According to the European WEEE directive, el ectrical and electronic
equipment must not be disposed with consu mers waste. Its
components must be recycled or disposed apar t from each other.
Otherwise contaminative and hazardous sub stances can pollute our
environment.
You as a consumer are committed by law to di spose electrical and electronic
devices to the producer, the dealer, or pu blic collecting points at the end of the
devices lifetime for free. Particul ars are regulated in national right. The symbol
on the product, in the user's manual, or at t he packaging alludes to these
terms. With this kind of waste separation, application, and waste disposal of
used devices you achieve an important s hare to environmental protection.
Contents
Chapter I: Product Information ............................................................ 3
1-1 Introduction and safety information ....................................................... 3
1-2 Safety Information .................................................................................... 4
1-3 System Requirements .............................................................................. 5
1-4 Package Contents ..................................................................................... 6
1-5 Familiar with your new wireless network card ...................................... 7
CHAPTER II: DRIVER INSTALLATI ON AND CONFIGURATION ......... 8
2-1 Network Card Installation ........................................................................ 8
2-2 Connect to Wireless Access Point ....................................................... 13
2-2-1 Using Ralink Utility .......................................................... 15
2-2-1 Using Windows Zero Configuration .............................. 20
Chapter III: Ralink Wireless Utility ......................................................... 24
3-1 Profile ....................................................................................................... 24
3-2 Network .................................................................................................... 29
3-3 Advanced ................................................................................................. 33
3-4 Statistics .................................................................................................. 34
3-5 WMM ........................................................................................................ 37
3-5 WPS .......................................................................................................... 38
3-6-1 WPS Setup - PBC (Push-B utton Configuration) ................ 42
3-6-2 WPS Setup - PIN.................................................................... 46
3-7 Radio on/off ............................................................................................. 48
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3-8 About ........................................................................................................ 49
CHAPTER IV: Soft-AP Function ......................................................... 50
4-1 Switch to AP Mode and Basic Configuration ...................................... 51
4-2 Security Settings .................................................................................... 56
4-3 802.1x Setting.......................................................................................... 63
4-4 Access Control ....................................................................................... 63
4-5 Connection table ..................................................................................... 65
4-6 Event Log ................................................................................................ 67
4-7 Statistics .................................................................................................. 68
CHAPTER II V: APPENDIX ................................................................. 69
5-1 Hardware Specification .......................................................................... 69
5-2 Troubleshooting ..................................................................................... 70
5-3 Glossary .................................................................................................. 72
5-4 FCC and Other Compliance Statements .............................................. 77
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Chapter I: Product Information
1-1 Introduction and safety information
Thank you for purchasing this high-speed 802.11n/g/b wireless
network card! Excepting common wireless standards 802.11b/g,
this wireless network card is also 802.11 N compatible - data
transfer rate is 300Mbps, and that’s six times faster than 802.11g
wireless network! 802.11 N also provides wider wireless coverage,
so you don’t have to worry if your computer is far from your wireless
access point. 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.
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 router including:
High-efficiency antenna, expands the scope of your wireless
network.
QoS function: control the bandwidth required for different
applications.
802.11n/g/b compatible.
Supports major encryption methods like WEP, WPA, and WPA2
encryption.
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.
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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 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 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 USB 2.0 port (May not work on USB 1.1 port, and
performance will be greatly reduced)
Windows 2000, 2003, XP, Vista or Windows 7 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:
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3
2
1. W ireless N USB2.0 Adapter x 1
2. Protection Cap x 1
3. USB Cable x 1
4. Quick Installation Guide x 1
5. CD ROM (Driver + User Manual) x 1
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1
1-5 Familiar with your new wireless network card
1. USB Connector
2. Connector Cap (To protect USB connector when not in use)
3. Link/Activity LED
2
LED Name Light
Link/
Activity
1
Status
On Linked to a wireless access point /
Description
Transferring data
3
Off No wireless activity
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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. 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.
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2. The following message will appear on your computer, click
‘cancel’.
3. Please insert the AUTORUN CD into your CD-ROM drive. The
CD should auto-start, displaying the following window. If it does
not start, click on Start-Run and type in CD: \autorun.exe
(where CD is the drive letter of your CD-ROM drive.) Click
"Driver Installation".
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4. You can choose the configuration tool used to configure the
wireless network card here, or only install driver.
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5. There are two configuration tool you can select here:
Ralink Configuration Tool or Microsoft Zero Configuration Tool
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’.
6. The following message will appear on your computer, click
‘install’.
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7. Please wait while the install procedure is running. When you see
this message, please click ‘Finish’ to complete the driver
installation process.
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.
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2-2 Ralink Utility and Windows Zero Configuration
Windows XP includes a wireless configuration utility named
"Windows Zero configuration" (WZC) which provides basic
configuration functions to the Ralink Wireless NIC. Ralink's utility
(RaUI) additionally provides WPA functionality. To make it easier
for the user to select the correct utility.
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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RaUI can co-exist with WZC. When coexisting with WZC, RaUI
only provides monitoring functions, such as surveying the link
status, network status, statistic counters, advanced feature status,
WMM status and WPS status. It won't interfere with
WZC's configuration or profile functions.
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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, 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.
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3. Select the SSID of the AP to be connected, press the “connect”.
4. The Ralink Utility, will detect the pattern of security encryption
requires a password, and click “OK”
to complete the set.
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5. The Ralink Utility connection is successful.
6. You can save multiple profiles, and activate the correct one at
your preference. If you want to click new profile, then click ‘Add
to Profile’ button.
Here are descriptions of every setup items:
Profile Name: The user can chose any name for this profile, or
use the default name defined by system.
SSID: The user can key in the intended SSID name or select
one of the available APs from the drop-down list.
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7. Now click ‘Auth. \ Encry.’ tab, and set the encryption and
authentication settings.
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8. After you finish all settings, click ‘OK’ to save settings and exit.
The profile you just created will be displayed:
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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.
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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’.
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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.
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7. If you can see ‘Connected’ message, the connection between
your computer and wireless access point is successfully
established.
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