Azio AWD102N User manual

802.11n
WirelessPCIAdapter
MODEL:AWD102N
UserManual

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Table of Contents
1.0 Introduction ．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．． 1
1.1 W e l c o m e ．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．． 1
1.2 Pr od uc t Fe at ur e ．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．． 1
1.3 Co nt en t of P ackag e ．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．． 1
1.4 ef or e Yo u e gi n ．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．． 2
2.0 LED Indicator ．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．． 2
3.0
Installation
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3.1 Insta lling the AWD102 N ．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．． 3
3.2 Installing the Driver and Utilit y ．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．． 4
4.0 Configuration
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4.1 P ro f il e
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4.1.1 Ad d/Ed i t Pro fi l e ．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．． 8
4.2 Li nk Stat us ．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．． 11
4.3 S i t e S u r v e y ．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．． 1 2
4.4 St at i sti cs ．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．． 13
4.5 A d v a n c e d ．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．． 1 4
4.6 Q o S ．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．． 1 5
4.7 WP S Co nfi gu rat io n ．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．． 16
4.8 A b o u t ．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．． 1 7
5.0 Use Zero Configuration ．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．． 18
6.0 Soft AP
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6.1 Start So ft AP
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6.2 Config urat io n ．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．． 23
6.3 Ac ce ss Contro l ．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．． 24
6.4 M AC T ab l e ．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．． 25
6.5 Switch to Working St atio n Mode ．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．． 25
7.0 Specifications ．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．． 26
8.0 Trouble-Shooting ．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．． 2 7

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1.0Introduction
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1.1Welcome
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TheAZiOAWD102NconnectsyouwithIEEE802.11n(Draft2.0)networksatreceivingrateuptoan
incredible300Mbps.Byusingthereflectionsignal,802.11n's“MultipleIn,MultipleOut”(MIMO)
technologyincreasestherangeandreduces“deadspots”inthewirelesscoveragearea.Unlike
ordinarywirelessnetworkingof802.11b/gstandardsthatareconfusedbywirelessreflections,
MIMOcanactuallyusethesereflectionstoincreasefourtimestransmissionrangeof802.11g
products.Besides,whenbothendsofthewirelesslinkare802.11nproducts,MIMOtechnology
canutilizetwiceradiobandtoincreasethreetimestransmissionspeedofordinary802.11g
standardproducts,andcancomplywithbackwards802.11b/gstandards.
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SoftAPsupportedbyAWD102NcanhelpyouestablishwirelessLANnetworkingwiththelowest
cost.Furthermore,WPS(PBCandPIN)encryptionmethodcanfreeyoufromrememberingthe
longpasswords.CompleteWMMfunctionallowsyourvoiceandvideotobesmoother.
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1.2ProductFeature
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ComplieswithIEEE802.11n(Draft2.0),IEEE802.11g,IEEE802.11bstandards
Provides32‐bitPCIinterface
Provides300Mbpsreceivingrateand150Mbpssendingrate
Supports20MHz/40MHzfrequencywidth
Auto‐detectsandchangesthenetworktransmissionrate
Providestwoworkmodes:InfrastructureandAd‐Hoc 
SupportsSoftAPtoestablishyourwirelessLANnetworkingwithlowestcost 
Supports64/128‐bitWEP,WPA,WPA2encryptionmethodsand802.1xsecurity
authenticationstandards
SupportsWPS(PBCandPIN)encryptionmethodtofreeyoufromrememberinglong
passwords
SupportsWMMtoenhanceyouraudio,video,andvoiceapplicationexperience.
SupportsWindows2000/XP/2003/Vista 
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1.3ContentsofPackage
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OneAWD102N
OneInstallationCD
OneQuickInstallationGuide
TwoDipoleAntennas
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PleaseContactyourlocalauthorizedresellerorthestorepurchasedfromforanyitemsdamaged
and/ormissing.

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1.4Beforeyoubegin
Herearetheminimumsystemrequirements:
AdesktopPCwithanavailable32‐bitPCIslot
Minimum600MHzprocessorand128MBmemory
Windows2000,XP,2003,orVista
ACD‐ROMDrive
802.11nor802.11b/gAccessPoint(forinfrastructureMode)oranother802.11nor802.11b/g
wirelessadapter(forAd‐Hoc;Peer‐to‐Peernetworkingmode.)
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2.0LEDIndicators
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AWD102Nsupportsupto300Mbpsconnections.Itisfullycompliantwiththespecifications
definedin802.11n(Draft2.0)standard.
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ThestatusLEDindicatorsofAWD102Nareasfollows:
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Lnk/ActON(Green):Indicatesavalidconnection
Lnk/ActFlashing:IndicatestheAdapteristransmittingorreceivingdata.
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3.0Installation
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3.1InstallingtheAWD102N
OpenyourPCcaseandlocateanavailablePCIslotonthemotherboard.
SlidetheAWD102NintothePCIslot.Makesurethatallofitspinsaretouchingtheslot’s
contacts.YoumayhavetoapplysomepressuretoslidetheAWD102Nallthewayin.Afteritis
firmlyinplace,secureitsfasteningtabtoyourPC’schassiswithamountingscrew.Thenclose
yourPC.
AttachtheexternalantennastoAWD102N’santennaports.
PoweronthePC.
SelectCancelwhen“FoundNewHardware”windowappears.

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3.2InstallingtheDriverandUtility
NOTE: Snap‐shotscreensofthefollowinginstallationprocedurearebasedonWindowsXP.
Installationprocedureswillbesimilarforotherwindowsoperatingsystems.
1. InserttheInstallationCDintoyourCD‐ROMdrive.B r owsetheCDanddouble‐clickon
setup.exe inthe“Driver”foldertoexecuteit.Thewizardwillrunandinstallallnecessaryfiles
toyourcomputerautomatically.
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2.
Click Next toaccepttheAgreement.Orclick Cancel tocanceltheinstallation .
3. Select Ralink  ConfigurationTool or MicrosoftZeroConfigurationTool thenclick Next .
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a.
ItisrecommendedtoselectRalinkConfigurationTool,whichprovidesfullaccessto
allfunctionsoftheAWD102N.
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b. IfyouprefertousethewirelessconfigurationtoolprovidedbyWindowsXPorVista,
pleaseselect
 MicrosoftZeroConfigurationTool. 

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4. Select OptimizeforWiFimode or Optimizeforperformancemode thenclick Next .

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5. ClickFinishtocomplete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issuccessfullycompleted.

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4.0Configuration
Right‐clickthetrayiconandthenclickLaunchConfigUtilitiestousetheRalinkconfiguration
utility.
4.1Profile
Profilecankeepyourfavoritewirelesssettingamongyourhome,office,andotherpublic
hotspots.Youcansavemultipleprofilesandactivatetheprofileofyourchoice.
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