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FCC Warning This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class C 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. Introduction ............................................................................ 4 1.1 Features.................................................................................................. 4 1.2 LED Indicator ......................................................................................... 4 1.3 Package Contents ................................................................................. 5 1.4 Before you start ....................................................
1. Introduction This is a wireless client device that delivers unrivaled wireless performance for your Desktop PC. It complies with IEEE 802.11n draft standard and backward compatible with IEEE 802.11b/g. With this adapter, you can easily upgrade your Desktop PC wireless connectivity. Once the wireless PCI adapter is connected, access the network with high-speed Internet connection while sharing photos, files, music, video, printers, and storage.
1.3 Package Contents ‧ One Wireless PCI Adapter ‧ 2 External Antennas (depends on the model) ‧ One CD-ROM (Drivers / Utility, User’s Manual) If any of the above items is missing, contact your dealer immediately. 1.4 Before you start You must have the requirements as follow, ‧ A computer with an available PCI slot ‧ At least a 300MHz processor and 32MB memory ‧ Windows 2000/XP/Vista support ‧ A CD-ROM drive ‧ Wireless PCI Adapter properly installed 1.
(Diagram 2: The illustration for 3 antennas model) STEP5: Turn on the computer. [Guidelines for the Hardware Installation] Please observe the following guidelines when you are installing the PCI card to the Desktop PC: Avoid placing the PC close to obstacles Obstructions such as concrete and thick walls limit radio signal penetration and reduce the throughput and the coverage range of the PCI card. Place the PC as high as possible The higher the PC is placed, the better the performance.
2. Installation Procedure Note: If you have installed the Wireless Adapter driver & utility before, please uninstall the old version first. 2.1 For Windows XP and 2000 STEP1: Found New Hardware Wizard is displayed after the adapter is installed and the computer is restarted. Please click Cancel to continue.
STEP2: Insert Installation CD into CD-ROM drive then windows below will appear. Click Install Driver & Utility to begin device driver installation. STEP3: Please read the following license agreement. Use the scroll bar to view the rest of this agreement. Select I accept the terms of the license agreement and click Next to continue.
STEP4: In Windows XP, there is a Windows Zero Configuration Tool for you to setup wireless adapter. You can choose to configure the adapter through the Microsoft Zero Configuration Tool or the Ralink Configuration Tool. It is recommended to choose the Ralink Configuration Tool for the adapter. Click Next to continue. STEP5: If you need the adapter to operate with better performance, please choose Optimize for performance mode to enable the Tx Burst mode.
STEP6: Click Install to begin the installation. STEP7: Please wait for a while during the adapter is configuring your new software installation.
STEP8: After the setup wizard has successfully installed wireless LAN, click Finish to exit the wizard. To check if the adapter is properly installed, you can right-click My Computer Æ choose Properties Æ click Device Manager.
The Configuration Utility appears as an icon on the system tray of Windows while the adapter is running. You can open the utility by double-click on the icon. Right-click the icon, there are some items for you to operate the configuration utility, z Launch Config Utilities Æ Select this option to open the Configuration Utility tool.
STEP2: Insert Installation CD into CD-ROM drive then windows below will appear. Click Install Driver & Utility to begin device driver installation. STEP3: Please read the following license agreement. Use the scroll bar to view the rest of this agreement. Select I accept the terms of the license agreement and click Next to continue.
STEP4: Click Install to begin the installation. STEP5: Please wait for a while during the adapter is configuring your new software installation.
STEP8: After the setup wizard has successfully installed wireless LAN, click Finish to exit the wizard. To check if the adapter is properly installed, you can right-click My Computer Æ choose Properties Æ click Device Manager.
The Configuration Utility appears as an icon on the system tray of Windows while the adapter is running. You can open the utility by double-click on the icon. Ralink wireless utility needs to cooperate with Microsoft AutoConfig service in order to perform scanning and connecting actions, so the AutoConfig service should be enable beforehand. Control Menu Î Once Ralink wireless utility is minimized, the user can click the Ralink icon on the taskbar to bring up the control menu.
3. Wireless Network Configuration Utility 3.1 For Windows XP & 2000 The Configuration Utility is a powerful application that helps you to configure the Wireless LAN adapter and monitor the link status and statistics during the communication process. When the adapter is installed, the configuration utility will be displayed automatically. This adapter will auto connect to wireless device which has better signal strength and no wireless security setting.
When activating WZC, there are couple different on RaUI status compare to the without WZC running: (1) Profile button will be gray, profile function is removed since the NIC is controlled by WZC. (2) The connect and add profile function will be gray. The reason is same as the first difference.
[Use WZC to configure wireless NIC] STEP1: If connection is lost or not connected, the status prompt as below will pop up. STEP2: Right-click the network connection icon in the task bar. STEP3: Select “View Available Wireless Networks” will pop up the dialog shown as below.
STEP4: Select intended AP and click “Connect” shown as below, then click “Connect Anyway”. STEP5: AP1 is successful connected.
STEP6: If you want to modify information about AP, click “Change advanced settings” STEP7: Choose “Wireless Networks” tab.
