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HARDWARE INSTALLATION 

 

Verification 

To verify if the device exists in your computer and is enabled, go to 

Start >

   

Control Panel 

> 

System (

> 

Hardware)

 > 

Device Manager

. Expand the 

Network Adapters

 category. If the 

11b/g/n 1T2R WLAN Mini Card

is listed here, it means that your device is properly installed and enabled. 

 

11b/g/n 1T2R WLAN Mini Card

Summary of Contents for RT2700E-LNA

Page 1: ...802 11n compliant 2 4GHz Mini PCI Module User s Manual 11b g n 1T2R WLAN Mini Card RT2700E LNA Ralink ...

Page 2: ...reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful ...

Page 3: ...sys Corporation Tel 909 590 0600 Fax 909 590 0388 Address 4711 CHINO AVE CHINO CA91710 IMPORTANT NOTE This module is intended for OEM integrator The OEM integrator is still responsible for the FCC compliance requirement of the end product which integrates this module 20cm minimum distance has to be able to be maintained between the antenna and the users for the host this module is integrated into ...

Page 4: ...n is subject to the following two conditions 1 this device may not cause harmful interference and 2 this device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation LABEL OF THE END PRODUCT The final end product must be labeled in a visible area with the following Contains TX FCC ID VQF RT2700E If the size of the end product is larger than 8x10cm then the...

Page 5: ...Point Network 2 SOFTWARE INSTALLATION 3 INSTALL THE DEVICE 3 INSTALL THE DRIVER UTILITY 3 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 8 VERIFICATION 8 NETWORK CONNECTION 9 IN WINDOWS 2000 XP 9 IP ADDRESS 11 CONFIGURATION UTILITY 12 INTELLIGENT WIRELESS UTILITY 13 Profile 13 Network 22 Advanced 27 Statistics 29 WMM QoS 32 ...

Page 6: ...WPS 33 Radio On Off 36 About 36 UNINSTALLATION 38 ...

Page 7: ...his card also allows you to take full advantage of your computer s mobility with access to real time information and online services anytime and anywhere In addition this device eliminates the bother of pulling cable through walls and under furniture It even allows you to place your system in locations where cabling is impossible Modifying and augmenting networks has never been so easy Wireless Ne...

Page 8: ...d share files and information with other computers via a wireless LAN The Access Point Network The network installation allows you to share files printers and Internet access much more conveniently With Wireless LAN Cards you can connect wireless LAN to a wired global network via an Access Point ...

Page 9: ...After the device has been connected to your computer turn on your computer Windows will detect the new hardware and then automatically copy all of the files needed for networking Install the Driver Utility 1 Exit all Windows programs Insert the included CD ROM into your computer The CD ROM will run automatically 2 When the License Agreement screen appears please read the contents and select I acce...

Page 10: ... a Configuration Tool from the listed two choices z Configuration Tool Choose to use our configuration utility z Microsoft Zero Configuration Tool Choose to use Windows XP s built in Zero Configuration Utility ZCU Click Next to continue ...

Page 11: ...oose in this screen either choose WiFi mode or performance mode TxBurst mode This mode selection screen is set for the default mode shown in the utility screen you can still change its mode later in the utility screen Click Next to continue ...

Page 12: ... 6 5 When you are prompted the following message please click Install to begin the installation ...

Page 13: ... 7 6 When the following screen appears click Finish to complete the software installation ...

Page 14: ...sts in your computer and is enabled go to Start Control Panel System Hardware Device Manager Expand the Network Adapters category If the 11b g n 1T2R WLAN Mini Card is listed here it means that your device is properly installed and enabled 11b g n 1T2R WLAN Mini Card ...

Page 15: ...uld be also established In Windows 2000 XP 1 In Windows 2000 Go to Start Æ Settings Æ Control Panel Æ Network and Dial up Connections Æ Local Area Connection Æ Properties In Windows XP Go to Start Æ Control Panel Æ Network and Internet Connections Æ Network Connections Æ Wireless Network Connection Æ Properties ...

Page 16: ...ng click on the Install button to select the Client Service Protocol required After selecting the component you need click Add to add it in 4 For making your computer visible on the network make sure you have installed File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks 11b g n 1T2R WLAN Mini Card ...

Page 17: ...for your computer 1 To configure a dynamic IP address i e if your broadband Router has the DHCP technology check the Obtain an IP Address Automatically option 2 To configure a fixed IP address if you broadband Router is not DHCP supported or when you need to assign a static IP address check the Use the following IP address option Then enter an IP address into the empty field for example enter 192 ...

Page 18: ... installed users can use the included Configuration Utility to set their preference Go to StartJ All ProgramsJ Ralink WirelessJ Ralink Wireless Utility You can also open the Configuration Utility by double clicking the icon or right clicking to select Launch Config Utilities ...

Page 19: ... can book keeping your favorite wireless setting among your home office and other public hot spot You may save multiple profiles and activate the correct one at your preference The Profile manager enables you to Add Edit Delete and Activate profiles ...

Page 20: ...encryption type Use 802 1x Whether or not use 802 1x feature Channel Shows the selected channel that is currently in use There are 13 channels available depending on the country Power Save Mode Choose from CAM Constantly Awake Mode or Power Saving Mode Tx Power Transmit power the amount of power used by a radio transceiver to send the signal out RTS Threshold Shows the RTS Threshold of the device ...

Page 21: ...oints attempting to connect to the same network User can use pull down menu to select from available APs Power Save Mode CAM Constantly Awake Mode When this mode is selected the power supply will be normally provided even when there is no throughput PSM Power Saving Mode When this mode is selected this device will stay in power saving mode even when there is high volume of throughput Network Type ...

Page 22: ...t value is 2347 RTS CTS Threshold is a mechanism implemented to prevent the Hidden Node problem If the Hidden Node problem is an issue users have to specify the packet size The RTS CTS mechanism will be activated if the data size exceeds the value you set This value should remain at its default setting of 2347 Should you encounter inconsistent data flow only minor modifications of this value are r...

Page 23: ... will need to be set to the same authentication type Shared Shared Key is when both the sender and the recipient share a secret key LEAP Light Extensible Authentication Protocol It is an EAP authentication type used primarily in Cisco Aironet WLANs It encrypts data transmissions using dynamically generated WEP keys and supports mutual authentication only with CCX mode enabled WPA PSK WPA PSK offer...

Page 24: ... WPA PSK and WPA2 PSK authentication mode this field must be filled with character longer than 8 and less than 32 length WEP Key Only valid when using WEP encryption algorithm The key must match with the AP s key There are several formats to enter the keys Hexadecimal 40bits 10 Hex characters Hexadecimal 128bits 32Hex characters ASCII 40bits 5 ASCII characters ASCII 128bits 13 ASCII characters Sho...

Page 25: ...reless LAN TLS Smart Card Transport Layer Security Provides for certificate based and mutual authentication of the client and the network It relies on client side and server side certificates to perform authentication and can be used to dynamically generate user based and session based WEP keys to secure subsequent communications between the WLAN client and the access point TTLS Tunneled Transport...

Page 26: ...cured network distribution method Automatic provisioning is an in band over the air distribution For tunnel authentication only support Generic Token Card authentication now MD5 Challenge Message Digest Challenge Challenge is an EAP authentication type that provides base level EAP support It provides for only one way authentication there is no mutual authentication of wireless client and the netwo...

Page 27: ... space Tunnel ID Password Identity and Password for server OK Click to save settings and exit this page Cancel Click to call off the settings and exit Client Certification tab Client Certification Client Certicate for server authentication Use Client certification Choose to enable server authentication OK Click to save settings and exit this page Cancel Click call off the settings and exit Server ...

Page 28: ...to enable or disable this function Domain name must end in specified name Click to enable or disable this function OK Click to save settings and exit this page Cancel Click call off the settings and exit Delete Click to delete an existing profile Edit Click to edit a profile Activate Click to make a connection between devices Network The Network page displays the information of surrounding APs fro...

Page 29: ...how dBm Check the box to show the dBm of the AP list SSID Shows the name of BSS network Network Type Network type in use Infrastructure for BSS Channel Shows the currently used channel Wireless mode AP support wireless mode It may support 802 11a 802 11b 802 11g or 802 11n wireless mode ...

Page 30: ...status If there is no connection existing it will show Disconnected Extra Info Shows the link status Channel Shows the current channel in use Authentication Authentication mode used within the network including Unknown WPA PSK WPA2 PSK WPA and WPA2 Encryption Shows the encryption type currently in use Valid value includes WEP TKIP AES and Not Use Network Type Network type in use Infrastructure for...

Page 31: ...ows the current transmitting rate and receiving rate Throughput Shows the transmitting and receiving throughput in the unit of K bits sec AP information When you double click on the intended AP you can see AP s detail information that divides into three parts They are General WPS CCX information The introduction is as following General General information contain AP s SSID MAC address Authenticati...

Page 32: ...AP supports as an Enrollee for adding external Registrars Device Password ID Indicate the method or identifies the specific password that the selected Registrar intends to use Selected Registrar Indicate if the user has recently activated a Registrar to add an Enrollee The values are TRUE and FALSE State The current configuration state on AP The values are Unconfigured and Configured Version WPS s...

Page 33: ...CXX CCX information contains CCKM Cmic and Ckip information OK Click this button to exit the information screen Advanced This Advanced page provides advanced and detailed settings for your wireless network ...

Page 34: ...ed modes are supported Default mode is 802 11b g n mixed Enable Tx Burst Check to enable the burst mode Enable TCP Window Size Check to increase the transmission quality Fast Roaming at Check to set the roaming interval fast to roaming setup by transmits power Show When you connect AP with authentication choose ...

Page 35: ...m the pull down menu Enable CCX Cisco Compatible extensions Check to enable the CCX function Turn on CCKM Enable Radio Measurements Check to enable the Radio measurement function Non Serving Measurements limit User can set channel measurement every 0 2000 milliseconds Default is set to 250 milliseconds Apply Click to apply above settings Statistics The Statistics screen displays the statistics on ...

Page 36: ...tted Successfully Shows information of frames successfully sent with one or more reties Frames Fail To Receive ACK After All Retries Shows information of frames failed transmit after hitting retry limit RTS Frames Successfully Receive CTS Shows information of successfully receive CTS after sending RTS frame ...

Page 37: ...d to receive CTS after sending RTS Reset Counter Click this button to reset counters to zero Receive Statistics Frames Received Successfully Shows information of frames Received Successfully Frames Received With CRC Error Shows information of frames received with ...

Page 38: ...d due to resource issue Duplicate Frames Received Shows information of duplicate received frames Reset Counter Click this button to reset counters to zero WMM QoS The WMM page shows the Wi Fi Multi Media power save function and Direct Link Setup that ensure your wireless network quality ...

Page 39: ...atically after few seconds The value is integer that must be between 0 65535 It represents that it always connects if the value is zero Default value of Timeout Value is 60 seconds Apply Click this button to apply the settings Tear Down Select a direct link STA then click Tear Down button to disconnect the STA WPS The primary goal of Wi Fi Protected Setup Wi Fi Simple Configuration is to simplify ...

Page 40: ... information included SSID BSSID Channel ID Device Password ID Security Enabled Rescan Issue a rescan command to wireless NIC to update information on surrounding wireless network Information Display the information about WPS IE on the selected network List information included Authentication Type ...

Page 41: ...d Profile Rotate Command to rotate to connect to the next network inside credentials Disconnect Stop WPS action and disconnect this active link And then select the last profile at the Profile Page If there is an empty profile page the driver will select any non security AP PIN Start to add to Registrar using PIN Personal Identification Number configuration method If STA Registrar remember that ent...

Page 42: ...us Bar Display currently WPS Status Radio On Off Click this icon to turn on radio function Click this icon to turn off radio function About Click this button to show the information of the wireless card including RaConfig Version Date Driver Version Date EEPROM Version Firmware Version and Phy_Address ...

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Page 44: ...ALLATION In case you need to uninstall the utility and driver please refer to below steps As you uninstall the utility the driver will be uninstalled as well 1 Go to Start Æ Programs ÆRalink Wireless Æ Uninstall ...

Page 45: ... 39 2 Select Remove all button and click Next to start uninstalling 3 Click Yes to complete remove the selected application and all of its features ...

Page 46: ... 40 4 Select Yes I want to restart my computer now and then click Finish to complete the uninstallation ...

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