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    Copyrig ht Statement is the registered trademark of Z onet T echnology Inc. All the products and product names mentioned herein are the trademark s or regi stered trademar ks of their respectiv e holders. Copyri ght of the whol e product as i ntegrati on, including its accessories and software, belongs to Zonet T echnology Inc. Without the permissi[...]

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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… ………… ………… …………… ……… ……… …….…… ……… ……… ….P. 1 1.2 Product Featur e………………… ..……………………[...]

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    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 02.11n's “Multiple In, Multiple Out” (MIMO) technol ogy increases the r ange and reduces “dead spots” in the wireless cover a[...]

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    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. 11n or 80 [...]

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    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.  Select Cancel w hen “F ound New Hardware ” window ap pears.[...]

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    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. B r owse CD and double-click setup.exe in Driver f older to e xecut[...]

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    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 .[...]

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    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.[...]

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    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. You may save mu ltiple profiles and act ivate the one at your preferen[...]

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    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. Encryption : WEP, TKIP, AES, [...]

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    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 . Default value = 23 46 b. Authenticat ion an d Securit y 1. A[...]

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    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 .1x aut hentication. Th is field will be gr ay ed out when au thentication typ e is not[...]

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    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. 2. Extra Info : Shows link status and its trans mi t power 3. Channel: Shows the cu[...]

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    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.[...]

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    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 for user to understand[...]

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    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. Suggest us ing with an Access Point that has the sa me technology. 3. Enable TCP Window Si[...]

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    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. MAC Address: Input the MAC addr ess of another [...]

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    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. 1. WPS AP List: Display the information of surrounding APs with WPS I E from last scan result,[...]

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    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. If [...]

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    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. Start using WZC, r ight click the tray ut ili ty and select Use Zero Configuration as C[...]

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    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 . 5. Click Properties button in General page and choose the tab Wireless Networks t o add the SS ID of availabl e network by clicking A[...]

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    80 2.11n Wi reless Card Bus 21 6. Advanced page confi gures firewall and connecti on sharing.[...]

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    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. Right click the i co n and ch oose Switch to AP Mode , the tr ay icon wi [...]

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    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. Click Security Setting button to make different security configurations of w ir eless communica tion, and you can choose t he authenti cation typ[...]

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    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 .[...]

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    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-click the i con in the syst em tray and choose Switc h to Station Mode , then ZEW1542 is switching to working station mode with an interf ace o f wor[...]

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    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.[...]

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    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. Rei nsert ZEW154 2 into your PC’ s CardBus slot. Right click on M y Computer [...]