Abocom WU5214 manual

802.11 b/g/n Mini Wireless LAN USB 2.0 Adapter User’s Manu al[...]

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Ta b l e o f C o n t e n t s CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION ..................................................... 1 F EATURES .............................................................................................. 1 CHAPTER 2: INSTALLATION ....................................................... 1 FOR WINDOWS 2000/XP ................................[...]

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- 1 - C h apter 1: Intr oduction The WU5214 (Wireless LAN USB Ad apter) is an I EEE802.11b /g/n USB adapter that co nnects your notebook to a wireless local area network. The WU5214 fully complies with IEEE 802.11n draft 3.0 and IEEE 802. 11 b/g standar ds, delivers reli able, cost -effective, feature rich wireless connectivity at high throughput f[...]

- 2 - Inst all a tion F or Windo w s 2000/XP Inst all the Sof tw are Note: Do not insert the Wireless LAN USB Ad apter into the computer until the InstallShield Wizard finished installing. 1. Exit all Windows programs. Insert the included Installatio n CD into the computer. The CD- ROM will run automatically. 2. When the License Agreement screen ap[...]

- 3 - z Microsoft Zero Confi guration To ol : Choose to u se Windows XP’s built-in Zero Configuration Utility (ZCU). Click Next to conti nue. 5. When prompt to the following message, please click Install to begin th e installation. 6. When the following sc reen appears, click Finish to com plete the software installation.[...]

- 4 - Inst all the Hardw are Note: Insert the Wireless LAN USB Adap ter when finished software installation. Insert the Wireless LAN USB Ad apter into the USB Port of the computer. The system will automatically detect the new hardware.[...]

- 5 - V erification To verify if the device is active in the computer. Go to Start > Setting > Contr ol Panel > System > Hardware > Device Man ager . Expand the Ne twork Adap ters category. If the 802.11n/b/g Mini Wireless LAN USB2.0 Ad apter is listed here, it means that the device is properly installed and enabled.[...]

- 6 - F or Windo w s Vist a Inst all t he Sof tw are Note: Do not insert the Wireless LAN USB Ad apter into the computer until the InstallShield Wizard finished installing. 1. Exit all Windows programs. Insert the included Installatio n CD into the computer. The CD- ROM will run automatically. 2. When the Lice nse Agreeme nt screen appears, please [...]

- 7 - 3. When prompt to the following message, please click Install to begin th e installation. 4. When the following sc reen appears, click Finish to com plete the software installation.[...]

- 8 - Inst all t he Hardw are Note: Insert the Wireless LAN USB Adap ter when finished software installation. Insert the Wireless LAN USB Adapter into the USB Port of the computer. The system will automatically detect the new hardware. V erification To verify if the device is active in the computer. Go to Start > Setting > Contr ol Panel >[...]

- 9 - Net w ork C onnection IP A ddress Note: When assigning IP address(es) to com puters on the network, remember to have IP address for each computer set on the same subnet mask. If the Broadband Router has been enabled DHCP server function, it won’t be necessary to assign static IP address for PC. 1. To config ure a dynamic IP ad dress (i.e. i[...]

- 10 - C h apter 3: Utilit y C onfigura tion F or Windo w s 2000/XP After the Wireless LAN USB Ada pter has been succes sfully installed, users can use the included Configuration Utility to set the preference. Go to Start J (All ) Pr ogr am J Intelligent Wireless J Intelligent Wireless Utility . Users can also open the Configuration Utility by doub[...]

- 11 - St ation Mode IMPORTANT NOTICE: Under screen resolution 800 x 600 pixels, if users click the triangle button at the right down corner of the utility windows to expand the station linking informat ion that will NOT be displayed completely. Pr ofile Profile can le t users book keeping the fa vorite wirel ess setting am ong home , office, and o[...]

- 12 - Encryption Shows the enc ryption ty pe. Use 802.1x Whether or not use 802. 1x feature. Tx Power Transmit powe r, the amount of power used by a radio transcei ver to send the signal out. Channel Shows the selected channel that is cu rrently in use. Power Save Mode Choose from CAM (Consta ntly Awake M ode) or PSM (Power Savi ng Mode.) RTS Thre[...]

- 13 - • The Ad-hoc lets users set a small wireless workgroup easily and quickly. Equipped with the Wire less LAN USB Adapter, users can share files a nd printers bet ween each PC an d laptop. Tx Power : Transmit power , the amount of powe r used by a radio transceiver to send the signal out. Se lect the Tx power percentage from the pull-down lis[...]

- 14 - • Shared : Shared key is when both the sender a nd the recipient share a secret key. • LEAP: Light Extensible Authentication Protocol. It is an EAP authentication typ e used p rimarily in Cisco Aironet WLANs. It encrypts data t ransmissions using dynam ically generat ed WEP keys, and supports mutual auth en tication (only with CCX mode e[...]

- 15 - EAP Method : • PEAP : Protect Extensible Au thentica tion Prot ocol. PE AP trans port securely authentication data by using tunnelling between PEAP clients and an authen tication server . PEAP can authenticate wireless LAN clients using only server-side certificates, thus simplifying the implementation and adm inistration of a secure wirel[...]

- 16 - ID/ PASSWORD : Identity and password for server. • Authentication ID / P assword : Identity, password and domain n ame for server. Only "EAP-F AST" EAP me thod and "LEAP" authentication can key in domain name. Domain name can be keyed in blank space. • Tunnel ID / Password: Identity and Password for server. Show Passw[...]

- 17 - Delete Click to delete an existing profile. Edit Click to edit a prof ile. Activate Click to m ake a connection be tween devices. Net wor k The Network page displays the information of surrounding APs from last scan result. The tab lists th e informati on including SS ID, Network t ype, Channel , Wireless m ode, Security -Enabled and Sig nal[...]

- 18 - Add to Profile Select an item (SSID) on the list and then click to add it into the profile list. Connect Select an item (SSID) on the list and then click to make a conn ection. Access Point (AP) Information Double click on the intended AP to see AP's detail information that divides into four parts. They are General, WPS, CCX and 802.11n[...]

- 19 - Selected Registrar : Indicate if the user has recen tly activated a Registrar to add an Enrollee. The values are "TRUE" a nd "FALSE" State : The current configur atio n st ate on AP. The values are "Unconfigured " and "Config ured.” Version : WPS specified version. AP Setup Locked : Indicate if AP has ent[...]

- 20 - Link Status Tab Status Shows the current connected AP SSID and MAC address. If th ere is no connection existing , it will show Disconnected. Extra Info Shows the li nk status and TX power perce ntage. Channel Shows the current channe l in use. Authentication Authentication mode used w ithin the n etwork, includin g Unknown, Open, Shared, Lea[...]

- 21 - Signal Stren gth 1 Shows the re ceiving signal stren gth, users can c hoose to displa y as percentage o r dBm form at. Noise Strength Shows the noi se signal strengt h in the wirel ess environm ent. Transmit Shows the current Link Speed and Throughput of the tr ansmit rate. Receive Shows the current Link Speed an d Throughput of receive rate[...]

- 22 - Enable CCX (Cisco Compatible extensions) Check to enable th e CCX functio n. • Turn on CCKM. • Enable Radio Measurem ents: Check to enable the Radio measurem ent function. • Non-Serving Measurements limit: Users can set channel measurement every 0~2000 m i ll i seconds . (Default is set to 250 m illiseconds.) Apply Click to apply above[...]

- 23 - Receive Statistics Frames Received Success fully Shows information of packets received successfully. Frames Received With CRC Error Shows information of packets received with CRC error. Frames Dropped Due T o Out-of-Resource Shows info rmation of packets dro pped due to res ource issue. Duplicate Frames Received Shows information of pac kets[...]

- 24 - WMM/QoS Tab WMM Enable Check the box to enable Wi-Fi Multi-Media function that is meant to improve audio, video and voice app licatio ns transmitted over Wi-Fi. WMM- Power Save Enable Select a power save m ode that preferred. z AC_BK (Access Category Background ) z AC_BE (Access Category Be st Effort) z AC_VI (Access Category Video) z AC_VO [...]

- 25 - WPS Tab WPS AP List Display the information of surround in g APs with WPS IE from last scan result. List information included SSID, BSSID, Channel, ID (Device Password ID), Security-Enabled. Rescan Issue a rescan command to wireless NIC to update information on surroundin g wi rel ess net w ork. Information Display the information about W PS[...]

- 26 - If selected the AP that listed in the WPS Profile List field, users can click the Detail button to see more AP information. SSID : Shows the connected AP networ k n ame. BSSID : The MAC address of the conn ected AP. Fixed and cannot be changed. Authentication Type : The authentication type support Open, WPA-PSK and WPA2-PSK. Encryption Ty pe[...]

- 27 - Export Profile Export all credentials to Profile. Delete Delete an existing credential. And then select the n ext cred ential if exist. If there is an empty credential, the driv er will select any non-security AP. PIN Registrar : A dd the AP’s PIN code into the PIN code column, and press the device PIN button. It will connect with the AP i[...]

- 28 - Abo ut This page displays the information of the Wireless LAN USB Adapter including, Config Version/ Date, Driver Version / Date, EEPROM Version, Firmware Versi on and Phy_Addre ss. Utility Menu List To access the utility menu list, please right click the utility icon on the task bar. z Launch Config Utility : Select to open th e utility scr[...]

- 29 - Sof t AP mode Config Config SSID AP name of user type. Use rs also can click Use Mac Address button to display it. Channel Manually force the AP using the chann e l. (The system default is CH 1.) Wireless Mode Here supports 2.4G (included 802.11b/g/n) wireless mode . ( The system default is 2.4G.) Use Mac Address Click this button to repl ac[...]

- 30 - Authentication Type : There are several types of authentication modes including Open, Sha re d, WPA-PSK, WPA 2 -PS K, and WPA-PSK/ WPA2-PSK. (System authentication type default is Open.) Encryption Ty pe : For Open and Sha red authen tication mode, the selections of encryption type are Not Use and WEP . For WPA-PSK , WPA2-PSK , and WPA-PSK/ [...]

- 31 - No forwardin g among wirel ess clients No beacon am ong wireless client, c lients can share inform ation each other. (T he system default is no forwardi ng.) Hide SSID Do no t display AP name. (System default is disabled.) Allow BW 40MHz Click to disable this function. (System default is enabled .) This function enab les the adapter to deliv[...]

- 32 - Access Control Access Policy User chooses whether AP start the function or not. (System default is Disable.) z Disable: Do not use this access control function. z Allow All: Only the MAC address listed in the Access List can connect with this soft AP. z Reject All: Only the MAC address listed in the Access List can NOT connect with this soft[...]

- 33 - MAC Table MAC Address The station MAC address of current c onnection. AID Raise value by current connec tion. Power Saving Mode The station of current connec t whether it have to supp ort. Status The status of current connecti on. Ev ent Log Event Log Event Time (yy/mm/dd-hh:mm:ss) Records the event tim e. Message Records all the even t mess[...]

- 34 - Statistics Transmit Statistics Frames Transmitted Successfully Shows informati on of packets successfully sent. Frames Fail To Receive ACK After All Retries Shows information of packets failed transmit after hittin g retry limit. RTS Frames Successfully Receive CTS Shows information of packets successfully receive CTS a fter sending RTS. RTS[...]

- 35 - Duplicate Frames Received The number of duplicate packets receive d. Reset Counter Reset counters to zero. Abo ut This page dis plays the Wireless LAN USB Adapter an d driver versi on inform ation.[...]

- 36 - F or Windo w s Vist a After the Wireless LAN USB Ada pter has been succes sfully installed, users can use the included Configuration Utility to set the preference. Go to Start J (All ) Pr ogr am J Intelligent Wireless J Intelligent Wireless Utility . Open the Configuration Utility by double clicking or right clicking the icon in the tray to [...]

- 37 - St ation Mode Pr ofile Profile can book keeping the favorite wireless setting among home, office, and other public hot-spot. Users may save multiple profiles, and activate th e correct one at preference. The Profile manager enables users to Add , Edit, Delete, and Activate profiles. Click this button to show the info rmation of Status Sectio[...]

- 38 - Power Save Mode Choose from CAM (Constantly Awake Mode) or PSM (Power Saving Mode.) RTS Threshold Shows the RT S Threshold of the device. Fragment Threshold Shows the Fra gment Thresh old of the devi ce. Add Click to a dd a profile from the dro p-down s creen. System Configurati on tab: Profile Name : Users can enter profil e nam e, or use d[...]

- 39 - frame delim iter. Select from the pu ll-down menu to change the Preamble type into Auto or Long . Power Save Mode : • CAM (Cons tantly Aw ake Mode) : When this mode is selected, the power supply will be normally p rovided ev en when there is no throughput. (Default power save mode is CAM.) • PSM (Power Saving Mode) : When this mode is se[...]

- 40 - • WPA/ WPA-PSK/ WPA2/ WPA2-PSK: WPA-PSK of f e rs two encryption methods, T KIP and AES. Select the type of algorithm , TKIP or A ES and then enter a W PA Shar ed Key of 8- 63 charac ters in the WPA Pre-shared Key field. Encryption Ty pe: For Open and Shar ed authen ticatio n mode, the selection of e ncryption type a re None and WEP . Fo r[...]

- 41 - certificate-based and mutual authen tication of the client and the network. It relies on client-side and server-side certifi cates to perform authentication and can be use d to dynam ically generat e user-based and session-ba sed WEP keys to secure subse quent comm unications between the WLAN client a nd the access point. Tunnel Authenticati[...]

- 42 - OK : Click to save settings and ex it this page. Cancel: Click to call off the settings and exit. Server Certification tab: Use certificate chain : Ch oose use server that issuer of certificates. Server name : Enter an authenticatio n sever name. OK : Click to save settings and ex it this page. Cancel: Click call off the settings and exit. D[...]

- 43 - Network Tab Sorted by Indicate that AP list are sorted by SSID, C hannel or Signal. Show dBm Check the box to show the dBm of the AP list. SSID Shows the nam e of BSS net work. Network Type Network type in use, Infrast ructure for B SS, Ad-Hoc for IBSS net work. Channel Shows th e curren tly used ch annel. Wireless mode AP support wireless m[...]

- 44 - WPS WPS inform ation contains Authentication Type, Encrypt ion Type, Con fig Methods, Device Password ID, Selected Registrar, State, Versi on, AP Setup Locked, UUID-E a nd RF Bands. Authentication Type : The re are four types of auth entication modes supported by RaConfig. They are Open, Shared, WP A-PSK, WPA securitie s, WPA2-PSK and WPA2. [...]

- 45 - 802.11n This tab will show up if the selected access point supports 11n m ode. Here shows the connected access point 802.11n rela ted information. Link Status Click the triangle button at the righ t down corner of the windows to expand the link status. The link status page di splays the det ail inform ation of curre nt connection. Click this[...]

- 46 - Link Status Tab Status Shows the current connected AP SSID and MAC address. If t here is no connection existing , it will show Disconnected. Extra Info Shows the li nk status and Tx power perce ntage. Channel Shows the curren t ch annel in use. Authentication Authenticatio n mode used within the netwo rk, including Unkno wn, Open, Shared, WP[...]

- 47 - Advanced Tab Wireless mode Here supports 2.4G (included 802.11b /g/n) wireless mode. Enable TX Burst Check to enable this fun ction. This function enab les the Wireless LAN USB Adapter to deliver better throu ghput during a period of time, it only takes effect when connecting with the AP that supports this fun ction . Enable TCP Window Size [...]

- 48 - Transmit Statistics Tab Frames Transmitted Successfully Shows informati on of packets successfully sent. Frames Retransmitte d Successfully Shows information of packe ts successfully sent with one or more reties. Frames Fail To Receive ACK After All Retries Shows information of packets failed transmit after hitting retry limit. RTS Frames Su[...]

- 49 - WMM/ QoS The WMM page shows the Wi-Fi Multi-Media power save function and Direct Link Setup that ensure the wireless network linking quality. WMM/QoS Tab WMM Enable Check the box to enable Wi-Fi Multi-Media function that is meant to i mprove audio, video a n d voi ce ap pl i cat i ons tra nsmitted ove r Wi -Fi . WMM- Power Save Enable Select[...]

- 50 - WPS The primary goal of Wi-Fi Protected Setup (Wi-Fi Simple Configuration ) is to simplify the security setup and managem ent of Wi -Fi networks. The STA as an Enrollee or ext ernal Registrar s upports the configuratio n setup usi ng PIN (Pe rsonal Iden tification N umber) config uration m ethod or PBC (Push Button Confi guration) method thr[...]

- 51 - Config Mode Select from the pull-down menu to decide the station role-playing as an Enrollee or an external Registrar. Detail Click the Detail button to sh ow th e information about Security and Key in the credential. If selected the AP that listed in the WPS Profile List field, click the Detai l button to see more AP information . SSID : Sh[...]

- 52 - Rotate Command to rotate to co nnect to the next network inside creden tials. Disconnect Stop WPS acti on and disconnect this ac tive link. And then select the last profile at the Profile Page. If there is an empty profile page, the driver will select any non-security AP. Export Profile Export all credentials to Profile. Delete Delete an exi[...]

- 53 - Radio On/Off Click this button to turn on or off radio function. This icon shows radio on, click to turn it off. This icon shows radio off, click to turn it on. Abo ut This page dis plays the i nformation of the Wire less LAN USB Adapter including, RaConfig Version/ Date, Driver Version/ Date, EEPROM Version and Phy _A ddress .[...]

- 54 - Utility Menu List To access Windows Vista utility menu list, please ri ght click the utility icon on the task bar. z Launch Config Utility : Select to open th e utility screen. z Switc h to AP Mod e : Select to make the Wireless LAN USB Adapter act as a wireless AP. z Exit : Select to close the utility p rog ram.[...]

- 55 - Sof t AP mode Config Config SSID AP name of user type. Use rs also can click Use Mac Address button to display it. Channel Manually force the AP using the chann e l. (The system default is CH 1.) Wireless Mode H ere supports 2.4G (included 80 2.11b/g/n) wireless mode. Use Mac Address Click this button to repl ace SSID by MAC address. Securit[...]

- 56 - Authentication Type : There are several types of authentication modes including Open, Sha re d, WPA-PSK, WPA 2 -PS K, and WPA-PSK/ WPA2-PSK. (System authentication type default is Open.) Encryption Ty pe : For Open and Sha red au thentication mod e, the selections of encryption type are Not Use and WEP . For WPA-PSK, WPA2-PSK , and WPA-PSK/ [...]

- 57 - No forwardin g among wirel ess clients No beacon amon g wireless cli ent, clients can s hare inform ation each other. (T he system default is no forwardi ng.) Hide SSID Do not display AP name. (Syst em default no hide.) Allow BW 40MHz Click to disable this function. (System default is enabled .) This function enab les the adapter to deliver [...]

- 58 - Access Control Access Policy User chooses whether AP start the function or not. (System default is Disable.) z Disable: Do not use this access control function. z Allow All: Only the MAC address listed in the Access List can connect with this soft AP. z Reject All: Only the MAC address listed in the Access List can NOT connect with this soft[...]

- 59 - MAC Table MAC Address The station MAC address of current c onnection. AID Raise value by current connec tion. Power Saving Mode The station of current connec t whether it have to supp ort. Status The status of current connecti on. Ev ent Log Event Log Event Time (yy/mm/dd-hh:mm:ss) Records the event tim e. Message Records all the even t mess[...]

- 60 - Statistics Transmit Statistics Frames Transmitted Successfully Shows informati on of packets successfully sent. Frames Fail To Receive ACK After All Retries Shows information of packets failed transmit after hittin g retry limit. RTS Frames Successfully Receive CTS Shows information of packets successfully receive CTS a fter sending RTS. RTS[...]

- 61 - Duplicate Frames Received The number of duplicate packets receive d. Reset Counter Reset counters to zero. Abo ut This page dis plays the Wireless LAN USB Adapter an d driver versi on inform ation.[...]

- 62 - C h apter 4: UNINST ALL A TION F or Windo w s 2000/XP To uninstall the utility and driver, please refer to be low steps. (When uninstalling th e utility, the driver will be uninstalled as well.) 1. Go to Start Æ All Programs Æ Intelligent Wireless Æ Uninstall –Intelligent.[...]

- 63 - 2. Click Yes to complete remove the selected application and all of its features. 3. Then click Finish to complete the uninstallation .[...]

- 64 - F or Windo w s Vist a To uninstall the utility and driver, please refer to be low steps. (When uninstalling th e utility, the driver will be uninstalled as well.) 1. Go to Start Æ Progr ams Æ Intelligent Wireless Æ Uninstall –Intelligent.[...]

- 65 - 2. Click Yes to complete remove the selected application and all of its features. Caution: Under Vista 64-bit operation system, when process uninstallation the following screen will show up and request to insert Wireless LAN USB Adapter to complete the uninstallation. 3. Finally, click Finish to complete the un installation.[...]