Steren COM-879 User manual

IMPORTANT
Before using your new 300Mbps wireless -N USB 2.0 adapter,
please read the following recommendations.
Do not expose your Router to extreme temperatures.
Do not use or store the equipment near wet places. May cause
malfunction.
Clean only with a soft, dry cloth.
FEATURES
The wireless adapter allows you to connect your desktop or
laptop to a LAN
USB port.
Dual operation mode: Infrastructure and Ad-Hoc
MIMO technology for data transfers up to 300Mbps.
CCA technology, with automatic selection that avoids conicts.
Easy and secure inatallation, monitoring and conguration.
Compatible with WPS wireless security.
Supports WPA data security, IEEE802.1x authentication, TKIP/
AES encryption, and 64/128/152bit WEP advanced data security.
Roaming support.
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HARDWARE INSTALLATION
There are two ways to install the Adapter:
1. Plug the Adapter directly to the USB port on your computer.
2. Connect the Adapter and your computer through the USB cable
attached in package.
The LED will light up when the Adapter is installed successfully and
the PC is on.
SOFTWARE INSTALLATION IN XP
When you install the hardware prior to before installing the software,
the system will prompt “Found New Hardware Wizard”, click Cancel,
and run the Setup Wizard program on the CD-ROM.
1.- Insert the Resource CD into your CD-ROM drive, Inserte el disco
de instalación en el CD-ROM y Open the folder on the CD, locate the
following icon
And run setup.exe.
the following screen will appear.
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2.- Click NEXT to continue
3.- After that, you should choose a Setup type. It is recommended
that you select Install Client Utilities and Driver. Select Install Driver
Only to install driver only, select Make Driver Installation Diskette(s) to
make the diskette(s) as the installation driver Click Next to continue.
4.- Click Browse to change the destination location for the software,
then click Next in the screen below
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5.- After that, select the program folder, you should create a new
folder name or select one from the Existing Folders list. It is
recommended that you keep the default setting. Click Next to
continue the installation.
6.- Choose conguration tool, if you are not sure, please leave it
default. Then click Next to continue.
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7.- Click OK to continue the Installation on the screen below.
8.- The Setup Wizard will notify you of how to proceed with the ins-
tallation during these steps. Click Continue Anyway to continue the
Installation
9.- After all the steps above, you will see the screen below, click
Finish to reboot the system.
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CONFIGURATION
After Installing the Adapter, the Adapter’s tray icon will appear
in your system tray. It appears at the bottom of the screen, and shows
the signal strength using color and the received signal strength
indication (RSSI).
If the icon is gray, there is no connection..
If the icon is red, there is poor signal strength and the
RSSI is less than 5dB.
If the icon is yellow, there is poor signal strength and the
RSSI is between 5dB and 10dB.
If the icon is green, there is good signal strength and the
RSSI is between 10dB and 20dB.
If the icon is green, there is excellent signal strength and
the RSSI is more than 20dB.
Double-click the icon and the screen Current Status will appear
You can view the strength of the Adapter’s signal and the quality of its
connection. You can also click Advanced to view additional
status information about the current wireless connection. To Edit
or add a con guration pro le, click the Pro le Management tab.
To display current diagnostics information, click the Diagnostics
tab.
The Wireless client Utility provides a complete and easy to use
set of tools to:
Display current status information
Edit and add conguration proles
Display current diagnostics information
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Current Status
The Current Status tab contains general information about the
program and its operations. The Current Status tab needn’t any
congurations.
The following table describes the items found on the Current Status
screen.
Prole Name - This shows the name of current selected conguration
prole. The conguration of Prole name will be described on the
General tab of Prole Management.
Link Status - This shows whether the station is associated to the
wireless network.
Wireless Mode - Here displays the wireless mode.
Network Type - The type of network and the station currently
connected are shown here.
The options include:
• Infrastructure (access point)
• Ad Hoc
You can congure the network type and wireless mode on the
Advanced tab of Prole Management.
IP Address - This displays the computer’s IP address.
Control Channel - This shows the currently connected channel.
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Data Encryption - Here displays the encryption type the driver is
using. You can congure it on the Security tab of Prole Management.
Server Based Authentication - This shows whether the server based
authentication is used.
Signal Strength - This shows the strength of the signal.
Click Advanced on the screen above, you can see advanced
information about the program and its operations.
PROFILE MANAGEMENT
Click the Prole Management tab of the and the Prole management
screen will appear.
The Prole Management screen provides tools to:
Add a new prole
Modify a prole
Remove a prole
Activate a Prole
Import a Prole
Export a Prole
Scan Available Networks
Order proles
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ADD OR MODIFY A CONFIGURATION PROFILE
To add a new conguration prole, click New on the Prole
Management tab. To modify a conguration prole, select the
conguration prole from the Prole list and click Modify. Then you
will see the Management dialog box.
1. Edit the General tab
Prole Name - Please enter the Prole name which identies the
conguration prole. This name must be unique. Note that the prole
names are not case-sensitive.
Client Name - Please enter the Prole name which identies the client
machine.
Network Names (SSIDs) - Please enter the IEEE 802.11 wireless
network name. This eld has a maximum limit of 32 characters.
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2. Edit the Security tab
Select the Security tab in the screen above, and then you can edit the
elds to congure the prole. To dene the security mode, select the
radio button of the desired security mode as follows.
WPA/WPA2: Wi-Fi Protected Access
WPA/WPA2 Passphrase: Wi-Fi Protected Access Passphrase
802.1x: Enables 802.1x security.
Pre-Shared Key (Static WEP): Enables the use of shared keys that
are dened on both the access point and the station. To dene shared
encryption keys, choose the Shared Key radio button and click
Congure to ll in the Dene Shared Keys window
None: No security (not recommended).
The WEP security mode is not available for 802.11n.
If the access point which the Adapter is associated has WEP set
and the client has WEP enabled, make sure that Allow Associa-
tion to Mixed Cells is checked on the 3Security tab to
allow association. To complete WEP encryption conguration,
you must select the 802.11
Authentication Mode as appropriate on the Advanced tab of this
Prole Management dialog.
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To congure the Encryption Keys under the Pre-Shared keys (Static
WEP) Security mode:
Select different Security Options, the congurations are different; you
can select the appropriate security option and congure the exact key
as your need.
3. Edit the Advanced tab
This screen below allows you to make advanced conguration for the
prole.
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Power Save Mode - Please select the power save mode in the
drop-down list.
• Maximum - Selects maximum mode to let the access point buffer
incoming messages for the Adapter. The Adapter will detect the
access point if any messages are waiting periodically.
• Normal - Normal mode uses maximum when retrieving a large
number of packets, then switches back to power save mode after
retrieving the packets.
• Off - Turns power saving off, thus powering up the Wireless USB
Adapter continuously for a short message response time.
Network Type: There are basically two modes of networking:
• Infrastructure - All wireless clients will connect to an access point or
wireless router.
• Ad-Hoc - Directly connecting to another computer, for peer-to-peer
communication, using wireless network adapters on each computer,
such as two or more COM-879 wireless adapters.
An Infrastructure network contains an Access Point or wireless
router. All the wireless devices or clients will connect to the
wireless router or access point.
An Ad-Hoc network contains only clients, such as laptops with
wireless desktop adapters. All the adapters must be in Ad-Hoc
mode to communicate.
Wireless Mode: Species 2.4 GHz 300 Mbps, 2.4 GHz 54 Mbps or
2.4 GHz 11 Mbps operation in an access point network. The Wireless
adapter must match the wireless mode of the access point with which
it associates.
Wireless Mode when Starting an 3Ad Hoc Network: Species 2.4
GHz 300/54/11 Mbps to start an Ad Hoc network if no matching
network name is found after scanning all available modes. This mode
also allows the selection of the channel that the Wireless Adapter
uses. The channels available depend on the regulatory domain. If the
adapter nds no other ad hoc adapters, the channel that the adapter
starts the ad hoc network with will be selected automatically. The
Adapter must match the wireless mode and channel of the clients it
associates.
802.11 Authentication Mode: Select which mode the Adapter uses to
authenticate to an access point:
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• Automatic causes the adapter to attempt authentication using
shared, but switches it to open authentication if shared fails.
• Open System enables an adapter to attempt authentication
regardless of its WEP settings. It will only associate with the
access point if the WEP keys on both the adapter and the access
point match.
• Shared-key only allows the adapter to associate with access points
that have the same WEP key.
For infrastructure (access point) networks, click Preferred APs… to
specify four access points at most to the client adapter that attempts
to be associated to the access points. The four access points have
different priorities; the frontal has the higher priority.
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REMOVE A PROFILE
1. Go to the Prole Management tab
2. Select the prole name in the Proles List.
3. Click Remove.
The prole being used can’t be removed.
SWITCH ANOTHER PROFILE
1. Go to the Prole Management screen.
2. Select the prole name required in the Proles List.
3. Click Activate.
EXPORT A PROFILE
1. From the Prole Management screen, highlight the prole to
export.
2. Click Export…, the Export Prole window will then appear below.
3. Browse the directory to export the prole to.
4. Click Save. The prole should then be exported to the specied
location.
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IMPORT A PROFILE
1. From the Prole Management screen, click Import…. Then the
Import Prole will appear below.
2. Browse to the directory where the prole is located.
3. Highlight the prole name.
4. Click Open, the imported prole will then appear in the Proles List.
SCAN AVAILABLE NETWORKS
1. Click Scan on the Prole Management screen, the Available
Infrastructure and Ad Hoc Networks window will appear below.
2. Click Refresh to refresh the list at any time.
3. Highlight a network name and click Activate to connect to an
available network. If no conguration prole exists for that network,
the Prole Management window will open the General tab screen. Fill
in the Prole name and click OK to create the conguration prole
for that network.
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AUTO PROFILE SELECTION MANAGEMENT
The auto selection feature allows the adapter to automatically select
a prole from the list of proles and use it to connect to the network.
To add a new prole into the Auto Selected Proles list, please follow
these steps.
1. On the Prole Management screen, click Order Proles….
2. The Auto Proles Selection management window will appear with a
list of all created proles in the Available Proles.
3. Highlight the proles to add to auto prole selection, and click Add.
The prole will appear in the Auto Selected Proles box.
4. Highlight a prole in the Auto Selected Proles box.
5. Click Move Up or Move Down as appropriate.
The rst prole in the Auto Selected Proles box has highest
priority, while the last prole has the lowest priority.
6. Click OK.
7. Check the Auto Select Proles checkbox on the Prole
Management tab
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When auto prole selection is enabled by checking Auto Select
Proles on the Prole Management tab, the client adapter will
scan for an available network. The prole with the highest
priority and the same SSID as one of the found networks will be
used to connect to the network. If the connection fails, the client
adapter will try the next highest priority prole that matches the
SSID until an available network is found.
DIAGNOSTICS
The Diagnostics tab provides buttons used
to retrieve receiving and transmitting statistics. The Diagnostics tab
does not require any conguration.
The Diagnostics tab lists the following receiving and transmitting
diagnostics for frames received or transmitted by the wireless network
adapter:
Multicast frames transmitted and received
Broadcast frames transmitted and received
Unicast frames transmitted and received
Total bytes transmitted and received
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CHECK DRIVER INFORMATION
Click the Adapter Information button in the screen above, you will see
the adapter information, including general information about the
wireless network adapter and the Network Driver Interface
Specication (NDIS) driver. Access the adapter information from the
Diagnostics tab.
Card Name - The name of the wireless network adapter.
MAC Address - The MAC address of the wireless network adapter.
Driver - The driver name and path of the wireless network adapter
driver.
Driver Version - The version of the wireless network adapter driver.
Driver Date - The creation date of the wireless network adapter driver.
Client Name - The name of the client computer.
CHECK RECEIVE AND TRANSMIT STATISTICAL INFORMATION
The Advanced Statistics show receiving and transmitting statistical
information about the following receiving and transmitting diagnostics
for frames received by or transmitted to the wireless network adapter.
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QSS CONFIGURATION
QSS (Quick Secure Setup) function allows you to add a new wireless
device to an existing network quickly.
If the wireless card supports Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS), you can
establish a wireless connection between wireless card and router
using either Push Button Conguration (PBC) method or PIN method.
First, the QSS software should be installed.
1.- Insert the installation CD.
2.- Open the explorer of windows and select the setup.exe le.
3.- Run the le.
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