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  • Page 1 Version 1.0...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Airdata 150 mini USB 11n Wireless Adapter Contents 1. Introduction ....................2 2. Installation Procedure .................. 5 3. Wireless Network Configuration Utility ........... 10 4. Connect to Wireless Access Point .............. 15 4.1 Using Ralink Utility..................17 4.1.1 Scan for Other Wireless Devices ............19 4.1.2 Connect to an Access Point..............24...

  • Page 3: Introduction

    Airdata 150 mini USB 11n Wireless Adapter 1. Introduction Crypto’s Airdata 150 mini USB is the smallest wireless USB adapter! Its compact design allows any user to carry it in his pocket and gain access to any available wireless network at speeds of up to 150 Mbps. Just plug this wireless mini USB adapter to any laptop or desktop and you are ready to browse the Internet wirelessly! Users can connect to any form of wireless networks since it is IEEE 802.11n...
  • Page 4 Airdata 150 mini USB 11n Wireless Adapter Minimum System Requirements Computer with: An empty USB 2.0 port Windows XP or Vista operating system A CD-ROM drive At least 100MB of available disk space...
  • Page 5 Airdata 150 mini USB 11n Wireless Adapter Familiarize your self with your new wireless network adapter 1. USB Connector 2. Link/Activity LED 3. WPS Button Light Status Description Radio Off Wireless LAN function is disabled. Radio On No link to wireless AP or Router...

  • Page 6: Installation Procedure

    Windows XP and Vista Insert the CD in the CD-ROM drive and plug in the Airdata 150 mini USB to one available USB slot. The Found New Hardware Wizard below will appear after the USB adapter is installed. Please click Cancel to continue.
  • Page 7 Airdata 150 mini USB 11n Wireless Adapter Insert the Installation CD into your CD-ROM drive and execute the Airdata 150 mini USB setup.exe file. The following window will appear. Please read the following license agreement. Use the scroll bar to view the rest of this agreement.
  • Page 8 Airdata 150 mini USB 11n Wireless Adapter In Windows XP, there is a Windows Zero Configuration Tool for you to setup the wireless adapter. You can choose to configure the adapter through the Microsoft Zero Configuration Tool or the Ralink Configuration Tool. It is recommended to...
  • Page 9 Airdata 150 mini USB 11n Wireless Adapter The following message will appear at your screen, please click ‘Install’ to begin the installation. If the ‘Found New Hardware’ message appears again, please ignore it and wait for the installation to begin.
  • Page 10 Airdata 150 mini USB 11n Wireless Adapter To check if the adapter is properly installed, you can right-click My Computer choose Properties Hardware click Device Manager. The Configuration Utility appears as an icon on the system tray of Windows while the adapter is running.

  • Page 11: Wireless Network Configuration Utility

    Airdata 150 mini USB 11n Wireless Adapter 3. Wireless Network Configuration Utility [Use WZC to configure wireless adapter] The first time you will connect the device and there are available wireless networks in range, a notification window will appear as shown in the following picture.
  • Page 12 Airdata 150 mini USB 11n Wireless Adapter AP1 is successfully connected. In the example above the wireless network has no security features. If you want to modify the information about the AP, click “Change advanced settings”...
  • Page 13 Airdata 150 mini USB 11n Wireless Adapter Choose “Wireless Networks” tab. Click “Properties” and then click “OK” button.
  • Page 14 Airdata 150 mini USB 11n Wireless Adapter After filling the desired value, click the “OK” button. The following notification will appear as shown below. [Use RaUI to configure wireless adapter] By clicking the Ralink’s icon will bring up the RaUI main window. The user can find the surrounding APs in the list.
  • Page 15 Airdata 150 mini USB 11n Wireless Adapter When starting RaUI, the system will connect to the AP with the best signal strength without setting a profile or matching the profile setting. It will issue a scan command to wireless NIC. After two seconds, the AP list will be updated with the result of BSS list scan.

  • Page 16: Connect To Wireless Access Point

    Airdata 150 mini USB 11n Wireless Adapter 4. Connect to Wireless Access Point After the driver is correctly installed, it will try to connect to any unencrypted wireless access point automatically. If you want to connect to a specific wireless...
  • Page 17 Airdata 150 mini USB 11n Wireless Adapter The current status of wireless connection will be displayed by the Ralink configuration utility icon: Wireless connection is established, good signal reception. Wireless connection is established, normal signal reception. Wireless connection is established, weak signal reception.

  • Page 18: Using Ralink Utility

    Airdata 150 mini USB 11n Wireless Adapter 4.1 Using Ralink Utility Please follow the instructions below to use Ralink configuration utility to connect to a wireless access point. Right-click the Ralink configuration utility icon located at the lower-right corner of the computer desktop and then click ‘Launch Config Utility’...
  • Page 19 Airdata 150 mini USB 11n Wireless Adapter Some functions include more information, and can not be fitted in the setup area. In this case, you can click ‘More / less’ button to expand the setup utility window, to display more information: You can click the ‘More / Less’...

  • Page 20: Scan For Other Wireless Devices

    Airdata 150 mini USB 11n Wireless Adapter 4.1.1 Scan for Other Wireless Devices There are two kind of wireless connection modes: Infrastructure and Ad-Hoc. Infrastructure mode is used by wireless access points, which is able to establish wireless connection for you and other wireless / wired network clients.
  • Page 21 Airdata 150 mini USB 11n Wireless Adapter Scan results will be displayed here, please check if the wireless device (access point or another computer) with the SSID you wish to connect is shown here. Scan result includes 6 types of information. These information’s are: A The SSID (Service Set Identifier) of wireless device.
  • Page 22 Airdata 150 mini USB 11n Wireless Adapter WPS icon will appear when the access point supports WPS. If the access point uses encryption, a key icon will appear. Note: When the access point supports WPS and WPS icon is appeared, you will not see the key icon here even through the access point uses encryption.
  • Page 23 Airdata 150 mini USB 11n Wireless Adapter There are 4 types of technical information: General: Displays basic information about this access point, such as SSID, MAC Address, authentication / encryption type, channel etc. WPS: If this access point supports WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup), related information will be displayed here.
  • Page 24 Airdata 150 mini USB 11n Wireless Adapter Item Name Description Sorted by >> You can decide how to sort all listed access point by ‘SSID’, ‘Channel’, or ‘Signal’ (signal strength). Show dBm Check this box to show the signal strength of access point, instead of percentage.

  • Page 25: Connect To An Access Point

    Airdata 150 mini USB 11n Wireless Adapter 4.1.2 Connect to an Access Point If the wireless access point you wish to connect is found, you can establish a connection with it by clicking ‘Connect’ button. Please follow the instructions below to connect to an a access point.
  • Page 26 Airdata 150 mini USB 11n Wireless Adapter If the wireless access point uses encryption, you will be prompted to input its WEP key or WPA preshared key. Please ask the owner of the wireless access point you want to connect, and input the correct key here and then click ‘OK’.
  • Page 27 Airdata 150 mini USB 11n Wireless Adapter Authentication type will be selected by the authentication type of the access point automatically, please don’t change it. However, if you’re connecting to an access point that uses 802.1 x authentications, you will have to check the ‘802.1x’ box and input the related information.

  • Page 28: Add An Access Point To Profile

    Airdata 150 mini USB 11n Wireless Adapter 4.1.3 Add an Access Point to Profile If you want to connect to a specific wireless access point frequently, you can add the access point information to the profile section. Just like the telephone directory, the profile saves all the information of the access point, and you can recall them anytime you wish to establish a connection.
  • Page 29 Airdata 150 mini USB 11n Wireless Adapter The setup utility will expand: Here are the descriptions of every setup item: Item Name Description Profile Name You can give this profile a name. Every profile needs a unique name. SSID Please input the SSID of this access point. If you selected an access point from the list, and its SSID is not hidden, the SSID will be filled automatically;...
  • Page 30 Airdata 150 mini USB 11n Wireless Adapter Preamble Select the preamble for Ad hoc mode here. Available options are ‘Auto’ and ‘Long’. It’s suggested to select ‘Auto’ to let setup utility decide the preamble for you. Channel You can select the radio channel number for AdHoc mode here.
  • Page 31 Airdata 150 mini USB 11n Wireless Adapter To set authentication / encryption information for the access point. Please click ‘Auth. \ Encry.’ tab: Here are the descriptions of every setup item: Item Name Description Authentication Select the authentication type of the wireless access point or wireless device you wish to connect.
  • Page 32 Airdata 150 mini USB 11n Wireless Adapter WPA Preshared 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 (Hexadecimal or ASCII) and input WEP key here.
  • Page 33 Airdata 150 mini USB 11n Wireless Adapter Here are the descriptions of every setup item: Item Name Description EAP Method Select 802.1x EAP method from the dropdown menu. Please ask the administrator of the access point you wish to connect, to select a correct EAP method.
  • Page 34 Airdata 150 mini USB 11n Wireless Adapter Server Use this tab to use server-based certification. Please select a CA Certification tab (Certificate Authority) from the dropdown menu. If intermediate certificates are allowed, please select ‘Allow intermediate certificates’. Also, if you need to specify CA server’s name, you can specify it in ‘Server name’...

  • Page 35: Using Windows Zero Configuration

    Airdata 150 mini USB 11n Wireless Adapter 4.2 Using Windows Zero Configuration Windows XP and Vista has a built-in wireless network configuration utility, called ‘Windows Zero Configuration’ (WZC). You can also use WZC to configure your wireless network parameter: Right-click Ralink configuration utility icon and select ‘Use Zero Configuration as Configuration utility’.
  • Page 36 Airdata 150 mini USB 11n Wireless Adapter Click ‘Network Connections’. 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’.
  • Page 37 Airdata 150 mini USB 11n Wireless Adapter 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. If the access point you selected does not use encryption, you’ll not be prompted for...
  • Page 38 Airdata 150 mini USB 11n Wireless Adapter If you can see ‘Connected’ message, the connection between your computer and wireless access point is successfully established.

  • Page 39: Profile Management

    Airdata 150 mini USB 11n Wireless Adapter 4.3 Profile Management If you need to connect to different wireless access points at different times, like the access point of your home, office, internet cafe, 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 to input these parameters every...

  • Page 40: Add A Profile

    Airdata 150 mini USB 11n Wireless Adapter 4.3.1 Add a profile If you want to add a new profile, click ‘Profile’ menu, then click ‘the Add’ button. You’ll be prompted to input detailed information of the access point.

  • Page 41: Edit An Existing Profile

    Airdata 150 mini USB 11n Wireless Adapter 4.3.2 Edit an existing profile If you have added a profile before, and you wish to change the content of the profile, you can use this function. Please select a profile from the list first, then click the ‘Edit’...

  • Page 42: Delete An Existing Profile

    Airdata 150 mini USB 11n Wireless Adapter 4.3.3 Delete an existing profile If you no longer need a profile, you can delete it. Select the profile you wish to delete from the list, and click the ‘Delete’ button to delete it 4.3.4 Activate a profile...

  • Page 43: Advanced Settings

    Airdata 150 mini USB 11n Wireless Adapter When you select a profile and click the ‘Activate’ button to activate the profile, a icon will be displayed in front of the profile to show that the connection has failed; When the connection is successfully established, a icon will be displayed.
  • Page 44 Airdata 150 mini USB 11n Wireless Adapter Click ‘Advanced’ menu, and the settings below will appear:...
  • Page 45 Airdata 150 mini USB 11n Wireless Adapter Here are the descriptions of every setup item: Item Name Description Wireless mode Display the wireless operation mode of the network adapter. Enable Tx Burst Check this box to accelerate the data transmit rate. It may not work with all wireless access point and wireless devices.
  • Page 46 Airdata 150 mini USB 11n Wireless Adapter connectivity. Non-Serving Channel Measurements Limit: When you’re connecting to CCX-compatible access point, check this box to enable measurement on unused radio channels to improve wireless connectivity. After you finish the settings, click ‘Apply’ to apply new settings.

  • Page 47: View Network Statistics

    Airdata 150 mini USB 11n Wireless Adapter 4.5 View Network Statistics The configuration utility provides information about the network statistics and link status. If you want to know how your wireless network adapter works, you can use these functions to get detailed information about the wireless connection you’re using.

  • Page 48: Wmm Setting

    Airdata 150 mini USB 11n Wireless Adapter 4.6 WMM Setting This wireless network adapter provides WMM (Wi-Fi Multimedia) function, which can improve the performance of certain network applications, like audio/video streaming, network telephony (VoIP), and others. When you enable the WMM function of this network adapter, you can define the priority of different kinds of data, to give higher priority to applications which require instant responding.
  • Page 49 Airdata 150 mini USB 11n Wireless Adapter Item Name Description WMM Enable Check this box to enable the WMM function. Please click the ‘Apply’ button on the right of this check box after you check or uncheck this box, so corresponding settings in this window will be activated or deactivated respectively.

  • Page 50: Wps Configuration

    Airdata 150 mini USB 11n Wireless Adapter 4.7 WPS Configuration Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) is the latest wireless network technology which makes wireless network setup process as simple as it can be. 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 by yourself.

  • Page 51: Wps Setup - Pbc (Push-Button Configuration)

    Airdata 150 mini USB 11n Wireless Adapter 4.7.1 WPS Setup - PBC (Push-Button Configuration) Right-click the Ralink configuration utility icon located at lower-right corner of your computer desktop and then click ‘Launch Config Utility’. Click ‘WPS’ menu and the following settings will appear.
  • Page 52 Airdata 150 mini USB 11n Wireless Adapter 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 again, to make sure the WPS function of your access point is activated.
  • Page 53 Airdata 150 mini USB 11n Wireless Adapter You can click the ‘Detail’ button to see detailed information of the connected access point. If you wish to save this connection as a profile, you can click ‘Export Profile’ button, and this connection will be saved. You can find this connection in ‘Profile’...

  • Page 54: Wps Setup - Pin

    Airdata 150 mini USB 11n Wireless Adapter 4.7.2 WPS Setup - PIN If the wireless access point you wish to connect to supports PIN, please follow the instructions below to establish a connection to it: Right-click the Ralink configuration utility icon located at the lower-right corner of your computer desktop and then click the ‘Launch Config Utility’.
  • Page 55 Airdata 150 mini USB 11n Wireless Adapter You may have to click ‘PIN’ for few more times to try again. If you still can not connect to the access point by this way, please make sure the PIN code you provided to access point is correct.

  • Page 56: Radio On/Off

    Airdata 150 mini USB 11n Wireless Adapter 4.8 Radio On/Off You can switch the wireless radio transceiver on and off by the utility, so if you want to disable the wireless network function, you don’t have to remove the network card physically.

  • Page 57: About

    Airdata 150 mini USB 11n Wireless Adapter 4.9 About The ‘About’ tab provides you information about the version number of the configuration utility, driver, and other important information about your wireless network adapter. Please follow the instructions below to see this information: Right-click the Ralink configuration utility icon located at lower-right corner of computer desktop and then click the ‘Launch Config Utility’.

  • Page 58: Soft-Ap Function

    You can switch the operating mode of the Airdata 150 mini USB to AP mode to simulate the function of a real wireless access point by software. In this way computers and other wireless devices can connect to your computer wirelessly and you can share your interent connection.
  • Page 59 Airdata 150 mini USB 11n Wireless Adapter A configuration window will appear after you switch the operation mode to ‘AP’, which asks you to assign an existing network card with internet connection. If your computer has another network card which is connected to the Internet, please select it from the ‘Name’...
  • Page 60 Airdata 150 mini USB 11n Wireless Adapter Here are the descriptions of every setup item:...
  • Page 61 Airdata 150 mini USB 11n Wireless Adapter Item Name Description SSID Please input the SSID (the name used to identify this wireless access point) here. Up to 32 numerical characters can be accepted here, except space. Channel Please select the wireless channel you wish to use. The number of channels available here will vary depending on the setting of ‘Country Region Code’.
  • Page 62 Airdata 150 mini USB 11n Wireless Adapter Tx BURST Check this box to accelerate the data transmit rate. It may not work with all wireless access point and wireless devices. Beacon(ms) You can define the time interval that a beacon signal should be send.

  • Page 63: Security Setting

    Airdata 150 mini USB 11n Wireless Adapter 5.2 Security Setting This wireless card supports wireless encryption in AP mode, which will encrypt the data being transferred over the air to enhance data security level. It’s recommended to enable data encryption unless you wish to open your computer (and its internet connection) to the public.
  • Page 64 Airdata 150 mini USB 11n Wireless Adapter Here are the descriptions of every setup item: Item Name Description Authentication Type Please select a wireless authentication type you wish to use. Available options are ‘Open’, ‘Shared’, WPA-PSK’, ‘WPA2-PSK’, and ‘WPA-PSK / WPA2-PSK’. If you want to disable wireless data encryption, you must select ‘Open’.

  • Page 65: Access Control

    Airdata 150 mini USB 11n Wireless Adapter When you finish with setting and want to save the changes, click ‘the OK’ button, or click ‘Cancel’ to discard all the changes you made. 5.3 Access Control If you’re not going to open your computer and wireless resources to the public, you...
  • Page 66 Airdata 150 mini USB 11n Wireless Adapter Here are the descriptions of every setup item Item Name Description 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.

  • Page 67: Connection Table

    Airdata 150 mini USB 11n Wireless Adapter 5.4 Connection Table If you want to see the list of all wireless clients connected to this access point, please select the ‘Mac Table’ tab from the utility.
  • Page 68 Airdata 150 mini USB 11n Wireless Adapter Here are the descriptions of every field Item Name Description MAC Address Displays the MAC address of this wireless client. The serial number of this wireless connection. Power Saving Mode Displays the capability of power-saving function of this wireless client.

  • Page 69: Event Log

    Airdata 150 mini USB 11n Wireless Adapter 5.5 Event Log This software access point will log all wireless-related activities as a log. Click ‘Event Log’ tab, and the event log will be displayed. ou can click ‘Clear’ to remove all entries in the log.

  • Page 70: Statistics

    Airdata 150 mini USB 11n Wireless Adapter 5.6 Statistics If you want to know detailed information about how your software access point works, click the ‘Statistics’ tab, and the event log will be displayed. You can click the ‘RESET COUNTERS’ button to reset all counters to zero...
  • Page 71 Airdata 150 mini USB 11n Wireless Adapter 5.7 About The ‘About’ tab provides you the information about the version number of the configuration utility, driver, and other important information about your wireless access point.

  • Page 72: Technical Support

    Airdata 150 mini USB 11n Wireless Adapter 6 Technical Support For technical information and support please contact us: Web Site: www.crypto.gr E-mail: support@crypto.gr Disposal of old electrical and electronic equipment If you see this symbol on the product or on its packaging, you should hand the product over to the applicable collection point for the recycling of electrical and electronic equipment.

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