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Fortinet 06836 User Manual

Wireless N Dual Band MiniPCI
Module
User Manual
Version: 1.0
(October, 2009)
COPYRIGHT
This company makes no representations or warranties, either expressed or implied, with respect 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 programs prove defective following their purchase, the buyer (and not this company, its distributor, or its dealer) assumes the entire cost of all necessary servicing, repair, and any incidental or consequential damages resulting from any defect in the software. Further, this company reserves the right to revise this publication and to make changes from time to time in the contents thereof without obligation to notify any person of such revision or changes.
Federal Communication Commission
Interference Statement
This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off 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 and receiver.
3. Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected.
4. Consult the dealer or an experienced radio technician for help.
FCC Caution
This device and its antenna must not be co-located or operating in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter.
This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.
Any changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the authority to operate equipment.
Federal Communication Commission (FCC) Radiation Exposure
FCC Radiation Exposure Statement: This equipment complies with FCC radiation exposure limits set forth for an uncontrolled environment. This equipment should be installed and operated with minimum distance 20cm between the radiator & your body.
IMPORTANT NOTE: This module is intended for OEM integrator. The OEM integrator is still responsible for the FCC compliance requirement of the end product, which integrates this module. 20cm minimum distance has to be able to be maintained between the antenna and the users for the host this module is integrated into. Under such configuration, the FCC radiation exposure limits set forth for an population/uncontrolled environment can be satisfied. Any changes or modifications not expressly approved by the manufacturer could void the user's authority to operate this equipment. USERS MANUAL OF THE END PRODUCT: In the users manual of the end product, the end user has to be informed to keep at least 20cm separation with the antenna while this end product is installed and operated. The end user has to be informed that the FCC radio-frequency exposure guidelines for an uncontrolled environment can be satisfied. The end user has to also be informed that any changes or modifications not expressly approved by the manufacturer could void the user's authority to operate this equipment. If the size of the end product is smaller than 8x10cm, then additional FCC part 15.19 statement is required to be available in the users manual: This device complies with Part 15 of FCC rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause harmful interference and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. LABEL OF THE END PRODUCT: The final end product must be labeled in a visible area with the following " Contains TX FCC ID: TVE-06836 ". If the size of the end product is larger than 8x10cm, then the following FCC part
15.19 statement has to also be available on the label: This device complies with Part 15 of FCC rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause harmful interference and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. Professional installation Section 15.204(b) states that an approved "transmission system" must always be marketed as a complete system including the antenna. This device is restricted to indoor use when operated in the 5.15 to 5.25 GHz frequency range. For products marketed in the USA/Canada/Taiwan market only channel 1 ~ 11 can be operated. Selection of other channels is not possible. But product also could be available in the European/Japanese market where channel 1 ~ 13 can be operated when the manufacturer change the firmware.
Statement
This equipment complies with FCC radiation exposure set forth for an uncontrolled environment. In order to avoid the possibility of exceeding the FCC radio frequency exposure limits, human proximity to the antenna shall not be less than 2.5cm (1 inch) during normal operation.
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) RF Exposure Requirements
SAR compliance has been established in the laptop computer(s) configurations with PCMCIA slot on the side near the center, as tested in the application for Certification, and can be used in laptop computer(s) with substantially similar physical dimensions, construction, and electrical and RF characteristics. Use in other devices such a PDAs or lappads is not authorized. This transmitter is restricted for use with the specific antenna(s) tested in the application for Certification. The antenna(s) used for this transmitter must not be co-located or operating in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter.
The equipment version marketed in US is restricted to usage of the channels 1-11 only.
R&TTE Compliance Statement
This equipment complies with all the requirements of DIRECTIVE 1999/5/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL of March 9, 1999 on radio equipment and telecommunication terminal Equipment and the mutual recognition of their conformity (R&TTE) The R&TTE Directive repeals and replaces in the directive 98/13/EEC (Telecommunications Terminal Equipment and Satellite Earth Station Equipment) As of April 8, 2000.
Safety
This equipment is designed with the utmost care for the safety 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 computer manufacture must therefore be allowed at all times to ensure the safe use of the equipment.
EU Countries Intended for Use
The ETSI version of this device is intended for home and office use in Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. The ETSI version of this device is also authorized for use in EFTA member states: Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, and Switzerland.
EU Countries Not intended for use
None.
C A T A L O G
CHAPTER I: Product Information ............................................................. 1
1-1 Introduction and safety information ................................................................ 1
1-2 Safety Information ........................................................................................... 2
1-3 System Requirements ...................................................................................... 3
1-4 Package Contents ............................................................................................. 4
1-5 Familiar with your new wireless network card ......... 錯誤! 尚未定義書籤。
CHAPTER II: Driver Installation and Configuration ............................... 5
2-1 Network Card Installation ............................................................................... 5
2-2 Connect to Wireless Access Point ................................................................. 12
2-2-1 Using Ralink Utility ........................................................................... 13
2-2-1-1 Scan for Other Wireless Devices ............................................ 15
2-2-1-2 Connect to an Access Point ..................................................... 20
2-2-1-3 Add an Access Point to Profile ................................................ 24
2-2-2 Using Windows Zero Configuration .................................................. 32
2-3 Profile Management ...................................................................................... 36
2-3-1 Add a profile ....................................................................................... 37
2-3-2 Edit an existing profile ....................................................................... 38
2-3-3 Delete an existing profile ................................................................... 39
2-3-4 Activate a profile ................................................................................ 40
2-4 Advanced Settings ......................................................................................... 41
2-5 View Network Statistics ................................................................................ 44
2-6 WMM Setting ................................................................................................ 45
2-7 WPS Configuration ........................................................................................ 47
2-7-1 WPS Setup - PBC (Push-Button Configuration) ................................ 48
2-7-2 WPS Setup - PIN ................................................................................ 51
2-8 Radio On/Off ................................................................................................. 53
2-9 About ............................................................................................................. 54
2-10 On-line Help ................................................................................................ 55
CHAPTER III: Soft-AP Function .............................................................. 56
3-1 Switch to AP Mode and Basic Configuration ................................................ 56
3-2 Security Setting.............................................................................................. 61
3-3 Access Control ............................................................................................... 64
3-4 Connection Table ........................................................................................... 66
3-5 Event Log ...................................................................................................... 68
3-6 Statistics ......................................................................................................... 69
3-7 About ............................................................................................................. 70
CHAPTER IV: Appendix ............................................................................ 71
4-1 Specification .................................................................................................. 71
4-2 Troubleshooting ............................................................................................. 72
4-3 Glossary ......................................................................................................... 74
CHAPTER I: Product Information
1-1 Introduction and safety information
Thank you for purchasing this high-speed wireless dual band network card! This network card can operate in 2.4GHz or 5GHz wireless network. Excepting common wireless standards 802.11a/b/g, this wireless network card is also able to access 802.11n wireless networks - data transfer rate is 300Mbps, and that’s six times faster than 802.11g wireless network!
This module is cost-effective, together with the versatile features; it is the best solution for you to build your wireless network.
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 function: control the bandwidth required for different
applications.
Comply with 802.11a/b/g/Draft-N wireless networks. 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. Utilizing the software
program of the card, you can get your computer connected by
pushing a button or entering an 8-digit code.
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1-2 Safety Information
In order to keep the safety of users and your properties, please follow the following safety instructions:
1. This 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 your self, 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.
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1-3 System Requirements
An empty Min-PCI port Windows 2000, XP, Vista, 7, Linux, WinCE or MAC operating
system
CD-ROM drive At least 100MB of available disk space
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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:
□ Wireless Network Card (1 pcs) ……………………………. 1 □ Quick Installation Guide (1 pcs) ………………………………… 3 □ Driver/Utility/User Manual CD-ROM (1pcs) …..………………. 4
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CHAPTER II: Driver Installation and Configuration
2-1 Network Card Installation
Please follow the following instructions to install your new wireless network card:
1. Turn off your computer and remove its cover.
2. Insert the Mini-PCI card to an available Mini-PCI slot firmly.
3. Secure the antenna to the antenna connector of the module.
4. Turn on the computer.
5. The following message will appear on your computer, click ‘cancel’.
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6. 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 agreement’ then click ‘Next’ button, to accept license agreement.
7. It is recommend installing driver and utility if the network card is
installing the first time. If you want to update the driver only, choose ’Install driver only’. Click ‘Next’ to continue.
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8. 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 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’.
9. 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.
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10. Please wait while the install procedure is running. When you see this
message, please click ‘Finish’ to complete the driver installation process.
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11. After installation is complete, wireless configuration utility will be
shown in the desktop of your computer automatically. You will also see an icon at the lower-right corner of your windows system. If you put the mouse cursor on the icon, the status of wireless card will be displayed as a popup balloon.
HERE!
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 Utility’ to start configuration program.
If you want to close the 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 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.
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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.
NOTE: In Vista, the network card will not connect to any unencrypted wireless access point automatically.
The current 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 reception.
Wireless connection is established, weak signal reception.
Connection is not established yet.
Wireless network card is not detected.
There are two ways you can configure your wireless network card to connect to wireless access point: using the Ralink configuration utility and using built-in windows zero configuration utility.
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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 and then clicks ‘Launch Config Utility’.
2. 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.) from menu, and corresponding setup items will be displayed at setup area.
Menu
Setup Area
More / Less button
Some function includes more information, and can not be fitted in setup area. In this case, you can click ‘More / less’ button to expand the setup utility window, to display more information:
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You can click ‘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 automatically.
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2-2-1-1 Scan for Other Wireless Devices
There are two kinds of wireless connection mode: Infrastructure and Ad-Hoc. Infrastructure mode is used by wireless access points, which is able to establish wireless connection for you and other wireless / wired network clients.
Ad-Hoc mode is also know as ‘point-to-point’ mode, and in this mode, wireless devices such as computer or PDA will not be capable to establish wireless connection with more than one wireless device, and is suitable 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 must know:
a. Wireless device’s ‘SSID’ (Service Set IDentifier, someone will call
it ‘access point’s name’).
You can scan for the SSID of other wireless devices nearby, but if the SSID of the wireless device you wish to connect is hidden, you must know exact SSID before you can establish connection with it.
b. If the wireless device you wish to connect uses encryption, you
must know its encryption key.
Please launch Ralink setup utility and it will scan for wireless access points near by:
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Scan results will be displayed here, please check if the wireless device (access point or another computer) with the SSID you wish to connect is shown here.
Scan result includes 6 types of information, they are:
A B C D E
A The SSID (Service Set Identifier) 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 with that wireless device.
B The type of this wireless device and the channel number of this wireless device.
Means this wireless device is an access point
Means this wireless device is a computer (Ad-Hoc mode,
point-to-point connection)
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C The wireless standard supported by this access point is displayed here.
‘n’ for 802.11n
802.11b
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, ‘a’ for 802.1 1a , ‘g’ for 802.11g , and ‘b’ for
WPS icon access point uses encryption, a key icon
will appear when the access point supports WPS. If the
will appear.
Note: When the access point supports WPS and WPS icon
appeared, you will not see the key icon
here even through the
access point uses encryption.
D Shows the signal strength of access point by percentage.
E Shows the bar graph of the signal strength.
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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 click ‘Rescan’ for more than two times before you can see the access point you wish to use here.
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’.
If you wish to see detailed information for a specific access point, please double-click on it, and you’ll be provided with its detailed information.
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There are 4 types of technical information:
General: Displays basic information about this access point, such as SSID, MAC Address, authentication / 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 eXtension), related information will be displayed here.
802.11n: If this access point complies with 802.11n draft, related information will be displayed here.
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And here are descriptions of every setup item in setup area:
Item Name Description
Sorted by >> You can decide how to sort all listed access point
by ‘SSID’, ‘Channel’, or ‘Signal’ (signal strength).
Show dBm Check this box to show the signal strength of
access point, instead of percentage.
Rescan Click this button to rescan access points. You can
click this button for several 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 inputting authentication key again.
To add an access point to profile, you have to select an access point from the list first, then click ‘Add to Profile’ button. Detailed instructions will be given below.
Connect Connect to a selected access point. You have to
select an access point from the list first and then click ‘Connect’ to connect to the selected access point.
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