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GN-WLBM101 

 

IEEE 802.11b Wireless USB Network Adapter 

 
 

User’s Manual 

 

                                                                                               

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

http://www.gigabyte.com.tw 

 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Rev. 1.0 First Edition

Summary of Contents for GN-WLBM101

Page 1: ...GN WLBM101 IEEE 802 11b Wireless USB Network Adapter User s Manual http www gigabyte com tw Rev 1 0 First Edition ...

Page 2: ...5 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS 2 1 5 1 Supported Platform 2 1 5 2 Supported Operation System 2 CHAPTER 2 INSTALLING THE WIRELESS LAN ADAPTER 3 2 1 INSTALLING THE DRIVER UTILITY APPLICABLE TO ANY SUPPORTED OS 3 CHAPTER 3 USING THE UTILITY 6 3 1 INFO 6 3 2 STATISTICS 7 3 3 CONFIGURATION 8 3 4 ENCRYPTION 8 3 5 ADVANCED 9 3 6 PROFILES 10 3 7 ABOUT 11 CHAPTER 4 SPECIFICATIONS 12 ...

Page 3: ...gement functions and provides a high speed wireless data communication Therefore our product is ideally suitable for being integrated into the personal mobile and desktop platform 1 2 Features Conforms to IEEE 802 11b specification Transmits data rate up to the maximum speed of 11Mbps Dynamically scales the data rate to 11 5 5 2 and 1Mbps Automatic power management to reduce battery consumption Bu...

Page 4: ... powered on Link The Link LED lights up when the adapter has an active connection If the LED isn t on the adapter isn t interfacing with the network 1 5 System Requirements 1 5 1 Supported Platform IBM PC AT compatible computer 1 5 2 Supported Operation System Windows 98 98SE Me Windows 2000 XP ...

Page 5: ...ling The Driver Utility Applicable to any supported OS Step 1 Please make sure that you don t plug your USB adapter yet Step 2 Insert our setup CD into your CDROM drive the following window will pop up Step 3 Click Install Wireless LAN Driver Step 4 Click Next ...

Page 6: ...ep 5 Click Yes The wizard will ask you to click the type of setup Step 6 Select Typical and then click Next The wizard will ask you to provide the destination path of where the application will be installed ...

Page 7: ...5 Step 7 You can click Browse to set the path or simply only click Next to go on Step 8 Click Finish and then your installation is ok ...

Page 8: ... tray of Windows every time the adapter is running see Figure 3 1 You can open it by double clicking on this icon Figure 3 1 The icon of the Configuration Monitor Utility Note Please keep in mind that the Configuration Monitor Utility can be used to change the above configuration parameters when the adapter is active When the adapter is not in use please use the Control Panel method 3 1 Info The I...

Page 9: ...s points or wireless LAN adapters in your wireless environment The icon in the front of every item represents an access point or a wireless LAN adapter You can add a network easily by clicking on the desired SSID Signal It shows the signal intensity of the currently connected base station Ch The current channel used by the wireless LAN adapter 3 2 Statistics This option shows you to view the avail...

Page 10: ... the appropriate Encryption field see Figure 3 5 below If you decide to use encryption you can choose any of the available WEP keys 1 to 4 You also have the option to select the WEP mode Mandatory Optional If you select Mandatory then not only WEP will be used but also any other station needs to use WEP encryption in order to establish a communication with your station This requirement is in line ...

Page 11: ...e default configuration for the advanced settings The USB adapter has an auto detection feature therefore when selecting Auto for the preamble type it automatically selects the Preamble Type depending on the Access Point Preamble type Note In order to enable the Fragmentation and the RTS CTS Threshold parameters move the slide bar with your mouse and then use the right and left arrow keys of your ...

Page 12: ...10 Figure 3 6 Advanced Settings 3 6 Profiles This option shows you to view your current profile You can click New to create a custom profile Figure 3 7 Your current profile ...

Page 13: ...7 About By choosing this option you can view basic information about the utility like the Driver Firmware and Application Version and this adapter s MAC address Figure 3 7 Version information and MAC address ...

Page 14: ... ETSI Output Power 15dBm Nominal Temp Range Receive Sensitivity 80dBm 11 Mbps date rate 8 PER Antenna Two built in diversity antennas 4 3 Safety Regulation and Operating Environment FCC Part 15 USA EMC certification CE Europe Temperature Range Operating 0 50 deg C Storing 20 65 deg C Humidity Max 90 Non condensing 4 4 Software Support Driver Windows 98 98SE Me Windows 2000 XP Roaming Supports roam...

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