Abocom WU5214 User Manual

802.11 b/g/n Mini Wireless LAN USB 2.0 Adapter User’s Manual

- 6 - For Windows Vista Install the Software Note: Do not insert the Wireless LAN USB Adapter into the computer until the InstallShield Wizard fin

- 7 - 3. When prompt to the following message, please click Install to begin the installation. 4. When the following screen appears, click Fini

- 8 - Install the Hardware Note: Insert the Wireless LAN USB Adapter when finished software installation. Insert the Wireless LAN USB Adapter into

- 9 - Network Connection IP Address Note: When assigning IP address(es) to computers on the network, remember to have IP address for each computer s

- 10 - Chapter 3: Utility Configuration For Windows 2000/XP After the Wireless LAN USB Adapter has been successfully installed, users can use the in

- 11 - Station Mode IMPORTANT NOTICE: Under screen resolution 800 x 600 pixels, if users click the triangle button at the right down corner of the

- 12 - Encryption Shows the encryption type. Use 802.1x Whether or not use 802.1x feature. Tx Power Transmit power, the amount of power used by a

- 13 - • The Ad-hoc lets users set a small wireless workgroup easily and quickly. Equipped with the Wireless LAN USB Adapter, users can share files

- 14 - • Shared: Shared key is when both the sender and the recipient share a secret key. • LEAP: Light Extensible Authentication Protocol. It is

- 15 - EAP Method: • PEAP: Protect Extensible Authentication Protocol. PEAP transport securely authentication data by using tunnelling between PEAP

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- 16 - ID/ PASSWORD: Identity and password for server. • Authentication ID / Password: Identity, password and domain name for server. Only "EAP

- 17 - Delete Click to delete an existing profile. Edit Click to edit a profile. Activate Click to make a connection between devices. Network The

- 18 - Add to Profile Select an item (SSID) on the list and then click to add it into the profile list. Connect Select an item (SSID) on the list and

- 19 - Selected Registrar: Indicate if the user has recently activated a Registrar to add an Enrollee. The values are "TRUE" and "FALS

- 20 - Link Status Tab Status Shows the current connected AP SSID and MAC address. If there is no connection existing, it will show Disconnected. Ex

- 21 - Signal Strength 1 Shows the receiving signal strength, users can choose to display as percentage or dBm format. Noise Strength Shows the noise

- 22 - Enable CCX (Cisco Compatible extensions) Check to enable the CCX function. • Turn on CCKM. • Enable Radio Measurements: Check to enabl

- 23 - Receive Statistics Frames Received Successfully Shows information of packets received successfully. Frames Received With CRC Error Shows info

- 24 - WMM/QoS Tab WMM Enable Check the box to enable Wi-Fi Multi-Media function that is meant to improve audio, video and voice applications transmi

- 25 - WPS Tab WPS AP List Display the information of surrounding APs with WPS IE from last scan result. List information included SSID, BSSID, Chan

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- 26 - If selected the AP that listed in the WPS Profile List field, users can click the Detail button to see more AP information. SSID: Shows the c

- 27 - Export Profile Export all credentials to Profile. Delete Delete an existing credential. And then select the next credential if exist. If there

- 28 - About This page displays the information of the Wireless LAN USB Adapter including, Config Version/ Date, Driver Version/ Date, EEPROM Versio

- 29 - Soft AP mode Config Config SSID AP name of user type. Users also can click Use Mac Address button to display it. Channel Manually force the

- 30 - Authentication Type: There are several types of authentication modes including Open, Shared, WPA-PSK, WPA2-PSK, and WPA-PSK/ WPA2-PSK. (Syste

- 31 - No forwarding among wireless clients No beacon among wireless client, clients can share information each other. (The system default is no for

- 32 - Access Control Access Policy User chooses whether AP start the function or not. (System default is Disable.) z Disable: Do not use this acces

- 33 - MAC Table MAC Address The station MAC address of current connection. AID Raise value by current connection. Power Saving Mode The station of c

- 34 - Statistics Transmit Statistics Frames Transmitted Successfully Shows information of packets successfully sent. Frames Fail To Receive ACK Aft

- 35 - Duplicate Frames Received The number of duplicate packets received. Reset Counter Reset counters to zero. About This page displays the Wirel

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- 36 - For Windows Vista After the Wireless LAN USB Adapter has been successfully installed, users can use the included Configuration Utility to set

- 37 - Station Mode Profile Profile can book keeping the favorite wireless setting among home, office, and other public hot-spot. Users may save mult

- 38 - Power Save Mode Choose from CAM (Constantly Awake Mode) or PSM (Power Saving Mode.) RTS Threshold Shows the RTS Threshold of the device. Fragm

- 39 - frame delimiter. Select from the pull-down menu to change the Preamble type into Auto or Long. Power Save Mode: • CAM (Constantly Awake Mode)

- 40 - • WPA/ WPA-PSK/ WPA2/ WPA2-PSK: WPA-PSK offers two encryption methods, TKIP and AES. Select the type of algorithm, TKIP or AES and then enter

- 41 - certificate-based and mutual authentication of the client and the network. It relies on client-side and server-side certificates to perform au

- 42 - OK: Click to save settings and exit this page. Cancel: Click to call off the settings and exit. Server Certification tab: Use certificate c

- 43 - Network Tab Sorted by Indicate that AP list are sorted by SSID, Channel or Signal. Show dBm Check the box to show the dBm of the AP list. SSID

- 44 - WPS WPS information contains Authentication Type, Encryption Type, Config Methods, Device Password ID, Selected Registrar, State, Version, AP

- 45 - 802.11n This tab will show up if the selected access point supports 11n mode. Here shows the connected access point 802.11n related informati

- 1 - Chapter 1: Introduction The WU5214 (Wireless LAN USB Adapter) is an IEEE802.11b/g/n USB adapter that connects your notebook to a wireless local

- 46 - Link Status Tab Status Shows the current connected AP SSID and MAC address. If there is no connection existing, it will show Disconnected. Ext

- 47 - Advanced Tab Wireless mode Here supports 2.4G (included 802.11b/g/n) wireless mode. Enable TX Burst Check to enable this function. This funct

- 48 - Transmit Statistics Tab Frames Transmitted Successfully Shows information of packets successfully sent. Frames Retransmitted Successfully Show

- 49 - WMM/ QoS The WMM page shows the Wi-Fi Multi-Media power save function and Direct Link Setup that ensure the wireless network linking quality.

- 50 - 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.

- 51 - Config Mode Select from the pull-down menu to decide the station role-playing as an Enrollee or an external Registrar. Detail Click the Detail

- 52 - Rotate Command to rotate to connect to the next network inside credentials. Disconnect Stop WPS action and disconnect this active link. And th

- 53 - Radio On/Off Click this button to turn on or off radio function. This icon shows radio on, click to turn it off. This icon shows radio off,

- 54 - Utility Menu List To access Windows Vista utility menu list, please right click the utility icon on the task bar. z Launch Config Utility:

- 55 - Soft AP mode Config Config SSID AP name of user type. Users also can click Use Mac Address button to display it. Channel Manually force t

- 2 - Installation For Windows 2000/XP Install the Software Note: Do not insert the Wireless LAN USB Adapter into the computer until the InstallSh

- 56 - Authentication Type: There are several types of authentication modes including Open, Shared, WPA-PSK, WPA2-PSK, and WPA-PSK/ WPA2-PSK. (Syste

- 57 - No forwarding among wireless clients No beacon among wireless client, clients can share information each other. (The system default is no forw

- 58 - Access Control Access Policy User chooses whether AP start the function or not. (System default is Disable.) z Disable: Do not use this acces

- 59 - MAC Table MAC Address The station MAC address of current connection. AID Raise value by current connection. Power Saving Mode The station of

- 60 - Statistics Transmit Statistics Frames Transmitted Successfully Shows information of packets successfully sent. Frames Fail To Receive ACK Aft

- 61 - Duplicate Frames Received The number of duplicate packets received. Reset Counter Reset counters to zero. About This page displays the Wirel

- 62 - Chapter 4: UNINSTALLATION For Windows 2000/XP To uninstall the utility and driver, please refer to below steps. (When uninstalling the utilit

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

- 64 - For Windows Vista To uninstall the utility and driver, please refer to below steps. (When uninstalling the utility, the driver will be uninst

- 65 - 2. Click Yes to complete remove the selected application and all of its features. Caution: Under Vista 64-bit operation system, when proc

- 3 - z Microsoft Zero Configuration Tool: Choose to use Windows XP’s built-in Zero Configuration Utility (ZCU). Click Next to continue. 5. When

- 4 - Install the Hardware Note: Insert the Wireless LAN USB Adapter when finished software installation. Insert the Wireless LAN USB Adapter

- 5 - Verification To verify if the device is active in the computer. Go to Start > Setting > Control Panel > System > Hardware > Devi