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1.6 Familiar with your new wireless network card

 

1.  Ant

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One 3dBi dipole antenna is enclosed with the PCI card. Please secure the antenna to Reverse SMA 

connectors of the card. 

2.  WPS Button 

Press this button and hold for 3 seconds to start WPS function. When WPS is enabled, the Link and Tx/Rx 

LEDs will be steadily on. 

3. Link and Tx/Rx LED Definitions 

LED Name 

Light Status 

Description 

On 

Link to a wireless access point 

Link 

Off 

Radio is switched to off. 

Blinking 

Transferring / receiving data 

Tx/Rx 

Off 

No wireless activity 

Summary of Contents for GW-DS150N

Page 1: ...7 2 5 WMM Setting 38 2 6 WPS Configuration 40 2 7 WPS Setup 40 2 8 Radio On Off 45 2 9 About 46 2 10 On line Help 46 Soft AP Function 47 3 1 Switch to AP Mode and Basic Configuration 47 3 2 Security S...

Page 2: ...2 11 b g this wireless network card is also able to access 802 11 n wireless networks data transfer rate is 150Mbps and that s three times faster than 802 11g wireless network With easy to install PCI...

Page 3: ...bathroom Also do not left this wireless network card in the car in summer 2 This network card will become hot when being used for long time This is normal and is not a malfunction DO NOT put the netwo...

Page 4: ...oint of your network as close as possible to the center of your wireless network devices To achieve the best wireless network coverage for your Wireless clients Ensure that your wireless card s antenn...

Page 5: ...tors of the card 2 WPS Button Press this button and hold for 3 seconds to start WPS function When WPS is enabled the Link and Tx Rx LEDs will be steadily on 3 Link and Tx Rx LED Definitions LED Name L...

Page 6: ...our new wireless network card 1 SWITCH THE COMPUTER OFF remove the cover and insert the wireless network card into an empty PCI slot of your computer install the antenna on the wireless network card a...

Page 7: ...The following message will appear on your computer click cancel...

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Page 9: ...to connect to wireless access point using the Ralink configuration utility and using built in windows zero configuration utility 2 2 1 Using Ralink Utility Please follow the following instructions to...

Page 10: ...n Profile Network etc from menu and corresponding setup items will be displayed at setup area Some function includes more information and can not be fitted in setup area In this case you can click Mor...

Page 11: ...p item requires more information to complete the setup procedure the setup utility window will expand automatically There are two kinds of wireless connection mode Infrastructure and Ad Hoc Infrastruc...

Page 12: ...st know a Wireless device s SSID Service Set IDentifier someone will call it access point s name You can scan for the SSID of other wireless devices nearby but if the SSID of the wireless device you w...

Page 13: ...access point supports WPS If the access point uses encryption a key icon will appear Note When the access point supports WPS and WPS icon is appeared you will not see the key icon here even through t...

Page 14: ...in Chapter 4 2 Troubleshooting If you wish to see detailed information for a specific access point please double click on it and you ll be provided with its detailed information...

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Page 16: ...l be given as follow Item Name Description Sorted by You can decide how to sort all listed access point by SSID Channel or Signal signal strength Show dBm Check this box to show the signal strength of...

Page 17: ...e connected to this wireless access point within one minute If the access point you selected uses encryption please proceed to step 3 2 If the wireless access point does not have SSID you ll be prompt...

Page 18: ...ccess point you want to connect and input the correct key here and then click OK By checking Show Password box the encryption key you inputted here will be displayed If the value you inputted here is...

Page 19: ...1x authentication will be given later If the wireless access point is successfully connected you ll see a symbol appears in front of the name of wireless device You can put the mouse cursor over the R...

Page 20: ...D Please input the SSID of this access point If you selected an access point from the list and its SSID is not hidden the SSID will be filled automatically however you can modify the SSID by yourself...

Page 21: ...channel number for Ad Hoc mode here Power Save Mode Please select CAM constantly awake mode keep wireless radio activity even when not transferring data or PSM Power saving mode switches radio off whe...

Page 22: ...ding a profile from an existing access point or wireless device authentication type will be selected automatically and please do not change it If you select LEAP you ll be prompted to input LEAD speci...

Page 23: ...o 4 WEP keys here There are two types of WEP key Hexadecimal and ASCII For Hexadecimal key you can input number 0 9 and alphabet a f for example 001122aabbcc For ASCII key you can input number 0 9 and...

Page 24: ...ID Password setting EAP Fast authentication type also have a sub menu to set EAP fast specific parameters If you need to use protected authentication credential check Use protected authentication cre...

Page 25: ...icon and select Use Zero Configuration as Configuration utility you can select the certificate here Server Certification tab Use this tab to use server based certification Please select a CA Certific...

Page 26: ...ilable Wireless Networks If you can not find the icon please follow the procedures from step 3 to step Click Start button should be located at the bottom left corner of windows desktop click Control P...

Page 27: ...802 11 n Wireless LAN Card then select View Available Wireless Networks 5 All wireless access points in proximity will be displayed here If the access point you want to use is not displayed here pleas...

Page 28: ...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 7 If you can see Connected...

Page 29: ...profile for every access point so you don t have to input these parameters every time when you want to connect to a specific wireless access point To manage profiles right click the Ralink configurati...

Page 30: ...point as described in Section 2 2 1 3 If you have added a profile before and you wish to change the content of the profile you can use this function Please select a profile from the list first then c...

Page 31: ...9 2 3 3 Delete an existing profile 33 If you no longer need a profile you can delete it Select the profile you wish to delete from the list and click Delete button to delete it...

Page 32: ...9 2 3 3 Delete an existing profile 34...

Page 33: ...n select it and click Activate button to establish connection with it When you selected a profile and click Activate button to activate the profile a icon will be displayed in front of the profile to...

Page 34: ...th the process of authentication will appear This function is helpful to find out the problem when you can not be authenticated and you can provide this information to authentication server s administ...

Page 35: ...ed information about the wireless connection you re using Please follow the following instructions to check network statistics 1 Right click the Ralink configuration utility icon located at lower righ...

Page 36: ...equire instant responding Therefore you can improve the performance of such network applications Please follow the following instructions to set advanced wireless settings 1 Right click the Ralink con...

Page 37: ...attery 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...

Page 38: ...possible to perform a firmware upgrade to become a WPS enabled access point Since they may not have a hardware button to press for WPS setup you can use an alternative WPS setup method input the pin...

Page 39: ...nabled access points to send WPS pairing requests Please refer to the instruction given by your wireless access point s user manual to understand how to send WPS requests Before you start to establish...

Page 40: ...successfully established by WPS and the information about access point you connected to will be displayed You can click Detail button to see detailed information of connected access point If you wish...

Page 41: ...t access point on the list will be selected to establish connection If you want to delete a found access point from the list select it and click Delete button PIN If the wireless access point you wish...

Page 42: ...be connected to that access point 5 You may have to click PIN for few more times to try again If you still can not connect to access point by this way please make sure the PIN code you provided to ac...

Page 43: ...you don t have to remove the network card physically 2 To switch wireless radio on off please click Radio On Off button Radio On Off wireless radio is on Green _ A Radio On Off Wireless radio is off...

Page 44: ...ease follow the following instructions to see these information 1 Right click the Ralink configuration utility icon located at lower right corner of computer desktop and then click Launch Config Utili...

Page 45: ...are the internet connection you have Please follow the instructions in following chapters to use the AP function of your wireless card 3 1 Switch to AP Mode and Basic Configuration The operating mode...

Page 46: ...ction If your computer has another network card which is connected to Internet please select it from Name dropdown menu and click Enable ICS if your computer does not have another network card with In...

Page 47: ...lease input the SSID the name used to identify this wireless access point here Up to 32 numerical characters can be accepted here excepting space Channel Please select the wireless channel you wish to...

Page 48: ...ELEC 6 ISERAL Channel 3 to 9 7 ISERAL Channel 5 to 13 Please note that only change the country code if you are in different country For example when operating this product in US only channels 1 11 can...

Page 49: ...When you click Security Setting in the utility the following window will appear Beacon ms You can define the time interval that a beacon signal should be send Default value is 100 Do not modify this v...

Page 50: ...PSK and WPA PSK 1WPA2 PSK If you want to disable wireless data encryption you must select Open Encryption Type Please select an encryption mode The available options in this setting item will vary dep...

Page 51: ...e button 10 seconds or Kpackets to change the unit of time interval every 10 seconds or a thousand data packets times the value you specified in Group Rekey Interval field Wep Key Please input the WEP...

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Page 53: ...t Allow All Only allow wireless clients with MAC address listed here to connect to this access point Reject All Reject wireless clients with MAC address listed here to be connected to this access poin...

Page 54: ...ess of this wireless client AID The serial number of this wireless connection Power Saving Mode Displays the capability of power saving function of this wireless client Status Displays additional info...

Page 55: ...ities as a log Click Event Log tab and the event log will be displayed 3 6 Statistics If you want to know detailed information about how your software access point works click Statistics tab and the e...

Page 56: ...You can click RESET COUNTERS button to reset all counters to zero 3 7 About The About tab provides you the information about version number of the configuration utility driver and other important info...

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Page 58: ...MHz MCSO 7 up to 72Mbps 11n 40MHz MCSO 7 up to 150Mbps Securities WEP 64 128 bit WPA WPA2 Cisco CCX Support IEEE 802 1x Antenna External One Dipole Antenna 1T1R Drivers Windows 2000 XPA istaA Vindows7...

Page 59: ...hooting If you encounter any problem when you re using this wireless network card don t panic Before you call your dealer of purchase for help please check this troubleshooting table the solution of y...

Page 60: ...r of purchase for help 2 Reboot the computer and try again 3 Remove the driver and re install 4 Contact the dealer of purchase for help 1 can not establish connection with a certain wireless access po...

Page 61: ...11g defines the use of the same OFDM modulation technique specified in IEEE 802 11a for the 5 GHz frequency band and applies it in the same 2 4 GHz frequency band as IEEE 802 11b The 802 11g standard...

Page 62: ...acy a data privacy mechanism based on a 40 bit shared key algorithm as described in the IEEE 802 11 standard What is TKIP TKIP is a quick fix method to quickly overcome the inherent weaknesses in WEP...

Page 63: ...secure mission critical communication systems It is designed to trade off bandwidth efficiency for reliability integrity and security In other words more bandwidth is consumed than in the case of nar...

Page 64: ...nd reduce the radio resource usability 17 What is STBC STBC stands for Space Time Block Coding which is a technique used to transfer multiple copies of data by multiple antenna to improve data transfe...

Page 65: ...he following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to whi...

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