Zonet ZEW2590 manual

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    Copyright Statement is the registered trademark of Z onet T echnology Inc. All th e products and pro duct names mentioned herein are the tr ade marks or re gist e red trad e marks of their respe cti ve holders. Copyright of the whole product as integr at ion, i nc luding its accessories and software, b e longs to Z onet T echnology Inc. Withou t th[...]

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    802.11n High Gain USB Adapter 1 Table of Conten t Ch a pt e r 1 . I nt r o du c ti on … …… … …… … …… … …… … …… …… … …… …… …2 1.1 Welcome ………… …………………… …………… …………………… ………2 1.2 Produc t Feature ……………… ……………………… ………[...]

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    802.11n High Gain USB Adapter 2 Chapter 1 Int roduction 1.1 Welcome ZEW2590- 802.11n High Gain USB A dapter delivers an incredible speed to your desktop/laptop PC w ith o ut running wire s. It complies with the IEEE 802.11n standard, making it backward compatible with 802.11b/g networks for assured compatibility . ZEW25 90 adopts the advanced signa[...]

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    802.11n High Gain USB Adapter 3 1.4 Before You Beg in You must have the following:  A laptop computer/desktop PC with an available USB 2.0 slot  Minimum 300MHz proce ssor and 32MB memory  Windows 2000, XP, Vista, 7; Macintosh; Linux  A CD-ROM Drive  USB controller properly installed and working in the computer  802.11n or 802.11b/[...]

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    802.11n High Gain USB Adapter 4 Chapter 2 Ins tallation NOTE: 1. For future driver upgrading , p le ase visit our website at www.zonetusa.com 2. Snap-shot screens of the follo wing installation procedure are based on Windo ws XP. Inst al l ation proced ur es will be simil ar for ot her windows operating systems. 1. P ow er on your PC, l e t the ope[...]

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    802.11n High Gain USB Adapter 5 5. C lick Nex t to accept t he Agre ement. Or cli ck Cance l t o cance l the i nstallat ion . 6. Selec t Ins t a l l driver a nd Ralin k WLAN U tility or Instal l driver only then click Next . 7. Selec t Ralin k Conf iguratio n Tool or Micro soft Zero Config uration Tool then click Next . a. It’s recommended t o se[...]

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    802.11n High Gain USB Adapter 6 8. Click Instal l to start insta llation . Or clic k Cance l to ca ncel t he insta llation . 9. Click Finish to complete t he software installation. You will see a tray icon appear in y our system tray at the bot tom of the screen after the software and hardware installation completed successfully.[...]

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    802.11n High Gain USB Adapter 7 Chapter 3 Configuration 3.1 Station Mode Station Mode is the default access mode for ZEW2590. In this mode, ZEW25 90 serves as a client to rece iv e the wire less signals to access the Internet. Double-click the tr ay icon to launch the configuration utility . Or right click the tr ay icon and select Launch Config Ut[...]

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    802.11n High Gain USB Adapter 8 3.1.1 Profile Profi le can keep yo ur fav orite wi reless settin g among your ho me, of fice, an d other pu b l ic hotspot . You m a y sa ve multiple profiles and activa te the one at you r pref erence.  Add: to create a new profile  Edit: to edit/m odify/ch ange paramet er of an existi ng pro file  Dele t e[...]

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    802.11n High Gain USB Adapter 9  Networ k Type: a. Infra structur e – A wireles s Rout er an d / or Acce ss Point is re quired. b. Ad-hoc – P eer-to- Peer net work, no bas e statio n requi red.  TX Po wer: Amou nt o f tra n s mit p o wer u s ed b y the rad io tra nscei ver t o s end o ut si gnal. User can c h o ose dif ferent v al ue in t[...]

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    802.11n High Gain USB Adapter 10 3.1.2 Network Unde r Netwo rk tab, you wi ll know informa tion of all s urroun ding wi reless netwo rks fro m the l ast sca n. Click Resca n to update and r efresh. 3.1.3 Link Statu s Link status page s hows deta il info rmation about the c urrent c onnecti on.[...]

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    802.11n High Gain USB Adapter 11 3.1.4 Advanced The Adv anced t ab shows Adv ance function of UI     Enable Tx Burst: Ra link’s proprie tary frame burst mode. Sugges t usi ng with a n Acc ess Poi nt that has th e same t echnolo gy.     Enable TCP Wi ndow Si ze: Check t hi s box and the configuration utility will adjust T C[...]

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    802.11n High Gain USB Adapter 12 3.1.6 WMM     WMM Enable: Enable Wi-Fi Multi-Media     WMM - Power Save Enable: Enable WMM Power Sav e     Direct L ink Setup Enable: Enab le DLS (Direct Li nk Set up). T his function w ill greatly improve th e data transfer r ate between WMM-enabl e d wire less devices. a. MAC Ad[...]

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    802.11n High Gain USB Adapter 13 3.1.7 WPS WPS ta b suppor ts the configuration set up usi ng PIN configuration met hod or PBC configur a tion method. WPS(Wi-Fi Protected Setup) simplify the security setup and management of Wi-Fi networks.  PIN: Enter the Pin code and click PIN to automatically connect ZEW2590 with wireless devices around.  P[...]

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    802.11n High Gain USB Adapter 14 3.1.8 SSO SSO (Backu p Exec for Windows servers SAN Shared Sto rage Option) is a stron g LAN-free backup solution. 3.1.9 CCX     Enable CCX(Ci sco Compat ible eXt ensions) :     Enable Radio M easureme nt: cha nnel m easures every 0 ~1023 millis econds[...]

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    802.11n High Gain USB Adapter 15 3.2 AP Mode ZEW2590 also can serve as an access point to transmit wireless signals and create wireless network, allowing other wireless cli e nts to access the network. Right -click t he tr ay icon and select Switch to AP Mo de.[...]

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    802.11n High Gain USB Adapter 16 3.2.1 Configura tion In soft AP configuration Utility page, you can make some basic configurations, such as wireless network name, mode, channel and authentication. Click Security Sett ing button to make dif fe rent security configurations of wireless communication, and you can choose the authentication type o r enc[...]

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    802.11n High Gain USB Adapter 17 3.2.2 Access Control Choose Access Contr ol tab to start MAC control. Access c ontrol includes Allow All and Reject A ll . After editing the MA C address access list, only the MAC in the Allow All list could access the Soft AP .[...]

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    802.11n High Gain USB Adapter 18 3.2.3 MAC Tabl e MAC T able page sho ws the information o f the wireless devices accessed to this s o f t AP . 3.2.4 Switch to Working Station m ode In the Soft AP mo de, right-click the icon in the system tray and choose Switch to Station Mode , then Z EW2590 is switching to working station mode with an interface o[...]

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    802.11n High Gain USB Adapter 19 3.3 Use Zero Co nfiguration Windows X P and V ista has a built - in wire less network conf iguration u tility “Windows Zero Configu ration” (WZC). It is a bu ilt in ser vice to co nfigure y ou r wire less cli ents f r o m Windo ws 1. Start using WZC, r ight c lick the tr ay ico n and select Use Zero Configuratio[...]

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    802.11n High Gain USB Adapter 20 4. T o configu r e the wireless connect properties, please right click the wireless icon in the system tray and choose Status to open the page Wireless Network Connection Stat us . 5. Click Properties button in General page and choose the ta b W ireless Networks t o add th e SSI D of available network by clicking A [...]

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    802.11n High Gain USB Adapter 21 6. Advanced page configures firewall and connection sharing.[...]

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    802.11n High Gain USB Adapter 22 Chapter 4 How to conn ect with PSP 4.1 Configure P SP with Ad-Hoc mode 1. Select Network Settings on PSP 2. Select Ad-Hoc mode on PSP 3. Select Channel on PSP[...]

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    802.11n High Gain USB Adapter 23 4. Select Start → → → → Con t rol Panel → → → → double-click System icon → → → → select Hardware tab → → → → click Device Manager button → select ZEW2590 ( 802.11n USB Wireless LAN Card ) list in Networ k adapters 5. Double-click 802.11n USB Wireless LAN Card to confi gu re properti[...]

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    802.11n High Gain USB Adapter 24 4.2 Configure X L ink Kai XLink K ai is a glob al gamin g network - bringing together XBox, Playst a tion, Gamecube and PSP users, in one integrated community . It is software running on your PC or Macin tos h that a llows you to play system-link enabled ga mes online for free. Select Start → → → → A ll prog[...]

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    802.11n High Gain USB Adapter 25 Chapter 5 Product Specifi cations Chipset Rali nk RT3070 Standards IEEE 802.11n, IEEE 802.11g, IEEE 802.11b Interface USB2.0 OS Wi ndow s 2 00 0/ XP / V ista / 7 ; Mac into s h; L in ux User interfa ce Easy to use user configura tion software Transmi t distance Indoor up to 100M, Outdoor up to 300 M Antenna type One[...]

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    802.11n High Gain USB Adapter 26 Chapter 6. TroubleShoot ing This chapter provides solutions to proble ms that may occur during t he installation and operation o f ZEW2590. Read the descriptions below to solv e y o ur problems. 1. The ZEW2590 does not work properly. Reinsert ZEW2590 int o y our PC’ s USB slot. Right click on My Computer and se le[...]

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    802.11n High Gain USB Adapter 27 4. I can’t find any wireless access p oint / wireless d evice in Netwo rk t ab.  Click Rescan for few more times and see if you can find any wireless access point or wireless device.  Please move cl o ser to any know n wireless access point.  Ad-hoc function must be enab led for the wireless device you wi[...]