EnGenius Technologies 11N manual

EnGeniu s Wireless 1 1N USB Adapter User ’ s Manual V e rsion: 1.0[...]

W ir eless 1 1N Long Range USB Adapter 2 T able of Content s 1. ITRODUCTIO ............................................................................................................................... 3 1.1. F EATURES & B ENEFITS ............................................................................................................[...]

W ir eless 1 1N Long Range USB Ad apter 3 1. Int roduction The high-speed wireless USB 2.0 client adapter is the most convenient way t o let you put a desktop/laptop computer almost anyw here without the hassle of running network cables. Now you don’t need to suf fer from drilling holes and exposed cables. Once you are c onnected, you can do anyt[...]

W ir eless 1 1N Long Range USB Ad apter 4 1.1. Features & Benefits Features Benefit s Racing S peed up to 150Mbp s dat a rate (2.4GHz 1 1N technology) Enjoy the Int ernet connection in crazy- fast speed, w ithout t he bottleneck of stringing wires. Advanced pow er management Low power consumption W P A/WP A2 (IEEE 802 .1 1i), W P A- PSK, W P A2[...]

W ir eless 1 1N Long Range USB Ad apter 5 EUB9603H Antenna RSMA connector LED[...]

W ir eless 1 1N Long Range USB Ad apter 6 1.3. S y stem Requirements The f ollow ing are the minimum system requirements in order to use the USB adapter.  PC/AT compatible computer with a USB interface.  W indow s 7/Vista/XP or M ac OS operat in g system.  30MB of f ree di sk space f or ins talling the US B adapter d river and utility prog[...]

W ir eless 1 1N Long Range USB Ad apter 7 2. Ins tallation for Windo w s (7/Vista/XP/2000) 2.1. Before You Begin During the installation, XP may need to copy systems files fr om its installation CD. Therefore, you may need a copy of t he W i ndow s inst allation CD at hand bef ore installin g the drivers. 2.2. Installing the Drivers Follow the step[...]

W ir eless 1 1N Long Range USB Ad apter 8 5. Wai t for a few seconds until the driver and client utili ty is installed. 6. The installation is complete. Click on the Finish button. 7. Carefully insert the USB adapter into the USB port. W i ndows wi ll then detect and install the new hardware. If you are give n a cable w ith three US B plugs, please[...]

W ir eless 1 1N Long Range USB Ad apter 9 2.3. General This pa ge delivers in formation of S tatus, S peed, T ype, Encryption, SSID, Signal S trength and Link Quality . Click on Renew IP to re-establi sh wireless connection wi th the chosen AP .[...]

W ir eless 1 1N Long Range USB Ad apter 10 2.4. Profile Options: Show T ra y Icon: show/hide Utility icon in system tray . Radio Off: temp orary turn off w ireless radio Disable Adapter: temporary disab le wireless adapter Windows Zero Config: s w itch to W indows d efault wireless configuratio n tool[...]

W ir eless 1 1N Long Range USB Ad apter 1 1 Functional Button: A dd: Manual to key in Profile name, SSID and encryption keys as below .[...]

W ir eless 1 1N Long Range USB Ad apter 12 Edit: Y ou can modify the configuration and settin gs.[...]

W ir eless 1 1N Long Range USB Ad apter 13 Duplicate: to clone a pro file.[...]

W ir eless 1 1N Long Range USB Ad apter 14 Set Default: Reset all saved setting.[...]

W ir eless 1 1N Long Range USB Ad apter 15 2.4.1. Available Network This tab allows use r to scan APs in proxim ity . The information includ es SSID, Chan nel, Encryption, Authentication and signal. Refresh: Scan available netw orks again. A dd to Profile: Select a ny available SSID to save in profiles.[...]

W ir eless 1 1N Long Range USB Ad apter 16 2.5. Status In S tatus tab, you can f ind the information, included Manufacturer , NDIS Driver V ersion, Radio Heade r , Encryption t ype, Authenticate t ype, Channel Set, M AC Address, Data Rate, Cha nnel used, SSID, Network T ype and so on.[...]

W ir eless 1 1N Long Range USB Ad apter 17 2.6. Statistic This pa ge shows t he information on Tx and Rx transmission and receivi ng condition.[...]

W ir eless 1 1N Long Range USB Ad apter 18 2.7. Wi-Fi Protected Setup There a re tw o ways to se tup connection through W PS. Pin Input Config (PIN): enter PIN code to est ablish connect ion Push But ton Config (PBC): this is the sof tware button fo r W PS button PIN Input Config: Click on th e button to start the PIN code process If select Y es, A[...]

W ir eless 1 1N Long Range USB Ad apter 19 Select the target AP , Choose one AP to key in PIN code. Enter generated PIN co de in AP your selected. T he sy nchronization will s ta rt shortly . Press W PS Button on USB directly and t hen click the button “ Push Button Config ” shown above.[...]

W ir eless 1 1N Long Range USB Ad apter 20 Push Button Config: Click on th e [ Push Button Config ] button Press W PS button on the AP The conne ction will be established in a few seconds..[...]

W ir eless 1 1N Long Range USB Ad apter 21 3. Sof t w are AP 3.1. Introduction This is a W indows only feature. Y ou can tu r n your PC / lap top to an AP and share Internet connection among multiple use rs b y swi tching to Access Po int mode. This mode is known as Softw are AP . Note that your wireles s adap ter can only ei ther be under st ation[...]

3.2. General (Quick Setup Example) This e xample shows how to sh are an In ternet co nnection among mu ltiple users. Let’s ass ume you would like to setup a n environmen t shown below . Computer A has internet a ccess through Network Card named “Conne ction 1”. Laptop B, C & D are going to access Internet through A . 1. Make su re your co[...]

W ir eless 1 1N USB Adapter 23 6. Under tab Gene ral click on Config button to configure AP settings.[...]

W ir eless 1 1N USB Adapter 24 7. Ente r your p referred SSID name into Netw ork Na me (S SID) field. T he default name is ABCD_AP . 8. Select a channel for your AP . The default channel is channel 1 . 9. Under Wireless network security section, change your network security setting which suppo rt s W EP , W P A-PSK and W P A2-PSK. The default is Op[...]

W ir eless 1 1N USB Adapter 25 3.3. Advanced Beacon I nterval: is the interval of time that this wireless ro uter broadcasts a beacon. Be acon is used to synchronize the wireless network. DTIM Period: E nter a value between 1 and 255 for the Delivery T raffic Indication Message (DT IM). A DTIM is a countdown informing clients of the next window fo [...]

W ir eless 1 1N USB Adapter 26 3.4. Statistics The statistics section displays the latest traffic stat us and re l ated information.[...]

W ir eless 1 1N USB Adapter 27 3.5. ICS (Internet Connection Sharing) ICS sho w s a list of n etw ork interf aces. Select the interface which connects to your Internet and click on Apply to activate t he setting.[...]

W ir eless 1 1N USB Adapter 28 3.6. MAC Filter Filter T ype Disabled: disa ble MAC filter Accept: a ccept clients t hat have the MA C address listed Reject: reje ct clients that have the MAC address liste d Click A dd to add a new MAC ad dress Click Remove to delete the selected MAC addre ss Click A pply to activate t he new setting[...]

W ir eless 1 1N USB Adapter 29 4. Ins tallation for Mac OS 4.1. Installing the Drivers Follow the steps below in order to install the USB adapter drivers: 1. Insert the CD that was provided to you in this package. The setup should run automatically . If the setup does not run automatically , then must m anually select the index.htm file from the CD[...]

W ir eless 1 1N USB Adapter 30 5. License stage: Y ou can choose the language and then click on t he Conti nue button to configure the next step. After click on the Continue button, a agreement window will be opened for your confirm. Click on the A gree button to configure the next step.[...]

W ir eless 1 1N USB Adapter 31 6. Instal lation T ype stage: Click on the Inst all butt on to install t he dr i ver on Macintosh HD. Click on the Continue Inst allation to configure the next step.[...]

W ir eless 1 1N USB Adapter 32 7. Summary stage: The inst allation is complete. Click on the Rest art button. 8. Carefully insert the USB adapter into the USB port. MAC OS X will then det ect and install the new hardware.[...]

W ir eless 1 1N USB Adapter 33 Y ou can find the logo and there are some windows with message. (1) If click Net w ork Preference , y ou c an configure t he network settin g f or MAC OS. (2) Click OK to enable EnGenius wireless LAN card and open utility t o configure. 9. The Client Utility is installed in the A ppli cations folder .[...]

W ir eless 1 1N USB Adapter 34 4.2. WLAN Client Utility - Link Status The Link S t atus tab display s the current sta tus o f the w ireless radio. The following information is included in this t ab, as the ima ge depicts below .  MAC A ddress: This display s the MAC address of EUB-9703  SSID: Show the SSID what you select to connec t.  BSS[...]

W ir eless 1 1N USB Adapter 35 4.3. WLAN Client Utility - Profil es The Profile tab is used to store the settings and configurations of multiple Acces s Points for dif ferent application. In the profiles table, it list all saved profiles and some information, included Prof iles Nam e, SSID, Net w ork T ype. Y ou can click Add to add a new profile, [...]

W ir eless 1 1N USB Adapter 36 4.3.1. Profile Properties W he n adding a profile you are required to enter a profile name and SSID as well as configure the network type and encryption/authentication settings. A pr o file can be conf i gured as Inf rastructure or A d-hoc m ode. T he configuration settings for each mode are described below .  Prof[...]

W ir eless 1 1N USB Adapter 37 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). Wireless Network Secu rity Properties  Network Authentication: It allow s you to configure 3 kinds of authentication and encryption settings, SHARED _KEY(WEP), W P A_PSK and WP [...]

W ir eless 1 1N USB Adapter 38     Network A uthentication: Select OPEN_SYSTEM or SHA RED_KEY from the drop-down list.  Dat a Encry ption: Select WEP from the drop-down li st.  ASCII: Y ou can type the W EP key , 5 or 13 character strin g, into the field when you enable this.  Network Key: T ype a character st ring into the fie[...]

W ir eless 1 1N USB Adapter 39     Network A uthentication: Select WP A2_PSK from the drop-down list.  Dat a Encry ption: Select TKIP or AES from the drop-down list.  Network Key: Enter a WP A Pr e-shared key which is between 8 and 32 characters long.  Confirm network Key : T ype your network key again for confirmation.  Cli[...]

W ir eless 1 1N USB Adapter 40 4.4. WLAN Client Utility - A vailable Network The A vailable Network displays a list of Access Point s in t he area, and allows you to connect to a specific one. The following infor mation is included in this tab, as the image depicts bel ow .  SSID : The SSID of AP w hich has scanned  Channel : Display the chan[...]

W ir eless 1 1N USB Adapter 41 4.5. WLAN Client Utility - Informati on The Information tab display s inf ormation about the network driver version and date.[...]

W ir eless 1 1N USB Adapter 42 Appendix A – FCC Interference Statement Federal Communication Commission Interference St a tement This equipment h as been t ested and found to comply with the l imits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 o f the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protecti on against harmful inte[...]

W ir eless 1 1N USB Adapter 43 Appendix B – IC Interference Statement Industry Canada st a tement: This de vice complies with RSS-21 0 of t he Industry Ca nada Rules. Operation is subject to th e following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, includi ng inte[...]