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CHAPTER III:    Soft-AP Function

 

 
Excepting become a wireless client of other wireless access points, this 
wireless card can act as a wireless service provider also! You can switch 
this wireless card’s operating mode to ‘AP’ mode to simulate the function 
of a real wireless access point by software, and all other computers and 
wireless devices can connect to your computer wirelessly, even share 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 of the wireless card is ‘Station Mode’ (becoming a 
client of other wireless access points) by default. If you want to switch to 
AP mode, please right-click Ralink utility icon, and select ‘Switch to AP 
Mode’. 
 

 

 
After you select ‘Switch to AP Mode’, the Ralink utility icon will be 
changed to: 
 

 

 
Which indicated the wireless card is operating in AP mode now. If you 
want to switch the wireless card back to station mode (become a client of 
other wireless access points), click ‘Switch to Station Mode’. 
 

 

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Страница 1: ...WIRELESS 150N USB 2 0 ADAPTER User Manual DN 7044 1...

Страница 2: ...espect to the contents hereof and specifically disclaims any warranties merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose Any software described in this manual is sold or licensed as is Should the...

Страница 3: ...f and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures 1 Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna 2 Increase the separation between the equipment...

Страница 4: ...ith SAR for general population uncontrolled exposure limits in ANSI IEEE C95 1 1999 and had been tested in accordance with the measurement methods and procedures specified in OET Bulletin 65 Supplemen...

Страница 5: ...of those who install and use it However special attention must be paid to the dangers of electric shock and static electricity when working with electrical equipment All guidelines of this and of the...

Страница 6: ...1 3 Add an Access Point to Profile 25 2 2 2 Using Windows Zero Configuration 33 2 3 Profile Management 37 2 3 1 Add a profile 38 2 3 2 Edit an existing profile 39 2 3 3 Delete an existing profile 40 2...

Страница 7: ...CHAPTER IV Appendix 72 4 1 Specification 72 4 2 Troubleshooting 73 4 3 Glossary 75...

Страница 8: ...network card into any empty USB port of your computer just that simple Other features of this wireless network card including High efficiency antenna expands the scope of your wireless network High s...

Страница 9: ...ETWORK CARD OUT THE REACH OF CHILDREN 4 This network card will become hot when being used for long time This is normal and is not a malfunction DO NOT put the network card on a paper cloth or other fl...

Страница 10: ...em Requirements An empty USB 2 0 port May not be able work with USB 1 1 port and performance will be greatly reduced Windows 2000 XP or Vista operating system CD ROM drive At least 100MB of available...

Страница 11: ...card please check if there s anything missing in the package and contact your dealer of purchase to claim for missing items USB wireless network card 1 pcs Protection Cap 1 pcs USB docking cable 1 pc...

Страница 12: ...Activity LED 4 WPS Button LED Name Light Status Description Radio Off Off Wireless LAN function is disabled Radio On No Link Off No link to wireless AP or Router Flashing Transmitting management infor...

Страница 13: ...ease follow the following instructions to install your new wireless network card 1 Insert the USB wireless network card into an empty USB 2 0 port of your computer when computer is switched on Never u...

Страница 14: ...k cancel 3 Insert device driver CDROM into the CD DVD ROM drive of your computer and execute Setup exe program Please read the end user license agreement and click I accept the terms of the license ag...

Страница 15: ...o continue 5 You can choose the configuration tool used to configure the wireless network card here It s recommended to select Ralink Configuration Tool which provides fully access to all functions of...

Страница 16: ...9 6 Now you ll see the following message please click Install to start utility installation If you see Found New Hardware message again please ignore it and wait...

Страница 17: ...10 7 Please wait while the install procedure is running When you see this message please click Finish to complete the driver installation process...

Страница 18: ...onfigure your wireless connection please right click on this icon and a popup menu will appear You can click Launch Config Utility to start configuration program If you want to close the configuration...

Страница 19: ...12...

Страница 20: ...t status of wireless connection will be displayed by Ralink configuration utility icon Wireless connection is established good signal reception Wireless connection is established normal signal recepti...

Страница 21: ...Ralink setup utility RaUI will launch and begin to scan for all wireless access points automatically RaUI consists two parts Menu and setup area You can select a setup function Profile Network etc fro...

Страница 22: ...ick More Less button again and setup utility window will resume to its original size Tip If a setup item requires more information to complete the setup procedure the setup utility window will expand...

Страница 23: ...le for establishing a one to one wireless connection between two wireless devices Before you can connect to any wireless access point or device by infrastructure or Ad Hoc mode there two things you mu...

Страница 24: ...er of wireless device If nothing is displayed here it means the SSID of this wireless device is hidden If a symbol appears in front of the name of wireless device means you ve established connected wi...

Страница 25: ...ignal strength If you can not see the access point you wish to connect here please click Rescan button to scan for access point again until the one you preferred is displayed You may have to click Res...

Страница 26: ...on encryption type channel etc WPS If this access point supports WPS Wi Fi Protected Setup related information will be displayed here CCX If this access point supports CCX Cisco Compatible eXtension r...

Страница 27: ...eral times if the access point you wish to use does not show in the list Add to Profile You can store a specific access point to profile so you can link to that access point directly next time without...

Страница 28: ...click Connect If the access point you selected does not use encryption you ll be connected to this wireless access point within one minute If the access point you selected uses encryption please proc...

Страница 29: ...22 3 If the wireless access point uses encryption you will be prompted to input its WEP key or WPA preshared key...

Страница 30: ...of the access point automatically please don t change it However if you re connecting to an access point uses 802 1x authentication you have to check 802 1x box and input related information Instructi...

Страница 31: ...24 You can also click More Less button to see detailed information of connected access point...

Страница 32: ...ion of access points and you can recall them anytime you wish to establish connection You can add a found access point to profile or input all information of an access point by yourself To add a found...

Страница 33: ...lect the network type Ad hoc or Infrastructure If you re connecting to an access point please select Infrastructure for point to point wireless connection i e connecting to another computer using Ad H...

Страница 34: ...a It s recommended to choose PSM if you re using this network card with notebook computer to help the battery live longer RTS Threshold Check this box to set the RTS threshold by yourself You can drag...

Страница 35: ...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 specific settings Please in...

Страница 36: ...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 al...

Страница 37: ...tication type from dropdown menu Please ask the administrator of the access point you wish to connect to select a correct tunnel authentication method This pull down menu is only available when authen...

Страница 38: ...local certificate from dropdown menu If the access point you wish to connect required a specific client certificate the certificate must be installed on your computer and you can select the certificat...

Страница 39: ...you complete all information related to the access point click OK to save the profile or click cancel to cancel adding a new profile If the profile is created you will see the information in the Prof...

Страница 40: ...WZC You can also use WZC to configure your wireless network parameter 1 Right click Ralink configuration utility icon and select Use Zero Configuration as Configuration utility 2 Right click Windows...

Страница 41: ...34 3 Click Start button should be located at the bottom left corner of windows desktop click Control Panel then click Network and Internet Connections in Control Panel 4 Click Network Connections...

Страница 42: ...reless LAN Card then select View Available Wireless Networks 6 All wireless access points in proximity will be displayed here If the access point you want to use is not displayed here please try to mo...

Страница 43: ...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 8 If you can see Connected...

Страница 44: ...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 configurat...

Страница 45: ...38 2 3 1 Add a profile If you want to click new profile click Profile menu then click Add button You ll be prompted to input detailed information of access point as described in Section 2 2 1 3...

Страница 46: ...u wish to change the content of the profile you can use this function Please select a profile from the list first then click Edit button You ll be provided with the contents of selected profile and yo...

Страница 47: ...40 2 3 3 Delete an existing profile 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...

Страница 48: ...an 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...

Страница 49: ...ings to increase data transfer performance or change operation mode Please follow the following instructions to set advanced wireless settings 1 Right click the Ralink configuration utility icon locat...

Страница 50: ...ou understand what it means and you need to roam between multiple access points Show Authentication Status Dialog When your computer is being authenticated by wireless authentication server a dialog w...

Страница 51: ...dio measurement function to improve wireless connectivity Non Serving Channel Measurements Limit When you re connecting to CCX compatible access point check this box to enable measurement on unused ra...

Страница 52: ...g instructions to check network statistics 1 Right click the Ralink configuration utility icon located at lower right corner of computer desktop and then click Launch Config Utility 2 Click Statistics...

Страница 53: ...ou can define the priority of different kinds of data to give higher priority to applications which require instant responding Therefore you can improve the performance of such network applications Pl...

Страница 54: ...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...

Страница 55: ...simple steps For older wireless access points it s 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...

Страница 56: ...utton on your wireless access point the button used to activate WPS standby mode may have another name or use other way to start WPS PBC standby mode as the instruction given by your wireless access p...

Страница 57: ...ation button to see the detailed information about selected access point 5 Start PBC pairing procedure at access point side please refer to the instruction given by your access point s manufacturer th...

Страница 58: ...t is found You can click PBC button few more times to try again When an access point is connected you can click Disconnect to disconnect your wireless network card from a connected access point or sel...

Страница 59: ...ty 2 Click WPS Configuration menu and the following settings will appear 3 The PIN code of your wireless network card is an eight digit number located at the upper right position of configuration util...

Страница 60: ...is correct There are also some options available for WPS configuration WPS associate IE Check this box to send the association request with WPS IE during WPS setup This is optional and you can use de...

Страница 61: ...etwork function you don t have to remove the network card physically 1 Right click the Ralink configuration utility icon located at lower right corner of computer desktop and then click Launch Config...

Страница 62: ...r important information about your wireless network card Please follow the following instructions to see these information 1 Right click the Ralink configuration utility icon located at lower right co...

Страница 63: ...If you need to know the directions of how to use specific function in the utility please click Help button On line help documents will be presented in Windows help format Click this button to view on...

Страница 64: ...llow 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 of the wireless card is Station Mode becoming...

Страница 65: ...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...

Страница 66: ...e Up to 32 numerical characters can be accepted here excepting space Channel Please select the wireless channel you wish to use The number of channels available here will vary depends on the setting o...

Страница 67: ...se 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 be operated Selection of other channels is not permitted...

Страница 68: ...here Please select a proper output power setting according to your actual needs You may not need 100 of output power if other wireless clients are not far from you Idle Time Select the idle time for...

Страница 69: ...will encrypt the data being transferred over the air to enhance data security level It s recommended to enable data encryption unless you wish to open your computer and its internet connection to the...

Страница 70: ...o your computer This setting is only available when you select one of WPA encryptions Group Rekey Interval You can specify the time interval to re issue the key to your wireless clients here You can c...

Страница 71: ...transfer speed will be slightly reduced Show Password Check this box and the WPA pre shared key or WEP key you inputted will be shown but not replaced by asterisk When you finish with setting and wan...

Страница 72: ...your computer and wireless resources to the public you can use MAC address filtering function to enforce your access control policy so only wireless clients with MAC address you defined by this functi...

Страница 73: ...access point Reject All Reject wireless clients with MAC address listed here to be connected to this access point MAC address Input the MAC address of the wireless client you wish to allow or reject...

Страница 74: ...67 3 4 Connection Table If you want to see the list of all wireless clients connected to this access point please select Mac Table tab from the utility...

Страница 75: ...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...

Страница 76: ...9 3 5 Event Log This software access point will log all wireless related activities as a log Click Event Log tab and the event log will be displayed You can click Clear to remove all entries in the lo...

Страница 77: ...stics If you want to know detailed information about how your software access point works click Statistics tab and the event log will be displayed You can click RESET COUNTERS button to reset all coun...

Страница 78: ...71 3 7 About The About tab provides you the information about version number of the configuration utility driver and other important information about your wireless access point...

Страница 79: ...Data Rate 11b 1 2 5 5 11Mbps 11g 6 9 12 24 36 48 54Mbps 11n 20MHz MCS0 7 up to 72Mbps 11n 40MHz MCS0 7 up to 150Mbps Securities WEP 64 128 WPA WPA2 Cisco CCX Support Antenna Integrated with 3dBi Dipo...

Страница 80: ...t the position of network card you may have to move your computer if you re using a notebook computer and click Rescan button for few more times If you can find the wireless access point or wireless d...

Страница 81: ...to establish connection Please go to About tab and write the value of Phy_Addess down then present this value to the owner of access point so he she can add the MAC address of your network card to hi...

Страница 82: ...s mandatory speeds and 18 36 48 and 54 Mbps optional speeds The ERP includes the modulation schemes found in 802 11b including CCK for 11 and 5 5 Mbps and Barker code modulation for 2 and 1 Mbps B A p...

Страница 83: ...based security has been developed to ensure the highest degree of security and authenticity for digital information wherever and however communicated or stored while making more efficient use of hard...

Страница 84: ...on 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 narrowband transmission but the trade o...

Страница 85: ...ess devices from cross interference If there are two wireless devices using the same or near channel and they are close enough radio interference will occur and reduce the radio resource usability 17...

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