MicroNet SP907N User manual

User’s Manual
802.11N Wireless LAN USB Adapter
Model No.: SP907N
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Introduction................................................................................. 1
1.1 Package Contents..........................................................................................1
1.2 Key Features .................................................................................................1
1.3 Safety Information........................................................................................2
1.4 System Requirements....................................................................................2
1.5 Specifications................................................................................................3
Chapter 2 Physical Description .................................................................. 4
2.1 USB Adapter.................................................................................................4
2.1.1 LED Indication....................................................................................................4
2.2 Hardware Installation....................................................................................5
Chapter 3 Drivers Installation & Configuration......................................... 6
3.1 Drivers Installation........................................................................................6
3.2 Connecting to Wireless Access Point...........................................................8
3.2.1 Using Windows Zero Configuration..............................................................11
Chapter 4 Configuration Utility................................................................. 15
4.1 Making Profile for Wireless Connection....................................................15
4.1.1 Setting Profile Manually..................................................................................15
4.1.2 Setting Profile via Site Survey.......................................................................19
4.2 802.1x..........................................................................................................21
4.2.1 Certification ......................................................................................................21
4.2.2 802.1x - CA Server..........................................................................................22
4.3 Network Statistics and Link Status.............................................................23
4.3.1 Network Statistics............................................................................................23
4.3.2 Link Status........................................................................................................24
4.4 Advanced Settings ......................................................................................26
4.5 QoS Settings................................................................................................28
4.6 About...........................................................................................................30
Chapter 5 Troubleshooting ....................................................................... 31
Chapter 6 Glossary.................................................................................... 32

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Chapter 1 Introduction
Micronet SP907N, 11N Wireless LAN USB Adapter, delivers next generation wireless
solution of high speed and cost-efficient network. It is compliant with IEEE 802.11 Draft-N
and backward compatible with IEEE 802.11b/g. The USB adapter supports MIMO (Multi-In,
Multi-Out) technology, which uses two radio channels to enhance data rate and wireless
coverage. It is the part of the complete package of the new 11N high speed wireless
solution. Ideal installation is for both desktop computer and notebook with USB 2.0/1.1 port.
1.1 Package Contents
Prior to the installation of the device, please verify the following items are in the
package:
ySP907N 11n WLAN USB Adapter
yQuick Installation Guide
yManual CD
1.2 Key Features
y802.11b/g/Draft-N compatible.
yHigh-efficiency antenna that expands the scope of your wireless network.
yQoS function: control the bandwidth required for different applications.
ySupports major encryption methods like WEP, WPA, and WPA2 encryption.
yUSB 2.0 interface for easy installation.
yWireless access control - prevent unauthorized network access to your network
and computer.

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1.3 Safety Information
In order to keep the safety of users, please read through the following safety
instructions:
yThis USB Adapter is designed for indoor use only.
yDo not put this device at or near hot or humid places. Also, do not leave this
device in the car in summer.
yThe USB Adapter is small enough to put in a child’s mouth, ear, or nose, and it
could cause serious or fatal injury.
yThere’s no user-serviceable part for the device. If users found the device is not
working properly, please contact the authorized dealer of purchase. Do not
disassemble the device, otherwise warranty will be void.
yIf the device falls into water, do not use it again before sending to the dealer of
purchase for inspection.
yIf users smell something strange, or even see some smoke coming out from the
router or power supply, remove the power supply or switch the electrical power off
immediately, and call authorized for help.
1.4 System Requirements
yAn empty USB 2.0 port (USB 1.1 will degrade the performance dramatically).
yWindows 2000, 2003, XP, or Vista operating system.
yCD-ROM drive.
yAt least 100MB of available disk space.

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1.5 Specifications
Standards IEEE802.11b/ 802.11g / 802.11 Draft-N
Interface USB 2.0/1.1
Frequency Band 2.4000 ~ 2.4835GHz
Data Rate z11b: 1/2/5.5/11Mbps
z11g: 6/9/12/24/36/48/54Mbps
z11n (20MHz): MCS0-15, 32 with Half Guard
Interval Support (up to 144Mbps)
z11n (40MHz): MCS0-15, 32 with Half Guard
Interval Support (up to 300Mbps)
Output Power 16dBm ± 2dBm
Security zWEP 64/128
zWPA & WPA2
zCisco CCX V1.0, 2.0 and 3.0 Compliance
LED Indicators zLink
zActivity
Antenna 2 x Internal Antennas
MIMO Technology 2T2R MIMO Technology
Humidity 10~95% (Non-Condensing)
Temperature 32~131°F (0 ~ 55°C)
Operating System Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista
Emission FCC, CE

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Chapter 2 Physical Description
2.1 USB Adapter
2.1.1 LED Indication
LED Light Status Description
On Linked to a wireless access point
Blinking Currently transferring data
Link/
Activity Off Not linked to any wireless access point

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2.2 Hardware Installation
Please insert the wireless network card into an available USB 2.0/1.1 port of the
computer. Users can insert the card when the computer is either powered on or off.
After installing the hardware, the following message will appear. Select ‘Don’t show this
message again for this device’.

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Chapter 3 Drivers Installation &
Configuration
3.1 Drivers Installation
Step 1. Insert device driver CDOM into the CD/DVD ROM drive of the computer, and
execute ‘Setup.exe’ program in ‘Driver’ folder.
Please select ‘Allow’ if Windows indicates that ‘an unidentified program wants access
to your computer’.
Step 2. Please read the end user license agreement and select ‘I agree the terms of
the license agreement’ and click on <Next> to proceed.

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Step 3. Please select ‘Optimize for WiFi mode’ for wireless compatibility, then click
<Next>. To enhance wireless performance, please select ‘Optimize for performance
mode’. However, in this mode, the wireless compatibility will not be guaranteed. If
users want to use this mode, it may not be able to communicate with older wireless
devices and wireless access point, such as 802.11b devices. However, the data
transfer rate will be enhanced in this mode. Users can select this mode when only
communicating with 802.11 Draft-N devices.
Step 4. Click <Install> to initiate the driver installation process.
If the ‘Found New Hardware’ message appears, please ignore and wait for the installation
to complete.

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3.2 Connecting to Wireless Access Point
After installation is complete, wireless configuration utility will be shown as an icon at
the lower-right corner of the windows desktop. There are two ways users can configure
the wireless network card to connect to wireless access point: either using the
configuration utility, which comes with wireless card driver, or using built-in Windows
Zero Configuration utility. Click on the icon using right mouse key and select <Launch
Config Utilities>. To exit the utility, select <Exit>.
Step 1. Configuration utility will scan for available wireless access points automatically.
Please select an access point to connect and click <Connect>. If the preferred
wireless access point does not display, please click <Rescan> to try again. Users may
have to click <Rescan> for more than two times before the access point will show up.
Parameter Description
SSID The Service Set Identifier of wireless access point or other
network device. Users can think it as the name of access
point.

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BSSID
The MAC address of wireless access point or other network
device. Unlike SSID, BSSID of every access point or network
device is unique. So users can identify a single access point
or wireless device from others with same SSID by using
BSSID.
Signal Shows the signal strength of access point or wireless device.
Larger number means better radio strength, which often
means the user is not too far from the access point or
wireless device.
Channel Shows the channel number that access point or wireless
device operates.
Encryption Shows the encryption method that access point or wireless
device uses. If the wireless access point does not enable
encryption, users will see ‘None’ displayed in this field.
Authentication Shows the authentication mode which the access point or
wireless device uses. If the wireless access point does not
require authentication, users will see ‘Unknown’ displayed in
this field.
Network Type Shows the type of wireless connection. If it’s a wireless
access point, ‘Infrastructure’ will be displayed here. For a
computer or network device, ‘Ad Hoc’ will be displayed here.
If the Encryption is set to ‘None’, the wireless connection will be connected within 1
minute. Please proceed to step 4.
Step 2. Users will be prompted to input the SSID (the name of wireless access point) if
the SSID of the access point is hidden.
Step 3. If the wireless access point uses encryption, users will have to input the correct
WEP passphrase or WPA pre-shared key. Ensure both the AP and PC is set with the
same WEP passphrase/WPA pre-shared key. Otherwise the wireless connection will
fail to establish.

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Authentication type is selected automatically, please do not change it.
Step 4. If the wireless access point is successfully connected, users will see a
‘Connected’ message displayed at the lower-left corner of wireless configuration utility
window.
Step 5. Users can put the mouse cursor over the configuration utility icon, and the brief
information about link status and signal strength of current wireless connection will be
shown as a popup balloon.

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3.2.1 Using Windows Zero Configuration
Windows XP and Vista has a built-in wireless network configuration utility, called
‘Windows Zero Configuration’ (WZC). Users can also use WZC to configure the
wireless network parameter.
Step 1. Right-click on configuration utility icon and select <Use Zero Configuration as
Configuration utility>.
Step 2. Click <Start> button and <Control Panel>, then select <Network and
Internet> in Control Panel.

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Step 3. Click <Connect to a network> under ‘Network and Sharing Center’.
Step 4. All wireless access points within proximity will be displayed here. If the
preferred access point is not displayed, please try to move the computer closer to the
access point. Otherwise, users can press refresh ( ) button to rescan access
points. Select the access point if it’s shown, then click <Connect>.

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Step 5. Users will be prompted to input the SSID (the name of wireless access point) if
the SSID of the access point is hidden.
Step 6. If the wireless access point uses encryption, users will have to input the correct
WEP passphrase or WPA pre-shared key. Ensure both the AP and PC is set with the
same WEP passphrase/WPA pre-shared key. Otherwise the wireless connection will
fail to establish.
If the access point selected does not use encryption, users will not be prompted for
security key or passphrase.

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Step 7. If users can see this message, the connection between the computer and
wireless access point is successfully established. Click <Close> to continue.

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Chapter 4 Configuration Utility
If users need to connect to different wireless access points at different time like for home,
office or cybercafe, it is possible to store the connection parameters (encryption,
passphrase, security etc.) as a profile for every access point. This allows users to
eliminate the need to input these parameters when connecting to a specific wireless
access point.
4.1 Making Profile for Wireless Connection
Enter the Configuration Utility. There are two ways to set profile for wireless connection.
4.1.1 Setting Profile Manually
Step 1. Select the ‘Profile’ tab and click on <Add> button.

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Step 2. The following window will appear and users can enter the parameters in this
interface. For parameters on the ‘Configuration’ tab, consult the table below.
Parameter Description
Profile Name Please give this profile a name, up to 32 alphanumerical
characters and symbols are allowed, however space is not
allowed.

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SSID The SSID of the wireless access point or wireless device
selected by user will be displayed here. When the SSID of
access point or wireless device is not available, users have to
input it here manually.
PSM (Power Saving
Mode)
Please select CAM (Constantly awake mode, keep the
wireless radio activity when not transferring data), or PSM
(Power saving mode, switches radio off when not transferring
data).
Network Type Select network type: ‘Ad Hoc’ or ‘Infrastructure’. If user is
adding a profile from an existing access point or wireless
device, it’s automatically selected.
TX Power Users can select the radio output power of wireless network
card.
Preamble This option is only available when the network type is ‘Ad
hoc’. Users can select ‘Auto’ or ‘Long Preamble’. Please
select ‘Auto’ for normal users.
RTS Threshold When the packet size is smaller the RTS threshold, the
wireless router will not use the RTS/CTS mechanism to send
this packet.
Fragment Threshold "Fragment Threshold" specifies the maximum size of packet
during the fragmentation of data to be transmitted. If users set
this value too low, it will result in bad performance.
Step 3. Now click ‘Authentication and Security’ tab, and set the encryption and
authentication settings. For parameters on the ‘Authentication and Security’ tab,
consult the table below.

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Parameter Description
Authentication Type
Select the authentication type of the wireless access point or
wireless device. If users are adding a profile from an existing
access point or wireless device, the value will be selected
automatically.
If users select ‘LEAP’, the second window will be displayed.
Please input LEAP identity, password, domain name, and
select encryption type. Users can check ‘Show Password’ box
so the password inputted will be displayed and not replace by
asterisk.
Encryption Select the encryption type of the wireless access point or
wireless device to connect. If users are adding a profile from
an existing access point or wireless device, the value will be
selected automatically.
WPA Preshared Key Input WPA preshared key in this field. If encryption is not
‘Preshared Key’enabled or users select ‘WEP’ as encryption
type, this field will be disabled and grayed out.
WEP Key Users can select key type (Hex or ASCII) and input WEP key
in this field. If encryption is not enabled, or users select ‘WPA’
as encryption type, this field will be disabled and grayed out.
Show Password Check this box and all passphrases or security keys inputted
will be displayed instead of asterisk during type.
Use 802.1x Enable 802.1x wireless authentication. Please click <802.1x
Setting> button to set 802.1x parameters. Refer to section
4.2 for setting up 802.1x parameters.
Step 4. After users finish configuring all settings, click <OK> to save settings and exit.
The profile created will be displayed in this window.