GN-WBKG 802.11b+g USB STICK Wireless LAN Adapter User’s Manual http://www.gigabyte.com.tw Rev. 1.
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 the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications.
Contents CHAPTER 1 PRODUCT OVERVIEW 1-1. 1-2. 1-3. 1-4. 1-5. INTRODUCTION ...........................................................................................................1 FEATURES .................................................................................................................1 PHYSICAL DIMENSIONS/PACKAGING .............................................................................1 LED INDICATOR .................................................................................
Chapter 1 Product Overview 1-1. Introduction This 802.11b/g Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) card is composed of the MAC, Baseband, and radio components, USB STICK interface, Built-in antenna.. It operates in 2.4GHz frequency bands, providing fast (up to 54Mbps) and secure (support AES, 802.1x & WEP and WPA) connections to 802.11b and 802.11g networks from a single card.
1-4. LED Indicator The wireless card complies with the standards of USB institute. There are six LED indicators: one is for scanning/the status of data transferring, another is for connecting statuses, and the others are for indicating signal reception. Connecting Indicator: when the wireless connector gets connected, the indicator will illuminate.
Chapter 2 Installing the WLAN Card This chapter will assist you in completing the hardware and software installation of the GN-WBKG Wireless USB STICK Adapter successfully. Please refer to the driver & utility installation section that matches your operating system. 2-1. Driver & Utility Installation - Windows® 98SE Step 1: Remove the rest of the wireless Ethernet cards. Step 2: Insert the GN-WBKG Adapter. Step 3: When the Add New Hardware Wizard screen appears, click Cancel..
Step 4: Insert the GN-WBKG Installation CD into the CD-ROM drive. The GIGABTYE GN-WBKG Wireless USB STICK Adapter setup screen appears. Step 5: Drag your mouse over Install Wireless LAN Utility and click on it to start the utility installation program. Step 6: When the Welcome screen appears, click Next.
Step 7: The Check Setup Information screen displays the Operating System of your computer. If it is correct, click Next to continue. Step 8: An information box screen appears. Click OK to go to the next screen.
Step 9: After the software utility installation is complete, click Finish.
2-2. Driver & Utility Installation - Windows® ME Step 1: Remove the rest of the Wireless Ethernet cards. Step 2: Insert the GN-WBKG Adapter. Step 3: When the Add New Hardware Wizard screen appears, click Cancel.. Step 4: Insert the GN-WBKG Installation CD into the CD-ROM drive. The GIGABTYE GN-WBKG Wireless USB STICK Adapter setup screen appears. Step 5: Drag your mouse over Install Wireless LAN Utility and click on it to start the utility installation program.
Step 6: When the Welcome screen appears, click Next.. Step 7: The Check Setup Information screen displays the Operating System of your computer. If it is correct, click Next to continue.
Step 8: An information box screen appears. Click OK to go to the next screen. Step 9: After the software utility installation is complete, click Finish.
2-3. Driver & Utility Installation - Windows® 2000 Step 1: Remove the rest of the Wireless Ethernet cards from the computer. Step 2: Insert the GN-WBKG Adapter. Step 3: When the Add New Hardware Wizard screen appears, click Cancel.. Step 4: Insert the GN-WBKG Installation CD into the CD-ROM drive. The GIGABTYE GN-WBKG Wireless USB STICK Adapter setup screen appears. Step 5: Drag your mouse over Install Wireless LAN Utility and click on it to start the utility installation program.
Step 6: When the Welcome screen appears, click Next. Step 7: The Check Setup Information screen displays the Operating System of your computer. If it is correct, click Next to continue..
Step 8: After the software utility installation is complete, click Finish. Step 9: The screen below will appear. This does not mean there is a problem. Click Yes to continue with installation.
Step 10: If the screen below appears, this does not mean there is a problem. Click Yes to continue.
2-4. Driver & Utility Installation - Windows® XP Step 1: Remove the rest of the Wireless Ethernet card from the computer. Step 2: Insert the GN-WBKG Adapter. Step 3: When the Add New Hardware Wizard screen appears, click Cancel.. Step 4: Insert the GN-WBKG Installation CD into the CD-ROM drive. The GIGABTYE GN-WBKG Wireless USB STICK Adapter setup screen appears. Step 5: Drag your mouse over Install Wireless LAN Utility and click on it to start the utility installation program.
Step 6: When the Welcome screen appears, click Next.. Step 7: The Check Setup Information screen displays the Operating System of your computer. If it is correct, click Next to continue.
Step 8: After the software utility installation is complete, click Finish.
Chapter 3 Using the GIGABYTE WLAN Configuration Utility The Gigabyte WLAN Utility is a powerful application that helps you to configure the GN-WBKG Wireless USB STICK Adapter as well as monitor the network status link. It automatically appears as an icon in the system tray at the bottom right corner of screen whenever the card is operating (see Figure 3-1). The icon displays signal strength (one green box = weak signal, 4 green boxes = strong signal) and double-clicking on it launches the utility.
SSID – Displays the Service Set Identity (wireless network name) associated with active profile. Channel – Displays which channel the profile is operating on. Authentication – Displays authentication type associated with profile. Encryption – Four encryption types currently used in the profile include “None”, “WEP”, “AES” and “TKIP”. Network Type – Displays the wireless mode (Infrastructure or Ad-Hoc) associated with the profile. Add：Add the setup file (see the picture 3-3).
Profile Name – Type in a unique profile name, set the corresponding parameters and click the Apply button to add profile. SSID – Select a defined Service Set Identity detected by the system from the drop-down list or input a new SSID (32-character maximum). Power Saving Mode – Select the PSM option to enable power saving feature (when no data will be transmitted) or the CAM option to have device always on.
3-1-2. Add Profile - Authentication and Security If an authentication or security setting is configured in a wireless access point or wireless router, it is necessary for the Wireless USB STICK Adapter profile to match the security parameters in order to obtain access and establish a connection. Both WEP Encryption and 802.1X Authentication protocols are supported.
Figure 3-5. Authentication and Security Authentication Security Type Open None WEP Shared WEP WPA TKIP AES WPA-PSK TKIP AES LEAP None Table 3-1 Secure Key Setting None Key Key None None WPA-PSK Key WPA-PSK Key None 802.1X Enabled YES YES YES NO NO 3-1-2-1. Authentication and Security Authentication – Before a station connects to a SSID, the authentication type used by the SSID must be known. Authentication types include OPEN SYSTEM, WAP, WAP-PSK , LEAP and SHARED.
1. Select a Key. (You may specify up to 4 Keys) 2. Select data type as either Hex or ASCII. (Hex = hexadecimal) 3. Enter a WEP key. [For 64-bit: 10 hexadecimal digits, 5 ASCII; For128-bit: 26 hexadecimal digits, 13 ASCII] 4. Click OK to save the settings. WPA-PSK Encryption – To activate WPA-PSK (Preshared Key) Encryption using TKIP or AES, choose WPA-PSK from the drop-down menu in the Encryption field. Then follow instructions below: 1. Enter a Preshared Key.
Identity – Enter the name of the user account. Password – The option to specify a password is only available when MD5-Challenge is selected as the authentication types. Use Client Certificate – Check the Use Client Certificate box to confirm if the Client Certificate is correct in the authentication process. This applies only to TLS and TTLS authentication types. Tunnel Authentication – PEPA and TTLS use two-step authentication method. The first step is that Server sets up a Tunnel with its authentication.
Figure 3-8. CA Server Setting The CA Server is enabled only when TLS, TTLS or PEAP authentication is selected. The Client can verify if such server is reliable and then transmit Client Certificate after the verification is confirmed. (NOTE: Only available if Use Client Certificate is checked.) Verify CA Server 1. Confirm if the Server Certificate is issued by an assigned certificate issuer.
This value can be a server name or the name of a domain where the server is located. Server name must match exactly – Select this option to specify that the server name of server certificate must be the same as Server Name or matches the name of domain where the server is located. Domain name must end in specified name – Select this option to specify that the certificate issuer must match the domain or secondary domain entered in Server Name. 3-1-3.
is a situation in which two stations are within range of the same Access Point, but are not within range of each other. Therefore, they are hidden nodes for each other and can not detect each other. This mechanism is a way to prevent data collision when WLAN equipments require transmission. TX Rate: This option adjusts settings of TX Rate according to the setting of “Infrastructure Wireless Mode” and “Ad Hoc Wireless Mode”.
3-2. The Link Status Tab The Link Status tab displays information on the current wireless network connection. Figure 3-10. Link Status Status – Displays the SSID and MAC address of the associated access point when GN-WBKG is configured in infrastructure mode. Current Channel – Displays the wireless channel currently in use ONLY when GN-WBKG is configured in Ad-Hoc mode. Link Speed – Indicates the transmission data rate between associated access point and the GN-WBKG.
3-3. The Site Survey Tab The Site Survey” tab shows you the list of available access points and/or peer-to-peer stations. You can double click SSID that you want to connect or highlight the access point and click the Connect button. If AP hides SSID so that only BSSID can be seen rather than SSID. At the moment, you can double click the hidden SSID and enter the correct name of the SSID; you will be able to connect to the Application. Figure 3-11.
3-4. “Statistics” Setting The Statistics tab shows you the number of packets sent and received by the Wireless USB STICK Adapter. Figure 3-12.
3-5. The About Tab The About tab displays information about current drivers and physical MAC address. Figure 3-13.
Chapter 4 Troubleshooting This troubleshooting guide lists questions and possible solutions to some common problems which you may encounter while installing or using GIGABYTE Wireless USB STICK Adapter. Cannot Enable 802.1x, WPA or WPA-PSK Windows XP / 2000: 1. Run the AegisI5.exe file found on the GN-WBKG installation CD. 2. Click “Install”. Windows 98SE / ME: 1. Run AegisI2.exe file found on the GN-WBKG installation CD. Click “Install”.
Chapter 5 1. SPECIFICATION Hardware Specifications GN-WBKG Wireless USB STICK Adapter Host Interface USB 2.0/1.1 Operating Voltage 5V from Host PC 2. RF Performance 802.11g(backward compatible to 802.11b) Frequency Bands 2412 ~ 2484 MHz (subject to local regulation) Modulation Technology OFDM and DSSS Modulation Techniques 64QAM, 16QAM, QPSK, BPSK, CCK, DQPSK, DBPSK Date Rates 54, 48, 36, 18,12, 9, 11, 6, 5.
