Zonet Technology ZEW1642 manual

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80 2.11n Wirel ess PCI Adapt er Table of Conten ts Chapter 1. Introduc tion…………… ……………………… ………………… ………………P. 1 1.1 We lco me… ………… ………… ………… ………… ……… …….…… ……… ……… ….P. 1 1.2 Product Featur e………………… ..…………… …?[...]

802.1 1n Wireless PCI Adap ter 1 Chapter 1 Int roduction 1.1 Welcome ZEW1642 connects you with IEEE802.11n (Draft 2.0) networks at receiving rate up to an incredibl e 300Mbps! By usi ng the ref l ection signal, 802.11n's “Mu lti ple In, M ul tiple Out” (MIMO) technol ogy increases the r ange and reduces “dead spots” in the wireless cov[...]

802.1 1n Wireless PCI Adap ter 2 1.4 Before you begin You must have t he followin g:  A desktop P C with a n available 32 -bit PCI slot  Minim um 300MHz pr ocessor and 32MB me mory  Wind ows 2000, XP, 2003, Vista  A CD-ROM Dri ve  PCI controll er properly in stalled and working in th e desktop PC  802. 11n or 8 02.11b/g Access Poi[...]

802.1 1n Wireless PCI Adap ter 3 Chapter 3 Ins tallation 3.1 Install Your ZEW1642  Open your PC case and locate an av ailable PCI on th e motherboa rd.  Slid e ZEW1642 i nto the PCI slot. Make sure that all of i ts pins are touching the s l ot’s contacts. You may have to appl y a bit of pressure to sli de ZEW1642 all the way i n. after it i[...]

802.1 1n Wireless PCI Adap ter 4 3.2 Install Driv er and Utility NOTE: Snap-shot scr eens of the following i nstallation procedure a re based on W indows XP. In stallation proce dures will be similar for ot h er windows o perating systems . 1. Insert I nstallation CD to your C D-ROM drive. B r owse CD and do uble-click setup.exe in Driver f older t[...]

802.1 1n Wireless PCI Adap ter 5 4. Select Optimize f or WiFi mode or Opti mize f or perfor man ce mode then click Next .[...]

802.1 1n Wireless PCI Adap ter 6 5. Click Finish to com plete the softw are i nstallation. You will se e a tray icon appear i n your system tray at the bottom o f the screen after the software and hardware installation completed su ccessfully.[...]

802.1 1n Wireless PCI Adap ter 7 Chapter 4 Configuration Right -click the tra y icon and then c li ck Launch Config Utilities to use Ralink configur a tion utili ty . 4.1 Profile Profile can keep your favor i te wireless setting a m ong your home , office, and other public hotspot. Yo u ma y save multiple profiles a nd activate the one at your pref[...]

802.1 1n Wireless PCI Adap ter 8 1. Defin itions : a. Profile Na me: Name of the profile, preset to PROF* (* indicate 1, 2, 3,) b. SSID: The public name of a wireless networ k, S ervice Set IDent i fier c. Network T ype: Infrastructure and/or Ad-Hoc d. Authentica tion: Open, Shared, (Leap), WPA-PSK, W PA2-PSK, WPA and WPA2 e. Encryption : WEP, TKIP[...]

802.1 1n Wireless PCI Adap ter 9 5. RT S Threshold: you can adjust the R TS threshold number by sliding the bar or key in the v alue dir ectly . Default value = 2 347 6. F ragmen t T hreshold: you can adjust the Fr agm ent threshold number by sliding the bar or k ey in the v al ue directly . Default value = 2 346 b. Authenticat ion an d Securi ty 1[...]

80 2.11n Wi reless PC I Adapter 10 c. 802.1 X 1. Authenticatio n Type: T he type selected here must be identical to the type o f the 802.1x a uthentication type y ou’re usi ng. 2. Session Resumption: Enabl e or Disable. 3. Domai n Name: Inpu t the domai n name of 802.1x authenti cation. Th is field will be gr ay ed out wh en authenticati on type [...]

80 2.11n Wi reless PC I Adapter 1 1 4.2 Link Status Link status page shows detail in formation abo ut the current connect i on. 1. Status: Shows the c urrent connecte d SSID / BSSID . If there’ s no active connection currently , “Disconnected” wil l be display ed. 2. Extra Inf o: Shows link status and its trans mi t power 3. Channel : Shows t[...]

80 2.11n Wi reless PC I Adapter 12 4.3 Site Survey Under Site Survey ta b, you will know information of all surround ing wirel ess netwo rks from the last scan. Click Rescan to update and refres h. Or Select a SSID to add to your profile. I ndicates your current connected networ k.[...]

80 2.11n Wi reless PC I Adapter 13 4.4 Statistics Statisti cs page displays the detail counter inform ation based on 802.1 1 MIB counters. This pag e tr anslates that MIB counter s into a for mat easier for user to understand[...]

80 2.11n Wi reless PC I Adapter 14 4.5 Advanced The followi ng figure shows Adv ance f unction of UI 1. Wireless mode: Select from 802. 11B only, 802.11 B/ G mixed, 802.1 1 B/ G/N mixed, and 802.1 1G only 2. Enable Tx BURST: Ralink’s proprietary f rame burst mode. Suggest using with an Access Point that has the same tech nology. 3. Enable TCP Win[...]

80 2.11n Wi reless PC I Adapter 15 4.6 QoS 1. WMM Enabl e: Enable Wi -Fi Multi -Media 2. WMM - Po wer Save Enable: En able WMM P ower Sav e 3. Direct L in k Setup Enable: Enable DLS (Direct L in k Setup). This function will greatly im prove t he data tr ansfer r ate between WMM- enabl ed wirel ess devices. MAC Address: Input the MAC addr ess of ano[...]

80 2.11n Wi reless PC I Adapter 16 4.7 WPS Config uration WPS page supports the config urati on setup us i ng PIN configura tion method or PBC configur a tion method. WPS(Wi-Fi Protected Setup) is to s i mplify the security setup and management of Wi-Fi networks. 1. WPS AP List: Display the inform ation of s urroundi ng APs w it h W PS IE from last[...]

80 2.11n Wi reless PC I Adapter 17 10. Export Profi le: Export all credential s to Profile. 11. Delete: Del ete an exist ing cr edential. 12. PIN: Sta rt to add to AP using PIN confi gurati on method 13. PBC: Start to add to AP using PBC configur ation method Note: When clicking PIN or PBC button , please d on't click Re scan with in two-minu [...]

80 2.11n Wi reless PC I Adapter 18 Chapter 5 Use Zero Config uration Windows XP and Vista has a built-i n w irel ess network configu r ation utility “Windows Zero Configur ation” (WZC). It is a built in serv ice to co nfigure your wireless clients f rom Windows 1. Start using WZ C, r ight click the tray utility and select Us e Zero Configuratio[...]

80 2.11n Wi reless PC I Adapter 19 4. T o configure t he wireless connect properti es, pleas e rig ht click the wireless i con in the system tra y and choose Stat us to open the page Wi reless Networ k Connection Statu s . 5. Click Properties button in General page and choose the tab Wireless Networks t o add the S SID of availabl e network by clic[...]

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80 2.11n Wi reless PC I Adapter 21 6. Advanced page confi gures f irewall and connection sha ring.[...]

8 02.11n Wi reless PC I Adapter 22 Chapter 6 Soft AP ZEW1642 has two mo des: working station and Soft AP . After start Soft AP , ZEW1642 will be an AP to accept any wi reless devi ce access. 6.1 Start Soft A P After starti ng ZEW1642 d river, you will see i con in the system tra y. Right click the icon and choos e Swi tch to AP Mode , the tray icon[...]

80 2.11n Wi reless PC I Adapter 23 6.2 Configurati on In soft AP configu ration Util ity page, you ca n ma ke some basic confi gurations, such as wireless networ k name, mode, channel a nd authentica tion. Click Security Setting button to make d i fferent security configurations of w i reless communi cation, and you can choos e the authenti cation [...]

80 2.11n Wi reless PC I Adapter 24 6.3 Access Control Choose Access Control tab to start MAC control. Access control includes Allow All and Reject All . After edi ting the M AC address a ccess li st, only the MAC in th e Allow All list could access the Soft AP .[...]

80 2.11n Wi reless PC I Adapter 25 6.4 MAC Table MAC Table page shows the information of the wireless devices acces sed to this s o f t AP . 6.5 Switch to W orking Stat ion mode In the Soft AP mode, ri ght-click the i con in the system tray and choose Switc h to Station Mode , then ZEW1642 is swit ching to working stat i on mode with an interf ace [...]

80 2.11n Wi reless PC I Adapter 26 Chapter 7. Specifications Gener al Featu res Standards IEEE 802.11n(Draft 2.0) IEEE 802.11g IEEE 802.11b Interface 32-b it PCI OS Windows 2000/XP/Vista User interface Easy to use user configuration software roaming Support multipoint auto roaming and configuration; Support wireless network environments auto detect[...]

80 2.11n Wi reless PC I Adapter 27 Chapter 8. TroubleShoot ing This chapt er provi des solutions to probl ems that m ay occur d uring the i nstallation and oper ation of ZEW1642. R ead the descrip tions below to solve y our problems. 1. The ZEW1642 does n ot work properly. Rei nsert ZEW16 42 into y our PC’ s PCI slot. Right click on M y Computer [...]