SIIG Wireless-N CardBus Adapter User manual

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Wireless-N CardBusAdapter
Quick Installation Guide
Introducing the Wireless-N CardBus Adapter
The Wireless-N CardBus Adapter is designed to add 802.11n
wireless network to your notebook computer for fast
internet access.
Features and Benefits
• Compliant with 802.11n draft 2.0, 802.11g and
802.11b standards
• Supports QoS-WMM, WMM-PS
• Supports 64/128-bit WEP, WPA (TKIP with IEEE
802.1x),WPA2(AESwithIEEE802.1x)functionsfor
high level of security
• Three internal antenna with 2T3R feature enhances
datathroughput with increased transmitting range
for all compatible legacy bands (802.11 a/b/g)
• Farther coverage, less dead spaces and higher
throughput with MIMO technology
System Requirements
• PC computer with an available Cardbus interface
• Windows®2000 / XP (32-/64-bit) / Server 2003
(32-/64-bit) / Vista (32-/64-bit)
04-0537B

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Package Contents
•Wireless-N CardBus Adapter
• Driver CD
• Quick Installation Guide
Layout
Activity LED
Flashing: Transferring/receving data
Off: No wireless activity
Link LED
On: Linked to a wireless access point/transferring data
Off: No wireless activity
ActivityLED
LinkLED
Figure 1: Layout

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Safety Information
In order to keep the safety of users and your properties,
please follow the following safety instructions:
1. This wireless network card is designed for indoor
use only. DO NOT expose this network card to
direct sun light, rain, or snow.
2. DO NOT put this network card at or near hot or
humid places, like kitchen or bathroom. Also, do
not leave this inside a hot car.
3. This network adapter will become warm when
being used for long time (This is normal and is not
a malfunction). DO NOT put the network card on
paper, cloth, or other flammable objects after the
network card has been used for a long time.
Hardware Installation
Generalinstructionsforinstallingthecardbusareprovided
below. Since the design of portable computers vary, refer
to your system's reference manual for further information,
if needed.
1. Power off your notebook computer and any other
connected devices.
2. Insert the Cardbus adapter into the cardbus slot of
your PC with its 68-pin connector facing the slot.
Make sure it is inserted all the way in for a solid
connection.

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3. Power on your notebook computer.
Note: In most system it is not necessary to turn off
the notebook before inserting the cardbus adapter
into the cardbus slot.
Driver Installation
Windows 2000/XP/2003 Server
1. At the Found New Hardware Wizard, click Cancel.
2. Insert the driver CD, Click Start, Run. Type
D:\CardBus\setup.exe, click OK. (Change D: to
match your CD-ROM drive letter)
3. ChooseI accept the terms of the license agreement,
then click Next.
4. Choose Install driver and Ralink WLAN utility,
then click Next.
5. Choose Ralink Configuration Tool, then click
Next.
Note: Skip this step and continue to step 6 if you
have Windows 2000.
6. Click Install.
7. Click Finish. Restart your system to complete the
installation.

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Windows Vista™
1. AttheFound New Hardware window,clickCancel.
2. Insert the driver CD. Click Start, in the Start Search
box, type D:\CardBus\setup.exe, press Enter.
(Change the D: to match your CD-ROM drive
letter)
3. Click Allow.
4. Choose I accept the terms of the license agreement,
then click Next.
5. Choose Install driver and Ralink WLAN utility,
then click Next.
6. Click Install.
7. Click Finish. Restart your system to complete the
installation.
8. A new icon will appear at lower-right corner of
your computer desktop shown in Figure 2, you can
put the mouse cursor on the icon, and the status of
wireless card will be displayed as a popup balloon.
When you want to configure your wireless
connection, please right click on this icon, and a
popup menu will appear. You can click Launch
Config Utilities to start configuration program.
Figure 2

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If you stopped config utility by Exit function, you will not
be able to maintain the wireless link to the access point you
wish to use. In this case, you can start config utility again
by clicking Start, All Programs, Ralink Wireless, Ralink
Wirelss Utility.
Connecting to Wireless Access Point
After the driver is correctly installed, it will try to connect
to any unencrypted wireless access point automatically. If
you want to connect to a specific wireless access point, or
the access point you wish to connect uses encryption, you
have to configure the wireless network card and input
required parameters, to get connected to the wireless
access point you wish to connect. There are two ways you
can configure your wireless network card to connect to
wirelessaccesspoint:usingtheRalinkconfigurationutility
which comes with wireless card driver, and using built-in
windows zero configuration utility.
Using Ralink Utility
Please follow the following instructions to use Ralink
configuration utility to connect to wireless access point.
1. Right-click the Ralink configuration utility icon
located at lower-right corner of computer desktop,
then click LaunchConfigUtilities,showninFigure
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Figure 3
2. Configurationutility will scan for all wireless access
points automatically. Scan results will be displayed
here, please check if the wireless access point with
the SSID (the name of wireless access point) you
preferred is shown in Figure 4. Ifthewireless access
point you wish to connect does not show here,
please click Rescan to try again, until the one you
preferredisdisplayed.You mayhavetoclickRescan
several times before you can see the access point
you wish to use. If you still can not see the access
point you wish to use after clicking Rescan formore
than five times, please move your computer closer
to the location where the wireless access point is.
Figure 4

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3. Click the wireless access point or network device
you wish to connect to, then click Connect, shown
in Figure 5 below.
Figure 5
The non-encrypted access point (The Encryption field
indicate None) will connected within one minute. Please
jump to step 5 on page 9 if the access point you selected
enables encryption, otherwise proceed to next step.
4. If the wireless access point does not have SSID,
you’ll be prompted to input it here. Please ask the
owner of wireless access point and input the exact
SSID here, then click OK when ready. If the SSID
you provided here is wrong, you’ll not be able to
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If the wireless access point you selected have SSID, please
skip this step, shown in Figure 6.
Figure 6
5. If the wireless access point uses encryption, you
have to input WEP passphrase or WPA preshared
key. Shown on Figure 7, please ask the owner of the
wireless access point to obtain the correct
passphrase/preshared key and enter here, then
click OK. If the value you inputted here is wrong,
youwill not be able toconnect to this wireless access
point. Authenticationtypeisselected automatically,
please don’t change it.
If the access point you selected does not enable encryption
and does not require authentication, please skip this step.
Figure 7

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6. You’ll see Connected <-> SSID (SSID istheSSIDof
the wireless access point or wireless device you
connected to) message displayed at lower-left
corner of configuration utility, congratulations,
you’re successfully connected to the access point or
wireless device you selected, shown in Figure 8.
Figure 8
SSID: The Service Set IDentifier of wireless access point or
other network device. You can think it as the name of
access point of wireless device.
BSSID: The MAC address of wireless access point or other
network device. Unlike SSID, BSSID of every access point
or network device is unique, and will not be the same with
others.So you can identify a single access point or wireless
device from others by BSSID, if they all have the same
SSID.