User Manual for WUBR- 506N 2010/07/15(Ver. 1.
FCC Information to User 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. 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.
1.1 How to install and work with wireless network? Wireless LAN is an standard feature available with SmartStation. Wireless LAN card installed to USB Interface. It is necessary to install driver on the SmartStation before using Wireless LAN. Installation of wireless network driver Insert the driver CD given with the LAN card to CD ROM drive which is connected to SmartStation. • Click Install Driver to begin device driver installation.
•In Windows XP, there is a Windows Zero Configuration Tool for you to setup wireless adapter. You can choose to configure the adapter through the Microsoft Zero Configuration Tool or the Ralink Configuration Tool. It is recommended to choose the Ralink Configuration Tool for the adapter. Click Next to continue. •If you need the adapter to operate with better performance, please choose Optimize for performance mode to enable the Tx Burst mode.
•Please wait for a while during the adapter is configuring your new software installation. •When the adapter is installed properly, the configuration utility will be displayed automatically.
•After the setup has finished the installing and click Finish button.
1.2 Wireless Network Configuration Utility The Configuration Utility is a powerful application that helps you to configure the Wireless USB 2.0 adapter and monitor the link status and statistics during the communication process. When the USB adapter is installed, the configuration utility will be displayed automatically. This adapter will auto connect to wireless device which has better signal strength and no wireless security setting.
[First Way] Right-click the icon in the system tray and select Use Zero Configuration as Configuration utility [Second Way] Right-click the icon as follow and select “View Available Wireless Networks” Click “Advanced” as below, Uncheck “Use Windows to configure my wireless network settings” to enable the utility for the adapter and then click OK to continue.
Note: If “Wireless Zero Configuration” is enabled, you can only configure the advance setting or check the link status and statistics from the configuration utility of the adapter. 1.2.1 Profile In the “Profile”, you can view and manage the current using Available Point(s). You can Add, Delete, Edit, or Activate the current Available Point(s). Also you can duplicate the AP or set current AP as Default.
Network Type -> Network’s type, including infrastructure and Ad-Hoc. Add/Delete/Edit Button: Click these buttons to add/delete/edit the selected profiles. Activate Button: Click ”Activate” to connect the selected profile. When a profile is activated, the adapter will be initially connected to the profile.
1.2.2 Link Status In this section, you can immediately monitor the current connected link status, such as Link Speed, Throughput, Link Quality, Signal Strength, Noise Level …etc. Status: Display the SSID and MAC ID of the network that the adapter is connecting to. Extra Info: Display the link status. Channel: Display the number of the radio channel and the frequency used for the networking. Link Speed (Mbps): Display the transmission and reception rate of the network.
The higher percentage shown in the bar, the more radio signal been received by the adapter. This indicator helps to find the proper position of the wireless device for quality network operation. Noise Level: Display the noise level in the wireless environment. 1.2.
Available Network: This list shows all available wireless networks within range of your adapter. It also displays the information of the networks including the SSID, BSSID, Signal Strength, Channel, Encryption, Authentication, and Network Type. If you want to connect to any networks on the list, double-click the item on the list, and the card will automatically connect to the selected network. Rescan Button: Click this button to collect the SSID and Channel information of all the wireless devices nearby.
1.2.4 Configure the Profile If you want to add one Access Point to the profile, click “Add to Profile” button. And then the Add Profile windows will display as follow. You can configure your Wireless Network Security for the card. Profile Name: Define a recognizable profile name for you to identify the different network. SSID: The SSID (up to 32 printable ASCII characters) is the unique name identified in a WLAN. The ID prevents the unintentional merging of two co-located WLANs.
Network Type: Infrastructure – This operation mode requires the presence of a wireless Access Point. All communication is done via the Access Point or Router. 802.11 Ad-Hoc – Select this mode if you want to connect to another wireless station in the Wireless LAN network without through an Access Point or Router. Tx Power: If you want to lower the transmit power of the adapter for saving the power of the system, you can select the lower percentages from the list.
Fragment Threshold: The value defines the maximum size of packets; any packet size larger than value will be fragmented. If you have decreased this value and experience high packet error rates, you can increase it again, but it will likely decrease overall network performance. Select a setting within a range of 256 to 2346 bytes. Minor change is recommended. Channel: This setting is only available for Ad Hoc mode. Select the number of the radio channel used for the networking.
1.2.5 Authentication and Security Authentication Type: This setting has to be consistent with the wireless networks that the adapter intends to connect. Open: No authentication is needed among the wireless devices. Shared: Only Wireless device using a shared key (WEP Key identified) is allowed to connecting each other. Setup the same key as the wireless device that the adapter intends to connect. LEAP: LEAP is a pre-EAP, Cisco-proprietary protocol, with many of the features of EAP protocols.
WPA-PSK – It is a special mode designed for home and small business users who do not have access to network authentication servers. In this mode, known as Pre-Shared Key, the user manually enters the starting password in their access point or gateway, as well as in each wireless station in the network. WPA-PSK takes over automatically from that point, keeping unauthorized users that don’t have the matching password from joining the network, while encrypting the data traveling between authorized devices.
Encryption Mode: None – Disable the Encryption mode. WEP – Enabled the WEP Data Encryption. When the item is selected, you have to continue setting the WEP Key Length & the key Index. TKIP – TKIP (Temporal Key Integrity Protocol) changes the temporal key every 10000 packets (a packet is a kind of message transmitted over a network). This insures much greater security than the standard WEP security.
both clients and servers on a network. The authentication algorithms and methods are those provided by the Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP), a method of authentication that has been in use for a number of years on networks that provide Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) support as many Internet service providers and enterprises do. When an AP acting as an authenticator detects a wireless station on the LAN, it sends an EAP-Request for the user’s identity to the device.
Authentication Type: The EAP authentication protocols this adapter has supported are included as follows. This setting has to be consistent with the wireless APs or Routers that the adapter intends to connect. PEAP: Protect Extensible Authentication Protocol. PEAP transport securely authentication data by using tunneling between PEAP clients and an authentication server.
channel. Unlike EAP-TLS, EAP-TTLS requires only server-side certificates MD5-Challenge: MD5-Challenge is the easiest EAP type. It requires the wireless station to enter a set of user name and password as the identity to RADIUS Server. Session Resumption: There are “Disabled”, “Reauthentication”, “Roaming”, “SameSsid”, and “Always” selections for you to choose whether to recovery the session in different status. Identity: Enter the name as the identity for the server.
1.2.6 802.1x Setting-CA Server Use Certificate Chain: When the EAP authentication types such as TLS, TTLS or PEAP is selected and required a certification to tell the client what server credentials to accept from the authentication server in order to verify the server, you have to enable this function. Certificate Issuer: Choose the server from the list to issue the certificate. If “Any Trusted CA” is selected, any CA included in the list (provided by the Microsoft Certificate Store) is permitted.
Server name must match exactly: When selected, the server name must match exactly the server name found on the certificate. Domain name must end in specified name: When selected, the server name field identifies a domain. The certificate must use a server name belonging to this domain or to one of its sub-domains (e.g. zeelans.com, where the server is blueberry.zeelans.com) but it may be any name used in the certificate name field. 1.2.
4. Frames Fail To Receive ACK After All Retries: Frames failed transmit after hitting retry limit. 5. RTS Frames Successfully Receive CTS: Successfully receive CTS after sending RTS frame. 6. RTS Frames Fail To Receive CTS: Failed to receive CTS after sending RTS. Receive Statistics: 1. Frames Received Successfully: Frames received successfully. 2. Frames Received With CRC Error: Frames received with CRC error. 3. Frames Dropped Due To Out-of-Resource: Frames dropped due to resource issue. 4.
adapter to this mode. 802.11 G only –This adapter can be compatible with both 802.11g and 802.11b wireless stations. If there are only 802.11g wireless stations in the network, you can set the adapter to this mode. Ad Hoc Wireless mode: There are four types. 802.11B only, 802.11 B/G mixed 802.11A only, and 802.11G only modes are supported. Select Your Country Region Code: The available channel differs from different countries. For example: USA (FCC) is channel 1-11, Europe (ETSI) is channel 1-13.
Enable TCP Window Size: The TCP Window is the amount of data a sender can send on a particular connection before it gets an acknowledgment back from the receiver that it has gotten some of it. When the Router or AP card is connecting to have set up the TCP Window, you can enable the parameter to meet the data size for the Router or AP connection. The larger TCP Window the better performance.
enabled. Limit xxx milliseconds (0-2000): It limits the channel measurement time. The default value is 250 milliseconds. 1.2.9 QoS The QoS Page of RaConfig. It involves “WMM Enable”, “WMM – Power Save Enable” and DLS setup. WMM Enable: Enable Wi-Fi Multi-Media. WMM – Power Save Enable: Enable WMM Power Save. Direct Link Setup Enable: Enable DLS (Direct Link Setup).
1.2.9.1 Configure to enable Wi-Fi Multi-Media If you want to use “WMM – Power Save” or “Direct Link”, you must enable WMM. The setting method of enabling WMM indicates as follows: Step1: Click “WMM Enable” Step2: Click “Apply”. Step3: Change to “Site Survey Page”. And add an AP that supports WMM features to a Profile. The result will look like the below figure in Profile page.
1.2.9.2 Enable WMM – Power Save Step1: Click “WMM – Power Save Enable”. And Click “Setting…” button. Step2: After clicking “Setting…” button, show “Power Save Setting” dialog. Please select which ACs you want to enable. Then click “Apply” button. The setting of enabling WMM – Power Save is successfully.
1.2.9.3 Enable DLS (Direct Link Setup) Step1: Click “Direct Link Setup Enable”. And Click “Apply” button Step2: Change to “Site Survey Page”. And add an AP that supports DLS features to a Profile. The result will look like the below figure in Profile page.
The Setting of DLS indicates as follow: Fill in the blanks of Direct Link with MAC Address of STA. The STA must conform to two conditions as follow: Step1: Connect with the same AP that support DLS features. Step2: Have to enable DLS.
Timeout Value represents that it disconnect automatically after some seconds. The value is integer. The integer must be between 0~65535. It represents that it always connects if the value is zero.
3. Click “Apply” button. The result will look like the below figure. Describe “DLS Status” as follow: 1. As the up figure, after configuring DLS successfully, show MAC address of the opposite side and Timeout Value of setting in “DLS Status”. In “DLS Status” of the opposite side, it shows MAC address of myself and Timeout Value of setting. 2.
Step2: Double click. And the result will look like the below figure. 3. Disconnect Direct Link Setup as follow: Step1: Select a direct link STA.
Step2: Click “Tear Down” button. The result will look like the below figure.
1.2.9.8 About About page display the wireless card and driver version information.
In the “About”, you can click the hyperlink to connect the website for the information of the wireless chipset vendor and review basic information about the Utility such as the RaConfig Version, Driver Version, EEPROM Version, IP Address, Sub Mask, and Default Gateway. 1.2.9. Troubleshooting for Wireless This chapter provides solutions to problems usually encountered during the installation and operation of the adapter. 1. Symptom: The Wireless adapter is linking, but can’t share files with others.
5. Symptom: If you still cannot get a wireless connection of the network.
-- RTS/CTS Feature -- Fragmentation -- Power Management 8. What is Ad-Hoc? An Ad-Hoc integrated wireless LAN is a group of computers, each has a Wireless LAN adapter, Connected as an independent wireless LAN. Ad-Hoc wireless LAN is applicable at a departmental scale for a branch or SOHO ope ration. 9. What is Infrastructure? An integrated wireless and wireless and wired LAN is called an Infrastructure configuration.
14. Would the information be intercepted while transmitting on air? WLAN features two-fold protection in security. On the hardware side, as with Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum technology, it has the inherent security feature of scrambling. On the software side, WLAN series offer the encryption function (WEP) to enhance security and Access Control. Users can set it up depending upon their needs.
