Zonet ZEW1642S 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 ZEW1642S-Wireless 80 2.11n PCI Adapter delivers an incredible 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 A2 enc[...]

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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 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. Inst allat i on proce dures will be similar for other windows operating systems. 1. Install ZEW164 2S into your comp ute[...]

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    802.11n Wireless PC I Ada pter 5 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 6 7. Click Install to start the installation. 8. Click Finish to co mplete the software installation. You will see a tray icon appear in your system tray at the bottom of the screen after the software and hardware installation completed successfully.[...]

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    802.11n Wireless PC I Ada pter 7 Chapter 3 Configuration 3.1 Station Mode Station Mode is the default access mode for ZEW1642S . In th is mode, ZEW1 642S serves as a client to receive 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 Config [...]

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    802.11n Wireless PC I Ada pter 8 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 publ ic hotsp ot. You may save multiple profiles and activa te 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 9  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 10 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 11 3.1.4 Advanced The Adv anced t ab shows Adv ance function of UI     Enable Tx Burst: Ralin k ’s prop rietar y fram e 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[...]

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    802.11n Wireless PC I Ada pter 12 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 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 13 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 cl ick PIN to automatically co nnect ZEW16 42S with wireless devices around. [...]

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    802.11n Wireless PC I Ada pter 14 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 15 3.2 AP Mode ZEW1642S also can serve as an access point to transmi t wireless 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 PC I Ada pter 16 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 S ecurity Setting button to make different security configurations of wireless communication, and you can choose the authentication type o r encr[...]

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    802.11n Wireless PC I Ada pter 17 3.2.2 A ccess C o ntrol Choose Access Contr ol tab to start MAC control. Access c ontrol includes Allow All and Reject All . After editing the MA C address access list , o nly the MAC in the Allow All list could access the Soft AP .[...]

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    802.11n Wireless PC I Ada pter 18 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, righ t-click the ico n in the system tray and choo se Switch to Stat ion Mo de , then ZEW1642S is sw itching to w orking station mode with an interf[...]

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    802.11n Wireless PC I Ada pter 19 3.3 Use Zero Co nfiguration Windows X P and V ista has a built - in wire less network conf iguration u tility “Windows Z er o Configur a tion” (WZC). It is a built in se rvice to confi 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 Configurati[...]

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    802.11n Wireless PC I Ada pter 20 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 a dd th e SSI D o f available network by clicking [...]

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    802.11n Wireless PC I Ada pter 21 6. Advanced page configures firewall and connection sharing.[...]

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    802.11n Wireless PC I Ada pter 22 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 23 4. Select Start → → → → Con t rol Panel → → → → double-click System icon → → → → select Hardware tab → → → → click Device Manager button → select ZEW1642S ( 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 24 4.2 Configure X L ink Kai XLink K ai is a g lobal gam ing network - bring ing together XBox, Playstation, Gamecube and PSP users, in one integr a ted community . It is so ftw are 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 [...]

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    802.11n Wireless PC I Ada pter 25 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 26 Chapter 6. TroubleShoot ing This chapter provides solutions to proble ms that may occur during t he installation and o per ation of Z EW1642S. Read the descriptions below to solve your problems. Q1. The ZEW1642S does not work properly. A: Reinsert ZEW1642S int o your PC’s PCI slot. Right click on My Comput e r an[...]

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    802.11n Wireless PC I Ada pter 27 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 [...]