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NextG 007GTi PRO USB-Yagi Instruction Manual 

© 2015 by danets Datacom Network Ltd. All rights reserved. 

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Click on “Restart” after the installation is successfully finished. 
 

5.3  Running the Wireless Utility 

 
You should be able to locate the “Ralink” (or “Mediatek”) icon at the top right hand bar of your computer. 
Click on it and choose “Open Wireless Utility…”. 
 
 

 

 
 
The Ralink (or Mediatek) Wireless Utility consist of several options, namely “Profile”, “Link Status”, “Site 
Survey”, “Statistics” “Advanced”, “WPS”, “About”. 
 
The most important option is “Site Survey”, as it instructs the USB-Yagi TurboTenna to scan and display 
the wireless networks in your vicinity from which you may choose to connect.  

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Страница 1: ...Yagi Plug Play WiFi antenna from quick start followed by detailed explanation of what each parameter does It talks about the STATION mode for accessing a remote hotspot and using the USB Yagi as a local ACCESS POINT for sharing the Internet with other WiFi computer clients Instruction Manual Version 0 215 7 ...

Страница 2: ...epair and any incidental or consequential damages resulting from any defect in the software Further this company reserves the right to revise this publication and to make changes from time to time in the contents hereof without obligation to notify any person of such revision or changes The software and specifications are subject to change without notice Please visit our web site www danets com fo...

Страница 3: ...uration of NIC by using WZC under Windows XP 9 3 3 WORKING WITH MEDIATEK 13 4 ADVANCED MEDIATEK FEATURES ON WINDOWS 8 AND 7 15 4 1 TURN ON OFF RF 15 4 2 SECURITY 15 4 3 SIGNAL STRENGTH 15 4 4 SITE SURVEY 16 4 5 LINK INFORMATION 16 4 6 PROFILE 17 4 6 1 Example to Add a PROFILE with encryption 18 4 6 2 Example to Add a PROFILE without encryption 19 4 6 3 Example to setup an Ad Hoc wireless connectio...

Страница 4: ...Play antenna with a tripod A USB2 0 extender cable A CD ROM software drivers for Windows 8 7 VISTA XP Linux and MAC OS X An installation guide If you plan to build the Universal WiFi Repeater using the 35dBm NextG USB Yagi Plug Play Antenna you could purchase the USB Omni kit online from the link below http www danets com turbotenna UsbOmniApRepeater php Add the Power RF Amplifier Kit from the lin...

Страница 5: ... danets com support Windows8DriverMediatek exe For Windows XP http www danets com support WindowsXpDriverMediatek exe Insert the CD ROM into the CD DVD drive of your computer As soon as the AutoPlay window appears double click SETUP EXE to install the software driver If the AutoPlay window does not pop up you could also go to the CD DVD drive under My Computer and double click the SETUP icon Reboo...

Страница 6: ...t signal strength Because the antenna has linear polarization you may find that you get a better signal by rotating it slightly clockwise or anti clockwise on the tripod along its cylindrical axis Since the RF cable is pretty rigid special attention is required for connecting the RP SMA end of the cable to the Repeater in order not to break off the connector from the Repeater s casing Cable tie is...

Страница 7: ...ss Utility Mediatek with the WPA supplicant functionality As soon as Windows starts you could invoke the Mediatek Wireless Utility from the All Programs Start Menu see above so that the Mediatek icon appears at the lower right hand corner of the computer screen Mediatek Or you may setup the network connection using the Windows Network and Sharing Center also known as Windows Zero Configuration WZC...

Страница 8: ...onfiguration WZC Go to Section 3 3 if you want to use Mediatek instead 3 2 1 Configuration of NIC by using WZC under Windows 7 and VISTA When WZC is activated you could attempt to connect to one of the wireless networks picked up by the antenna If the wireless network is encrypted a pop up box will appear prompting you to key in its security password ...

Страница 9: ...Before you connect to any wireless network the status prompt pops up like this Right click the Network Connection icon in the task bar and select View Available Wireless Networks A new window pops up showing the list of Access Points or APs available for connection You may either double click the SSID or highlight it with the mouse pointer followed by clicking Connect Anyway ...

Страница 10: ...NextG 007GTi PRO USB Yagi Instruction Manual 2015 by danets Datacom Network Ltd All rights reserved DN WLAN 035 Page 10 ...

Страница 11: ...i PRO USB Yagi Instruction Manual 2015 by danets Datacom Network Ltd All rights reserved DN WLAN 035 Page 11 If you want to update the AP attributes click Change Advanced Settings then chose the Wireless Networks ...

Страница 12: ...l 2015 by danets Datacom Network Ltd All rights reserved DN WLAN 035 Page 12 Double click Properties to check the Wireless network key or enter the security password Wireless connection is successful if the Wireless network key is authenticated ...

Страница 13: ...hand corner of the screen Double click on it to bring up the Mediatek main window Click on the Site Survey icon to bring up a list of AP s picked up by the antenna Each row contains the AP network type channel used wireless mode security status and signal strength Simply highlight the AP and click Connect If the AP is encrypted you ll be asked to enter the password for authentication as shown in t...

Страница 14: ...e connected a small tick appears on the left of the AP and the Mediatek icon becomes How does the Mediatek icon represent the various network statuses Here are the clues Connected and signal strength is Good Connected and signal strength is Normal Not Connected Wireless NIC not detected Connected but signal strength is Weak ...

Страница 15: ...s a toggle switch to turn on and off the antenna When the RF is off no wireless transmission and reception will take place 4 2 Security It is an indicator whether the wireless network is secured lock closed or unsecured lock open 4 3 Signal Strength A five bar indicator of the signal strength It shows the signal strength in terms of percentage when the mouse is over the signal strength icon ...

Страница 16: ...light it followed by clicking the Connect button If the intended network has encryption other than None the RaUL will bring up the security page that allows the user to enter the password to complete the connection The AP information is shown at the bottom of the Site Survey window 4 5 Link Information The Link Information consists of the instantaneous Link Status Throughput and Statistics of the ...

Страница 17: ...7GTi PRO USB Yagi Instruction Manual 2015 by danets Datacom Network Ltd All rights reserved DN WLAN 035 Page 17 4 6 Profile A profile is a place to save your favorite wireless networks for one click connection ...

Страница 18: ... Code See Appendix I for Wi Fi Protected Setup WPS About Shows the Mediatek version and the MAC address of the antenna The MAC address refers to the unique ID of the wifi adapter of your laptop and the USB Yagi antenna Help HTML Quick Reference 4 6 1 Example to Add a PROFILE with encryption Click Add under PROFILE PROF1 is a default profile name You may key in a different profile name to replace i...

Страница 19: ...rd in the box Click to exit the profile setup 4 6 2 Example to Add a PROFILE without encryption Click Add under PROFILE The Add Profile page will then pop up The default Profile Name is PROF1 but you may change to a different name such as PROF2 Now move the mouse to the SSID pull down menu and select the wireless router from an active list of SSID s within range ...

Страница 20: ...speaking you should be able to connect to an unsecured WiFi signal within range and get on the Internet unless it is a hotspot with 802 1x authentication as in the case of the above BTOpenzone example or the wireless router has a white list of MAC addresses A MAC address is a unique ID of every network adapter Some smart users maintain such a white list in their wireless routers and yet leave the ...

Страница 21: ...but it should be the same in both computers 4 Click OK Go to Start My Computer My Network Places Network Connections Right click on your wireless adapter and select Properties Go to the Wireless Network Tab and click on the Advanced button Select Computer to Computer Ad hoc networking option If you get a window with an SSID box you can specify the network name in it in our example we use XNET Now ...

Страница 22: ...Default Gateway 192 168 0 2 4 Click OK and you are done for PC1 PC2 1 Just right click My Computer and click Properties 2 Select the Computer Name tab and click the Change button 3 Change the computer name to PC2 Change the workgroup to WG The workgroup name should be the same in both computers 4 Click OK Go to Start My Computer My Network Places Network Connections Right click on your wireless ad...

Страница 23: ...option if it isn t already done To automatically connect to the network select the Connection tab and tick on the Connect automatically when in range option Now to configure the TCP IP connection settings 1 Goto Control Panel Network connections 2 Right click on your Wireless Adapter and click Properties In the General tab select Internet Protocol TCP IP Click the Properties button 3 Set the Value...

Страница 24: ... done now Just open the Wireless network settings and click on View Available Wireless Networks Select your network and you are connected Note 1 The settings mentioned may vary in case of different adapters But most of them should be similar to the above settings 2 Your adapter should be compatible with WZC Windows Zero Configuration ...

Страница 25: ...just need to copy all the files under the mini DISC directory below to a standard size DISC Your CD ROM Drive Other Drivers Mac OS X 10 4 10 5 10 6 10 7 10 8 5 2 MAC OS X Driver Installation The driver installation is illustrated using a MacBook PRO running the OS X 10 8 Mountain Lion If you are currently running a previous OS X version you could still follow the forthcoming steps that might be sl...

Страница 26: ...15 by danets Datacom Network Ltd All rights reserved DN WLAN 035 Page 26 When Welcome to the Mediatek Wireless Utility Installer pops up click on Continue The next screen indicates that it will take up 8 5 MB of your hard disk space Click on Install ...

Страница 27: ...rved DN WLAN 035 Page 27 Enter your system admin password to Install Software A warning message box pops up indicating that a computer restart is necessary after finishing up the driver installation Please close all your applications in progress before proceeding to click on Continue Installation ...

Страница 28: ...NextG 007GTi PRO USB Yagi Instruction Manual 2015 by danets Datacom Network Ltd All rights reserved DN WLAN 035 Page 28 Click on Install for running the package scripts ...

Страница 29: ...to locate the Ralink or Mediatek icon at the top right hand bar of your computer Click on it and choose Open Wireless Utility The Ralink or Mediatek Wireless Utility consist of several options namely Profile Link Status Site Survey Statistics Advanced WPS About The most important option is Site Survey as it instructs the USB Yagi TurboTenna to scan and display the wireless networks in your vicinit...

Страница 30: ...ireless network If there are many wireless networks sharing the same channel there is a fair chance of interference and you should choose the one with the strongest signal level Otherwise change the wireless network to another channel if you are able to do so Authentication either OPEN or the security protocol that includes the popular WEP WAP WAP2 and 802 1x Encryption NONE TKIP AES and TKIP AES ...

Страница 31: ...NextG 007GTi PRO USB Yagi Instruction Manual 2015 by danets Datacom Network Ltd All rights reserved DN WLAN 035 Page 31 5 4 2 Keying in the Authentication Encription Password ...

Страница 32: ...tacom Network Ltd All rights reserved DN WLAN 035 Page 32 If KC1 is not an OPEN wireless network you have to enter the password in the WPA Pre Shared Key box in order to connect to it The green handshake icon pops up once the connected is authenticated successully ...

Страница 33: ...ireless access point AP or a Registrar of the Network cf below the Protocol Architecture This is the mandatory baseline model every Wi Fi Protected Setup certified product must support it PBC Method in which the user simply has to push a button either an actual or virtual one on both the AP or a Registrar of the Network and the new wireless client device STA Support of this model is mandatory for ...

Страница 34: ...n PBC 0x0005 Registrar specified 0x0006 0x000F Reserved Selected Registrar This indicates 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 Un configured and Configured Version WPS specified version AP Setup Locked This indicate if the AP has entered a setup locked state UUID E The universally ...

Страница 35: ...NextG 007GTi PRO USB Yagi Instruction Manual 2015 by danets Datacom Network Ltd All rights reserved DN WLAN 035 Page 35 End of Manual ...

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