NETGEAR 2.4 GHz MA111 Network Card User Manual
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1. you can use that here once you in Pups the generated key will be shown before you click OK or Apply buon Manual Eny The WEP heradocial number are needed Wa not wed in che wireless Access Pine but rather ifthe key is manually entered The Key length mun Poin n the same network The posible values for he dats encryption evel are Git and 12 bit The 64 bit dara encryption is do called 40 bit dara encryption by some vendors rm The MALI device uses a selected WEP key to encrypt and ee information When set to 64 bit ao called 40 bit or 128 bie dara encryption mode you may specify up to four diferent keys to encrypt Keys Keys Select one of the keys as a defiule key 15 Profile Section The Profil area allows you to set values for al parameters by selecting a previously defined profile To create a profile in the Profle Name fed type a Profile Name for example Home Office When you are done ick the Save button in the Profile area and click Apply IF one of the profiles no longer used display che name in the Profile Name field then choose Delete You an add and modify multiple profiles ar any time Stations Section The Stations section displays all of the Access Pines and the Ad Stations that are available 16 To display Acces Pins around the working environmen select the Re Sean buon In addition to showing the MAC Address of each Access Poi2. 11b Wireless USB ape For Windows SBME once the Pss insere the disk abled Windows 98 ME CD ROM and then dick OK window appears enter the path corresponding to the appropiate drives and click OK Usually dice flex can be found ar Cl Windows or System For Window 2000 a Digital Signature Not Found message may appear Click esto proceed For Windows XP Windows Logo Testing Not Found dialog box may Click Continue Anyway to proceed Click Finish to complete the installation Verify the Driver Installation Jn good ides to confirm that the MALL 802 11h Wiles USB Adapter has been properly isla Follow the instructions that apply o your compune spem 5 om the Windows desktop rightclick My Computer 2 Click Properties Open Device Manager Windows Select the Device Manager folder tb Windows 20002 Select the Hardware folder tb and click on the Device Manager bunion 4 Doubleclick Network Adapters There should be no yellow exclamation mark or red aos icon on the NETGEAR 802 11b Wireless USB Adapter selection as Shown here 5 Double click NETGEAR MA111 802 1 1b Wireless USB Adapter On the General olde tab the Device Status window should indicate that the device is working properly as shown here The installation of the MA111 Wireless USB Adapter driver is complete Configuring the MA111 Wireless USB Adapter NETGEAR wir
3. 2000 EN 301 489 1 V13 1 09 2001 EN 300328 1 V1 3 1 122001 EN 3005282 V1 2 1 12 2001 CE Konformitatserklarung Far folgendes Gest Wireless USB Adapter MAL wind hiermit bexttigt dass das den Anforderungen der Richdlinie zurAngeichung der Rechusvorschriten der Miglliaan in Beng auf Niederspannung 7323 EEC und der abgeinderen Verordnung 3 68 EEC die Bewertung der Richdinien wurden folgende Standards angewandt EN 60950 2000 EN 301 489 17 V1 1 1 09 2000 EN 301 489 1 V13 1 09 2001 EN 300 528 1 VL31 122001 EN 3005282 VI 21 122001 0682 5 Statement of Conditions de mr o impos med deign opal nin wb NETGEAR rae xo tub ns pdt dr i demens vibe otc NETGEAR dran y bl rey etur deor gps ote poda oc ccc doce hin Certificate of the Manufacturer mporter Ead tr de Vice USB Aber en pred i acdc vik ect ain de Ae 26 99 d V The pua ppm a i d eat men mes me se Fea commencing Meca esed em VCCI Statement sin he Cla Boer Gfarm pet be went wt adr er danas oe andre dun Cani Canal rine Da ring TV me irr tc tec Se ens Re cin far at ding Federal Communications Commission FCC Compliance Notice Radio Frequency Notice NETGEAR re Asc Pay 95054 Ion 7400 ds ne repent har dh ever ap wi p
4. che same general vicinity will interfere with cach ocher 21 Note The salable hans diferent For example Channel 1 are supported in the US and Canada and Channels T to 13 sre sported Europe and Auris 22 Troubleshooting Problem Cause Solution No igh are li The Wireles USB Adapter loa che Wireless i noc inset prope into USB Adapter the USB port on your Or the proper MAITI Wireless USB Adapter driver iu noc loaded Remove and euer the Wire USB Adapter Check the device manager in Windows to if che card properly de Windows operating system Reload the driver if necem to instal he Wireless USB Adapter in diferen USB port if its available The LED The Wireles USB Adapter blinking is moe associated to ay Access Point properly You may not bave configured the wireless parameters of the wireless nodes to be the Same the Acces Point The Acces Point may not be powered on The Access Point and the MALI Wireless USB Adapter are not configured with the same wireless parameters Check the SSID and WEP encryption seing The Aces Point may be out of range Tiy moving the system closer to the Aces Point the antenna on he Access You may lo move the Access Point higher location for bener signal by die Wireless USB Adapter This could be a physical land connected layer problem or a ne
5. set up a small witelea workgroup and allows workgroup member to exchange daa or share printers as supported by Microsoft Nenworking in the various Windows operating systems Some vendons also refer to ad hoc nerworking as peer peer workgroup nerworkng 18 In this configuration network pockets are directly ent and received by the intended transiting and reciving station As long as the sations are within range of one another chis ie the easiest and least expensive way to se up a wireless nerwod To set up an Ad Hoc workgroup operating with standard protocol do the following Serali to connect in Ad Hoc mode or Peer to Peer workgroup mode fo stations to we the same network name or SSID Sex all ations vo ue the same wireless channel foe communication Set all tations o diable the WEP encryption key or set all stations to use an identical WEP encryption key Infrastructure Mode With a wireless Access Point you can put the wireless LAN into Infrastructure mode Ie provides wies connetvr o multiple wireless network devices within id range or area f coverage interacting wich a wireless node vi an antenna In he Infatracture mode the wireless Access Point convert airwave data inro wired Ethernet acting as a bridge between the wired LAN and wireless clients Connecting multiple Access Pints via a wired Ethernet backbone can further extend the wilens coverage Ass mobile computing d
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7. Inc in the United States and or other countries Microsoft and Windows are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and or other counties Other band and product names are trademarks or trademarks of cheir respective holders Information i subject to change without notice Al rights reserved March 2003
8. NETGEAR Introduction Congratulations on your purchase of NETGEAR MALI 802 11b Wireless USB Adapter With this USB adapter you wil ger ultimate mobility at home in your alice or while you are avis and ie fees you from traditional Ethernet wiring Thi ination guide shows you how ro connect USB adapter and configure it with your access poine Serup is easy follow the instruction in this guide and your system will be up and munning quickly Package Contents produet package should conin Ee MALI 802 11b Wise USB Adapter USB Cable CD for Wiles USB Adapter ers guide Warranty cand Support information casd System Requirements Before installing the 802 11b Wireless USB Adapter please make sure that your pcs has de folowing A computer witha USB 1 1 2 0 port A USB por allows a user to the same device for heir desktop or Windows 9 ME 20007XP be sure to have the Windows Installation CD ROM ready for use during 5 disk apace fr isling the driver and uy programe LED Indicators The geen LED on the MALUI 802 11b Wireless USB Adapter indicates the wireless link condition of the with another wireless node or the amociated Acces Point LED Activity Meaning of LED Activity The kasa connection with an acc point or another 802 11b devier The MATITi uying a abl s connection Iie Blinki
9. cryption since the user configurable key used in the eneryprion process is only 40 bits wide The 128 bit WEP dats encryption method consis of 104 configurable Similar to the 64 bit WEP data encryption method the remaining 24 bits are tory set and not user configurable Applying vwo channels chat alow che maximum channel separation will decrease the amount of coa and provide a noticable performance increte over networks with minimal channel separaron Channel Center Frequency Frequency Spread T UM AAS MHE 247 Me 24045 MEL 3 24905 885 M 7 387 Mf 24145 ME 26555 M 5 ESELA 24035 4445 MHE 5 7 ELEUN Mis g 247 M 2045 ME 5 AAS MHE 1 267Mf amp 265 ME T 26655 ME T 37 Mf 2645 ME 13 HOTS M Encryption of Hexadecimal Example of Hexadecimal Key Size Digits Key Content 10 AS EI Wireless Channel Selection 802 11b IEEE 802 1 1b viles nodes communicate with cach ater using radio frequency signals in the ISM idus and Madia band between 24 GH and 25 GHz Neighboring channels ase 5 MHz apart However duc spread specum eflect of the signals a node sending Signal using a particular channel will utilize frequency spectrum 125 MHz above and below the sioe channel neighboring channels o example channel 1 and channel 2 in
10. evice moves out of the range of one Acces Point ie moves into the range of another As a esl wireless clients can freely roam from one Point domain to ager an loni sonos aw cancion To set up an Infessrucuse nerwork operaning with wanda protocols do the follwing O Set ll wile statione to connect in mode stations to we the same name or SSID Setall vieles Access Points to use the same network name or stations o diable the WEP encryption key o set all stations to an WEP encryption key as used by the Acces Pont Setup wires channel used by individual Acces Points It is not necessary to set channels on the sations as the sations will automatically scan through all channels for the nearest Aces Pint Service Set Identification SSID The Service Set Mention SSID is thirty two alphanumeric character masimu sting ening the wile local area Some vendor refer to the SSID a name For sions to communicate with cach other all sations must be configured with he same SSID A wireless LAN consisting of nodes operating in Ad hoc configuration without an Access Poin called a Basie Service Ser BSS All nodes in a BSS must use the same Basie Service ID SSID Ioan infrastructure configuration with Access Points multiple BSS can be configured to form an Extended Service ESS In this configuration the Access Points are configured
11. less Configuration Utility program will help you eam more about your wireless network so that you can customize it to bete suit your networking needs The Configuration Uli will provide information abou signal quality and link conditions and let you modify various configurable wiles paramctn Now dat the 802 11 Wireless Adapter has been installed you can use the 802116 Configuration Unity to view and customize configuration settings and features display the Configuration Ui Open the NETGEAR MA111 Adapter programs group or double click the MATII icon thar appears in dhe Windows System as shown here a MAII Wide Mages Som To or change your configuration senings yon are using Windows SBIMEI2000 vurn to page 12 yon are using WindowsXP een to page 9 About the MA111 SysTray Application The Spiny Synem Tn resides on ene end of the aba in Microso Windows Dese ds eoe ens mana ride applications in the nch are doc eder volume and itu dese Once you have completed che uty insllion the Windows Try will show the icon in different colors described hee Color Ad Hoc Mode Infrastructure Mode Rel The Wireles PC Card har Either he Wireless Adapter is not able ink io nor initiated communication any Access Point or the link berween the iles ith any other wirless node Adapter and the Access Point l
12. nable WEP because it automatically generates the WEP hexadecimal numbers for che key I the wireless network Access Point uses a Passphrase you can also use that here Otherwise you will have to manually enter the hexadecimal numbers 2 Create with Passphrase option pull down the Key Length options and select he 64bit ot 128 Bi then type in your Pasiphrase Manual Entry option Pull down the Key Length options and dct the 64bit or 1281 encryption method Inthe Encryption Keys fils specify the WEP keys For 64 bit Hexadecimal 10 decimal digi in the range of eg HAA22BB33 e and os 14 For 128 bt enero Hexadecimal 26 hexadecimal digi in the range of A F ad and 09 eg 001122334455677 9 4 When you done click the Apply button and click OK for the changes to take effect Degrees Note The WEP kepa mus be set up the mco all wiles ev ia onder to communicate with each other Thi able describes the options available from the Security section Security Description Enable WEP Enables the data encryption for the wireles node If you he Encryption data encryption by unchecking the bos then no encryption method wil be used this i also called Open System data encryption To enable encryption is to the Shared Key dat encryption method Pape Passphrase numbers for he key 1f your wireless network Acces Poin uses a
13. ng blinking for a while check your configuration or y moving toa diferent location where the wireless signal quali is bene Steady Green 1 Installing the MA111 Wireless USB Adapter Important Note You must fis install the software before you plug the USB Adapter into your pre Follow these sepe to install MALI 802 11 Wireless USB Adapter Install the MA111 Driver and Utility Software 1 on your compu 2 set the Gear Bex for Wiels USB Adapter CD into the CD ROM dive 3 The Austr Wiad screen will appear as shown here 8 The Choose Destination Location screen will display the default Destination Folder If you want to change he default folder lick Browse and choose a difiesene destination folder NETGEAR FA 4 Click the Install Driver amp Utility option cx iraa hee eld samaada at jos id aad Ten dick Nent sinite those Han and pe DSmpane ent ot CD ROM ela nd 10 Moly de Ppa Re il ese Ck Net cans wl iur E 11 Click Finish to complete installing the Configuration Uy 7 Click Next to continue Install the MA111 Wireless USB Adapter 4 Insert the MATI Wireless USB Adapter into the USB on your computer ms shawn here MSIE Wende USS Apter Found New Hardware Wizard dialog box wil appear Follow the on screen instructions to install the diver for dhe MALL 802
14. nt you can also view the Channel Signal Security and Network Modes Click OK to continue or select another tab Statistics Section The Stute section of de Configuration dialog box indicates the realtime Transmit and Receive packers performance in graph form and also displays the performance sir in figu OK to continue or acter This table describes the option availible from the Sati sesion Statistics Description Receive Monitors the TUR ofthe or packer 7 About Section The About section of the Configuration dialog box shows the regulatory domain FOC for US ETSI for Europe for Japan the MAC address and the release information of both the device dive for che Wireless and che Wireless Configuration Uli software NETGEAR Click OK to continue or select another tab 3 Wireless Network Fundamentals Wireless Network Configuration Ad Hoc Mode Peer to Peer Workgroup The of Electrical and Electronics Engineers IEEE standard for witeless LANs 802 11 offers eo methods for configuring a wireless network Ad Hoc and infrastructure In an Ad Hoc neework computers are brought together as needed thus here i or fed point to the network each node can generaly communicate with any ther node There no Pint involved in chis configuration enables you to quickly
15. one shown here Click anywhere on message or on the icon Re Winia Wr ein inde ie dp i 2 Click the Advanced button Status Section The Status section of the NETGEAR USB Adapter Utility dialog box shows the curent wireless LAN connection tats statistics of daca tramita and received signal eng ete shown here The Wireless Networks Advanced Configuration window will be displayed 1 os Uncheck the option Use Windows configure my wireless network setninga Click OK to save your change pen NETGEAR 75 10 Thi able describes the information shown in the Status section of the dialog ba Status Description indiene the SSID and MAC when he 80211 Wires USB configured in mode Weed diee nervo mode of the MATTI S02 IIb Wales USE Alper lacu or 02 11 Ad Hes che wires cuendy i Fumi Rave ilana de canere ewe the wil node dhe dere soi iri Rae India s which ira communia Ep Idi wether dined Daa Ida Rested thi vida note Tak Guay adc how wl ar he wide nods communion wi de ocd point or another vidas ne 11 Configuration Section The Configarasion section shows you the configuration parameters of he wireless LAN and all
16. ost Yalow The Tink condition the Wireles PC Card and the associated Acces Poin is weak Croen The Wires PC Card as The Wireless Asper has established good communicated successfully communication with an Aces Point nd che signal with another wireless node i strong Double dick the Wireless Adapter SyiTray icon to activate the wireless Configuration Utliry forthe Wireless USB You click any of the folder tabs in the NETGEAR USB Adapter dialog view the current status or modify operational parameters For derailed information on wireless nerworking reker vo Wire Newark Fundamental on page 18 The Configuration contains seven sections Status Configuration Profle Site Survey Statistics 7 About Note The above section are always available by dlicking on the taba the top of the Configuration window Configuration Note for Windows XP Users By default Windows XP uses its own to configure your wires network stings however in order to take advantage of the MALI features and functions we recommend that you the NETGEAR MA111 USB Adapter Utility program To disable Windows XP configuration utility and use the NETGEAR 111 USB Adapter toy follow these seeps 1 After isting the MALLI Wireless USB Adapter Windows XP will display a Wireless Network Connection 2 message similar to the
17. ows you to modify them Thi table describes the options availible from the Configuration section 12 Configuration Description mode Configurable 802 11 Ad Hoc and Infrastructure mod Ta 802 11 Ad Hoc mode the wireless nodes form their owm local where the end nodes communicate peer o per without an Acces Pine In Infrastructure mode the wireless searches all available wireless channels o associate with an Aco Point Name SSID Enter a 32 character maximum Service Ser ID in dis the characters senate When the wires node is operating in Abo mode this Bld operates as the Basie Service Ser ID BSID AL wirless nodes in the same network should use the same BSSID When in Infrastructure mode this feld defines the Extended Service Set ID ESSID The ESSID assigned to the wireless node is required manch the Access Point ESSID in ode for them to communicate Transmit The Transmit Rate field allows define data value if Fully Automatic In this case the best transfer rate is bereen chis wireless node and access point or another rile note thar k is communicating with Oder value Sor die eld are 1 Mbps 2 Mbps Auto 1 or 2 55 Mbps and 11 Mbps E Specifies a channel only when using an Ad hoc nerwork mode Presale Type Along vanamit preamble allows the receiver MATTI Wires USB Ada
18. pter o lock inc the received bit patens more easily A short transmit preamble provides better performance Default Auto long shor This isthe pacer eng wel for the size programmed in this will be fagmented The Fragmentation Threshold value must be larger than RTS Threshold vale The default value for Fragmentation Threshold is 2432 RISCTS The packet dar the CSMAICD mechanism or the CSMA CA mechanism for packet transmision With the CSMA CD transmision mechanism the monenining sation senda he acral packer as soo as ie has waited For he silence period With CSMA CA mechanism the easing station sends out RTS packet to the receiving waits for the receiving sation send back a CTS packer before sending the acl packer dara The 2432 acd packet dara The dal value for RTS Threshold 2432 13 Security Section To pent wide aos from ein data namie over the the Sec ston of th dat erie Known WER tener pret your dan manson To activate the WEP Encryption make sure the Enable Encryption WEP Key box displays a checkmark shown above WEP Encryption options will be displayed at shown on dhe previous page You may make changes as derailed here 1 Select one of he two options Create with Pasephrate or Manual Entry Passphrase makes you easier to e
19. wark an Acces configuration problem Poin bue 1 cannot see che ether computers jon the Ethernet ide of he Check to make is physically connected to the hene Make sure thatthe IP addresses and the Windows nerwocking parameters all configured coe 23 CE Declaration of Conformity For the flowing equipment Wireless USB Adapter at 068200 is herewith confirmed to comply with the requirements set n the Council Directive on he Approximation of the Laws of the Member States relating to Electromagnetic Compatibility and Radio Spectrum Mates 9 5 EC Low voltage Directive 7 2 and the Amendment Directive 93 68 EEC For the evaluation regarding the Directives the following were applied EN 60950 2000 EN 301 489 17 V1 1 1 09 2000 EN 301 489 1 V1 3 1 09 2001 EN 300328 1 V1 3 1 12 2001 EN 3005282 V1 2 1 122001 D claration de conformit CE que l quipement suivant Wireless USB Adapter 068207 et conforme aux exigences d finies parl Directive du Conseil concernant rapprochement l gislations ds tats Membres relives a compatibilit dectromagn tque 99I EC la Directive sur les bases tensions 73 23 CEE et la Directive d amendement 93 68 CEE Les nommer suivante ont amp appliqu es valuer La conformit ces Directives EN 60950 2000 EN 301 489 17 V1 1 1 09
20. with the same Extended Service Set ID ESSID Wireles cients configured with the same ESSID ean Geely ram from one Access Pint domain vo another and still maintain seamless connection to the network 20 Authentication and WEP Encryption The ofa physical connection bermeen nodes makes he wires links vulnerable to information theft To provide a certain level of ecu IEEE 802 11 standard has defined two of authentication methods Open System and Shared Key Open System authentication is ll algorithm Shared Key authentication an algorithm where both the ansnting node ad the receiving node share an auhenicaton key to perform a checksum on the original By def IEEE 802 11 wireless devices operate in an open sper neto Wired Equivalent Privacy WEP data encryption is utilized when the wireless nodet or access points configured o operare in Shared Key authentication mode There are three shared key methods implemented in NETGEAR 802 11b solutions the bud 64 bit WEP data and 128 bie WEP data encryption The 64 bit WEP data encryption method allow for a five character 40 bis input Additionally 24 factory set bits added to che 40 bit input to generate a 64 bit encryption key The 24 factory st bits are not user configurable This encryption key will be used to encrypt decrypt all via the wirless interface Some vendors may refer to the Gib WEP data encryption as 40 bit WEP dara en
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