Edimax LAN USB Adapter - Manuals

- 4 - 1-2 Safety Information In order to keep the safety of users and your properties, please follow the following safety instructions: 1. This USB wireless network card is designed for indoor use only. DO NOT expose this network card to direct sun light, rain, or snow. 2. DO NOT put this network ca...

- 5 - 1-3 System Requirements „ An empty USB 2.0 port (May not work on USB 1.1 port, and performance will be greatly reduced) „ Operation system: Windows 2000, XP, XP64,or Vista „ CD-ROM drive „ At least 100MB of available disk space 1-4 Package Contents Before you starting to use this wireless netw...

- 6 - 1-5 Familiar with your new wireless network card 1. USB Connector 2. Connector Cap (To protect USB connector when not in use) 3. Link/Activity LED LED Name Light Status Description On Linked to a wireless access point / Transferring data Link / Activity Off No wireless activity 1 2 3

- 7 - CHAPTER II: DRIVER INSTALLATION AND CONFIGURATION 2-1 Network Card Installation Please follow the following instructions to install your new wireless network card: 1. Insert the USB wireless network card into an empty USB 2.0 port of your computer when computer is switched on. Never use force ...

- 10 - When you select one mode, please click ‘Next>’ to continue. If you see ‘Found New Hardware’ message again, please ignore it and wait. 6. Please click ‘install’ to run the driver installation process. If you see ‘Found New Hardware’ message again, please ignore it and wait.

- 13 - 2-2 Connect to Wireless Access Point There are two ways you can configure your wireless network card to connect to wireless access point: using the Ralink configuration utility which comes with wireless card driver, and using built-in windows zero configuration utility. 2-2-1 Using Edimax Uti...

- 14 - Here are descriptions of every setup item: SSID: The Service Set IDentifier of wireless access point or other network device. You can think it as the name of access point of wireless device. BSSID: The MAC address of wireless access point or other network device. Unlike SSID, BSSID of every a...

- 22 - 2-3 Connection Profile Management If you need to connect to different wireless access points at different time, like of access point of your home, office, cyber cafe, or public wireless service, you can store the connection parameters (encryption, passphrase, security etc, etc.) as a profile ...

- 25 - Here are descriptions of every setup items: Profile Name Please give this profile a name, up to 32 alphanumerical characters and symbols are allowed, but space is not allowed. SSID The SSID of the wireless access point or wireless device you selected will be displayed here. But if the SSID of...

- 34 - 2-4 View Network Statistics and Link Status The configuration utility provides information about network statistics and link status. If you want to know how your wireless network card works, you can use these functions to get detailed information about the wireless connection you’re using. 2-...

- 37 - 2-5 Advanced Settings This wireless network card provides several advanced settings for experienced wireless users. You can change these settings to increase data transfer performance, or change operation mode. Please follow the following instructions to set advanced wireless settings: 1. Rig...

- 42 - 2-7 WPS Configuration Note: This function supports Windows XP/XP64 Operation System only. Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) is the latest wireless network technology, which makes wireless network setup become very simple. If you have WPS-enabled wireless access point, and you want to establish a se...

- 50 - CHAPTER III: APPENDIX 3-1 Hardware Specification Standards: IEEE 802.11b/g/Draft-N Interface: USB 2.0 (USB 1.1 Compatible) Frequency Band: 2.4000 ~ 2.4835GHz (Industrial Scientific Medical Band) Data Rate: 11b: 1/2/5.5/11Mbps 11g: 6/9/12/24/36/48/54Mbps 11n (20MHz): MCS0-15, 32 with Half Guar...

- 53 - 3-3 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 up to 54 Mbps data rate in the 2.4 GHz band. 802.11g is quickly becoming the next mainstream wireless LAN technology for the home, office and public...

- 56 - 3-4 FCC and Other Compliance Statements 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 of FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against...

- 57 - Federal Communication Commission (FCC) Radiation Exposure Statement This equipment complies with FCC radiation exposure set forth for an uncontrolled environment. In order to avoid the possibility of exceeding the FCC radio frequency exposure limits, human proximity to the antenna shall not b...