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Gemtek Technology Co., Ltd. 

WL-818F 

 

Wireless 11g Cardbus Adapter

 

 

User’s Guide 

 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Version 1.1 

   
 
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
 

User’s Guide  

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Summary of Contents for WL-818F

Page 1: ...Gemtek Technology Co Ltd WL 818F Wireless 11g Cardbus Adapter User s Guide Version 1 1 User s Guide 0...

Page 2: ...publication may be reproduced stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means whether electronic mechanical photocopying recording or otherwise without the prior writing of the...

Page 3: ...s platform 5 3 1 Installation Overview 6 3 2 Install Procedure for Windows XP 7 3 3 Install Procedure for Windows 98 ME 2000 9 4 Configuration Utility 17 4 1 Link Information 19 4 2 Availiable Network...

Page 4: ...n Guide CD containing Wireless LAN Management utility drivers and Multi lingual User s Guide Note if anything is missing please contact your vendor The CD contains drivers and Configuration Utility pr...

Page 5: ...users with access to real time information anywhere in their organization This mobility supports productivity and service opportunities not possible with wired networks Installation Speed and Simplic...

Page 6: ...ty and then insert attach the Wireless LAN Adapter to your system and finally set the network properties to accommodate resource sharing and select the type of wireless network that you wish to instal...

Page 7: ...tall the Access Point at first AP is needed in case of Infrastructure network mode Install the software using the Install CD Install the Wireless LAN Card WIRELESS LAN 802 11g Adapter Install the netw...

Page 8: ...st of the OS must installed 3er party s client software such as Funk ODySSey Note Do not insert the WLAN Adapter until you are asked to do so failure of which may result in unsuccessful installation o...

Page 9: ...Once your system detected the driver Microsoft will show a warning message as below Click Continue Anyway for next step After copy the file to your system then the setup is finish User s Guide 8...

Page 10: ...evice Please follow the following steps one by one in order to install the WLAN Adapter successfully 1 Power on your computer and allow Windows 98 ME 2000 to load fully 2 Be sure that the Wireless LAN...

Page 11: ...4 Accept the license agreement Accept the license agreement Click Yes to accept Click Yes to finish the setup User s Guide 10...

Page 12: ...11g Adapter to your system Windows will recognize the WLAN adapter and auto detect the driver if the system did not find the driver automatically please install the driver manually Click Yes to finish...

Page 13: ...Hardware Device Manager Check whether it has WLAN adapter in one of the sockets or not If you find Wireless Network PC Card in one of the sockets it means the card is detected properly 7 Click right...

Page 14: ...appears For Windows ME and 2000 please select the Local Area Connection s properties to check the following menu 9 Click on the General tab and then click on the Install button Select Network Compone...

Page 15: ...From the list of network protocols list select NetBEUI then click OK 11 The NetBEUI protocol is now installed After clicking on OK return back to Network Component Type box 12 Repeat the step 9 and 10...

Page 16: ...teway Address values After setting these parameters appropriately click OK to return to Network Component Type and you can select the File and Printer Sharing options as well for sharing your computer...

Page 17: ...Procedure Step 1 If you want to uninstall the WLAN adapter just simply click Start Menu Program Wireless Network Uninstall it shall uninstall all related programs Step 2 Restart your Computer User s...

Page 18: ...arts automatically or click icon from Start Menu to start the Utility application A new icon should appear in your Icon tray If the icon is in red it means that Wireless LAN 802 11g NIC configuration...

Page 19: ...avigate through sheets by clicking tabs X button will minimize window To provide more information click More button Below description explains the use and meanings of the various screen messages User...

Page 20: ...tecting the SSID for an available access point within range This field will also display an error message for some reason if the driver fails to initialize Network Type Infrastructure Mode The driver...

Page 21: ...ve when the node is in Infrastructure Mode The bar graph displays the quality of the link between the node and Access Point Signal Strength The Signal Strength bar graph is only active when the node i...

Page 22: ...available APs within the network User may select profile or ESSID from above list click Connect to connect with the AP Click Refresh to rescan the network this utility with site survey function it wil...

Page 23: ...llows you to select from a list of supported Network Modes The modes displayed will have two values Peer to Peer and Access Point Peer to Peer This is the 802 11g peer to peer mode of operation In 802...

Page 24: ...mission rate at which client of AP transmits the data packets You may set this to fixed 1Mbps fixed 2 Mbps fixed 5 5 Mbps fixed 11 Mbps or Automatic for 802 11b s AP and fixed 6Mbps fixed 9Mbps fixed...

Page 25: ...he transmitter This panel allows to entry for 64 128 bit encryption according to WEP function select To be written to the driver and registry such as Hexadecimal format each key must consist of hex di...

Page 26: ...reless connection Please define if the current Profile IP setting will be assign by a DHCP Server or just assign by a fixed IP that is determinate by the Network Administrator When the DHCP Status is...

Page 27: ...out About tab shows the product version including the detail of Driver Application and firmware versions Users must use this version number when reporting their problems to technical support User s Gu...

Page 28: ...see the status of the PC card If there is a yellow sign either on the adapter or the PC card please check the following 1 Check to see if your computer has a free IRQ If not make an IRQ free by assig...

Page 29: ...easures Reorient or relocates the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiv...

Page 30: ...ust be paid to the dangers of electrics shock and static electricity when working with electrical equipment All guidelines of this manual and of the computer manufacturer must therefore be allowed at...

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