Wireless LAN USB Adapter User Manual 1.
Contents 1. 2. 3. 4. Windows Wireless Utility for Driver installation .................................................. 3 1.1 Windows Zero Configuration for XP......................................................... 3 1.1.1 Mediatek Wireless Utility and Windows Zero Configuration ....... 3 1.1.2 Windows Zero Configuration (WZC) ............................................ 4 1.2 Windows AutoConfig Service for Vista ..................................................... 9 1.2.
1. Windows Wireless Utility for Driver installation 1.1 Windows Zero Configuration for XP 1.1.1 Mediatek Wireless Utility and Windows Zero Configuration Windows XP includes a wireless configuration utility named "Windows Zero configuration" (WZC) which provides basic configuration functions to the Mediatek Wireless NIC. Mediatek's utility (RaUI) additionally provides WPA functionality. To make it easier for the user to select the correct utility.
When activating WZC, there are several difference with the RaUI status, compared to the RaUI status without WZC running. The profile button will be gray. Profile functionality is removed since the NIC is controlled by WZC. The Connect and Add Profile function will be gray. Profile functionality is removed since the NIC is controlled by WZC. Please read through this document for full details on the other functions provided by RaUI. 1.1.
Figure 1-6 Wireless Network Connection Select the intended access point and click "Connect". Then click "Connect Anyway" as shown as Figure 1-7.
Figure 1-8 Connect AP: AP1 successfully If you want to modify information about the AP, click "Change advanced settings" as shown in Figure 1-9. Then select the "Wireless Networks" tab shown as Figure 1-10.
Figure 1-9 Click "Change advanced settings" Figure 1-10 Choose the "Wireless Networks" tab 7/33
Click "Properties" as shown in Figure 1-11. Then click "OK" button. Figure 1-11 AP's properties After filling in the appropriate value, click "OK." The pop-up will indicate the status as shown in Figure 1-12. Figure 1-12 Network connection status Clicking the Mediatek icon will bring up the RaUI main window. Users can find the surrounding APs in the list. The currently connected AP will be shown with a blue icon beside it, as shown in Figure 1-13.
Figure 1-13 Show connection status by using WZC to initiate the connection 1.2 1.2.1 Windows AutoConfig Service for Vista Mediatek Wireless Utility and Windows AutoConfig Service In Windows Vista, the Auto Config service provides basic wireless configuration functions for the Mediatek Wireless Network Interface Controller. In order to perform these functions, the Auto Config service should first be enabled (Refer to Section 1-2-2).
Figure 1-3 Mediatek Utility The Mediatek wireless utility starts in compact mode as shown in Figure 1-3. Clicking the expanding icon at the bottom-right corner can change to the full mode as shown in Figure 1-4. Figure 1-4 Mediatek Utility in full mode 1.2.2 Windows AutoConfig Service The following steps outline the procedure for starting/stopping the Windows AutoConfig service.
Double-click the "Administrative Tools" icon Double-click "Services" 11/33
Double-click "WLAN AutoConfig" Manage the AutoConfig properties in the dialog box 12/33
Windows profile manager can be accessed via control panel or network connection icon in the task bar. 1.
Right-click the network to bring up the profile managing menu 14/33
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Select "Manage wireless networks" from the tasks list Right-click the network to bring up the profile managing menu 16/33
2. Mediatek Wireless Utility (RaUI) 2.1 Start 2.1.1 Start RaUI When starting RaUI, the system will connect to the AP with best signal strength without setting a profile or matching a profile setting. When starting RaUI, it will issue a scan command to a wireless NIC. After two seconds, the AP list will be updated with the results of a BSS list scan. The AP list includes most used fields, such as SSID, network type, channel used, wireless mode, security status and the signal percentage.
Figure 2-1-3 Link Information page Figure 2-1-4 Profile page Figure 2-1-5 Network page 18/33
Figure 2-1-6 About page When starting RaUI, a small Mediatek icon appears in the notifications area of the taskbar, as shown in Figure 2-1-15. 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 RaUI utility.
Additionally, the small icon will change color to reflect current wireless network connection status. The status is shown as follows: : Indicates the connected and signal strength is good. : Indicates the connected and signal strength is normal. : Indicates that it is not yet connected. : Indicates that a wireless NIC can not be detected. : Indicates that the connection and signal strength is weak. 2.2 2.2.
Fragment Threshold: The user can adjust the Fragment threshold number by sliding the bar or key in the value directly. Icons and buttons: : Indicates if a connection made from the currently activated profile. : Indicates if the connection has failed on a currently activated profile. : Indicates the network type is infrastructure mode. : Indicates the network type is in Ad-hoc mode. : Indicates if the network is security-enabled. : Click to add a new profile. : Click to edit an existing profile.
Figure 2-2-2 Profile Name, SSID, Network Configuration Profile Name: The user can chose any name for this profile, or use the default name defined by system. SSID: The user can key in the intended SSID name or select one of the available APs from the drop-down list. Power Save Mode: Choose CAM (Constantly Awake Mode) or Power Saving Mode. Network Type: There are two types, infrastructure and 802.11 Ad-hoc modes. Under Ad-hoc mode, user can also choose the preamble type.
Figure 2-2-4 WEP Key Configuration WEP Key: Only valid when using WEP encryption algorithms. The key must be identical to the AP's key. There are several formats to enter the keys. 1. Hexadecimal - 40bits: 10 Hex characters. 2. Hexadecimal - 128bits: 26 Hex characters. 3. ASCII - 40bits: 5 ASCII characters. 4. ASCII - 128bits: 13 ASCII characters. Figure 2-2-5 Pre-shared Key Configuration Pre-shared Key: This is the key shared between the AP and STA.
802.1x Setting: This is introduced in the topic of “Section 3-2 : 802.1x Setting” Figure 2-2-7 Advanced Configuration Power Save Mode: Choose CAM (Constantly Awake Mode) or Power Saving Mode. Channel: Only available for setting under Ad-hoc mode. Users can choose the channel frequency to start their Ad-Hoc network. RTS Threshold: User can adjust the RTS threshold number by sliding the bar, or key in the value directly. The default value is 2347.
Specify a Profile Name. Select an AP from the SSID drop-down list. The AP list from the last Network. Now the profile which the user set appears in the profile list. Click "Activate". Now the profile which the user active will connect to AP.
2.2.4 Pre-logon Connect The Pre-logon Connect configuration page as shown in Figure 2-2-4. Figure 2-2-4 Pre-logon Connect Page Field definitions: Pre-logon Connect: Use ID and Password in Profile. ** Recommend: You need to restart the computer when using/non-using Pre-logon connection. 2.3 2.3.1 Network Network The system will display the information of local APs from the last scan result as part of the Network section.
Figure 2-3-1-1 Network function Definition of each field: SSID: Name of BSS or IBSS network. Network Type: Network type in use, Infrastructure for BSS, Ad-Hoc for IBSS network Channel: Channel in use. Wireless Mode: AP support wireless mode. It may support 802.11b, 802.11g or 802.11n wireless mode. Security-Enable: Indicates if the AP provides a security-enabled wireless network. Signal: Receive signal strength of the specified network.
: Button to connect to the selected network. : Issues a rescan command to the wireless NIC to update information on the surrounding wireless network. : Adds the selected AP to the Profile setting. It will bring up a profile page and save the user's setting to a new profile. Connected network: When RaUI first runs, it will select the best AP to connect to automatically. If the user wants to use another AP, they can click "Connect" for the intended AP to make a connection.
Click "Add to Profile" The System section will appear at the bottom of the Add Profile window. You can specify your own profile name.
Next, you will see the new profile in the profile list.
3. Physical Installation 3.1 Please check below picture to install.
4. Appendix 4.1 Acknowledgements The above settings are used in the test platform by Mediatek technology corp. Users can set the function in accordance with their AP. Acknowledgements: "This product includes software developed by MDC and its licensors. This product includes software developed by the OpenSSL Project for use in the OpenSSL Toolkit (http://www.openssl.org/)". This product includes cryptographic software written by Eric Young (eay@cryptsoft .com).
Information to Users According to the FCC Part 15.19, 15.21, and 15.105 rule, for this EUT, the instructions or operation manual furnished the user shall include the following or similar statement, placed in a prominent location in the text of the manual: FCC Caution This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules.
