Zonet Technology ZEW2540P manual

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    Copyright Statement is the registered trademark of Z onet T echnology Inc. All th e products and pro duct names mentioned herein are the tr ade marks or re gist e red trad e marks of their respe cti ve holders. Copyright of the whole product as integr at ion, i nc luding its accessories and software, b e longs to Z onet T echnology Inc. Withou t th[...]

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    802.11n Wireless USB Adap ter 1 Table of Conten t Ch a pt e r 1 . I n tr o d uc t io n …… … …… …… … …… …… … …… … …… … …… … …2 1 .1 We l co m e …… … …… … …… … …… … …… … …… . …… … …… … …… … …2 1.2 Produc t Feature ……………… ………………?[...]

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    802.11n Wireless USB Adap ter 2 Chapter 1 Int roduction 1.1 Welcome Thank you for purchasing Zonet ZEW2540P-802.11n wireless USB adapter . ZEW2540P connects you with IEEE802.11n networks at receiving rate up to an incredible 150Mbps! By using the reflection si gnal, 80 2.11n's “Multiple In, Multiple Out ” (MIMO ) technology increase s the [...]

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    802.11n Wireless USB Adap ter 3 Chapter 2 Ins tallation NOTE: 1. For future driver upgrading , p le ase visit our website at www.zonetusa.com 2. Snap-shot screens of the following installation procedure are bas ed on Wi ndows XP. Inst allat i on proce dures will be similar for other windows o perating systems . 1. Insert ZEW2540P into a USB slot of[...]

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    802.11n Wireless USB Adap ter 4 5. S elect Ins t all driver a nd Ralin k WLAN U tility or Instal l d river only then click Next . 6. S elect Ralin k Conf iguratio n Tool or Micro soft Zero Config uration Tool the n clic k Nex t . a. It’s recommended to select Ralink Configuration Tool , which provides fully access to all function of ZEW2540P. b. [...]

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    802.11n Wireless USB Adap ter 5 8. Click Finish to complete the software installation. You will see a tray icon appear in yo ur system tray at t he bottom of the screen after the software and hardware installation completed successfully.[...]

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    802.11n Wireless USB Adap ter 6 Chapter 3 Configuration 3.1 Station Mode Station Mode is the default access mode for ZEW2540P . In t his mode , Z EW2540P se rves as a client to rece iv e the wireless signals to access the Internet. Double-click the tr ay icon to launch the configuration utility . Or right click the tr ay icon and select Launch Conf[...]

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    802.11n Wireless USB Adap ter 7 3.1.1 Profile Profi le can keep yo ur fav orite wi reless settin g among your ho me, of fice, an d other pu b l ic hotspot . You m a y sa ve multiple pro files and activa te the one at y ou r pref erence.  Add: to create a new profile  Edit: to edit/m odify/ch ange paramet er of an existi ng pro file  Dele t[...]

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    802.11n Wireless USB Adap ter 8  Networ k Type: a. Infra structur e – A wireles s Rout er an d / or Acce ss Point is re quired. b. Ad-hoc – P eer-to- Peer net work, no bas e statio n requi red.  TX Po wer: Amou nt o f tra n s mit p o wer u s ed b y the rad io tra nscei ver t o s end o ut si gnal. User can c h o ose dif ferent v al ue in t[...]

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    802.11n Wireless USB Adap ter 9 3.1.2 Network Unde r Netwo rk tab, you wi ll know informa tion of all s urroun ding wi reless netwo rks fro m the l ast sca n. Click Resca n to update and r efresh. 3.1.3 Link Statu s Link status page s hows deta il info rmation about the c urrent c onnecti on.[...]

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    802.11n Wireless USB Adap ter 10 3.1.4 Advanced The Adv anced t ab shows Adv ance function of UI     Enable Tx Burst: Ralin k ’s propriet ary frame burst mod e. Sug gest using with a n Acc ess Poi nt that has th e same t echnolo gy.     Enable TCP Wi ndow Si ze: Check t hi s box and the configuration utility will adjust T [...]

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    802.11n Wireless USB Adap ter 11 3.1.6 WMM     WMM Enable: Enable Wi-Fi Multi-Media     WMM - Power Save Enable: Enable WMM Power Sav e     Direct L ink Setup Enable: Enable DLS (Direct Li nk Setup). T his function wi ll greatly improve th e data transfer r ate between WMM-enabl e d wire less devices. a. MAC Add [...]

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    802.11n Wireless USB Adap ter 12 3.1.7 WPS WPS ta b suppor ts the configuration set up usi ng PIN configuration met hod or PBC configur a tion method. WPS(Wi-Fi Protected Setup) simplify the security setup and management of Wi-Fi networks.  PIN: Enter the Pin code and click PIN to automatically connect ZEW2540P with wireless devices around.  [...]

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    802.11n Wireless USB Adap ter 13 3.1.8 SSO SSO (Backu p Exec for Windows servers SAN Shared Sto rage Option) is a stron g LAN-free backup solution. 3.1.9 CCX     Enable CCX(Ci sco Compat ible eXt ensions) :     Enable Radio M easureme nt: cha nnel m easures every 0 ~1023 millis econds[...]

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    802.11n Wireless USB Adap ter 14 3.2 AP Mode ZEW2540P also can ser v e as an access po int to transmit w ireless signals an d create wireless network, allowing other wireless cli e nts to access the network. Right -click t he tr ay icon and select Switch to AP Mode.[...]

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    802.11n Wireless USB Adap ter 15 3.2.1 Configura tion In soft AP configuration Utility page, you can make some basic configurations, such as wireless network name, mode, channel and authentication. Click Security Setting button to make different security configurations of wireless communication, and you can choo se the authentication t ype o r encr[...]

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    802.11n Wireless USB Adap ter 16 3.2.2 Ac cess C o ntrol Choose Access Contr ol tab to start MAC control. Access c ontrol includes Allow All and Reject All . After editing the MAC address access list, o nly the MAC in the Allow All list could access the Soft AP .[...]

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    802.11n Wireless USB Adap ter 17 3.2.3 MAC Tabl e MAC Table page shows the information of the wire less devices accessed to this s o f t AP . 3.2.4 Switch to Working Station m ode In the Soft AP mode, r ight-click the ico n in the system tray and choo se Switch to Station Mode , then ZEW254 0P is switching t o working station mode with an interface[...]

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    802.11n Wireless USB Adap ter 18 3.3 Use Zero Co nfiguration Windows X P and V ista has a built - in wire less network conf iguration u tility “Windows Zero Co n figuration” (WZC). It is a built in servic e to co n fi gure your wire less cli ents f r o m Windo ws 1. Start using WZC, r ight c lick the tr ay ico n and select Use Zero Configuratio[...]

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    802.11n Wireless USB Adap ter 19 4. T o configu r e the wireless connect properties, please right click the wireless icon in the system tray and choose Status to open the page Wireless Network Connection Stat us . 5. Click Properties button in General page and choose the ta b W ireless Networks to add th e SSID of available network by clicking Add [...]

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    802.11n Wireless USB Adap ter 20 6. Advanced page configures firewall and connection sharing.[...]

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    802.11n Wireless USB Adap ter 21 Chapter 4 How to conn ect with PSP 4.1 Configure P SP with Ad-Hoc mode 1. Select Network Settings on PSP 2. Select Ad-Hoc mode on PSP 3. Select Channel on PSP[...]

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    802.11n Wireless USB Adap ter 22 4. Select Start → → → → Con t rol Panel → → → → double-click System icon → → → → select Hardware tab → → → → click Device Manager button → select ZEW2540P ( 802.11 USB Wireless LAN Card ) list in Network adapters. 5. Double-click 802 .11 USB Wireless LAN Card to configure properties[...]

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    802.11n Wireless USB Adap ter 23 4.2 Configure X L ink Kai XLink K ai is a global gaming netwo rk - bringing togethe r X Box, Playstation, Gamecube and PSP users, in o ne integrated community . It is software running on your PC or Macin tos h that a llows you to play system-link enabled ga mes online for free. Select Start → → → → A ll prog[...]

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    802.11n Wireless USB Adap ter 24 Chapter 5 Product Specifi cations Standards IEEE 802.11n, IEEE 802.11g, IEEE 802.11b Interface USB2.0 OS Wi ndow s 2 00 0/ XP / V ista /7 Frequency Rang e 2.4GHz~2.4835GHz T ransm it O utput P ower 150Mbps: -68dBm 54Mbps : -72dBm 11Mbps : -88dBm RF P o wer 11n : 13dBm 11g : 14dBm 11b : 18dBm Transmi t distance Indoo[...]

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    802.11n Wireless USB Adap ter 25 Chapter 6. TroubleShoot ing This chapter provides solutions to proble ms that may occur during t he installation and o per ation of ZEW2540P . Read the descriptions below to so lv e your problems. Q1. The ZEW2540P does not work properly. Reinsert ZEW2540P in to your PC’s USB slot. Right click on My Computer and se[...]

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    802.11n Wireless USB Adap ter 26 Q4. I can’t find any wireless access po int / wireless device in Network tab.  Click Rescan for few more times and see if you can find any wireless access point or wireless device.  Please move cl o ser to any know n wireless access point.  Ad-hoc function must be enab led for the wirele ss device you wis[...]