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: Then, you can see the profile which you set appear in the profile list. Click “Activate” to activate the profile setting.
3.1.3 Network Under the Network function, system will display the information of surrounding APs from last scan result. List information includes SSID, BSSID, Signal, Channel, Encryption algorithm, Authentication and Network type as below: [Definition of each field] SSID: Name of BSS or IBSS network Network Type: Network type in use, infrastructure for BBS, Ad-Hoc for IBSS network Channel: Channel in use. Wireless Mode: AP support wireless mode. IT may support 802.11b, 802.11g or 802.11n wireless mode.
Î Issue a rescan command to wireless NIC to update information on surrounding wireless network. Î Add the selected AP to Profile setting. It will bring up profile page and save user’s setting to a new profile. [Connected Network] (1) When RaUI first ran, it will select the best AP to connect automatically. (2) If user wants to connect to other AP, He can click “Connect: button for the intended AP to make connection.
Enable Tx Burst: Ralink’s proprietary frame burst mode. Enable TCP Windows Size: Enhance throughout. Fast Roaming at: Fast to roaming, setup by transmit power. Select your Country Region Code: 8 countries to choose. Show Authentication Status Dialog: When you connect AP with authentication, choose whether show “Authentication Status Dialog” or not. Authentication Status Dialog display the process about 802.11x Authentication.
[Receive Statistics] Frames Received Successfully: Frames received successfully. Frames Received With CRC Error: Frames receive with CRC error. Frames Dropped Due To Out-Of-Resource: Frames dropped due to resource issue. Duplicate Frames Received: Duplicate received frames. Reset Counter: Reset counters to zero Î Show the information of Status Section Î Hide the information of Status Section 3.1.6 WMM WMM function involves “WMM Enable”, “WMM-Power Save Enable” and “DSL Setup”.
setting methods of enabling WMM indicating as follow: Step 1: Click “WMM Enable” 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. Î Have to enable DLS (2) Timeout Value represent that it disconnect automatically after some seconds. The value is integer. The integer must be between 0~65535.
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”. In “DLS Status” of the opposite side, it shows MAC address of itself and Timeout Value of setting.
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.
3.1.7 WPS 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.
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. List information includes SSID, BSSID, Channel, ID (Device Password ID), Security-Enabled. Rescan: Issue a rescan command to wireless NIC to update information on surrounding wireless network. Information: Display the information about WPS IE on the selected network.
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. Encryption Type: For Open and shared authentication mode, the selection of encryption are None and WEP.
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. UUID-E: The universally unique identifier (UUID) element generated by the Enrollee.
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. Channel: Display current channel in use. Authentication: Authentication mode in use. Encryption: Encryption type in use. Network Type: Network type in use. IP Address: IP address about current connection. Sub Mask: Sub Mast about current connection.
In Windows 2000 Operation System, the local network won’t be automatically established while using Wireless PCI adapter’s AP mode. Please follow the below steps to enable Internet Connection Sharing feature first before you switch Wireless PCI adapter’s AP mode. Step 1: After the Wireless PCI Adapter is installed properly in Windows 2000 Operation System, go to Start Î Settings Î Control Panel Î Choose “Network and Dial-up Connections” option.
2” (for 802.11n Wireless LAN card) and choose “Properties”. Step 4: Select “Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)” and click “Properties”. You will see 802.11n Wireless PCI adapter will be automatically assigned an IP address as Access Point. Step 5: In the System tray, now you can switch 802.11n Wireless PCI Adapter to AP Mode.
Step 6: After switch to AP mode, Ralink Wireless Utility will automatically pup-up. The Wireless Default SSID is assigned as “SoftAP-56”. Step 7: To make sure your Soft AP is working properly, you need to use another computer which with Wireless LAN feature to access SoftAP-56 AP. In the below example, use another PC with Wireless feature in Vista Operation System. Go to Start Î Control Panel Î Choose “Network and Sharing Center” option Î Click “Connect to a network” to search the available networks.
Step 8: Select the network “SoftAP-56” and click “Connect” to establish the connection. Step 9: After the computer is successful connected to SoftAP-56, Network and Sharing Center screen will be shown as below. Click “View Status” to see the detail.
Step 10: In General tab, click “Detail…”, and then you can see the current Network connection details. If this computer is successful connect to SoftAP-56 Access Point, the DHCP server will be assigned to same IP address.
3.2 For Windows Vista Ralink wireless utility is shown as below. There are 6 settings pages in Ralink wireless utility: Profile Page: Manage the profile. Link Status Page: Display current connection information. Site Survey Page: Display the available networks. Statistics Page: Display the packet counters WPS Configuration Page: Connect to WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup) capable APs.
Profiles Name: The Profiles List displays all the profiles and the relative settings of the profiles including Profile Name, SSID, and Channel…etc; preset to PROF* (* indicate 1,2,3,…) SSID: AP to Ad-hoc name. Channel: Channel in use for Ad-Hoc mode. Authentication: Authentication mode. Encryption: Security algorithm in use. Network Type: Network’s type, including Infrastructure and Ad-hoc. Indicate connection is successful on currently activated profile.
3.2.1.1 Add a profile By either pushing the “Add” button on Profile Page or the “Add to Profile” button on Site Survey Page, it brings up the profile setting sheet which contains two setting pages -“Configuration” page and “Authentication and Security” page.
[Configuration page] Profile Name: Name of the profile SSID: Name of the desire network Network Type: Netowork of the desired network, either infrastructure or Ad-Hoc. Infrastructure – This operation mode requires the presence of a wireless Access Point. All communication is done via the Access Point or Router. Ad-Hoc – Select this mode if you want to connect to another wireless station in the Wireless LAN network without through an Access Point or Router.
[Authentication and Security page] Authentication Type: The authentication of the desired network. For infrastructure network, the available modes are Open, Shared, WPA, WPA-PSK, WPA2, and WPA2-PSK. 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 that the adapter intends to connect.
WPA2 – Like WPA, WPA2 supports IEEE 802.1x/EAP authentication or PSK technology. It also includes a new advanced encryption mechanism using the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES). AES is required to the corporate user or government users. The different between WPA and WPA2 is that WPA2 provides data encryption via the AES. In contrast, WPA uses Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP). WPA2-PSK – WPA2-PSK is also for home and small business.
3.2.1.2 Edit a profile Selecting an exiting profile then clicking the “Edit” button on Profile Page brings up the profile setting sheet filled with the profile information for user modification. 3.2.1.3 Delete a profile Selecting an exiting profile then clicking the “Delete” button on Profile Page to deletes the profile.
3.2.1.4 Active a profile Selecting an exiting profile then clicking the “Active” button on Profile Page activates the profile.
3.2.2 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. Status: Current connection status. If no connection, it will show Disconnected. Otherwise, the SSID and BSSID will show here. Extra Info: Display the link status and current channel in use. Channel: Display the number of the radio channel and the frequency used for the networking.
Noise Level: Display the noise signal strength. HT: Display current HT status in use, containing BW, GI, MCS, SNR0, and SNR1 value. (show the information only for 802.11n wireless card.) 3.2.3 Site Survey When you open the Configuration Utility, the system will scan all the channels to find all the access points/stations within the accessible range of your adapter and automatically connect to the wireless device with the highest signal strength.
