Ralink 300N, User Manual

Page 1: ...Wireless 300N Dual Band USB Adapter User Manual Version 1 0 Nov 2010...

Page 2: ...espect to the contents hereof and specifically disclaims any warranties merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose Any software described in this manual is sold or licensed as is Should the...

Page 3: ...f and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures 1 Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna 2 Increase the separation between the equipment...

Page 4: ...ith SAR for general population uncontrolled exposure limits in ANSI IEEE C95 1 1999 and had been tested in accordance with the measurement methods and procedures specified in OET Bulletin 65 Supplemen...

Page 5: ...of those who install and use it However special attention must be paid to the dangers of electric shock and static electricity when working with electrical equipment All guidelines of this and of the...

Page 6: ...1 3 Add an Access Point to Profile 25 2 2 2 Using Windows Zero Configuration 33 2 3 Profile Management 37 2 3 1 Add a profile 38 2 3 2 Edit an existing profile 39 2 3 3 Delete an existing profile 40 2...

Page 7: ...CHAPTER IV Appendix 72 4 1 Specification 72 4 2 Troubleshooting 73 4 3 Glossary 75...

Page 8: ...ur computer just that simple Other features of this wireless network card including High efficiency antenna expands the scope of your wireless network High speed data transfer rate Up to 300Mbps WMM f...

Page 9: ...ETWORK CARD OUT THE REACH OF CHILDREN 4 This network card will become hot when being used for long time This is normal and is not a malfunction DO NOT put the network card on a paper cloth or other fl...

Page 10: ...Requirements An empty USB 2 0 port May not be able work with USB 1 1 port and performance will be greatly reduced Windows 2000 XP Vista and 7 operating system CD ROM drive At least 100MB of available...

Page 11: ...work card please check if there s anything missing in the package and contact your dealer of purchase to claim for missing items USB Wireless Network Card 1 pcs 1 Protection Cap 1 pcs 2 Quick Installa...

Page 12: ...ription Radio Off Green Off Wireless LAN function is disabled Radio On No Link Green Off No link to wireless AP or Router Slow blinking Transmitting management information Radio On Link to AP or Route...

Page 13: ...ease follow the following instructions to install your new wireless network card 1 Insert the USB wireless network card into an empty USB 2 0 port of your computer when computer is switched on Never u...

Page 14: ...k cancel 3 Insert device driver CDROM into the CD DVD ROM drive of your computer and execute Setup exe program Please read the end user license agreement and click I accept the terms of the license ag...

Page 15: ...continue 5 You can choose the configuration tool used to configure the wireless network card here It s recommended to select Ralink Configuration Tool which provides fully access to all functions of t...

Page 16: ...9 6 Now you ll see the following message please click Install to start utility installation If you see Found New Hardware message again please ignore it and wait...

Page 17: ...10 7 Please wait while the install procedure is running When you see this message please click Finish to complete the driver installation process...

Page 18: ...onfigure your wireless connection please right click on this icon and a popup menu will appear You can click Launch Config Utility to start configuration program If you want to close the configuration...

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Page 20: ...t status of wireless connection will be displayed by Ralink configuration utility icon Wireless connection is established good signal reception Wireless connection is established normal signal recepti...

Page 21: ...Ralink setup utility RaUI will launch and begin to scan for all wireless access points automatically RaUI consists two parts Menu and setup area You can select a setup function Profile Network etc fro...

Page 22: ...ick More Less button again and setup utility window will resume to its original size Tip If a setup item requires more information to complete the setup procedure the setup utility window will expand...

Page 23: ...le for establishing a one to one wireless connection between two wireless devices Before you can connect to any wireless access point or device by infrastructure or Ad Hoc mode there two things you mu...

Page 24: ...er of wireless device If nothing is displayed here it means the SSID of this wireless device is hidden If a symbol appears in front of the name of wireless device means you ve established connected wi...

Page 25: ...f the signal strength If you can not see the access point you wish to connect here please click Rescan button to scan for access point again until the one you preferred is displayed You may have to cl...

Page 26: ...ation encryption type channel etc WPS If this access point supports WPS Wi Fi Protected Setup related information will be displayed here CCX If this access point supports CCX Cisco Compatible eXtensio...

Page 27: ...eral times if the access point you wish to use does not show in the list Add to Profile You can store a specific access point to profile so you can link to that access point directly next time without...

Page 28: ...click Connect If the access point you selected does not use encryption you ll be connected to this wireless access point within one minute If the access point you selected uses encryption please proc...

Page 29: ...22 3 If the wireless access point uses encryption you will be prompted to input its WEP key or WPA preshared key...

Page 30: ...of the access point automatically please don t change it However if you re connecting to an access point uses 802 1x authentication you have to check 802 1x box and input related information Instructi...

Page 31: ...24 You can also click More Less button to see detailed information of connected access point...

Page 32: ...ion of access points and you can recall them anytime you wish to establish connection You can add a found access point to profile or input all information of an access point by yourself To add a found...

Page 33: ...lect the network type Ad hoc or Infrastructure If you re connecting to an access point please select Infrastructure for point to point wireless connection i e connecting to another computer using Ad H...

Page 34: ...a It s recommended to choose PSM if you re using this network card with notebook computer to help the battery live longer RTS Threshold Check this box to set the RTS threshold by yourself You can drag...

Page 35: ...existing access point or wireless device authentication type will be selected automatically and please do not change it If you select LEAP you ll be prompted to input LEAD specific settings Please in...

Page 36: ...WEP keys here There are two types of WEP key Hexadecimal and ASCII For Hexadecimal key you can input number 0 9 and alphabet a f for example 001122aabbcc For ASCII key you can input number 0 9 and al...

Page 37: ...tication type from dropdown menu Please ask the administrator of the access point you wish to connect to select a correct tunnel authentication method This pull down menu is only available when authen...

Page 38: ...local certificate from dropdown menu If the access point you wish to connect required a specific client certificate the certificate must be installed on your computer and you can select the certificat...

Page 39: ...you complete all information related to the access point click OK to save the profile or click cancel to cancel adding a new profile If the profile is created you will see the information in the Prof...

Page 40: ...WZC You can also use WZC to configure your wireless network parameter 1 Right click Ralink configuration utility icon and select Use Zero Configuration as Configuration utility 2 Right click Windows...

Page 41: ...34 3 Click Start button should be located at the bottom left corner of windows desktop click Control Panel then click Network and Internet Connections in Control Panel 4 Click Network Connections...

Page 42: ...reless LAN Card then select View Available Wireless Networks 6 All wireless access points in proximity will be displayed here If the access point you want to use is not displayed here please try to mo...

Page 43: ...here It must match the encryption setting on the access point If the access point you selected does not use encryption you ll not be prompted for security key or passphrase 8 If you can see Connected...

Page 44: ...profile for every access point so you don t have to input these parameters every time when you want to connect to a specific wireless access point To manage profiles right click the Ralink configurat...

Page 45: ...38 2 3 1 Add a profile If you want to click new profile click Profile menu then click Add button You ll be prompted to input detailed information of access point as described in Section 2 2 1 3...

Page 46: ...u wish to change the content of the profile you can use this function Please select a profile from the list first then click Edit button You ll be provided with the contents of selected profile and yo...

Page 47: ...40 2 3 3 Delete an existing profile If you no longer need a profile you can delete it Select the profile you wish to delete from the list and click Delete button to delete it...

Page 48: ...an select it and click Activate button to establish connection with it When you selected a profile and click Activate button to activate the profile a icon will be displayed in front of the profile to...

Page 49: ...ings to increase data transfer performance or change operation mode Please follow the following instructions to set advanced wireless settings 1 Right click the Ralink configuration utility icon locat...

Page 50: ...problem on data transfer uncheck this box Fast Roaming Check this box and you can control the threshold that the wireless network card should switch to another wireless access point with better signa...

Page 51: ...bles wireless clients to roam between CCKM enabled access points in very short time Enable Radio Measurements When you re connecting to CCX compatible access point check this box to enable radio measu...

Page 52: ...g instructions to check network statistics 1 Right click the Ralink configuration utility icon located at lower right corner of computer desktop and then click Launch Config Utility 2 Click Statistics...

Page 53: ...ou can define the priority of different kinds of data to give higher priority to applications which require instant responding Therefore you can improve the performance of such network applications Pl...

Page 54: ...attery live longer You also have to select WMM power save modes here AC_BE Best Performance AC_BK Worst Performance AC_VI Video data has priority AC_VO Voice data has priority Direct Link Setup Enable...

Page 55: ...simple steps For older wireless access points it s possible to perform a firmware upgrade to become a WPS enabled access point Since they may not have a hardware button to press for WPS setup you can...

Page 56: ...utton on your wireless access point the button used to activate WPS standby mode may have another name or use other way to start WPS PBC standby mode as the instruction given by your wireless access p...

Page 57: ...ation button to see the detailed information about selected access point 5 Start PBC pairing procedure at access point side please refer to the instruction given by your access point s manufacturer th...

Page 58: ...t is found You can click PBC button few more times to try again When an access point is connected you can click Disconnect to disconnect your wireless network card from a connected access point or sel...

Page 59: ...ty 2 Click WPS Configuration menu and the following settings will appear 3 The PIN code of your wireless network card is an eight digit number located at the upper right position of configuration util...

Page 60: ...is correct There are also some options available for WPS configuration WPS associate IE Check this box to send the association request with WPS IE during WPS setup This is optional and you can use de...

Page 61: ...etwork function you don t have to remove the network card physically 1 Right click the Ralink configuration utility icon located at lower right corner of computer desktop and then click Launch Config...

Page 62: ...r important information about your wireless network card Please follow the following instructions to see these information 1 Right click the Ralink configuration utility icon located at lower right co...

Page 63: ...If you need to know the directions of how to use specific function in the utility please click Help button On line help documents will be presented in Windows help format Click this button to view on...

Page 64: ...llow the instructions in following chapters to use the AP function of your wireless card 3 1 Switch to AP Mode and Basic Configuration The operating mode of the wireless card is Station Mode becoming...

Page 65: ...ction If your computer has another network card which is connected to Internet please select it from Name dropdown menu and click Enable ICS if your computer does not have another network card with In...

Page 66: ...s point here Up to 32 numerical characters can be accepted here excepting space Channel Please select the wireless channel you wish to use The number of channels available here will vary depends on th...

Page 67: ...radio communication standards 1 ETSI Europe 2 SPAIN 3 FRANCE 4 MKK 5 MKKI TELEC 6 ISERAL Channel 3 to 9 7 ISERAL Channel 5 to 13 No forwarding among wireless clients Check this box and wireless client...

Page 68: ...less clients are not far from you Idle Time Select the idle time for the wireless access point Default value is 300 Do not modify this value unless you know what will be affected To save changes click...

Page 69: ...will encrypt the data being transferred over 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...

Page 70: ...o your computer This setting is only available when you select one of WPA encryptions Group Rekey Interval You can specify the time interval to re issue the key to your wireless clients here You can c...

Page 71: ...transfer speed will be slightly reduced Show Password Check this box and the WPA pre shared key or WEP key you inputted will be shown but not replaced by asterisk When you finish with setting and wan...

Page 72: ...your computer and wireless resources to the public you can use MAC address filtering function to enforce your access control policy so only wireless clients with MAC address you defined by this functi...

Page 73: ...access point Reject All Reject wireless clients with MAC address listed here to be connected to this access point MAC address Input the MAC address of the wireless client you wish to allow or reject...

Page 74: ...67 3 4 Connection Table If you want to see the list of all wireless clients connected to this access point please select Mac Table tab from the utility...

Page 75: ...ess of this wireless client AID The serial number of this wireless connection Power Saving Mode Displays the capability of power saving function of this wireless client Status Displays additional info...

Page 76: ...9 3 5 Event Log This software access point will log all wireless related activities as a log Click Event Log tab and the event log will be displayed You can click Clear to remove all entries in the lo...

Page 77: ...stics If you want to know detailed information about how your software access point works click Statistics tab and the event log will be displayed You can click RESET COUNTERS button to reset all coun...

Page 78: ...71 3 7 About The About tab provides you the information about version number of the configuration utility driver and other important information about your wireless access point...

Page 79: ...1g 6 9 12 24 36 48 54Mbps 11n 20MHz 5G 2 4G MCS0 15 up to 144Mbps 11n 40MHz 5G 2 4G MCS0 15 up to 300Mbps Securities WEP 64 128 WPA WPA2 Cisco CCX Support Output Power 2 4GHz 11b 17 1 5 dBm 11g 14 1 5...

Page 80: ...t the position of network card you may have to move your computer if you re using a notebook computer and click Rescan button for few more times If you can find the wireless access point or wireless d...

Page 81: ...to establish connection Please go to About tab and write the value of Phy_Addess down then present this value to the owner of access point so he she can add the MAC address of your network card to hi...

Page 82: ...s mandatory speeds and 18 36 48 and 54 Mbps optional speeds The ERP includes the modulation schemes found in 802 11b including CCK for 11 and 5 5 Mbps and Barker code modulation for 2 and 1 Mbps B A p...

Page 83: ...based security has been developed to ensure the highest degree of security and authenticity for digital information wherever and however communicated or stored while making more efficient use of hard...

Page 84: ...on systems It is designed to trade off bandwidth efficiency for reliability integrity and security In other words more bandwidth is consumed than in the case of narrowband transmission but the trade o...

Page 85: ...ess devices from cross interference If there are two wireless devices using the same or near channel and they are close enough radio interference will occur and reduce the radio resource usability 17...