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Contents 1. 2. 3. Introduction.............................................................................................4 1.1 Features.................................................................................................. 4 1.2 LED Indicator ......................................................................................... 4 1.3 Package Contents ................................................................................. 5 1.4 Before you start ............................
1. Introduction This is a wireless 11n USB Adapter that provides unsurpassed wireless performance for your Desktop PC or Notebook. It complies with IEEE 802.11n draft 2.0 wireless standard and is backward compatible with IEEE 802.11b/g. This USB adapter provides better wireless reception and up to 300Mbps data transfer rates in 11n mode. With this adapter, you can easily upgrade your Desktop PC or Notebook wireless connectivity.
1.3 Package Contents ‧ One Wireless USB adapter ‧ One USB A-type extension cable ‧ One CD-ROM (Drivers, Utility, User’s Manual) 1.4 Before you start You must have the requirements as follow, ‧ A computer with an available USB 2.0 port ‧ At least a 300MHz processor and 32MB memory ‧ Windows 2000/XP/Vista ‧ A CD-ROM drive ‧ Wireless USB Adapter properly installed 2. Installation Procedure Note: If you have installed the Wireless Adapter driver & utility before, please uninstall the old version first. 2.
(For Windows 2000) STEP2: Insert Installation CD into CD-ROM drive then windows below will appear. Click Install Driver to begin device driver installation.
STEP3: Please read the following license agreement. Use the scroll bar to view the rest of this agreement. Select I accept the terms of the license agreement and click Next to continue. STEP4: In Windows XP, there is a Windows Zero Configuration Tool for you to setup wireless adapter. You can choose to configure the adapter through the Microsoft Zero Configuration Tool or the Ralink Configuration Tool. It is recommended to choose the Ralink Configuration Tool for the adapter. Click Next to continue.
STEP5: If you need the adapter to operate with better performance, place choose Optimize for performance mode to enable the Tx Burst mode. Or you can choose Optimize for WiFi mode to run in standard wireless network. STEP6: Click Install to begin the installation.
STEP7: Please wait for a while during the adapter is configuring your new software installation. STEP8: After the setup wizard has successfully installed wireless LAN, click Finish to exit the wizard.
To check if the adapter is properly installed, you can right-click My Computer Æ choose Properties Æ click Device Manager. (For Widows XP) (For Widows 2000) The Configuration Utility appears as an icon on the system tray of Windows while the adapter is running. You can open the utility by double-click on the icon. Right-click the icon, there are some items for you to operate the configuration utility, z Launch Config Utilities Æ Select this option to open the Configuration Utility tool.
2.2 For Vista STEP1: Found New Hardware Wizard is displayed after the adapter is installed and the computer is restarted. Please click Cancel to continue. STEP2: Insert Installation CD into CD-ROM drive then windows below will appear. Click Install Driver to begin device driver installation.
STEP3: Please read the following license agreement. Use the scroll bar to view the rest of this agreement. Select I accept the terms of the license agreement and click Next to continue. STEP4: Click Install to begin the installation.
STEP5: Please wait for a while during the adapter is configuring your new software installation. STEP8: After the setup wizard has successfully installed wireless LAN, click Finish to exit the wizard.
To check if the adapter is properly installed, you can right-click My Computer Æ choose Properties Æ click Device Manager. The Configuration Utility appears as an icon on the system tray of Windows while the adapter is running. You can open the utility by double-click on the icon.
Ralink wireless utility needs to cooperate with Microsoft AutoConfig service in order to perform scanning and connecting actions, so the AutoConfig service should be enable beforehand. Control Menu Î Once Ralink wireless utility is minimized, the user can click the Ralink icon on the taskbar to bring up the control menu. z Launch Config Utilities Æ Restore Ralink wireless utility window. z Switch to AP Mode Æ Select this option to change to AP mode.
If “Use Zero Configurations as Configuration utility” is selected, please continue on the section. Below picture shows that the RaUI status when WZC is active as main control utility. When activating WZC, there are couple different on RaUI status compare to the without WZC running: (1) Profile button will be gray, profile function is removed since the NIC is controlled by WZC. (2) The connect and add profile function will be gray. The reason is same as the first difference.
[Use WZC to configure wireless adapter] STEP1: If connection is lost or not connected, the status prompt as below will pop up. STEP2: Right-click the network connection icon in the task bar. STEP3: Select “View Available Wireless Networks” will pop up the dialog shown as below.
STEP4: Select intended AP and click “Connect” shown as below, then click “Connect Anyway”. STEP5: AP1 is successful connected.
STEP6: If you want to modify information about AP, click “Change advanced settings” STEP7: Choose “Wireless Networks” tab.
STEP8: Click “Properties” and then click “OK” button. STEP9: After filling appropriate value, click “OK” button. And the status will prompt up as below. STEP10: Click the Ralink’s icon will bring up RaUI main window. User can find the surrounding APs in the list. The current connected AP will also shown with the green icon indicated as below screen. User may user the available tab to configure more advanced features provided by Ralink’s wireless NIC.
3.1.1 Start When starting RaUI, system will connect to the AP with best signal strength without setting profile or matching profile setting. It will issue a scan command to wireless NIC. After two seconds, the AP list will updated with the result of BSS list scan. The AP list include most used fields, such as SSID, network type, channel used, wireless mode, security status and signal percentage. The arrow icon indicates the connected BSS or IBSS network.
There are three sections in RaUI. These sections are briefly described as below. Button Section: include Profile page, Network page, Advanced page, Statistics page, WMM page, WPS page, About button, Radio On/Off button and Help button.
Function Section: Corresponding button Î Profile Page Î Network Page Î Advanced Page 23
Î Statistics Page Î WMM Page Î WPS Page 24
Î About Page Status Section: Include Link Status, Authentication Status, AP’s information, Configuration and retrying the connection when authentication is failed.
Î AP’s Information Î Retry the Connection Î Configuration At the mean time of starting RaUI, there is also a small Ralink icon appears within windows taskbar as below. You may double click it to bring up the main menu if you selected to close RaUI menu earlier. You may also use mouse;s right button to close RaUI utility. ÎÎ Ralink icon in system tray.
Besides, the small icon will change color to reflect current wireless network connection status. The status indicates as follow: Î -- indicate Connected and Signal Strength is Good. Î -- indicate Connected and Signal Strength is Normal Î -- indicate Wireless NIC is not connected yet Î -- indicate Wireless NIC is not detected Î -- indicate Connected and Signal Strength is Weak 3.1.
[Icons and buttons] Î indicate connection is successful on currently activated profile Î indicate connection is failed on currently activate profile Î indicate network type is infrastructure mode Î indicate network type is Ad-Hoc Î indicate security-enabled wireless network Î Add a new profile Î Edit an existing profile Î Delete an existing profile Î Activate selected profile Î Show the information of Status Section Î Hide the information of Status Section 3.1.2.
Profile Name: User can chose name for this profile, or use default name defined by system. SSID: User can key in the intended SSID name or use pull down menu to select from available APs. Power Save Mode: Choose from CAM [Constantly Awake Mode] or Power Saving Mode. Network Type: There are two types, infrastructure and 802.11 Ad-Hoc mode. Under Ad-Hoc mode, user can also choose the preamble type, the available preamble type includes auto and long.
3.1.2.2 Example to Add Profile in Profile Step 1: Click Add in Profile function Step 2: Add Profile page will pop up.
Step 3: Change profile name to what you want to connect. Pull down the SSID and select one intended AP. The AP list is the result of last Network. Step 4: Then, you can see the profile which you set appear in the profile list. Click “Activate” to activate the profile setting.
3.1.3 Network Under the Network function, system will display the information of surrounding APs from last scan result. List information includes SSID, BSSID, Signal, Channel, Encryption algorithm, Authentication and Network type as below: [Definition of each field] SSID: Name of BSS or IBSS network Network Type: Network type in use, infrastructure for BBS, 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.
Î Issue a rescan command to wireless NIC to update information on surrounding wireless network. Î Add the selected AP to Profile setting. It will bring up profile page and save user’s setting to a new profile. [Connected Network] (1) When RaUI first ran, it will select the best AP to connect automatically. (2) If user wants to connect to other AP, He can click “Connect: button for the intended AP to make connection.
