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IMPORTANT NOTE: In the event that these conditions cannot be met (for example certain laptop configurations or co‐location with another transmitter), then the FCC authorization is no longer considered valid and the FCC ID cannot be used on the final product. In these circumstances, the OEM integrator will be responsible for re‐evaluating the end product (including the transmitter) and obtaining a separate FCC authorization. Revision History Revision History V1.
Contents 1. Introduction ........................................................................... 4 1.1 Features ................................................................................................... 4 1.2 Familiar with your new wireless network card ......................................... 4 1.3 Package Contents ..................................................................................... 5 1.4 Before you start .......................................................................
1. Introduction Thank you for purchasing this high‐speed wireless network card! Excepting common wireless standards 802.11b/g, this wireless network card is also able to access 802.11n wireless networks ‐ data transfer rate is 150Mbps, and that’s three times faster than 802.
1.3 Package Contents Before you starting to use this wireless network card, please check if there’s anything missing in the package, and contact your dealer of purchase to claim for missing items: ‧ One PCI Wireless Network Card ‧ Two Antennas ‧ One CD‐ROM (Drivers / Utility/User Manual) 1.
STEP3: Secure this card to the rear of the computer chassis and replace the cover. STEP4: Install the antenna on the wireless network card, and make sure the antenna is securely installed. To improve radio reception, please adjust antenna to the proper position. STEP5: Turn on the computer. 2. Installation Procedure Note: If you have installed the Wireless Adapter driver & utility before, please uninstall the old version first.
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STEP2: Insert Installation CD into CD‐ROM drive, 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: Choose Install driver and Ralink WLAN Utility and click Next to continue. STEP5: 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.
STEP6: Click Install to begin the installation. STEP7: Please wait for a while during the Wireless LAN adapter is configuring your new software installation.
STEP8: After the setup wizard has successfully installed wireless LAN, click Finish to exit the wizard. 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.
3. Wireless Network Configuration Utility 3.1 RaUI Wireless Utility & Windows Zero Configuration (WZC) 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: Right‐click Ralink configuration utility icon and select “Use Zero Configuration as Configuration Utility”. STEP2: Right‐click the network connection icon in the task bar.
STEP3: All wireless access point in proximity will be display here. If the access point you want to use is not display here, please try to move your computer closer to the access point, or you can click “Refresh Network List” to rescan access points. Click the access point you wan to use if it’s shown, then click “Connect”. STEP4: If the access point is protected by encryption, you have to input its security key or passphrase here. It must match the encryption setting on the access point.
STEP5: When you see the “Connected” message, the connection between your computer and wireless access point is successfully established.
STEP7: Choose “Wireless Networks” tab. STEP8: Click “Properties” and then click “OK” button. STEP9: After filling appropriate value, click “OK” button. And the status will prompt up as below.
STEP10: Click the Ralink’s icon will bring up RaUI main window. User can find the surrounding APs in the list. The current connected AP will also show with the green icon indicated as below screen. User may user the available tab to configure more advanced features provided by Ralink’s wireless NIC. 3.2 Start RaUI Utility When starting RaUI, system will connect to the AP with best signal strength without setting profile or matching profile setting. It will issue a scan command to wireless NIC.
There are three sections in RaUI. These sections are briefly described as below. Button Section: Include Profile page, Network page, Advanced page, Statistics page, WMM page, WPS page, SSO page, CCX Page, About button, Radio On/Off button and Help button.
Function Section: Corresponding button Î Profile Page Î Network Page Î Advanced Page 19
Î Statistics Page Î WMM Page Î WPS Page 20
Î SSO Page (available on Windows XP & 2000 OS) Î CCX Page (available on Windows Vista, XP & 2000 OS) Î About Page 21
Status Section: Include Link Status, Authentication Status, AP’s information, Configuration and retrying the connection when authentication is failed.
Î Retry the Connection Î Configuration At the mean time of starting RaUI, there is also a small Ralink icon appears within windows taskbar as below. You may double click it to bring up the main menu if you selected to close RaUI menu earlier. You may also use mouse;s right button to close RaUI utility. ÎÎ Ralink icon in system tray. Besides, the small icon will change color to reflect current wireless network connection status.
3.3 Profile Profile can book keeping your favorite wireless setting among your home, office, and other public hot‐spot. You may save multiple profiles, and activate the correct one at your preference. [Definition of each field] Profile Name: Name of profile, preset to PROF﹡(﹡indicate 1,2,3,…) SSID: AP or Ad‐Hoc name Network Type: Network’s type, including infrastructure and Ad‐Hoc. Authentication: Authentication mode Encryption: Encryption Type Use 802.1x: Whether or not use 802.
Î Delete an existing profile Î Activate selected profile Î Show the information of Status Section Î Hide the information of Status Section 3.3.1 Add/Edit Profile There are 3 methods to open Profile Editor form: Î You can open it from “Add to Profile” button in Site Survey function Î You can open it form “Add” button in Profile function Î You can open it from “Edit” button in Profile function Profile Name: User can chose name for this profile, or use default name defined by system.
signal reception), you can select a lower output power to save energy; for a distant access point, you can select a higher output power. It’s suggested to select “Auto” to let setup utility decide the best output power for you. Preamble: Select the preamble for Ad hoc mode here. Available option are “Auto” and “Long”. RTS Threshold: User can adjust the RTS threshold number by sliding the bar or key in the value directly. The default value is 2347.
Step 2: Add Profile page will pop up. Step 3: Change profile name to what you want to connect. Pull down the SSID and select one intended AP. The AP list is the result of last Network.
Step 4: To set authentication/encryption information for the access point, please click “Auth.\Encry.” Tab. Step 5: Then, you can see the profile which you set appear in the profile list. Click “Activate” to activate the profile setting. 3.4 Network Under the Network function, system will display the information of surrounding APs from last scan result.
[Definition of each field] Sorted by >>: You can decide how to sort all listed access point by SSID, Channel, Signal (Signal strength). Show dBm: Check this box to show the signal strength of access point, instead of percentage. Rescan: Click this button to rescan access points. You can click this button for several times, if the access point you wish to use does not show in the list.
(2) If user wants to connect to other AP, He can click “Connect: button for the intended AP to make connection. (3) If the intended network has encryption other than “Not Use”, RaUI will bring up the security page appropriate information to make the connection. (4) When you double‐click on the intended AP, you can see AP’s detail information. 3.5 Advanced This wireless network card provides several advanced settings for experienced wireless users.
Figure 2: Country Channel list Apply: Save the save changes Î Show the information of Status Section Î Hide the information of Status Section 31
3.6 Statistics The configuration utility provides information about network statistics and link status. If you want to know how your wireless network card works, you can use these functions to get detailed information about the wireless connection you’re using. [Transmit Statistics] Frames Transmitted Successfully: Frames successfully sent.
3.7 WMM This wireless network card provides WMM (Wi‐Fi Multimedia) function, which can improve the performance of certain network applications, like audio/video streaming, network telephony (VoIP), and others. When you enable the WMM function of this network card, you can define the priority of different kinds of data, to give higher priority to applications which require instant responding. Therefore you can improve the performance of such network applications.
Step 2: Change to “Network” function. And add an AP that supports WMM features to a Profile. The result will look like the below figure in Profile page.
Step 2: Please select which ACs you want to enable. The setting of enabling WMM‐Power Save is successfully. [Direct Link Setup Enable – Enable DLS (Direct Link Setup)] Step 1: Click “Direct Link Setup Enable” Step 2: Change to “Network” function. And add an AP that supports DLS features to a Profile. The result will look like the below figure in Profile page.
The Setting of DLS indicates as follow: (1) Fill in the blanks of Direct Link with MAC address of STA. The STA must conform to 2 conditions as follow: Î Connect with the same AP that support DLS features.
(2) Timeout Value represent that it disconnect automatically after some seconds. The value is integer. The integer must be between 0~65535. It represents that it always connects if the value is zero. Default value of Timeout Value is 60 seconds. (3) Click “Apply” button. The result will look like the below figure. Describe “DLS Status” as follow: (1) As the up figure, after configuring DLS successfully, show MAC address of the opposite side and Timeout Value of setting in “DLS Status”.
Step 2: Double‐Click and the result will look like the below figure. (3) Disconnect Direct Link Setup as follow: Step 1: Select a direct link STA.
Step 2: Click “Tear Down” button. The result will look like the below figure. 3.8 WPS Wi‐Fi Protected Setup (WPS) is the latest wireless network technology which makes wireless network setup become very simple. If you have WPS‐enabled wireless access point, and you want to establish a secure connection to it, you don’t have to configure the wireless access point and setup data encryption by yourself.
WPS Configuration: The primary goal of Wi‐Fi Protected Setup (Wi‐Fi Simple Configuration) is to simply 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 setup using PIN configuration method or PBC configuration method through an internal or external Registrar. WPS AP List: Display the information of surrounding APs with WPS IE from last scan result.
Progress Bar: Display rate of progress from Start to Connected status. Status Bar: Display currently WPS Status. [WPS Information on AP] WPS information contain authentication type, encryption type, config methods, device password ID, selected registrar, state, version, AP setup locked, UUID‐E and RF bands. Authentication Type: There are three types of authentication modes supported by RaConfig. There are Open, Shared, WPA‐PSK, and WPA system.
Device Password ID: Indicate the method or identifies the specific password that the selected Registrar intends to use. AP in PBC mode must indicate 0x0004 within two‐minute Walk time. Selected Registrar: Indicate if the user has recently activated a Registrar to add an Enrollee. The values are “TRUE” and “FALSE” State: The current configuration state on AP. The value are “Unconfigured” and “Configured”. Version: WPS specified version. AP Setup Locked: Indicate if AP has entered a setup locked state.
Use ID and Password in Profile: Use the ID and Password in RaUI Profile settings. Prompt ID and Password Dialog: Use the ID and Password in pop‐up authentication dialog. Enable Persistent Connection: Use DI and Password in the previous activate Profile and not show any authentication dialog. Profile List (only Support LEAP or EAP‐FAST authentication): Select Profile: Select a profile containing LEAP or EAP‐FAST authentication.
3.11 About About function display the wireless card and driver version information. (1) Connect to Ralink’s Website: WWW.RALINKTECH.COM (2) Display Configuration Utility, Driver, and EEPROM version information (3) Display Wireless NIC MAC Address. 3.12 Link Status Link Status displays the detail information current connection Status: Current connection status. If no connection, it will show Disconnected. Otherwise, the SSID and BSSID will show here. Extra Info: Display link status in use.
Link Speed: Show current transmit rate and receive rate. Throughout: Display transmits and receive throughput in unit of Mbps. Link Quality: Display Connection quality based on signal strength and Tx/Rx packet error rate. Signal Strength 1: Receive signal strength 1, user can choose to display as percentage or dBm format. Signal Strength 2: Receive signal strength 2, user can choose to display as percentage or dBm format. HT: Display current HT Status in use, containing BW, GI, MCS, SNR0, and SNR1 value.
A configuration window will appear after you switch the operation mode to ‘AP’, which asks you to assign an existing network card with internet connection After you click ‘OK’, you’ll see the basic configuration menu of the AP function. SSID: Please input the SSID (the name used to identify this wireless access point) here. Up to 32 numerical characters can be accepted here, excepting space. Channel: Please select the wireless channel you wish to use.
Security Setting: Set the security options (wireless data encryption). Please refer to chapter 4‐2 ‘Security Settings’ for details. Country Region Code: Please select the country code of the country or region you live.
4.2 Security Settings Authentication Type: Please select a wireless authentication type you wish to use. Available options are ‘Open’, ‘Shared’, WPA‐PSK’, ‘WPA2‐PSK’, and ‘WPA‐PSK / WPA2‐PSK’. If you want to disable wireless data encryption, you must select ‘Open’. Encryption Type: Please select an encryption mode. The available options in this setting item will vary depending on the authentication type you select.
is safer then 64 bits, but the data transfer speed will be slightly reduced. Show Password: Check this box and the WPA pre‐shared key or WEP key you inputted will be shown, but not replaced by asterisk (*). When you finish with setting and want to save changes, click ‘OK’ button, or click ‘Cancel’ button to discard all changes you made. 4.
No colon (:) or hyphen (‐) required. Add: Add the MAC address you inputted in ‘MAC address’ field to the list Delete: Please select a MAC address from the list, then click ‘Delete’ button to remove it. Remove All: Delete all MAC addresses in the list 4.4 MAC Table If you want to see the list of all wireless clients connected to this access point, please select ‘Mac Table’ tab from the utility MAC Address: Displays the MAC address of this wireless client. AID: The serial number of this wireless connection.
4.6 Statistics If you want to know detailed information about how your software access point works, click ‘Statistics’ tab, and the event log will be displayed. Click ‘RESET COUNTERS’ button to reset all counters to zero.
4.7 About The ‘About’ tab provides you the information about version number of the configuration utility, driver, and other important information about your wireless access point.
