CNET CWP-906 User Manual Download Page 24

Page: 24 / 103

CNet Technology Inc.

www.CNet.com.tw

Icons and buttons:

: Indicates if a connection made from the currently activated profile.

: Indicates if the connection has failed on a currently activated profile.

: Indicates the network type is infrastructure mode.

: Indicates the network type is in Ad-hoc mode.

: Indicates if the network is security-enabled.

: Click to add a new profile.

: Click to edit an existing profile.

: Deletes an existing profile.

: Activates the selected profile.

: Shows information of the related status section.

: Hides information of the related status section.

Summary of Contents for CWP-906

Page 1: ...CNet Technology Inc www CNet com tw User Manual Wireless N PCI Adapter Model CWP 906...

Page 2: ...ation WZC 10 4 1 2 Use WZC to configure wireless NIC 13 4 2 RaUI 17 4 2 1 Start 17 4 2 1 1 StartRaUI 17 4 2 2 Profile 23 4 2 2 1 Profile 23 4 2 2 2 Add Edit Profile 25 4 2 2 3 Example on Adding Profil...

Page 3: ...e to Configure a Network AP using PIN or PBC Method 66 4 2 8 About 67 4 2 8 1 About 67 4 2 9 Link Status 69 4 2 9 1 Link Status 69 4 3 Security 70 4 3 1 Auth Encry Setting WEP TKIP AES 70 4 3 2 802 1x...

Page 4: ...st Besides WPS PBC and PIN encryption method can free you from remembering the long passwords Complete WMM function makes your voice and video more smooth 1 2 Product Feature Complies with IEEE 802 11...

Page 5: ...to 150 Mbps connections It is fully compliant with the specifications defined in 802 11n standard The status LED indicators of PCI Card are described in the following Link Act ON Green Indicates a va...

Page 6: ...e that all of its pins are touching the slot s contacts You may have to apply a bit of pressure to slide PCI Adapter all the way in after it is firmly in to place secure its fastening tab to your PC s...

Page 7: ...Windows XP installation procedures will be similar for other windows operating systems 1 Insert Installation CD to your CD ROM drive And click Driver Installation The wizard will be run and install al...

Page 8: ...o Configuration Tool then click Next a It s recommended to select Ralink Configuration Tool which provides fully access to all functions of PCI Adapter b If you prefer to use the wireless configuratio...

Page 9: ...CNet Technology Inc www CNet com tw 5 Click Finish to complete the software installation...

Page 10: ...ng up the selection window and allow the user make a selection Figure 1 1 RaUI exe RaUI can co exist with WZC When coexisting with WZC RaUI only provides monitoring functions such as surveying the lin...

Page 11: ...o the RaUI status without WZC run ning 1 The profile button will be gray Profile functionality is removed since the NIC is controlled by WZC 2 The connection and add profile function will be gray Prof...

Page 12: ...lost the status prompt will pop up as shown in Figure 1 4 Figure 1 4 status prompt for no connection 2 Right click the network connection icon in taskbar Figure 1 5 Select WZC main status 3 Select Vi...

Page 13: ...w Figure 1 6 Wireless Network Connection 4 Select the intended access point and click Connect Then click Connect Anyway as shown as Figure 1 7 Figure 1 7 Select intended AP AP1 then click Connect Figu...

Page 14: ...ou want to modify information about the AP click Change advanced settings as shown in Figure 1 9 Then select the Wireless Networks tab shown as Figure 1 10 Figure 1 9 Click Change advanced settings Fi...

Page 15: ...Click Properties as shown in Figure 1 11 Then click OK button Figure 1 11 AP s properties 7 After filling in the appropriate value click OK The pop up will indicate the status as shown in Figure 1 12...

Page 16: ...rently connected AP will be shown with a blue icon beside it as shown in Figure 1 13 Users may use the advanced tab to configure more advanced features provided by Ralink s wireless NIC For details o...

Page 17: ...a wireless NIC After two seconds the AP list will be up dated with the results of a BSS list scan The AP list includes most used fields such as SSID network type channel used wireless mode security st...

Page 18: ...anced page Statistics page WMM page WPS page the About button Radio On Off button and Help Figure 2 1 2 Button section Figure 2 1 3 Move to the left Figure 2 1 4 Move to the right 2 Function Section A...

Page 19: ...CNet Technology Inc www CNet com tw Figure 2 1 7 Advance page Figure 2 1 8 Statistics page Figure 2 1 9 WMM page...

Page 20: ...WPS page Figure 2 1 11 About page 3 Status Section This section includes information about the link status authentication status AP s information and con figuration and retrying the connection when a...

Page 21: ...CNet Technology Inc www CNet com tw Figure 2 1 13 Authentication Status Figure 2 1 14 AP s Information Figure 2 1 15 Retry the connection...

Page 22: ...use the mouse s right button to close RaUI utility Figure 2 1 17 Ralink icon in system tray Additionally the small icon will change color to reflect current wireless network connection status The sta...

Page 23: ...ndicates the networks type including infrastructure and Ad Hoc 4 Authentication Indicates the authentication mode used 5 Encryption Indicates the encryption Type used 6 Use 802 1x Shows if the 802 1x...

Page 24: ...activated profile Indicates the network type is infrastructure mode Indicates the network type is in Ad hoc mode Indicates if the network is security enabled Click to add a new profile Click to edit...

Page 25: ...ode or Power Saving Mode 4 Network Type There are two types infrastructure and 802 11 Ad hoc modes Under Ad hoc mode user can also choose the preamble type The available preamble type includes auto an...

Page 26: ...ed Key This is the key shared between the AP and STA For WPA PSK and WPA2 PSK authentica tion mode this field must be filled with a key between 8 and 32 characters in length 11 WEP Key Only valid when...

Page 27: ...CNet Technology Inc www CNet com tw The Add Profile will appear...

Page 28: ...CNet Technology Inc www CNet com tw Specify a Profile Name Select an AP from the SSID drop down list The AP list is from the last Net work...

Page 29: ...CNet Technology Inc www CNet com tw Now the profile which the user set appears in the profile list Click Activate...

Page 30: ...astructure for BSS Ad Hoc for IBSS network 3 Channel Channel in use 4 Wireless Mode AP support wireless mode It may support 802 11a 802 11b 802 11g or 802 11n wireless mode 5 Security Enable Indicates...

Page 31: ...e page and save the user s setting to a new profile Shows the Status Section Hides the Status Section Connected network 1 When RaUI first runs it will select the best AP to connect to automatically 2...

Page 32: ...eral WPS CCX information and 802 11n The 802 11n button only exists for APs supporting N mode The introduction is as follows A General information contains the AP s SSID MAC address authentication typ...

Page 33: ...ic password that the selected Registrar intends to use The AP in PBC mode must indicate 0x0004 within the two minute Walk Time Value Description 0x0000 Default PIN 0x0001 User specified 0x0002 Rekey 0...

Page 34: ...CNet Technology Inc www CNet com tw 2 4GHz and 5GHz Figure 2 3 1 3 WPS Detailed information about the AP...

Page 35: ...CNet Technology Inc www CNet com tw c CCX information contains the CCKM Cmic and Ckip information It is shown in Figure 2 3 1 4 Figure 2 3 1 4 CCX information about AP s detail information...

Page 36: ...CNet Technology Inc www CNet com tw d 802 11n information contains some related 802 11n information It is shown in Figure 2 3 1 5 Figure 2 3 1 5 802 11n information...

Page 37: ...CNet Technology Inc www CNet com tw 4 2 3 2 Example on Adding Profile in Network 1 Select the AP from the list on the Network tab...

Page 38: ...CNet Technology Inc www CNet com tw 2 Click Add to Profile...

Page 39: ...CNet Technology Inc www CNet com tw 3 The System section will appear at the bottom of the Add Profile window You can specify your own profile name...

Page 40: ...CNet Technology Inc www CNet com tw 4 Next you will see the new profile in the profile list Click Activate...

Page 41: ...or greater throughput 6 Fast Roaming at enables fast roaming which is set by the transmit power 7 Select Your Country Region Code There are eight countries to choose from in the country channel list 1...

Page 42: ...mes Fail To Receive ACK After All Retries Frames failed transmit after hitting retry limit 3 RTS Frames Successfully Receive CTS Successfully receive CTS after sending RTS frame 4 RTS Frames Fail To R...

Page 43: ...rames successfully received 2 Frames Received With CRC Error The number of frames received with a CRC error 3 Frames Dropped Due To Out of Resource The number of frames dropped due to a resource issue...

Page 44: ...e and DLS setup The introduction indicates as follow Figure 2 6 1 WMM function 1 WMM Enable Enable Wi Fi Multi Media The setting method follows Section 2 6 2 2 WMM Power Save Enable Enable WMM Power S...

Page 45: ...Example to Configure to Enable DLS Direct Link Setup 1 Click the Direct Link Setup Enable checkbox 2 Change to Network function Add an AP that supports DLS features to the profile The result will look...

Page 46: ...must conform to these two conditions a Connect with an AP that supports DLS features b Ensure that DLS is enabled 2 The Timeout Value indicates the time in seconds before it disconnects automatically...

Page 47: ...he MAC address and Timeout Value are displayed in the DLS Status In DLS Status on the opposite side the user s local MAC address and Timeout Value are displayed b Display the values of DLS Status to D...

Page 48: ...nc www CNet com tw 2 Double click And the result will look like the below figure c Disconnect Direct Link Setup as follow 1 Select a direct link STA 2 Click Tear Down button The result will look like...

Page 49: ...dia If you want to use WMM Power Save or Direct Link you must enable WMM The setting method of enabling WMM indicates as follows 1 Click WMM Enable 2 Change to Network function And add an AP that supp...

Page 50: ...ology Inc www CNet com tw 4 2 6 4 Example to Configure TO Enable WMM Power Save 1 Click WMM Power Save Enable 2 Please select which ACs you want to enable The setting of enabling WMM Power Save is suc...

Page 51: ...with WPS IE from the last scan result The detailed information includes the SSID BSSID Channel ID Device Password ID Security Enabled 3 Rescan Issues a rescan command to the wireless NIC to update in...

Page 52: ...driver will select any non security AP e Export Profile Exports all credentials to a Profile f Delete Deletes an existing credential And then selects the next credential If there is not another crede...

Page 53: ...egistrar state version AP setup locked UUID E and RF bands 1 Authentication Type There are three authentication modes supported by RaConfig They are open Shared WPA PSK and WPA system 2 Encryption Typ...

Page 54: ...n two minute Walk Time Value Description 0x0000 Default PIN 0x0001 User specified 0x0002 Rekey 0x0003 Display 0x0004 Push button PBC 0x0005 Registrar specified 0x0006 0x000F Reserved 5 Selected Regist...

Page 55: ...od The user obtains a device password PIN Code from the STA and enters the password into the Regi strar Both the Enrollee and the Registrar use PIN Config method for the configuration setup The fol lo...

Page 56: ...CNet Technology Inc www CNet com tw 2 Click Rescan to update available WPS APs 3 Select an AP SSID BSSID that STA will join to...

Page 57: ...n exchange between Step 4 and Step 5 If you use Microsoft Window Connection Now as an External Registrar you must start PIN connec tion at STA first After that search out your WPS Device name and MAC...

Page 58: ...CNet Technology Inc www CNet com tw 7 Configure one or more credentials 8 Then connect successfully The result appears as the following image 9 Click Detail...

Page 59: ...o the next credential usable credential Describe WPS Status Bar PIN xxx as follow 1 Acceptable PIN Configurations Start PIN connection SSID Begin associating to WPS AP Associated to WPS AP Sending EAP...

Page 60: ...BC method requires the user to press a PBC button on both the Enrollee and the Registrar within a two minute inter val called the Walk Time If there is only one Registrar in PBC mode the PBC mode sele...

Page 61: ...ct Enrollee from the Config Mode drop down list 2 Click PBC to start the PBC connection 3 Push the PBC on AP Allow time for an exchange between Step 2 and Step 3 4 The progress bar as shown in the fig...

Page 62: ...CNet Technology Inc www CNet com tw...

Page 63: ...CNet Technology Inc www CNet com tw 5 When one AP is found join it 6 Check WPS Information on the available WPS APs 7 Configure and receive one or more credential s...

Page 64: ...g EAP Rsp ID Receive EAP Rsp Start Sending M1 Received M2 Sending M3 Received M4 Sending M5 Received M6 Sending M7 Received M8 Sending EAP Rsp Done Configured WPS status is disconnected WPS status is...

Page 65: ...ribe Multiple PBC session overlaps as follow a Dual bands AP1 is a G Band AP using PBC mode ID 0x0004 AP2 is a A Band AP using PBC mode ID 0x0004 They have the same UUID E STA would regard these two A...

Page 66: ...CNet Technology Inc www CNet com tw 4 2 7 5 Example to Configure a Network AP using PIN or PBC Method 1 Select Registrar from the Config Mode drop down list...

Page 67: ...c www CNet com tw 2 Enter the details of the credential and change configurations SSID Authentication Encryption and Key manually if needed 3 If the PIN configuration is setup enter the PIN sent from...

Page 68: ...to WPS AP Associated to WPS AP Sending EAPOL Start Sending EAP Rsp ID Receive M1 Sending M2 Receive M3 Sending M4 Receive M5 Sending M6 Receive M7 Sending M8 Receive EAP Rsp Done Sending EAP Rsp ACK...

Page 69: ...ology Inc www CNet com tw Figure 2 8 about function 1 Connect to Ralink s website Ralink Technology Corp 2 Display Configuration Utility Driver and EEPROM version information 3 Display Wireless NIC MA...

Page 70: ...etwork Type Network type in use 7 IP Address IP address about current connection 5 Sub Mask Sub mask about current connection 9 Default Gateway Default gateway about current connection 10 Link Speed S...

Page 71: ...tication mode the encryption type supports both TKIP and AES 3 8021X This is introduced in the topic of Section 3 2 4 WPA Pre shared Key This is the shared key between the AP and STA If operating in W...

Page 72: ...thentication via Secure Tunneling It was developed by Cisco Instead of using a certificate mutual authentication is achieved by means of a PAC Protected Access Credential which can be managed dynamica...

Page 73: ...password and domain name for server Only EAP FAST and LEAP authentication can key in domain name Domain names can be keyed in the blank space 2 Tunnel ID Password Identity and Password for the server...

Page 74: ...he inner tunnel even though it is made with an unknown server 2 Use protected authentication credential Using PAC the certificate can be provided to the client manually via disk or a secured network d...

Page 75: ...icate successfully after an 802 1x authenticated connection has failed on the profile page They are as follows When keying in an identity password or domain name error 1 Authentication type chooses PE...

Page 76: ...hentication Failure dialog box If you want to reconnect key the identity into wpatest2 The tunnel identity is wpatest2 and the tunnel password is test2 Those setting are the same as our intended AP s...

Page 77: ...Authentication type and key in wpatest2 as the identity Tunnel Protocol is EAP MSCHAP v2 and the tunnel identity is wpatest2 The tunnel password is test2 These settings are the same as our intended A...

Page 78: ...CNet Technology Inc www CNet com tw 3 If it has connected successfully the dialog box will appear as follows...

Page 79: ...CNet Technology Inc www CNet com tw 4 3 4 Example to Configure with WEP on 1 Select an AP with WEP encryption and click Connect...

Page 80: ...CNet Technology Inc www CNet com tw 2 The Auth Encry function will appear as below...

Page 81: ...CNet Technology Inc www CNet com tw 3 Enter 1234567890 in the Key 1 Hexadecimal field This value is same as our intended AP s setting...

Page 82: ...CNet Technology Inc www CNet com tw 4 Click OK The dialog box will appear as below...

Page 83: ...CNet Technology Inc www CNet com tw 4 3 5 Example to Configure with WPA PSK 1 Select the AP with a WPA PSK authentication mode and click Connect...

Page 84: ...CNet Technology Inc www CNet com tw 2 Auth Encry function appears...

Page 85: ...CNet Technology Inc www CNet com tw 3 Select WPA PSK as the Authentication Type Select TKIP or AES encryption Enter the WPA Pre Shared Key as 12345678...

Page 86: ...CNet Technology Inc www CNet com tw 4 Click OK Be careful if the WPA Pre Shared Key entered is not correct you won t be able to exchange any data frames even though the AP can be connected...

Page 87: ...CNet Technology Inc www CNet com tw 4 3 6 Example to Configure with WPA 1 Select an AP with WPA authentication mode and click Connect...

Page 88: ...CNet Technology Inc www CNet com tw 2 The Auth Encry Function pop up If AP setup security to Both TKIP AES system defines is AES that security is severely...

Page 89: ...CNet Technology Inc www CNet com tw 3 Click 8021X and the setting page will appear...

Page 90: ...EAP as the Authentication type from the drop down list Key in wpatest2 for the identity Select EAP MSCHAP v2 from the drop down list for tunnel authentication and key in the tunnel identity as wpatest...

Page 91: ...t com tw 2 Click OK The dialog box should appear as below If you want to disconnect please click cancel button in Authentication Status function In Profile function show Profile Name option only in ad...

Page 92: ...CNet Technology Inc www CNet com tw 3 If the connection is successful the dialog will appear as below...

Page 93: ...Net Technology Inc www CNet com tw TLS Smart Card 1 Select TLS Smart Card from the Authentication type drop down list TLS only requires the identification to be set as wpatest2 for server uthenticatio...

Page 94: ...CNet Technology Inc www CNet com tw 2 TLS must use client certification Click Client Certification and select a certification for server authentication...

Page 95: ...tw 3 Click OK The dialog box should appear as the image below If you want to disconnect please click Cancel on the Authentication Status function page In Profile function show Profile Name option only...

Page 96: ...CNet Technology Inc www CNet com tw 4 If it connected successfully the result will appear as in the image below...

Page 97: ...ect TTLS from the Authentication type drop down list Key in the identity as wpatest2 Select CHAP for tunnel authentication and key in the identity as wpatest2 and tunnel password as test2 These settin...

Page 98: ...tw 2 Click OK The dialog box should appear as the image below If you want to disconnect please click Cancel on the Authentication Status function page In Profile function show Profile Name option only...

Page 99: ...CNet Technology Inc www CNet com tw 3 If the connection is successful the dialog box will appear as the image below...

Page 100: ...Authentication type drop down list Key in the identity as wpatest2 and a domain name into the blank field Tunnel Protocol only supports Generic Token Card now The tunnel identity is wpatest2 and pass...

Page 101: ...CNet Technology Inc www CNet com tw 2 Click OK The dialog box should appear as the image below...

Page 102: ...connection is successful the dialog box will appear as the image below If you want to disconnect please click Cancel on the Authentication Status function page In Profile function show Profile Name o...

Page 103: ...at PCI Adapter is configured on the same channel and with the same security options as with the other computers in the Infrastructure configuration 3 What should I do when the computer with PCI Adapte...

Search results

Summary of Contents for CWP-906

Reviews:

Related manuals for CWP-906

Brands by name

Popular brands

CNET CWP-906, User Manual

Search results

Summary of Contents for CWP-906

Reviews:

Related manuals for CWP-906

Brands by name

Popular brands