Ralink Wireless-N PCI Adapter User Manual

Summary of Wireless-N PCI Adapter

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    Wireless-n pci adapter user manual v1.0 2010-06-28.

  • Page 2: Fcc Certifications

    Wireless-n pci adapter user manual - 1 - fcc certifications federal communication commission interference statement this equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a class b digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the fcc rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable p...

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    Wireless-n pci adapter user manual - 2 - ce mark warning this equipment complies with the requirements relating to electromagnetic compatibility, en 55022 class b for ite, the essential protection requirement of council directive 2004/108/ec on the approximation of the laws of the member states rela...

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    Wireless-n pci adapter user manual - 3 - package contents the following items should be found in your package: ¾ wireless-n pci adapter ¾ cd-rom ¾ quick installation guides make sure that the package contains above items. If any of the listed items is damaged or missing, please contact with your dis...

  • Page 5: Content

    Wireless-n pci adapter user manual 4 content 1 introduction ................................................................................................................................5 1.1 p roduct o verview ..........................................................................................

  • Page 6: 1  Introduction

    Wireless-n pci adapter user manual 5 1 introduction thank you for choosing the wireless-n pci adapter 1.1 product overview the wireless-n pci adapter is a powerful 32-bit pci adapter that installs quickly and easily into pcs. The adapter can be used in ad-hoc mode to connect directly with other card...

  • Page 7: 1.5 System Requirement

    Wireless-n pci adapter user manual 6 ¾ 0° to 40° c (operating) ¾ -20° to 70° c (storage) humidity ¾ 10% to 85 % non-condensing (operating) ¾ 5% to 90% non-condensing (storage) 1.5 system requirement you must have the following at least ¾ a desktop computer with an available 32-bit pci slot. ¾ at lea...

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    Wireless-n pci adapter user manual 7 2 driver and hardware installation 2.1 driver installation of the wireless‐n pci adapter the wizard should run automatically, and the following picture should appear. If not, click the start button and choose run. In the field that appears, enter d:\autorun.Exe (...

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    Wireless-n pci adapter user manual 8 figure 2-1 ¾ select “install driver and ralink wlan utility” and click next figure 2-2.

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    Wireless-n pci adapter user manual 9 ¾ select “ralink configuration tool” and click install figure 2-3 ¾ click install figure 2-4.

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    Wireless-n pci adapter user manual 10 ¾ click finish to finish the driver installation figure 2-5 2.2 hardware installation of the wireless pci adapter 2.2.1 install the wireless-n pci adapter into your computer ¾ make sure to turn off your computer and unplug the power cord. Remove the back cover o...

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    Wireless-n pci adapter user manual 11 2.2.2 restart your computer turn on the computer, the found new hardware wizard (windows xp) screen will appear: ¾ select install the software automatically (recommended) and then click next figure 2-6 ¾ click finish to finish the hardware installation figure 2-...

  • Page 13: 3  System Configuration

    Wireless-n pci adapter user manual 12 3 system configuration use the ralink wlan utility to check the link information, search for available wireless networks, or create profiles that hold different configuration settings. You can double-click the icon on your desktop to run it. Another way to start...

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    Wireless-n pci adapter user manual 13 of current wireless network, you don’t need to change it ) figure 3-2 figure 3-3.

  • Page 15: 3.2.2 Add to Profile

    Wireless-n pci adapter user manual 14 figure 3-4 3.2.2 add to profile select a wireless network and click the “red” button to create this profile (the following picture). Figure 3-5 input the profile name and select network type, you should select “infrastructure-connection to ap”, then click next..

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    Wireless-n pci adapter user manual 15 figure 3-6 if it is encrypted, you need to enter network key to confirm it and then click next(note: profile will detect the the authentication and encryption of current wireless network, you don’t need to change it ) figure 3-7 figure 3-8 you can select “use pr...

  • Page 17: 3.2.3 Profile Management

    Wireless-n pci adapter user manual 16 figure 3-9 the wireless network connection be added to the profile list figure 3-10 3.2.3 profile management select a profile and you can delect ,edit and export to computer as a wireless profile file. Figure 3-11 select a profile and click the “red” button to s...

  • Page 18: 3.3 Wi‐Fi Protect Setup

    Wireless-n pci adapter user manual 17 computer. Figure 3-12 give the saved profile file a name and click save figure 3-13 3.3 wi‐fi protect setup wi-fi protect setup (wps) function can let you create a safety network easily. You can through ‘pin input config (pin)’ or ’push button (pbc)’to encrypt y...

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    Wireless-n pci adapter user manual 18 functions in this adapter, then the router will be encrypted to wpa2-aes mode automatically note: ¾ the status of wps in the router must be enabled ¾ if you have configured encryption mode in your router, then when you use this wps function, please configure enc...

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    Wireless-n pci adapter user manual 19 figure 3-16 method2: pin select “pin/numeric code” in wps method then click next. Figure 3-17 select “registrar” in config mode, and you will get a number in pin code, then click next. Click “start pin” button, then input the pin code of the adapter’s wps page i...

  • Page 21: 3.4 Available Network

    Wireless-n pci adapter user manual 20 figure 3-18 figure 3-19 3.4 available network the available network tab, displays a list of infrastructure and ad-hoc networks available for connection. Figure 3-20 the section of the window displays the available networks. Double-click the network to which you ...

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    Wireless-n pci adapter user manual 21 figure 3-21 figure 3-22.

  • Page 23: 4  Faq

    Wireless-n pci adapter user manual 22 4 faq this chapter provides solutions to problems that may occur during the installation and operation of the wireless pci adapter. Read the descriptions below to solve your problems. 1. I cannot communicate with the other computers linked via ethernet in the in...