MIMO Wireless LAN Card User’s Manual (For SOHO Users) May, 2006
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 communication.
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Contents 1. Install Driver & Utility ......................................................................4 2. Wireless Network Configuration Utility............................................... 10 3.1 Profile........................................................................................................................ 10 3.2 Link Status .............................................................................................................. 11 3.3 Site Survey ..............................
1. Install Driver & Utility Note: If you have installed the Wireless PCI Card driver & utility before, please uninstall the old version first. Note: The following installation was operated under Windows XP. (Procedures will be same for Windows 2000 / Windows ME / Windows 98SE) Step1: Turn off your PC. Step2: Insert the Wireless PCI card into the PCI slot of your computer, and turn on your PC again. The system will automatically find the device and search for its driver. Please click Cancel to continue.
Step3: Insert Wireless PCI LAN Card Installation CD into CD-ROM drive then windows below will appear. Click Install Driver & Utility to begin device driver installation. Step4: Please wait for a while during the Setup Wizard is preparing the setup.
Step5: Please read the following license agreement. Use the scroll bear to view the rest of this agreement. Select Yes to accept the agreement. Step6: Choose Configuration Tool, Ralink Configuration Tool, and click Next to continue.
Step7: Choose Optimize Mode Configuration of TxBurst or WiFi and click Next. Step8: Please wait for a while during the Wiirless LAN Card is configuring your new software installation.
Step9: When Utility setup is completed, the Wireless LAN Card utility’s main page will automatically show up on your screen. Step10: Please restart your computer after the setup has finished installing. Choose Yes, I want to restart my computer and click Finish button.
To check if Wireless PCI card is properly installed, you can right-click My Computer Æ choose Properties Æ click Device Manager. To enable the Wireless LAN Card Configuration Utility, you can right-click the icon Æ on the desktop system tray and choose “Launch Config Utilities” to open the utility.
2. Wireless Network Configuration Utility The Configuration Utility is an application that helps you to configure the Wireless LAN PCI Card and monitor the link status and statistics during the communication process. Note: In Windows XP Operation System, there has 2 more ways to configure Wireless LAN Card: Use Zero Configuration as Configuration Utility (Windows XP default) and Switch to AP Mode. You can choose these different configurations to setup your Wireless LAN Card. 2.
2.2 Link Status In this section, you can immediately monitor the current connected link status, such as Link Speed, Throughput, Link Quality, Signal Strength, Noise Level …etc. 2.3 Site Survey The “Site Survey” shows all Access Points, Routers or Adapters nearby when operating in Ad-Hoc Mode. Click “Rescan” button to collect the SSID and Channel information of all the wireless devices nearby.
If you want to add one Access Point to the profile, click “Add to Profile” button. The Add Profile windows will display. You can configure your Wireless Network Security for the card.
[Authentication Type] -- Open: No authentication is needed among the wireless devices. -- Shared: Only Wireless device using a shared key (WEP Key identified) is allowed to connecting each other. Setup the same key as the wireless device which the card intends to connect. -- WPA-PSK: It is a special modem of WPA for home users without an enterprise authentication server and provides the same strong encryption protection.
2.4 Statistics In the “Statistics”, you can get the real time information about the packet transmission and receiving status. 2.5 Advanced In the “Advanced”, you can configure Wireless LAN Card’s Wireless Mode, B/G Protection, Tx Rate, Country Region Code…etc.
2.6 About In the “About”, you can see current RaConfig Version, Driver Version, EEPROM Version, IP Address, Sub Mask, and Default Gateway.
3. Glossary IEEE 802.11 Standard The IEEE 802.11 Wireless LAN Standards subcommittee, which is formulating a standard for the industry. Access Point An internetworking device that seamlessly connects the wired & wireless networks together. Ad Hoc An Ad Hoc wireless LAN is a group of computers, each with a WLAN adapter connected as an independent wireless LAN. Ad Hoc wireless LAN is applicable at a departmental scale for a branch or SOHO operation.
Gateway A gateway is a hardware and software device that connects two dissimilar systems, such as a LAN and a mainframe. In Internet terminology, a gateway is another name for a router. Generally a gateway is used as a funnel for all traffic to the Internet. IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. Infrastructure An integrated wireless and wired LAN is called an Infrastructure configuration.
SSID A Network ID unique to a network. Only clients and Access Points that share the same SSID are able to communicate with each other. This string is case-sensitive. Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) Simple Network Management Protocol is the network management protocol of TCP/IP. In SNMP, agents-which can be hardware as well as software-monitor the activity in the various devices on the network and report to the network console workstation.
The second generation of WPA that complies with the IEEE TGi specification is known as WPA2. WPA/WPA2 – Enterprise provides this level of security on enterprise networks with a 802.1x RADIUS server. An Authentication Type is selected to match the authentication protocol of the 802.1x server. WPA/WPA2 - Personal provides this level of security in the small network or home environment. It uses a password also called a pre-shared key (PSK).
