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FCC W arning This equipment has been t est ed and f ound t o comply wit h t he limit s f or a Class B digit al device, pursuant t o part 15 of t he FCC rules. These limit s are designed t o provide reasonable prot ect ion against harmf ul int erf erence in a resident ial inst allat ion. This equipment generat es, uses and can radiat e radio f requency energy and, if not inst alled and used in accordance wit h t he inst ruct ions, may cause harmf ul int erf erence t o radio communicat ions.
Revision History Revision Hist ory V1. 1st release All brand and product names ment ioned in t his manual are t rademarks and/ or regist ered t rademarks of t heir respect ive holders.
0984 ! E=9.67977 V/m is the maximum E-Field strength when safety distance between the EUT and human body is maintained at least 20cm, which is below 61V/m as required in Annex III table 2 of EC Council Recommendation (1999/519/EC). This proves that the unit complies with the EN 62311 for RF exposure requirement.
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 w ireless PCI Express adapt er t hat delivers unrivaled w ireless performance for your Deskt op PC. It complies wit h IEEE 802.11n draft st andard and backw ard compat ible w it h IEEE 802.11b/ g. Wit h t his adapt er, you can easily upgrade your Deskt op PC w ireless connect ivit y.
1.3 Package Contents Θʳ One Wireless PCI Express Adapt er Θʳ Three Ext ernal Ant ennas Θʳ One CDͲROM (Drivers / Ut ilit y, User’s M anual) If any of the above items is missing, contact your dealer immediately. 1.
[Guidelines for the Hardw are Installation] Please observe the following guidelines when you are installing the wireless PCI Express adapter to the Desktop PC: Avoid placing the PC close to obstacles Obst ruct ions such as concret e and t hick w alls limit radio signal penet rat ion and reduce t he t hroughput and t he coverage range of t he w ireless PCI Express adapt er.
2. Installation Procedure Note: If you have installed the W ireless Adapter driver & utility before, please uninstall the old version first. STEP1: Found New Hardware W izard is displayed aft er t he adapt er is inst alled and t he comput er is rest art ed. Please click Cancel t o cont inue. STEP2: Insert Inst allat ion CD int o CDͲROM drive t hen w indow s below w ill appear. Click Install Driver t o begin device driver inst allat ion.
STEP3: Please read t he follow ing license agreement . Use t he scroll bar t o view t he rest of t his agreement . Select I accept the terms of the license agreement and click Next t o cont inue. STEP4: Select t he set up t ype t hat best suit s your needs. Click Next t o cont inue.
In W indow s XP, t here is a W indows Zero Configuration Tool for you t o set up w ireless adapt er. You can choose t o configure t he adapt er t hrough t he M icrosoft Zero Configuration Tool or t he Ralink Configuration Tool. It is recommended t o choose t he Ralink Configuration Tool for t he adapt er. Click Next t o cont inue.
STEP5: Click Install t o begin t he inst allat ion. STEP6: Please w ait for a w hile during t he adapt er is configuring your new soft w are inst allat ion.
STEP7: Aft er t he set up w izard has successfully inst alled w ireless LAN, click Finish t o exit t he w izard. To check if t he adapt er is properly inst alled, you can right Ͳclick Computer Æ choose Properties Æ click Device M anager. The Configurat ion Ut ilit y appears as an icon on t he syst em t ray of Window s w hile t he adapt er is running. You can open t he ut ilit y by doubleͲclick on t he icon.
Right Ͳclick t he icon, t here are some it ems for you t o operat e t he configurat ion ut ilit y, z Launch Config Utilities Æ Select t his opt ion t o open t he Configurat ion Ut ilit y t ool. z Use Zero Configuration as Configuration utility Æ Select t his opt ion t o use Window s XP built Ͳin w ireless configurat ion ut ilit y (Window s Zero Configurat ion) t o configure t o card. z Switch to AP M ode Æ Select t his opt ion t o change t o AP mode.
When act ivat ing WZC, t here are couple different on RaUI st at us compare t o t he w it hout WZC running: (1) Profile but t on w ill be gray, profile funct ion is removed since t he NIC is cont rolled by WZC. (2) The connect and add profile funct ion w ill be gray. The reason is same as t he first difference. 3.
STEP3: Select “ View Available W ireless Networks” w ill pop up t he dialog show n as below . STEP4: Select int ended AP and click “ Connect ” show n as below , t hen click “ Connect Anyway” .
STEP5: AP1 is successful connect ed.
STEP6: If you w ant t o modify informat ion about AP, click “ Change advanced settings” STEP7: Choose “ W ireless Networks” t ab.
STEP8: Click “ Properties” and t hen click “ OK” but t on. STEP9: Aft er filling appropriat e value, click “ OK” but t on. And t he st at us w ill prompt up as below . STEP10: Click t he Ralink’s icon w ill bring up RaUI main w indow . User can find t he surrounding APs in t he list . The current connect ed AP w ill also show n w it h t he green icon indicat ed as below screen.
3.3 W ireless Utility Ͳ RaUI When st art ing RaUI, syst em w ill connect t o t he AP wit h best signal st rengt h w it hout set t ing profile or mat ching profile set t ing. It w ill issue a scan command t o w ireless NIC. Aft er t w o seconds, t he AP list w ill updat ed w it h t he result of BSS list scan.
There are t hree sect ions in RaUI. These sect ions are briefly described as below . Button Section: include Profile page, Net w ork page, Advanced page, St at ist ics page, WM M page, WPS page, About but t on, Radio On/ Off but t on and Help but t on.
Function Section: Corresponding but t on Î Profile Page Î Net w ork Page Î Advanced Page Î St at ist ics Page 20
Î WM M Page Î WPS Page Î CCX Page Î About Page 21
Status Section: Include Link St at us, Aut hent icat ion St at us, AP’s informat ion, Configurat ion and ret rying t he connect ion w hen aut hent icat ion is failed.
Î Configurat ion At t he mean t ime of st art ing RaUI, t here is also a small Ralink icon appears w it hin w indow s t askbar as below . You may double click it t o bring up t he main menu if you select ed t o close RaUI menu earlier. You may also use mouse;s right but t on t o close RaUI ut ilit y. ÎÎ Ralink icon in syst em t ray.
3.3.1 Profile Profile can book keeping your favorit e w ireless set t ing among your home, office, and ot her public hot Ͳspot . You may save mult iple profiles, and act ivat e t he correct one at your preference. [Definition of each field] Profile Name: Name of profile, preset t o PROFϿ(Ͽindicat e 1,2,3,…) SSID: AP or Ad ͲHoc name Network Type: Net w ork’s t ype, including infrast ruct ure and Ad ͲHoc.
Î Add a new profile Î Edit an exist ing profile Î Delet e an exist ing profile Î Import an exist ing profile Î Export t he profile Î Act ivat e select ed profile 3.3.1.
available APs. Power Save M ode: Choose from CAM [Const ant ly Aw ake M ode] or Pow er Saving M ode. Network Type: There are t w o t ypes, infrast ruct ure and 802.11 Ad ͲHoc mode. Under Ad ͲHoc mode, user can also choose t he preamble t ype, t he available preamble t ype includes aut o and long. In addit ion t o t hat t he channel field w ill be available for set up in Ad ͲHoc mode.
Step 2: Add Profile page w ill pop up. Step 3: Change profile name t o w hat you w ant t o connect . Pull dow n t he SSID and select one int ended AP. The AP list is t he result of last Net w ork.
Step 4: Then, you can see t he profile w hich you set appear in t he profile list . Click “ Activate ” t o act ivat e t he profile set t ing. 3.3.2 Network Under t he Net w ork funct ion, syst em w ill display t he informat ion of surrounding APs from last scan result .
Channel: Channel in use. W ireless M ode: AP support w ireless mode. IT may support 802.11b, 802.11g or 802.11n w ireless mode. SecurityͲEnable: Whet her AP provides securit yͲenabled w ireless net w ork Signal: Receive signal st rengt h of specified net w ork [Icons & Buttons] Î Indicat e connect ion is successful. Î Indicat e net w ork t ype is infrast ruct ure mode. Î Indicat e net w ork t ype is Ad ͲHoc mode.
3.3.3 Advanced W ireless M ode: Here support 2.4G w ireless mode Enable Tx Burst: Check t o enable t his funct ion. This funct ion enables t he adapt er t o deliver bet t er t hroughput during a period of t ime, it only t akes effect w hen connect ing w it h t he AP t hat support s t his funct ion.. Enable TCP W indows Size: Check t o increase t he t ransmission qualit y.
Figure 2: Country Channel list 3.3.4 Statistics St at ist ics page displays t he det ail count er informat ion based on 802.11 M IB count ers. This page t ranslat es t he M IB count ers int o a format easier for user t o underst and.
Frames Transmitted Successfully: Frames successfully sent . Frames Retransmitted Successfully: Successfully ret ransmit t ed frames numbers Frames Fail To Receive ACK After All Retries: Frames failed t ransmit aft er hit t ing ret ry limit . Reset Counter: Reset count ers t o zero [Receive Statistics] Frames Received Successfully: Frames received successfully. Frames Received W ith CRC Error: Frames receive w it h CRC error.
[W M M Enable – Enable W iͲFi M ultiͲM edia] If you w ant t o use “ WM M ͲPow er Save” or “ Direct Link Set up” you must enable WM M . The set t ing met hods of enabling WM M indicat ing as follow : Step 1: Click “ W M M Enable” Step 2: Change t o “ Network” funct ion. And add an AP t hat support s WM M feat ures t o a Profile . The result w ill look like t he below figure in Profile page.
[W M M ͲPow er Save Enable – Enable W M M Power Save] Step 1: Click “ W M M ͲPower Save Enable ” Step 2: Please select w hich ACs you w ant t o enable. The set t ing of enabling WM M ͲPow er Save is successfully.
Step 2: Change t o “ Netw ork” funct ion. And add an AP t hat support s DLS feat ures t o a Profile . The result w ill look like t he below figure in Profile page. The Setting of DLS indicates as follow: (1) Fill in t he blanks of Direct Link w it h M AC address of STA. The STA must conform t o 2 condit ions as follow : Î Connect wit h t he same AP t hat support DLS feat ures.
is int eger. The int eger must be bet w een 0~65535. It represent s t hat it alw ays connect s if t he value is zero. Default value of Timeout Value is 60 seconds. (3) Click “ Apply” but t on. The result w ill look like t he below figure. Describe “DLS Status” as follow: (1) As t he up figure, aft er configuring DLS successfully, show M AC address of t he opposit e side and Timeout Value of set t ing in “ DLS Status” .
Step 2: DoubleͲClick and t he result w ill look like t he below figure. (3) Disconnect Direct Link Set up as follow : Step 1: Select a direct link STA. Step 2: Click “ Tear Down” but t on. The result w ill look like t he below figure.
3.3.6 W PS W PS Configuration: The primary goal of Wi ͲFi Prot ect ed Set up (Wi ͲFi Simple Configurat ion) is t o simply t he securit y set up and management of Wi ͲFi net w orks.
W PS Profile List: Display all of credent ials got from t he Regist rar. List informat ion includes SSID, M AC address, Aut hent icat ion and Encrypt ion Type. If STA Enrollee, credent ials are creat ed as soon as each WPS success. If STA Regist rar, RaUI creat es a new credent ial w it h WPA2ͲPSK/ AES/ 64HexͲKey and doesn’t change unt il next sw it ching t o STA Regist rar.
Config M ethods: Correspond t o t he met hods t he AP support s as an Enrollee for adding ext ernal Regist rars. (A bit w ise OR of values) Device Password ID: Indicat e t he met hod or ident ifies t he specific passw ord t hat t he select ed Regist rar int ends t o use. AP in PBC mode must indicat e 0x0004 w it hin t w o Ͳminut e Walk t ime.
Selected Registrar: Indicat e if t he user has recent ly act ivat ed a Regist rar t o add an Enrollee. The values are “ TRUE” and “ FALSE” State: The current configurat ion st at e on AP. The value are “ Unconfigured” and “ Configured” . Version: WPS specified version. AP Setup Locked: Indicat e if AP has ent ered a set up locked st at e. UUIDͲE: The universally unique ident ifier (UUID) element generat ed by t he Enrollee. There is a value.
3.3.8 CCX The CCX (Cisco Compat ible eXt ensions) configurat ion page as show n in blow diagram: (CCX funct ion doesn’t support Window s 7 OS) [Field Definitions] Enable CCX (Cisco Compatible eXtensions): Click here t o enable CCX funct ion. Enable Radio M easurements: Check t o enable t he Radio measurement funct ion. NonͲServing Channel M easurements Limit: User can set channel measurement every 0~1023 milliseconds. Default is set t o 250 milliseconds.
(1) Connect t o Ralink’s Websit e: WWW.RALINKTECH.COM (2) Display Configurat ion Ut ilit y, Driver, and EEPROM version informat ion (3) Display Wireless NIC M AC Address. 3.3.10 Link Status Link St at us displays t he det ail informat ion current connect ion Status: Current connect ion st at us. If no connect ion, it w ill show Disconnect ed. Ot herw ise, t he SSID and BSSID w ill show here. Extra Info: Display link st at us in use.
3.3.11 Enable AP M ode Feature in W indows 2000 OS In Window s 2000 Operat ion Syst em, t he local net w ork w on’t be aut omat ically est ablished w hile using Wireless PCI adapt er’s AP mode. Please follow t he below st eps t o enable Int ernet Connect ion Sharing feat ure first before you sw it ch Wireless PCI adapt er’s AP mode.
Step 3: Back t o Net w ork and Dial Ͳup Connect ion screen, right Ͳclick “ Local Area Connection 2 ” (for 802.11n Wireless LAN card) and choose “ Properties” . Step 4: Select “ Internet Protocol (TCP/ IP) ” and click “ Properties” . You w ill see 802.11n Wireless PCI adapt er w ill be aut omat ically assigned an IP address as Access Point . Step 5: In t he Syst em t ray, now you can sw it ch 802.11n Wireless PCI Adapt er t o AP M ode.
Step 6: Aft er sw it ch t o AP mode, Ralink Wireless Ut ilit y w ill aut omat ically pup Ͳup. The Wireless Default SSID is assigned as “ SoftAPͲ56 ” . Step 7: To make sure your Soft AP is w orking properly, you need t o use anot her comput er which w it h Wireless LAN feat ure t o access Soft APͲ56 AP. In t he below example, use anot her PC wit h Wireless feat ure in Vist a Operat ion Syst em.
Step 8: Select t he net w ork “ SoftAPͲ56 ” and click “ Connect ” t o est ablish t he connect ion. Step 9: Aft er t he comput er is successful connect ed t o Soft APͲ56, Net w ork and Sharing Cent er screen w ill be show n as below . Click “ View Status” t o see t he det ail.
Step 10: In General t ab, click “ Detail…” , and t hen you can see t he current Net w ork connect ion det ails. If t his comput er is successful connect t o Soft APͲ56 Access Point , t he DHCP server w ill be assigned t o same IP address. 3.3.12 SoftAP (Only W indows 7 Support) Window s 7 allow s w ireless device t o be in bot h St at ion (STA) and AP M ode.
Step 3: Select WAN adapt er 49
Step 4: Select Soft AP page t o set Soft AP paramet er Step 5: Set Soft AP paramet er in Soft AP page 50
Step 6: Click “ Switch to STA mode ” t o close Soft AP funct ion Step 7: Soft AP funct ion is closed 51
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