5. Windows will now show a list with available wireless networks.
6. Click the wireless network you wish to connect to.
7. Click ‘Connect’.
8. If not secured and you are using Service Pack 1, you have to mark the field ‘ Also
connect if the network is not secured ’.
9. If secured Windows will automatically ask you to fill in the network key. Fill in the
network key and click ‘Connect’.
10. Congratulations! You have now properly installed the wireless network adapter.
5.3 Connect using Windows Vista
1. Right click the wireless network icon (in the lower-right corner, next to the clock).
2. Click ‘Connect to a network’
3. Windows Vista will now show all available networks.
4. Double click the wireless network you wish to connect to.
5. If the preferred wireless network is secured Windows will ask you to enter the
network key. Fill in your network key.
6. Click ‘Connect’. This may take several seconds.
7. Select ‘Save this network’ and/or ‘Start this connection automatically’ if you wish
to automatically connect to this network from now on.
8. Congratulations! You have now properly installed the wireless network adapter.
6.0 Using the supplied software
‘Wireless Zero Configuration’ in Windows XP needs to be disabled in order to use all
functions available of the supplied software.
1. Right-click the icon with the green ‘R’ (at the lower-right corner, next to the clock).
2. If possible, click ‘Use Raconfig as configuration utility’. If you can not choose this
option, the software has already been activated.
6.1 Information about the wireless network connection
1. Double click the icon with the green ‘R ‘(at the lower-right corner, next to the
clock).
2. The software application ‘RaUI’ is shown.
3. Click the ‘Profile’ button. In this screen the profile of the current connection is
shown.
4. You can find the following information:
- ‘Status’: Shows the network name and address.
- ‘Extra Info’: Shows information about the connection.
- ‘Channel’: Shows the channel number of the wireless network.
- ‘Authentication’: Shows the type of authentication of the network.
- ‘Encryption’: Shows the encryption type of the network.
- ‘Network Type’: Shows if the network adapter is connected to the Internet