Senao Co UB86005001 Users Manual
IEEE 802.11a/b/g
Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter
User’s Manual
Version: 1.2
IEEE 802.11a/b/g Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter Version 1.2
Table of Contents
1 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................4
1.1 F
1.2 P
EATURES
ACKAGE CONTENTS ....................................................................................................5
1.3 USB A
1.4 S
1.5 A
1.6 N
YSTEM REQUIREMENTS ...............................................................................................5
PPLICATIONS ..............................................................................................................6
ETWORK CONFIGURATION ...........................................................................................7
DAPTER DESCRIPTION
& B
ENEFITS
.................................................................................................4
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2 INSTALL DRIVERS & CLIENT UTILITY .............................................................................9
2.1 B
2.2 I
EFORE YOU BEGIN ......................................................................................................9
NSTALLING THE DRIVERS
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3 USING THE CLIENT UTILITY ..........................................................................................15
3.1 C
3.2 P
URRENT STATUS
ROFILE MANAGEMENT ...............................................................................................16
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3.2.1 Scan for available networks..................................................................................17
3.2.2 Create a New Profile ............................................................................................18
3.2.3 Security................................................................................................................19
3.2.3.1 Security Disabled ......................................................................................... 19
3.2.3.2 WPA – TLS, TTLS........................................................................................ 19
3.2.3.3 WPA – PEAP (EAP-GTC) ............................................................................21
3.2.3.4 WPA – PEAP (EAP-MSCHAP-V2) ...............................................................23
3.2.3.5 WPA – LEAP ...............................................................................................25
3.2.3.6 WPA – Passphrase ......................................................................................27
3.2.3.7 802.1x – TLS, TTLS.....................................................................................28
3.2.3.8 802.1x – PEAP (EAP-GTC) ..........................................................................30
3.2.3.9 802.1x – PEAP (EAP-MSCHAP-V2).............................................................32
3.2.3.10 802.1x – LEAP .............................................................................................34
3.2.3.11 Pre-Shared Key (Static WEP).......................................................................36
3.2.4 Advanced Settings ...............................................................................................37
3.2.4.1 Infrastructure Settings ..................................................................................37
3.2.4.2 Ad Hoc Settings ...........................................................................................38
3.3 D
3.4 E
3.5 D
3.6 D
IAGNOSTICS ............................................................................................................. 39
NABLE
ISABLE TRAY ICON ....................................................................................................43
ISPLAY SETTINGS
ISABLE RADIO
/ D
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4 UNINSTALL THE DRIVERS & CLIENT UTILITY .............................................................. 45
APPENDIX A – SPECIFICATIONS............................................................................................47
APPENDIX B – FCC INTERFERENCE STATEMENT ............................................................... 49
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Revision History
Version Date Notes
1.0 June 20, 2005 Initial Version
1.1 Oct. 12, 2005 Utility Upgrading
1.2 Oct. 14, 2005 Spec Updating
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1 Introduction
This is a wireless USB 2.0 adapter that supports dual-band 802.11a/b/g (2.4GHz &
5GHz) radio operation. It provides a high-speed wireless connection with data rate
up to 108Mbps.
To protect your wireless connectivity, the high-speed wireless USB adapter can
encrypt all wireless transmissions through 64/128/152-bit WEP data encryption and
also supports WPA. Dynamic Frequency Selection (DFS) puts your network on the
cleanest channel in your location. With the high-speed wireless USB adapter, you will
experience the best wireless connectivity available.
This chapter describes the features & benefits, package contents, applications, and
network configuration.
1.1 Features & Benefits
Features Benefits
High Speed Data Rate up to 108Mbps in
Super A/G mode
Capable of handling heavy data payloads
such as MPEG video streaming.
High Output Power up to 25 dBm
Advanced Encryption Standard (AES),
Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP) and
Wired Equivalent Private (WEP)
IEEE802.1x Client Support
Support for draft IEEE 802.11h and j
standard
Support for 802.11e standard
Advanced Power Management
Support eXtended Range technology eXtended Range technology give Wi-Fi
More high power can advance the distance.
Powerful data security.
Enhances authentication and security.
Extended tuning range (2.300-2.500 &
4.900-5.850 GHz) for worldwide use
Dynamic Frequency Selection/Transmit
Power Control (DFS/TPC) for international
operation
Wireless Multimedia Enhancements Quality
of Service support (QoS)
Low power consumption in power saving
mode up to 98%.
products twice the range of existing
designs
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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 USB Cable
One CD-ROM with User’s Manual Included
1.3 USB Adapter Description
The USB adapter is a standard USB adapter that fits into any USB interface. The
USB adapter has a LED indicator and an external high-sensitivity dipole antenna.
High-sensitivity Dipole Antenna
USB port
LED Indicator:
Ad-hoc Mode: Solid Green, whether the
wireless is connected or not.
Infrastructure Mode: Solid green while
connected, and blinking during activity.
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 operating system.
20 MB of free disk space for installing the USB adapter driver and utility
program.
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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.
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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
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.
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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 Install Drivers & Client Utility
2.1 Before You Begin
Before installing the new drivers of your USB adapter, you need to disable all of the
Wireless LAN drivers that you have installed.
During the installation, Windows 2000/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 you
must manually select the setup.exe file from the CD-ROM drive.
2. Once the setup begins you will see the Install Shield Wizard, as the image
depicts below.
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3. Click on the Next button to continue.
4. The Setup Wizard will then allow you to install the driver & utility or just the
driver. Select the first option: Install Client Utilities and Driver.
5. Click on the Next button to continue.
6. This message informs you that the system must be restarted after the
installation is complete.
7. Click on the Yes button to continue.
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8. Click on the Browse button to select another drive or folder to install the
drivers, and then click on the Next button. If you would like to use the default
destination folder, click on the
Next
button.
9. Select a program folder for the Start menu, or use the default setting: 802.11
WLAN. Click on the Next button to continue.
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10. The message depicted above informs you about configuring this device
through the 802.11 Client Utility (ACU) or a third party supplicant. If you
choose to use a third party supplicant, some of the ACU features will not be
available. Click on the Next button to continue.
11. Select one of the options. However, it is recommended to select the first
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option: 802.11 WLAN Client Utility and 802.1x Supplicant. Click on the
Next button to continue.
12. At this point, carefully insert the device into the USB port of your computer,
and click on the OK button.
13. Windows will automatically detect the device and display the Found New
Hardware Wizard, as the image depicts below. It will ask you to connect to
the Windows Update website, to search for software. Select No, not this
time, and click on the Next button.
14. Once again the Found New Hardware Wizard will ask you to install software.
Click on the Cancel button to continue.
15. If you are using Windows XP, you will see a message regarding Windows
Logo Testing, click on the Continue Anyway button to continue.
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16. Once again, you will see a message regarding Windows Logo Testing, click
on the Continue Anyway button to continue.
17. A message will then appear indicating that the installation process is
complete Click on the OK button to reboot the system.
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3 Using the Client Utility
After a successful installation you will see the USB adapter Client Utility in the
Windows Program group called 802.11 WLAN.
To run the Client Utility click Start > Programs > WLAN DUAL
. You will then see the Client Utility icon in the system tray
USB
of your computer.
To open the Client Utility, right click on the
icon in the system tray, and then select
Open 802.11 WLAN Client Utility.
3.1 Current Status
Client Utility
The Current Status tab displays the current status of the wireless radio. The
following information is included in this tab, as the image depicts below.
Profile Name: Displays the name of this profile. One device can have
many profiles, but only one profile can be loaded at a time.
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