600) implements Draft 2.0 technology which extremely improves wireless signal for your computer than existing wireless 802.11g technology. It supports the 2T2R MIMO architecture with fully forward compatibility with IEEE802.11n. The incredible speed of EUB600 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 EUB600 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, EUB600 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.

Features & Benefits

Dual Band Support 2.4Ghz & 5Ghz Less Interference

Racing Speed up to 300Mbps data rate

(2.4GHz & 5Ghz 11N technology)

Advanced power management Low power consumption

WPA/WPA2 (IEEE 802.11i), WPA-PSK, WPA2-

AES, WEP 64/128 Support

Enjoy the Internet connection in crazy-fast speed,

without the bottleneck of stringing wires.

Powerful data security.

EUB600 – Dual Band Wireless-N 300Mbps Media USB Adapter

PWR and LINK

LED Indicator

WPS button

Support 2Tx * 2Rx Radio With Intelligent Antenna enables

WMM (IEEE 802.11e) standard support

USB 2.0/1.1

Wireless Multimedia Enhancements Quality of

Service support (QoS) / enhanced power saving

for Dynamic Networking

USB 2.0 interface and compatible with USB 1.1

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  One Quick Installation Guide  One Technical Support Card

USB Adapter Description

The USB adapter is a standard USB adapter that fits into any USB interface.

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/Win7 or MAC OS operating system.  30 MB of free disk space for installing the USB adapter driver and utility program.

EUB600 – Dual Band Wireless-N 300Mbps Media USB Adapter

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, disaster-recovery, 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 missioncritical 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.

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

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-to-peer, would only have access to the resources of the other client and does not require an access point.

EUB600 – Dual Band Wireless-N 300Mbps Media USB Adapter

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.

EUB600 – Dual Band Wireless-N 300Mbps Media USB Adapter

WiFi Alliance certification

recommends WPA2 AES

to be the security

2 USB Adapter for Windows (XP, Vista and Win7)

Before You Begin

mechanism under 11N mode. System driver will automatically bring down wireless data rate to 54Mbps if other security method such as WEP or WPA is used under 11n mode.

If your 11N router is using security mechanism other than WPA2 AES, you are recommended to disable security setting or change it to WPA2 AES to fully utilize 11N capability. This policy has no effect if connecting with b/g only wireless access point.

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.

EUB600 – Dual Band Wireless-N 300Mbps Media USB Adapter

Installing the windows 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 Autorun.exe file from the CD-ROM drive.

2. Click on Driver / Utility to go to the Driver page.

3. Click For Windows XP or above version to start the install process.

EUB600 – Dual Band Wireless-N 300Mbps Media USB Adapter

4. Once the setup begins you will see the InstallShield Wizard. Select Install driver and EnGenius WLAN Utility and then click on the Next> button.

5. Click on the Install button to begin the installation.

EUB600 – Dual Band Wireless-N 300Mbps Media USB Adapter

6. Wait for a few seconds until the driver and client utility is installed.

7. The installation is complete. Click on the Finish button.

EUB600 – Dual Band Wireless-N 300Mbps Media USB Adapter

8. Carefully insert the USB adapter into the USB port. Windows will then detect and install the new hardware.

9. An EG icon will then appear in the system tray. Right click on the EG icon and then click on Launch Config Utility.

Note: Click on Use Zero Configuration as Configuration Utility if you would like to use Windows Zero Configuration (XP only feature).

EUB600 – Dual Band Wireless-N 300Mbps Media USB Adapter

Main interface of the utility

The function buttons on the top(From L to R )are respectively Site Survey, Link Information, Profile, Advanced, About, and MiniSize the Interface. While the left column displays Turn On/Off

RF, Security /No security, and Signal status.

Site Survey

The “Site Survey” screen displays currently scanned wireless signals and you can click one to

connect the signal. Select one and you may view the AP’s MAC address, wireless mode (A/B/G/N), authentication type, and encryption type, or WPS authentication and signal strength.

Before you connect to a wireless network, please click the “Rescan” button to update the

wireless network list and select the one you wish to connect, then click the “Connect” icon.

EUB600 – Dual Band Wireless-N 300Mbps Media USB Adapter

Link Information

After successfully connected to one wireless network, you can view its detailed information by

clicking the “Link Information” on the main interface.

1. “Link Status” screen displays the detailed information of the connected AP including its SSID,MAC address, authentication type, encryption type, network type and channel.

2. “Throughput” screen displays the signal strength of each of the wireless adapter’s antennas

and the link quality.

3.”Statistics” screen is used to count the total Rx and Tx data packets, including

transmitted,retransmitted and fail to receive ACK after all retries.You can click the “Reset

Counter” button to clear the count.

EUB600 – Dual Band Wireless-N 300Mbps Media USB Adapter

Profile

Except the above common connection type, you can also connect to the wireless network by adding a profile on the “Profile“screen.The Profile screen is used to save the wireless network parameters. When the adapter is successfully connected to a network, the profile name of this network will automatically be added here, which helps the adapter to quickly connect to the wireless network next time. However, there’s one exception that when you have set the hidden SSID,namely the SSID can not be scanned,then you must manually connect by adding the profile name.The main interface is as shown below.

Add: create a new profile

Delete: delete the existing profile

Edit: modify the existing profile

Import: import the previously configured profile.

EUB600 – Dual Band Wireless-N 300Mbps Media USB Adapter

Export: export the configured profile.

Add WPS Profile: WPS setting requires that the connecting wireless device support WPS

function. WPS helps you to fulfill wireless encryption fast as well as secure your wireless network. For detailed setting steps, refer to appendix2.

There are two network types for your option when clicking the “Add” button to add wireless adapter connection: Infrastructure and Ad-Hoc.

Infrastructure is an application mode that integrates the wired and wireless LAN architectures. It

is different from Ad-Hoc in that in this mode the computer installed with the wireless network

adapter has to fulfill the wireless communication via AP or wireless router. It can be devided into

two modes:“wireless AP + wireless network adapter” and “wireless router + wireless network adapter”.

Ad-Hoc is a special wireless mobile network application mode. All nodes in the network are

equal.Usually it is used to share resources by connecting the opposing computer’s wireless

adapter.

1. Infrastructure Profile Management

When you are connecting the wireless adapter to an AP or a wireless router, please select the

Infrastructure mode. Click the “Add”button and select the network type as”

Infrastructure”,and enter the profile name and SSID or you can find the SSID you wish to connect from the drop-down list.

EUB600 – Dual Band Wireless-N 300Mbps Media USB Adapter

Click the next button to select the authentication type and encryption type such as WPA－PSK

and AES, and then input the key and click next.

After a profile is successfully added, the profile name can be seen on the profile list,you can edit ,

import or export the profile,click “Active” to finish the connection,now you can also view the detailed connection status on the “Link Information”screen.

Note: Please refer to page.23 for detail security wireless encryption settings.

EUB600 – Dual Band Wireless-N 300Mbps Media USB Adapter

NOTE: If the SSID broadcast function of the wireless router or AP you wish to connect is disabled, then

the wireless adapter can not scan the SSID, thus you need to connect by creating the

corresponding profile.

2.Ad-Hoc Profile management

Using the Ad-hoc mode to establish a wireless network requires that each computer should be

equipped with a wireless network adapter. By connecting these wireless adapters, computers are

able to share the resources. The detailed setting steps are as follows:

1）Firstly you’ll have to allocate a static IP to each wireless adapter to be connected in Ad-hoc

mode.

a.Right click “My Network Places” on your computer’s desktop and select “Properties”.

b.Right click “Wireless Network Connection”, and select “Properties”

EUB600 – Dual Band Wireless-N 300Mbps Media USB Adapter

c.Select “Internet Protocol(TCP/IP)”and click “Properties”.

d. Please enter the IP address and subnet mask, and make sure this IP address is not used by

other devices in the network.For example: if your wireless adapter’s IP address is 192.168.0.1， then set other wireless adapters’ IP addresses within the range of 192.168.0.2—

192.168.0.254.Click “Ok” to save the settings.

2) Create a new Ad-hoc profile

Click the “Add” button and enter the network name in the SSID field to identify the wireless network, and select Ad-hoc as the network type and then select the channel.

EUB600 – Dual Band Wireless-N 300Mbps Media USB Adapter

Click the “Next” button to select the authentication type and encryption type and then input the

correct key and click “Next”.

After a profile is successfully added,the profile can be seen on the profile list ,select it and click

the “Active” icon on the lower right corner.

Note: Please refer to page.23 for detail security wireless encryption settings.

EUB600 – Dual Band Wireless-N 300Mbps Media USB Adapter

And then search for the wireless network on other clients. Double click the wireless network you

have configured and you’ll be prompted for the key .After entering the key, click “Connect”.

When the highlighted part shows “Connected“ ,it indicates the connection is successful.

EUB600 – Dual Band Wireless-N 300Mbps Media USB Adapter

Advanced

This section is used to set the channels.

About

This screen mainly displays the version information of the UI’s different programs as well as EnGenius’s copyright statement.

EUB600 – Dual Band Wireless-N 300Mbps Media USB Adapter

Authentication and Security

WiFi Alliance certification recommends WPA2 AES to be the security mechanism under 11N mode. System driver will automatically bring down wireless data rate to 54Mbps if other security method such as WEP or WPA is used under 11n mode.

This step allows you to configure the authentication and encryption settings such as: WEP, WPA, WPA-PSK, WPA2, and 802.1x. Each security option is described in detail below.

WEP Encryption

The WEP tab displays the WEP settings. Encryption is designed to make the data transmission more secure. You may select 64 or 128-bit WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) key to encrypt data (Default setting is Disable). WEP encrypts each frame transmitted from the radio using one of the Keys from a panel. When you use WEP to communicate with the other wireless clients, all the wireless devices in this network must have the same encryption key or pass phrase. The following information is included in this tab, as the image depicts below.

EUB600 – Dual Band Wireless-N 300Mbps Media USB Adapter

 Authentication Type: Select Open or Shared from the drop-down list.  Encryption: Select WEP from the drop-down list.  Default TX Key: Choose the Key 1~Key4 you want to use.  WEP Key Format (Hex or ASCII): Type a character string into the field. For 64-bit

enter 5 alphanumeric or 10 hexadecimal characters. For 128-bit enter 13 alphanumeric or 26 hexadecimal characters.

 Click on the right arrow button to save the changes.

WPA-PSK & WPA2-PSK Authentication & TKIP, AES Encryption

WPA–PSK (Pre-shared Key) is used in a Pre Shared Key mode that does not require an authentication server. Access to the Internet and the rest of the wireless network services is allowed only if the pre-shared key of the computer matches that of the Access Point. This approach offers the simplicity of the WEP key, but uses stronger TKIP encryption. EAP (Extensible Authentication Protocol) is an extension to the PPP protocol that enables a variety of authentication protocols to be used. It passes through the exchange of authentication messages, allowing the authentication software stored in a server to interact with its counterpart in the client.

 Authentication Type: Select WPA-PSK or WPA2-PSK from the drop-down list.  Encryption: Select TKIP or AES from the drop-down list.  Click on the right arrow button to next step.  WPA Preshared key: Enter a pass phrase which is between 8 and 63 characters long.  Click on the right arrow button to save the changes.

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