Wireless-N PCI Adapter User Manual V1.
Wireless-N PCI adapter User M anual Certification FCC CE FCC Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation.
Wireless-N PCI adapter User M anual Package Contents The following items should be found in your package: Wireless-N PCI Adapter CD-ROM Quick Installation Guides Make sure that the package contains above items. If any of the listed items is damaged or missing, please contact with your distributor.
Wireless-N PCI adapter User M anual Content 1 2 3 INTRODUCTION ...............................................................................................................................................4 1.1 PRODUCT O VERVIEW ...................................................................................................................................4 1.2 MAIN FEATURES ............................................................................................................................
Wireless-N PCI adapter User M anual 1 Introduction Thank you for choosing the Wireless-N PCI adapter 1.1 Product Overview The Wireless-N PCI Adapter is a powerful 32-bit PCI Adapter that installs quickly and easily into PCs. The Adapter can be used in Ad-Hoc mode to connect directly with other cards for peer-to-peer file sharing or in Infrastructure mode to connect with a wireless access point or router for access to the Internet in your office or home network.
Wireless-N PCI adapter User M anual 1.4 Working Environment Temperature 0°to 40°C (operating) -20°to 70°C (storage) Humidity 10% to 85 % non-condensing (operating) 5% to 90% non-condensing (storage) 1.5 System Requirement You must have the following at least A desktop computer with an available 32-bit PCI slot. At least a 300 MHz processor and 32 MB of memory An 802.11b/g/n Access Point (for Infrastructure Mode) or another 802.
Wireless-N PCI adapter User M anual 2 Driver and Hardware Installation 2.1 Driver installation of the Wireless-N PCI Adapter Turn on the computer and Insert the Wireless-N PCI Adapter Driver CD in the CD-ROM drive. The Install Screen will appear. If not, click the Start button and choose Run and enter D:\autorun.exe (if „D‟ is the letter of your CD-ROM drive) Select Drivers, choose the modem of your product and operate according to the instruction.
Wireless-N PCI adapter User M anual Figure 2-2 Select “Ralink Configuration Tool” and Click Install 7
Wireless-N PCI adapter User M anual Figure 2-3 Click Install Figure 2-4 8
Wireless-N PCI adapter User M anual Click Finish to finish the driver installation Figure 2-5 2.2 Hardware installation of the Wireless PCI Adapter 2.2.1 Install the Wireless-N PCI adapter into your computer Make sure to turn off your computer and unplug the power cord. Remove the back cover of the computer.
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Wireless-N PCI adapter User M anual 3 System configuration Use the Ralink WLAN Utility to check the link information, search for available wireless networks, or create profiles that hold different configuration settings. You can double-click the icon on your desktop to run it. Another way to start the Configuration Utility is to click Start> All Programs> Ralink Wireless> Ralink Wireless Utility. 3.1 General The General tab displays current Wireless statistics.
Wireless-N PCI adapter User M anual Figure 3-2 Select Available Network tab (show in Figure 3-2) and click Refresh button (show in Figure 3-3) to refresh current available wireless network, you can double click it after highlighting a wireless network you want to connect, If it is encrypted, you need to enter Network Key and confirm it and it will be OK (Note: profile will detect the the Authentication and Encryption of current wireless network, you don‟t need to change it ) Figure 3-3 12
Wireless-N PCI adapter User M anual Figure 3-4 Click to enter the encryption code. Figure 3-5 Click to connect the wireless network. 3.2.2 Add to profile Select a wireless network and click the “red” button to create this profile (the following picture).
Wireless-N PCI adapter User M anual Figure 3-6 Input the profile name and select Network Type, you should select “Infrastructure-connection to AP”, then click .
Wireless-N PCI adapter User M anual Figure 3-8 Figure 3-9 You can select “Use Pre-logon Connection” and click Figure 3-10 The wireless network connection be added to the profile list 15
Wireless-N PCI adapter User M anual Figure 3-11 3.2.3 Profile Management Select a profile and you can delete, edit and export to computer as a Wireless profile file. Figure 3-12 Also you can click the “Red” button to display the Profile list. Figure 3-13 Select a profile and click the “red” button to save the current profile as a .prof file to your computer.
Wireless-N PCI adapter User M anual Figure 3-14 Give the saved profile file a name and click save Figure 3-15 3.3 Wi-Fi protect setup Wi-Fi Protect Setup (WPS) function can let you create a safety network easily. You can through „PIN Input Config (PIN)‟ or ‟Push Button (PBC)‟to encrypt your network.
Wireless-N PCI adapter User M anual Note: The status of WPS in the router must be enabled If you have configured encryption mode in your router, then when you use this WPS function, please configure encryption mode to NONE, then it will be encrypted to WPA2-AES mode automatically.
Wireless-N PCI adapter User M anual Figure 3-18 Method2: PIN Select “PIN/numeric code” in WPS Method then click next. Figure 3-19 Select “Registrar” in Config mode, and you will get a number in PIN Code, then click next. Click “Start PIN” button, then Input the PIN code of the adapter‟s WPS page into the router‟s WPS configure page, then click „connect‟, Please wait a moment, the connection between the adapter and the router will be established automatically.
Wireless-N PCI adapter User M anual Figure 3-20 Figure 3-21 3.4 Available Network The Available Network tab, displays a list of infrastructure and ad-hoc networks available for connection. Figure 3-22 The section of the window displays the Available Networks. Double-click the network to which you wish to connect. 3.5 Link Inf ormation Click the “Red” button to show the link information.
Wireless-N PCI adapter User M anual Figure 3-23 The Status tab displays the detailed information of current device and wireless connection.
Wireless-N PCI adapter User M anual Figure 3-26 Click to empty the statistics. 3.6 Advanced Click “Red” button to change the advanced configuration. Figure 3-27 Here you can change “Wireless Mode” and select your country‟s region code.
Wireless-N PCI adapter User M anual Figure 3-28 Here you can install certificate, including “User certificate” and “Issuer certificate”. Click button to select certificate file, and click button to install.
Wireless-N PCI adapter User M anual 4 FAQ This chapter provides solutions to problems that may occur during the installation and operation of the Wireless PCI Adapter. Read the descriptions below to solve your problems. 1. I cannot communicate with the other computers linked via Ethernet in the Infrastructure configuration. Make sure that the PC to which the Adapter is associated is powered on.
