Edimax EW-7718Un Datasheet

802.11b/g/n Draft 2.0 Wireless LAN USB Adapter User Manual Version: 1.0 (April, 2007)

- 9 -4. You can choose the configuration tool used to configure the wireless network card here. It’s recommended to select ‘Edimax Confi

- 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.

- 11 - 7. Please wait while the install procedure is running. When you see this message, please click ‘Finish’ to complete the driver installation

- 12 - 8. A new icon will appear at lower-right corner of your computer desktop, you can put the mouse cursor on the icon, and the status

- 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: usin

- 14 - Here are descriptions of every setup item: SSID: The Service Set IDentifier of wireless access point or other network device

- 15 -Authentication: Shows the authentication mode that access point or wireless device uses. If the wireless access point does not require authe

- 16 - If the access point you selected does not enable encryption (The content of ‘Encryption’ field of the access point you selected is ‘None’, you

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

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- 19 -2-2-2 Using Windows Zero Configuration Windows XP and Vista has a built-in wireless network configuration utility, called as ‘Windows Zero Con

- 20 -3. Right-click ‘Wireless Network Connection’ (it may have a number as suffix if you have more than one wireless network card, please make sure

- 21 - 5. If the access point is protected by encryption, you have to input its security key or passphrase here. It must match the encryption setting

- 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

- 23 - 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’

- 24 - And you can set the parameter for this connection here:

- 25 - Here are descriptions of every setup items: Profile Name Please give this profile a name, up to 32 alphanumerical characters and symbols a

- 26 - TX Power You can select the radio output power of wireless network card. You may not need full radio power if you’re not far from wireless ac

- 27 - Here are descriptions of every setup items: Authentication Select the authentication type of the wireless access Type point or wireless dev

- 28 -grayed out. WEP Key You can select key type (Hex or ASCII) and input WEP key here. If encryption is not enabled, or you select ‘WPA’ as encry

- 2 -CATALOG Chapter I: Product Information... 3 1-1 Intro

- 29 - Select 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 prof

- 30 -2-3-2 Using 802.1x – Certification After you click ‘802.1x Setting’, a new window will appear: Here are descriptions of every setup items: A

- 31 - Use Client If the authentication type you use is ‘PEAP’ or ‘TTLS’, you can use the certificate stored on your computer. If the authentication

- 32 -2-3-3 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

- 33 -exactly you set here is exactly matched with the CA server connected to. If they don’t match, connection will be dropped. Domain name Check

- 34 -2-4 View Network Statistics and Link Status The configuration utility provides information about network statistics and link status. If you wa

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

- 36 - These information displayed here are updated every second, and here are descriptions of every item: Status Displays the SSID and BSSID of co

- 37 -2-5 Advanced Settings This wireless network card provides several advanced settings for experienced wireless users. You can change these setti

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

- 3 -Chapter I: Product Information 1-1 Introduction and safety information Thank you for purchasing this nMAX wireless network card! Excepting com

- 39 - Show When your computer is being authenticated by Authentication wireless authentication server, a dialog window Status Dialog with the pro

- 40 -2-6 QoS Setting This wireless network card provides QoS (Quality of Service) function, which can improve the performance of certain network ap

- 41 -Here are descriptions of every setup items: WMM Enable Check this box to enable WMM function. Please click ‘Apply’ button on the right of this

- 42 -2-7 WPS Configuration Note: This function supports Windows XP/XP64 Operation System only. Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) is the latest wireless

- 43 -2-7-1 WPS Setup - PBC (Push-Button Configuration) 1. Right-click the Edimax configuration utility icon located at lower-right corner of comput

- 44 -3. Push the ‘WPS’ button on your wireless access point (the button used to activate WPS standby mode may have another name), or use other way

- 45 -5. Click ‘PBC’ button now to start to establish wireless connection by WPS, and please be patient (This may require several seconds to one minu

- 46 -2-7-2 WPS Setup - PIN If the wireless access point you wish to connect supports PIN, please follow the following instructions to establish con

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

- 48 -2-8 About The ‘About’ tab provides you the information about version numbers of configuration utility, firmware, and other important informati

- 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

- 49 - If 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 n

- 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.

- 51 -3-2 Troubleshooting If you encounter any problem when you’re using this wireless network card, don’t panic! Before you call your dealer of pur

- 52 -add the MAC address of your network card to his / her access point’s list. The network is slow / having problem when transferring large files 1

- 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

- 54 -7. What is WEP? WEP is Wired Equivalent Privacy, a data privacy mechanism based on a 40 bit shared key algorithm, as described in the IEEE 802

- 55 -14. What is WMM? Wi-Fi Multimedia (WMM), a group of features for wireless networks that improve the user experience for audio, video and voi

- 56 -3-4 FCC and Other Compliance Statements Federal Communication Commission Interference Statement This equipment has been tested and found to co

- 57 -Federal Communication Commission (FCC) Radiation Exposure Statement This equipment complies with FCC radiation exposure set forth for an uncon

- 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: W

- 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/Activit

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

- 8 -3. The following message will appear on your computer, click ‘Cancel’. 4. Insert device driver CDROM into the CD/DVD ROM drive of your comp