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Page 1: User Manual
User Manual WLAN USB Adapter for 802.11b/g... -
Page 2: Table Of Contents
Contents Chapter 1 Getting Start ..............3 Minimum System Requirements .................. 3 Optimize Wireless Performance ................... 3 Installation......................... 5 Uninstall ........................8 Chapter 2 Management Guide ............10 Making a Basic Network Connection ................10 Chapter 3 Introduction to the Wireless LAN Utility ......13 Utility Interfaces....................... -
Page 3: Chapter 1 Getting Start
Chapter 1 Getting Start Minimum System Requirements ® Pentium 300 MHz or higher compatible processor At least one available USB 2.0 or 1.1 port The installation CD 5Mbytes free hard disk space. Windows 2000, XP, XP professional, Vista, or Windows 7. If you do not have a USB 2.0 port on your computer, the throughput of the USB adapter will be limited to the 14 Mbps of the USB 1.1 standard. - Page 4 Avoid obstacles to wireless signals. Keep your wireless devices far away from metallic file cabinets, refrigerators, pipes, metal ceilings, reinforced concrete, and metal partitions. Keep away from large amounts of water such as fish tanks and water coolers. Reduce interference Keep away from computers, cordless phones, cell phone, coping machine and fax machines.
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Page 5: Installation
Installation If you insert the Wireless LAN USB Adaptor into your computer USB port, the following hardware setup wizard will pop up. Click Cancel to install driver from installation CD. Insert your installation CD into CD drive of your computer. An installation page will pop up for you to install. - Page 6 Select setup type for installing both driver and WLAN utility or install driver only. Choose Install driver and WLAN utility, then click Next If you choose to install driver only, refer to the note on next step Select if you are going to configure your wireless network with WLAN utility or with Microsoft Zero Configuration tool.
- Page 7 Click Install to begin the installation. Click Finish to complete installation.
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Page 8: Uninstall
Uninstall Uninstall the WLAN USB Adaptor Driver from start menu, All Programs, Ralink Wireless, click Uninstall or Control Panel, Add or Remove Programs, Ralink RT2870 Wireless LAN Card, click Remove to remove Wireless LAN USB Adaptor driver. - Page 9 Click Yes if you want to remove Wireless LAN USB Adaptor driver. Click Finish to complete uninstall.
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Page 10: Chapter 2 Management Guide
Chapter 2 Management Guide Making a Basic Network Connection Select a configuration tool In the following instruction for making a network connection, we use WLAN utility to configure your wireless network settings that was installed as the steps in previous chapter. To connect with 802.11 bgn Wireless LAN Utility As default, the WLAN Utility is started automatically upon starting your computer and connects to the first available network. - Page 11 To connect with Microsoft Zero Configuration To switch between the configuration tools, please right click on the icon on system tray. Select Use Zero Configuration as Configuration Utility , double click on icon on system tray. The Zero Configuration pop up and show available wireless networks.
- Page 12 A pop up dialog allow you to setup your security key, then click Connect to join a network by Zero configuration.
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Page 13: Chapter 3 Introduction To The Wireless Lan Utility
Chapter 3 Introduction to the Wireless LAN Utility Utility Interfaces This Utility is basically consisted of three parts: Button Section: on top of the window. Include buttons for selecting the Profile page, Network page, Advanced page, Statistics page, WMM page, WPS page, the About button, Radio On/Off button and Help. - Page 14 When starting utility, a small utility icon appears in the system tray of the taskbar. You can double click it to maximize the dialog box if you selected to close it earlier. You may also use the mouse's right button to close utility. Additionally, the small icon will change color to reflect current wireless network connection status.
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Page 15: Network
Network Items Information Status Shows the connecting status. Also shows the SSID while connecting to a valid network. Extra Info Display link status in use. Channel Display current channel in use. Authentication Authentication mode in use. Encryption Encryption type in use. Network Type Network type in use. -
Page 16: Profile
Profile This profile page allows users to save different wireless settings, which helps users to get access to wireless networks at home, office or other wireless network environments quickly. Items Information Profile Name Choose a name for this profile, or use default name defined by system. SSID Fill in the intended SSID name or use the drop list to select from available Aps. - Page 17 Auth./Encry.: to fill in wireless encryption or authentication information. Click Use 802.1X checkbox will enable 802.1x tab 802.1x: to configure the authentication information for 802.1x...
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Page 18: Advanced
Advanced This page provides advanced configurations to this adapter. Please refer to the following chart for definitions of each item. Items Information Wireless mode Click the drop list to select a wireless mode. Enable TX Burst Select to enable connecting to a TX Burst supported device. Enable TCP Window Size Mark the checkbox to enable TCP window size, which help enhance throughput. -
Page 19: Statistics
Statistics Statistics page displays the detail counter information based on 802.11 MIB counters. This page translates the MIB counters into a format easier for user to understand. Items Information Frames Transmitted Successfully Frames successfully sent. Frames Retransmitted Successfully Successfully retransmitted frames numbers. Frames Fail To Receive ACK After All Retries Frames failed transmit after hitting retry limit. -
Page 20: Wmm
This page allows users to activate the WMM function for this device. Please note that this function only works while connecting to a WMM compatible device. Items Information WMM Enable Enable Wi-Fi Multi-Media. WMM - Power Save Enable Enable WMM Power Save. Please enable WMM before configuring this function. -
Page 21: Wps
WPS Configuration: The primary goal of WiFi Protected Setup (WiFi Simple Configuration) is to simplify the security setup and management of WiFi networks. This adapter supports the configuration setup using PIN configuration method or PBC configuration method through an internal or external Registrar. Items Information WPS AP List... -
Page 22: Sso
When you click PIN or PBC, please don't do any rescan within two-minute connection. If you want to abort this setup within the interval, restart PIN/PBC or click Disconnect to stop WPS action. Items Information Enable SSO feature Choose which SSO methods to log on Use ID and Password in Use the ID and password in Windows logon Winlogon:... -
Page 23: Ccx
Items Information Enable CCX (Cisco Choose whether Cisco Compatible eXtensions are supported or not. Compatible eXtensions) Enable Radio Measurement Enable the radio measurement; the non-serving channel measurement limit is between 0 and 1023 milliseconds. Apply Hit the Apply button to make the settings effective... -
Page 24: Radio On/Off
Radio On/Off Click on the button to enable/disable wireless connection status. Radio power on Radio power off... -
Page 25: About
About Display Configuration Utility, Driver, and EEPROM version information. Display Wireless NIC MAC address. -
Page 26: Chapter 4 Ap Mode Management Guide
Chapter 4 AP mode management guide Clicking will bring up the selection window and let the user make a selection. It can switch to AP mode as shown figure. If "Switch to AP mode" is selected, the system will display default information when switching to AP mode. -
Page 27: Control Menu
Mac Table: This tab displays the stations which are currently connected to Soft Event Log: This tab displays the Soft AP events. Statistics: This tab displays the packet counters. About: This tab displays the Ralink driver and utility information. Control Menu When starting Soft AP utility, a small icon appears within the system tray in winows taskbar. -
Page 28: Config Setting
Config Setting User can set and display detailed Soft AP information in this dialog box. Items Information SSID AP name of user type. The user also can select [Use Mac Address] to display it. System default is SoftAP-XX (XX is last two numbers of MAC address). Wireless Mode Select wireless mode. - Page 29 Use Mac Address Use the MAC address of wireless card as the AP’s name. System default is APX. (X is last number of Mac Address.) Security Setting Authentication mode and encryption algorithm used by the AP. The system default is no authentication and encryption. No forwarding among If there is no beacon among the wireless clients, they can’t share information wireless clients...
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Page 30: Access Control
Access Control AP connected or can’t connect with Mac address that user setting. Items Information Access Policy There are three policies available in the drop-down list. They are Disable, Allow All, and Reject All. System default is disabled. Mac Address In order to add an entry into the access control list, the user should input the MAC address without "-"... -
Page 31: Mac Table
MAC Table Shows link status. It displays detailed station information of current connection. Items Information MAC Address The station’s Mac address of the current connection. The association identifier of the client. Power Saving Mode Support Power Saving Mode on the currently connected station. Status The link status of the current connection. -
Page 32: Event Log
Event Log A record of all events, times and messages. Items Information Event Time (yy/mm/dd-hh:mm:ss) Specifies when the event occurred. Message All event messages. -
Page 33: Statistics
Statistics The statistics page displays detailed counter information based on the 802.11 MIB counters. The information is translated into a format easier for the user to understand. Transmit Statistics Items Information Frames Transmitted Successfully The number of frames sent successfully. Frames Fail To Receive ACK After The number of frames failed to transmit after hitting the retry limit All Retries... -
Page 34: About
About The About page displays the wireless card and driver version information, displays Configuration Utility, driver and EEPROM version information, displays Wireless NIC MAC address.
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