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Zonet ZEW2542 User Manual

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  • Page 2 As the upgrade of software and hardware, there will be changes. And if there are changes, Zonet is not responsible for informing in advance. If you want to know more about our product information, please visit our website at www.zonetusa.com .

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents Chapter 1. Introduction………………………………………………………………………P.1 1.1 Welcome………………………………………………………….……………………….P.1 1.2 Product Feature…………………..………………………………………………………P.1 1.3 Content of Package…………………………….………………….……………………P.1 1.4 Before You Begin……….………………………………………………………………P.2 Chapter 2. Design Your ZEW2542………..……………………………………….…….P.3 Chapter 3. Installation………………………………………………………………………P.4 3.1 Install Your ZEW2542……..…………………….……………………………………P.4 3.2 Install Driver and Utility………………………………………………………………P.5 Chapter 4. Configuration……………………………………………………………..……P.8 4 .1 Profile…………………………………………………………………………………..….P.8 4.1.1 Add/Edit Profile………………………………………………………….……P.9...

  • Page 4: Chapter 1 Introduction

    802.11g standard products, and can comply with backwards 802.11b/802.11g standards. Soft AP supported by ZEW2542 can help you establish wireless LAN networking with lowest cost. Besides, WPS (PBC and PIN) encryption method can free you from remembering the long passwords.

  • Page 5: Before You Begin

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 802.11n Wireless USB Adapter 1.4 Before You Begin You must have the following: A laptop computer/desktop PC with an available USB 2.0/1.1 slot Minimum 300MHz processor and 32MB memory At least 100MB of available disk space Windows 2000, 2003, XP, 2003, Vista A CD-ROM Drive USB controller properly installed and working in the laptop computer...

  • Page 6: Chapter 2. Design Your Zew2542

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 802.11n Wireless USB Adapter Chapter 2 Designing Your ZEW2542 ZEW2542 supports up to 300Mbps connections. It is fully compliant with the specifications defined in 802.11n (Draft 2.0) standard. 1. USB Connector 2. Connector Cap (To protect USB connector when not in use) 3.

  • Page 7: Chapter 3 Installation

    Chapter 3 Installation 3.1 Install Your ZEW2542 Power on your PC, let the operating system boot up completely, and log in as needed. Hold ZEW2542 and insert it into a USB slot. Select Cancel when “Found New Hardware” window appears.

  • Page 8: Install Driver And Utility

    Next. a. It’s recommended to select Ralink Configuration Tool, which provides fully access to all function of ZEW2542. b. If you prefer to use the wireless configuration tool provided by Windows XP or Vista, please select Microsoft Zero Configuration Tool.
  • Page 9 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 802.11n Wireless USB Adapter Select Optimize for WiFi mode or Optimize for performance mode then click Next.
  • Page 10 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 802.11n Wireless USB Adapter Click Finish to complete the software installation. You will see a tray icon appear in your system tray at the bottom of the screen after the software and hardware installation completed successfully.

  • Page 11: Chapter 4 Configuration

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 802.11n Wireless USB Adapter Chapter 4 Configuration Right-click the tray icon and then click Launch Config Utilities to use Ralink configuration utility. 4.1 Profile Profile can keep your favorite wireless setting among your home, office, and other public hotspot.

  • Page 12: Add/Edit Profile

    Ad-hoc: Peer-to-Peer network, no base station required. 4. Power Save Mode: Choose from CAM or PSM. CAM (Constantly Awake Mode): ZEW2542 will stay power-ON as long as the computer is connected to a power outlet. PSM (Power Saving Mode): ZEW2542 will hibernate when the computer is...
  • Page 13 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 802.11n Wireless USB Adapter 5. RTS Threshold: you can adjust the RTS threshold number by sliding the bar or key in the value directly. Default value = 2347 6. Fragment Threshold: you can adjust the Fragment threshold number by sliding the bar or key in the value directly.
  • Page 14 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 802.11n Wireless USB Adapter c. 802.1X 1. Authentication Type: The type selected here must be identical to the type of the 802.1x authentication type you’re using. 2. Session Resumption: Enable or Disable. 3. Domain Name: Input the domain name of 802.1x authentication. This field will be grayed out when authentication type is not EAP-FAST.

  • Page 15: Link Status

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 802.11n Wireless USB Adapter 4.2 Link Status Link status page shows detail information about the current connection. 1. Status: Shows the current connected SSID / BSSID. If there’s no active connection currently, “Disconnected” will be displayed. 2.

  • Page 16: Site Survey

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 802.11n Wireless USB Adapter 4.3 Site Survey Under Site Survey tab, you will know information of all surrounding wireless networks from the last scan. Click Rescan to update and refresh. Or Select a SSID to add to your profile.

  • Page 17: Statistics

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 802.11n Wireless USB Adapter 4.4 Statistics Statistics page displays the detail counter information based on 802.11 MIB counters. This page translates that MIB counters into a format easier for user to understand...

  • Page 18: Advanced

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 802.11n Wireless USB Adapter 4.5 Advanced The following figure shows Advance function of UI 1. Wireless mode: Select from 802.11B only, 802.11 B/G mixed, 802.11 B/G/N mixed, and 802.11G only 2. Enable Tx BURST: Ralink’s proprietary frame burst mode. Suggest using with an Access Point that has the same technology.

  • Page 19: Qos

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 802.11n Wireless USB Adapter 4.6 QoS 1. WMM Enable: Enable Wi-Fi Multi-Media 2. WMM - Power Save Enable: Enable WMM Power Save 3. Direct Link Setup Enable: Enable DLS (Direct Link Setup). This function will greatly improve the data transfer rate between WMM-enabled wireless devices.

  • Page 20: Wps Configuration

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 802.11n Wireless USB Adapter 4.7 WPS Configuration WPS page supports the configuration setup using PIN configuration method or PBC configuration method. WPS(Wi-Fi Protected Setup) is to simplify the security setup and management of Wi-Fi networks. WPS AP List: Display the information of surrounding APs with WPS IE from last scan result, including SSID, BSSID, Channel, ID (Device Password ID), Security-Enabled.

  • Page 21: About

    14. WPS associate IE: Send the association request with WPS IE during WPS setup. 15. WPS probe IE: Send the probe request with WPS IE during WPS setup. 4.8 About Display information about ZEW2542, such as Utility version/date, Driver version/date, EEPROM version and Firmware version.

  • Page 22: Chapter 5 Use Zero Configuration

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 802.11n Wireless USB Adapter Chapter 5 Use Zero Configuration Windows XP and Vista has a built-in wireless network configuration utility “Windows Zero Configuration” (WZC). It is a built in service to configure your wireless clients from Windows Start using WZC, right click the tray utility and select Use Zero Configuration...
  • Page 23 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 802.11n Wireless USB Adapter To configure the wireless connect properties, please right click the wireless icon in the system tray and choose Status to open the page Wireless Network Connection Status. Click Properties button in General page and choose the tab Wireless Networks to add the SSID of available network by clicking Add, if there are several available networks, linking priority could be configured by the button Move up and Move down.
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  • Page 25 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 802.11n Wireless USB Adapter Advanced page configures firewall and connection sharing.

  • Page 26: Chapter 6 Soft Ap

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 802.11n Wireless USB Adapter Chapter 6 Soft AP ZEW2542 has two modes: working station and Soft AP. After start Soft AP, ZEW2542 will be an AP to accept any wireless device access. 6.1 Start Soft AP After starting ZEW2542 driver, you will see icon in the system tray.

  • Page 27: Configuration

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 802.11n Wireless USB Adapter 6.2 Configuration In soft AP configuration Utility page, you can make some basic configurations, such as wireless network name, mode, channel and authentication. Click Security Setting button to make different security configurations of wireless communication, and you can choose the authentication type or encryption type.

  • Page 28: Access Control

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 802.11n Wireless USB Adapter 6.3 Access Control Choose Access Control tab to start MAC control. Access control includes Allow All and Reject All. After editing the MAC address access list, only the MAC in the Allow All list could access the Soft AP.

  • Page 29: Mac Table

    MAC Table page shows the information of the wireless devices accessed to this soft AP. 6.5 Switch to Working Station mode In the Soft AP mode, right-click the icon in the system tray and choose Switch to Station Mode, then ZEW2542 is switching to working station mode with an interface of working station.

  • Page 30: Chapter 7. Specifications

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 802.11n Wireless USB Adapter Chapter 7. Specifications General Features Standards IEEE 802.11n, IEEE 802.11g, IEEE 802.11b standards Interface USB2.0 Windows 2000/ XP/ Vista User interface Easy to use user configuration software Support multipoint auto roaming and configuration; roaming Support wireless network environments auto detect.

  • Page 31: Chapter 8. Troubleshooting

    Right click on My Computer and select Properties. Select the device manager and click on the Network Adapter. You will find ZEW2542 if it is installed successfully. If you see the yellow exclamation mark, the resources are conflicting. You will see the status of ZEW2542.
  • Page 32 Ad-hoc function must be enabled for the wireless device you wish to establish a direct wireless link. Please adjust the position of ZEW2542 (you may have to move your computer if you’re using a notebook computer) and click Rescan button for few more times. If...

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