Ra Con fig Ope r a t ion M a n u a l RaConfig or windows zero configurat ion St art RaConfig Ut ilit y Sit e Survey Page Encrypt ion Set t ing [ WEP/ TKI P/ AES] 802.
Ex cu r su s The above set t ing is t est plat form by RaLink t echnology corp. User can set t he funct ion in accordance wit h A.P. Acknowledgem ent s: “ This product includes soft ware developed by MDC and it s licensors. This product includes soft ware developed by t he OpenSSL Proj ect for use in t he OpenSSL Toolkit ( ht t p: / / www.openssl.org/ ) ” . This product includes crypt ographic soft ware writ t en by Eric Young ( eay@crypt soft .com ) .
Ex a m ple t o con figu r e t o e n a ble D LS ( D ir e ct Lin k Se t u p) 1. Click “ Direct Link Set up Enable” . And Click “ Apply” but t on. 2. Change t o “ Sit e Survey Page” . And add a AP t hat support s DLS feat ures t o a Profile. The result will look like t he below figure in Profile page.
The set t ing of DLS indicat es as follow: 1. Fill in t he blanks of Direct Link wit h MAC Address of STA. The STA m ust conform t o t wo condit ions as follow: Connect wit h t he sam e AP t hat support DLS feat ures. Have t o enable DLS.
2. Tim eout Value represent s t hat it disconnect aut om at ically aft er som e seconds. The value is int eger. The int eger m ust be bet ween 0~ 65535. I t represent s t hat it always connect s if t he value is zero. Default value of Tim eout Value is 60 seconds.
3. Click “ Apply” but t on. The result will look like t he below figure.
1. As t he up figure, aft er configuring DLS successfully, show MAC address of t he opposit e side and Tim eout Value of set t ing in “ DLS St at us” . I n “ DLS St at us” of t he opposit e side, it shows MAC address of m yself and Tim eout Value of set t ing. 2. Display t he values of “ DLS St at us” t o “ Direct Link Set up” as follow: 1. I n “ DLS St at us” , select a direct link STA what you want t o show it ’s values in “ Direct Link Set up” . 2. Double click.
3. Disconnect Direct Link Set up as follow: 1. Select a direct link STA.
2. Click “ Tear Down” but t on. The result will look like t he below figure.
Ex a m ple t o con figu r e t o e n a ble W M M – Pow e r Sa ve 1. Click “ WMM – Power Save Enable” . And Click “ Set t ing…” but t on. 2. Aft er clicking “ Set t ing…” but t on, show “ Power Save Set t ing” dialog. Please select which ACs you want t o enable. Then click “ Apply” but t on. The set t ing of enabling WMM – Power Save is successfully.
Ex a m ple t o con figu r e t o e n a ble W i- Fi M u lt i- M e dia I f you want t o use “ WMM – Power Save” or “ Direct Link” , you m ust enable WMM. The set t ing m et hod of enabling WMM indicat es as follows: 1. Click “ WMM Enable” . 2. Click “ Apply” .
3. Change t o “ Sit e Survey Page” . And add a AP t hat support s WMM feat ures t o a Profile. The result will look like t he below figure in Profile page.
Con figu r e con n e ct ion w it h W PA2 by 8 0 2 .1 x se t t in g 1. Select A.P wit h WPA2 aut hent icat ion m ode. 2. Click CONNECT or double click t he int ended net work.
3. Aut hent icat ion & Securit y page will pop up. TKI P, AES and Bot h ( TKI P+ AES) securit y are support . * I f AP set up securit y t o Bot h ( TKI P + AES) , syst em defines is AES t hat securit y is severely. 4. Click 802.1x set t ing.
5. 802.1x set t ing page will pop up. 5. Aut hent icat ion t ype and set t ing m et hod: PEAP: 1. Aut hent icat ion t ype chooses PEAP, key ident it y int o wpat est 2. Prot ocol chooses EAP- MSCHAP v2 for t unnel aut hent icat ion, t unnel ident it y is wpat est 2 and t unnel password is t est 2.
int ended AP’s set t ing. 2. Click OK. The result will look like t he below figure.
TLS / Sm art Card: 1. Aut hent icat ion t ype chooses TLS / Sm art Card, TLS only need ident it y t hat is wpat est 2 for server aut hent icat ion. 2. TLS m ust use client cert icat e. Click m ore t o choose cert icat e.
3. Cert icat e page will pop up; choose a cert icat e for server aut hent icat ion. 3. Display cert icat e inform at ion in use client cert icat e page.
4. Click OK. The result will look like t he below figure.
1. Aut hent icat ion t ype chooses TTLS, ident it y is wpat est 2. Prot ocol chooses CHAP for t unnel aut hent icat ion, t unnel ident it y is wpat est 2 and t unnel password is t est 2. Those set t ing are sam e as our int ended AP’s set t ing. 2. Click OK. The result will look like t he below figure.
MD5: 1. Aut hent icat ion t ype chooses MD5, MD5 only need ident it y and password t hat are wpat est 2 and t est 2 for server aut hent icat ion.
2. Click OK. The result will look like t he below figure.
Con figu r e con n e ct ion w it h W PA by 8 0 2 .1 x se t t in g 1. Select A.P wit h WPA aut hent icat ion m ode. 2. Click CONNECT or double click t he int ended net work.
3. Aut hent icat ion & Securit y page will pop up. TKI P, AES and Bot h ( TKI P+ AES) securit y are support . * I f AP set up securit y t o Bot h ( TKI P + AES) , syst em defines is AES t hat securit y is severely. 4. Click 802.1x set t ing.
5. 802.1x set t ing page will pop up. 6. Aut hent icat ion t ype and set t ing m et hod: PEAP: 1. Aut hent icat ion t ype chooses PEAP, key ident it y int o wpat est 2. Prot ocol chooses EAP- MSCHAP v2 for t unnel aut hent icat ion, t unnel ident it y is wpat est 2 and t unnel password is t est 2.
int ended AP’s set t ing. 2. Click OK. The result will look like t he below figure.
1. 2. TLS / Sm art Card: Aut hent icat ion t ype chooses TLS / Sm art Card, TLS only need ident it y t hat is wpat est 2 for server aut hent icat ion. TLS m ust use client cert icat e. Click m ore t o choose cert icat e.
3. Cert icat e page will pop up; choose a cert icat e for server aut hent icat ion. 4. Display cert icat e inform at ion in use client cert icat e page.
5. Click OK. The result will look like t he below figure.
1. Aut hent icat ion t ype chooses TTLS, ident it y is wpat est 2. Prot ocol chooses CHAP for t unnel aut hent icat ion, t unnel ident it y is wpat est 2 and t unnel password is t est 2. Those set t ing are sam e as our int ended AP’s set t ing. 2. Click OK. The result will look like t he below figure.
1. MD5: Aut hent icat ion t ype chooses MD5, MD5 only need ident it y and password t hat are wpat est 2 and t est 2 for server aut hent icat ion.
2. Click OK. The result will look like t he below figure.
Con figu r e con n e ct ion w it h W PA2 - PSK 1. Select t he AP wit h WPA2- PSK aut hent icat ion m ode. 2. Click CONNECT or double click t he int ended net work.
6. Aut hent icat ion & Securit y page will pop up. TKI P, AES and Bot h ( TKI P+ AES) securit y are support . * I f AP set up securit y t o Bot h ( TKI P + AES) , syst em defines is AES t hat securit y is severely. 7. Aut hent icat ion Type is WPA- PSK. Select correct encrypt ion ( TKI P or AES) . Ent er WPA Pre- Shared Key secret as 12345678.
8. Click OK. Be careful, if t he WPA Pre- Shared Key ent ered is not correct , even t hough t he AP can be connect ed, but you won’t be able t o exchange any dat a fram es.
Con figu r e con n e ct ion w it h W PA- PSK 1. Select t he AP wit h WPA- PSK aut hent icat ion m ode. 2. Click CONNECT or double click t he int ended net work.
3. Aut hent icat ion & Securit y page will pop up. TKI P, AES and Bot h ( TKI P+ AES) securit y are support . * I f AP set up securit y t o Bot h ( TKI P + AES) , syst em defines is AES t hat securit y is severely. 4. Aut hent icat ion Type is WPA- PSK. Select correct encrypt ion ( TKI P or AES) . Ent er WPA Pre- Shared Key secret as 01234567.
5. Click OK. Be careful, if t he WPA Pre- Shared Key ent ered is not correct , even t hough t he AP can be connect ed, but you won’t be able t o exchange any dat a fram es.
Con figu r e con n e ct ion w it h W EP on 1. Select AP wit h WEP encrypt ion. 2. Click CONNECT or double click int ended net work.
3. Aut hent icat ion & Securit y page pop up. 4. Ent er 1234567890 at Key# 1 which is sam e as our int ended AP’s set t ing. 5. Click OK. The result will look like t he below figure.
Ex a m ple t o a dd pr ofile in pr ofile pa ge 1. Click ADD in profile page 2.
3. Change profile nam e t o TEST.
4. Pull down SSI D and select one int ended AP. The AP list is t he result of last sit e survey. 5. Set Power Saving Mode.
6. Click Aut hent icat ion & Securit y page 7. Click OK. Then we can find t he profile nam e appears in t he grid.
8. Click ACTI VATE. Act ivat e t he profile set t ing. 9. Follow sect ion 12, sect ion 13 and sect ion 14 t o set aut hent icat ion and securit y page.
Ex a m ple on a ddin g pr ofile in sit e su r ve y pa ge 1. Select t he indent ed net work from sit e survey list . 2. Click ADD PROFI LE.
3. Syst em will pop up Add Profile windows 4. Change profile Nam e from PROF1 t o FAVORI TE.
5. Click OK wit hout changing ot her value. 6. Follow sect ion 12, sect ion 13, sect ion 14 ,sect ion 15 and sect ion 16 t o set aut hent icat ion and securit y page.
Abou t About page display t he wireless card and driver version inform at ion as figure 9- 1 shown. Figure 9- 1 About Page Connect t o Ralink’s websit e: Ralink Technology, Corp. Display Configurat ion Ut ilit y, Driver, and EEPROM version inform at ion. Display Wireless NI C MAC address.
QoS Figure 10- 1 shows QoS Page of RaConfig. I t involves “ WMM Enable” , “ WMM – Power Save Enable” and DLS set up. The int roduct ion indicat es as follow: Figure 10- 1 QoS Page WMM Enable: Enable Wi- Fi Mult i- Media. The set t ing m et hod follows sect ion 17. WMM – Power Save Enable: Enable WMM Power Save. The set t ing m et hod follows sect ion 18. Direct Link Set up Enable: Enable DLS ( Direct Link Set up) . The set t ing m et hod follows sect ion 19.
Cou n t r y Ch a n n e l List Count ry channel list , channel classificat ion and range. According t o your window, find out corresponding t able.
Greece Hong Kong Hungary I celand I ndia I ndonesia I reland I srael I t aly Japan Japan2 Japan3 Jordan Kuwait Lat via Lebanon Lat via Lebanon Liecht enst ein Lit huania Luxem bourg Macedonia Malaysia Mexico Morocco Net herlands New Zealand Nigeria Norway Panam a Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Port ugal Puert o Rico Rom ania Russia Saudi Arabia Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Sout h Africa Sout h Korea Spain Sweden Swit zerland Taiwan Thailand Turkey Unit ed Arab Em irat es Unit ed Kingdom Unit ed St at es of
Adva n ce Figure 8- 1 shows advance set t ing page of RaConfig Figure 8- 1 Advance set t ing Wireless m ode: Select wireless m ode. 802.11B only, 802.11 B/ G m ixed 802.11A only, 802.11 A/ B/ G m ixed and 802.11G only m odes are support ed. 11B/ G Prot ect ion: ERP prot ect ion m ode of 802.11G definit ion. User can choose from Aut o, On, and Off. 1. Aut o: STA will dynam ically change as AP announcem ent . 2. On: Always send fram e wit h prot ect ion. 3. Off: Always send fram e wit hout prot ect ion.
1. LEAP t urn on CCKM 2. Enable Radio Measurem ent : can channel m easurem ent every 0~ 2000 m illiseconds. Turn radio ON/ OFF for FAA requirem ent . Radio On: I ndicat e t o t urn on radio. Radio Off: I ndicat e t o t urn off radio. Apply t he above changes.
St a t ist ics St at ist ics page displays t he det ail count er inform at ion based on 802.11 MI B count ers. This page t ranslat es t hat MI B count ers int o a form at easier for user t o underst and. Figure 7- 1 shows t he det ail page layout . Figure 7- 1 Transm it and Receive st at ist ics Transm it St at ist ics: 1. Fram es Transm it t ed Successfully: Fram es successfully sent . 2. Fram es Transm it t ed Successfully Wit hout Ret ry: Fram es successfully sent wit hout any ret ry. 3.
Lin k St a t u s Figure 6- 1 is t he link st at us page; it displays t he det ail inform at ion current connect ion. Figure 6- 1 Link St at us inform at ion St at us: Current connect ion st at us. I f no connect ion, if will show Disconnect ed. Ot herwise, t he SSI D and BSSI D will show here. Ext ra I nfo: Display link st at us and current channel in use. Link Speed: Show current t ransm it rat e and receive rat e. Throughout : Display t ransm it s and receive t hroughput in unit of K bit s/ sec.
Pr ofile Profile can book keeping your favorit e wireless set t ing am ong your hom e, office, and ot her public hot spot . You m ay save m ult iple profiles, and act ivat e t he correct one at your preference. Figure 5- 1 shows t he profile page set t ing. Figure 5- 1 Profile page Definit ion of each field: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Profile: Nam e of profile, preset t o PROF* ( * indicat e 1, 2, 3,) . SSI D: AP or Ad- hoc nam e. Cannel: Channel in use for Ad- Hoc m ode.
Delet e an exist ing profile. Edit Profile. Act ivat e select ed profile.
CA Se r ve r Depending on t he EAP in use, only t he server or bot h t he server and client m ay be aut hent icat ed and require a cert ificat e. Server cert ificat es ident ify a server, usually an aut hent icat ion or RADI US server t o client s. Most EAPs require a cert ificat e issued by a root aut horit y or a t rust ed com m ercial CA. Show as t he figure. Cert ificat e issuer: Choose use server t hat issuer of cert ificat es.
8 0 2 .1x Se t t in g 802.1x is a aut hent icat ion for [ WPA] and [ WPA2] cert ificat e t o server. Show as figure Aut hent icat ion t ype: 1. PEAP: Prot ect Ext ensible Aut hent icat ion Prot ocol. PEAP t ransport securely aut hent icat ion dat a by using t unneling bet ween PEAP client s and an aut hent icat ion server. PEAP can aut hent icat e wireless LAN client s using only server- side cert ificat es, t hus sim plifying t he im plem ent at ion and adm inist rat ion of a secure wireless LAN. 2.
5. MD5- Challenge: Message Digest Challenge. Challenge is an EAP authentication type that provides base-level EAP support. I t provides for only one- way aut hent icat ion - t here is no m ut ual aut hent icat ion of wireless client and t he net work. Session Resum pt ion: user can choose “ Disable ” and “ Enable ” . I dent it y and Password: I dent it y and password for server. Use Client Cert icat e: Client Cert icat e for server aut hent icat ion. Tunnel Aut hent icat ion 1.
En cr ypt ion Se t t in g － W EP/ TKI P/ AES Aut hent icat ion & Securit y set t ing, shown as figure 4- 1. Figure 4- 1 Aut hent icat ion & Securit y set t ing Aut hent icat ion Type: There are t hree t ype of aut hent icat ion m odes support ed by RaConfig. They are open, Shared, WPA- PSK and WPA syst em . 802.1x Set t ing: I t will display t o set when user use radius server t o aut hent icat e client cert ificat e for WPA aut hent icat ion m ode.
* * There are exam ples in sect ion 12, sect ion 13 and sect ion 14 sect ion 15, sect ion 16* * * * Powered by Meet inghouse.
Sit e Su r ve y Under t he sit e survey page, syst em will display t he inform at ion of surrounding APs from last scan result . List inform at ion’s include SSI D, BSSI D, Signal, Channel, Encrypt ion algorit hm , and Net work t ype as Figure 3- 1 shown. Figure 3- 1 Det ail inform at ion of sit e survey page Definit ion of each field 1. SSI D: Nam e of BSS of I BSS net work. 2. BSSI D: MAC address of AP or random ly generat ed of I BSS. 3. Signal: Receive signal st rengt h of specified net work. 4.
inform at ion. This icon indicat es t he change is successful. I ndicat e connect ion st at us, t he connect ed net work’s SSI D will show up here. I ssue an rescan com m and t o wireless NI C t o updat e inform at ion on surrounding wireless net work. Com m and t o connect t o t he select ed net work. Add t he select ed AP t o Profile set t in. I t will bring up profile page and save user’s set t ing t o a new profile. AD D / ED I T Pr ofile 1. Syst em Configurat ion: as figure 3- 2 shown.
Net work Type: There are t wo t ypes, infrast ruct ure and 802.11 ad- hoc m odes. Under ad- hoc m ode, user can also choose t he pream ble t ype; t he available pream ble t ype includes short and long. I n addit ion t o t hat , t he 『channel』and 『Ad hoc wireless m od』field will be available for set up in ad- hoc m ode. TX Power: Transm it power, t he am ount of power used by a radio t ransceiver t o send t he signal out . User can choose power value by sliding t he bar.
St a r t Ra Con fig When st art ing RaConfig and select ing “ Use RaConfig ( Wit hout 802.1x support ) ” for t he first t im e, syst em will connect t o t he AP wit h best signal st rengt h and m at ching securit y set t ing. When st art ing RaConfig, it will issue a scan com m and t o wireless NI C. Aft er t wo seconds, t he list will updat ed wit h t he result of BSS list scan.
: I ndicat e Connect ed and Signal St rengt h is Norm al. : I ndicat e Connect ed and Signal St rengt h is Weak. : I ndicat ed not connect ed yet . : I ndicat ed wireless NI C not det ect ed.
Ra Con fig or w in dow s ze r o con figu r a t ion I n windows XP, it provides wireless configurat ion ut ilit y nam ed “ windows zero configurat ion” which provides basic configurat ion funct ion for RaLink wireless NI C. I t also provides WPA support at hot fix Q815485 However; you have t o m ake sure t hat hot fix Q815485 ( require XP SP1 inst alled) has been inst alled in your syst em before you can st art using WPA feat ures.
Figure 1- 2 Select WZC or RaConfig I f “ Use RaConfig ( Wit hout 802.1x support ) ” is select ed, please j um p t o sect ion 2- 2 on Running RaConfig. I f “ Use XP Wireless Zero Configurat ion ( Wi- Fi Prot ect ed Access( TM) support wit h addit ional pat ch from Microsoft ) ” is select ed, please cont inue on t he sect ion. We will explain t he difference bet ween RaConfig and WZC. Figure 1- 3 shows t he RaConfig m enu when WZC is act ive as m ain cont rol ut ilit y.
The connect and add profile funct ion are rem oved from Sit e Survey Page. The reason is sam e as t he first difference. For all ot her funct ions provided by RaConfig, please read t hrough t his docum ent for full det ail. I MPORTANT NOTE: FCC Radiat ion Exposure St at em ent : This equipm ent com plies wit h FCC radiat ion exposure lim it s set fort h for an uncont rolled environm ent . This equipm ent should be inst alled and operat ed wit h m inim um dist ance 20cm bet ween t he radiat or & your body.
