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Ralink Wireless-N PCI Adapter User Manual

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2010-06-28
 

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  • Page 1: User Manual

                    Wireless-N PCI Adapter User Manual             V1.0 2010-06-28  ...

  • Page 2: Important Note

    Wireless-N PCI adapter User Manual FCC Certifications 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.
  • Page 3 Wireless-N PCI adapter User Manual   CE Mark Warning      This equipment complies with the requirements relating to electromagnetic compatibility, EN 55022 Class B for ITE, the essential protection requirement of Council Directive 2004/108/EC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to electromagnetic compatibility and R&TTE Directive 1999/5/EC to meet the regulation of...
  • Page 4 Wireless-N PCI adapter User Manual Package Contents The following items should be found in your package: Wireless-N PCI Adapter CD-ROM Quick Installation Guides Make sure that the package contains above items. If any of the listed items is damaged or missing, please contact with your distributor.

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    Wireless-N PCI adapter User Manual Content 1   INTRODUCTION ..........................5   1.1   ........................5   RODUCT  VERVIEW 1.2   ...........................5   AIN  EATURES 1.3   ...................5   UPPORTING  TANDARD AND  ROTOCOL 1.4   ......................5   ORKING  NVIRONMENT 1.5   ........................6  ...

  • Page 6: Introduction

    Thank you for choosing the Wireless-N PCI adapter 1.1 Product Overview  The Wireless-N PCI Adapter is a powerful 32-bit PCI Adapter that installs quickly and easily into PCs. The Adapter can be used in Ad-Hoc mode to connect directly with other cards for peer-to-peer file sharing or in Infrastructure mode to connect with a wireless access point or router for access to the Internet in your office or home network.

  • Page 7: System Requirement

    Wireless-N PCI adapter User Manual 0° to 40° C (operating) -20° to 70° C (storage) Humidity 10% to 85 % non-condensing (operating) 5% to 90% non-condensing (storage) 1.5 System Requirement  You must have the following at least A desktop computer with an available 32-bit PCI slot.

  • Page 8: Driver And Hardware Installation

    Wireless-N PCI adapter User Manual 2 Driver and Hardware Installation 2.1 Driver installation of the Wireless‐N PCI Adapter  The Wizard should run automatically, and the following picture should appear. If not, click the Start button and choose Run. In the field that appears, enter D:\autorun.exe (if ‘’D’’ is the letter of your CD-ROM drive).
  • Page 9 Wireless-N PCI adapter User Manual   Figure 2-1   Select “Install driver and Ralink WLAN Utility” and Click Next   Figure 2-2    ...
  • Page 10 Wireless-N PCI adapter User Manual Select “Ralink Configuration Tool” and Click Install   Figure 2-3 Click Install   Figure 2-4  ...

  • Page 11: Hardware Installation Of The Wireless Pci Adapter

    Make sure to turn off your computer and unplug the power cord. Remove the back cover of the computer. Install the Wireless-N PCI Adapter carefully and firmly seat it into an available PCI slot (to avoid damage caused by static electricity, make sure to properly ground yourself by first touching a metal part of your computer to discharge any static electricity before working with the Wireless-N PCI Adapter).

  • Page 12: Restart Your Computer

    Wireless-N PCI adapter User Manual 2.2.2 Restart your computer Turn on the computer, the Found New Hardware Wizard (windows XP) screen will appear: Select Install the software automatically (Recommended) and then click Next   Figure 2-6 Click Finish to finish the hardware installation  ...

  • Page 13: System Configuration

      3 System configuration Use the Ralink WLAN Utility to check the link information, search for available wireless networks, or create profiles that hold different configuration settings. You can double-click the icon on your desktop to run it. Another way to start the Configuration Utility is to click Start>...
  • Page 14 Wireless-N PCI adapter User Manual of current wireless network, you don’t need to change it )   Figure 3-2   Figure 3-3  ...

  • Page 15: Add To Profile

    Wireless-N PCI adapter User Manual   Figure 3-4 3.2.2 Add to profile Select a wireless network and click the “red” button to create this profile (the following picture).   Figure 3-5 Input the profile name and select Network Type, you should select “Infrastructure-connection to AP”, then click next.
  • Page 16 Wireless-N PCI adapter User Manual   Figure 3-6 If it is encrypted, you need to enter Network Key to confirm it and then click next(Note: profile will detect the the Authentication and Encryption of current wireless network, you don’t need to change it )  ...

  • Page 17: Profile Management

    Wireless-N PCI adapter User Manual Figure 3-9 The wireless network connection be added to the profile list     Figure 3-10   3.2.3 Profile Management Select a profile and you can delect ,edit and export to computer as a Wireless profile file.

  • Page 18: Wi-Fi Protect Setup

    Wireless-N PCI adapter User Manual computer.    Figure 3-12 Give the saved profile file a name and click save    Figure 3-13   3.3 Wi‐Fi protect setup  Wi-Fi Protect Setup (WPS) function can let you create a safety network easily. You can through ‘PIN Input Config (PIN)’ or ’Push Button (PBC)’to encrypt your network. You only need to push the WPS button in the router which support WPS function and click the  ...
  • Page 19 Wireless-N PCI adapter User Manual functions in this adapter, then the router will be encrypted to WPA2-AES mode automatically Note: The status of WPS in the router must be enabled If you have configured encryption mode in your router, then when you use this WPS function, please configure encryption mode to NONE, then it will be encrypted to WPA2-AES mode automatically.
  • Page 20 Wireless-N PCI adapter User Manual Figure 3-16   Method2: PIN Select “PIN/numeric code” in WPS Method then click next.     Figure 3-17 Select “Registrar” in Config mode, and you will get a number in PIN Code, then click next.

  • Page 21: Available Network

    Wireless-N PCI adapter User Manual Figure 3-18   Figure 3-19     3.4 Available Network  The Available Network tab, displays a list of infrastructure and ad-hoc networks available for connection.   Figure 3-20 The section of the window displays the Available Networks. Double-click the network to which you wish to connect.
  • Page 22 Wireless-N PCI adapter User Manual   Figure 3-21   Figure 3-22  ...

  • Page 23: Faq

    Wireless-N PCI adapter User Manual 4 FAQ This chapter provides solutions to problems that may occur during the installation and operation of the Wireless PCI Adapter. Read the descriptions below to solve your problems. 1. I cannot communicate with the other computers linked via Ethernet in the Infrastructure configuration.

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