Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product ZEW1542 Zonet Technology
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80 2.11n Wirel ess CardBus Table of Conten ts Chapter 1. Introduc tion…………… ……………………… ………………… ………………P. 1 1.1 We lco me… ………… ………… ………… ………… ……… …….…… ……… ……… ….
802.1 1n Wireless Card Bus 1 Chapter 1 Int roduction 1.1 Welcome ZEW1542 connects you with IEEE802.11n (Draft 2.0) networks at receiving rate up to an incredibl e 300Mbps! By usi ng the ref l ection signal, 802.
802.1 1n Wireless Card Bus 2 1.4 Before you begin You must have t he followin g: A l aptop computer PC with an a vailable 32-bi t CardBus slot Minim um 300MHz pr ocessor and 32MB me mory Wind ows 2000, XP, 2003, Vista A CD-ROM Dri ve CardBus cont roller p roperly install ed and working in the laptop computer 802.
802.1 1n Wireless Card Bus 3 Chapter 3 Ins tallation 3.1 Install Your ZEW1542 Power on your notebook, l et the operating system boot up completely, and l og i n as needed. Hold the ZEW1542 with the LOGO f acing up and insert it into a CardBus sl ot.
802.1 1n Wireless Card Bus 4 3.2 Install Driv er and Utility NOTE: Snap-shot scr eens of the following i nstallation procedure a re based on W indows XP. In stallation proce dures will be similar for ot h er windows o perating systems . 1. Insert I nstallation CD to your C D-ROM drive.
802.1 1n Wireless Card Bus 5 4. Select Optimize f or WiFi mode or Opti mize f or perfor man ce mode then click Next ..
802.1 1n Wireless Card Bus 6 5. Click Finish to com plete the softw are i nstallation. You will se e a tray icon appear i n your system tray at the bottom o f the screen after the software and hardware installation completed su ccessfully.
802.1 1n Wireless Card Bus 7 Chapter 4 Configuration Right -click the tra y icon and then c li ck Launch Config Utilities to use Ralink configur a tion utili ty . 4.1 Profile Profile can keep your favor i te wireless setting a m ong your home , office, and other public hotspot.
802.1 1n Wireless Card Bus 8 1. Defin itions : 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, S ervice Set IDent i fier c. Network T ype: Infrastructure and/or Ad-Hoc d. Authentica tion: Open, Shared, (Leap), WPA-PSK, W PA2-PSK, WPA and WPA2 e.
802.1 1n Wireless Card Bus 9 5. RT S Threshold: you can adjust the R TS threshold number by sliding the bar or key in the v alue dir ectly . Default value = 2 347 6. F ragmen t T hreshold: you can adjust the Fr agm ent threshold number by sliding the bar or k ey in the v al ue directly .
80 2.11n Wi reless Card Bus 10 c. 802.1 X 1. Authenticatio n Type: T he type selected here must be identical to the type o f the 802.1x a uthentication type y ou’re usi ng. 2. Session Resumption: Enabl e or Disable. 3. Domai n Name: Inpu t the domai n name of 802.
80 2.11n Wi reless Card Bus 1 1 4.2 Link Status Link status page shows detail in formation abo ut the current connect i on. 1. Status: Shows the c urrent connecte d SSID / BSSID . If there’ s no active connection currently , “Disconnected” wil l be display ed.
80 2.11n Wi reless Card Bus 12 4.3 Site Survey Under Site Survey ta b, you will know information of all surround ing wirel ess netwo rks from the last scan. Click Rescan to update and refres h. 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 Statisti cs page displays the detail counter inform ation based on 802.1 1 MIB counters. This pag e tr anslates that MIB counter s into a for mat easier f.
80 2.11n Wi reless Card Bus 14 4.5 Advanced The followi ng figure shows Adv ance f unction of UI 1. Wireless mode: Select from 802. 11B only, 802.11 B/ G mixed, 802.1 1 B/ G/N mixed, and 802.1 1G 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 -Media 2. WMM - Po wer Save Enable: En able WMM P ower Sav e 3. Direct L in k Setup Enable: Enable DLS (Direct L in k Setup). This function will greatly im prove t he data tr ansfer r ate between WMM- enabl ed wirel ess devices.
80 2.11n Wi reless Card Bus 16 4.7 WPS Config uration WPS page supports the config urati on setup us i ng PIN configura tion method or PBC configur a tion method. WPS(Wi-Fi Protected Setup) is to s i mplify the security setup and management of Wi-Fi networks.
80 2.11n Wi reless Card Bus 17 10. Export Profi le: Export all credential s to Profile. 11. Delete: Del ete an exist ing cr edential. 12. PIN: Sta rt to add to AP using PIN confi gurati on method 13. PBC: Start to add to AP using PBC configur ation method Note: When clicking PIN or PBC button , please d on't click Re scan with in two-minu te.
80 2.11n Wi reless Card Bus 18 Chapter 5 Use Zero Config uration Windows XP and Vista has a built-i n w irel ess network configu r ation utility “Windows Zero Configur ation” (WZC). It is a built in serv ice to co nfigure your wireless clients f rom Windows 1.
80 2.11n Wi reless Card Bus 19 4. T o configure t he wireless connect properti es, pleas e rig ht click the wireless i con in the system tra y and choose Stat us to open the page Wi reless Networ k Connection Statu s .
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80 2.11n Wi reless Card Bus 21 6. Advanced page confi gures f irewall and connection sha ring..
8 02.11n Wi reless Card Bus 22 Chapter 6 Soft AP ZEW1542 has two mo des: working station and Soft AP . After start Soft AP , ZEW1542 will be an AP to accept any wi reless devi ce access. 6.1 Start Soft A P After starti ng ZEW1542 d river, you will see i con in the system tra y.
80 2.11n Wi reless Card Bus 23 6.2 Configurati on In soft AP configu ration Util ity page, you ca n ma ke some basic confi gurations, such as wireless networ k name, mode, channel a nd authentica tion.
80 2.11n Wi reless Card Bus 24 6.3 Access Control Choose Access Control tab to start MAC control. Access control includes Allow All and Reject All . After edi ting the M AC address a ccess li st, only the MAC in th e Allow All list could access the Soft AP .
80 2.11n Wi reless Card Bus 25 6.4 MAC Table MAC Table page shows the information of the wireless devices acces sed to this s o f t AP . 6.5 Switch to W orking Stat ion mode In the Soft AP mode, ri gh.
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 chapt er provi des solutions to probl ems that m ay occur d uring the i nstallation and oper ation of ZEW1542. R ead the descrip tions below to solve y our problems. 1. The ZEW1542 does n ot work properly.
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