Zonet ZEW1642D 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 PC I Ada pter 1 Table of Conten t Ch a pt e r 1 . I nt r o du c ti on … …… … …… … …… … …… … …… …… … …… …… …2 1.1 We lcome……… ………..…… …………………… ….…………………… ……2 1. 2 Pro duct Feat ure ………… …………… ……… … ………?[...]

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    802.11n Wireless PC I Ada pter 2 Chapter 1 Int roduction 1.1 Welcome ZEW1642D-Wireless 802.11 n PCI A dapter deliv er s an i nc redible speed to your desktop PC without running wires. It co mpl ies with the IEEE 802.11 n standard, making it backward compatible wi th 802.11b/g networks for assured compatibility . Advanced 64/128 -bi t WEP , WPA/WP A[...]

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    802.11n Wireless PC I Ada pter 3 1.4 Before you b egin You must have the following:  A desktop PC with an available 32-bit PCI slot  Minimum 300MHz proce ssor and 32MB memory  Windows 2000, XP, 2003, Vista, 7  A CD-ROM Drive  PCI controller properly installed and working in the desktop PC  802.11n or 802.11 b /g Access Point (for [...]

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    802.11n Wireless PC I Ada pter 4 1.6 Change the PC I Bra c ket ZEW16 42D comes with an ad ditional low- profile bra cket for fitt ing in small comp uter c h as sis. Follo w the step s below to c hange an d install the lo w-prof ile brac ket for yo ur ZEW16 42D. Ma ke sure the origi nal standa rd bracke t is remo ved from the PCB befo re instal ling[...]

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    802.11n Wireless PC I Ada pter 5 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 based on Windo ws XP. Installation proced ur es will be similar for other win dows operating systems. 1. Install Z EW1642D into your computer [...]

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    802.11n Wireless PC I Ada pter 6 4. C lick Nex t t o acc ept the Agree ment. Or cl ick Cancel to exit . 5. S elect Ins t all driver a nd Ralin k WLAN U tility or Ins t all driver only t h e n click Nex t . 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 re commended to select Ralink Con[...]

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    802.11n Wireless PC I Ada pter 7 7. Click Install to start the installation. 8. Click F inish to co mplete the software installation. You will see a tray icon appear in your system tray a t the bottom of the screen after the software and hardware installation completed successfully.[...]

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    802.11n Wireless PC I Ada pter 8 Chapter 3 Configuration 3.1 Station Mode Station Mode is the default access mode for ZEW1642D . In this mode, Z EW1642D se rves as a client to rece iv e the wire less 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 PC I Ada pter 9 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 blic hots pot. You may save multiple pr ofiles and acti vate the one at your 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 e: to[...]

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    802.11n Wireless PC I Ada pter 10  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[...]

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    802.11n Wireless PC I Ada pter 11 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 PC I Ada pter 12 3.1.4 Advanced The Adv anced t ab shows Adv ance function of UI     Enable Tx Burst: Ralin k ’s proprie tary frame burst mode. Sugg est usi ng 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 PC I Ada pter 13 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 Link Set up). This function will greatly improve th e data transfer r ate between WMM-enabl e d wire less devices. a. MAC Addr [...]

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    802.11n Wireless PC I Ada pter 14 3.1.7 WPS WPS ta b suppor ts the configuration set up usi ng PIN configuration method 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 co nnect ZEW16 42 D with wireless devices around. ?[...]

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    802.11n Wireless PC I Ada pter 15 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 PC I Ada pter 16 3.2 AP Mode ZEW1642D also can serve as an access point to transmit wireless signals and 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 PC I Ada pter 17 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 diff e rent security configurations of wireless co mmunication, and you ca n choose the aut h e ntication type or[...]

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    802.11n Wireless PC I Ada pter 18 3.2.2 Access Control Choose Access Contr ol tab to start MAC control. Access c ontrol includes Allow All and Reject All . After editing the MAC address access lis t, only the MAC in the Allow All list could access the Soft AP .[...]

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    802.11n Wireless PC I Ada pter 19 3.2.3 MAC Tabl e MAC T able page shows the information of the wireless devices accessed to this s o f t AP . 3.2.4 Switch to Working Station m ode In the Soft AP mode, righ t-click the ico n in the system tray and choo se Switch to Station Mode , then ZEW1642D is switching to working station mo de with an interface[...]

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    802.11n Wireless PC I Ada pter 20 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 nfigure 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 Configuration[...]

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    802.11n Wireless PC I Ada pter 21 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 t o add the SSID of available networ k by clicking Ad[...]

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    802.11n Wireless PC I Ada pter 22 6. Advanced page configures firewall and connection sharing.[...]

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    802.11n Wireless PC I Ada pter 23 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 PC I Ada pter 24 4. Select Start → → → → Con t rol Panel → → → → double-click System icon → → → → select Hardware tab → → → → click Device Manager button → select ZEW1642D ( 802.11n Wireless LAN Card ) list in Ne twork adapters. 5. Double-click 802.11n Wireless LAN Card to configure pro perties →[...]

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    802.11n Wireless PC I Ada pter 25 4.2 Configure X L ink Kai XLink K ai is a global gam ing netwo rk - bringing together X Box, Playstation, Gamecube and PSP users, in one integrated community . It is software runnin g 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 pro[...]

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    802.11n Wireless PC I Ada pter 26 Chapter 5 Product Specifi cations General Feature s Standards IEEE 802 .11n IEEE 802.11 g IEEE 802.11 b Interface 32-bit PCI OS Windo ws 2000/XP /Vista/7 User interfa ce Easy to use user configura tion software roamin g Support multipoint auto roam ing and configuratio n; Support wire less network enviro nments aut[...]

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    802.11n Wireless PC I Ada pter 27 Chapter 6. TroubleShoot ing This chapter provides solutions to proble ms that may occur during t he installation and operation of ZEW1 642D . Read the descriptions below to solve your problems. Q1. The ZEW1642D does not work prop erly. A: Reinsert ZEW1642D int o y o ur PC’ s P CI slot. Right click on My Comput e [...]

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    802.11n Wireless PC I Ada pter 28 Service Set) and wait briefly before setting up other clients. This prevents several clients from trying to establish a BSS at th e same time, which can result in multiple singular BSSs being established, r ather than a single BSS with multiple clients associated to it. Check that the Network Co nnecti o n for the [...]