802.11b/g/n Wireless LAN PC Card User Manual Version: 1.2 (April, 2007)
CHAPTER II: DRIVER INSTALLATION AND CONFIGURATION 2-1 Network Card Installation Please follow the following instructions to install your new wire
2. The following message will appear on your computer, click ‘Cancel’. 3. Insert device driver CDROM into the CD/DVD ROM drive of your computer,
4. You can choose the configuration tool used to configure the wireless network card here. It’s recommended to select ‘Ralink Configuration Tool’, wh
When you select one mode, please click ‘Next>’ to continue. If you see ‘Found New Hardware’ message again, please ignore it and wait. 6. Please
7. A new icon will appear at lower-right corner of your computer desktop, you can put the mouse cursor on the icon, and the status of wireless card w
2-2 Connect to Wireless Access Point There are two ways you can configure your wireless network card to connect to wireless access point: using the R
Here are descriptions of every setup items: SSID: The Service Set IDentifier of wireless access point or other network device. You can think it as
Channel: Shows the channel number that access point or wireless device uses. Encryption: Shows the encryption method that access point or wireless de
If the access point you selected does not enable encryption (The content of ‘Encryption’ field of the access point you selected is ‘None’, you’ll be
5. If the wireless access point uses encryption, you have to input WEP passphrase or WPA preshared key. Please ask the owner of the wireless acces
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6. You’ll see ‘Connected <-> SSID’ (‘SSID’ is the SSID of the wireless access point or wireless device you connected to) message displayed at
2-2-2 Using Windows Zero Configuration Windows XP and Vista has a built-in wireless network configuration utility, called as ‘Windows Zero Configura
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
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 t
7. If you can see ‘Connected’ message, the connection between your computer and wireless access point is successfully established.
2-3 Connection Profile Management If you need to connect to different wireless access points at different time, like of access point of your home, of
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:
And you can set the parameter for this connection here:
Here are descriptions of every setup items: Profile Name Please give this profile a name, up to32 alphanumerical characters and symbols are al
RTS Threshold Check the box and you can set RTS threshold manually here. Do not modify default setting unless you know what it is. Fragment Ch
C A T A L O G CHAPTER I: PRODUCT INFORMATION 1-1 Introduction and safety information 1-2 Safety Information 1-3 System Requirements 1-4 Packag
automatically, and please do not modify it. If you select ‘LEAP’, the following message will be displayed. Please input LEAP identity, password, doma
this field will be disabled and grayed out. WEP Key You can select key type (Hex or ASCII) and input WEP key here. If encryption is not enabled, or
Select the profile you wish to use, and click ‘Activate’ to use the profile you selected. You can only activate a profile a time, and the profile whi
2-3-2 Using 802.1x – Certification After you click ‘802.1x Setting’, a new window will appear: Here are descriptions of every setup items: Authent
Domain Name Please input the domain name of 802.1x authentication here. This field will be grayed out when authentication type is not ‘EAP-FAST’. U
Password Please input the password of tunneled authentication (of tunneled here. authentication) Password Mode Please select the password mode of
2-3-3 Using 802.1x - CA Server If you want to use CA server, please click ‘CA Server’ tab. And the following message will be displayed: Here are des
2-4 View Network Statistics and Link Status The configuration utility provides information about network statistics and link status. If you want to k
All connection-related statistics is displayed here. You can click ‘Reset Counter’ to reset the statistics of all items back to 0. Click ‘OK’ to clos
2-4-2 Link Status Please follow the following instructions to check network statistics: 1. Right-click the Ralink configuration utility icon locate
2-7 WPS Configuration 2-8 About CHAPTER III: Soft-AP Function 3-1 Switch to AP Mode and Basic Configuration 3-2 Security Settings 3-3 Access Con
These information displayed here are updated every second, and here are descriptions of every item: Status Display the SSID and BSSID of connected
Noise Level Displays the percentage or level of noise (unusable) signal. If the value of this item is high, data transfer rate will drop. dBm Check
2-5 Advanced Settings This wireless network card provides several advanced settings for experienced wireless users. You can change these settings to
Here are descriptions of every setup items: Wireless mode Select wireless operation mode, available options are 802.11 B/G mix, 802.11 B only, and 80
when this wireless network card should switch to another wireless access point with better signal quality. Only adjust value when you understand wha
Non-Serving When you’re connecting to CCX-compatible Channel access point, check this box to enable measurement Measurements on unused radio channe
2-6 QoS Setting This wireless network card provides QoS (Quality of Service) function, which can improve the performance of certain network applicati
Here are descriptions of every setup items: WMM Enable Check this box to enable WMM function. Please click ‘Apply’ button on the right of this chec
Effort), AC_VI (Video First), and AC_VO (Voice First). Direct Link Enable or disable direct link setup (DLS) function. Setup Enable This function w
2-7 WPS Configuration Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) is the latest wireless network technology which makes wireless network setup become very simple. If
Chapter I: Product Information 1-1 Introduction and safety information Thank you for purchasing this high-speed 802.11b/g/Draft-N wireless network c
2-7-1 WPS Setup - PBC (Push-Button Configuration) 1. Right-click the Ralink configuration utility icon located at lower-right corner of computer desk
3. 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, and please be patient (This may require several seconds to one minute to complete). When you see ‘WPS status is connected successfully’ message,
Sometime WPS may fail, and you can click ‘PBC’ button few more times to try again. When an access point is connected, you can click ‘Disconnect’ to di
2-7-2 WPS Setup - PIN If the wireless access point you wish to connect supports PIN, please follow the following instructions to establish connection
The PIN number of your wireless network card is an eight-digit number located at the upper-right position of configuration utility. Remember it, and i
2-8 About The ‘About’ tab provides you the information about version numbers of configuration utility, firmware, and other important information abou
If you need assistance about network problem, you’ll need these values. You can also click ‘WWW.RALINKTECH.COM’ button to go to the web site of net
CHAPTER III: Soft-AP Function Excepting become a wireless client of other wireless access points, this wireless card can act as a wireless service p
A configuration window will appear after you switch the operation mode to ‘AP’ or click ‘Launch Config Utilities’ after you right-click the Ralink co
1-2 Safety Information In order to keep the safety of users and your properties, please follow the following safety instructions: 1. This PCMCIA wir
Here are descriptions of every setup items: SSID Please input the SSID (the name used to identify this wireless access point) here. Up to 32 nume
Channel Please select the wireless channel you wish to use. The number of channels available here will vary depends on the setting of ‘Country Regio
select ‘Auto’ to let configuration utility to decide to use wireless protection or not. You can also select ‘ON’ or ‘OFF’ to force the use of wireless
3-2 Security Settings This wireless card supports wireless encryption in AP mode, which will encrypt the data being transferred over the air to enhan
Encryption Please select an encryption mode. The available Type options in this setting item will vary depending on the authentication type you s
bits, but the data transfer speed will be slightly reduced. Show Password Check this box and the WPA pre-shared key orWEP key you inputted will be s
3-3 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 enfo
Here are descriptions of every setup items: Access Policy Select the policy type of your access rule: Disable: Allow any wireless client with prop
MAC address Input the MAC address of the wireless client you you wish to allow or reject here. No colon (:) or hyphen (-) required. Add
3-4 Connection table If you want to see the list of all wireless clients connected to this access point, please follow the following instructions:
1-3 System Requirements An empty PCMCIA type II slot (CardBus Compatible) Windows 2000, 2003, XP, or Vista operating system CD-ROM drive
Here are descriptions of every fields: MAC Address Displays the MAC address of this wireless client. AID The serial number of this wireles
3-5 Event Log This software access point will log all wireless-related activities as a log. You can follow the following instructions to view the con
3-6 Statistics If you want to know detailed information about how your software access point works, you can follow the following instructions to view
CHAPTER IV: APPENDIX 4-1 Hardware Specification Standards: IEEE 802.11b/g/Draft-N Interface: 32-bit CardBus (PCMCIA Interface) Frequency Band: 2.
4-2 Troubleshooting If you encounter any problem when you’re using this wireless network card, don’t panic! Before you call your dealer of purchase f
‘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 po
4-3 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
5. What is Infrastructure? An integrated wireless and wireless and wired LAN is called an Infrastructure configuration. Infrastructure is applicable
12. What is DSSS? What is FHSS? And what are their differences? Frequency-hopping spread-spectrum (FHSS) uses a narrowband carrier that changes freq
15. What is WMM Power Save? WMM Power Save is a set of features for Wi-Fi networks that increase the efficiency and flexibility of data transmission
1-4 Package Contents Before you starting to use this wireless network card, please check if there’s anything missing in the package, and contact your
4-4 FCC and Other Compliance Statements Federal Communication Commission Interference Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply wi
Federal Communication Commission (FCC) Radiation Exposure Statement This equipment complies with FCC radiation exposure set forth for an uncontrolled
EU Countries Not intended for use None.
1-5 Familiar with your new wireless network card 1. PCMCIA Interface 2. CardBus golden stripe* 3. ‘Link’ LED 4. ‘Activity’ LED *This stri
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