Edimax EW-7612PIn V2 User manual

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EW-7612PIn V2
User Manual
11-2011 / v1.0

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entire cost of all necessary servicing, repair, and any incidental or consequential damages
resulting from any defect in the software. Edimax Technology Co., Ltd. reserves the right
to revise this publication and to make changes from time to time in the contents hereof
without the obligation to notify any person of such revision or changes.
The product you have purchased and the setup screen may appear slightly different from
those shown in this QIG. For more information about this product, please refer to the
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Edimax Technology Co., Ltd.
Add: No. 3, Wu-Chuan 3rd Rd., Wu-Ku Industrial Park, New Taipei City, Taiwan
Tel: [phone]
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Contents
Chapter I: Product Information.................................................................................................1
1-1 Introduction and safety information ...............................................................................................1
1-2 Safety Information ...........................................................................................................................1
1-3 System Requirements ......................................................................................................................2
1-4 Package Contents.............................................................................................................................2
1-5 Familiar with your new wireless network card................................................................................3
CHAPTER II: Driver Installation and Configuration ..................................................................4
2-1 Network Card Installation................................................................................................................4
2-2 Connect to Wireless Access Point .................................................................................................10
2-2-1 Using Edimax Utility............................................................................................................11
2-2-2 Using Windows Zero Configuration....................................................................................16
2-3 Connection Profile Management ..................................................................................................20
2-3-1 Add a new profile ...............................................................................................................21
2-3-2 Remove an existing profile .................................................................................................24
2-3-3 Edit an existing profile ........................................................................................................25
2-3-4 Make a copy of existing profile...........................................................................................26
2-4 View Network Statistics, General Information, and Status ...........................................................28
2-4-1 General Information ...........................................................................................................28
2-4-2 Status..................................................................................................................................29
2-5 Miscellaneous Settings ..................................................................................................................30
2-6 Establish secure connection with AP by WPS................................................................................31
2-6-1 PIN Code.............................................................................................................................33
CHAPTER III: Soft-AP Function ................................................................................................36
3-1 Switch to AP Mode and Station Mode ..........................................................................................36
3-1-1 Configure SSID and Channel...............................................................................................38
3-1-2 Setup Soft-AP Security........................................................................................................40
3-2 Advanced Settings .........................................................................................................................41
3-3 Wireless Statistics..........................................................................................................................42
4-1 Hardware Specification..................................................................................................................43
4-2 Troubleshooting.............................................................................................................................44
4-3 Glossary .........................................................................................................................................46

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Chapter I: Product Information
1-1 Introduction and safety information
Thank you for purchasing this high-speed wireless network card! Excepting common
wireless standards 802.11b/g, this wireless network card is also able to access 802.11n
wireless networks - data transfer rate up to 300Mbps, and that’s five times faster than
802.11g wireless network!
With easy-to-install PCI express interface - a very common expansion port of computers -
plug this wireless network card into any empty PCI express slot of your computer, just that
simple!
Other features of this router including:
Complies with 802.11b/g/n wireless standards
Wireless data rates up to 300Mbps
Features EZmax multi-language setup wizard
Wireless speed up to 12 times faster and coverage 5 times further
Features a hardware WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup) button
Includes a low-profile bracket for small computers
Supports major encryption methods like WEP, WPA, and WPA2 encryption
PCI-e interface - you can get it installed on your computer in just few seconds
Software AP - acting as an access point
Green Power Saving - Smart transmit power control and auto-idle state
adjustment
1-2 Safety Information
In order to keep the safety of users and your properties, please follow the following safety
instructions:
1. This wireless network card is designed for indoor use only. DO NOT expose this network
card to direct sun light, rain, or snow.
2. DO NOT put this network card at or near hot or humid places, like kitchen or bathroom.
Also, do not left this wireless network card in the car in summer.

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3. This network card is small enough to put in a child’s mouth, and it could cause serious
injury or could be fatal. If they throw the network card, the card will be damaged. PLEASE
KEEP THIS NETWORK CARD OUT THE REACH OF CHILDREN!
4. This network card will become hot when being used for long time (This is normal and
is not a malfunction). DO NOT put the network card on a paper, cloth, or other
flammable objects after the network card has been used for a long time.
5. There’s no user-serviceable part inside the network card. If you found that the network
card is not working properly, please contact your dealer of purchase and ask for help. DO
NOT disassemble the network card by yourself, warranty will be void.
6. If the network card falls into water, DO NOT USE IT AGAIN BEFORE YOU SEND THE
CARD TO THE DEALER OF PURCHASE FOR INSPECTION.
7. If you smell something strange or even see some smoke coming out from the network
card, switch the computer off immediately, and call dealer of purchase for help.
1-3 System Requirements
An empty PCI express slot
Windows XP, Vista, or Windows 7 operating system
CD-ROM drive
At least 100MB of available disk space
1-4 Package Contents
Before you starting to use this wireless network card, please check if there’s anything
missing in the package, and contact your dealer of purchase to claim for missing items:
Wireless PCIe adapter x 1
3dBi antenna x 2
Quick installation guide x 1
CD with setup wizard, user manual & multi-language QIG x 1
Low-profile bracket x 1

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1-5 Familiar with your new wireless network card
1. Antenna
2. WPS Button
3. Link and Tx/Rx LED Definitions
LED Name
Light Status
Description
Link
On
Link to a wireless access point
Off
Not linked to any wireless access point
Tx/Rx
On
Wireless WPS function is activated. The
network card will wait for 2 minutes to
establish WPS connection.
Blinking
Wireless network card is normally installed
/Linked to a wireless access point /
Transferring or receiving data.
Off
No wireless activity
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CHAPTER II: Driver Installation and Configuration
2-1 Network Card Installation
Please follow the following instructions to install your new wireless network card:
1. SWITCH THE COMPUTER OFF, remove the cover and insert the wireless network card
into an empty PCI express slot of your computer and then replace the cover.
2. Install the antenna on the wireless network card, and make sure the antenna is
securely installed. To improve radio reception, please adjust antenna to the proper
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3. Software Installation, This wizard can be run in Windows XP/Vista/7. The following
procedures are operated in Windows XP. You can install the Wireless Adapter by
EZMAX Setup Wizard in the CD-ROM including in the package. The wizard is an easy
and quick configuration tool for internet connection with series process.
When you start EZMAX Setup Wizard, you will get the following welcome screen.
Please choose the language to start the configuration. The wizard will guide you to
finish your network connection. We will not provide any instruction for the EZMAX
Setup Wizard here.

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If you prefer the traditional setup procedure, please follow the instruction as following
step.
1. Insert device driver CDROM into the CD/DVD ROM drive of your computer, and
execute ‘Setup.exe’ program in ‘Utility’ folder.

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2. Please select the language you wish to use, then click ‘Next’.
3. Click ‘Next’ to continue.

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4. Installation procedure needs few minutes to complete, please be patient.
5. Click ‘Finish’ to reboot your computer to complete installation procedure. If you don’t
want to reboot computer now, select ‘No, I’ll restart my computer later’ option and
click ‘Finish’. Please note you have to reboot your computer before you can use your
new wireless network card.

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6. After installation is complete, wireless configuration utility will be shown in the
desktop of your computer automatically. You will also see an icon at the lower-right
corner of your windows system. If you put the mouse cursor on the icon, the status of
wireless card will be displayed as a popup balloon.
7. When you want to configure your wireless connection, please right click on this icon,
and a popup menu will appear. You can click ‘Open Config Utility’ to start configuration
program.
If you want to close the configuration utility, please click ‘Quit’.
8. Please note that if you stopped config utility by ‘Quit’ function, you’ll not be able to maintain the
wireless link to the access point you wish to use. In this case, you can start config utility again by
clicking ‘Edimax Wireless Utility’ icon from ‘Start’ -> ‘All Programs’ -> ‘Edimax Wireless’, as shown
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2-2 Connect to Wireless Access Point
After the driver is correctly installed, it will try to connect to any unencrypted wireless
access point automatically. If you want to connect to a specific wireless access point, or
the access point you wish to connect uses encryption, you have to configure the wireless
network card and input required parameters, to get connected to the wireless access
point you wish to connect.
The current status of wireless connection will be displayed by Edimax configuration utility
icon:
Wireless connection is established, good signal reception.
Wireless connection is established, normal signal reception.
Wireless connection is established, weak signal reception.
Connection is not established yet.
Wireless network card is not detected.
There are two ways you can configure your wireless network card to connect to wireless
access point: using the Edimax configuration utility and using built-in windows zero
configuration utility.

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2-2-1 Using Edimax Utility
Please follow the following instructions to use Edimax configuration utility to connect to
wireless access point.
1. Left-click the Edimax configuration utility icon located at lower-right corner of
computer desktop, and configuration menu will appear:
2. Wireless utility will appear. Click ‘Available Network’ menu to search for wireless
access points nearby.

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3. Please wait for a while, and all wireless access points which can be reached by this
wireless network card will be displayed here.
If the wireless access point you wish to connect does not appear here, you can click
‘Refresh’ button to scan for wireless access points again; if the wireless access point
you’re looking for still not appear, try to move the computer closer.
When the access point you’re looking for is on the list, left-click it and then double
click it or click ‘Add to Profile’.
4. If a password (a.k.a. ‘Network Key’) is required to access the wireless access point,
please input it in ‘Network key’ (and input it again in ‘Confirm network key’ for
confirmation). Click ‘OK’ when password is properly inputted.
NOTE: Network security type (‘Network Authentication’ and ‘Data encryption’) will be
selected automatically based on wireless access point’s security setting. It’s not
required to change these settings by yourself.

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All options in this page will be filled automatically according to the access point you
wish to add to profile. However, you can still modify any of them to meet your
requirement.
Profile name
You can give a name to this profile, so you can
remember its purpose easily. It can be any
phrase to help you remember.
Network Name (SSID)
The SSID (Service Set IDentifier, i.e. access
point’s name). This field will be filled as the
access point you selected when SSID is not
hidden and grayed out. If SSID is hidden, you
have to input correct SSID you yourself.
This is a
computer-to-computer
(ad hoc) network
Check this box if you wish to connect to
another computer / network device by ad hoc
method. When not accessing to wireless
access point, you have to check this box.
Channel
Select wireless channel for ad hoc
connection. This option only appears when
you’re using ad hoc connection.
Network
Authentication
Select the network authentication type from
drop-down menu. This setting must be
identical with the setting of wireless access
point you with to connect.

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Data encryption
Select the data encryption type from
drop-down menu. This setting must be
identical with the setting of wireless access
point you with to connect.
ASCII / PASSPHRASE
When the encryption type is ‘WEP’, it’s
required to input a set of ‘passphrase’ to
connect to wireless access point. Check ‘ASCII’
or ‘PASSPHRASE’ depends on the security
setting of access point, and input it in the
box; if you select ‘PASSPHRASE’ you also need
to select the length of the key.
The passphrase must be identical with the
setting of wireless access point you with to
connect.
Key index
Select WEP key index. For most of access
points you can select ‘1’, but please refer to
the setting of the access point.
Network key / Confirm
network key
When the encryption type is ‘WPA’ or
‘WPA2-PSK’, it’s required to input a set of
‘passphrase’ to connect to wireless access
point. Please input the same passphrase in
two boxes for confirmation.
EAP TYPE / Tunnel /
Provision Mode
When authentication type is any of 802.1X,
you have to select EAP type, tunnel, and
provision mode from dropdown menu. This
setting must be identical with your 802.1x
authentication server.
Username / Identity /
Domain / Password
Please input 802.1x related authentication
information here.
Certificate
If certification is required to authenticate
with 802.1x authentication server, please
select a local certificate from dropdown list.
PAC
Check this box and PAC (Privilege Access
Certificate) will be automatically selected.
Please click ‘OK’ when ready.

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5. Network card will attempt to connect to access point now, this may require few
seconds to minutes, please be patient. When the ‘Status’ become ‘Associated’, your
computer is connected to access point you selected. Click ‘Close’ to close configuration
menu.
NOTE: If you connected to an access point but the connection has been dropped soon,
please check security settings and re-check password spelling.

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2-2-2 Using Windows Zero Configuration
Windows XP and Vista has a built-in wireless network configuration utility, called as
‘Windows Zero Configuration’ (WZC). You can also use WZC to configure your wireless
network parameter:
1. Right-click Edimax configuration utility icon, and click ‘Open Config Utility’.
2. Check ‘Windows Zero Config’ box.

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3. A message indicating that you’ve been switched to Windows Zero Configuration mode
will appear. Click ‘OK’ to continue.
NOTE: To return to use Edimax utility, uncheck ‘Windows Zero Config’ box.
4. Click ‘Start’ button (should be located at the bottom-left corner of windows desktop),
click ‘Control Panel’, then click ‘Network and Internet Connections’ in Control Panel.