Edimax Edimax Wireless LAN Cardbus Adapter manual

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1 Introduction T han k y ou fo r pu r c ha sing th e 802.11g W i r el e s s L AN M i ni U SB Adapt e r . T hi s U SB Adap te r i s de s i gn ed to c om pl y w i th IE EE 802.11g W i r el e s s LA N s tanda r d and ea s y to c ar r y w i th t he Mi ni s i z e . I t i s s ui tabl e fo r any La ptop o r D e sk t op c om pu te rs . T hi s adap t e r s [...]

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2 Installation Procedure B e f o re yo u p r o cee d w i t h t h e in s t al l a t io n , p l ease re ad t h e f o ll o w in g c h ap t er ! Not e 1 : For W i ndow s 9 8 S E plea s e m a k e s ur e y our c opy of wi ndow s i s full y upda t e d w i th the l a t e s t hotf i x e s by goi ng to htt p:/ / w i n dow s upda te .m i c r os of t. c om Not[...]

4. Th e A t her os l i c ens e agr ee m ent w i n do w app e ar s . Re ad an d ac c ep t t h e a gr e e m e nt t o c o nt inue. C l i c k N ex t . 5. T h e I ns ta ll a ti o n P r o g ram w i n d o w a p p ea r s w i th th re e s e tu p op ti o n s . T o in s ta ll th e c lie n t ut ili tie s an d d r ive r , s e le c t the a pp r o p r ia te in s [...]

Ma k e Dr iver In stal l ati on D i s k e t t e (s ) Cre at e s d r iv e r in s t alla t ion di s k e t t e s . 6. A p r o mp t a p p e a r s w a r n in g t h a t th e in s ta ll r e q u ir e s th e s ys te m to b e r e b oo te d a t th e e n d o f the in s ta lla tio n p r o c e s s . C lic k Y e s to c o n tin u e . 7. C h o ose t h e se t up di [...]

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Insta l li ng the At h e r o s U SB W i r e l e ss N e t w o r k Adapt e r T o in s ta ll th e U SB d r iv e r a n d th e Ath e r o s C lien t Uti lit y, s ee “ T o in s ta ll th e ACU and US B de v i c e dr i v e r :” o n pa g e 2- 1. T o in s ta ll th e U SB De vi c e Dr ive r s e p a r a te ly: 1 . In ser t t h e US B d ev i c e i nt o t h e[...]

4 . C l i ck F in i s h to clo s e th e Fou n d N e w H a r d w a r e W iz a rd a n d co m p le te i n s ta l la ti o n of t he US B dev i c e boot l oa der . 5 . T h e F o un d Ne w H a rd w a re W i z a rd o pe n s t o i ns t a l l s o f t w a re f o r th e U S B d e v i ce . C l i c k N e xt t o c o nt inue. 6. C h oo s e S e a r c h f o r d r i[...]

7. W i ndow s m a y di spl a y a Wi nd o w s Logo e rr o r for t he WLA N dri v e r . C l i c k C o n tin u e An y w a y. T h e in s ta lle r w i ll c o n tin u e th e in s ta lla tio n . 8 . C l i ck F in i s h to clo s e th e Fou n d N e w H a r d w a r e W iz a rd a n d co m p le te i n s ta l la ti o n o f th e Ath e r o s U SB N e t w o r k Ad[...]

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3 Configuration Utility The C lie n t U t ilit y i s a u s e r- m ode ut ilit y de s ign ed t o edi t and ad d p r ofil e s f or , as w e l l as di s pl a y and diagno s tic s pe r taini ng to a s el ec te d w i r el e s s U SB adapte r . 3. 1 W i rel es s C o n n ect i o n S t at u s When y ou ope n the C on figur a tion U t ilit y , t he s y s t [...]

3 .2 Pr of ile Ma na ge m e nt P a r a met e r De s c r ipt ion N ew T o add a ne w con figur a tion p r ofil e, c l i c k Ne w on the P r o fi l e Managem ent tab. T o modi fy a con figur a tion p r ofil e, s el e c t the c onfi gu r ation f r om the P r ofil e l i s t and c l i c k the Modi fy b u tto n . Modi fy In t he Ath er os C l i ent U ti [...]

3. B r o w s e to the di r ec to r y t o expo r t the p r o fi l e to. 4. Cl i c k Save . T he p r ofil e i s e x po r ted to t h e s pe cified l oc a ti on. O r d e r P r o f ile s In c l udi ng a p r ofil e i n t he aut o s el ec tion fea tur e al l ow s t he w i r el e ss adap ter to au tomaticall y s el ec t t ha t p r ofi l e f r om the l i s [...]

3. 4 S ecu ri ty T hi s C hapte r de s c r i be s s etting up s e c u r i ty u s i ng t h e At he r o s C l i ent U t ilit y ( A C U) . Whi l e u s i ng the A the r o s U SB w i r el e ss ne tw o rk adapt e r , enc r ypt i on da ta c an p r ote c t it s a s i t i s t r an s mi tted th r ough the w i r el e s s net w o rk . W hi l e us i ng th e At [...]

T h i s i s bec aus e th e W EP k ey s of al l dev i ces th at ar e t o co m m un i c ate w i t h e ac h o t h e r mu s t m a t c h . Au th e n ti c a t i o n P r o c ess Ena bl i ng EAP on th e ac c es s poi nt an d c onf i g ur i ng th e U SB dev i c e to LE AP, EAP- T L S , PE AP ( E AP- G T C ) , or P EAP ( EAP- M SC H AP V2) a uth en ti c at i[...]

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U s ing E AP - TLS S e c u r it y I m p o r t a n t N o te : T o u s e EAP - T T LS s e c u r i ty , the ma chine m u s t alr e ady ha ve the E A P- T T LS c e r ti fi cat e s do w nl oaded onto i t f r om a C e r ti ficat e Autho r i ty ( C A ) . Plea s e che c k w i th y our IT adm i ni s t r ato r . To u s e E AP - TL S s e c u r it y I n t h e [...]

U s ing E AP - TTL S S ec u r i t y I m p o r t a n t N o te : T o u s e EAP - T T LS s e c u r i ty , the ma chine m u s t alr e ady ha ve the E A P- T T LS c e r ti fi cat e s do w nl oaded onto i t f r om a C e r ti ficat e Autho r i ty ( C A ) . Plea s e che c k w i th y our IT adm i ni s t r ato r . To u s e E AP s e c u r it y I n t he At he [...]

U s ing PE A P- G TC S e c u r it y I m p o r ta n t No te ! T o u se PE A P ( E A P - G T C ) secu r i t y , th e se r v er m u s t h av e W P A - PE A P ce r tifica t es, a n d t h e C e r t i f ica t e A u t h o r i t y ( C A ) serv er p r o p er t ies must alr ea d y b e se t u p . Pl ease ch e ck w ith yo u r I T a d m in istra t o r . T o us [...]

7. C hoo s e T o k en or Stati c Pa ss w o r d , depe ndi ng on th e u s e r databa se. N ote that To ken u s e s a ha r dw a r e to ken dev i c e o r t he Se c u r e C om puti ng SofTo ken p r og r am ( v e rs i on 1.3 or l ate r ) to ob tai n and en te r a one - tim e pa ss w o r d dur i ng auth enticat i on . 8. Cl i c k Advan c ed and : – Lea[...]

5. Spe ci fy a u ser na m e fo r i n ne r PEAP t unnel authen ti c ati on: – C hec k U s e W i ndow s U s e r N am e to u se the W i ndo w s u ser n am e a s the PEAP u s er nam e. – O R : Ente r a PEAP u s e r n am e i n the U ser N a m e f i e l d to u se a s e pa r at e u s e r nam e an d start the PEAP a ut henti cat i on p r o c e s s . 6.[...]

U s ing LE AP S ec u r it y I m p o r t a n t N o te ! LEA P s e cur it y r equi r e s that al l i nfr a st r uc t u r e de vic e s ( e.g. ac c e s s poi nt s and s e r v e r s) a r e conf i gu r ed fo r L EAP au t hentic a t i on. C hec k w i th t he IT manage r . To u s e s e c u r it y I n t he A t h e r o s C lie n t U t ilit y , a cc e s s t h[...]

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4 Troubleshooting T hi s c hapte r p r o v i de s solution s t o p r obl em s u s ual l y enc oun tered du r i ng the i n s tall ati on and ope r ati on of t he adapte r . 1. F o r W i n d o w s 98SE c o m p u t e r s, i f t h e A t h er o s C li en t U t il ity f ails to lo a d af t e r p ro p e r ly in st a l l at ion , c li c k o n t h e win do [...]

802. 11g define s t he u s e of t h e s am e OF D M m odul ati on tec hni que s pe cified i n IE EE 802. 11a fo r the 5 GHz f r equ enc y band an d appl i e s i t i n the same 2.4 G H z f r equenc y band a s I EEE 8 02 . 11b. T he 802.11g s tan dar d r equi r e s ba c k w a r d c om pati b ilit y w it h 802. 11b. T he s tanda r d spec i fi c al l y[...]

8. W h a t is T K IP ? T KIP i s a qui c k - fi x m ethod to quic k l y o ve r come the inhe r ent w ea k ne ss e s in W EP s e cu r i ty , e s pecial l y t he r eu s e of en c r y p tion k e y s . T KIP i s i nvolv ed i n the IE EE 802.11i WLA N sec u r i t y s tanda r d, an d the s pe c i ficat i on m i ght be of ficial l y r el ea s ed b y ea r [...]

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