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802.1 1b/g/n Wi reless LAN PCI Card User Manual V ersion: 1.3 (August, 2007)[...]

1 COPYRIGHT Copyright ©2006/2007 by this company. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stor ed in a retrieval system, or translated into any language or computer language, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, magnetic, optical, chemical, manual or otherwise, without the prior[...]

2 C A T A L O G Chapter I: Pr oduct Information ........................................................................ 4 1-1 Introduction and safety information ................................................................ 4 1-2 Safety Information ........................................................................................... 5 1-3[...]

3 4-3 Glossary ......................................................................................................... 79 4-4 FCC and Other Compliance S tatements ........................................................ 83[...]

4 Chapter I: Pr oduct Information 1-1 Introduction and safety information Thank you for purchasing this hi gh-speed 802.1 1b/g/Draft-N wireless network card! Excepting common wireless standards 802.1 1b/g, this wireless network card is also 802.1 1 Draft-N compatible - data transfer rate is 300Mbps, and that’ s six times faster than 802.1 1g wire[...]

5 1-2 Safety Information In order to keep the safety of user s and your properties, please follow the following safety instructions: 1. This wireless network card is de signed for indoor use only . DO NOT expose this network card to direct sun light, rain, or snow . 2. DO NOT put this network card at or near hot or humid places, like kitchen or bat[...]

6 1-3 System Requirements  An empty PCI slot  W indows 2000, 2003, XP , or V ista operating system  CD-ROM drive  At least 100MB of available disk space[...]

7 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 dealer of purchase to claim for missing items: □ User manual / device driver CDROM (1 pcs) ………………….. 1 □ Quick installation guide (1 pcs) …………………………………[...]

8 1-5 Familiar with your new wireless network card 1. PCI Interface 2. WPS Button 3. Antenna Connectors (3x) 4. ‘Link’ LED 5. ‘Tx/Rx’ LED LED Name Light Status Description On Linked to a wireless access point Link Off Not linked to any wireless access point Blinking T ransferring / receiv ing data Tx/Rx Off No wireless activity 1 2 4 / 5 3[...]

9 CHAPTER II: DRIVER INST ALLA TION AND CONFIGURA TION 2-1 Network Card Installation Please follow the following instructions to install your new wireless network card: 1. SWITCH THE COMPUTER OFF , remove the cov er and insert the wireless network card into an empt y PCI slot of your computer . T ip: It’ s r ecommended to touch some metal materia[...]

10 2. Fasten the antennas to the antenna connectors on the network card by clockwise direction. 3. Y ou can bend the antenna to fit actual needs:[...]

11 4. T o improve radio reception, pleas e adjust antennas to the position shown in the picture. When view fr om back: When view fr om top:[...]

12 When view fr om side:[...]

13 5. Switch the computer on, the foll owing message will appear on your computer , please click ‘cancel’ . 6. Insert device driver CDROM into the CD/DVD ROM drive of your computer , and execute ‘Setup.exe’ pr ogram in ‘Driver ’ folder . Please read the end user license agreement and click ‘I accept the terms of the license agreement?[...]

14 7. Y ou can choose the configuration tool used to configure the wireless network card here. It’ s recommended to select ‘Ralink Configuration T ool’, which provides fully access to all function of this wireless network card. If you prefer to use the wireless configuration tool provided by W indows XP or V ista, pleas e select ‘Microsoft [...]

15 When you select one mode, plea se click ‘Next’ to continue. If you see ‘Found New Hardwar e’ message again, please ignore it and w ait. 9. Please wait while the install proce dure is running. When you see this message, please click ‘Finish’ to co mplete the driver installation process.[...]

16 10. A new icon will appear at lower-right corner of your com puter desktop, you can put the mouse cursor on the icon, and the status of wireless card will be displayed as a popup balloon. When you want to configure your wireless connection, please right click on this icon, and a popup me nu will appear . Y ou can click ‘Launch Config Utilities[...]

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18 2-2 Connect to W ireless Access Point After the driver is correctly insta lled, it will try to connect to any unencrypted wireless access point au tomatically . If you want to connect to a specific wireless access point, or the access point you wish to connect uses encryption, you have to conf igure the wireless network card and input required p[...]

19 If you still can not see the access point you wish to use after clicking ‘Rescan’ for more than five times, please move your computer closer to the location where the wireless acce ss po int is, or see instructions in chapter 4-2 ‘T roubleshooting’. Here are descriptions of every setup item: SSID: The Service Set IDentifier of wir eless [...]

20 point or network device is unique, and will not be the same with others. So you can identify a single access point or wir eless device fr om others by BSSID, if they all have the same SSID. Signal: Shows the signal str ength of access point or wir eless device. Lar ger number means better radio str ength, which often means you’r e not too far [...]

21 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 selected does not enable encryption (The content of ‘Encryption’ field of the access point you selected is ‘None’, you’ll be connected to this wirele ss access point within one minute. Plea[...]

22 If the wireless access point you sel ected have SSID, please skip this step. 5. If the wireless access point uses encryption, you have to input WEP passphrase or WP A preshared key . Please ask the owner of the wireless access point you want to connect, and input the correct passphrase / preshared key here, then click ‘OK’. If the value you [...]

23 6. Y ou’ll see ‘Connected <-> SSID’ (‘SSID’ is the SSID of the wireless access point or wireless device you connected to) message displayed at lower -left corner of configura tion utility , congratulations, you’re successfully connected to the ac cess point or wireless device you selected![...]

24 2-2-2 Using W indows Zero Configuration W indows XP and V i sta has a built-in wireless network configuration utility , called as ‘W indows Zero Confi guration’ (WZC). Y ou can also use WZC to configure your wi reless network parameter: 1. Right-click Ralink configuration utili ty icon and select ‘Use Zero Configuration as Configuration ut[...]

25 3. Click ‘Connect to a network’ under ‘Network Connections’ 4. Right-click ‘W ireless Network Connec tion’ (it may have a number as suff ix if you have more than one wireless network car d, please make sure you right-click the ‘Ralink 802. 1 1n W ireless LAN Card), then select ‘V iew A vailable W ireless Networks’. 5. All wirel[...]

26 network list’ to rescan access points. Click the access point you want to use if it’ s shown, then click ‘Connect’. 6. If the access point is protected by encryption, you have to input its security key or passphrase here. It must match the encryption setting on the access point. If the access point you selected doe s not use encryption, [...]

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

28 2-3 Connection Profile Management If you need to connect to different wireless access points at dif ferent time, like of access point of your home, of fice, cybercafe, or public wireless service, you can store the connection parameters (encryption, passphrase, security etc, etc.) as a profile for every access point, so you don’ t have in input[...]

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

30 And you can set the parameter for this connection here:[...]

31 Here are descriptions of every setup items: Pr ofile Name Please give this pr ofile a name, up to 32 alphanumerical characters and symbols ar e allowed, but space is not allowed. SSID The SSID of the wir eless access point or wir eless device you selected will be displayed her e. But if the SSID of access point or wir eless device is not availab[...]

32 authentication settings. Here are descriptions of every setup items: Authentication Select the authentic ation type of the wir eless access T ype point or wir eless device you wish to connect. If you’r e adding a pr ofile fr om an existing access point or wir eless device, th e value will be selected automatically , and please do not modify it[...]

33 Encryption: Select the encrypti on type of the wir eless access point or wir eless device you wish to connect. If you’r e adding a pr ofile fr om an existing access point or wir eless device, th e value will be selected automatically , and please do not modify it. WP A Input WP A pr eshar ed key her e. If encryption is not Pr eshar ed Key enab[...]

34 After you finish all settings, click ‘ OK’ to save settings and exit. The profile you just created will be displayed: Select the profile you wish to use, a nd click ‘Activate’ to use the profile you selected. Y ou can only activate a pr ofile a time, and the profile which is activated currently w ill have a green check ( ) before its nam[...]

35 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: Authentication Please select an 802.1x authentication type her e. T ype The type you select her e must be identical to the type of the 802.1x authentication type you’r e using. Session Y ou can enabl[...]

36 ‘TTLS’, you can use the certificate stor ed on your computer . If the authentication type you use is ‘TLS/Smart Car d’, this box is always checked. Mor e.. After you clicked this button, you’ll be pr ompted to select a certificate on your computer . Allow This box is always ch ecked and can not be modified. unauthenticated pr ovision m[...]

37 Passwor d Please input the passw or d of tunneled authentication (of tunneled her e. authentication) Passwor d Mode Please select th e passwor d mode of ‘EAP-F AST’ authentication mode. This setting is hidde n when the authentication type is not ‘EAP-F AST’. After you finish all settings, click ‘OK’ to save settings and exit.[...]

38 2-3-3 Using 802.1x - CA Server If you want to use CA server , pleas e click ‘CA Server ’ tab. And the following message will be displayed: Here are descriptions of every setup items: Use certificate Check this box to en able the use of certificate chain. chain Certificate Please select the issuer of certificate fr om this Issuer dr opdown me[...]

39 2-4 V iew Network S tatistics and Link S tatus The configuration utility provides information a bout network statistics and link status. If you want to know how your wireless network card works, you can use these functions to get detailed information about the wireless connection you’re using. 2-4-1 Network Stati stics Please follow the follow[...]

40 All connection-related sta tistics is displayed here. Y ou can click ‘Reset Counter ’ to reset the statistic s of all items back to 0. Click ‘OK’ to close the window .[...]

41 2-4-2 Link Status Please follow the following instructions to check network statistics: 1. Right-click the Ralink configuration u tility icon located at lower -right corner of computer desktop, then click ‘Launch Config Utilities’. 2. Click ‘Link Status’ tab, and information about current wireless connection will be displayed:[...]

42 These information displayed here are updated every second, and here are descriptions of every item: S tatus Displays the SSID and BSSID of connected wir eless access point or wir eless d evice (displayed as SSID <-> BSSID as shown in above pictur e. If ther e’ s no active connection curr ently , ‘Disconnected’ will be displayed her e[...]

43 rate will dr op. dBm Check this box and the value of signal str ength and noise level will be displayed in dBm level instead of per centage. There are several wireless statuses ava ilable at the bottom of this window . For their explanations, please see chapter 4-3 ‘Glossary’.[...]

44 2-5 Advanced Settings This wireless network card provide s several advanced settings for experienced wireless users. Y ou can chan ge these settings to increas e data transfer performance, or change operation mode. Please follow the following instructions to set advanced wireless settings: 1. Right-click the Ralink configuration u tility icon lo[...]

45 Here are descriptions of every setup items: W ir eless mode Select wir eless ope ration mode, available options ar e 802.1 1 B/G mix, 802.1 1 B only , and 802.1 1 B/G/N mix. Y ou can select 802.1 1 B/G/N mix to maximize wir eless compatibility with wir eless access points and other wir eless devices. Anyway , you can set this setting to ‘802.1[...]

46 when this wir eless network car d should switch to another wir eless access point with better signal quality . Only adjust value when you understand what it means. T urn of f RF Click this button to switch wir eless radio off, click it again switch wir eless radio on. Select Y our Select the country / r egion code of the place you’r e Country [...]

47 Measur ement access point, check this box to enable radio measur ement function to impr ove wir eless connectivity . Non-Serving When you’r e c onnecting to CCX-compatible Channel access point, check this box to enable measur ement Measur ements on unused radio channels to impr ove wir eless connectivity . Limit --- Limit the time used for sai[...]

48 2-6 QoS Setting This wireless network card provides Qo S (Quality of Service) function, which can improve the performance of certain network applications, like audio / video streaming, network te lephony (V oIP), and others. When you enable WMM (W i-Fi MultiMedia) function of this network card, you can define the priority of different kinds of d[...]

49 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 check box after you check or uncheck this box, so corr esponding settings in this window will be activated or deactivated r espectively . WMM - Power Enable WMM power saving mode to save ener gy Save [...]

50 First). Dir ect Link Enable or disable dir ect link setup (DLS) function. Setup Enable This function will gr eatly impr ove the data transfer rate between WMM-enabled wir eless devices. Please click ‘Apply’ button on the right of this check box after you check or uncheck this box, so corr esponding settings in this window will be activated o[...]

51 2-7 WPS Configuration W i-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) is the latest wireless network technology which makes wireless network setup become very si mple. If you have WPS-enabled wireless access point, and you want to establish a secure connection to it, you don’t have to c onfigure the wireless access point and setup data encryption. All you have t[...]

52 2-7-1 WPS Setup - PBC (Push -Button Configuration) 1. Right-click the Ralink configuration utility icon located at lower-right corner of computer desktop, then click ‘Launch Config Utilities’. 2. Click ‘WPS Configura tion’ tab, and the follo wing settings will appear:[...]

53 3. Set ‘Config Mode’ to ‘Enrollee’ , and then push the ‘WPS’ button on your wireless access point (the bu tton used to activate WPS standby mode may have another name), or use other way to start WPS standby mode as the instruction given by your wireless access point’ s user manual. 4. Before you start to establish th e wireless con[...]

54 button in wireless configuration utili ty to start to establish wireless connection by WPS. Please be patient (This may require several seconds to one minute to complete). When you see ‘WPS status is connected successfully’ message, means the connection between your wireless network card and access point is successfully connected by WPS, and[...]

55 If you want to delete a found access point from the list, select it and click ‘Delete’ button.[...]

56 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 to it: 1. Right-click the Ralink configuration utility icon located at lower-right corner of computer desktop, then click ‘Launch Config Utilities’. 2. Click ‘WPS Configura tion’ tab, and t[...]

57 located at the upper -right position of configuration utility . Remember it, and input the number to your wireless access point as the WPS PIN code (Please refer to the user manual of your wireless access point for instructions about how to do this). 3. Click ‘PIN’ button now , and wait for few seconds to one minute. If a wireless access poi[...]

58 2-8 About The ‘About’ tab provides you the info rmation about version numbers of configuration utility , firmware, and other important information about your wireless network card. Please follow the following instructions to see these information: 1. Right-click the Ralink configuration u tility icon located at lower -right corner of compute[...]

59 If you need assistance about network problem, you’ll need these values. Y ou can also click ‘WWW .RALINKTECH.COM’ button to go to the web site of network card driver manufact urer and get more information about your wireless network card. Please click ‘OK’ to close configuration utility .[...]

60 CHAPTER III: Soft-AP Function Excepting become a wireless client of other wireless access points, this wireless card can act as a wireless service provider also! Y ou can switch this wireless card’ s operating mode to ‘AP’ mode to simulate the function of a real wireless access point by so ftware, and all other computers and wireless devic[...]

61 A configuration window will appear after you switch the operation mode to ‘AP’ or click ‘Launch Config Utilities’ after you right-click the Ralink configuration utility , which asks you to assign an existing network card with internet connection: If your computer has another network car d which is connected to Internet, please select it [...]

62 Here are descriptions of every setup items: SSID Please input the SSI D (the name used to identify this wir eless access point) her e. Up to 32 numerical characters can be accepte d her e, excepting space. TX Rate Please select the data transfer rate her e. The maximum TX rate you can select her e depends on the wir eless mode yo u’r e using. [...]

63 depends on the setting of ‘Country Region Code’. W ir eless Mode Please select th e wir eless operating mode. Y ou can limit the type of wir eless client to 802.1 1b or 802.1 1g only , or allow 802.1 1b/g, and 802.1 1b/g/n clients. It’ s safe to select ‘802.1 1 B/G/N mix’ to allow all kinds of wir eless client to connect to your comput[...]

64 use wir eless pr otection or not. Y ou can also select ‘ON’ or ‘OFF’ to for ce the use of wir eless pr otection or not. Beacon(ms) Y ou can define the time interval that a beacon signal should be send. Default value is 100. Do not modify this value unless you know what will be affected. Idle T ime Select the idle time of your wir eless n[...]

65 3-2 Security Settings This wireless card supports wireless encryption in AP mode, which will encrypt the data being transferred ove r the air to enhance data security level. It’ s recommended to enable data encryption unless you wish to open your computer (and its internet connection) to the public. When you click ‘Security Setting’ in Ral[...]

66 some networking knowledge will be able to r ead the data you transfer with pr oper tool. NOTE: WP A encryption is safer than WEP , however , some older wir eless clients don’ t support WP A encryption. WP A Pr e-shar ed Please input the WP A pr e-shar ed key her e. Only Key clients with the same pr e-shar ed key you inputted her e will be able[...]

67 key you inputted will be shown, but not r eplaced by asterisk (*). OK Click this button to save changes you made in this page. Cancel Click this button to di scar d all changes you made in this window .[...]

68 3-3 Access Control If you’re not going to open your comput er and wireless resources to the public, you can use MAC address f iltering function to enforce your access control policy , so only wire less clients with MAC address you defined by this function can be conn ected to your software access point. Please follow the following instructi on[...]

69 Here are descriptions of every setup items: Access Policy Select the policy type of your access rule: Disable: Allow any wir eless client with pr oper authentication settings to connect to this access point. Allow All: Only allow wi r eless clients with MAC addr ess listed her e to connect to this access point. Reject All: Reject wir ele ss clie[...]

70 Add Add the MAC addr ess you inputted in ‘MAC addr ess’ field to the list. Delete Please select a MAC addr ess fr om the list, then click ‘Delete’ button to r emove it. Remove All Delete all MAC addr esses in the list. Apply Save and apply changes you made.[...]

71 3-4 Connection table If you want to see the list of all wire less clients connected to this access point, please follow the following instructions: 1. Right-Click Ralink configuration utility icon, and select ‘Launch Config Utilities’ 2. Click ‘Mac T able’ tab, and a list containing all connected wireless clients will appear:[...]

72 Here are descriptions of every fields: MAC Addr ess Displays the MAC a ddr ess of this wir eless client. AID The serial number of this wir eless connection. Power Saving Displays the capability of power -saving function of Mode this wir eless client. S tatus Displays additional information of this wir eless Connection, like curr ent wir eless op[...]

73 3-5 Event Log This software access point will log all wireless-related activ ities as a log. Y ou can follow the following instructions to view the content of the event log: 1. Right-Click Ralink configuration utility icon, and select ‘Launch Config Utilities’ 2. Click ‘Event Log’ tab, and the event log will be displayed: Y ou can click [...]

74 3-6 Statist ics If you want to know detailed informati on about how your software access point works, you can follow the follo wing instructions to view the statistics of the access point: 1. Right-Click Ralink configuration utility icon, and select ‘Launch Config Utilities’ 2. Click ‘Statistics’ tab, and th e event log will be displayed[...]

75 CHAPTER VI: APPENDIX 4-1 Hardware Specification Standards: IEEE 802.11b/g/Draft-N Interface: PCI Frequency Band: 2.4000 ~ 2.4835GHz (Industr ial Scientific Medical Band) Data Rate: 11b: 1/2/5.5/11Mbps 11g: 6/9/12/24/36/48/54Mbps 11n (20MHz): MCS0-15, 32 with Half Guard Interval Support (up to 144Mbps) 11n (40MHz): MCS0-15, 32 with Half Guard Int[...]

76 4-2 T roubleshooting If you encounter any problem when you’ re using this wireless network card, don’t panic! Before you call your d ealer of purchase for help, please check this troubleshooting table, the solution of your problem could be very simple, and you can so lve the problem by yourself! Scenario Solution I can’t find any wireless [...]

77 I can not establish connection with a certain wireless access point 1. Click ‘Connect’ fo r few more times. 2. If the SSID of access point you wish to connect is hidden (nothing displayed in ‘SSID’ field in ‘Site Survey’ function), you have to input correct SSID of the access point you wish to connect. Please contact the owner of acc[...]

78 above.[...]

79 4-3 Glossary 1. What is the IEEE 802.1 1g standard? 802.1 1g is the new IEEE standard for high-speed wireless LAN communications that provides for up to 54 Mbps data rate in the 2.4 GHz band. 802.1 1g is quickly b ecoming the next mainstream wireless LAN technology for the home , of fice and public networks. 802.1 1g defines the use of the sa me[...]

80 5. What is Infrastructur e? An integrated wireless and wire less and wired LAN is called an Infrastructure configuration. Infrastru cture is applicable to enterprise scale for wireless access to central database, or wireless application for mobile workers. 6. What is BSS ID? A specific Ad hoc LAN is cal led a Basic Service Set (BSS). Computers i[...]

81 12. What is DSSS? What is FHSS? And what are their differ ences? Frequency-hopping spread-spectrum (FHSS) uses a narrowband carrier that changes frequency in a pattern that is known to both transmitter and receiver . Properly sync hronized, the net effect is to maintain a single logical channel. T o an unintended receiver , FHSS appears to be sh[...]

82 15. What is WMM Power Save? WMM Power Save is a set of features for W i-Fi networks that increase the efficiency and flexibility of data transmission in order to conserve power . WMM Power Save has been optimized for mobile devices running latency-sensitive a pplications such as voice, audio, or video, but can benefit any W i-Fi device. WMM Powe[...]

83 4-4 FCC and Other Compliance S tatements Federal Communication Commission Interference S t atement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of FCC Rules. These limit s are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installatio[...]

84 Federal Communication Commissi on (FCC) Radiation Exposure Statement This equipment complies with FCC r adiation exposure se t forth for an uncontrolled environment. In order to avoi d the possibility of exceeding the FCC radio frequency exposure limits, hum an proximity to the antenna shall not be less than 20cm (8 inches) during normal operati[...]

85 EU Countries Not intended for use None.[...]