Wistron NeWeb DRUA Users Manual

n Advanced: Click Advanced button to view related info of SSID, Encryption,

Current Power Level or Channel etc.

4.2 Diagnostics

In Diagnostics tab, you can check Transmit and Receive Data: Multicast Packets, Broadcast Packets, Unicast Packets and Total Bytes.

Adapter Information

n Card Name: The name of the wireless network adapter. n MAC Address: The MAC address of the wireless network adapter. n Driver: The driver name and path of the wireless network adapter driver. n Driver Version: The version of the wireless network adapter driver. n Driver Date: The creation date of the wireless network adapter driver. n Client Name: The name of the client computer.

Advanced Statistics: Shows receive and transmit statistical information for the following receive and transmit diagnostics for frames received by or transmitted to the wireless network adapter:

Transmitted Frames:

n Frames transmitted OK n Frames retried n Frames dropped n No ACK frames n ACK frames n RTS Frames n Clear-to-send (CTS) Frames n No CTS frames n Retried RTS frames n Retried data frames

Received Frames:

n Frames received OK n Beacons n Frames with errors n CRC errors n Encryption errors n Duplicate frames n AP mismatches n Data rate mismatches n Authentication time-out n Authentication rejects: the number of AP authentication failures received by the

wireless network adapter

n Association time-out n Association rejects: the number of access point authentication rejects received by

the wireless network adapter

n Standard MIC OK n Standard MIC errors n CKIP MIC OK n CKIP MIC errors

4.3 Profile Management

n Network Type: Indicates whether the current activated network type is

Infrastructure or Ad Hoc mode.

n Security Mode : Indicates current connected network’s security mode. n Network Name: Indicates current connected network’s name. n New: To create new profile. n Modify: To edit settings of chosen profile. n Remove: To remove the chosen profile from the list. n Activate: To activate the chosen profile. n Import: To import a pre-set profile (pre-saved as a Config File *.prf) n Export: To export the chosen profile, so you can save the profile as a Config File

(*.prf) for future use.

n Scan: To scan all available network in vicinity. n Order Profiles: To place the order of preferred profiles.

4.3.1 Creating or Modifying a Configuration Profile

1. To add a New configuration profile, click New on the Profile Management tab. To

modify a configuration profile, select the configuration from the Profile list and click the Modify button.

2. The Profile Management dialog box displays the General, Security and

Advanced tabs.

3. Edit the fields in the General tab to configure the configuration profile.

n Profile Name : Identifies the configuration profile. This name should be

unique. Profile names are not case sensitive.

n Client Name: Identifies the client machine. n Network Names (SSIDs): The IEEE 802.11 wireless network name. This

field has a maximum limit of 32 characters. Configure up to three SSIDs (SSID1, SSID2, SSID3).

4. Edit the fields in the Security tab to configure the configuration profile.

n WPA/WPA2: Enables the use of Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA).

n WPA Passphrase: Enables WPA Passphrase security. Click on the

Configure button and fill in the WPA Passphrase.

n 802.1x: Enables 802.1x security. This option requires IT administration. n Pre-Shared Key (Static WEP): Enables the use of pre-shared keys that are

defined on both the access point and the station.

n None: No security (not recommended).

5. Edit the fields in the Advanced tab to configure the configuration profile.

n Transmit Power Level: Selects the transmit power level for 802.11b/g in mW.

Actual transmit power may be limited by regulatory domain or hardware limitations.

n Power Save Mode: Specify:

ü Maximum mode: causes the access point to buffer incoming messages for

the wireless adapter. The adapter up periodically polls the access point to see if any messages are waiting.

ü Normal mode: uses maxim when retrieving a large number of packets, then

switches back to power save mode after retrieving the packets.

ü Off: turns power saving off, thus powering up the wireless adapter

continuously for a short message response time.

n Network Type: Specifies the network as either Infrastructure or Ad Hoc. n 802.11b Preamble: Specifies the preamble setting in 802.11b. The default

setting is Short & Long (access point mode), which allows both short and long headers in the 802.11b frames. The adapter can only use short radio headers if the access point supports and uses them. Set to Long Only to

override allowing short frames.

n Wireless Mode: Specifies 2.4GHz 54Mbps, 2.4GHz 11Mbps, or Super G

operation in an access point network. The wireless adapter must match the wireless mode of the access point it associates to.

n Wireless Mode when Starting Ad Hoc Network: Specifies 2.4GHz

54/11Mbps, to start an Ad Hoc network if no matching network name is found after scanning all available modes. This mode also allows selection of the channel the wireless adapter uses. The channels available depend on the regulatory domain. If the adapter finds no other ad hoc adapters, this selection specifies which channel with the adapter starts the Ad Hoc network with. The wireless adapter must match the wireless mode of the access point it associates to.

n 802.11 Authentication Mode: Select what mode the wireless adapter uses to

authenticate to an access point:

ü Auto: causes the adapter to attempt authentication using shared, but

switches it to open authentication if shared fails.

ü Open: enables an adapter to attempt authentication regardless of its WEP

settings. It will only associate with the access point if the WEP keys on both the adapter and the access point match.

ü Shared: only allows the adapter to associate with access points that have

the same WEP key.

n Preferred APs: User can set up to five preferred APs.

4.3.2 Removing a Profile

1. Go to the Profile Management tab.

2. Select the profile to remove from the list of configuration profiles.

3. Click Remove.

4.3.3 Profile Auto Selection

n Including a profile in the auto selection feature allows the wireless adapter to

automatically select that profile from the list of profiles and use it to connect to the network.

n Including a profile in auto profile selection:

1. On the Profile Management tab, click Order Profiles.

2. The Auto Profile Selection Management window pops up, with a list of all

created profiles in the Available Profile box.

3. Highlight the profiles to add to Auto Profile selection, and then click Add. The profiles appear in the Auto Selected Profiles box.

n Ordering the auto selected profiles:

1. On the Profile Management tab, click Order Profiles.

2. Highlight a profile in the Auto Selected Profiles box.

3. Click Move up or Move down as appropriate.

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