Edimax Edimax Wireless LAN Cardbus Adapter Manual do Utilizador

Wireless LAN Adapter Series 11n 11g EW-7708Pn EW-7718Un EW-7728In EW-7717Un EW-7727In EW-7738Pn EW-7748In EW-7128g EW-7318USg EW-7318Ug EW-71

9EW-7318USg 1. USB Connector 2. Connector Cap (To protect USB connector when not in use) 3. 4 dBi Hi-Gain detachable Antenna 4. Link/Activity LED

10EW-7717Un 5. USB Connector 6. Connector Cap (To protect USB connector when not in use) 7. Link/Activity LED 8. WPS Button (Press to activate WPS

11EW-7718Un 1. USB Connector 2. Connector Cap (To protect USB connector when not in use) 3. Link/Activity LED LED Name Light Status

12EW-7108PCg 1. PCMCIA Interface 2. CardBus golden stripe* 3. ‘Link’ LED 4. ‘Activity’ LED *This stripe should be faced up when inserted to P

13EW-7708Pn 5. PCMCIA Interface 6. CardBus golden stripe* 7. ‘Link’ LED 8. ‘Activity’ LED *This stripe should be faced up when insert

14EW-7738Pn 1. ExpressCard Interface 2. Link/Activity LED 3. WPS Button (Press to activate WPS pairing mode) LED Name Light Status Descripti

15EW-7128g 1. PCI Interface 2. Detachable Antennas with Cable 3. ‘Link’ LED 4. ‘Tx / Rx’ LED LED Name Light Status Description On Linked to

16EW-7727In 1. PCI Interface 2. Antennas (2x) 3. ‘Link’ LED 4. ‘Tx / Rx’ LED 5. WPS Button LED Name Light Status Description On Link to a wire

17EW-7728In 6. PCI Interface 7. Antennas (3x) 8. ‘Link’ LED 9. ‘Tx / Rx’ LED LED Name Light Status Description On Linked to a wire

18EW-7748In 1. PCIe Interface 2. WPS Button 3. Antenna Connectors (3x) 4. ‘Link’ LED 5. ‘Tx/Rx’ LED LED Name Light Status Description On Linked

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19CHAPTER II: DRIVER INSTALLATION AND CONFIGURATION 2-1 Network Card Installation Please follow the following instructions to install your new USB wi

20EW-7128g/ EW-7727In/ EW-7728In / EW-7748In 1. SWITCH THE COMPUTER OFF, remove the cover and insert the wireless network card into an empty PCI

21EW-7108PCg/ EW-7708Pn / EW-7738Pn 1. Please insert the wireless network card into an empty PCMCIA slot (EW-7108PCg/EW-7708Pn) or ExpressCard sl

22 2-2 Software Installation This wizard can be run in Windows 2000/XP/Vista. The following procedures are operated in Windows XP. You can install

232.2.1 Please execute ‘Edimax_xxxx_Setup.exe’ program to install your wireless adapter. Please read the end user license agreement and click ‘I acce

242.2.3 Please select ‘Optimize for WiFi mode’ for wireless compatibility, then click ‘Next’. If you want to enhance wireless performance, please sel

25 2-3 Connect to Wireless Access Point After the driver is correctly installed, it will try to connect to any unencrypted wireless access point aut

262. Configuration utility will scan for all wireless access points automatically. Scan results will be displayed here, please check if the wireless

27Here are descriptions of every setup item: SSID: The Service Set Identifier of wireless access point or other network device. You can think

28Network Type: Shows the type of wireless connection. If it’s a wireless access point, ‘Infrastructure’ will be displayed here; if it’s a compute

2C A T A L O G CHAPTER I: Product Information... 3 1-1 Introduction and safety info

293. Click the wireless access point or network device you wish to connect, it will be highlighted, then click ‘Connect’. If the access point you

304. If the wireless access point does not have SSID, you’ll be prompted to input it here. Please ask the owner of wireless access point and input t

31 6. You’ll see ‘Connected <-> SSID’ (‘SSID’ is the SSID of the wireless access point or wireless device you connected to) message displayed

322-3-2Using Windows Zero Configuration Windows XP and Vista has a built-in wireless network configuration utility, called as ‘Windows Zero Configur

333. Click ‘Connect to a network’ under ‘Network Connections’ 4. Right-click ‘Wireless Network Connection’ (it may have a number as suffix if yo

345. All wireless access points in proximity will be displayed here. If the access point you want to use is not displayed here, please try to move y

357. If you can see ‘Connected’ message, the connection between your computer and wireless access point is successfully established.

362-4 Connection Profile Management If you need to connect to different wireless access points at different time, like of access point of your home,

37 Or, you can add a connected wireless access point or wireless device to a profile by clicking ‘Site Survey’ tab, then click ‘Add to Profile’ butt

38And you can set the parameter for this connection here: Here are descriptions of every setup items: Profile Name Please give this profile a

3 CHAPTER I: Product Information 1-1 Introduction and safety information Thank you for purchasing this high-speed 802.11b/g and 11b/g/n wireless net

39 It’s recommended to choose ‘PSM’ if you’re using this network card with notebook computer to help the battery live longer. Network Type Select

40Now click ‘Authentication and Security’ tab, and set the encryption and authentication settings. Here are descriptions of every setup items: Aut

41 Encryption: Select the encryption type of the wireless access point or wireless device you wish to connect. If you’re adding a profile from an e

42Show Password Check this box and all passphrases or security keys you inputted will be displayed as you type, but not replace your input with aste

43Select the profile you wish to use, and click ‘Activate’ to use the profile you selected. You can only activate a profile a time, and the profile w

442-4-2 Using 802.1x – Certification After you click ‘802.1x Setting’, a new window will appear: Here are descriptions of every setup items: Auth

45Domain Name Please input the domain name of 802.1x authentication here. This field will be grayed out when authentication type is not ‘EAP-F

46(of tunneled here. authentication) Password Please input the password of tunneled authentication (of tunneled here. authentication) Password M

472-4-3 Using 802.1x - CA Server If you want to use CA server, please click ‘CA Server’ tab. And the following message will be displayed: Here are

482-5 View Network Statistics and Link Status The configuration utility provides information about network statistics and link status. If you want to

41-2 Safety Information In order to keep the safety of users and your properties, please follow the following safety instructions: 1. This wireless

49 All connection-related statistics is displayed here. You can click ‘Reset Counter’ to reset the statistics of all items back to 0. Click ‘OK’ to

502-5-2 Link Status Please follow the following instructions to check network statistics: 1. Right-click the Edimax configuration utility icon loc

51These information displayed here are updated every second, and here are descriptions of every item: Status Displays the SSID and BSSID of connect

52Noise Level Displays the percentage or level of noise (unusable) signal. If the value of this item is high, data transfer rate will drop. dBm Ch

532-6 Advanced Settings This wireless network card provides several advanced settings for experienced wireless users. You can change these settings

54Here are descriptions of every setup items: Wireless mode Select wireless operation mode, available options are 802.11 B/G mix, 802.11 B only, and

55 Fast Roaming at Check this box and you can adjust the threshold of when this wireless network card should switch to another wireless access point

56Turn on CCKM Check this box to enable CCKM (Cisco Centralized Key Management), which enables wireless clients to roam between CCKM-enabled access

572-7 QoS Setting This wireless network card provides QoS (Quality of Service) function, which can improve the performance of certain network applic

58Click ‘QoS’ tab, and the following settings will appear: Here are descriptions of every setup items: WMM Enable Check this box to enable WMM fu

51-3 System Requirements EW-7318USg/EW-7318Ug/EW-7718Un/EW-7717Un  An empty USB 2.0 port (May not work on USB 1.1 port, and performance will be gre

59Setting... Click this button to select the WMM data type which will suppress the function of power saving. When this kind of data is transferring,

602-8 WPS Configuration Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) is the latest wireless network technology which makes wireless network setup become very simpl

612-8-1 WPS Setup - PBC (Push-Button Configuration) 1. Right-click the Edimax configuration utility icon located at lower-right corner of computer d

623. Set ‘Config Mode’ to ‘Enrollee’, and then push the ‘WPS’ button on your wireless access point (the button used to activate WPS standby mode

635. Start PBC pairing procedure at access point side (please refer to the instruction given by your access point’s manufacturer), then click ‘PBC’ b

64Sometime WPS may fail, and you can click ‘PBC’ button few more times to try again. When an access point is connected, you can click ‘Disconnect’ to

652-8-2 WPS Setup - PIN If the wireless access point you wish to connect supports PIN, please follow the following instructions to establish connect

66The PIN number of your wireless network card is an eight-digit number located at the upper-right position of configuration utility. Remember it, an

672-9 About The ‘About’ tab provides you the information about version numbers of configuration utility, firmware, and other important information a

68If you need assistance about network problem, you’ll need these values. You can also click ‘www.edimax.com’ button to go to the web site of network

61-4 Package Contents Before you starting to use this wireless network card, please check if there's anything missing in the package, and conta

69CHAPTER III: Soft-AP Function Excepting become a wireless client of other wireless access points, this wireless card can act as a wireless servi

70Which indicated the wireless card is operating in AP mode now. If you want to switch the wireless card back to station mode (become a client of oth

71 Here are descriptions of every setup items: SSID Please input the SSID (the name used to identify this wireless access point) here. Up to

72use. The number of channels available here will vary depends on the setting of ‘Country Region Code’. Wireless Mode Please select the wireless op

73 Wireless Wireless protection will prevent data collision when Protection there are both 802.11b and 802.11g clients. You can select ‘Auto’ to l

743-2 Security Settings This wireless card supports wireless encryption in AP mode, which will encrypt the data being transferred over the air to en

75Encryption Please select an encryption mode. The available Type options in this setting item will vary depending on the authentication type you

76 If you want to use WEP 64 bits encryption, please input 10 characters if you select HEX, or input 5 characters if you select ASCII; If you want to

773-3 Access Control If you’re not going to open your computer and wireless resources to the public, you can use MAC address filtering function to e

782. Click ‘Access Control’ tab, and the following messages will appear: Here are descriptions of every setup items: Access Policy Select the pol

7 EW-7728In □ Wireless network PCI card (1 pcs) □ Antenna (3 pcs) . □ Quick installation guide (1 pcs) □ User Guides / EZMAX Setup Wizard &

79MAC address Input the MAC address of the wireless client you you wish to allow or reject here. No colon (:) or hyphen (-) required. Add

803-4 Connection table If you want to see the list of all wireless clients connected to this access point, please follow the following instructions:

81Here are descriptions of every fields: MAC Address Displays the MAC address of this wireless client. AID The serial number of this wireless

823-5 Event Log This software access point will log all wireless-related activities as a log. You can follow the following instructions to view the

833-6 Statistics If you want to know detailed information about how your software access point works, you can follow the following instructions to vi

84CHAPTER IV: APPENDIX 4-2 Troubleshooting If you encounter any problem when you’re using this wireless network card, don’t panic! Before you call y

852. Reboot the computer and try again. 3. Remove the card and insert it into another USB port. 4. Remove the driver and re-install. 5. Contact t

86need to use multimedia / telephony related applications. 6. Disable ‘WMM – Power Save Enable’ in ‘QoS’ tab. 7. There could be too much people usi

874-3 Glossary 1. What is the IEEE 802.11g standard? 802.11g is the new IEEE standard for high-speed wireless LAN communications that provides for u

884. What is Ad-hoc? An Ad-hoc integrated wireless LAN is a group of computers, each has a Wireless LAN card, Connected as an independent wireless LA

81-5 Familiar with your new wireless network card EW-7318Ug 1. USB Connector 2. Connector Cap (To protect USB connector when not in use) 3. Link/Ac

8911. Would the information be intercepted while transmitting on air? WLAN features two-fold protection in security. On the hardware side, as with

90and voice applications. WMM is based on a subset of the IEEE 802.11e WLAN QoS draft standard. WMM adds prioritized capabilities to Wi-Fi networks a

91point will establish connection by themselves. There are two types of WPS: PBC (Push-Button Configuration) and PIN code.

924-4 FCC and CE Compliance Statements Federal Communication Commission Interference Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply wi

93FCC Caution This device and its antenna must not be co-located or operating in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter. This device com

94 This equipment is designed with the utmost care for the safety of those who install and use it. However, special attention must be paid to the dan