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  • Page 2 Copyright by Edimax Technology Co, LTD. all rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any language or computer language, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, magnetic, optical, chemical, manual or otherwise, without the prior written permission of this company.

  • Page 3: Federal Communication Commission

    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 FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation.
  • Page 4 Federal Communication Commission (FCC) Radiation Exposure Statement This equipment complies with FCC radiation exposure set forth for an uncontrolled environment. In order to avoid the possibility of exceeding the FCC radio frequency exposure limits, human proximity to the antenna shall not be less than 20cm (8 inches) during normal operation.
  • Page 5 R&TTE Compliance Statement This equipment complies with all the requirements of DIRECTIVE 1999/5/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL of March 9, 1999 on radio equipment and telecommunication terminal Equipment and the mutual recognition of their conformity (R&TTE) The R&TTE Directive repeals and replaces in the directive 98/13/EEC (Telecommunications Terminal Equipment and Satellite Earth Station Equipment) As of April 8, 2000.

  • Page 6: Table Of Contents

    C A T A L O G CHAPTER I: Product Information.............. 1 1-1 Introduction and safety information ..............1 1-2 Safety Information ................... 2 1-3 System Requirements ..................3 1-4 Package Contents ..................... 4 1-5 Familiar with your new wireless network card ..........5 CHAPTER II: Driver Installation and Configuration .......
  • Page 7 CHAPTER IV: Appendix ................74 4-1 Specification ....................74 4-2 Troubleshooting ..................... 75 4-3 Glossary ......................77...

  • Page 8: Chapter I: Product Information

    Other features of this wireless network card including:  High-efficiency antenna expands the scope of your wireless network.  High-speed data transfer rate - Up to 150Mbps (EW-7128Gn).  High-speed data transfer rate - Up to 300Mbps (EW-7722In)  WMM function: control the bandwidth required for different applications.

  • Page 9: Safety Information

    1-2 Safety Information In order to keep the safety of users and your properties, please follow the following safety instructions: 1. This wireless network card is designed for indoor use only. DO NOT expose this network card to direct sun light, rain, or snow. 2.

  • Page 10: System Requirements

    1-3 System Requirements  An empty PCI slot  Windows 2000, XP, Vista, or Windows 7 operating system  CD-ROM drive  At least 100MB of available disk space...

  • Page 11: Package Contents

    PCI Wireless Network Card (1 pcs) ……………………………. 1 □ 2dBi Antenna (1 pcs for EW-7128Gn) ……………………..……. □ 3dBi Antenna ( 2 pcs for EW-7722In) Quick Installation Guide (1 pcs) ………………………….……. 3 □...

  • Page 12: Familiar With Your New Wireless Network Card

    1-5 Familiar with your new wireless network card Example : EW-7722In 1. Antennas One 3dBi dipole antenna is enclosed with the PCI card. Please secure the antenna to Reverse SMA connector of the card. 2. WPS Button Press this button and hold for 3 seconds to start WPS function. When WPS is enabled, the Link and Tx/Rx LEDs will be steadily on.

  • Page 13: Chapter Ii: Driver Installation And Configuration

    CHAPTER II: Driver Installation and Configuration 2-1 Network Card Installation Please follow the following instructions to install your new wireless network card: 1. SWITCH THE COMPUTER OFF, remove the cover and insert the wireless network card into an empty PCI slot of your computer and then replace the cover.
  • Page 14 3. When you restart the computer, this „Found New Hardware Wizard‟ screen will appear, click „Cancel‟.
  • Page 15 You can install the Wireless Adapter by EZMAX Setup Wizard in the CD-ROM including in the package. The wizard is an easy and quick configuration tool for internet connection with series process. When you start EZMAX Setup Wizard, you will get the following welcome screen. Please choose the language to start the configuration.
  • Page 16 4. Insert device driver CDROM into the CD/DVD ROM drive of your computer, and execute „Setup.exe‟ program. Please read the end user license agreement and click „I accept the terms of the license agreement‟ then click „Next‟ button, to accept license agreement. 5.
  • Page 17 6. 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 functions of this wireless network card. If you prefer to use the wireless configuration tool provided by Windows XP, please select „Microsoft Zero Configuration Tool‟...
  • Page 18 8. Please wait while the install procedure is running. When you see this message, please click „Finish‟ to complete the driver installation process.
  • Page 19 In this case, you can start config utility again by clicking „Edimax Wireless Utility‟ icon from „Start‟ -> „All Programs‟ -> „Edimax Wireless‟, as shown below.

  • Page 21: Using The Wireless Configuration Utility

    2-2 Using the Wireless Configuration Utility There are two ways you can configure your wireless network card to connect to wireless access point: using the Edimax configuration utility and using built-in windows zero configuration utility.

  • Page 22: Using Ralink Utility

    1. Right-click the Edimax configuration utility icon located at lower-right corner of computer desktop and then clicks „Launch Config Utility‟. 2. Edimax setup utility will launch, and begin to scan for all wireless access points automatically. Menu Setup...
  • Page 23 You can click „More / Less‟ button again, and setup utility window will resume to its original size. Tip: If a setup item requires more information to complete the setup procedure, the setup utility window will expand automatically.

  • Page 24: Scan For Other Wireless Devices

    2-2-1-1 Scan for Other Wireless Devices There are two kinds of wireless connection mode: 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. Ad-Hoc mode is also know as „point-to-point‟...
  • Page 25 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, they are: The SSID (Service Set Identifier) of wireless device. If nothing is displayed here, it means the SSID of this wireless device is hidden.
  • Page 26 The wireless standard supported by this access point is displayed here. ‘n’ for 802.11n , ‘g; for 802.11g , and ‘b’ for 802.11b WPS icon will appear when the access point supports WPS. If the access point uses encryption, a key icon will appear.
  • Page 27 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. CCX: If this access point supports CCX (Cisco Compatible eXtension), related information will be displayed here.
  • Page 28 And here are descriptions of every setup item in setup area: 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 29: Connect To An Access Point

    2-2-1-2 Connect to an Access Point If the wireless access point you wish to connect is found, you can establish connection with it by clicking „Connect‟ button. Instructions will be given as follow: 1. Click the wireless access point or network device you wish to connect, it will be highlighted, then click „Connect‟.
  • Page 30 3. If the wireless access point uses encryption, you will be prompted to input its WEP key or WPA preshared key.
  • Page 31 4. Please ask the owner of the wireless access point you want to connect, and input the correct key here and then click „OK‟. By checking „Show Password‟ box, the encryption key you inputted here will be displayed. If the value you inputted here is wrong, you will not be able to connect to this wireless access point.
  • Page 32 You can also click More / Less button ( ) to see detailed information of connected access point: The current status of wireless connection will be displayed by 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 33: Add An Access Point To Profile

    2-2-1-3 Add an Access Point to Profile If you will connect to some specific wireless access point frequently, you can add their information to the profile. Just like the telephone directory, the profile saves all information of access points, and you can recall them anytime you wish to establish connection.
  • Page 34 The setup utility will expand: Here are 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 35 decide the best output power for you. 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 36 To set authentication / encryption information for the access point. Please click „Auth. \ Encry.‟ tab: Here are 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. When you‟re adding a profile from an existing access point or wireless device, authentication type will be selected automatically, and please do not change it.
  • Page 37 profile from an existing access point or wireless device, the encryption type will be selected automatically, and please do not modify it. Input WPA preshared key here. If encryption is not enabled, or you select „WEP‟ as encryption type, this field will be Preshared Key disabled and grayed out.
  • Page 38 To set 802.1x authentication for the access point. Please click „802.1X‟ tab: Here are descriptions of every setup item: Item Name Description EAP Method Select 802.1x EAP method from dropdown menu. Please ask the administrator of the access point you wish to connect to select a correct EAP method.
  • Page 39 If you need to use protected authentication credential, check „Use protected authentication credential‟ box, and click „Import‟ to load .pac credential file; to remove a loaded credential file, click „Remove‟. Session You can enable or disable session resumption here. If you don‟t know if you should enable session resumption or not, Resumption please ask your 802.1x authentication administrator.
  • Page 40 After you complete all information related to the access point, click „OK‟ to save the profile, or click „cancel‟ to cancel adding a new profile. If the profile is created, you will see the information in the Profile List.

  • Page 41: Using Windows Zero Configuration

    2-2-2 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‟.
  • Page 42 3. Click „Start‟ button (should be located at the bottom-left corner of windows desktop), click „Control Panel‟, then click „Network and Internet Connections‟ in Control Panel. 4. Click „Network Connections‟.
  • Page 43 5. 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‟. 6. 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‟...
  • Page 44 7. 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 security key or passphrase.

  • Page 45: Profile Management

    2-3 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 to input these parameters every time when you want to connect to a specific wireless access point.

  • Page 46: Add A Profile

    2-3-1 Add a profile If you want to click new profile, click „Profile‟ menu, then click „Add‟ button. You‟ll be prompted to input detailed information of access point, as described in Section 2-2-1-3.

  • Page 47: Edit An Existing Profile

    2-3-2 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 „Edit‟ button. You‟ll be provided with the contents of selected profile, and you can edit them.

  • Page 48: Delete An Existing Profile

    2-3-3 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 „Delete‟ button to delete it.

  • Page 49: Activate A Profile

    2-3-4 Activate a profile When you want to connect to a specific wireless device in the profile list, you can select it and click „Activate‟ button, to establish connection with When you selected a profile and click „Activate‟ button to activate the profile, a icon will be displayed in front of the profile to show that the connection is failed;...

  • Page 50: Advanced Settings

    2-4 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 and then click „Launch Config Utility‟.
  • Page 51 Here are descriptions of every setup item: Item Name Description Wireless mode Display the wireless operation mode of the network card. 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 52 Enable Radio Measurements: When you‟re connecting to CCX-compatible access point, check this box to enable radio measurement function to improve wireless 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.

  • Page 53: View Network Statistics

    2-5 View Network Statistics 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. Please follow the following instructions to check network statistics: 1.

  • Page 54: Wmm Setting

    2-6 WMM Setting This wireless network card 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 card, you can define the priority of different kinds of data, to give higher priority to applications which require instant responding.
  • Page 56 In „WMM Setup Status‟ block, current WMM settings will be displayed. And here are descriptions of every setup item: Item Name Description WMM Enable Check this box to enable WMM function. Please click „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 57: Wps Configuration

    2-7 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 by yourself.

  • Page 58: Wps Setup - Pbc (Push-Button Configuration)

    2-7-1 WPS Setup - PBC (Push-Button Configuration) 1. Right-click the Ralink configuration utility icon located at lower-right corner of computer desktop and then click „Launch Config Utility‟. 2. Click „WPS‟ menu, and the following settings will appear. 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 PBC standby mode as the instruction given by your wireless access point‟s...
  • Page 59 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 again, to make sure the WPS function of your access point is activated. All access points with WPS function enabled will be displayed here. Please make sure the access point you wish to connect is displayed.
  • Page 60 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‟ tab in a later time. 7. Sometime WPS may fail (In the following picture, WPS pairing is failed because no WPS-enabled access point is found): You can click „PBC‟...

  • Page 61: Wps Setup - Pin

    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 to it: 1. Right-click the Ralink configuration utility icon located at lower-right corner of computer desktop and then click „Launch Config Utility‟. 2.
  • Page 62 4. Click „PIN‟ button now, and wait for few seconds to one minute. If a wireless access point with correct PIN code is found, you‟ll be connected to that access point. 5. 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.

  • Page 63: Radio On/Off

    2-8 Radio On/Off You can switch the wireless radio transceiver on and off by the utility, so if you want to disable wireless network function, you don‟t have to remove the network card physically. 1. Right-click the Ralink configuration utility icon located at lower-right corner of computer desktop and then click „Launch Config Utility‟.

  • Page 64: About

    2-9 About The „About‟ tab provides you the information about version number of the configuration utility, driver, 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 and then click „Launch Config Utility‟.

  • Page 65: On-Line Help

    2-10 On-line Help If you need to know the directions of how to use specific function in the utility, please click „Help‟ button. On-line help documents will be presented in Windows help format. Click this button to view on-line help documents.

  • Page 66: Chapter Iii: Soft-Ap Function

    CHAPTER III: Soft-AP Function Excepting become a wireless client of other wireless access points, this wireless card can act as a wireless service provider also! You can switch this wireless card‟s operating mode to „AP‟ mode to simulate the function of a real wireless access point by software, and all other computers and wireless devices can connect to your computer wirelessly, even share the internet connection you have!
  • Page 67 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 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‟.
  • Page 68 Here are descriptions of every setup item: 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, excepting space. Channel Please select the wireless channel you wish to use. The number of channels available here will vary depends on the setting of „Country Region Code‟.
  • Page 69 Country Region Please select the country code of the country or Code region you live. Available options are 0-7, which will affect the available wireless channels you can use: 0: FCC (US, Canada, and other countries uses FCC radio communication standards) 1: ETSI (Europe) 2: SPAIN 3: FRANCE...
  • Page 70 Please select a proper output power setting according to your actual needs. You may not need 100% of output power if other wireless clients are not far from you. Idle Time Select the idle time for the wireless access point. Default value is 300.

  • Page 71: Security Setting

    3-2 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. When you click „Security Setting‟...
  • Page 72 Here are descriptions of every setup item: Item Name Description Authentication Please select a wireless authentication type you wish to use. Available options are „Open‟, Type „Shared‟, WPA-PSK‟, „WPA2-PSK‟, and „WPA-PSK / WPA2-PSK‟. If you want to disable wireless data encryption, you must select „Open‟. Encryption Type Please select an encryption mode.
  • Page 73 characters if you select ASCII. 128 bits encryption is safer then 64 bits, but the data transfer speed will be slightly reduced. Show Password Check this box and the WPA pre-shared key or WEP key you inputted will be shown, but not replaced by asterisk (*).

  • Page 74: Access Control

    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 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.
  • Page 75 Here are 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. Allow All: Only allow wireless clients with MAC address listed here to connect to this access point.

  • Page 76: Connection Table

    3-4 Connection Table If you want to see the list of all wireless clients connected to this access point, please select „Mac Table‟ tab from the utility.
  • Page 77 Here are 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 Displays the capability of power-saving function Mode of this wireless client. Status Displays additional information of this wireless Connection, like current wireless operating mode and data transfer rate.

  • Page 78: Event Log

    3-5 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. You can click „Clear‟ to remove all entries in the log.

  • Page 79: Statistics

    3-6 Statistics If you want to know detailed information about how your software access point works, click „Statistics‟ tab, and the event log will be displayed. You can click „RESET COUNTERS‟ button to reset all counters to zero.

  • Page 80: About

    3-7 About The „About‟ tab provides you the information about version number of the configuration utility, driver, and other important information about your wireless access point.

  • Page 81: Chapter Iv: Appendix

    CHAPTER IV: Appendix 4-1 Specification Standards: IEEE 802.11b/g/n (1T1R) Interface: 32Bit PCI Frequency Band: 2.4000 ~ 2.4835GHz (Industrial Scientific Medical Band) Data Rate: 11b: 1/2/5.5/11Mbps 11g: 6/9/12/24/36/48/54Mbps 11n (20MHz): MCS0-7 (up to 72Mbps) 11n (40MHz): MCS0-7 (up to 150Mbps) Securities: WEP 64/128-bit, WPA, WPA2 Cisco CCX Support Antenna: One External Dipole Antenna (1T1R)

  • Page 82: Troubleshooting

    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 for help, please check this troubleshooting table, the solution of your problem could be very simple, and you can solve the problem by yourself! Scenario Solution 1.
  • Page 83 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. The access point you wish to connect only allows network cards with specific MAC address to establish connection.

  • Page 84: Glossary

    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 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.
  • Page 85 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. What is BSS ID? A specific Ad hoc LAN is called a Basic Service Set (BSS).
  • Page 86 12. What is DSSS? What is FHSS? And what are their differences? Frequency-hopping spread-spectrum (FHSS) uses a narrowband carrier that changes frequency in a pattern that is known to both transmitter and receiver. Properly synchronized, the net effect is to maintain a single logical channel.
  • Page 87 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 in order to conserve power. WMM Power Save has been optimized for mobile devices running latency-sensitive applications such as voice, audio, or video, but can benefit any Wi-Fi device.

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