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1. IEEE 802 11b g Wireless LAN USB Adapter USER S GUIDE VERSION 1 1 2004 10 06 c gt C Tested To Comply With FCC Standards FOR HOME OR OFFICE USE All rights reserved All trade names are registered trademarks of respective manufacturers listed This manual may not be copied in any media or form without the written consent of original maker TABLE OF CONTENTS Horman IO USET sass cecdwescesueeceonet essere ewsdsnteeuteiteaereess i Te ATOU O erson PrE ASEET OENE 1 2 Wireless LAN BaSiCSiuceiscirnsironar isene eTEN ENET 3 Je PADDR S orrore e E E E E E EEE EER 4 4 Install Driver Utility ssssssssssesseeseeseesossoesocsceeceeee 5 5 Wireless Network Configuration ssssssesceeseeceeseeseesoe 7 5 1 General Connection Setting s sssssssssessesseeseeceese 8 5 2 WEP Encryption Key Setting sssesssesecseseceseeesee 9 5 3 WPA Encryption Setting sesssesseesseesceesceesceseceeo 10 DATO O apere EE E AEE AOA 11 5 5 Advanced Setting ssssssesseeseescesceeseesosecescesceeee 12 5 6 System Information sssssessesseescesceescesoeseesceeeeese 13 6 Technical Specifications ssessescescesceeceeseescesorsceeceeo 14 Ze Iroupleshooting cuccsssectunetendeetessesectaceetioneneseieuccuaetass 15 Eo OLY TEE E E E E E E N 16 INFORMATION TO USER Federal Communication Commission Interference Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Cl2. Channel yl Tx Rate auto gt 5 ssiID chin J any Network Type Infrastructure vxl Encryption Disable uthentication Mode auto o f Encryption Setting WEP Encryption Key Setting WPA Encryption Setting Profile Profile name Load Save Current Delete Other For more advanced setting information Advanced Setting Information Information SYSTEM INFORMATION Driver Version 1 146 0705 2004 Utility Version 1 0 0609 2004 Jul 10 2004 11 05 12 MAC Address 000055 66 66 28 13 O TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS Product Name Frequency Band 2 400GHz 2 4835GHz unlicensed ISM band 802 11b QPSK BPSK CCK 802 11g OFDM 54 48 36 24 18 12 11 9 6 5 5 2 1Mbps Operation mode Infrastructure Access Points is needed Transmitter Output Power lt 15 dBm Operating at 11Mbps 80dBm Receive Sensitivity Operating at 54Mbps 70dBm Operating Range 30 to 200 m depending on surrounding environment Antenna Chip antenna 64 bit 128 bit or 256 bit WEP Wired Equivalent Privacy Securit WPA Wi Fi Protected Access a a a Dimension 58 L x 23 W x 9 H mm a Humidity 5 90 non condensing 14 Y TROUBLESHOOTING Symptom The LED is off Remedy Make sure the PC Card is inserted properly Otherwise contact your vendor Symptom The LED is always on not blinking Remedy Make sure that you have installed the driver from attached CD Otherwise contact
3. The FCC and their counterparts outside of the U S have set aside band width for unlicensed use in the so called ISM Industrial Scientific and Medical band Spectrum in the vicinity of 2 4 GHz in particular is being made available worldwide This presents a truly revolutionary opportunity to place convenient high speed wireless capabilities in the hands of users around the globe Local Area Network LAN A LAN is a group of computers each equipped with the appropriate net work adapter card connected by cable air that share applications data and peripherals All connections are made via cable or wireless media but a LAN does not use telephone services It typically spans a single building or campus Network A network is a system of computers that is connected Data files and messages can be transmitted over this network Networks may be local or wide area networks Protocol A protocol is a standardized set of rules that specify how a conversation is to take place including the format timing sequencing and or error checking Roaming In an infrastructure network this is when a wireless PC moves out of range of the previously connected access point and connects to a newly connected access point Throughout the network environment where access point is deployed PCs can always be connected regardless of where they are located or roam SSID A Network ID unique to a network Only clients and Access Points that share the
4. ETS ply to confirm changes of them General Connection Setting a Channel Tx Rate auto 5 SSID chta O an Network Type Infrastructure x Encryption Disable xl Authentication Mode auto o Encryption Setting WEP Encryption Key Setting WPA Encryption Setting Profile Profile name 7 Load Save Current Delete Other For more advanced setting information Advanced Setting Information 5 2 WEP ENCRYPTION KEY SETTING You may want an additional mea sure of security on your wireless network which can be achieved by using WEP Wired Equivalent Privacy encryption WEP encrypts each frame transmitted from the radio using one of the Keys entered in this panel When an encrypted frame is re ceived it will only be accepted if it decrypts correctly This will only happen if the receiver has the same WEP Key used by the transmitter The default state in Encryption More Setting General Connection Setting te Channel Tx Rate Auto B SSID chtn any Network Type Infrastructure z Encryption Disable Authentication Mode Auto vii Encryption Setting WEP Encryption Key Setting WPA Encryption Setting Profile Profile name I Load Save Current Delete Other For more advanced setting information Advanced Setting Information Setting is WEP disabled Check Enable WEP to enable the encryption For more WEP key setting Click WEP En
5. USB Installation Complete Setup is finished installing the Z2D1211 wireless LAN adapter driver After finished install driver and utility on your system plug the USB adapter into the USB port of your PC Windows XP 2000 will automati cally detect the USB Adapter WIRELESS NETWORK CONFIGURATION WLAN USB Adapter uses its own management software All functions controlled by users are provided by this application When you insert the WLAN USB Adapter into the USB port of your PC a new icon should appear in the Windows System Tray automatically we 11121 4M If the icon is in red it means that WLAN USB Adapter configuration is invalid or incomplete Double click on that icon and the configuration window will pop up as shown below It shows the SSID of available network Once a network is chosen the signal strength and link quality are displayed The Link Quality and Signal Strength bar chart is only active when the node is in Infrastructure Mode The bar graph displays the quality and strength of the link between the node and its Access Point Link Quality is a measurement of receiving and transmitting performances over the radio Tx Rx Frame displays the instantaneous wireless Transmit and Receive throughput in bytes per second These values are updated every two seconds Wireless LAN Configuration Tool Plus The Configuration Tool contains e e 4D Network Adapter Mode Station zl several fields where operati
6. can be easily cracked in a couple of hours with off the shelf tools Wireless LAN WLAN A wireless LAN does not use cable to transmit signals but rather uses radio or infrared to transmit packets through the air Radio Frequency RF and infrared are the commonly used types of wireless transmission Most wireless LANs use spread spectrum technology It offers limited bandwidth usually under 11Mbps and users share the bandwidth with other devices in the spectrum however users can operate a spread spectrum device without licensing from the Federal Communications Commission FCC 20 One Year Limited Warranty m This device is guaranteed against manufacturing defects for one full year from the original date of purchase i This warranty is valid at the time of purchase and is non transfer able m This warranty must be presented to the service facility before any repair can be made u Sales slip or other authentic evidence is required to validate war ranty m Damage caused by accident misuse abuse improper storage and or uncertified repairs is not covered by this warranty E All mail or transportation costs including insurance are at the ex pense of the owner m Do not send any product to service center for warranty without a RMA Return Merchandise Authorization and proof of purchase Ensure a trackable method of delivery is used keep tracking number Warranty is valid only in the country of purchase i We assum
7. AN Mini USB Adapter must be equipped with an USB 1 1 or 2 0 Interface All drivers and supporting software for the WLAN Mini USB Adapter must be installed and configured first Ask your system administrator for the following information which you may need to provide during driver installation m Your Wireless Client Name Your Wireless SSID Your computer s unique client name and workgroup name For your network account your user name and password Your IP address gateway address and subnet mask if you re not using a DHCP server Any computer on a network is identified by a unique network address There are two methods to assign a network address to a computer on a TCP IP network z Static IP addressing Dynamic IP addressing DHCP In network with static IP addressing the network administrator manually assigns an IP address to each computer Once a static IP address is assigned a computer uses the same IP address every time it reboots and logs on to the network You may manually change the IP address in the Network Properties dialog box Network using static IP address is easy to set up and do not require additional network management software In network with dynamic IP addressing a DHCP server in the network dynamically assigns IP addresses to all clients every time they log on to the network Network using dynamic IP address requires setting up and running a DHCP Server INSTALL DRIVER UTILITY The installat
8. ANs TCP governs how packet is sequenced for transmission the network The term TCP IP is often used generically to refer to the entire suite of related protocols Transmit Receive The wireless throughput in Bytes per second averaged over two seconds Wi Fi Alliance The Wi Fi Alliance is a nonprofit international association formed in 1999 to certify interoperability of wireless Local Area Network products based on IEEE 802 11 specification The goal of the Wi Fi Alliance s members is to enhance the user experience through product interoperability The organization is formerly known as WECA Wi Fi Protected Access WPA The Wi Fi Alliance put together WPA as a data encryption method for 802 11 wireless LANs WPA is an industry supported pre standard ver sion of 802 111 utilizing the Temporal Key Integrity Protocol TKIP which fixes the problems of WEP including using dynamic keys Wide Area Network WAN A WAN consists of multiple LANs that are tied together via telephone services and or fiber optic cabling WANs may span a city a state a country or even the world Wired Equivalent Privacy WEP Now widely recognized as flawed WEP was a data encryption method used to protect the transmission between 802 11 wireless clients and APs However it used the same key among all communicating devices WEP s problems are well known including an insufficient key length and no automated method for distributing the keys WEP
9. P server on the network Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum This is the method the wireless cards use to transmit data over the fre quency spectrum The other method is frequency hopping Direct se quence spreads the data over one frequency range channel while fre quency hopping jumps from one narrow frequency band to another many times per second ESSID An Infrastructure configuration could also support roaming capability for mobile workers More than one BSS can be configured as an Extended Service Set ESS Users within an ESS could roam freely between BSSs while served as a continuous connection to the network wireless stations and Access Points within an ESS must be configured with the same ESSID and the same radio channel 16 Ethernet Ethernet is a 10 100Mbps network that runs over dedicated home office wiring Users must be wired to the network at all times to gain access Gateway A gateway is a hardware and software device that connects two dissimilar systems such as a LAN and a mainframe In Internet terminology a gate way is another name for a router Generally a gateway is used as a funnel for all traffic to the Internet IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Infrastructure An integrated wireless and wired LAN is called an Infrastructure configuration Infrastructure is applicable to enterprise scale for wireless access to central database or wireless application for mobile workers ISM Band
10. PTER TO PC n Connect your WLAN USB dongle to your PC a Install driver GETTING TO KNOW WIRELESS LAN USB ADAPTER LED LED turns on when POWER is applied to the WLAN Mini USB Adapter LED is blinking when PC is sending data through WLAN Mini USB Adapter 2 WIRELESS LAN BASICS Wireless LAN network defined by IEEE 802 11b g standard committee could be configured as Ad Hoc wireless LAN or a Infrastructure wireless LAN Ad Hoc network is a group of PCs installed with wireless LAN cards this group of PCs is called a BSS Basic Service Set PCs in this group can use their wireless LAN cards to communicate with each other but can not connect to the Internet Internet Ad Hoc Wireless Network Infrastructure Wireless Network The most obvious difference between Infrastructure wireless network and Ad Hoc wireless network is that the PCs in Infrastructure wireless network can access the resource in the Internet through Access Point Depending on your requirement you can easily set up your PC s network to be a Ad Hoc or Infrastructure wireless network Gener ally speaking if in your network there is an Access Point in it we recom mend you to set your network as an Infrastructure so it can connect to the Internet 3 IP ADDRESS To use the WLAN Mini USB Adapter with a computing device the WL
11. ass B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one of the following measures m Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna m Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver m Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected m Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules Operation is subject to the following two conditions 1 This device may not cause harmful interference and 2 this device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation FCC Caution Any changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user s authority to operate this equipment IMPORTANT NOTE FCC Radiation Expos
12. check MIC named Michael an E extended initialization vector IV For more advanced setting information with sequencing rules and a re Advanced Setting Information keying mechanism WPA Pre Shared Key WPA PSK is a simplified but still powerful form of i WPA most suitable for home Wi Fi Connect Infomation networking To use WPA PSK a aaen User Name person sets a static key or passphrase as with WEP But using TKIP WPA PSK automatically changes the keys at a preset time a interval making it much more ASCII format the length must be in 8 63 difficult for hackers to find and P E exploit them Password Pre shared Key The pre shared key is consisting of wees alpha numeric characters including punctuation and spaces between 8 and 63 characters long Wireless clients are only required to enter the pre shared key If the pre shared keys match secure wireless communications can begin to take place For more WPA setting Click WPA Encryption Setting 10 5 4 PROFILE Each profile represents specific settings of the USB adapter You can set the settings for each profile Next time when you want to change the USB adapter settings you can just select the profile you want to use More Setting General Connection Setting Channel Tx Rate Auto B SSID chin Sat Network Type Infrastructure v Encryption Disable xl Authentication Mode auto amp i En
13. cryption Key Setting Three authentication modes are available Open System Shared Key and Auto The Open System uses default key to authenticate the station and Access Point Once both parties are authenticated the Station is allowed to send and re ceive data from the network However the data are not encrypted WEP Key Setting WEP Key Setting Key Length 64 bit C 128 bit 256 bit Default Key ID 1 X Hexdecimal ASCII Key Format Key Value In Shared Key system the station and Access Point are authenticated each other The data frame is also encrypted by the WEP key In Auto Mode the Access Point takes control of network security setting and station will follow the setting required from AP Click the close box at the upper right hand corner to return to Con figuration Tool 5 3 WPA ENCRYPTION SETTING WPA Wi Fi Protected Access is a security technology for wireless networks WPA improves on the More Settings authentication and encryption fea soe hare ne te rate Ge I ig tures of WEP Wired Equivalent sip Ray Privacy Network Type infrastructure SCY Encryption Disable zl To improve data encryption WPA Authentication Mode auo utilizes its Temporal Key Integrity R Protocol TKIP TKIP provides im WEP Encryption Key Setting portant data encryption enhance ments including a per packet key COo M mixing function a message integ Load Save Current Delete rity
14. cryption Setting WEP Encryption Key Setting WPA Encryption Setting Profile Profile name Load Save Current Delete Other For more advanced setting information Advanced Setting Information 11 5 5 ADVANCED SETTING Click Advanced Setting to select power consumption setting that has 3 different modes In this panel you can select different user interface and country roaming It also allows you to set the threshold of fragmentation and RTS CTS More Setting General Connection Setting Channel Tx Rate Auto B SSID chin s S sCSs any Network Type Infrastructure Encryption Disable Authentication Mode auto o o i Encryption Setting WEP Encryption Key Setting WPA Encryption Setting Profile Profile name Load Save Current Delete Other For more advanced setting information Advanced Setting Information Advanced Setting User Interface Power Consumption Setting Language M Continuous Access Mode CAM C Maximum Power Saving Mode Country Roaming C Fast Power Saving Mode C World Mode User Select USA Fragmentation Threshold 256 lt 2346 Disable gt RTS CTS Threshold 0 lt 2347 Disable gt 12 5 6 SYSTEM INFORMATION Click Information and the pop up window will show the Driver Version Utility Version MAC address of this USB adapter and so on More Setting General Connection Setting
15. es no liability that may result directly or indirectly from the use or misuse of these products IMPORTANT This warranty will be voided if the device is tampered with improperly serviced or the security seals are broken or removed 21
16. ion amp driver CD will automatically activate the autorun installation program after you insert the disk into your CD drive Step 1 Insert the installation amp driver DC into your CD ROM Step 2 Click Next to continue Step 3 Click Next to install at the desig nated folder Or click Browse to select different folder InstallShield Wizard ADAS Wireless LAN 07211 USB Setup is preparing the Installs hield Wizard which will guide you through the rest of the setup process Please wait Welcome to the InstallShield Wizard for 2D1211 802 11g Wireless LAN USB The InstallShield Wizard will install 2D1211 802 119 Wireless LAN USB on your computer To continue click Next ZD1211 802 11 Wireless LAN USB Choose Destination Location Select folder where Setup will install files Setup will installZD1211 802 119 Wireless LAN USB in the following folder To install to this folder click Next To install to a different folder click Browse and select another folder m Destination Folder G Program Files 2yD45 2D1211 802 11g Utility Browse Step 4 Start copying files until it fin ishes the installation Step 5 Click Finish to complete installation Step 6 ZD1211 802 11g Wireless LAN USB Setup Status 201211 802 119 Wireless LAN USB Setup is performing the requested operations Installing Cancel ZD1211 802 11g Wireless LAN
17. ng 5 2D1211 IEEE 802 11b g USB Adapter parameters of the driver can be Ae EEE NERON E viewed or changed Changes to s E any of the parameters in this Type Infrastructure panel can be applied to the driver Sales na a x Rate ps e need to restart the _ Encrypt None more setting l Link Status Connected to ccess Point BSSID 00 02 72 41 99 99 Signal Strength BEEEEEEEERERERRRRRRRRRRREEE 80 Current Network Information Link Quality 0 S0S000000000000000000 66 displays the current network Deane ce Penata x configuration If you want to change network configuration click More Setting 5 1 GENERAL CONNECTION SETTING In this panel you can modify the general network connection setting a ae enable disable the WEP load Channel TeRate a A modify profile and other setting sso mn S Nr Through this control panel you will Network Type infrastructure z be able to access the corporate Eneyptionijoeable 1R wireless LAN or hot spots such as Sa EE hotel airport and conference hall Encryption Setting _WEP Encryption Key Setting WPA Encryption Setting Click Change to start input of 7 settings The settings include Profile name xl SSID Load Save Current Delete a Other E Netwo rk Type For more advanced setting information Advanced Setting Information More Setting a Transmit Rate Encryption m Authentication Mode When settings are input click Ap
18. same SSID are able to communicate with each other This string is case sensitive Simple Network Management Protocol SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol is the network management proto col of TCP IP In SNMP agents which can be hardware as well as soft ware monitor the activity in the various devices on the network and report to the network console workstation Control information about each device is maintained in a structure known as a management informa tion block Static IP Addressing A method of assigning IP addresses to clients on the network In networks with Static IP address the network administrator manually assigns an IP address to each computer Once a Static IP address is assigned a com puter uses the same IP address every time it reboots and logs on to the network unless it is manually changed Temporal Key Integrity Protocol TKIP The Temporal Key Integrity Protocol pronounced tee kip is part of the IEEE 802 111 encryption standard for wireless LANs TKIP is the next generation of WEP the Wired Equivalency Protocol which is used to secure 802 11 wireless LANs TKIP provides per packet key mixing a message integrity check and a re keying mechanism thus fixing the flaws of WEP Transmission Control Protocol Internet Protocol TCP IP TCP IP is the protocol suite developed by the Advanced Research Projects Agency ARPA It is widely used in corporate Internet works because of its superior design for W
19. ure Statement m This equipment complies with FCC radiation exposure limits set forth for an uncontrolled environment This equipment should be installed and operated with minimum distance 20cm between the radiator amp your body i This transmitter must not be co located or operating in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter REGULATORY INFORMATION WLAN Mini USB Adapter must be installed and used in strict accordance with the instructions This device complies with the following radio frequency and safety standards USA Federal Communications Commission FCC This device complies with Part 15 of FCC Rules Operation is subject to the following two conditions 1 This device may not cause harmful interference 2 This device must accept any interference that may cause undes ired operation Europe R amp TTE Directive This device complies with the specifications listed below e ETS 300 826 General EMC requirements for Radio equipment e ETS 300 328 Technical requirements for Radio equipment e EN60950 Safety Requirements for Radio equipment The channel identifiers channel center frequencies and regulatory domains of each 22 MHz wide channel are shown in following Table Regulatory Domains America a rs a Identifier Frequency lt 1 Da vy ae eM v S ee J2 vyv ov oe 3 J lama S 4A J ar wy avy i vy y av e S i AJA wI w NIN F T i k i i t Ih IN N 8 J a vyv yvy i v
20. y v y S 9 a wv vy i yv y v e e 10 f 2457 vy d yvy yv y oov d yv i o n f 242 y vy vy f fov S ov 12 247 d avy ay e e oov e OB f 2an f vy oy o o oov S oo 14 2484 v o d S e S 11 lt lt lt lt lt lt lt lt lt lt lt lt lt D INTRODUCTION Thank you for your purchase of the WLAN Mini USB Adapter Featuring wireless technology this wireless networking solution has been designed for both large and small businesses and it is scalable so that you can easily add more users and new network features depending on your business scale FEATURES Support Microsoft Windows 98SE Me 2000 and XP Operating distance of up to 300 meters in free space 54 48 36 24 18 12 11 9 6 5 5 2 1 Mbps selectable Data Rate Support USB 2 0 interface 64 bit or 128 bit WEP Wired Equivalent Privacy 2 400GHz 2 4835GHz unlicensed ISM Frequency Band Modulation Method IEEE 802 11b DSSS Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum IEEE 802 119 OFDM Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing 7 Easy operation and setting up SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS Windows System Windows 98SE Me 2000 or XP 7 PCs must have a device driver installed It allows you to commu nicate with WLAN Mini USB Adapter BEFORE YOU START 1 Confirm Box Contents IEEE 802 11b g Wireless LAN USB USER S GUIDE CE A a i Wireless LAN Adapter Driver CD Quick Start Guide CONNECTING YOUR WLAN USB ADA
21. your vendor Symptom The LED is blinking but the PC Card icon does not appear in your icon tray Remedy Make sure that you have installed the Utility from the attached CD Symptom The PC Card is linking but can t share files with others Remedy Make sure the file and printer sharing function is enabled You can enable the function by checking the icon of My Computer gt Control Panel gt Network gt file and printer sharing gt want to be able to give others to access to my files Symptom Slow or poor performance Remedy Try to select another channel for the communicating group or move your device closer to the Access Point C ee IEEE 802 11 Standard The IEEE 802 11 Wireless LAN standards subcommittee which is formu lating a standard for the industry Access Point An internetworking device that seamlessly connects wired and wireless networks together Ad Hoc An Ad Hoc wireless LAN is a group of computers each with a WLAN adapter connected as an independent wireless LAN Ad Hoc wireless LAN is applicable at a departmental scale for a branch or SOHO operation BSSID A specific Ad Hoc LAN is called a Basic Service Set BSS Computers in a BSS must be configured with the same BSSID DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol a method in which IP addresses are assigned by server dynamically to clients on the network DHCP is used for Dynamic IP Addressing and requires a dedicated DHC
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