User manual SAGEM WUBR-128GW DONGLE WIFI

[. . . ] The Wireless LAN (Local Area Network) USB adapter can be operated in one of the two following networking configurations : 1. Infrastructure Networking In this mode, the radio links are coordinated by an Access Point enabling to access an existing wired network and/or enabling to access to network resources such as Internet, email, file transfer. . . Also known as a peer to peer network, this mode allows wireless to wireless connection, enabling all workstations to act as servers to all others. Ad-hoc Networking Wireless Network Ad-hoc Infrastructure Access Point Wired Network 1 Package Content These are the items included in the package: One SAGEM Wi-Fi 11g USB ADAPTER One USB Cable One Quick Start Guide One installation CD-ROM Minimum System Requirements PC Computer with an available USB port. [. . . ] To belong to a same wireless network, the client stations and the access point (connected to the Internet) have to use the same SSID. Enter the name of the access point you want to associate in the Network Name (SSID) field and then click "Apply" button to make the setting take effect. 5 The SSID can be set up to 32 characters. It is case sensitive (please take great attention to that). Configuration of the Encryption parameters To prevent unauthorized wireless station from accessing data transmitted over your network, the Wireless LAN adapter offers secures data encryption, like "open" and "shared Key" authentication with WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) encryption or WPA-PSK (Wi-Fi Protected Access ­ Pre Shared Key) authentication with TKIP (Temporal Key Integrity Protocol) encryption. The activation or not of the security has to be set on the same way on the Access Point and on your LAN USB adapter (client station). Your network can only be operated in the 2 following conditions: No security activated, neither in the Access Point, neither in the client stations Security activated (recommended for securing your data) in the Access Point and on all client stations with the same characteristics of encryption. If your Access Point works without security, your wireless LAN adapter also has to be set without security. Check in the Encryption screen of the Utility that the Network Authentication is set to open and Data encryption is set to Disable. 6 2) Security enabled on Access Point. Beware that if you enable security on your adapter, you necessarily have to enable the type of security on the Access Point side, as well, if you want your adapter to be able to associate with it. Go to the Encryption tab in the Config screen of the Utility to set the security. Here we will explain how to configure open security with WEP and WPA-PSK security with TKIP. 2. 1) WEP encryption : In the window " Encryption ", you will have to : select authentication : Open set encryption to WEP select the key format : ASCII characters or hexadecimal digits select the key length : 64 bits or 128 bits select the default index key select the way to generate the encryption keys (from a automatic or manual) Length of the WEP keys WEP protocol offers two levels of encryption: encryption based on 40 or 64 bits key length and more secure encryption based on 104 or 128 bits key length. The 40 bits keys and the 64 bits keys are the same, if their effective length is 64 bits, only 40 bits are selected by the user, the others bits are automatically calculated. The principle of management is identical for both 64 bits and 128 bits. The key length has to be set at the same value on the Access Point and on the client station (Wireless LAN adapter in our case). Creation of the WEP keys It is possible to manually enter the WEP key you want to use. However, this entry being rather tedious, especially for 128 bit keys, it is possible to have them generated automatically. To do that, you will have to enter a string of characters called "Passphrase". 7 Create Encryption Keys by Using a automatic generation "Passphrase" 1- select authentication to Open 2- Set encryption to WEP 3- Select first the "64 bits" or "128 bits" length of the key. 4- Select "ASCII" or "Hexadecimal" 5- Select " Automatic Generation " and enter the key string in passphrase 6- Select the default key index 7- Finally click the "Apply"button 8- to save the configuration in profile use "Save Configuration" button 9- To quit click "OK" button. Warning: when Create Key with Passphrase is enabled, the wireless device's Key number with PassPhrase must match the Key number with PassPhrase used by the access point with which wireless devices are going to communicate. Select first the "64 bits" or "128 bits" length of the key to generate 4. Enter manually the key you want in the corresponding index key field taking in account the remarks here after specifying the authorized characters 6. [. . . ] If you want to create a new Wireless Ad Hoc network, select an unused channel, then click the "Apply" button to make the setting take effect and "OK". 10 Configuration of WEP encryption The configuration of WEP encryption in Ad Hoc mode is similar to the one in Infrastructure Mode. The configuration of your Wireless LAN adapter in Ad-Hoc mode is finished. About Status Information on your Wireless LAN USB adapter LED Indicator The SAGEM Wi-Fi 11g USB ADAPTER has a PWR LED and a DATA LED indicator giving the following informations on the link status: PWR LED ON The adapter is receiving power from the USB port. · Plug out the Wireless LAN adapter, then plug in it into the same USB port on your computer. · Under Windows check the Wireless LAN adapter driver is correctly installed. [. . . ]