Ralink Wireless-N PCI Adapter Manual de usuario

802.11b/g/n Wireless LAN PCI Card User Manual Version: 1.0 (December, 2007)

CHAPTER II: DRIVER INSTALLATION AND CONFIGURATION 2-1 Network Card Installation Please follow the following instructions to install your new wire

3. Switch the computer on, the following message will appear on your computer, please click ‘Cancel’. 4. Insert device driver CDROM into the CD/D

5. You can choose the configuration tool used to configure the wireless network card here. It’s recommended to select ‘Ralink Configuration Tool’, wh

When you select one mode, please click ‘Next’ to continue. If you see ‘Found New Hardware’ message again, please ignore it and wait. 7. When you s

8. Select ‘Yes, I want to restart my computer now’ and click ‘Finish’ to restart your computer. 9. A new icon will appear at lower-right corner of

2-2 Connect to Wireless Access Point There are two ways you can configure your wireless network card to connect to wireless access point: using the R

Here are descriptions of every setup item: SSID: The Service Set IDentifier of wireless access point or other network device. You can think

which often means you’re not too far from that access point or wireless device. Channel: Shows the channel number that access point or wireless de

3. Click the wireless access point or network device you wish to connect, it will be highlighted, then click ‘Connect’. If the access point you se

If the wireless access point you selected have SSID, please skip this step. 5. If the wireless access point uses encryption, you have to input WEP

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6. You’ll see ‘Connected <-> SSID’ (‘SSID’ is the SSID of the wireless access point or wireless device you connected to) message displayed at l

2-2-2 Using Windows Zero Configuration Windows XP and Vista has a built-in wireless network configuration utility, called as ‘Windows Zero Configura

3. Click ‘Connect to a network’ under ‘Network and Sharing Center’ 4. Right-click ‘Wireless Network Connection’ (it may have a number as suffix i

5. 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

7. If you can see ‘Connected’ message, the connection between your computer and wireless access point is successfully established.

2-3 Connection Profile Management If you need to connect to different wireless access points at different time, like of access point of your home, of

Or, you can add a connected wireless access point or wireless device to a profile by clicking ‘Site Survey’ tab, then click ‘Add to Profile’ button:

You can set the parameter for this connection here:

Here are descriptions of every setup items: Profile Name Please give this profile a name, up to 32 alphanumerical characters and symbols are

Network Type Select network type (‘Ad Hoc’ or ‘Infrastructure’). If you’re adding a profile from an existing access point or wireless device, it’s

C A T A L O G CHAPTER I: PRODUCT INFORMATION 1-1 Introduction and safety information 1-2 Safety Information 1-3 System Requirements 1-4 Packag

Here are descriptions of every setup items: Authentication Select the authentication type of the wireless access Type point or wireless device yo

Encryption: Select the encryption type of the wireless access point or wireless device you wish to connect. If you’re adding a profile from an exis

replace your input with asterisk. Use 802.1x Enable 802.1x wireless authentication. Please click ‘802.1x Setting’ button to set 802.1x parameters. (

select it and click ‘Edit’ button, you’ll be prompted to input the connection parameters, just like you’re creating a new profile. If you no longer n

2-3-2 Using 802.1x – Certification After you click ‘802.1x Setting’, a new window will appear: Here are descriptions of every setup items: Authent

Domain Name Please input the domain name of 802.1x authentication here. This field will be grayed out when authentication type is not ‘EAP-FAST’. U

Password Please input the password of tunneled authentication (of tunneled here. authentication) Password Mode Please select the password mode of

2-3-3 Using 802.1x - CA Server If you want to use CA server, please click ‘CA Server’ tab. And the following message will be displayed: Here are de

must match utility will check if the server name of CA server exactly you set here is exactly matched with the CA server connected to. If they d

2-4 View Network Statistics and Link Status The configuration utility provides information about network statistics and link status. If you want to k

2-7 WPS Configuration 2-8 About CHAPTER III: Soft-AP Function 3-1 Switch to AP Mode and Basic Configuration 3-2 Security Settings 3-3 Access Con

All connection-related statistics is displayed here. You can click ‘Reset Counter’ to reset the statistics of all items back to 0. Click ‘OK’ to clos

2-4-2 Link Status Please follow the following instructions to check network statistics: 1. Right-click the Ralink configuration utility icon locate

The information displayed here are updated every second, and here are descriptions of every item: Status Display the SSID and BSSID of connected wir

rate will drop. dBm Check this box and the value of signal strength and noise level will be displayed in dBm level instead of percentage. There are

2-5 Advanced Settings This wireless network card provides several advanced settings for experienced wireless users. You can change these settings to

Here are descriptions of every setup items: Wireless mode Select wireless operation mode, available options are 802.11 B/G mix, 802.11 B only, and 80

Country Region living. Different country / region has different Code regulations on wireless devices, and it’s forbidden to use certain channel

After you finish the settings, click ‘Apply’ to apply new settings, and click ‘OK’ to close configuration utility.

2-6 QoS Setting This wireless network card provides QoS (Quality of Service) function, which can improve the performance of certain network applicati

Here are descriptions of every setup items: WMM Enable Check this box to enable WMM function. Please click ‘Apply’ button on the right of this chec

Chapter I: Product Information 1-1 Introduction and safety information Thank you for purchasing this high-speed 802.11b/g/Draft-N wireless network c

Effort), AC_VI (Video First), and AC_VO (Voice First). Direct Link Enable or disable direct link setup (DLS) function. Setup Enable This function w

2-7 WPS Configuration Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) is the latest wireless network technology which makes wireless network setup become very simple. If

2-7-1 WPS Setup - PBC (Push-Button Configuration) 1. Right-click the Ralink configuration utility icon located at lower-right corner of computer desk

3. 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

5. Click ‘PBC’ button now to start to establish wireless connection by WPS, and please be patient (This may require several seconds to one minute to c

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

The PIN number of your wireless network card is an eight-digit number located at the upper-right position of configuration utility. Remember it, and i

2-8 About The ‘About’ tab provides you the information about version numbers of configuration utility, firmware, and other important information abou

If you need assistance about network problem, you’ll need these values. You can also click ‘WWW.RALINKTECH.COM’ button to go to the web site of net

CHAPTER III: Soft-AP Function Excepting become a wireless client of other wireless access points, this wireless card can act as a wireless service p

1-2 Safety Information In order to keep the safety of users and your properties, please follow the following safety instructions: 1. This PCI wirele

A configuration window will appear after you switch the operation mode to ‘AP’ or click ‘Launch Config Utilities’ after you right-click the Ralink c

Here are descriptions of every setup items: SSID Please input the SSID (the name used to identify this wireless access point) here. Up to 32 nume

computer, unless you want to limit the type of wireless client allowed to connect to your computer. Use Mac Click this button to use the MAC addre

unless you know what will be affected. No forwarding Check this box and wireless clients will not be able among wireless to share data with each ot

3-2 Security Settings This wireless card supports wireless encryption in AP mode, which will encrypt the data being transferred over the air to enhan

Encryption Please select an encryption mode. The available Type options in this setting item will vary depending on the authentication type you s

bits, but the data transfer speed will be slightly reduced. Show Password Check this box and the WPA pre-shared key orWEP key you inputted will be s

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 enfo

Here are descriptions of every setup items: Access Policy Select the policy type of your access rule: Disable: Allow any wireless client with prop

MAC address Input the MAC address of the wireless client you you wish to allow or reject here. No colon (:) or hyphen (-) required. Add

1-3 System Requirements  Desktop PC with Pentium 300 MHz-compatible processor or higher  An empty PCI slot  Windows 2000, 2003, XP, or Vista op

3-4 Connection table If you want to see the list of all wireless clients connected to this access point, please follow the following instructions:

Here are descriptions of every fields: MAC Address Displays the MAC address of this wireless client. AID The serial number of this wireles

3-5 Event Log This software access point will log all wireless-related activities as a log. You can follow the following instructions to view the con

3-6 Statistics If you want to know detailed information about how your software access point works, you can follow the following instructions to view

CHAPTER IV: APPENDIX 4-1 Hardware Specification Standards: IEEE 802.11b/g/Draft-N Interface: 32-bit PCI Frequency Band: 2.4000 ~ 2.4835GHz (Indus

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 f

I can not establish connection with a certain wireless access point 1. Click ‘Connect’ for few more times. 2. If the SSID of access point you wish to

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

5. What is Infrastructure? An integrated wireless and wireless and wired LAN is called an Infrastructure configuration. Infrastructure is applicable

12. What is DSSS? What is FHSS? And what are their differences? Frequency-hopping spread-spectrum (FHSS) uses a narrowband carrier that changes freque

1-4 Package Contents Before you starting to use this wireless network card, please check if there’s anything missing in the package, and contact your

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

4-4 FCC and Other Compliance Statements Federal Communication Commission Interference Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply wi

Federal Communication Commission (FCC) Radiation Exposure Statement This equipment complies with FCC radiation exposure set forth for an uncontrolled

EU Countries Not intended for use None.

1-5 Familiar with your new wireless network card 1. Antennas Two 3dBi dipole antennas are enclosed with the PCI card. Please secure these two ante