SIIG Wireless-N CardBus Adapter User manual

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

3 in the next page.

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

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

connect to this access point.

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

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.

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