User manual SAGEM XG760N 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. [. . . ] 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 WEP. Check in the main screen of the Utility that the Security Enabled check box is unchecked. 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 the Configuration tab in the main screen of the Utility and activate the Security Enabled check box. Here we will explain how to configure open security with WEP and WPA-PSK security with TKIP. 2. 1) WEP encryption : In the window Security, you will have to : select authentication : Open encryption is fix to WEP disable IEEE 802. 1X authentication mode select the WEP type : 64 bits or 128 bits select the index key select the way to generate the encryption keys (from a passphrase or manually) 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". 6 Create Encryption Keys by Using a Passphrase 1- Select first the 64 bits or 128 bits length of the key. 3- Select index key 4- Enter the string in Network key and Confirm network key. 5- Finally click the Apply button in the Configuration tab to save the configuration. 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. Create Encryption Keys Manually You can also create up a encryption key. Enter manually the key you want in the key field taking in account the remarks here after specifying the authorized characters 5. Finally click the Apply button in the Configuration tab to save the configuration and make setting take effect. For 64 bits encryption you may choose: · · Alphanumeric: 5 characters (case sensitive) ranging from a-z, A-Z and 0-9 (e. g. [. . . ] If you want to create a new Wireless Ad Hoc network, select an unused channel, then click the Apply button on the Configuration tab to make the setting take effect. 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 one LED indicator giving the following informations on the link status: Solid Green: Blinking Green: Connected to an transmitting data. · Check that the SSID and the WEP encryption keys are the same on the computers and the access point which are on the same network. [. . . ]