TRENDNET TEW648UBM 150Mbps Micro Wireless N USB Adapter User Manual UG TEW 648UBM 1 01

TRENDNET, Inc. 150Mbps Micro Wireless N USB Adapter UG TEW 648UBM 1 01

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User Manual Part 2

6 INTRODUCTIONCongratulationsonyourpurchaseofthisMicroWirelessNUSBAdapter.Thismanualcontainsdetailedinstructionsregardingtheoperationofthisproduct.Pleasekeepthismanualforfuturereference.WiththeMicroWirelessNUSBAdapter,adesktoporlaptopcomputercancommunicatewithanothercomputerwirelessly.Aneasy‐to‐useutilityisbundledwiththeWirelessUSBAdapterforconfiguration,monitoring,anddiagnosticpurposes.TheMicroWirelessNUSBAdaptercanwirelesslytransmitandreceivedata,ataspeedofupto150megabitspersecond.TheMicroWirelessNUSBAdapterprovidesuserswithaccesstoreal‐timeinformationanywhereintheirorganization.ThemobilityoftheMicroWirelessNUSBAdapterprovidesproductivityandservice,whicharenotavailableunderwirednetworks.TheMicroWirelessNUSBAdaptercaneasilyadaptfrompeer‐to‐peernetworks,suitableforasmallnumberofusers,tofullinfrastructurenetworksofthousandsofusersthatallowroamingaroundabroadarea.
7 UNPACKINGANDSETUPThissectionprovidesunpackingandsetupinformationfortheMicroWirelessNUSBAdapter.UnpackingTheboxshouldcontainthefollowingitems: TEW‐648UBMMicroWirelessNUSBAdapter Multi‐LanguageQuickInstallationGuide CD‐ROM(Utility&Driver)Ifanyitemisfoundmissingordamaged,pleasecontactyourlocalresellerforreplacement.SystemRequirementsBeforeinstallation,checkthefollowing: Makesureyourcomputerisrunningatleasta300MHzoraboveprocessorwith256MBRAMorabove MakesuretheUSBportsareisUSB2.0port Theoperatingsystemonyourcomputermustbethefollowing:XP(ServicePack2),WindowsVista,Windows7 802.11nor802.11b/gaccesspointorrouter. Makesuretheenvironmenthasminimalinterferenceandobstructions.
8 IDENTIFYINGEXTERNALCOMPONENTSWPSButtonPresstheWPSbuttonstarttheWPSpairing,theLEDwillbeginstoblinkingfor3blinks/second,oncetheconnectionissuccessfullyestablishedbetweentheAPandtheadapter,theLEDwillremaininsolidfor5secondstotelltheusersthattheconnectionhasbeenestablished.After5second,theLEDwilllightofftoindicateuserthattheAccessPointorWirelessRouterisreadyforanewWPSconnectionandtheadapterisassociatedwiththeAccessPointorWirelessRouter.
9 WIRELESSPERFORMANCECONSIDERATIONSThereareanumberoffactorsthatcanimpacttherangeofwirelessdevices.1. Adjustyourwirelessdevicessothatthesignalistravelinginastraightpath,ratherthanatanangle.Themorematerialthesignalhastopassthroughthemoresignalyouwilllose.2. Keepthenumberofobstructionstoaminimum.Eachobstructioncanreducetherangeofawirelessdevice.Positionthewirelessdevicesinamannerthatwillminimizetheamountofobstructionsbetweenthem.3. Buildingmaterialscanhavealargeimpactonyourwirelesssignal.Inanindoorenvironment,trytopositionthewirelessdevicessothatthesignalpassesthroughlessdensematerialsuchasdrywall.Densematerialslikemetal,solidwood,glassorevenfurnituremayblockordegradethesignal.4. Antennaorientationcanalsohavealargeimpactonyourwirelesssignal.Usethewirelessadapter’ssitesurveytooltodeterminethebestantennaorientationforyourwirelessdevices.5. InterferencefromdevicesthatproduceRF(radiofrequency)noisecanalsoimpactyoursignal.PositionyourwirelessdevicesawayfromanythingthatgeneratesRFnoise,suchasmicrowaves,radiosandbabymonitors.6. Anydeviceoperatingonthe2.4GHzfrequencywillcauseinterference.Devicessuchas2.4GHzcordlessphonesorotherwirelessremotesoperatingonthe2.4GHzfrequencycanpotentiallydropthewirelesssignal.Althoughthephonemaynotbeinuse,thebasecanstilltransmitwirelesssignal.Movethephone’sbasestationasfarawayaspossiblefromyourwirelessdevices.Ifyouarestillexperiencinglowornosignalconsiderrepositioningthewirelessdevicesorinstallingadditionalaccesspoints.Theuseofhighergainantennasmayalsoprovidethenecessarycoveragedependingontheenvironment.
10 SOFTWAREINSTALLATIONThissectiondescribeshowtoinstallthedriverandutilityfortheMicroWirelessNUSBAdapter.WindowsBasedUtilityInstallation1) InserttheUtilityandDriverCD‐ROMintoyourcomputer’sCD‐ROMdriveandthenclickInstallUtility.2) FollowtheInstallShieldWizardInstructions
11 3) ClickFinishtorestartthecomputer.4) Afterthecomputerisrebooted,plugtheMicroWirelessNUSBAdapterintoanavailableUSBslotonyourcomputer.
12 WIRELESSUTILITYSETTINGTheusercanconfigurethewirelesssettingsusingtheWirelessAdapterConfigurationUtility.Double‐clicktheutilityiconthatappearsinthetaskbar.TheWirelessAdapterConfigurationUtilityisdividedintosixsections:LinkInfo,Configuration,SiteSurvey,Profile,WPSandAbout.LinkInformationThisisthedefaultscreenafterlaunchingtheUtilityprogram. Status:ShowstheassociatedBSSID(MACaddress),whichcanbeusedtoidentifythewirelessaccesspointorrouterthatyouareconnectingto.SSID:ShowsthecurrentSSID,whichmustbethesameasyourwirelessaccesspointorrouterinordertoestablishtheconnectioncorrectly.WirelessMode:Showsthecurrentwirelessmodeused.Encryption:Showsthecurrentencryptionmodeused.
13 TxRate:Showsthecurrentdatarateusedfortransmitting.Channel:Showsthecurrentchannelforcommunication.SignalStrength:ShowsthewirelesssignalstrengthoftheconnectionbetweentheMicroWirelessNUSBAdapterwiththeAccessPoint.DataRate:Showsthestatisticsofdatatransfer,andthecalculationisbasedonthenumberofpacketstransmittedandreceived.ConfigurationThisscreeniswhereyousetthebasicwirelesssettingsfortheMicroWirelessNUSBAdapter. ProfileName:YoucanmodifytheProfileNametoanythingyouwouldlike,forexampleHome,Office,PlayRoomandetc.SSID:ServiceSetIdentifier,whichisauniquenamesharedamongallwirelessclientsinawirelessnetwork.TheSSIDmustmatchthewirelessaccesspointorrouter’sSSIDthatyouareconnectingto.
14 WirelessMode:Therearetwomodesavailableforselection●Infrastructure–toestablishwirelesscommunicationwiththeLANandotherwirelessclientsthroughtheuseofAccessPointsorWirelessRouter.Thisismostcommontypeofconnection.●Ad‐Hoc–toestablishpoint‐to‐pointwirelesscommunicationdirectlywithotherwirelessclientdevices.Authentication:Thefollowingoptionsareavailable:OpenSystem,SharedKey,WPA‐PSK,WPA2‐PSK,WPAEAP‐TLS,WPA2EPA‐TLS.SelectOpenSystem,SharedKeyforWEPdataencryptionfeature.OpenorSharedKeyOpenSystemandSharedKeyrequiretheusertosetaWEPkeytoexchangedatawithotherwirelessclientsthathavethesameWEPkey.WEPisconsideredbasiclevelofwirelessencryption,ifyouwouldlikehighersecurityconnection,WPA2encryptionisrecommended.z DefaultKey:selectoneofthe4keystouse.z NetworkKey:choosetheencryptionway,eitherinHEXorASCIIformats,andenterthepasswordintheblankspace.z KeyLength:select64or128bitsasthelengthofthekeysKeyFormat:HEXorASCIIKey Length Hex ASCII Type characters 0-9, A-F, a-f alphanumeric format 64-bit 10 characters 5 characters 128-bit 26 characters 13 characters 
15 WPA‐PSK/WPA2‐PSKIfusingtheWPA‐PSK/WPA2‐PSKauthenticationmethod,pleaseselecttheEncryptiontypeforTKIPorAESthenenterthePassphrasekey.Theminimumlengthis8characters. 
16 WPAEAP‐TLSIfusingtheWPA/WPA2EAP‐TLSauthenticationmethod,pleaseselecttheEncryptiontypeforTKIPorAESthenselecttheWPA/WPA2Certificatefromdropdownlist.
17 SiteSurveyThisscreenallowstheusertoscanforavailablewirelessnetwork.Italsoallowstheusertoestablishwirelesscommunicationswithantargetdevice.AvailableNetwork–displaysthewirelessnetworks(wirelessclients,accesspointsorrouters)thatarewithinrange.Selectanyoneofthewirelessnetworksbydouble‐clickingonitorselecttheSSIDthenclickthe“Connect”button.Clickthe“Refresh”buttontoscanforavailablenetworks.
18 ProfileProfile–Theusercancreateandmanagethecreatedprofilesforhome,workorpublicareas.Bydouble‐clickingononeofthecreatedprofile,thesettingwilladjusttothespecificsettingsuchasSSID,channel,andencryptionassavedbythatparticularprofile.Add:Addsaprofile.Thefollowingscreenwillappear.TheusercanenterthenecessaryinformationrequiredforaccessingtheparticularAccessPointorWirelessRouter.Remove:DeletestheselectedprofileEdit:Editanexistprofile.Thescreenwillbacktoprofile.EdittheSSIDandselecttheWirelessMode,AuthenticationandEncryptionthenclickApplytosavetheprofile.WhentheProfilenamewaschanged,anewprofilewillbeaddedinthelist.
19 Connect:SelectedaprofilefromlistthenclicktheConnecttoconnectingtothewirelessnetworkwiththeprofilesetting.
20 WPSWi‐FiProtectedSetup(WPS)isanoptionalcertificationprogramfromtheWi‐FiAlliancethatisdesignedtoeasethetaskofsettingupandconfiguringsecurityonawirelessnetwork.TherearetwomethodsusedintheWPSasbelowinstruction.PushthebuttononmyaccesspointUsingtheWPSconfigurationwiththe“Pushthebuttononmyaccesspoint”method,theconfigurationstepsasbelow:1) Selectedthe“Pushthebuttononmyaccesspoint”.2) PushtheWPSconfigurationbuttononyourwirelessaccesspointorrouter.3) CliektheNextbuttonstarttheWPSconfiguration.
21 4) IftheWPSconfigurationwassuccessful,thefollowwindowwillshowon. 5) IftheWPSconfigurationwasfailed,thefollowwindowwillshowon.
22 EnteraPINintomyaccesspointUsingtheWPSconfigurationwiththe“EnteraPINintomyaccesspoint”method,theconfigurationstepsasbelow:1) Selectedthe“EnteraPINintomyaccesspoint”,thePINwillbeshowonthebuttonofthewindows.2) EnterthePINcodeintotheWPS“ClintPINnumber”ofyouwirelessaccesspointorrouterthenclicktheStartPINbutton,thewirelessaccesspointorrouterwillstarttheWPSconfigurationprocess.3) SelectedawirelessaccesspointorrouterwhichonewillbeconnectingthenclicktheNextbuttonstarttheWPSconfiguration.Ifthe“Automaticallyselectthenetwork”waschecked,thesetupstepwillbeskip.
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24 4) IftheWPSconfigurationwassuccessful,thefollowwindowwillshowon.5) IftheWPSconfigurationwasfailed,thefollowwindowwillshowon.
25 AboutThisscreendisplaysinformationabouttheMicroWirelessNUSBAdapter,suchastheDriverandUtilityversion.Whenanewversionoftheutilitybecomesavailableforupgrade,userswillbeabletoidentifybyversionnumbers.
26 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS Hardware Interface USB 2.0 Standards IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11g, and IEEE 802.11n (dra 2.0) Buon WPS buon: enables quick wireless connecon with WPS funcon Power Consumpon Receive mode: 100mA (max.) ; Transmit mode : 210mA (max) Supported OS Windows 7 (32/64-bit), Vista (32/64-bit), XP(32/64-bit) Dimensions (LxWxH) 20 x 15 x 7 mm (0.8 x 0.6 x 0.3 in.) Weight 1 g (0.03 oz) Temperature Operang: 0° ~ 40° C (32° ~ 104° F) Storage: -10° ~ 70° C (14° ~ 158° F) Humidity Max. 95% (non-condensing) Cerficaons CE, FCC Wireless Modulaon OFDM, DSSS Antenna Built-in on board antenna Frequency 2.412 ~ 2.484 GHz Data Rate (auto fallback) 802.11b: up to 11Mbps 802.11g: up to 54Mbps 802.11n: up to 135Mbps Output Power 802.11b: 14dBm (typical) 802.11g: 11dBm (typical) 802.11n: 10dBm (typical) Receiving Sensivity 802.11b: -84dBm (typical) at 11mpbs 802.11g: -69dBm (typical) at 54Mbps 802.11n: -66dBm (typical) at 150Mbps Encrypon 64/128-bit WEP, WPA/WPA2-RADIUS, WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK Channels 1~11 (FCC), 1~13 (ETSI) 25dBm
27 LimitedWarrantyTRENDnetwarrantsitsproductsagainstdefectsinmaterialandworkmanship,undernormaluseandservice,forthefollowinglengthsoftimefromthedateofpurchase.TEW‐648UBM–3YearsWarrantyAC/DCPowerAdapter,CoolingFan,andPowerSupplycarry1yearwarranty.Ifaproductdoesnotoperateaswarrantedduringtheapplicablewarrantyperiod,TRENDnetshallreservetheright,atitsexpense,torepairorreplacethedefectiveproductorpartanddeliveranequivalentproductorparttothecustomer.Therepair/replacementunit’swarrantycontinuesfromtheoriginaldateofpurchase.AllproductsthatarereplacedbecomethepropertyofTRENDnet.Replacementproductsmaybeneworreconditioned.TRENDnetdoesnotissuerefundsorcredit.Pleasecontactthepoint‐of‐purchasefortheirreturnpolicies.TRENDnetshallnotberesponsibleforanysoftware,firmware,information,ormemorydataofcustomercontainedin,storedon,orintegratedwithanyproductsreturnedtoTRENDnetpursuanttoanywarranty.Therearenouserserviceablepartsinsidetheproduct.Donotremoveorattempttoservicetheproductbyanyunauthorizedservicecenter.Thiswarrantyisvoidedif(i)theproducthasbeenmodifiedorrepairedbyanyunauthorizedservicecenter,(ii)theproductwassubjecttoaccident,abuse,orimproperuse(iii)theproductwassubjecttoconditionsmoreseverethanthosespecifiedinthemanual.WarrantyservicemaybeobtainedbycontactingTRENDnetwithintheapplicablewarrantyperiodandprovidingacopyofthedatedproofofthepurchase.UponpropersubmissionofrequireddocumentationaReturnMaterialAuthorization(RMA)numberwillbeissued.AnRMAnumberisrequiredinordertoinitiatewarrantyservicesupportforallTRENDnetproducts.ProductsthataresenttoTRENDnetforRMAservicemusthavetheRMAnumbermarkedontheoutsideofreturnpackagesandsenttoTRENDnetprepaid,insuredandpackagedappropriatelyforsafeshipment.CustomersshippingfromoutsideoftheUSAandCanadaareresponsibleforreturnshippingfees.CustomersshippingfromoutsideoftheUSAareresponsibleforcustomcharges,includingbutnotlimitedto,duty,tax,andotherfees.WARRANTIESEXCLUSIVE:IFTHETRENDNETPRODUCTDOESNOTOPERATEASWARRANTEDABOVE,THECUSTOMER’SSOLEREMEDYSHALLBE,ATTRENDNET’SOPTION,REPAIRORREPLACE.THEFOREGOINGWARRANTIESANDREMEDIESAREEXCLUSIVEANDAREINLIEUOFALLOTHERWARRANTIES,EXPRESSEDORIMPLIED,EITHERINFACTORBYOPERATIONOFLAW,STATUTORYOROTHERWISE,INCLUDINGWARRANTIESOFMERCHANTABILITYANDFITNESSFORAPARTICULARPURPOSE.TRENDNETNEITHERASSUMESNORAUTHORIZESANYOTHERPERSONTOASSUMEFORITANYOTHERLIABILITYINCONNECTIONWITHTHESALE,INSTALLATIONMAINTENANCEORUSEOFTRENDNET’SPRODUCTS.TRENDNETSHALLNOTBELIABLEUNDERTHISWARRANTYIFITSTESTINGANDEXAMINATIONDISCLOSETHATTHEALLEGEDDEFECTINTHEPRODUCTDOESNOTEXISTORWASCAUSEDBYCUSTOMER’SORANYTHIRDPERSON’SMISUSE,NEGLECT,IMPROPERINSTALLATIONORTESTING,UNAUTHORIZEDATTEMPTSTOREPAIRORMODIFY,ORANYOTHERCAUSEBEYONDTHERANGEOFTHEINTENDEDUSE,ORBYACCIDENT,FIRE,LIGHTNING,OROTHERHAZARD.
28 LIMITATIONOFLIABILITY:TOTHEFULLEXTENTALLOWEDBYLAWTRENDNETALSOEXCLUDESFORITSELFANDITSSUPPLIERSANYLIABILITY,WHETHERBASEDINCONTRACTORTORT(INCLUDINGNEGLIGENCE),FORINCIDENTAL,CONSEQUENTIAL,INDIRECT,SPECIAL,ORPUNITIVEDAMAGESOFANYKIND,ORFORLOSSOFREVENUEORPROFITS,LOSSOFBUSINESS,LOSSOFINFORMATIONORDATE,OROTHERFINANCIALLOSSARISINGOUTOFORINCONNECTIONWITHTHESALE,INSTALLATION,MAINTENANCE,USE,PERFORMANCE,FAILURE,ORINTERRUPTIONOFTHEPOSSIBILITYOFSUCHDAMAGES,ANDLIMITSITSLIABILITYTOREPAIR,REPLACEMENT,ORREFUNDOFTHEPURCHASEPRICEPAID,ATTRENDNET’SOPTION.THISDISCLAIMEROFLIABILITYFORDAMAGESWILLNOTBEAFFECTEDIFANYREMEDYPROVIDEDHEREINSHALLFAILOFITSESSENTIALPURPOSE.GoverningLaw:ThisLimitedWarrantyshallbegovernedbythelawsofthestateofCalifornia.SomeTRENDnetproductsincludesoftwarecodewrittenbythirdpartydevelopers.ThesecodesaresubjecttotheGNUGeneralPublicLicense("GPL")orGNULesserGeneralPublicLicense("LGPL").Gotohttp://www.trendnet.com/gplorhttp://www.trendnet.comDownloadsectionandlookforthedesiredTRENDnetproducttoaccesstotheGPLCodeorLGPLCode.ThesecodesaredistributedWITHOUTWARRANTYandaresubjecttothecopyrightsofthedevelopers.TRENDnetdoesnotprovidetechnicalsupportforthesecodes.Pleasegotohttp://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.txtorhttp://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.txtforspecifictermsofeachlicense.
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