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Ad-hoc function must be enabled for the wireless device you wish to establish a direct
wireless link.
Please adjust the position of PL-18N and click Rescan button for few more times. If you can
find the wireless access point or wireless device you want to connect by doing this, try to
move closer to the place where the wireless access point or wireless device is located.
5. Nothing happens when I click Launch configuration utilities
Please make sure PL-18N
is inserted into your computer’s USB port. If the Ralink
configuration utility’s icon is black, PL-18N is not detected by your computer.
Reboot the computer and try again.
Remove PL-18N and insert it into another USB port.
Remove the driver and re-install.
6. I can not establish connection with a certain wireless access point
Click Connect for few more times.
If the SSID of access point you wish to connect is hidden (nothing displayed in SSID field in
Network tab), you have to input correct SSID of the access point you wish to connect.
You have to input correct pass phrase / security key to connect an access point with
encryption.
The access point you wish to connect only allows network cards with specific MAC address
to establish connection. Please go to About tab and write the value of Physical Address down,
then present this value to the owner of access point to add the MAC address of your PL-18N
to owner’s access point’s list.
7. The network is slow / having problem when transferring large files
Move closer to the place where access point is located.
Enable Wireless Protection in Advanced tab.
Try a lower TX Rate in Advanced tab.
Disable Tx Burst in Advanced tab.
Enable WMM in WMM tab if you need to use multimedia / telephony related applications.
Disable WMM
– Power Save Enable in WMM tab.
There could be too much people using the same radio channel. Ask the owner of the access
point to change the channel number.
