Manuel d'utilisation / d'entretien du produit AWN-PCI-11N du fabricant Advantek Networks
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1 Wireles s - N PCI A dap ter User’s M an ual Model # AWN-PC I-11N.
2 FCC Warning This equipment has been te sted and found to comply wit h the limits for a Class C digital devic e, pursuant to p art 15 of the F CC Ru les. These lim its are desig ned to prov ide reason able protection aga inst harmfu l interfer ence in a res idential installation.
3 In the event that these conditions can not be met ( for exampl e certain laptop configu rations or co-location w ith another transmitt er), then t he FCC aut horization is no long er considered valid and the FCC ID cannot be used on th e final prod uct.
4 Contents 1. Introduction ....... ..... .... ..... ... ..... .... ..... ....... .... ..... ..... ..... ..... .... .. 5 1.1 Features ..... ...... ..... .... ....... ..... .... ....... ...... ..... ..... ..... ...... ..... .... ....... ..... .... . 5 1.
5 1. Introduction This is a w ireless client de vice t hat delivers unri valed wireles s perf ormance for your Desk top PC. I t complies with IEE E 8 02.11n draft standard an d backw ard compatible with I EEE 802.11b/g. W ith this a dapter , you can easil y upgrad e your De sktop PC w ire less conne cti vity .
6 1.3 Package Contents • One W ireless PCI Adapt er • Two Extern al Antenna s • One CD-ROM (D rivers / Utility, User ’s Manual) If any of the above items is missing , contact your dealer immediately.
7 STEP 5: Turn on the co mputer. [Guidelines for the Hard ware Installation] Please observe the follo w ing guidelin es w hen you are in stalling the PCI card to the Desktop PC: Avoid plac ing the PC .
8 2. Installation Procedure Note: If you have in stalled the Wirele ss Adapte r driver & utility bef ore, please uninstall the old versi on first. 2.1 For Windo w s XP and 2000 STEP 1: F ound New Hardw are Wizard is displa yed after t he a dapt er i s i nsta lle d a nd th e computer i s restarted.
9 STEP 2: I nsert In stallation C D into CD-R OM drive t hen window s below will appea r. C lick Install D river to begin device dr iver installatio n. STEP 3: Plea se read the fo llowing l icense agre ement. Use t he scroll b ar to view t he rest of this agreem ent.
10 STEP 4: In W indows XP, there is a Window s Zero Con figur ati on T ool fo r y ou t o s etup wireless adapter. You ca n choose to configure the ad apter through the Micr osoft Zer o Configurat ion Tool or the Ralin k Configur ation To ol . It is recommended to ch oose th e Ralink Config uration Tool for the adapter.
11 mode to run in standard w ireless network . STEP 6: Cli ck Install to begin the ins tallation. STEP 7: Plea se wa it for a w hile during the adapter is configuri ng your ne w softw are installation.
12 STEP 8: After the setup wizard h as successfull y i nstal led wire less LAN, click Fin ish to exit the wizard..
13 To check if the adapt er is properly installe d, you can right-click M y Computer cho ose Properties click Device Manager . (For W idows XP) (For W idows 2000) The C onfiguratio n Ut ility a ppears as an icon on the sy stem tray of W indows whi le the adapter is ru nning.
14 2.2 For Vista STEP 1: F ound New Hardw are Wizard is displa yed after t he a dapt er i s i nsta lle d a nd th e computer i s restarted. Pl ease cli ck Cancel to co ntinue. STEP 2: I nsert In stallation C D into CD-R OM drive t hen window s below will appea r.
15 STEP 3: Plea se read the fo llowing l icense agre ement. Use t he scroll b ar to view t he rest of this agreem ent. Sele ct I accept t he terms of the licen se agreement and click Next to continue.
16 STEP 5: Plea se wa it for a w hile during the adapter is configuri ng your ne w softw are installation..
17 STEP 8: After the setup wizard h as successfull y i nstal led wire less LAN, click Fin ish to exit the wizard. To check if the adapt er is properly installe d, you can right-click M y Computer cho ose Properties click Device Manager .
18 The C onfiguratio n Ut ility a ppears as an icon on the sy stem tray of W indows whi le the adapter is ru nning. You can open th e utilit y by double-c lick on the i con.
19 3. Wireless Network Configuration Utility 3.1 For Window s XP & 2000 The Configurat ion Utilit y i s a powerful applicati on that helps you to confi gure the W ireless LAN adapter and monitor t he link status and stat istics during th e commun ication proces s.
20 W hen a ctivating W ZC, t here are couple differe nt on RaUI statu s compa re to the w ithout W ZC running: (1) Profile button will be gray, profile f unction is remo ved s ince the NIC is controlled by W ZC. (2) The con nect and add pro file f unction will be gra y.
21 [Use WZC to configure w ireless NI C] STEP 1: If connection i s lost or not connected, th e status pro mpt as belo w will p op up. STEP 2: Right-click the network connection icon in the task bar. STEP 3: Se lect “ View A vailable Wireless N etw orks ” will pop up th e dialog s hown as below .
22 STEP 4: Se lect int ended AP a nd c lick “ Connec t ” shown as below, then click “ Conn ect Anyw ay ”. STEP 5: AP 1 is successf ul conne cted.
23 STEP 6: If you want to m odify inform ation about AP, click “C han ge advanced sett ings ” STEP 7: Cho ose “ Wireles s Netw orks ” tab..
24 STEP 8: Click “ Propertie s ” and t hen click “ OK ” button. STEP 9: After f illing appro priate va lue, click “ O K ” b utton. And the status w ill pr omp t up as.
25 below. STEP 10: Click the R alink’s icon w ill br ing up RaUI m ain w indow . User can find the surrounding APs in the list. The curre nt conne cted AP will also shown with the green icon indicated as bel ow screen. User ma y user the availabl e tab to config ure more advanced features prov ided by R alink’s wirele ss NIC.
26 used f ields, such a s SS ID, network type, channel used, w ireless mode, security status an d signal perce ntage. The arr ow icon ind icates the connected B SS or IBSS network . There are t hree sections in RaUI. Thes e section s are br iefly described as below.
27 Fu nction Section : Corresp onding button Profile Page Network Page Advanced Page.
28 Statistics P age W MM Page W PS P age.
29 About Page Stat us Section: Include Link Status, Authenticat ion Status, AP’ s inform ation, Configuratio n and retr ying the conne ction when authenticatio n is failed.
30 AP’s Informatio n Retry the Con nection Configuration At the mean t ime o f s tarting RaUI, there is a lso a s mall Ralink icon appears within windows task bar a s b elow.
31 selected to close RaUI m enu ear lier. You m ay al so use mous e;s right b utton to close RaUI utility. Ral ink icon in s ystem tra y. Besid es, the smal l ic on w ill chan ge color to re flect curren t w ireless netw ork connection st atus.
32 value directl y. Fragment Threshold: User can adjust the Fragment threshold numb er by s liding the bar or ke y in the value dire ctly. [Icons and b uttons] indicate connection is successf ul o.
33 Profile Na me: User can chose na me for this pr ofile, or use default nam e defined by system. SSID: User can k ey in the intended SSID n ame or use p ull down me nu to select fro m available AP s. Pow er Save Mode: Choose from CA M [Constant ly Aw ake Mode] or Pow er Saving M ode.
34 3.1.2.2 Example to Add Profile in Pro file Step 1: Click A dd in Pr ofile functi on Step 2: Add Profile pag e will pop u p..
35 Step 3: Ch ange prof ile na me to what you want to conn ect. Pull down the SSID and selec t one intended AP. The AP l ist is the re sult of last Netw ork. Step 4: Then , you can see the profi le which you set app ear in the profil e li st. Clic k “ A ctiv ate ” to activate th e profile setting.
36 3.1.3 Net w ork Under the Ne twork function, system will displa y t he informa tion of surrou nding APs f rom last scan r esult. List infor mation include s S SID, BSSID, Sig nal, Ch annel, Encr yp.
37 Comma nd to conne ct to the s elected netw ork. Issue a res can com mand to wireless N IC to u pdate inform ation on surrounding w ireless netw ork. Add the se lected AP to Profi le setting . It wil l bring u p profil e page and save user’ s setting to a new pro file.
38 TX Rate: Manuall y force the Tr ansmit using selected r ate. Defa ult is auto. ( 802.1 1n wirele ss card doesn’t support.) Enable Tx Bur st: Ralink’s proprietar y frame burs t mode. Enable TC P Window s Size: Enhance througho ut. Fast Roa ming at: Fast to roaming, setup b y transmit pow er.
39 RTS Fra mes Fail to R eceive CTS: Fail to receive CTS after sen ding RTS frame. Frames Retr ansmitted Success fully: Suc cessfully re transmitted fra mes number s Reset Count er: Reset co unters to zero [Receive S tatistics] Frames Rec eived Succ essfull y: Frames re ceived succes sfully.
40 [WMM Enabl e – Enable Wi-Fi Multi-M edia] If you w ant to use “W MM-Power Save” or “D irect Link Setup” you m ust enable W MM. The setting met hods of enab ling W MM indicating as f ollow: Step 1: Click “ WMM Enable ” Step 2: Ch ange to “ Netw ork ” fu nction.
41 [WMM-Pow e r Save Enable – Enabl e WMM Pow er Save] Step 1: Click “ WMM-Pow er Save En able ” Step 2: Ple ase select w hich ACs you want to en able.
42 Step 2: Ch ange to “ Network ” function. And add an AP that supports DLS fea tu res to a Profile . The result will look like the below figur e in Profile p age. The Setting of DLS in dicates as follow : (1) Fill in the blan ks o f Direct Link with MAC address of STA.
43 (2) Timeout Value represe nt that it disconn ect aut omatic ally after some s econd s. The val ue is i nteger. The integer must be between 0~65 535. It r epresent s tha t it alw ays connects if the value is zero. Defau lt value of Timeout Value is 60 seconds.
44 Step 1: In “ DL S Status ”, select a d irect link STA what y ou want to sh ow its va lues i n “ Direct Link Setup ” . Step 2: Do uble-Click and the re sult will look like the below figure. (3) Disconnect Dir ect Link Setu p as fol low: Step 1: Sel ect a direct link STA.
45 Step 2: Click “ Tear Dow n ” button. The result w ill look lik e the below figur e. 3.1.7 WPS WPS Configura tion: The primary goal of W i-Fi Prote c ted Setu p (Wi-F i Simp le Con figu rat ion) is to simpl y the se curity setup a nd man agement of W i-Fi netw orks.
46 or external R egistrar sup ports t he configuration setup using PIN configur ation method or PBC configuration setup using P IN configuration m ethod or PBC conf iguration met hod through an internal or e xternal Reg istrar. WPS AP List: Displa y the informatio n of surro undi ng APs with W PS IE fro m last scan resul t.
47 Status Bar: Displa y currently W PS Status. [WPS Informat ion on AP] W PS information co ntain authenti cation type, encr yption t ype, config meth ods, device password ID, se lected reg istrar, stat e, version , AP setup lock ed, UUID-E and RF bands.
48 Device Passw ord ID: Indicate the m ethod or ident ifies the sp ecific passwor d that the selected R egistrar inten ds to u se. AP in PBC mo de must in dicate 0x000 4 within tw o-minute W alk time. Selected Reg istrar: Indicate if the user has recen tly activated a R egist rar to add an Enrol lee .
49 (1) Connect to R alink’s W ebsite: WWW .RALINKTE CH.CO M (2) Display Conf iguration U tility, Driver, a nd EEPROM version informatio n (3) Display W ireless NIC M AC Address. 3.1.9 Link Status Link Status displa y s th e detail in formation current conn ection Status: Current conne ction st atus.
50 Default Gatew ay: Default gatewa y about curren t connectio n. Link Speed: Show current transmit rate and r eceive ra te. Throughou t: Displa y transmits and re ceive thro ughput in un it of Mbps. Link Qualit y: Display Conn ection qualit y bas ed on signal streng th and Tx/Rx packet er ror rate.
51 Step 2: I n Sharing tab, enab le Inte rnet C onnecti on S hari ng for this connect ion an d cl ick “ OK ” Step 3: Ba ck to Network and Di al-u p Co nnect ion sc reen , ri ght-cl ick “ Local A rea Conne cti on 2 ” (for 802. 11n W ireless LAN card ) a nd choose “ Properties ”.
52 Step 4: Sel ect “ Int ernet Prot ocol (TCP/IP) ” and click “ Properties ”. You will s ee 8 02.11n W ireless PCI adapter w ill be automa tically as signed an IP address as Access Point. Step 5: I n the Syste m tray, now you can switch 802.11 n W ireless PCI Adapter to AP Mode.
53 W ireless Default SSID is assigned a s “ Soft AP-56 ”. Step 7: To mak e sure your Soft AP is wor king properl y , you nee d to us e an other compu ter which with W ireless LAN featur e t o acces s Sof tAP-56 AP. In the below example, use a nother PC w ith W ireless fe ature in Vista O peration System.
54 Step 8: Sel ect the netw ork “ SoftAP-56 ” and click “ Con nect ” to estab lish the conn ection. Step 9: Afte r the co mputer is successf ul conne cted to Soft AP-56 , Network a nd Shari ng Center screen will be sh own as be low. Click “ View Statu s” to see the detail.
55 Step 10: In Genera l t ab, click “ Detail… ”, an d t hen you can see th e current Netw ork connection deta ils. If t his computer is succes sful connect to SoftAP-56 A ccess Point, the DHCP ser ver will be as signed to s ame IP addr ess.
56 3.2 For Window s Vista Ralink w ireless utility is show n as b elow. Th ere are 6 s ettings pa ges i n Ralink wireless utility: Profile Page: Ma nage the profile. Lin k Status Pa ge: Displa y current conn ection inform ation. Site Su rvey Pag e: Displa y the available netw ork s.
57 Profiles Na me: The Pr ofiles List displays all the profiles and t he relative settings of the profiles including Profil e Name, SSID, and C hann el…etc; preset to P ROF * PROF * PROF * PROF * ( * * * * indicate 1,2,3,…) SSID: AP to Ad-hoc na me.
58 3.2.1.1 A dd a profile By e ither pushi ng the “ A d d ” button on Pr ofile Page or the “ Add to Profi le ” butt on on Site Survey Page, it br ings up t he profile setting sheet w hich contains two setting p ages -- “ Confi guration ” page an d “ Authentic ation and S ecurity ” pag e.
59 [Confi guration page] Profi le Name: N ame of the profile SSID: Name of the d esire netw ork Netw ork Type: Netowork of the desired ne twork , either infrastructur e or Ad-Ho c. Infrast ructure – Th is operation mode requir es the pr esence of a w ireles s Ac cess Point.
60 [Authenti cation and Se curity pag e] Authent ication Type: The authentic ation of th e des ired networ k. For inf ras truc ture network , the avai lable modes a re Open, Shared, W PA, W PA -PSK, W PA2, and W PA2-PSK. Open : No authent ication is needed among the wire less devices .
61 traveli ng between authorized de vices. WP A2 – Lik e WPA, W PA2 supports IE EE 802.1 x/EAP a uthentication or P SK techno logy. It also i nclud es a n ew advanced encryptio n mechanism using the Advan ced Encryption Stan dard ( AES). AES is requ ired to the corp orate user or gover nment us ers.
62 “ 01234 567890123 456789ab cdef ” or “ ad ministrator ” . 3.2.1.2 Edit a profile Selecting an exiting prof ile then clicking the “ Edit ” butt on on Profile Page brin gs up the profile settin g sheet fil led with the pr ofile inform ation for use r modification.
63 3.2.1.4 A cti ve a profile Selecting an exiting pro file then click ing the “ Active ” button on Profile Page acti vates the profile..
64 3.2.2 Link Status In this section, you can immed iately mo nitor the curr ent connected link statu s, su ch as Link Speed, T hroughput , Link Quality, Signal Strength, Noise Leve l …etc. Status: Current co nnection status. If no connection, it w ill show Disconnec ted.
65 Noise Le vel: Display the noise signal strength. HT: D isplay current H T status in use, containing BW , GI, MCS, SNR0, and SNR1 valu e. (show the inf ormation o nly for 802.
66 W PA-PSK, WPA2-PSK, WPA and WPA2. Netwo rk Type: Network t ype in use, Infrastructur e or Ad-Ho c. Rescan: Issue a n r escan command to wireless N IC to update informat ion o n sur roun ding wireless network. Re-Scanni ng: Click ing the re-scan bu tton to perf orm the re-s canning action.
67 Example 2: WEP-En crypt ed Step 1 – Ch oose “ Open ” or “ Shar ed ” authenti cation type Step 2 – Ch oose “ WEP ” encryption t ype Step 3 –E nter the W EP KEY.
68 Step 4 – After the profi le is s aved, click the “ Ac tiva te ” button on Profi le Page to a ctive the profile. Example 3: WP A-PSK/WP A2-PSK Step 1 – Ch oose “ WP A-PSK ” or “ WP.
69 Step 4 – After the profi le is s aved, click the “ Ac tiva te ” button on Profi le Page to a ctive the profile. Example 4:WP A/WPA2 Step 1 – Ch oose “ WP A ” or “ WP A 2 ” authe.
70 Step 3 – After the profi le is s aved, click the “ Ac tiva te ” button on Profi le Page to a ctive the profile. Step 4 – The Window s profile settin g dialog is popped-up for user to mod ify.
71 3.2.4 Statistics Statistics page displays the detail counter inform ation based on 802.11 MI B counters. This page translate s the MIB co unters into a f ormat ea sier for user to u nderstand. You ma y res et the counter s to Zero b y click ing “Reset Count er” .
72 3.2.5 WPS Configuration The primar y goal of W i-Fi P rotected Setup (W i-Fi Simple Configur ation) i s to simply t he security set up and mana gement o f Wi-F i Networks. WPS Associ ate IE: If the “W PS Assoc iate I E” option is check ed, station will send the association re quest with WPS IE duri ng W PS setup.
73 Encr yption Type : For Open & Sh ared authenti cation modes, th e a vailable encryption t ypes are N one and W EP . For W PA , W PA2 , W PA-PSK and W PA2-PSK authenticatio n modes, the available en cryption t ypes are TK IP and AES .
74 Disco nnect fro m W PS AP : Cl icking th e “D isconnect” button w ill stop the W PS connection. Dele te WPS profi le: Clicking the “Delete” button w ill delete t he select ed WPS profile. 3.2.6 QoS The QoS Pag e of RaC onfi g. It involv e s “WMM Enab le” , “ WMM – Po w er Save En able ” and “ DLS setup Enable ”.
75 Step 3: Ch ange to “Site Survey P age” . And add an AP that suppo rts W MM fea tures to a Profile. The result wi ll look like the below figure in Profi le page.
76 Enable WMM – Power Save Step 1: Click “WMM – Po w er Save Enable” . And Click “Setting…” bu tton. Step 2: Afte r cli cking “Setting…” button, show “Pow er Save Setti ng” d ialog. Please select whi ch ACs you w ant to en able.
77 Enable DLS (Direct Link Setup) Step 1: Click “Direct L ink Setup En able” . And Click “ Apply” button Ste p 2: Ch ange to “Si te Surv ey P age” . And add an AP that sup po rts DLS fe atu res to a Profile. The re sult will look lik e the below figure in Prof ile page.
78 The Setting of DLS in dicates as follow : 1. F ill in the blank s of Direct Link with MA C A d dre ss of STA . Th e STA must con form to two conditions as follow: Step 1: Co nnect with th e same AP that suppor t DLS feature s. Step 2: Ha ve to enable DL S.
79 3. Cli ck “ A pp ly” button. The result will look like the below figu re. Describe “DLS Status” as follow : 1. As the up fig ure, aft er co nfiguring DLS successf ully, sh ow MAC addr ess of the opposite side and Time out Value of setting in “DL S St atus ” .
80 Step 2: Do uble click . And the result w ill look lik e the below fi gure. 3. Dis connect Dir ect Link Setu p as fol low: Step 1: Sel ect a direct link STA.
81 Step 2: Click “Tear Dow n” button. The result w ill look like the below figure. 3.2.7 A bou t In the “About” , you can c lick the h yperlink to connect the w ebsite for the i nformation of .
82 3.2.8 How to Manage Wind ows Profile W indows profile manager can be reached v ia c onnection icon on t he task bar or contro l panel. [via Netw ork icon] Step 1: Righ t-click connection ico n on t.
83 Step 3: Righ t-click the mouse to br ing up the p rofile man age menu. [via Control Panel] Step 1: Sele ct “Contro l Panel” on start menu..
84 Step 2: Do uble-click “ Network and Sharing Center ” icon..
85 Step 3: Sel ect “ Manage Wireless netw ork ”. Step 4: Righ t-click the mouse to br ing up the p rofile man aging m enu..
86 4. Troubleshooting This chapter pr ovides solutions to pr oblems usually encountered during the i nstallation and operation of t he adapter. 1. S ymptom: The LED is Of f. Possible Re medy: Make sure the W ireless adap ter is inserted properly. Otherwise, pl ease contact your vendor.
87 7. S ymptom: No wireles s signal. Possible Re medy: Move the antennas of the access point or wireles s ro uter into an L sha pe (one vertically, and o ne h orizontal ly).
88 B. A pr otection mech anism called RTS.C TS that governs how 802.1 1g devices and 802.11b de vices interopera te. 10. What does IE EE 802.11 f eature supp ort? The produc t supports th e following I EEE 802.
89 ensure the high est degre e of security an d authenticit y for digital information, w herever and however co mmunicated or store d, while mak ing more e fficient u se if hardw are and/or software tha n previous encr yption standards. I t is a lso included in IEE E 802.
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