Edimax EW-7708Pn Datasheet

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

- - 94. You can choose the configuration tool used to configure the wireless network card here. It’s recommended to select ‘Edimax Configuration To

- - 10 6. When you see this message, please click ‘Finish’ to complete the driver installation process.

- - 117. 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 of wireles

- - 122-2 Connect to Wireless Access Point There are two ways you can configure your wireless network card to connect to wireless access point: usi

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

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

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

- - 16 5. If the wireless access point uses encryption, you have to input WEP passphrase or WPA preshared key. Please ask the owner of the wireles

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

- - 182-2-2 Using Windows Zero Configuration Windows XP and Vista has a built-in wireless network configuration utility, called as ‘Windows Zero Co

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

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

- - 212-3 Connection Profile Management If you need to connect to different wireless access points at different time, like of access point of your

- - 22 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

- - 23 You can set the parameter for this connection here:

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

- - 25have to change it. TX Power You can select the radio output power of wireless network card. You may not need full radio power if you’re not

- - 26Now click ‘Authentication and Security’ tab, and set the encryption and authentication settings. Here are descriptions of every setup items

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

- - 28 After you finish all settings, click ‘OK’ to save settings and exit. The profile you just created will be displayed: Select the profile yo

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

- - 292-3-2 Using 802.1x – Certification After you click ‘802.1x Setting’, a new window will appear: Here are descriptions of every setup items:

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

- - 312-3-3 Using 802.1x - CA Server If you want to use CA server, please click ‘CA Server’ tab. And the following message will be displayed: Her

- - 32match, connection will be dropped. Domain name Check this box and the wireless configuration utility must end will check the end of domain

- - 332-4 View Network Statistics and Link Status The configuration utility provides information about network statistics and link status. If you w

- - 342-4-2 Link Status Please follow the following instructions to check network statistics: 1. Right-click the Edimax configuration utility ico

- - 35These information displayed here are updated every second, and here are descriptions of every item: Status Display the SSID and BSSID of con

- - 362-5 Advanced Settings This wireless network card provides several advanced settings for experienced wireless users. You can change these sett

- - 37Here are descriptions of every setup items: Wireless mode Select wireless operation mode, available options are 802.11 B/G mix, 802.11 B only

- - 38 countries or regions. Please select the country and region code according to the place you live. Show When your computer is being authenti

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

- - 392-6 QoS Setting This wireless network card provides QoS (Quality of Service) function, which can improve the performance of certain network a

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

- - 41Direct Link Enable or disable direct link setup (DLS) function. Setup Enable This function will greatly improve the data transfer rate betwe

- - 422-7 WPS Configuration Note: This function supports Windows XP/XP64 Operation System only. Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) is the latest wireless

- - 432-7-1 WPS Setup - PBC (Push-Button Configuration) 1. Right-click the Edimax configuration utility icon located at lower-right corner of compu

- - 444. 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

- - 45message, means the connection between your wireless network card and access point is successfully connected by WPS, and the information about

- - 462-7-2 WPS Setup - PIN If the wireless access point you wish to connect supports PIN, please follow the following instructions to establish co

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

- - 482-8 About The ‘About’ tab provides you the information about version numbers of configuration utility, firmware, and other important informat

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

- - 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

- - 50CHAPTER III: Soft-AP Function Note: This function supports Windows XP/XP64 Operation System only. Excepting become a wireless client of othe

- - 51A configuration window will appear after you switch the operation mode to ‘AP’ or click ‘Launch Config Utilities’ after you right-click the Ed

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

- - 53your computer, unless you want to limit the type of wireless client allowed to connect to your computer. Use Mac Click this button to use

- - 54clients Hide SSID Check this box and the SSID will not be broadcasted to the public. Your wireless clients must know the exact SSID to be ab

- - 553-2 Security Settings This wireless card supports wireless encryption in AP mode, which will encrypt the data being transferred over the air

- - 56 NOTE: WPA encryption is safer than WEP, however, some older wireless clients don’t support WPA encryption. WPA Pre-shared Please input the

- - 573-3 Access Control If you’re not going to open your computer and wireless resources to the public, you can use MAC address filtering function

- - 58Here are descriptions of every setup items: Access Policy Select the policy type of your access rule: Disable: Allow any wireless client wi

- - 51-3 System Requirements  An empty PCMCIA type II slot (CardBus Compatible)  Operation System: Windows 2000, XP, XP64, or Vista  CD-ROM

- - 593-4 Connection Table If you want to see the list of all wireless clients connected to this access point, please follow the following instruct

- - 60Here are descriptions of every field: MAC Address Displays the MAC address of this wireless client. AID The serial number of this

- - 613-5 Event Log This software access point will log all wireless-related activities as a log. You can follow the following instructions to view

- - 623-6 Statistics If you want to know detailed information about how your software access point works, you can follow the following instructions

- - 63CHAPTER IV: APPENDIX 4-1 Hardware Specification Standards: IEEE 802.11b/g/Draft-N Interface: 32-bit PCI Frequency Band: 2.4000 ~ 2.4835GHz

- - 644-2 Troubleshooting If you encounter any problem when you’re using this wireless network card, don’t panic! Before you call your dealer of pu

- - 65The network is slow / having problem when transferring large files 1. Move closer to the place where access point is located. 2. Enable ‘Wir

- - 664-3 Glossary 1. What is the IEEE 802.11g standard? 802.11g is the new IEEE standard for high-speed wireless LAN communications that provides

- - 67with the same BSS ID. 7. What is WEP? WEP is Wired Equivalent Privacy, a data privacy mechanism based on a 40 bit shared key algorithm, as d

- - 68background noise. There are two main alternatives, Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum (DSSS) and Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum (FHSS). 14.

- - 61-5 Familiar with Your New Wireless Network Card 1. PCMCIA Interface 2. CardBus golden stripe* 3. ‘Link’ LED 4. ‘Activity’ LED *This

- - 694-4 FCC and Other Compliance Statements Federal Communication Commission Interference Statement This equipment has been tested and found to c

- - 70 The antenna(s) used for this transmitter must not be co-located or operating in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter. R&TTE

- - 7Chapter II: Driver Installation and Configuration 2-1 Network Card Installation Please follow the following instructions to install your new

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