http://www.L‐com.com 2.4GHz 802.11n Wireless USB adapter Model: ARK-2404U-3 User Manual Revision 1.
http://www.L‐com.com U Note Make sure there are antennas installed on each unit, otherwise the RF will be damaged when power is on.
http://www.L‐com.com FCC STATEMENT Any Changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user’s authority to operate the equipment. This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.
http://www.L‐com.com Déclaration de conformité de l'exposition RF Ce périphérique a été évalué pour l'exposition humaine aux radiofréquences émises par référence à IC exposition en matière de radiations définies pour un environnement non contrôlé. La distance minimale de séparation de l'antenne de corps humain est de 20 cm.
http://www.L‐com.com Introduction The ARK-2404U-3 wireless network adapter is a powerful 32-bit USB Adapter that installs quickly and easily into PCs or Notebook. Thisadapter can be used in Ad-Hoc mode to connect with a wireless access point or router for access to the internet in your enterprise or home network. ARK-2404U-3 wireless USB adapter connects you with 802.11n networks at up to a 150Mbps. And for added versatility, it can also interoperate with all 802.11g (up to 54Mbps) and 802.
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http://www.L‐com.com Installing drivers and utilities 1. Do not connect the adapter to your computer. 2. Insert the driver and utility CD in the CD-ROM drive. 3. The setup wizard will launch automatically (under Windows Vista/7, you may additionally need to select Run: Autorun.exein the Autorun window). If the CD-ROM autorun feature is disable. Run Autorun.exe in the CD’s root directory. 4. Click Install Driver/Utility for your adapter.
http://www.L‐com.com 7. If you wish to use the software included with the adapter (recommended), select Install driver and Ralink Configuration Tool and click Next>. If you wish to use your system’s wireless network wizard, select Microsoft Zero Configuration Tool and click Next>.
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http://www.L‐com.com 8. Click Install to install the driver and configuration utility. 9. If a restart is required, select Yes to restart my computer now to restart the computer after the installation or select No to restart the computer at a later time. Click Finish to complete the setup wizard.
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http://www.L‐com.com Installing the adapter 1. Turn on the computer and wait for the operating system to launch. Log in, if necessary. 2. Plug the adapter into a USB port. 3. If the Found New Hardware Wizard window appears, select Install the software automatically (recommended) and click Next. The driver will be installed automatically. Wireless adapter configuration A configuration application is installed with adapter drivers.
http://www.L‐com.com 3. Secondary pane – this pane contains connection information or additional options for selected in main pane option. Click More( secondary pane or Less ( )button to hide it. ) button to show Connection information contains: Status– Connection status: z RF OFF – Adapter disconnected or RF is off. z Disconnected – Wireless connection not established. z 〔SSID〕< -- >〔BSSID〕– Connection established to network with displayed ID’s. Extra info – Additional information about connection.
http://www.L‐com.com Profile Tab This Tab allows you to create profiles for the most frequently used wireless network, i.e. home network, company network or public hotspots. The profile can be activated as required. Profile List–This list contains configured profiles, profile name, SSID, information. Icons on the list means as below: Add: Click Add to create a new profile. Edit: Click Edit to change settings for the selected profile. Delete: Click Delete to delete the selected profile.
http://www.L‐com.com Profile configuration – System Config Tab This Tab allows configuration of basic connection parameters. Profile Name– Enter a name to identify your profile. Default is PROF1. SSID–Enter a network service set identifier (SSID) or select from a list of active networks. If SSID broadcast function of AP is disabled, SSID must be entered manually.
http://www.L‐com.com Profile configuration – Auth. \ Encry. Tab This Tab contains all Authentication and Encryption settings Authentication: z Open–With the Open method, every wireless station can request authentication. z Shared–With the Shared authentication, the station requesting authentication must provide a secret key (which can be obtained from network administrator) using a secure channel (independent of the 802.11 wireless communications channel).
http://www.L‐com.com z ASCII characters. If a 128-bit WEP key is used, enter 26 Hexadecimal characters or 13 ASCII characters. z Authentication: LEAP Authentication –Change authentication method. Identity –Enter your identity for the LEAP authentication service. Password–Enter your password for the LEAP authentication service. Domain Name–Enter your domain name for the LEAP authentication service. z Authentication: WPA and WPA2 Authentication –Change authentication method.
http://www.L‐com.com Authentication –Change authentication method. Encryption–Select the encryption method to be used. z AES (Advanced Encryption System) uses symmetrical 128-bit data block encryption. z TKIP (Temporal Key Integrity protocol) uses stronger encryption algorithms and MIC (Message Integrity Check) to provide security against hackers. WPA Preshared Key –Enter the WPA preshared key (WPA-PSK and WPA2-PSK only). The key should be 8 to 32 characters in length.
http://www.L‐com.com Profile configuration – 802.1x Tab Settings on this Tab allow IEEE 802.1x protocol. All information can be obtained from wireless network administrator. Appearance of this Tab depends on options selected from EAP method and Tunnel Authentication lists. z PEAP–Protect Extensible Authentication Protocol. PEAP transports secured authentication data by using tunneling between PEAP clients and an authentication server.
http://www.L‐com.com z ID\PASSWORD Tab EAP Method –Change EAP authentication method. Tunnel Authentication–Change tunnel authentication method. Session Resumption–Enable/disable session resumption. Authentication ID / Password–Identity, Password and Domain Name for server. Only EAP-FAST authentication can key in domain name. Domain name can be keyed in blank space. Tunnel ID / Password: z Identity–Identity for tunnel. z Password –Password for tunnel.
http://www.L‐com.com Server Certificate Tab Use certificate chain–Enable this option, to enable the certification feature and select the certificate issue. Allow intermediate certificates–Select this option to allow the use of intermediate certificates. These certificates must be located on the certification chain between the server certificate and the server selected from list. Server name–Enter the name of the authentication server.
http://www.L‐com.com the client manually via disk or secured network distribution method. Click Import, to browse for PAC settings file or click Remove, to stop using current file. File Path–A path where PAC setting file is located. Network Tab Icons on list means: Show dBm–Check this box to show signal strength on AP List as dBminstead of percentages. This also applies to Signal Strength and Noise Strength in secondary pane. AP List–List of wireless networks in range.
http://www.L‐com.com Detailed network information z General Tab General information on network and security. SSID–Network SSID or Hidden if AP doesn’t broadcast SSID. MAC Address–MAC address of AP. Authentication Type–Authentication used by this network. Encryption Type–Encryptionused by this network. Channel–Channel and Frequency used by this network Network Type–Infrastructure or Ad-Hoc. Beacon Interval–Interval for sending beacon to sustain connection.
http://www.L‐com.com WPA-PSK authentication mode, the encryption type supports both TKIP and AES. Config Methods –Correspond to the methods that AP supports as an Enrollee for adding external Registrars (a bitwise or of values).
http://www.L‐com.com z CCX Tab Information regarding CCX (Cisco Compatible eXtensions) supported by AP. z 802.11n Tab Detailed information about APs support of 802.11n protocol and its functions.FALSE value means the function is not supported or disabled. TRUEmeans supported and enabled.
http://www.L‐com.com Advanced Tab This Tab can be used to change advanced wireless network adapter options. Wireless mode–Select wireless mode in which adapter will work. Enable TX Burst–Selecting this mode may accelerate frame transmission. Enable TCP Window Size–Selecting this feature may improve TCP performance on wireless connections. Fast Roaming–Switchover between access points will occur when the current AP’s minimum signal strength threshold set in this field is exceeded.
http://www.L‐com.com Statistics Tab This Tab shows Transmit and Receive statistics. Frames Transmitted Successfully–shows the number of frames transmitted errors. Frames Retransmitted Successfully–shows the number of frames transmitted successfully after retrying. Frames Fail To Receive ACK After All Retries–shows the number of frames which did not receive acknowledgement after all retries.
http://www.L‐com.com errors. Frames Received with CRC Error –shows the number of frames received with CRC errors. Frames Dropped Due To Out-of-Resource–shows the number of frames dropped due to resource issue. Duplication Frames Received–show the number of duplicate frames received. Reset Counter–Click this button to reset all Receive statistics. WMM Tab This Tab contains settings for WMM (Wi-Fi Multimedia), which provide basic QoS (Quality of Service) for 802.11 networks.
http://www.L‐com.com Apply–Click to save DLS and add it to the list. Tear Down–Select DLS from list and click this button to remove it. WPS Tab The primary goal of Wi-Fi Protected Setup (Wi-Fi Simple Configuration) is to simplify the security setup and management of Wi-Fi networks. Ralink STA as an Enrollee or external Registrar supports the configuration setup using PIN configuration method or PBC configuration method through an internal or external Registrar.
http://www.L‐com.com it’s STA Enrollee, credentials are created as soon as each WPS success. If it’s STA Registrar, RaUI creates a new credential with PA2-PSK/AES/64Hex-Key and doesn’t change until next switching to STA Registrar. Detail–Displays Credential information in secondary pane. Connect–Command to connect to the selected network inside credentials. The active selected credential is as like as the active selected Profile. Rotate–Command to rotate to connect to the next network inside credentials.
http://www.L‐com.com Credential information Modification of these settings is possible only in Registrar mode. SSID–Network SSID in credential. BSSID–Network BSSID in credential. Authentication Type–Authentication used by network in credential. Encryption Type–Encryption used by network in credential. Key Length–Encryption Key length. Key Index–Encryption Key Index. Key Material–Encryption Key. Radio on/off Tab Click this Tab to enable or disable radio transmission.
http://www.L‐com.com About Tab This Tab contains driver, application and network adapter information. RaConfig Version–Shows the version of the RaConfig application. Driver Version–Shows the current driver version. Date–Shows the application/driver release date. EEPROM Version–Shows the current EEPROM revision. Firmware Version–Shows the current firmware version. Phy_Address–Shows the adapter’s physical address (MAC).
http://www.L‐com.com z z Uninstall the driver software from your PC. Restart your PC and repeat the hardware and software installation as specified in this User Manual. 2. I cannot communicate with other computers linked via Ethernet in the Infrastructure configuration. z Make sure the power of the PC with Adapter associated is on. z Make sure that your Adapter is configured on the same channel and with the same security options as with the other computers in the Infrastructure configuration. 3.
http://www.L‐com.com Appendix A: Specification Standards Compliance Chipsets Solution Frequency Band Transmission Power Transmission Rate Sensitivity Antenna Type Security Systems USB Temperature Network Management System OS Support Warranty IEEE 802.11b/g/n USB v1.0/1.1/2.0 RT3070L America/FCC：2.412~2.462 GHz (11 channels) Europe CE/ETSI：2.412~2.472 GHz (13 channels) Japan : 2.412~2.484 GHz (14 channels) 30dBm IEEE802.11b: 11 Mbps IEEE802.11g: 54 Mbps IEEE802.11n 150 Mbps IEEE 802.
