User Manual

Configuration
Once the installation is complete, you can configure the Wireless Adapter to
connect to a wireless access point (AP). The wireless configuration utility will
start automatically, and you’ll also find a tray icon at the lower right in your
Windows systems tray.
Right-click on the Ralink icon
in the task bar in the bottom right hand
corner of your screen.
Lets you change the operation mode of the Utility.
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Launch Confi
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Utilit
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: Select this option to displa
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the Utilit
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's main
screen.
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Use Zero Confi
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uration as Confi
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Utilit
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:
(
Windows XP onl
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Select
this option to use Windows to set up and manage your network
connection. Selection of this mode is not necessary in Windows Vista,
7 or higher, as you can use Windows and the Ralink Utility to manage
the Adapter without changing operating modes.
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Switch to Client +
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P Mode: (Windows 7 and higher only) Select this
option to let computers and devices connected to the Ralink AP access
the Internet (or another network to which the Ralink AP is connected).
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Switch to AP Mode: Select this option to use the Utility as an access
point and to set up a wireless network of your own.
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Exit: Select this option to close the main screen and exit the pro
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ram.
Any wireless connections managed by the Ralink Utility will be
disconnected.