User Manual Part 1

IEEE802.11b/g/n Wireless LAN USB 2.0 Client Adapter Version 1.0
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Table of Contents
1 INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................................5
1.1 F
EATURES & BENEFITS ..................................................................................................... 5
1.2 P
ACKAGE CONTENTS ........................................................................................................ 6
1.3 USB
ADAPTER DESCRIPTION ............................................................................................ 6
1.4 S
YSTEM REQUIREMENTS .................................................................................................. 6
1.5 A
PPLICATIONS .................................................................................................................. 7
1.6 N
ETWORK CONFIGURATION............................................................................................... 7
2 USB ADAPTER FOR WINDOWS VISTA............................................................................... 9
2.1 B
EFORE YOU BEGIN ......................................................................................................... 9
2.2 I
NSTALLING THE DRIVERS.................................................................................................. 9
2.3 P
ROFILES........................................................................................................................11
2.3.1 I
NFRASTRUCTURE MODE................................................................................................. 12
2.3.2 A
D-HOC MODE ............................................................................................................... 13
2.4 A
UTHENTICATION AND SECURITY ..................................................................................... 14
2.4.1 WEP Encryption....................................................................................................... 14
2.4.2 WPA, WPA2 Authentication & TKIP, AES Encryption .............................................. 15
2.4.3 WPA-PSK Authentication & TKIP, AES Encryption.................................................. 16
2.5 L
INK STATUS .................................................................................................................. 17
2.6 S
ITE SURVEY ................................................................................................................. 18
2.7 S
TATISTICS..................................................................................................................... 19
2.8 WPS ............................................................................................................................. 20
2.9 A
BOUT ........................................................................................................................... 21
2.10 U
NINSTALL THE DRIVERS & CLIENT UTILITY...................................................................... 22
3 USB ADAPTER FOR WINDOWS XP .................................................................................. 25
3.1 B
EFORE YOU BEGIN ....................................................................................................... 25
3.2 I
NSTALLING THE DRIVERS................................................................................................ 25
3.3 P
ROFILES....................................................................................................................... 28
3.3.1 I
NFRASTRUCTURE MODE................................................................................................. 28
3.3.2 A
D-HOC MODE ............................................................................................................... 29
3.4 A
UTHENTICATION AND SECURITY ..................................................................................... 30
3.4.1 WEP Encryption....................................................................................................... 30
3.4.2 WPA, WPA2 Authentication & TKIP, AES Encryption .............................................. 31
3.4.3 WPA-PSK Authentication & TKIP, AES Encryption.................................................. 31
3.4.4 LEAP Authentication ................................................................................................ 32
3.4.5 802.1x with PEAP .................................................................................................... 33
3.4.5.1 PEAP Authentication with EAP/TLS Smartcard .................................................. 33
3.4.6 802.1x with TTLS with EAP-MD5, MS-CHAP, MS-CHAPv2.................................... 34
3.4.7 802.1x CA Server..................................................................................................... 34
3.5 N
ETWORK ...................................................................................................................... 35
3.5.1 S
ITE SURVEY ................................................................................................................. 37
3.6 A
DVANCED CONFIGURATION............................................................................................ 38
3.7 S
TATISTICS..................................................................................................................... 38
3.8 WMM
(WIRELESS MULTIMEDIA) ...................................................................................... 40
3.9 WPS ............................................................................................................................. 40
3.10 A
BOUT ........................................................................................................................... 42
3.11 R
ADIO............................................................................................................................ 42