Abocom WU5205 - Manuals

- 1 - INTRODUCTION The WU5205 is an IEEE802.11b/g/n USB adapter that connects your notebook to a wireless local area. The WU5205 fully complies with IEEE 802.11n draft 3.0 and IEEE 802.11 b/g standards, delivers reliable, cost-effective, feature rich wireless connectivity at high throughput from an ...

- 2 - Windows 2000/XP Installation Install the Software Caution ! Do not insert the wireless card into your computer until the InstallShield Wizard finish installing. 1. Exit all Windows programs. Insert the included CD-ROM into your computer. The CD-ROM will run automatically. 2. When the License A...

- 3 - 3. Select the check box to choose a Configuration Tool from the listed two choices. z Configuration Tool : Choose to use our configuration utility. z Microsoft Zero Configuration Tool : Choose to use Windows XP’s built-in Zero Configuration Utility (ZCU). Click Next to continue. 5. When you ar...

- 4 - 6. When the following screen appears, click Finish to complete the software installation.

- 5 - Install the Hardware Note : Insert the Wireless USB card when you finished your software installation. Insert the USB Adapter into the USB Port of your computer. The system will automatically detect the new hardware.

- 6 - Windows Vista Installation Install the Software Do not insert the wireless LAN adapter into your computer until the procedures in “Driver& Utility Installation” have been performed. 1. Insert the included CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive of your computer. 2. When the Main Menu screen appears, ...

- 8 - Install the Hardware Note : Insert the Wireless USB card when you finished your software installation. Insert the USB Adapter into the USB Port of your computer. The system will automatically detect the new hardware. Verification To verify if the device exists in your computer and is enabled, ...

- 9 - NETWORK CONNECTION IP Address Note: When assigning IP Addresses to the computers on the network, remember to have the IP address for each computer set on the same subnet mask. If your Broadband Router use DHCP technology, however, it won’t be necessary for you to assign Static IP Address for y...

- 10 - UTILITY CONFIGURATION FOR WINDOWS 2000/XP After the Wireless adapter has been successfully installed, users can use the included Configuration Utility to set their preference. Go to Start J (All) Program J Intelligent Wireless J Intelligent Wireless Utility . You can also open the Configurati...

- 11 - Station Mode Notice: Under screen resolution 800 x 600 pixels, click the triangle button at the right down corner of the utility to expand the information of the station, the information will not be displayed completely. Profile Profile can book keeping your favorite wireless setting among yo...

- 16 - 802.1x Setting : When user use radius server to authenticate client certificate for WPA authentication mode (WPA authentication do not support EAP Method- MD5-Challenge). 802.1x tab: EAP Method : • PEAP : Protect Extensible Authentication Protocol. PEAP transport securely authentication data ...

- 17 - authentication and can be used to dynamically generate user-based and session-based WEP keys to secure subsequent communications between the WLAN client and the access point. • TTLS : Tunnelled Transport Layer Security. This security method provides for certificate-based, mutual authenticatio...

- 20 - Network The Network page displays the information of surrounding APs from last scan result. The tab lists the information including SSID, Network type, Channel, Wireless mode, Security-Enabled and Signal. Network Tab Sorted by Indicate that AP list are sorted by SSID, Channel or Signal. Show ...

- 21 - Connect Select an item on the list and then click to make a connection. AP Information When you double click on the intended AP, you can see AP's detail information that divides into four parts. They are General, WPS, CCX and 802.11n information. The introduction is as following: General Gene...

- 23 - CCX information contains CCKM, Cmic and Ckip information. Close : Click this button to exit the information screen. 802.11n This tab will show up if you select the AP that support 11n mode. Here shows the connected AP 802.11n related information. Link Status Click the triangle button at the r...

- 24 - Link Status Tab Status Shows the current connected AP SSID and MAC address. If there is no connection existing, it will show Disconnected. Extra Info Shows the link status and Tx power percentage. Channel Shows the current channel in use. Authentication Authentication mode used within the net...

- 25 - Network Type Network type in use, Infrastructure for BSS, Ad-Hoc for IBSS network. IP Address Shows the IP address information. Sub Mask Shows the Subnet Mask information. Default Gateway Shows the default gateway information. Link Quality Shows the connection quality based on signal strength...

- 26 - Advanced Tab Wireless mode Here supports 2.4G (included 802.11b/g/n) wireless mode. Enable TX Burst Check to enable this function. This function enables the adapter to deliver better throughput during a period of time, it only takes effect when connecting with the AP that supports this functi...

- 27 - Apply Click to apply above settings. Statistics The Statistics screen displays the statistics on your current network settings. Transmit Frames Transmitted Successfully Shows information of frames successfully sent. Frames Retransmitted Successfully Shows information of frames successfully se...

- 29 - WMM Enable Check the box to enable Wi-Fi Multi-Media function that is meant to improve audio, video and voice applications transmitted over Wi-Fi. WMM- Power Save Enable Select which ACs you want to enable the power saving mode. AC_BK (Access Category Background) AC_BE (Access Category Best E...

- 30 - Apply Click this button to apply the settings. Tear Down Select a direct link STA, then click "Tear Down" button to disconnect the STA. WPS The primary goal of Wi-Fi Protected Setup (Wi-Fi Simple Configuration) is to simplify the security setup and management of Wi-Fi networks. The ST...

- 31 - network. List information included Authentication Type, Encryption Type, Config Methods, Device Password ID, Selected Registrar, State, Version, AP Setup Locked, UUID-E and RF Bands. PIN Code 8-digit numbers. It is required to enter PIN Code into Registrar when using PIN method. When STA is E...

- 34 - About This page displays the information of the wireless card including, Config Version/ Date, Driver Version/ Date, EEPROM Version, Firmware Version and Phy_Address.

- 35 - Utility Menu List To access the utility menu list, please right click the utility icon on the task bar. z Launch Config Utility : Select to open the utility screen. z Use Zero Configuration as Configuration Utility : Select to use the Window XP built-in utility (Zero configuration utility). z...

- 36 - Soft AP mode Config Config SSID AP name of user type. User also can click Use Mac Address button to display it. Channel Manually force the AP using the channel. The system default is CH 1. Wireless mode Here supports 2.4G (included 802.11b/g/n) wireless mode. Use Mac Address Click this button...

- 39 - Access Control Access Control Access Policy User chooses whether AP start the function or not. System default is Disable. z Disable: Do not use this access control function. z Allow All: Only the MAC address listed in the Access List can connect with this soft AP. z Reject All: Only the MAC a...

- 40 - Add Add the MAC address that you would like to set. Delete Delete the Mac address that you have set. Remove All Remove all Mac address in the Access List. Apply Apply the above changes. MAC Table MAC Table MAC Address The station MAC address of current connection. AID Raise value by current c...

- 41 - Event Log Event Log Event Time (yy/mm/dd-hh:mm:ss) Records the event time. Message Records all the event messages.

- 42 - Statistics Transmit Statistics Frames Transmitted Successfully Frames successfully sent. Frames Fail To Receive ACK After All Retries Frames failed transmit after hitting retry limit. RTS Frames Successfully Receive CTS Successfully receive CTS after sending RTS frame RTS Frames Fail To Recei...

- 43 - Receive Statistics Frames Received Successfully Frames Received Successfully Frames Received With CRC Error Frames received with CRC error. Frames Dropped Due To Out-of-Resource Frames dropped due to resource issue Duplicate Frames Received Duplicate received frames. Reset Counter Reset count...

- 45 - Station Mode Profile Profile can book keeping your favorite wireless setting among your home, office, and other public hot-spot. You may save multiple profiles, and activate the correct one at your preference. The Profile manager enables you to Add, Edit, Delete and Activate profiles. Click t...

- 50 - WPA Pre-shared Key : This blank is the shared secret between AP and STA. For WPA-PSK and WPA2-PSK authentication mode, this field must be filled with character longer than 8 and less than 64 lengths. WEP Key : Only valid when using WEP encryption algorithm. The key must match with the AP’s ke...

- 58 - Link Status Tab Status Shows the current connected AP SSID and MAC address. If there is no connection existing, it will show Disconnected. Extra Info Shows the link status and Tx power percentage. Channel Shows the current channel in use. Authentication Authentication mode used within the net...

- 59 - Transmit Shows the current Link Speed and Throughput of the transmit rate. Receive Shows the current Link Speed and Throughput of receive rate. Link Speed Shows the current transmitting rate and receiving rate. Throughput Shows the transmitting and receiving speed of data. Advanced This Advan...

- 60 - time, it only takes effect when connecting with the AP that supports this function. Enable TCP Window Size Check to increase the transmission quality. The large TCP window size the better performance. Fast Roaming at Check to set the roaming interval, fast to roaming, setup by transmits power...

- 61 - transmit after hitting retry limit. RTS Frames Successfully Receive CTS Shows information of successfully receive CTS after sending RTS frame RTS Frames Fail To Receive CTS Shows information of failed to receive CTS after sending RTS. Reset Counter Click this button to reset counters to zero....

- 63 - • DLS enabled. Timeout Value Timeout Value represents that it disconnect automatically after few seconds. The value is integer that must be between 0~65535. It represents that it always connects if the value is zero. Default value of Timeout Value is 60 seconds. Apply Click this button to app...

- 76 - UNINSTALLATION FOR WINDOWS 2000/XP In case you need to uninstall the Utility and driver, please refer to below steps. (As you uninstall the utility, the driver will be uninstalled as well.) 1. Go to Start Æ All Programs Æ Intelligent Wireless Æ Uninstall –Intelligent.

- 77 - 2. Click Yes to complete remove the selected application and all of its features. 3. Then click Finish to complete the uninstallation.