MWGUH WiFi 802.11g USB2.0 Adapter
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1. Remedy Make sura that you have installed the driver from attached CD Otherwise contact your vendor Symptom The LED is blinking but the PC Card icon does not appear in your icon tray Remedy Make sura that you have installed the Liity ram the attached CD Symptom The PC Card is inking but can t share fles with others Remedy Make sura the fle and printer sharing functions enabled You can enable the function by checking ho icon of My Computer gt Control Panel gt Network gt fle and printer sharing gt I want to be able to give others to access to my files Symptom Sow or poor performance Remedy Try to elect another channel tor the communicating group or move your device closer to the Acces Point Q aaa EEE 002 11 Standard The IEEE 802 11 Wireless LAN standards subcommittee which is formulating standard for the industry Access Point An intemetworking 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 adaptar connected as an independent wireless LAN Ad Hoc wireless LAN s appicao at a departmental scale tor a branch or SOHO operation esso A spocilic Ad Hoc LAN is called a Basie Service Set BSS Computers in a BSS must be configured wih the same BSSID DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol a method in which IP addresses are assigned by server dynamically to cons2. MINITAR MWGUH WiFi 802 11g USB2 0 Adapter USER MANUAL MWGUH User Manual paces uc ance tat MWGUH User Manual Copyrigh 2007 Mitr Corporation MWGUH User Manual Information Ta User 1 Introduction aa 2 Wireless LAN Basics 3 ADDRESS ss 4 stall Oriver ity a 5 Wireless Network Configuration in Station Made 7 5 1 General Connection Setting a 5 2 WEP Encryption Key Setting 5 3 WPA Encryption Setting 10 5 4 Profile n 5 5 Advanced Setting me 5 6 System Information hat 6 Wireless Network Configuration in AP Made 6 1 General Connection Setting 6 2 WEP Encryption Key Setting 6 3 Other Setting 7 stall VISTA Driver it 8 Technical Specifications a 3 Troubleshooting 2 10 Glossary a MWGUH User Manual Copyright 2007 Minitar Corporation MWGUH User Manual INFORMATION TO USER Federal Communication Commission Interference Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 af 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 accu ina particular installation If this equipment does caus
3. MWGUH User Manual ick Connect Anyway ifthe network is an unsecured network Step USB Dongle successtuly connected to network lok Close In WingeSE Win2000 ME XP XP 464 the Device name is ZD1211 EEE 602 11b 9 USB Adaptor In Windows Vista the Device name is Atheros ARSOOTUG Wireless Network Adapter MWGUH Usor Manual Copyrig 2007 Minitar Coporation f Product ame E Standard EA Frequency Band TADO 2 ABS unlicensed EN band aa ES peas 202 Tig OFON Daa ate EEN Operation mode mie Infrastructure Access Ponisi needed Transmitter apat Power 15 dem Operating sib Boa Operating at 5Mbps 70am Up to 200 m depending on surrounding Receive Sensitivity Operating Range Abit 128 iC or ESE bE WEP Wired Security Equivalent Privacy WPA Wi Fi Protected Access WPA2 To eae Uazo 15 nk Active Windows 985e Me 2000 NP ana Operating system supported Windows 9886 Me 200 PERASA Windows based configuration utitity and status monitoring Regulation FCC for North America CEET or European Dimension SEL A BWI 90 T Weight 365 Operating Temperature 0 80 Storage Temperature D7 Fama ERA Jeer Manual Qu Symptom The LED sot Remedy Make sure the PC Card is inserted properly Otherwise contact your vendor Symptom The LED is always on not biinking
4. Network Type Transmit Rate Encryption Authentication Mode When setings are input ck Apply to confirm changes of them aa ol 52 WEP ENCRYPTION KEY SETTING You may want an additional measure l security on your wireless network which can be achieved by using WEP Wired Equivalent Privacy encryption WEP encrypts each trame transmitted trom the radio using one of the Keys entered in this panel When an encrypted trame is recolvad wil oniy be accopted iit decrypts corractiy This will oniy happen if the receiver has the same WEP Kay used by the transmit The default state in Encryption Setting is WEP disabled Check Enable WEP to enable the encryption For more WEP hoy setting Click WEP Encryption Key Setting Three authentication modes are available Open System Shared Key mn and Auto The Open System uses oe tau kay to authenticate the staton and Access Point Once bath parties are authenticated the staton is alowed to send and receive ta trom the network However to data are not encrypted In Shared Koy 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 takas control of network security setting and station wil follow the seting required trom AP ick the close box at the upper right hand comer to return to Configuration 5 3 WPA ENCRYPTION S
5. WPA WEF Protected Access WPA2 2400GHz 2 4835GHz unlicensed ISM Frequency Band Modulation Method IEEE 802 11b DSSS Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum IEEE 802 119 OFDM Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing Easy operaton and seting up SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS Windows System Windows 98SE Ma 2000 XP or XP x64 Vista PCs must have a device driver instal ows you to communicate wih WLAN Mini USE Adapter mweuHu Jeer Manual BEFORE YOU START 1 Confirm Box Contents Wireless LAN Adepter Driver CD CONNECTING YOUR WLAN USB ADAPTER TO PC Quick Start Guide Connect your WLAN USB dongle to your PC Instal driver GETTING TO KNOW WIRELESS LAN USB ADAPTER Leo LED ums on when POWER is applied to the WLAN Mini USB Adapter LED ie inking when PC is sending data through WLAN Mini USB Adapter Copyright 2007 Mini Jeor Manual Wraless LAN network defined by IEEE 802 11big standard committee could be configured as Ad Hoc wireless LAN or Infrastructure wireless LAN Ad Hoc network is a group of POS instal with wireless LAN cards this group of PCs is called a BSS Basic Service Set PCs in this group can use thal wireless LAN card o communicate wih each other but can not connect to the internet a E oan EA Ad Hoc Wireless Network Infrastructure Wireless Network The most obvious diference between Infrastructure wireless network and Ad Hoe wireless networ
6. on the network DHCP is used for Dynamic IP Addressing and requires a dedicated DHCP server on the network Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum This is the method the wireless cards use to transmit data over the frequency spectrum The other methodis frequency hopping Direct sequence spreads the data over one frequency rango channe wile frequency hopping jumps trom one narrow raquoncy band to another many times per second ESSID An Intrastructure configuration could also support roaming capably for mobile workers Mor than one BSS can be configured as an Extended Service Set ESS Users within an ESS could roam freely between BSSs hile 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 rac channel MWGUH User Manual Ethernet Ethernet is a 10 100Mbps network that run over dedicated homefofio wing Users must be wired to the network at all imes to gain acces Gateway A gateway is a hardware and software device that connects two dissimilar ystems such as a LAN and a maintrame In intemet terminology a gateway is another name for a router Generally a gateway is used as a funnel for ali tratti to the Internet mee Insitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inrastrcture An integrated wireless and wired LAN is called an Infrastructure configuration Intrastructure is appcabe to enterprise scale for wireless
7. used hoop tracking number Z Warranty is valid oriy in the country of purchase Z We assumes no laity that may result directly or indirectly trom the use or misuse of these products IMPORTANT Tris warranty wil be voided the devi is tampered with impropery serviced or the security seals are broken ar removed
8. used in strict accordance with the instructions This device compos wit the folowing racio frequency and safety standards USA Federal Communications Commission FCC This device complies with Part 15 of FOC Rules Operation is subject to the folowing two conditions 1 This device may not cause harmful interference 2 This device must accept any interference that may causo undesired operation Europe RATTE Directive This device complies with the specifications listed below ETS 300 828 General EMC requirements for Radio equipment ETS 300 328 Technical requirements for Radio equipment ENG0950 Safety Requirements for Radio equipment The channel identifiers channel conto requencies and regulatory domains of each 22 MHz wide channel are shown in folowing Table Ga comer agin Doe Jeer Manual o ITREDUCTEN Thank you for your purchase ofthe WLAN Mini USB Adapter Featuring wireless technology tnis wireless networking solution has bean designed for both large and small businesses and it is scalable 50 that you can easly add moro users and now network features depending on your business scale FEATURES Support Micrasoft Windows 98SE Me 2000 XP and XP x64 Vista Support WMMP qui Muted son Operating stance of up to 200 meters in free space s4y48 3624 18 121 1 085 52 1 Mops selectable Data Rate Support USB 20 interfaco Bt t 128 or 256 bt WEP Wired Equivalent Privacy
9. ETTING WPA Wi Fi Protected Access is a security technology for wireless networks WPA improves on the authentication and encryption features OIWEP Wired Equivalent Privacy To improve data encryption WPA lies its Temporal Key Integrity Protocol TKIP TKIP provides important data encryption enhancements inctuding a per packet key mixing function a message integriy check MIC amed Michael an extended initialization vector 1V Sah seanina res w a riaria cnn WPA Pre Sard Key WPA PSK isa sine of power tomm ot WPA mes sabe tochone WiFi CIC retwoking To we WPA PSK a ron eta at ay S assphrase as wth WEP But Cong TKI WPA PSK automateaiy once changes th ey pee ra tan aking much mare routier hastes es eat hom To reared hay coming ot phe rumor charactor rng parca and aces bene 8 pepoyan Sat are oriy required to nar the re anarad toi red ays mach seur vrs comica can bagin to he pce For mare WPA sain ck WPA Exec Sating MWGUH User Manual 5 4 PROFILE Each prof represents specific settings af the USB adapter You can set he setings for each roll Next ime when you want to change the USB adaptar setings you can just select the prof you want to use a ER fir A ooo A ears Ce mort fap cg by e Asco MWGUH User Manual 5 5 ADVANCED SETTING Gick Advanced Setting to select power consumption seting that has 3 tere modes In tr
10. Network Properties dialog box Network using statie IP address is easy to et up and do not require cra network management software In network with dynamic IP addressing a DHCP server nh network mames assigns IP addresses to al lene every time they iog on to he network Network using dynamic IP address requires setting up an nuring a DHCP Server V07 Minitar Corporation MWGUH User Manual Qu The installation amp driver CD wil automaticaly activate the autorun installation program afiar you insert the disk into your CD drive Swp1 Shae inlet a tor Foa nenu rm DG into your CD ROM aa venen Cons Swp2 ck Next to continue Step ick Next to install at the GH designated folder Or ck Browse Eene to select diferent oder non a E e MWGUH User Manual Copyright 2007 Mitr Corporation MWGUH User Manual Start copying files until it finishes the installation Seps ek Finish to competa instalation cc Step 6 Air fished install driver and usity on your system plug the USB adaptar into ho USB port of your PC Windows XP 2000 wil automaticaly detect the USB Adapter MWGUH User Mar 2007 Minitar Corporation WLAN USB Adaptor uses its own management software AIl functions controled by users are provided by this application When you insert the WLAN USB Adapter into the USB por of your PC a new icon shouid appear in the Wi
11. Tx Power When setings ar input cick Apply to confi changes of them MWGUH User Manual 6 2 WEP ENCRYPTION KEY SETTING You may want an addtional measure of securty on your wireless network which can be achieved by using WEP Wired Equivalent Privacy encryption Set Authentication 10 Shared Key and WEP to Enable For more WEP key setting Ce Seting button 6 3 OTHER SETTING You can set the threshold of fragmentation and ATSICTS You can choose to acceptor reject specific MAC Addresses cick Seting button of MAC Address Fiter MWGUH User Manual Choose a bridge adapter that you want to bridge with wireless USB adapter Pug your USE dong iio Us ES Intrtace windows Veta wil soaroh 11775555 mnan mei for compatible arivar to instal Step Select Locale and instali the driver software Windows wil guide you F o through the process ofinstaling rompan iver software for your device ioe Step2 Insert the installation disc into the CD ROM and cick next to continue installation MWGUH User Manual Copyright 2007 Mitr Corporation MWGUH User Manual Swps p Windows Vista search tor the oo sofware and twil be instaed sucoesstuly lt gt Steps Selecta network to connect to and click Connect MWGUH User Manual Copyright 2007 Mitr Corporation
12. access to contral database or wireless application for mobil workers 18M Band The FCC and their counterparts outside of the U S have set aside bandwidth for unlicensed use in the so called ISM Industrial Scientic and Medical band Spectrum in the vicinity of 2 4 GHz in particular is being made available wordwido This presents a truly revolutionary opportunity to place convenient high speed wireless capabilites in the hands of users around the globe Local Area Network LAN A LAN is a group of computers each equipped with the appropriate network adapter card connected by cabie air that share applications data and peripherals All connections are made via cable or wireless media buta LAN does not use telephone services It typically spans a single buiding or campus Network Artworks system of computers that is connected Data fies and messages can be ransmitied over his network Networks may be local or wide area network MWGUH User Manual Protocol A protocol is a standardized set of rules that specty how a conversation is to take placo including the format timing sequencing and or error checking Roaming In an intrastructure network his is when a wireless PC moves out of range ofthe previously connected access point and connects to a newly connected access point Throughout the network environment where acess point is deployed PCs can always be connected regardless of whare they ar
13. anced Research Projects Agency ARPA Itis widely used in corporate Intemet works because of its superior design for WANs TCP governs how packet is sequenced for transmission the network The term TOPIIP is ofian used generically to rafer to the entira suite of related protocols Transmit Receive The wireless throughput in Bytes per second averaged over to seconds WiFI Alliance The WiFi Alianco is a nonprofit iemational association formed in 1999 to corti interaperabiity of wireless Local Area Network products based on IEEE 802 11 specification The goal of the WEF Allance s members is to enhance the user experience through product interoperabilty The organization is formerly known as WECA WIFI Protected Access WPA The WEF Aliance put together WPA as a data encryption method for 802 11 wireless LANs WPA is an industry supported pre standard version 1 802 11 utiizing the Temporal Key Integrity Protocol TKIP hich fies the problems of WEP including using dynamic keys Wide Area Network WAN AWAN consists of mutiple LANS that are tied together via telephone services and or fer optic cabling WANs may span a ciy a state a county or even the wortd Wired Equivalent Privacy WEP Now wideiy recognized as fawed WEP was a data encryption method used to protect the transmission between 802 11 wireless cients and APs However it used the same key among all communicating devices WEP s problems are wellknown incl
14. e 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 ofthe fllowing measures Rearient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Consult the dealer or an experienced radia TV technician for help This device complies with Part 15 af 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 nat expressly approved by the party responsible far compliance could void the users authority to operate this equipment IMPORTANT NOTE FCC Radiation Exposure Statement This equipment complies with FCC radiation exposure limits set torth tor an uncontrolled environment This equipment should be installed and operated with minimum distance 20cm between the radiator e your body This transmitter must not be co located or operating in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter MWGUH User Manual Copyright 2007 Mitr Corporation MWGUH User Manual REGULATORY INFORMATION WLAN Mini USB Adapter must be installed and
15. e located or roam sso A Network ID unique to a network Oniy cients and Access Points that hare the same SSID are able to communicate with each other This string is case sensitive Simple Network Management Protocol SNMP Simpie Network Management Protocol is the network management protocol Of TCPNP In SNMP agents which can be hardware as well as sofware monitor the activity in the various devics on the network and pot tothe network console workstation Control information about each device is maintained in a structure known as a management information lock Static IP Addressing A method ot assigning IP addresses to clients on the network In networks With Static IP address the network administrator manually assigns an IP address to each computor Once a Static IP address is assigned a computer uses the same IP address every time it reboots and logs on to the network unless it is manual changed Temporal Key Integrity Protocol TKIP The Temporal Key Integrity Protocol pronounced tee kip is part of the IEEE 802 11i 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 por packet key mbing a message integrity check and a rekeying mechanism thus fing the taws of WEP MWGUH User Manual Transmission Control Protocol internet Protocol TCP IP TOPIP is the protocol suite developed by the Adv
16. is panel you can select diferant user interface and country roaming It also allows you to set the threshold of fragmentation and RTSICTS e a die s MWGUH User Manual Copyrigh 2007 Mitr Corporation MWGUH User Manual 5 6 SYSTEM INFORMATION Gick Information and the pop up window wii show the Driver Version Unity Version MAG address of this USB adapter and so on MWGUH User Manual WLAN USB Adapter uses its own management software All functions controled by users are provided by this application When you insert the WLAN USB Adapter into the USB port of your PO anew icon shouid appear in the Windows System Tray automaticaly Ith icon isin re i means that WLAN USB Adapter configuration is invalid or incomplete Double cick on that icon and the configuration window wil pop up as shown below 1 you need to sat your WLAN USB Adapter as an Access Point you can change the configuration mode to Access Point an the top right comer instead of Station Mode it shows the Connection Station List that connect to your USB Adapter While a computer connects to your Dongl ts MAC Adress will be shown in tho table Tux Frame splays tha instantaneous wireless Transmit and Receive counts per ie ck More setting for changing your Access Pint configuration MWGUH User Manus 6 1 GENERAL CONNECTION SETTING In this panel cick Change to sat the Wireless Mode Channel SSID and
17. k is that the PCs in Infrastructure wireless network can aocees the resource in the Interet trough Access Point Depending on your requirement you can easly set up your PC s network to be a Ad Hoc o Infrastructure wireless network Generally peaking iin your network thera is an Access Pointin i we recommend you to set your network as an Infrastructure so it can connect to the Internet O ra a To use the WLAN Mini USB Adapter wih a computing device th WLAN Moi USB Adapter must be equipped wih an USB 1 1 or 2 0 ntartace Al vers and supporting software for the WLAN Mini USB Adapter must be Instala and contgured trat Ask your system administrator tor the flowing Information which you may ned to provide dng driver insaaion 1 Your Wiles Cant Name Your Wiles SSD Your computa unique chent name and workgroup name For your network account your user name and password Your IP address gateway address and sunet mask i yore not using a DHCP server Any computer on a network is deta by a unique network adrese There are two methode to assign a network address to a computer on a OPNP network 1 State IP addressing 2 Dynamic IP addressing DHCP In network wt statis IP addressing 1e network administrator manualy assigne an IP adress to each compute Once a statie IP adress ls assigned a computer usas the same IP address every tme l reboots and lage on ta the network You may manualy change the IP address inthe
18. ndows System Tray automaticaly ithe ioon is in red it means that WLAN USB Adapter configuration is Invalid or incompleto Doubla cick on that icon and the configuration window wil pop up as shown below It shows the SSID of avalable network Once a networks chosen the signal strength and iink quality are displayed The Link Quay an Signal Strength bar chart is oniy active when the node isin nrastucture Mode The bar graph displays the quay and Stongth of the nk botwoon the node and is Access Point Link Qualty is a moasuroment of resing and transiting performances ovar the rado Tux Frame splays tha instantaneous wireless Transmit and Receive counts The Contiguraton Too contains several fields where operating parameter of the driver can be viewed or changed Changes to any ot the parameters in this panel can be applied to the driver Without a need restart he E computer cS Sint e ees Curent Network Information SN displays the current network configuration I you want to change network configuration cick More Satin MWGUH User Manual 5 GENERAL CONNECTION SETTING In is panel you can modiy tho general network connection setting enablaisabie the WEP load modiy prof and other seting Through this coil panel you wil be abie to accese the corporate wireless LAN or hot spots such as hotel airport and conference hal ck Change to start input ot settings The setings include ssi
19. uding an insufficient key length and no automated method for distributing the keys WEP can be easily racked in a couple of houra with ofthe shelf tools MWGUH User Manual 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 commoniy used types of wireless transmission Most wireless LANs use spread spectrum technology It otters 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 trom the Federal Communications Commission FCC One Year Limited Warranty Z This device is guaranteed against manufacturing defects for one ful year rom the original date of purchase Z This warranty is valid at he time of purchase and is nonransferabie This warranty must be presented to the service acity before any repair can be made Z Sales sip or other authentic evidence is required to validate warranty Z Damage caused by accident misuse abuse improper storage andlor uncertified repairs is not covered by this warranty Al mal or transportation costs including insurance ara at the expense ofthe owner Z Do not send any product to service center for warranty without a RMA tum Merchandise Authorization and proot af purchase Ensure a trackable method of delivery is
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