Edimax Technology Co 9577331111 User Manual
EW-7733UND USB Wi-Fi Adapter
User Manual
Version: 1.0
(July, 2011)
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C A T A L O G
Chapter I: Product Information ...................................................................... 5
1-1 Introduction and safety information ................................................................ 5
1-2 Safety Information ........................................................................................... 6
1-3 System Requirements ...................................................................................... 7
1-4 Package Contents ............................................................................................. 8
1-5 Familiar with your new wireless network card ............................................... 9
CHAPTER II: Driver Installation and Configuration ............................. 10
2-1 Network Card Installation ............................................................................. 10
2-2 Connect to Wireless Access Point ................................................................. 20
2-2-1 Using Ralink Utility ........................................................................... 20
2-2-2 Using Windows Zero Configuration (Windows XP Only) ................ 25
2-3 Connection Profile Management ................................................................... 29
2-3-1 Add a new entry.................................................................................. 29
2-3-2 Remove an existing profile ................................................................ 33
2-3-3 Edit an existing profile ....................................................................... 34
2-3-4 Import / Export profile ....................................................................... 35
2-3-5 WPS Profile Setup .............................................................................. 38
2-3-5-1 PBC mode WPS configuration ............................................... 41
2-3-5-2 PIN mode WPS configuration ................................................ 42
2-4 View Link Status .................................................................................. 44
2-5 Advanced Settings ......................................................................................... 47
2-5-1 ‘Advanced’ menu ............................................................................... 47
2-5-2 Wi-Fi Direct........................................................................................ 48
2-5-2-1 Establish connection with P2P device .................................... 52
2-5-2-2 Accept Wi-Fi Direct Connection Request ............................... 54
2-5-2-3 Wi-Fi Direct / Legacy client concurrent mode ....................... 55
2-5-2-4 Autonomous GO ..................................................................... 56
2-5-2-5 Media sharing.......................................................................... 57
CHAPTER III: Soft-AP Function ................................................................. 61
3-1 Switch to AP Mode and Station Mode .......................................................... 61
3-2 Configure AP ................................................................................................. 63
3-3 Advanced Functionality ................................................................................. 67
3-4 Access Control ............................................................................................... 68
3-5 Associate List ................................................................................................. 70
3-6 About ............................................................................................................. 71
CHAPTER IV: Appendix ............................................................................ 72
4-1 Hardware Specification ................................................................................. 72
4-2 Troubleshooting ............................................................................................. 73
4-3 Glossary ......................................................................................................... 76
4-4 FCC and Other Compliance Statements ........................................................ 79
Chapter I: Product Information
1-1 Introduction and safety information
Thank you for purchasing this extreme high-speed 802.11a/b/g/n dual
band wireless network card! Excepting common wireless standards
802.11a/b/g, this wireless network card is also 802.11n compatible - data
transfer rate is 450Mbps, and that’s night times faster than 802.11g
wireless network! 802.11n also provides wider wireless coverage, so you
don’t have to worry if your computer is far from your wireless access
point.
With easy-to-install USB 2.0 interface - a very common expansion port of
computers - plug this wireless network card into any empty USB port of
your computer, just that simple!
Other features of this product including:
Portable dongle type design.
Supports Infrastructure, Ad-Hoc, and Wi-Fi Direct connection
method.
QoS function: provides Wi-Fi Multimedia (WMM) quality of
service to secure audio/video/voice data traffic as higher priority.
802.11a/b/g/n compatible.
Supports major encryption methods like WEP, WPA, and WPA2
encryption.
WPS configuration - You don’t need an experienced computer
technician to help you to get connected. With WPS, you can get
your computer connected by simply pushing a button on USB
network card or entering an 8-digit code.
USB 2.0 interface - you can get it installed on your computer in
just few seconds!
Wireless access control - prevent unauthorized network access to
your network and computer.
1-2 Safety Information
In order to keep the safety of users and your properties, please follow the
following safety instructions:
1. This USB wireless network card is designed for indoor use only. DO
NOT expose this network card to direct sun light, rain, or snow.
2. DO NOT put this network card at or near hot or humid places, like
kitchen or bathroom. Also, do not left this wireless network card in the
car in summer.
3. This network card is small enough to put in a child’s mouth, and it
could cause serious injury or could be fatal. If they throw the network
card, the card will be damaged. PLEASE KEEP THIS NETWORK
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 flammable objects after the network card
has been used for a long time.
5. There’s no user-serviceable part inside the network card. If you found
that the network card is not working properly, please contact your dealer
of purchase and ask for help. DO NOT disassemble the network card by
yourself, warranty will be void.
6. If the network card falls into water, DO NOT USE IT AGAIN
BEFORE YOU SEND THE CARD TO THE DEALER OF PURCHASE
FOR INSPECTION.
7. If you smell something strange or even see some smoke coming out
from the network card, switch the computer off immediately, and call
dealer of purchase for help.
1-3 System Requirements
An empty USB 2.0 port (May not be able work with USB 1.1 port,
and performance will be greatly reduced)
Windows XP, Vista, or Windows 7 operating system
CD-ROM drive
At least 100MB of available disk space
1-4 Package Contents
Before you starting to use this wireless network 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
□ Quick installation guide (1 pcs) …………………………………. 2
□Driver/Utility/User Manual CD-ROM (1 pcs) …………………… 3
1-5 Familiar with your new wireless network card
LED Name
Light Status
Description
Link/
Activity
Blinking
Linked to a wireless access point /
Transferring data
Off
Power off
1 2 3
4
1. USB Connector
2. External Wireless Antenna
3. Link/Activity LED
4. WPS Button (Press to activate WPS pairing mode)
CHAPTER II: Driver Installation and Configuration
2-1 Network Card Installation
Please 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 use force to
insert the card, if you feel it’s stuck, flip the card over and try again.
2. Insert device driver CDROM into the CD/DVD ROM drive of your
computer, and execute ‘Setup.exe’ program in ‘Driver’ folder.
3. On Windows Vista / Windows 7 computer, you may see UAC (User
Account Control) window popup to warn you that this program is
going to make changes to your computer, click ‘Yes’ to continue.
4. Please select ‘I accept the terms of the license agreement’, then click
‘Next’.
5. Select ‘Install driver and Ralink WLAN Utility’ and click ‘Next’ to
continue. Optionally, you can select ‘Install driver only’ to install
wireless network card driver only, and use Windows’ built-in wireless
manager.
If you don’t know which one you should choose, select ‘Install driver
and Ralink WLAN Utility’ for maximum functionality.
(Windows XP Only)
6. Select the wireless configuration utility you wish to use, than click
‘Next’ to continue. It’s recommended to select ‘Ralink Configuration
Tool’ for maximum functionality. If you used to use Windows’ built-in
configuration tool, select ‘Microsoft Zero Configuration Tool’.
(Windows XP Only)
7. Click ‘Install’ to continue.
Please note: If you see this message, click ‘Install this driver software
anyway’ to continue.
8. Please be patient while installation is in progress, this may require few
minutes.
9. Click ‘Finish’ to finish installation procedure.
10. Please insert your USB wifi network card to any empty USB port now.
A popup message indicating that your computer found ‘802.11n USB
Wireless LAN Card’ will appear. Please be patient while Windows is
installation driver.
This message will only appear when you insert the USB wifi network
card to your computer’s USB port, or you insert the network card to a
different USB port of your computer.
11. You should be able to see this popup message, indicating your new
(Green)
Network connection established, signal strength good
(Yellow)
Network connection established, signal strength
normal
(Red)
Network connection established, signal strength poor
(Blue)
Network connection is not yet established
(Black)
Network card not found on your computer
HERE!
USB network is ready to use; If not, please either try to re-install
driver, or insert the network card to another USB port of your
computer.
(Windows XP)
(Windows Vista / 7)
12. A new icon will appear near the clock of system tray:
Left-click the icon will launch wireless network configuration utility,
and you can right-click the icon to show the quick menu of
configuration utility.
This icon uses 5 colors to represent current network status:
For detailed instructions of wireless network configuration utility, please
refer to next chapter.
2-2 Connect to Wireless Access Point
HERE!
To use wireless network, you have to connect to a wireless access point
first. You can either use Ralink utility (comes with network card driver),
or Windows Zero Config utility (comes with Windows operating system)
2-2-1 Using Ralink Utility
Please follow the following instructions to use Ralink configuration
utility to connect to wireless access point.
1. Left-click the Ralink configuration utility icon located at lower-right
corner of computer desktop, and configuration menu will appear:
2. Wireless utility will appear.
Click ‘Site Survey’ button to open the list of available wireless
networks (and their status).
Field#
Description
1 (SSID)
The Service-Set IDentifier of network device
(The name of network device)
2 (Type)
The type of network device
Infrastructure (Access Point)
Ad-Hoc
3 (Channel)
The channel number of this network device
4
(Wireless mode)
Available wireless mode.
802.11a wireless capability
802.11b wireless capability
1
2 3 4 5 6
There are 6 fields in ‘Site Survey’ list:
802.11g wireless capability
802.11n wireless capability
5 (Security)
Security mode. When nothing is displayed here,
means this network device does not require
security and anyone can connect to it.
6
(Signal Strength)
Shows the wireless signal strength in percentage.
Higher percentage means better signal quality.
3. To connect to a wireless access point, double click on it:
4. If the wireless access point you wish to connect does not appear here,
you can click ‘Refresh’ button to scan for wireless access points
again; if the wireless access point you’re looking for still not appear,
try to move the computer closer.
5. You’ll be prompted with wireless access point’s encryption method (if
any):
Click right arrow to continue. Generally you don’t have to change
encryption method, it will be detected automatically. If you selected a
wrong encryption method, connection will not be able to establish.
6. Please input encryption key (or passphrase, depends on encryption
method) here, then click right arrow.
7. Network card will attempt to connect to access point now, this may
require few seconds to minutes, please be patient. When you see
there’s a check shown beside the access point you wish to connect,
your computer is connected to access point you selected. The
connection status will be displayed in configuration utility also.
(see example picture below).
Windows will prompt you for establish connection also:
2-2-2 Using Windows Zero Configuration (Windows XP Only)
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 configuration utility’s icon, and select ‘Use Zero
Configuration as Configuration Utility’.
In this mode, you can still use Ralink configuration utility to check the
connection status, but unable to connect to a wireless network, or
change network setting.
Follow the following steps to use WZC to establish network
connection. If you wish to return to use Ralink configuration utility
again, right-click Ralink configuration utility icon again, and select
‘Use RaConfig 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.
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