WUBR-502GN Wireless-GN USB Dongle User’s Manual Version 1.
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Contents 1. Introduction ................................................................................................4 2. Wireless LAN Basics..................................................................................5 3. Installation for Windows platform.............................................................6 3.1. Installation Overview...............................................................................6 3.2. Install Procedure for Windows...........................................
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2. Wireless LAN Basics Wireless LAN (Local Area Networks) systems offer a great number of advantages over a traditional, wired system. Wireless LANs (WLANs) are more flexible, easier to setup and manage and often more cost effective than their wired equivalence. Using radio frequency (RF) technology, WLANs transmit and receive data over the air, minimizing the need for wired connections.
3. Installation for Windows platform The following section will assist you in installing wireless LAN Adapter successfully. You will first install software (Utility) and then insert / attach the Wireless LAN Adapter to your system, and finally set the network properties to accommodate resource sharing and select the type of wireless network that you wish to install. The Wireless LAN card can easily be installed and used, without bothering to connect cables for keeping your computer to use network resources.
3.2. Install Procedure for Windows Please follow the following instructions to use Ralink configuration utility to connect to wireless access point. 1. Insert the USB wireless network card into an empty USB 2.0 port of your computer when computer is switched on. Never use force to insert the card, if you feel it’s stuck, flip the card over and try again. 2. The following message will appear on your computer, click ‘cancel’.
3. Insert the given Install CD in the CD-ROM, and wait for the Autorun prompt. If Autorun does not work, please browse the CD content and double click the “ Autorun.exe ”. 4. Click the “Driver” for beginning the installation. 5. You can choose the configuration tool used to configure the wireless network card here. It’s recommended to select ‘Ralink Configuration Tool’, which provides fully access to all function of this wireless network card.
When you select one mode, please click ‘Next’ to continue. If you see ‘Found New Hardware’ message again, please ignore it and wait. 7. Please wait while the install procedure is running. When you see this message, please click ‘Finish’ to complete the driver installation process. Note: If the wireless network card is PCI interface, then you should shut down your computer first then power on your computer after you complete the card insertion.
8. Click the right button of mouse on My Computer Æ Manage Æ Device Manager. Check whether it has WLAN adapter in one of the sockets or not. If you find Wireless 11n USB Dongle in one of the sockets, it means the card is detected properly. If you cannot find this adapter on device manager, please click the Action Æ Scan for hardware changes to search again.
10. Click Properties from the pop up menu. Select the Internet Protocol(TCP/IP) and click Properties button.
11. You can select either Obtain an IP address automatically or Use the following IP address setting. If your choice is the second one then entering the IP address, Subnet mask, Default gateway and DNS. After setting these parameters appropriately, click OK to make the changes work. Note: Above figure is an example for IP address setting.
3.3 Uninstall Procedure Step 1: If you want to uninstall the WLAN adapter, just simply click Start Æ Program Æ Ralink Wireless Æ Uninstall – RT2870 It shall uninstall all related programs. Step 2: Restart your Computer.
4. Connect to Wireless Access Point Wireless network adapter uses its own management software. All functions controlled by user are provided by this application. Usually this application starts automatically, or click icon from Start Menu to start the Utility application. A new icon - should appear in your Icon tray if your WLAN adapter is working properly. If the icon is in red color, it means that WLAN adapter is under poor signal or the connection is unavailable.
4.1 Connect to Wireless Access Point Configuration utility will scan for all wireless access points automatically. Scan results will be displayed here, please check if the wireless access point with the SSID (the name of wireless access point) you preferred is shown here. If the wireless access point you wish to connect does not show here, please click ‘Rescan’ to try again, until the one you preferred is displayed.
2. If the wireless access point does not have SSID, you’ll be prompted to input it here. Please ask the owner of wireless access point and input the exact SSID here, then click ‘OK’ when ready. If the SSID you provided here is wrong, you’ll not be able to connect to this access point. If the wireless access point you selected have SSID, please skip this step. 3. If the wireless access point uses encryption, you have to input WEP passphrase or WPA preshared key.
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4.2 Using Windows Zero Configuration Windows XP and Vista has a built-in wireless network configuration utility, called as ‘Windows Zero Configuration’ (WZC). You can also use WZC to configure your wireless network parameter: 1. Right-click Ralink configuration utility icon and select ‘Use Zero Configuration as Configuration utility. 2.
3. Click ‘Connect to a network’ under ‘Network Connections’ 4. Right-click ‘Wireless Network Connection’ (it may have a number as suffix if you have more than one wireless network card, please make sure you right-click the ‘Ralink 802.11n Wireless LAN Card), then select ‘View Available Wireless Networks’.
5. All wireless access points in proximity will be displayed here. If the access point you want to use is not displayed 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 want to use if it’s shown, then click ‘Connect’. 6. 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.
7. If you can see ‘Connected’ message, the connection between your computer and wireless access point is successfully established.
4.3 Connection Profile Management If you need to connect to different wireless access points at different time, like of access point of your home, office, cybercafe, or public wireless service, you can store the connection parameters (encryption, passphrase, security etc, etc.) as a profile for every access point, so you don’t have in input these parameters every time you want to connect to a specific wireless access point. 1.
Or, you can add a connected wireless access point or wireless device to a profile by clicking ‘Site Survey’ tab, then click ‘Add to Profile’ button: 3. And you can set the parameter for this connection here: Profile Name: Please give this profile a name, up to 32 alphanumerical characters and symbols are allowed, but space is not allowed.
SSID: The SSID of the wireless access point or wireless device you selected will be displayed here. But if the SSID of access point or wireless device is not available, you have to input it here manually. Power Saving Mode: Please select CAM (constantly awake mode, keep the wireless radio activity when not transferring data), or PSM (Power saving mode, switches radio off when not transferring data).
Now click ‘Auth.\ Encry.’ tab, and set the encryption and authentication settings. Authentication: Select the authentication type of the wireless access point or wireless device you wish to connect. If you’re adding a profile from an existing access point or wireless device, the value will be selected automatically, and please do not modify it. If you select ‘LEAP’, the following message will be displayed. Please input LEAP identity, password, domain name, and select encryption type.
Encryption:Select the encryption type of the wireless access point or wireless device you wish to connect. If you’re adding a profile from an existing access point or wireless device, the value will be selected automatically, and please do not modify it. WPA Preshared Key: Input WPA preshared key here. If encryption is not enabled, or you select ‘WEP’ as encryption type, this field will be disabled and grayed out. WEP Key: You can select key type (Hex or ASCII) and input WEP key here.
Using 802.1x – Certification After you click ‘802.1x Setting’, a new window will appear: EAP Method: Please select an 802.1x authentication type here. The type you select here must be identical to the type of the 802.1x authentication type you’re using. Session Resumption: You can enable or disable session resumption here. If you don’t know you should enable session resumption or not, please ask your 802.1x authentication administrator. Identity: Please input 802.1x identity here.
Client Certification: If the authentication type you use is ‘PEAP’ or ‘TTLS’, you can use the certificate stored on your computer. If the authentication type you use is ‘TLS/Smart Card’, this box is always checked. Allow unauthenticated provision mode: This box is always checked and can not be modified. Use protected authentication credential: If the authentication type you use is ‘EAP-FAST’ you can use protected authentication credential by check this box.
Using 802.1x - CA Server If you want to use CA server, please click ‘Server Certification’ tab. And the following message will be displayed: Use certificate chain: Check this box to enable the use of certificate chain. Certificate Issuer: Please select the issuer of certificate from this dropdown menu. Allow intermediate certificates: Check this box if you wish to allow intermediate certificates. Server name: Input the server name of CA server here.
4.4 View Network Statistics and Link Status 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. Network Statistics Please follow the following instructions to check network statistics: 1.
Link Status Please follow the following instructions to check network statistics: 1. Right-click the Ralink configuration utility icon located at lower-right corner of computer desktop, then click ‘Launch Config Utilities’. 2.
Link Speed: Displays the link speed of data transmitting (Tx, in Mbps) and receiving (Rx, in Mbps). Link speed is the maximum available data transfer speed of the wireless connection, and depends on the radio signal quality of wireless connection. Throughput: Displays the rate of data transmitting (Tx, in Kbps) and receiving (Rx, in Kbps). Link Quality Displays link quality (radio signal quality). When the link quality is better, the wireless link speed will be better, too.
4.5 Advanced Settings This wireless network card provides several advanced settings for experienced wireless users. You can change these settings to increase data transfer performance, or change operation mode. Please follow the following instructions to set advanced wireless settings: 1. Right-click the Ralink configuration utility icon located at lower-right corner of computer desktop, then click ‘Launch Config Utilities’. 2.
Check this box and the configuration utility will adjust TCP window size automatically, to get better performance. It should be safe for most of wireless environments, but if you found some problem on data transfer, uncheck this box. Fast Roaming at: Check this box and you can adjust the threshold ofwhen this wireless network card should switch to another wireless access point with better signal quality. Only adjust value when you understand what it means.
4.6 QoS Setting This wireless network card provides QoS (Quality of Service) function, which can improve the performance of certain network applications, like audio / video streaming, network telephony (VoIP), and others. When you enable WMM (Wi-Fi MultiMedia) 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.
WMM – Power Save Enable: Enable WMM power saving mode to save energy and lets your battery live longer. Click this button to select the WMM data type which will suppress the function of power saving. When this kind of data is transferring, power saving function will be disabled. Available data types are AC_BK (Background / Low Priority), AC_BE (Best Effort), AC_VI (Video First), and AC_VO (Voice First). Direct Link Setup Enable: Enable or disable direct link setup (DLS) function.
4.7 WPS Configuration 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.
3. Set ‘Config Mode’ to ‘Enrollee’, and then push the ‘WPS’ button on your wireless access point (the button used to activate WPS standby mode may have another name), or use other way to start WPS standby mode as the instruction given by your wireless access point’s user manual. 4. Before you start to establish the wireless connection by using WPS, you can click ‘Rescan’ button to search for WPS-enabled access points near you, to make sure the WPS function of your access point is activated.
5. Start PBC pairing procedure at access point side (please refer to the instruction given by your access point’s manufacturer), then click ‘PBC’ button in wireless configuration utility to start to establish wireless connection by WPS. Please be patient (This may require several seconds to one minute to complete).
WPS Setup - PIN If the wireless access point you wish to connect supports PIN, please follow the following instructions to establish connection to it: 1. Right-click the Ralink configuration utility icon located at lower-right corner of computer desktop, then click ‘Launch Config Utilities’. 2. Click ‘WPS Configuration’ tab, and the following settings will appear: The PIN number of your wireless network card is an eight-digit number located at the upper-right position of configuration utility.
You may have to click ‘PIN’ for few more times to try again. If you still can not connect to access point by this way, please make sure the PIN code you provided to access point is correct.
4.8 About The ‘About’ tab provides you the information about version numbers of configuration utility, firmware, and other important information about your wireless network card. Please follow the following instructions to see these information: 1. Right-click the Ralink configuration utility icon located at lower-right corner of computer desktop, then click ‘Launch Config Utilities’. 2.
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If your computer has another network card which is connected to Internet, please select it from ‘Name’ dropdown menu, and click ‘Enable ICS’; if your computer does not have another network card with Internet connection, please click ‘Not enable ICS’.
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. TX Rate: Please select the data transfer rate here. The maximum TX rate you can select here depends on the wireless mode you’re using. It’s safe to select ‘Auto’ to let wireless card select a proper TX rate according to the strength and quality of radio signal. When the wireless mode is set to ‘802.
Check this box to allow BW 40MHz capability. Default: Click this button to restore all settings in this page back to default value. Apply: Click this button to activate current settings.To exit, click ‘X’ button at the upper-right corner of configuration window. 5.2 Security Settings This wireless card supports wireless encryption in AP mode, which will encrypt the data being transferred over the air to enhance data security level.
transfer with proper tool. NOTE: WPA encryption is safer than WEP, however, some older wireless clients don’t support WPA encryption. WPA Pre-shared Key: Please input the WPA pre-shared key here. Only clients with the same pre-shared key you inputted here will be able to connect to your computer. This setting is only available when you select one of WPA encryptions. Group Rekey Interval: You can specify the time interval to re-issue the key to your wireless clients here.
5.3 Access Control If you’re not going to open your computer and wireless resources to the public, you can use MAC address filtering function to enforce your access control policy, so only wireless clients with MAC address you defined by this function can be connected to your software access point. Please follow the following instructions to set access control based on MAC address: 1.Right-Click Ralink configuration utility icon, and select ‘Launch Config Utilities’ 2.
Access Policy: Select the policy type of your access rule: Disable: Allow any wireless client with proper authentication settings to connect to this access point. Allow All: Only allow wireless clients with MAC address listed here to connect to this access point. Reject All: Reject wireless clients with MAC address listed here to be connected to this access point. MAC address: Input the MAC address of the wireless client you wish to allow or reject here. No colon (:) or hyphen (-) required.
5.4 Connection table If you want to see the list of all wireless clients connected to this access point, please follow the following instructions: 1.Right-Click Ralink configuration utility icon, and select ‘Launch Config Utilities’ 2. Click ‘Mac Table’ tab, and a list containing all connected wireless clients will appear: MAC Address: Displays the MAC address of this wireless client. AID: The serial number of this wireless connection.
Displays additional information of this wireless Connection, like current wireless operating mode and data transfer rate.
5.5 Event Log This software access point will log all wireless-related activities as a log. You can follow the following instructions to view the content of the event log: 1.Right-Click Ralink configuration utility icon, and select ‘Launch Config Utilities’ 2. Click ‘Event Log’ tab, and the event log will be displayed: You can click ‘Clear’ to remove all entries in the log.
5.6 Statistics If you want to know detailed information about how your software access point works, you can follow the following instructions to view the statistics of the access point: 1. Right-Click Ralink configuration utility icon, and select ‘Launch Config Utilities’ 3. Click ‘Statistics’ tab, and the event log will be displayed: You can click ‘RESET COUNTERS’ button to reset all counters to zero.
6. APPENDIX: 6.1 Hardware Specification Standards: IEEE 802.11b/g/Draft-N Interface: USB 2.0 (USB 1.1 Compatible) Frequency Band: 2.4000 ~ 2.4835GHz (Industrial Scientific Medical Band) Data Rate: 11b: 1/2/5.
6.2 Troubleshooting If you encounter any problem when you’re using this wireless network card, don’t panic! Before you call your dealer of purchase for help, please check this troubleshooting table, the solution of your problem could be very simple, and you can solve the problem by yourself! 1. I can’t find any wireless access point / wireless device in ‘Site Survey’ function. Answer: 1. Click ‘Rescan’ for few more times and see if you can find any wireless access point or wireless device. 2.
1. Click ‘Connect’ for few more times. 2. If the SSID of access point you wish to connect is hidden (nothing displayed in ‘SSID’ field in ‘Site Survey’ function), you have to input correct SSID of the access point you wish to connect. Please contact the owner of access point to ask for correct SSID. 3. You have to input correct passphrase / security key to connect an access point with encryption. Please contact the owner of access point to ask for correct passphrase / security key. 4.
6.3 Glossary 1. What is the IEEE 802.11g standard? 802.11g is the new IEEE standard for high-speed wireless LAN communications that provides for up to 54 Mbps data rate in the 2.4 GHz band. 802.11g is quickly becoming the next mainstream wireless LAN technology for the home, office and public networks. 802.11g defines the use of the same OFDM modulation technique specified in IEEE 802.11a for the 5 GHz frequency band and applies it in the same 2.4 GHz frequency band as IEEE 802.11b. The 802.
An Ad-hoc integrated wireless LAN is a group of computers, each has a Wireless LAN card, Connected as an independent wireless LAN. Ad hoc wireless LAN is applicable at a departmental scale for a branch or SOHO operation. 5. What is Infrastructure? An integrated wireless and wireless and wired LAN is called an Infrastructure configuration. Infrastructure is applicable to enterprise scale for wireless access to central database, or wireless application for mobile workers. 6.
11. Would the information be intercepted while transmitting on air? WLAN features two-fold protection in security. On the hardware side, as with Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum technology, it has the inherent security feature of scrambling. On the software side, WLAN series offer the encryption function (WEP) to enhance security and Access Control. Users can set it up depending upon their needs. 12.
latency and throughput requirements, compete for network resources. By using WMM, enduser satisfaction is maintained in a wider variety of environments and traffic conditions. WMM makes it possible for home network users and enterprise network managers to decide which data streams are most important and assign them a higher traffic priority. 15.
Federal Communication Commission Interference Statement 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 generate, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications.
EC Declaration of Conformity Name applicant: 8F., No.257, Sec. 2, Tiding Blvd., Neihu District, Taipei City 11493, Taiwan (R.O.C.) Hereby declares under sole responsibility that product Brand name: SparkLAN Product number: WUBR-502GN Product description: Wireless-GN USB Dongle To which this declaration relates complies with the requirements of the following standards: EN 60950-1: 2001+A11:2004 EN 301 489-1 V1.6.1 (2005-09) EN 301 489-17 V1.2.1 (2002-08) EN 50371 (2002) EN 300 328 V1.7.
