Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product ZEW1542 Zonet
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802 .11n Wirel ess Car dBus Table of Conten ts Chapter 1. Introdu ction…… ……………………… ………………………… ………………P. 1 1.1 We lco me… ………… ………… …………… ……… ……… …….…… ……… ……… ….
802.11 n Wireless CardB us 1 Chapter 1 Int roduction 1.1 Welcome ZEW1542 connects you wit h IEEE802.11n(Draft 2.0) networks at receiving rate up to an incredibl e 3 00Mbps! By usin g the ref lecti on si gna l, 8 02.
802.11 n Wireless CardB us 2 1.4 Before you begin You must have th e following : A la ptop computer P C with an availabl e 32-bit CardB us slot Minim um 300MHz processor and 32MB mem ory Wind ows 2000, XP, 200 3, Vista A CD-ROM Dri ve CardBus contr oller properl y installed and working in the l aptop computer 802.
802.11 n Wireless CardB us 3 Chapter 3 Ins tallation 3.1 Install Your ZEW154 2 Power on your noteboo k, let the operating system boot up completely, and l o g in as needed. Hold the ZEW1542 with th e LOGO facin g up and insert it i nto a CardBus slot.
802.11 n Wireless CardB us 4 3.2 Install Driv er and Utility NOTE: Snap-shot screens of the following installation procedure are based o n Windows XP. In stallation proce dures will be similar for ot her windows opera ting systems . 1. Insert Ins tallation CD to your C D-ROM drive.
802.11 n Wireless CardB us 5 4. Select Optimize f or WiFi m ode or Opti mize for perfor mance mode then click Next ..
802.11 n Wireless CardB us 6 5. Click Finish to comp lete the softw are install ation. You will see a tray icon appear in your system tray at the botto m of the screen after the software and hardware i nstallation compl e ted su ccessfully.
802.11 n Wireless CardB us 7 Chapter 4 Co nfiguration Right -c lick the t r ay icon and then click Launch Conf ig Util ities to use Ralink configur at ion utility . 4.1 Profile Profile can keep your favor i te wireless setting a mong your home, office, and other public hotsp ot.
802.11 n Wireless CardB us 8 1. Defini tions: a. Profile Na me: Name of the profile, preset to PROF* (* indicate 1, 2, 3,) b. SSID: The public name of a wireless networ k, Service Set IDent ifier c. Network T ype: Infrastructure and/or Ad-Hoc d. Authentica tion: Open, Shared, (Leap), WPA-PSK, W PA2-PSK, WPA and WPA2 e.
802.11 n Wireless CardB us 9 5. RT S Threshold: you can adjust the R TS threshold number by sliding the bar or key in the v alue directly . Default value = 23 47 6. Fr agmen t Threshold: you can adjust the Fragment threshold n umber by s li d ing the bar or k ey in the v a lue di rectly .
80 2.11n Wi reless Card Bus 10 c. 802.1 X 1. Authenticatio n Type: The type selected here must be identical to the type of the 802.1x a uthentication type y o u’re usi ng. 2. Session Resumption: Enable or Disable. 3. Domain Na me: Input the domain na me of 802 .
80 2.11n Wi reless Card Bus 1 1 4.2 Link Status Link status page shows deta il inf ormat i on about the current connec tion. 1. Status: Shows the c urrent connected SSID / BSSID. If there’ s no activ e connection currently , “Disconnected” will be display e d.
80 2.11n Wi reless Card Bus 12 4.3 Site Survey Under Site Survey ta b, you will know information of all surroundin g wirel ess net works from the last scan. Click Rescan to update and refresh. Or Select a SSID to add to your profile. I ndicates your current connected networ k.
80 2.11n Wi reless Card Bus 13 4.4 Statistics Statistics page displays the detail counter informati on based o n 802.11 MIB co unters . This page t ra nslates that MIB counters i nto a form at easier .
80 2.11n Wi reless Card Bus 14 4.5 Advanced The followi ng figure shows Adv ance function of UI 1. Wireless mode: Select from 802.11B only, 802.11 B/G mixed, 802.1 1 B/ G/N mixed, and 802.11 G only 2. Enable Tx BURST: Ralink’s proprietary f rame burst mode.
80 2.11n Wi reless Card Bus 15 4.6 QoS 1. WMM Enabl e: Enable Wi -Fi Multi-Medi a 2. WMM - Power Save Enable: Enab le WMM P ower Save 3. Direct Link Setup Enable: Enable DLS (D i rect Link Setup). T hi s function will greatly im prove the data tr ansfer r ate between WMM-enabl e d wi r eless devi ces.
80 2.11n Wi reless Card Bus 16 4.7 WPS Config uration WPS page supports the configurati on setup us ing PIN configura tion method or PBC configur at ion method. WPS(Wi-Fi Protected Setup) is to simplify the security setup and management of Wi-Fi networks.
80 2.11n Wi reless Card Bus 17 10. Export Profil e: Export all credentials to Profile. 11. Delete: Del ete an existi ng credential . 12. PIN: Star t to add to AP usi ng PIN confi gurati on method 13. PBC: Start to add to AP using PBC confi gurati on method Note: When cli cking PIN or PBC button, please don't click Rescan within two-minute.
80 2.11n Wi reless Card Bus 18 Chapter 5 Us e Zero Config uration Windows XP and Vista has a built-in wireless network configur ation utility “Windows Zero Configur at i on” (WZC). It is a built in service to conf igure your wireless c lients from Windows 1.
80 2.11n Wi reless Card Bus 19 4. T o configure th e wireless connect properti es, please ri ght c lick the wireless i con in the system tray and choose Statu s to open th e page Wireless N etwork Connection Status .
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80 2.11n Wi reless Card Bus 21 6. Advanced page confi gures firewall and connecti on sharing..
80 2.11n Wi reless Card Bus 22 Chapter 6 S oft AP ZEW1542 has two modes: working station a nd Soft AP . After start Soft AP , ZEW1542 will be an AP to accept any wireless devi ce access. 6.1 Start Soft AP After starti ng ZEW1542 dri ver, you will see i con in the system tray.
80 2.11n Wi reless Card Bus 23 6.2 Configurati on In sof t AP config uration Util ity p age, y ou can make so me basi c co nfigurations, such as wireless network name, mode, chan nel and authent icati on.
80 2.11n Wi reless Card Bus 24 6.3 Access Control Choose Access Control tab to start MAC control. Ac cess control includes Allow All and Reject All . After edi ting the MAC addr ess access li st, only the MAC i n the All ow All list could access the Soft AP .
80 2.11n Wi reless Card Bus 25 6.4 MAC Table MAC Table page shows the informa tion of the wireless devices accessed to this s o f t AP . 6.5 Switch to W orking Statio n mode In the Soft AP mode, right.
80 2.11n Wi reless Card Bus 26 Chapter 7. Specifications Gener al Featu res Standards IEEE 802.11n(Draft 2.0) IEEE 802.11g IEEE 802.11b Interface 32-bit CardBus OS Windows 2000/XP/Vista User interface Easy to use user configuration software roaming Support multipoint auto roaming and configuration; Support wireless network environments auto detect.
80 2.11n Wi reless Card Bus 27 Chapter 8. TroubleShoot ing This chapter provid es solutions to problems that ma y occur duri ng the installation and opera tion of ZE W1542. R e ad th e descriptions bel ow to solv e your problem s. 1. The ZEW1542 does n ot work properly.
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