Wireless N USB Adapter Model: USB-N11 User’s Manual 1
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Interference Statement This device, IEEE 802.11n Wireless LAN USB Adapter, complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: This device may not cause harmful interference. This device must accept any interference received; including interference that may cause undesired operation. This Equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC rules.
The product name has been tested to the FCC exposure requirements (Specific Absorption Rate) CE Statement: Hereby, Asustek Computer Inc., declares that this device is in compliance with the essential requirements and other relevant provisions of the R&TTE Directive 1999/5/EC.
Technical Support The software version of the IEEE 802.11n Wireless LAN USB Adapter is displayed on the utility About window. Users could download the most recent software version from the supplier’s web site or refer to the selling contact for the latest software information. If you have difficulty solving the problem while installing or using the IEEE 802.11n Wireless LAN USB Adapter, please contact the supplier for support. About This Manual IEEE 802.
Table of Contents Technical Support ......................................................................................................................4 About This Manual .....................................................................................................................4 Table of Contents .......................................................................................................................5 Chapter 1 Preface ..............................................................
Chapter 1 Preface This chapter introduces the IEEE 802.11n Wireless LAN USB Adapter and prepares you to use your wireless adapter. 1.1 About your IEEE 802.11n Wireless LAN USB Adapter The IEEE 802.11n Wireless LAN USB Adapter is a standard USB adapter that fits into any standard USB 2.0 and 1.1 slots in a notebook computer. It’s IEEE 802.11n draft 2.0 compliant device that support up to 300Mbps rate gives equivalent Ethernet speed to access corporate network or the Internet in a wireless environment.
1.3 Applications The IEEE 802.11n Wireless LAN USB Adapter offers a fast, reliable, cost-effective solution for wireless client access to the network in applications like these: 9 Remote access to corporate network information E-mail, file transfer and terminal emulation. 9 Difficult-to-wire environments Historical or old buildings, asbestos installations, and open area where wiring is difficult to deploy.
1.4 Product Kit IEEE 802.11n Wireless LAN USB Adapter comes with the following items. Please go through each item below. If any of listed items appears to be damaged or missing, please contact your local dealer. z IEEE 802.11n Wireless LAN USB Adapter……………………… x 1 z Software and Documentation CD …………………………...….... x1 1.5 IEEE 802.11n Wireless LAN USB Adapter LED Indicators The IEEE 802.11n Wireless LAN USB Adapter has one LED indicators.
Chapter 2 Getting Started This chapter describes the instructions that guide you through the proper installation of your IEEE802.11n Wireless LAN USB Adapter for the Windows Vista/XP/2000 operating systems. 2.1 Installation Requirements Before installation, make sure you have computer with following: 9 A minimum of 5MB available hard disk space. 9 A minimum of 32 MB RAM 9 A computer equipped with USB slot, and socket services compliant with revision 1.1 or 2.0 of USB specification. 9 A CD-ROM drive.
2.2.1 Install IEEE 802.11n Wireless LAN USB Adapter for Windows Vista Step 1: Insert the included CD into the CD-ROM driver on your computer. Locate and double-click setup.exe. Step 2: The following screen displays. Click Next. Step 3: Click Next to accept installing IEEE 802.11n Wireless LAN USB Adapter driver files.
Step 4: Click Next to accept the default file location or click Browse to select an alternate folder. Step 5: Select a program folder or type a new folder name and click Next.
Step 6: You may add a shortcut in the startup folder as desired and click Next. Step 7: The windows will appear the message about the windows can’t verify the publisher of this driver software compatibility with Windows Vista.
Step 8: Click on Finish to complete the installation. Step 9: Insert the IEEE802.11n Wireless LAN USB Adapter into the USB port on your notebook, and the Windows will auto-install the IEEE802.11n Wireless LAN USB Adapter driver and utility.
After the driver installed completed, the bellowing information will appear in the system tray. Click the icon, to configure the wireless LAN adapter via utility. To use the utility, please refer to Chapter 4.
2.2.2 Install IEEE 802.11n Wireless LAN USB Adapter for Windows XP/2000 Step 1: Insert the included CD into the CD-ROM driver on your computer. Locate and double-click setup.exe. Step 2: The following screen displays. Click Next.
Step 3: Click Next to accept installing IEEE 802.11n Wireless LAN USB Adapter driver files. Step 4: Click Next to accept the default file location or click Browse to select an alternate folder.
Step 5: Select a program folder or type a new folder name and click Next. Step 6: You may add a shortcut in the startup folder as desired and click Next.
Step 7: Click on Finish to complete the installation. Step 8: Locate an available USB port on the computer and insert the IEEE 802.11n Wireless LAN USB Adapter into the USB port. Step 9: After inserting USB Adapter into the USB port on your computer, Windows will auto-detect new hardware and will display a “Found New Hardware Wizard” window. Select “Install the software automatically (Recommended)” and press Next to install the driver.
Step 10: The windows will appear the message about the Network Control has not passed Windows Logo testing to verify its compatibility with Windows XP. Click on Continue Anyway button to continue installing.
Step 11: The windows will find 802.11n Wireless LAN USB Adapter and start copying corresponding files into the system. Click on Next to continue. Step 12: Click Finish to complete the installation.
After you install the driver and utility and insert your wireless USB adapter, the icon appears in the system tray. If the icon is blue and/or you see the following icon on your desktop, you’re already connected to a wireless network. Upon completion, clicking on the icon will open the configuration window. When you minimize the window, the system tray icon will be loaded in the System Tray again.
The color behind the system tray icon indicates the link status. Refer to the following table for details. Color Description A good or excellent link status. Not connected to a wireless network or is searching for an available wireless network. Note for Windows XP users If you want to use WZC, either to disable the wireless network utility (if you already install it) or just install the driver. To install the driver only 1. Slide the IEEE 802.11n Wireless LAN USB Adapter into an available USB port. 2.
Chapter 3 Wireless LAN Network This chapter provides background information on wireless LAN network. 3.1 Wireless LAN Overview This section describes applications of IEEE 802.11n Wireless LAN USB Adapter. 3.1.1 SSID The SSID is the unique ID used by Access Points and stations to identify a wireless Network. Wireless clients associating to any Access Point must have the same SSID. The default setting is ANY, which allows your IEEE 802.
3.2 Wireless LAN Security Overview Wireless LAN security is vital to your network to protect wireless communications against hacker entering your system and prevent unauthorized wireless station from accessing data transmitted over the network; the WLAN Utility offers a sophisticated security algorithm. Configure the wireless LAN security by clicking the check box next to Security Enable. A privacy Configuration window will appear. If you do not enable any wireless security on your IEEE 802.
3.2.1 Data Encryption with WEP WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) encryption scrambles all data packets transmitted between the wireless LAN adapter and the AP or other wireless station to keep network communication private. Both the wireless stations and the access points must use the same WEP key for data encryption and decryption. The IEEE 802.11n Wireless LAN USB Adapter allows you to configure up to four 64-bit, or 128-bit WEP keys and only one key is used as the default key at one time.
3.2.2 IEEE 802.1x The IEEE 802.1x standard outlines enhanced security methods for both the authentication of wireless stations and encryption key management. Authentication can be done using an external RADIUS server. 3.2.2.1 EAP Authentication EAP (Extensible Authentication Protocol) is an authentication protocol which runs on the top of IEEE 802.1x transport mechanism in order to support multiple types of user authentication.
WPA-PSK: WPA offers a Personal mode of operation. In the Personal mode of operation, a pre-shared key is used for authentication. WPA-PSK allows you to gain access to a secured wireless network that the station and the access point use the same pre-shared key to authenticate. You must type a mixture of numbers and letters in the Pre-shared key section of this menu. You may input either 8-63 ASCII characters or 64 HEX characters. Choose WPA-PSK if needed from Authentication Mode.
WPA2: WPA2 provides a stronger encryption mechanism than WPA. WPA2 is the second generation of WPA security, providing personal and enterprise users with a high level of assurance that only authorized users can access to their wireless network. There is no difference between WPA and WPA2. The only difference is that WPA2 provides a stronger data encryption via the AES, contrast to WPA, which uses Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP). Choose WPA2 if needed from Authentication Mode.
3.2.3.1 Encryption Mode WPA improves data encryption by using Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP), Message Integrity Check (MIC) and IEEE 802.1X. WPA2 use Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) in the Counter mode with Cipher block chaining Message authentication code Protocol (CCMP) to offer stronger encryption than TKIP. The encryption mechanism used for WPA(2) and WPA(2)-PSK are the same.
After you select the EAP type, you need to click Certification Tab to make advanced setting. The following describes configuration of each available EAP type. TLS: Clicking the Certification tab for TLS shows the following menu. TLS requires the entry of Certificate Information and Login Information for mutual authentication. This utility will auto-detect the Certificate Information for you to configure TLS easily. You only need to enter the Login Name in the Login information filed to authenticate.
PEAP requires the use of Certificate Information and User Information. This utility will automatically identify Certificate Information and Login Information for users to configure PEAP easily. You only need to enter User Name and Password in the User information filed to authenticate. If you click the “Verify Server Certificate” check box, you are able to choose one of User Certificate from the drop-down menu. Furthermore, you need to input User Name and Password in the User Name field on the screen.
TTLS: Clicking the Certification tab for TTLS shows the following menu. TTLS requires the mutual authentication between station and access points. You must present a User Name and Password in the User Information field that will be verified by TTLS-capable server. This mutual authentication ensures that only authorized users are allowed access to the network. 3.3 Authentication Type The IEEE 802.11b/g standard describes a simple authentication method between the wireless stations and AP.
3.3 Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) is a standard for easy and secure establishment of a wireless home network, defined by the Wi-Fi Alliance. The goal of the WPS is to simplify the process of connecting any home device to the wireless network. The WPS protocol defines two types of devices in a network: z Registrar: A device with the authority to issue the credentials to enroll new clients on the network. A Registrar may be integrated into an AP, or it may be separate from the AP.
Chapter 4 Configure by Wireless Utility This chapter provides more detail introduce for using the utility to configure the wireless adapter. 4.1 Use the Wireless LAN Utility The WLAN Utility enables you to make configuration changes and perform user-level diagnostics on your IEEE802.11n Wireless LAN USB Adapter in the Windows Vista/XP/2000 operating system environments. The WLAN Utility consists of window with 5 items for you to monitor and configure the IEEE802.
characters and is case sensitive. Channel: Shows the channel on which the connection is made. Elapsed time: Shows the elapsed time of the current association. Auth Mode: Shows the authentication mode of the connected Access Point. Encryption Mode: Shows the current wireless network encryption mode. Signal Strength: Based on the received signal strength measurement of the baseband processor of the Beacon signal. There are 5 states of signal strength: There is one button to choose from.
Press to create a new profile, and configure all the parameters following the steps below. Step1. Input the Profile Name, Network (SSID), and select Network type (Infrastructure/Adhoc) when Add a profile progress start.
Step2. To protect against hacker entering your system and prevent unauthorized wireless station from accessing data transmitted over the network, the WLAN Utility offers a sophisticated security algorithm. To activate security enable, click the check box next to Security Enable. A Privacy Configuration window will then appear. Note: Privacy Configuration consists of specifying Security and Certification. Refer to Chapter 3 for how to configure security settings. Step3. Setup the TCP/IP settings.
Step4. The WLAN Utility also offers the advanced configuration for user to set the IEEE 802.11n Wireless LAN USB Adapter under certain network environment. These advanced options include Power Save Mode, Wireless Mode, Adhoc Channel, RTS Threshold, and Fragmentation Threshold. Note: Under Vista OS, these parameters are not allowed to be configures the parameters.
Wireless Mode The wireless Mode supports three options 802.11B, 802.11B/G, and 802.11B/G/N. Power Saving Mode The Power Save option is designed to conserve battery life of you computer. When Power Save is enabled, your IEEE 802.11n Wireless LAN USB Adapter will go into sleep mode to minimize power consumption. Note: When power saving mode is enabled, the Access Points you use need to support power saving as well so that the communication can be established.
Note: Enabling RTS Threshold would cause redundant network overhead that could negatively affect the throughput performance instead of providing a remedy. Fragament Threshold Fragmentation mechanism is used for improving the efficiency when high traffic flows along in the wireless network. If your IEEE 802.11n Wireless LAN USB Adapter often transmits large files in the wireless network. The range is from 256 to 2346, and the default value is 2346. Step5.
Link Test: The Link Test menu provides a suite of tests which you can run to identify the connection between your computer and the wireless network. Enter the IP Address of Access Point which you desire to connect. The settings following the address allow you to setup the number and size of packets being transmitted between your computer and the wireless network. Furthermore, clicking the check box Continuous Linktest ignores number of packets you set.
By pressing the icon you may see more information of Access Points such as ESSID, Channel, Network Type, BSSID, Security, Signal, and Supported Rates. Click OK to close the menu.
About: The About item displays related version numbers of the Wireless LAN Utility, and driver, firmware of the IEEE 802.11n Wireless LAN USB Adapter. Also, the MAC address and frequency domain are displayed. 4.2 Establish WPS Connection The IEEE 802.11n Wireless LAN USB Card supports WPS (Wi-Fi Protected-Setup) feature defined by the Wi-Fi Alliance. It’s a new protocol for configuring a wireless network more easily, and secure. The IEEE 802.
Step1. Go to profile setup page and click the button. Or, right click on utility icon in the system tray and select “WPS (Wi-Fi Simple Config)”. Step2. Select the WPS mode to link or manage the WPS-enabled AP you want to connect.
If your 802.11n Wireless LAN USB Card performs as enrollee, choose “Join a WLAN (Enrollee)” and click on Next. You will have two methods to join a WPS-enabled AP. Push Button on AP: Push the button on the Access Point and then click on the client utility to start WPS link within 2 minutes. If WPS link is established successful, it will display the success message. Instead of Push Button on AP, you may use USB-N11’s hardware push button to establish WPS link as well.
If it is necessary to have your 802.11n Wireless LAN USB Card perform as Registrar on your network, select “Configure a WLAN (Registrar)” and click on Next. The following window will show up. The scan list will scan the WPS-enabled AP on your network within its coverage. Select the one that you want to configure and input the AP pin generated by the AP in the Access Point PIN field. Click Next to proceed to the next step.
Manage the network profile in order to configure the AP. Auth Mode, Encryption Mode and Network Key. Click Settings that can be managed include SSID, to start WPS link progress. To check whether the setting of AP is modified corresponding with the profile, you may use scan function to display AP information.
Chapter 5 Management with Wireless Zero Configuration This chapter shows you how to manager your IEEE 802.11n Wireless LAN USB Adapter using the Windows Vista and Windows XP wireless zero configuration tool. 5.1 Windows XP Wireless Zero Configuration Step 1: Make sure the Use Windows to configure my wireless network settings check box is selected in the Wireless Network Connection Properties.
Step 3: In the Wireless Network Connection Status screen, click View Wireless Networks to open the Wireless Network Connection screen. Step 4: Click Refresh network list to reload and search for available wireless devices within transmission range. Select a wireless network in the list and click Connect to join the selected wireless network.
5.2 Windows Vista WLAN AutoConfig Step 1: Click the network icon for wireless connections in the system tray to open the Wireless Network Connection Status screen. Step 2: Select the Connect to a network to open the Connect to the network screen. Step 3: Select a wireless network in the list and click Connect to join the selected wireless network.
If the wireless security is activated for the selected wireless network, the related fields must be set to the same security setting as the associated AP. Step 4: Click Connect to connect the wireless network.
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