Wireless LAN Cardbus Adapter User’s Manual February, 2004 0
FCC Warning This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications.
CE Warning European standards dictate maximum radiated transmit power of 100mW EIRP and frequency range 2.400-2.4835GHz; In France, the equipment must be restricted to the 2.4465-2.4835GHz frequency range and must be restricted to indoor use.
Contents 1 Introduction ……………………………………………………………. 3 1.1 Features ……………….……………………………………………………………….. 4 1.2 Specifications ………………………………………………………………………….4 1.3 Package Contents ……………………………………………………………………. 5 2 Software Installation …………………………………………………. 6 2.1 Install Device Driver …………………………..…………………………………….. 6 3 Configuration Utility ………………………………………………….. 9 3.1 Ralink Configuration Utility ………………………………………………………… 9 3.1.1 Site Survey …….……………………………………………………………….……… 9 3.1.2 Profile ..
1. Introduction This Wireless LAN Cardbus Adapter is designed to comply with IEEE 802.11g Wireless LAN standard and easy to carry with the compact size. It is suitable for any laptop computers and provides maximum data transfer rate up to 54 Mbps. This Cardbus Adapter supports WEP, WPA and AES high level WLAN security features the guarantee the best security for users. It also supports Windows OS Plug & Play and Cardbus Hot Swap which allows user plug in or remove it without rebooting the system.
Infrastructure Mode 1.1 Features ‧ Maximum transfer rate up to 54 Mbps ‧ Supports 64/128-bit WEP Data Encryption function for high level of security ‧ Supports WPA and AES advanced WLAN Security ‧ Supports peer-to-peer communication among any wireless users, no Access Point required ‧ Supports automatic fallback increase data security and reliability ‧ Supports Power Save Mode ‧ Supports 32-bit Cardbus interface 1.2 Specifications ‧ Standard: IEEE 802.11g and backward compatible with IEEE 802.
1.3 Package Contents ‧ One Wireless LAN Cardbus Adapter ‧ One user’s quick installation guide ‧ One CD (driver/manual/utility) If any of the above items is missing, contact your dealer immediately.
2. Software Installation This chapter describes procedures of installing Wireless LAN Cardbus device driver and utility. If you have installed other Wireless LAN Cardbus Adapter or older version on your system, please uninstall them first. 2.1 Install Device Driver 1. Plug in the Wireless LAN Cardbus Adapter, the system will automatically find the device and search for its driver. Click “Cancel”: 2. Insert Utility Driver CD into CD-ROM drive and window below will appear.
3. Once Installation process is launched, window below will appear. 4. After driver is installed and Wireless LAN Cardbus Adapter is connected, driver installation complete window will pop out and a new icon will be displayed at lower right corner task bar.
5. If there is an existing compatible wireless network, wireless Cardbus will connect with network. An icon shown at lower right corner will display connected.
3. Configuration Utility The Configuration Utility is a powerful application that helps you configure the Wireless LAN Cardbus Adapter, setup wireless security settings and displays connection statistics. You can configure wireless connection either use Ralink Configuration Utility or Microsoft Wireless Utility. After you choose country in “Country Channel Select” window, window below will appear to ask users weather to use Ralink Configuration Utility or Microsoft Wireless Utility.
SSID: System Set Identifier. It is the name of the network that is connected to the Access Point. BSSID: Basic Service Set Identifier. An identification is assigned to an Access Point that connects to wired network and a set of wireless devices. Signal: The signal transmission quality. Channel: Which channel Cardbus Adapter is using to transmit data. Encryption: Which data security encryption Cardbus Adapter is using. Authentication: Network authentication type.
Profile: Connection profile ID. SSID: System Set Identifier. It is the name of the network that is connected to the Access Point. Channel: Channel that transmits data. Authentication: Network authentication type. Encryption: Which data security encryption Cardbus Adapter is using. Network Type: It shows which kind of network your device connects to. It can be Infrastructure Mode or Ad-hoc Mode. ADD: To add a new connection into profile list.
Profile Name: Name the wireless connection. SSID: System Set Identifier. It is the name of the network that is connected to the Access Point. Power Saving Mode: Select the wireless LAN Cardbus power consumption mode. You can choose from CAM (Constantly Awake Mode), Power Saving Mode, CAM when AC Power. Network Type: Wireless Network type. Infrastructure and 802.11 Ad Hoc. You can choose from RTS Threshold: Request to Send threshold is a query for permission to transmit data to an Access Point.
ACTIVATE: Activate the selected connection. 3.1.3 Link Status This window displays connection status between Access Point and wireless device.
Status: Connection information between Access Point and wireless LAN device. Current Channel: Channel number and frequency. Current Tx Rate: Data transfer rate. Throughput (KBits/Sec): Displays data transmit and receiving rate. Link Quality: Connection quality between Access Point and wireless LAN device. Signal Strength: Transmitting signal sensitivity. 3.1.4 Statistics This window displays data transmit and receive statistics. RESET COUNTERS: Reset transmit and receive statistics data. 3.1.
Wireless Mode: User can select which wireless standard network uses. You can choose from “802.11 B/G mixed mode” and “802.11 B only”. Enable TX burst: Enable data burst mode during data transmission. Ad Hoc mode use OFDM rate: In Ad Hoc mode network uses OFDM data transmitting standard. 11B/G Protection: User can choose from Auto, ON and OFF. Auto: Allows network to transmit data via 11B or 11G mode under different scenarios. TX Rate: Allows user to choose data transmission rate.
Country Channel Select: Select country you are located. Uninstall Driver: Uninstall Wireless LAN Cardbus device driver. WLN Config Utility: Launch Ralink Configuration Utility. 3.2 Microsoft Wireless Utility Select “Use XP Wireless Zero Configuration (Wi-Fi Protected Access™ support with additional patch from Mircrosoft)”. Microsoft Wireless Utility window will appear as shown below.
3.2.1 Click “Configure” to configure wireless connection security settings.
Network name (SSID): Name of the Wireless Network. Data encryption (WEP enabled): Enable/Disable WEP. Network Authentication (Shared mode): Enable/Disable wireless connection security check mode. The key is provided for me automatically: If user enable is feature, Network Key, Key format, Key length and Key index will be automatically assigned by active wireless connection. Otherwise, user can select own WEP key format and length. Network key: user can name the key.
3.2.3 Click “Advanced” button to specify which wireless network to access from. Any available network (access point preferred): Connect to any available wireless network. Access point (infrastructure) networks only: Connect to Access Points only. Computer-to-computer (ad hoc) networks only: Establish Pier-to-Pier wireless connection without a Access Point. Automatically connect to non-preferred networks: Enable is feature means user wants to connect to any available accessible wireless network. 3.2.
Protect my computer and network by limiting or preventing access to this computer from the Internet: Enable this function means to disable the firewall, and anybody can connection to your computer or network through the Internet. Otherwise, there is a firewall to protect your computer and network to be attacked. Allow other network users to connect through this computer’s Internet connection: Enable is function means users from other network can connect to your computer through the Internet.
