Pro Nets Technology WP72RL1 User Manual

Network Type: There are two types, infrastructure and 802.11 Ad-Hoc mode. Under

Ad-Hoc mode, user can also choose the preamble type, the available preamble type
includes auto and long. In addition to that the channel field will be available for setup in
Ad-Hoc mode.
Tx Power: You can select the wireless output power here. If you’re not too far from AP
(good signal reception), you can select a lower output power to save energy; for a
distant access point, you can select a higher output power. It’s suggested to select
“Auto” to let setup utility decide the best output power for you.
Preamble: Select the preamble for Ad hoc mod e here. Available option are “Auto”
and “Long”.
RTS Threshold: User can adjust the RTS threshold number by sliding the bar or key in
the value directly. The default value is 2347.
Fragment Threshold: User can adjust the Fragment threshold number by sliding the
bar or key in the value directly. The default value is 2346.
Channel: Only available for setting under Ad-Hoc mode. User can choose the channel
frequency to start their Ad-Hoc network.
Authentication Type: There are 7 type of authentication modes supported by RaUI.
They are Open, Shared, LEAP, WPA, WPA-PSK, WPA2, WPA2-PSK.
Encryption Type: For open and shared authentication mode, the selection of
encryption type are None and WEP. For WPA, WPA2, WPA-PSK and WPA2-PSK
authentication mode, the encryption type supports both TKIP and AES.

802.1x Setting: It is an authentication for WPA and WPA2 certificate to server.
WPA Pre-Shared Key: This is the shared secret between AP and STA. For WPA-PSK

and WPA2-PSK authentication mode, this field must be filled with character longer than
8 and less than 32 lengths.
WEP Key: Only valid when using WEP encryption algorithm. The key must matched
AP’s key. There are several formats to enter the keys:
Î Hexadecimal – 40bits: 10 Hex characters
Î Hexadecimal – 128bits: 26 Hex characters.
Î ASCII – 40bits: 5 ASCII characters
Î ASCII – 128bits: 13 ASCII characters
Show Password: Check this box and all passphrases or security keys you inputted
will be displayed as you type, but not replace your input with asterisk.
Use 802.1x: If the access point you wish to connect requires 802.1x authentication,
please click on ‘Use 802.1x’ box, then click ‘802.1X’ tab to set 802.1x parameters.

3.3.2 Example to Add Profile in Profile

Step 1: Click Add in Profile function

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Step 2: Add Profile page will pop up.

Step 3: Change profile name to what you want to connect. Pull down the SSID and

select one intended AP. The AP list is the result of last Network.

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Step 4: To set authentication/encryption information for the access point, please click

“Auth.\Encry.” Tab.

Step 5: Then, you can see the profile which you set appear in the profile list. Click

“Activate” to activate the profile setting.

3.4 Network

Under the Network function, system will display the information of surrounding APs from
last scan result. List information includes SSID, BSSID, Signal, Channel, Encryption
algorithm, Authentication and Network type as below:

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[Definition of each field]
Sorted by >>: You can decide how to sort all listed access point by SSID, Channel,

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.
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.

[Icons & Buttons]

Î Indicate connection is successful.

Î Indicate network type is infrastructure mode.

Î Indicate network type is Ad-Hoc mode.

Î Indicate security-enabled wireless network.

Î Indicate 802.11a wireless mode

Î Indicate 802.11b wireless mode.

Î Indicate 802.11g wireless mode.

Î Indicate 802.11n wireless mode.

AP lists are sorted by SSID, Channel, or Signal.

Î Command to connect to the selected network.

Î Issue a rescan command to wireless NIC to update information on

surrounding wireless network.

Î Add the selected AP to Profile setting. It will bring up profile page

Î Indicate the

and save user’s setting to a new profile.

[Connected Network]

(1) When RaUI first ran, it will select the best AP to connect automatically.

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(2) If user wants to connect to other AP, He can click “Connect: button for the intended

AP to make connection.

(3) If the intended network has encryption other than “Not Use”, RaUI will bring up the

security page appropriate information to make the connection.

(4) When you double-click on the intended AP, you can see AP’s detail information.

3.5 Advanced

This wireless network card provides several advanced settings for experienced wireless
users. You can change these settings to increase data transfer performance, or change
operation mode.

Wireless Mode: Select wireless mode. Support 2.4G only.
Enable Tx Burst: Ralink’s proprietary frame burst mode.
Enable TCP Windows Size: Enhance throughout.
Fast Roaming at: Fast to roaming, setup by transmit power.
Select your Country Region Code: The available channel differs from different

countries. For example: USA (FCC) is channel 1-11, Europe (ETSI) is channel 1-13. The
operating frequency channel will be restricted to the country user located before
importing. If you are in different country, you have to adjust the channel setting to
comply the regulation of the country. Supporting region code for this section has
CH1-11, CH1-13, CH10-11, CH10-13, CH14, CH1-14, CH3-9, and CH5-13. Please
refer to below Channel Classification and range, Country Channel list to select your
Country Region Code:

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Figure 1: Channel Classification and range

Figure 2: Country Channel list

Apply: Save the save changes

Î Show the information of Status Section

Î Hide the information of Status Section

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3.6 Statistics

The configuration utility provides information about network statistics and link status. If
you want to know how your wireless network card works, you can use these functions to
get detailed information about the wireless connection you’re using.

[Transmit Statistics]

Frames Transmitted Successfully: Frames successfully sent.
Frames Retransmitted Successfully: Successfully retransmitted frames numbers
Frames Fail To Receive ACK After All Retries: Frames failed transmit after hitting

retry limit.

Reset Counter: Reset counters to zero

[Receive Statistics]

Frames Received Successfully: Frames received successfully.
Frames Received With CRC Error: Frames receive with CRC error.
Frames Dropped Due To Out-Of-Resource: Frames dropped due to resource

issue.

Duplicate Frames Received: Duplicate received frames.
Reset Counter: Reset counters to zero

Î Show the information of Status Section

Î Hide the information of Status Section

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All connection-related statistics is displayed here. You can click ‘Transmit’ or
‘Receive’ tab, to view the statistics of transmitted or received packets. You can also
click ‘Reset Counter’ button, to reset the statistics of all items back to 0.

3.7 WMM

This wireless network card provides WMM (Wi-Fi Multimedia) function, which can
improve the performance of certain network applications, like audio/video streaming,
network telephony (VoIP), and others. When you enable the WMM function of this
network card, you can define the priority of different kinds of data, to give higher
priority to applications which require instant responding. Therefore you can improve the
performance of such network applications.

WMM Enable: Check this box to enable WMM function. Please click ‘Apply’ button
on the right of this check box after you check or uncheck this box, so corresponding
settings in this window will be activated or deactivated respectively.
WMM-Power Save Enable: Check this box to enable WMM power saving mode to
save energy, and let your computer’s battery live longer. You also have to select WMM
power save modes here:
AC_BE: Best Performance
AC_BK: Worst Performance
AC_VI: Video data has priority
AC_VO: Voice data has priority
Direct Link Setup Enable: If you have another WMM-enabled wireless device, you
can enter its MAC address here, then click ‘Apply’ button, and this network card will
establish a direct link to the wireless device you specified here.
You also have to specify the timeout value of this directly-linked wireless device. Valid
values are from 1 to 65535 (seconds), and input ‘0’ for infinity.
If you want to remove a specific wireless device from direct link table, select the device
and click this button to remove it.

[WMM Enable – Enable Wi-Fi Multi-Media]

If you want to use “WMM-Power Save” or “Direct Link Setup” you must enable WMM.

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The setting methods of enabling WMM indicating as follow:

Step 1: Click “WMM Enable”

Step 2: Change to “Network” function. And add an AP that supports WMM features

to a Profile. The result will look like the below figure in Profile page.

[WMM-Power Save Enable – Enable WMM Power Save]

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