Alpha Networks RT2560F Users Manual

MiniPCI WLAN Card
OEM installation Manual
Version 0.1

0-Introduction

The Ralink Rt2560F WLAN NIC is a complete wireless high speed Network Interface Card (NIC)
utilizing the Ralink Rt2560F chip set. It conforms to the IEEE 802.11g protocol and operates in
the 2.45 GHz ISM frequency bands.
It provides a complete reference design evaluation platform of hardware and software to system
providers or integrators requiring wireless data communications capability and is ideal for integration
into computer platforms.

• Fully compliant with the IEEE 802.11g WLAN standards

• FCC Certified Under Part 15 (pending) to Operate in the 2.45 Bands

• Support for 54, 48, 36, 24, 18, 12, 9, and 6 Mbps OFDM, 11 and 5.5 Mbps CCK and legacy 2 and 1
Mbps data rates

• Driver Supports Microsoft Windows ® 98/SE, ME, XP and 2000 (SR1)

1-OEM Installation procedure

1.1 Installing the miniPCI card into the host PC Notebook

a-open miniPCI slot cover of host PC Notebook housing
b-insert miniPCI card into miniPCI slot
c-connect the host PC notebook antennas to the miniPCI card antenna connectors (Hirose type UFL
connector)
d-close miniP CI slot cover of host PC Notebook housing

1.2 Installing the software drivers

a-Start windows
b-When windows detects new hardware and asks for drivers, point to directory where the Ralink driver
is located (for example floppy drive, cdrom , harddisk) to install.
c-after drivers are installed, restart windows
d-the Ralink WLAN icon will appear in system tray on the bottom right of the screen (see yellow
arrow in fig. 01)

fig, 01: Ralink WLAN icon

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e-double click the Ralink WLAN icon to open the WLAN settings, the following window will appear
(see fig.02)

fig.02: Ralink WLAN Settings window

f-click on configuration tab and select which type of network is required (access point or Peer-to-peer
mode), see fig. 03.

fig.03: Wlan network type setting window

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g-select what TX rate is required (default setting is fully automatic) see fig. 04.

fig.04: WLAN TX rate Setting window

h-select what encryption type is required, 64 or 128 bit WEP (default setting is disabled) see fig. 05.

fig.05: WLAN encrption rate Settings window

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i-click on the status tab to see the connection status (fig.06).