Chung Nam Electronics WLC123NR User Manual
Preliminary Installation Manual
Chung Nam Electronics (CNE)
IEEE 802.11b/g/Draft-N Mini PCI WLAN
Card
(Model #: WLC-123NR)
Version 0.1
User Manual
April 2008
Preliminary Installation Manual
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction……………………….……………….……3
1-1 Instruction…………………………………………………..…………………………….………… …...3
Chapter 2: Installation Procedure………………….……….……4
2-1 Installing the software drivers on MS Windows platform………..……4
2-2 Connect to Wireless Access Point………………………………………………………..…….10
2-2-1 Using Utility……………………………………………………………………….……….10
2-2-2 Using Windows Zero Configuration…………………………………..……….16
2-3 Connection Profile Managemen…………………………………………………….…..……….20
2-3-1 Make a profile for an access point or wireless device…….……….……20
2-3-2 Using 802.1x – Certification………………………………………………….….……27
2-3-3 Using 802.1x ca Server……………………………………………………….….………30
2-4 View Network Statistics and Link Status…………………………………….……………..31
2-4-1 Network Statistics…………………………………………………………..……………….31
2-4-2 Link Status…………………………………………………………………….…..…..……….33
2-5 Advanced Setting……………………………………………………………………..……….…………36
2-6 Qos Setting…………………………………………………………………………….…….……………..40
2-7 WPS Configuration……………………………………………………………………..….…………….43
2-7-1 WPS Setup – PBC (Pusb-Button Configuration…………….……….……….44
2-7-2 WPS Setup – PIN…………………………………………………………….………….……47
2-8 ABout………………………………………………………………………………………….…..…….…..49
Chapter 3: Soft-AP Function…………………….…………….……52
3-1 Switch to AP Mode and Basic Configuration………………………………..….………….52
3-2 Security Setting……………………………………………………………………….…….….…………57
3-3 Access Control………………………………………………………………………….….….…………..60
3-4 Connection table……………………………………………………………………..……….………….63
3-5 EVENT Log…………………………………………………………………………….…..……….…………65
3-6 Status…………………………………………………………………………….…………..…….…………..66
Chapter 4 Regulatory Information……………………………….68
4-1 FCC Information to User……………………………………………………..….…..……………….68
4.2 FCC Guidelines for Human Exposure……………………………….……….………………….68
4.3 FCC Electronic Emission Notices………………………………………….…………..…….…….69
4.4 FCC Radio Frequency Interference Statement………………………...………………….68
4.5 OEM installation Guide…………………………………………..…………………….….…….…….70
Chapter 5 Technical Specifications………………….……..…….72
Preliminary Installation Manual
Chapter 1: Introduction
1-1 Introduction
The CNE 802.11b/g/Draft-N WLAN Card is a complete wireless high speed Network
Interface Card (NIC). It conforms to the IEEE 802.11b/g standard, this wireless network
card is also 802.11 Draft-N compatible-data transfer rate 300Mbps, and that’s six times
faster than 802.11g wireless network! This wireless network card also supports MIMO
(Multi-In, Multi-Out) technology, which uses two different radio channels to enhance
data transfer rate and wireless coverage and operates in the 2.45GHz ISM frequency
bands.
Other features of this wireless network card
Model: WLC-123NR
z QoS function : control the bandwidth required for different application
z 802.11b/g/Draft-N compatible
z Support major encryption methods like WEP, WPA, and WPA2 encryption.
z Mini PCI interface
z Wireless access control – prevent unauthorized network access to your network and
computer.
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Chapter 2: Installation Procedure
2.1 Installing the software drivers on MS Windows platform
The driver installation procedure on MS Windows platform is described as follows.
Windows XP is used as the example. It is similar in other Windows platform (e.g.
Windows 2000).
1. Make sure that the miniPCI card has been inserted in your machine properly.
2. The following message will appear on your computer, click ‘cancel’.
3. Insert device driver CDROM into the CD/DVD ROM drive of your
computer, and execute ‘Setup.exe’ program in ‘Driver’ folder. Please
read the end user license agreement and click ‘Yes’ to accept license
agreement.
4. 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 function of this wireless
network card. If you prefer to use the wireless configuration tool
provided by Windows XP or Vista, please select ‘Microsoft Zero
Configuration Tool’, then click ‘Next’.
5. There are two wireless performance mode you can select here:
Optimize for WiFi mode or
Optimize for performance mode
If you want to enhance wireless performance, please select ‘Optimize
for performance mode’. However, wireless compatibility is not
guaranteed in this mode. If you want to use this mode, you may not be
able to communicate with older wireless devices and wireless access
point, such as 802.11b devices, but the data transfer rate will be
enhanced in this mode. You can select this mode when you only plan
to communicate with 802.11 Draft-N devices.
If you want to keep compatibility and communicate with older
wireless devices, please select ‘Optimize for WiFi Mode’.
When you select one mode, please click ‘Next’ to continue. If you see
‘Found New Hardware’ message again, please ignore it and w ait.
6. Please wait while the install procedure is running. When you see this
message, please click ‘Finish’ to complete the driver installation
process.
7. A new icon will appear at lower-right corner of your computer 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 menu will appear. You can click
‘Launch Config Utilities’ to start configuration program.
If you want to close configuration utility, please click ‘Exit’.
Please note that if you stopped config utility by ‘Exit’ function, you’ll
not be able to maintain the wireless link to the access point you wish
HERE!
to use. In this case, you can start config utility again by clicking
‘Ralink Wireless Utility’ icon from ‘Start’ -> ‘All Programs’ ->
‘Ralink Wireless’, as shown below.
2-2 Connect to Wireless Access Point
After the driver is correctly installed, it will try to connect to any
unencrypted wireless access point automatically. If you want to connect
to a specific wireless access point, or the access point you wish to connect
uses encryption, you have to configure the wireless network card and
input required parameters, to get connected to the wireless access point
you wish to connect.
There are two ways you can configure your wireless network card to
connect to wireless access point: using the Ralink configuration utility
which comes with wireless card driver, and using built-in windows zero
configuration utility.
2-2-1 Using Ralink Utility
Please follow the following instructions to use Ralink configuration
utility to connect to wireless access point.
1. Right-click the Ralink configuration utility icon located at lower-right
corner of computer desktop, then click ‘Launch Config Utilities’.
2. Configuration utility will scan for all wireless access points
automatically. Scan results will be displayed here, please check if the
wireless access point with the SSID (the name of wireless access point)
you preferred is shown here.
If the wireless access point you wish to connect does not show here,
please click ‘Rescan’ to try again, until the one you preferred is
displayed. You may have to click ‘Rescan’ for more than two times
before you can see the access point you wish to use here sometimes.
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 access point is, or see instructions in
chapter 4-2 ‘Troubleshoot ing’.
Here are descriptions of every setup item:
SSID: The Service Set IDentifier of wireless access point
or other network device. You can think it as the
name of access point of wireless device.
BSSID: The MAC address of wireless access point or other
network device. Unlike SSID, BSSID of every access
point or network device is unique, and will not be
the same with others. So you can identify a single
access point or wireless device from others by
BSSID, if they all have the same SSID.
Signal: Shows the signal strength of ac cess point or wireless
device. Larger number means better radio strength,
which often means you’re not too far from that
access point or wireless device.
Channel: Shows the channel number that access point or
wireless device uses.
Encryption: Shows the encryption method that access point or
wireless device uses. If the wireless access point
does not enable encryption, you’ll see ‘None’
displayed here.
Authentication: Shows the authentication mode that access point or
wireless device uses. If the wireless access point
does not require authentication, you’ll see
‘Unknown’ displayed here.
Network Type: Shows the type of wireless connection. If it’s a
wireless access point, ‘Infrastructure’ will be
displayed here; if it’s a computer or network device,
‘AdHoc’ will be displayed here.
Tips:
Wireless access point (Infrastructure) is a network device which
acts as a bridge, to let wired and wireless network devices
communicate with each other.
AdHoc is another connection type. A computer or network device
can establish a direct wireless link with other computer or network
device directly, without the help of wireless access point.
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 wireless access point within one minute.
Please jump to step 6.
If the access point you selected enables encryption, please proceed to
next step.
4. If the wireless access point does not have SSID, you’ll be prompted to
input it here. Please ask the owner of wireless access point and input
the exact SSID here, then click ‘OK’ when ready. If the SSID you
provided here is wrong, you’ll not be able to connect to this access
point.
If the wireless access point you selected have SSID, please skip this
step.
5. If the wireless access point uses encryption, you have to input WEP
passphrase or WPA 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
inputted here is wrong, you will not be able to connect to this wireless
access point.
Authentication type is selected automatically, please don’t change it.
If the access point you selected does not enable encryption and does
not require authentication, please skip this step.
6. You’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 configuration utility, congratulations, you’re
successfully connected to the access point or wireless device you
selected!
2-2-2 Using Windows Zero Configuration
Windows XP and Vista has a built-in wireless network configuration
utility, called as ‘Windows Zero Configuration’ (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. 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.
3. Click ‘Connect to a network’ under ‘Network Connections’
4. Right-click ‘Wireless Network Connection’ (it may have a number as
suffix if you have more than one wireless network card, please make
sure you right-click the ‘Ralink 802.11n Wireless LAN Card), then
select ‘View Available Wireless Networks’.
5. 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 move
your computer closer to the access point, or you can click ‘Refresh
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 does not use encryption, you’ll not be
prompted for security key or passphrase.
7. If you can see ‘Connected’ message, the connection between your
computer and wireless access point is successfully established.
2-3 Connection Profile Management
If you need to connect to different wireless access points at different time,
like of access point of your home, office, 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 these parameters every time you want to connect to a specific
wireless access point.
2-3-1 Make a profile for an access point or wireless device
1. Right-click the Ralink configuration utility icon located at lower-right
corner of computer desktop, then click ‘Launch Config Utilities’.
2. There are two ways to add a new connection profile:
Create a new profile,
or
Add a profile from an existing wireless access point or wireless device
If you want to click new profile, click ‘Profile’ tab, then click ‘Add’
button:
Or, you can add a connected wireless access point or wireless device
to a profile by clicking ‘Site Survey’ tab, then click ‘Add to Profile’
button:
And you can set the parameter for this connection here:
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