2-4 Advanced Settings

This wireless network dongle provides several advanced settings for experienced wireless users. You can change these settings to increase data transfer performance, or change operation mode.

Right-click the Ralink configuration utility icon located at lower-right corner of computer desktop and then click ‘Launch Config Utility’.

Click ‘Advanced’ menu, and the following settings will appear:

Here are descriptions of every setup item:

Item Name

Description

Wireless mode

Display the wireless operation mode of the network dongle.

Enable Tx Burst

Check this box to accelerate the data transmit rate. It may not work with all wireless

 

access point and wireless devices.

Enable TCP Window

Check this box and the configuration utility will adjust TCP window size automatically

Size

to get better performance. It should be safe for most of wireless environments, but if

 

you found some problem on data transfer, uncheck this box.

Fast Roaming

Check this box and you can control the threshold that the wireless network dongle

 

should switch to another wireless access point with better signal quality. Only adjust

 

value when you understand what it means and you need to roam between multiple

 

access points.

Show Authentication

When your computer is being authenticated by wireless authentication server, a

Status Dialog

dialog window with the process of authentication will appear. This function is helpful

 

to find out the problem when you cannot be authenticated, and you can provide this

 

information to authentication server’s administrator for debugging purpose.

Enable CCX

Enable Cisco Compatible eXtensions. CCX is a wireless feature developed by Cisco

 

used to improve the wireless performance with CCX compatible wireless devices.

 

Check this box if you need to connect to CCX-compatible wireless devices. When

 

you enabled CCX, the following setup items will become available: Turn on CCKM:

 

Check this box to enable CCKM (Cisco Centralized Key Management), which

 

enables wireless clients to roam between CCKM-enabled access points in very short

 

time.

Enable Radio Measurements: When you’re connecting to CCX-compatible access point, check this box to enable radio measurement function to improve wireless connectivity.

Non-Serving Channel Measurements Limit: When you’re connecting to CCX-compatible access point, check this box to enable measurement on unused radio channels to improve wireless connectivity.

After you finish the settings, click ‘Apply’ to apply new settings.