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WIRELESS UTILITY>  LP-575G Wireless Utility. The utility  provides a 
complete and easy to use set of tools to: 
 

 

Display current status information 

 

Edit and add configured profiles 

 

Display current diagnostics information 

The section below introduces these above capabilities.

 

Note: If your OS is Windows XP, you can use Windows XP to configure the 
wireless network settings. (To use this function, you must upgrade the OS with 
sp1). 
 
If you want to use Windows XP to configure wireless network settings, just exit 

the utility. Right-click the icon 

 at the bottom of the screen, and click Exit 

to exit the utility. 
 

3.1  Profile 

 

Click the Profile tab of the utility and the Profile screen will appear, figure 
3-1. The Profile screen provides tolos to: 

 

 

Add a Profile 

 

Delete a profile 

 

Edit a profile 

 

Activate a profile 

Summary of Contents for LP-575G

Page 1: ...apter Installation Guide LanPro The natural choice in Networking and LanProfessional are US registered Brands LanPro LanProfessional products are made in one of the following Countries USA Taiwan Thailand China and Canada The exact country of origin is unknown ...

Page 2: ...rotection against harmful interference in a residential installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference...

Page 3: ...g in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter IMPORTANT NOTE FCC Radiation Exposure Statement This device has been tested for compliance with FCC RF Exposure SAR limits in the typical laptop computer configuration and this device can be used in substantially similar laptop computers with side mounted PCMCIA slots This device cannot be used with handheld PDAs personal digital assistants or...

Page 4: ...ed according to the following European standards EN 300 328 V 1 4 1 2003 EN 301 489 1 V 1 4 1 2002 EN 301 489 17 V 1 2 1 2002 EN 60950 1 2001 European standards dictate maximum radiated transmit power of 100mW EIRP and frequency range 2 400 2 4835GHz In France the equipment must be restricted to the 2 4465 2 4835GHz frequency range and must be restricted to indoor use ...

Page 5: ...n for Windows 2000 8 2 2 Hardware Installation 11 2 3 Uninstall Software 12 2 3 1 Uninstall the driver software from your PC 12 Capítulo 3 Configuración 13 3 1 Profile 14 3 1 1 Add or Edit a Configuration Profile 16 3 2 Link Status 19 3 3 Site Survey 20 3 4 Statistics 20 3 5 Advanced 21 3 6 About 22 3 7 An example for application 23 Appendix A Specifications 24 Appendix B Glossary 25 Appendix C Co...

Page 6: ...he product The LANPRO LP 575G USB Wireless Adapter gives you the flexibility to install your PC or notebook PC in the most convenient location available without the cost of running the network cables Its auto sensing capability allows high packet transfer up to 54Mbps for maximum throughput or dynamic range shifting to lower speeds due to distance or operating limitations in an environment with a ...

Page 7: ...LAN data transfer rates Provides USB interface Supports Ad Hoc and Infrastructure modes Supports roaming between access points when configured in Infrastructure mode Eases configuration and provides monitoring information Supports Windows 98SE Me 2000 XP Vista and Linux Macintosh Internal Antenna 1 2 LED Status The LED on the top of this card indicates Link Act status It blinks at green light when...

Page 8: ...eps for Windows 98SE Me 2000 XP Vista and Linux Macintosh are very similar The following setup steps are for windows 2000 2 1 2 Software Installation for Windows 2000 1 Insert the Resource CD into your CD ROM drive click the Start button and choose Run In the field that appears enter F XXX Setup exe if F is the letter of your CD ROM drive XXX presents the setup program path which is labeled on the...

Page 9: ...ue click the Next button on the screen figure 2 2 Click the Cancel button to end the Installation Figure 2 2 Start Setup 4 Click Browse to change the destination location for the software in figure 2 3 Click Next to continue the Installation ...

Page 10: ...figure 2 4 Please select YES to continue installation Our drivers have been tested thoroughly and are able to work with the operating system Figure 2 4 Windows 2000 Warning Box 6 After the files have been successfully copied the screen in figure 2 5 will appear Click the Finish button to finish the wizard ...

Page 11: ...iver for the adapter If it does not please follow the setup steps to finish the driver installation After installing the driver successfully you should see an icon or appear in your system tray 2 2 Hardware Installation 1 Connect one end of the USB cable to the Adapter Or the 575G directly to the USB computer port 2 Connect the other end of the USB cable to the USB port on your computer Because th...

Page 12: ...ck Control Panel 2 Double click the System icon click on the Hardware tab in the System window Click on the Device Manager button double click Network Adapters and then right click LP 575G USB Wireless Adapter Figure 2 6 Uninstall Driver 3 Click Uninstall shown in above figure 2 6 the system will uninstall the driver software of the adapter from your PC ...

Page 13: ...vity on your Wireless Local Area Network WLAN and use the data security encryption features After the Adapter s driver and utility has been installed the adapter s tray icon or will appear in your system tray It means the utility is running on your system If the utility does not run you can run the utility by clicking Start Program LanPro LP 575G WIRELESS UTILITY LP 575G Wireless Utility If the ic...

Page 14: ...ws XP you can use Windows XP to configure the wireless network settings To use this function you must upgrade the OS with sp1 If you want to use Windows XP to configure wireless network settings just exit the utility Right click the icon at the bottom of the screen and click Exit to exit the utility 3 1 Profile Click the Profile tab of the utility and the Profile screen will appear figure 3 1 The ...

Page 15: ...rofile Name list and click the Edit button the Profile configuration screen will appear shown in figure 3 1 To delete a profile highlight the desired profile name on Profile Name list and click the Delete button To switch to another profile highlight the desired profile name on Profile Name list and click the Activate button Note Do not forget to click the Apply button when you create a new profil...

Page 16: ... IEEE 802 11 wireless network name This field has a maximum limit of 32 characters PSW Power Save Mode CAM Constantly Awake Mode Continuous Access Mode PSW Power Saving Mode Power Saving mode Network Type Displays the wireless mode either Ad hoc or Infrastructure mode Preamble Specifies the preamble setting in 802 11b The default setting is Auto Switch access point mode which allows both short and...

Page 17: ...17 Channel Shows the current channel in use This field determines which operating frequency will be used Figure 3 2 Add Profile configuration 2 Edit the Authentication and Security tab ...

Page 18: ...System as Network Authentication there are two options WEP and Disabled If you select WPA PSK as Network Authentication there are TKIP and AES options instead of WEP and Disabled Wep Key Key 1 Key 2 Key 3 Key 4 the Key groups You can enter 10 hexadecimal digits any combination of 0 9 a f A F or 5 ASCII characters for 64 bit also called 40bits encryption You can enter 26 hexadecimal digits any comb...

Page 19: ... the station is connected to the wireless network if not connected display RF is closed if connected display AP name and BSSID Extra Info Shows link status and the current channel in use Link Speed Shows the current max Transfer rate unit is Mbit sec Throughput Displays Tx and Rx rate unit is Kbits sec Link Quality Shows the quality of the signal Signal Strength Shows the strength of the signal ...

Page 20: ...a clic en Rescan para refrescar la lista en cualquier momento Resalte un SSID y haga clic en Connect para conectarse a una red disponible 3 4 Statistics The Statistics tab shows receiving and transmitting statistical information for the following receive and transmit diagnostics for frames received by or transmitted to the wireless network adapter Click the Reset Counter button to reset the count ...

Page 21: ...21 Figure 3 6 Statistics tab 3 5 Advanced On this Screen you can configure the WEP key or view the configured WEP key Figure 3 7 Advanced ...

Page 22: ...current setting 3 6 About This screen displays some information about this adapter including Driver Date Driver Version Utility Date Utility Version MAC Address IP Address SubMask Power Save mode and Preamble Utility Version The version of this utility Utility Date The creation date of this utility Driver Version The version of the wireless network adapter driver Driver Date The creation date of t...

Page 23: ... should follow these steps below 1 Launch LP 575G Wireless Utility 2 Click the Profile tab of the utility and click the New button on the screen that appears 3 The Profile configuration screen will appear please enter Test for the Profile Name LanPro for the SSID select 4 Infrastructure for the Network Mode select WEP for the Data Encryption and enter 0123456789 for Network key 5 Click OK to save ...

Page 24: ...n 1M DBPSK 2M DQPSK 5 5M 11M CCK 6M 9M 12M 18M 24M 36M 48M 54M OFDM Media Access Protocol CSMA CA with ACK Transmit Power 22dBm Typical Data Security WPA 64 128 BIT WEP TKIP AES IEEE802 1x authentication Frequency 2 4 2 4835 GHz Spread Spectrum Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum DSSS Power Consumption Typically 480mA in full Transmit TX 420mA in full Receive RX Safety Emissions FCC CE Physical Enviro...

Page 25: ... without the use of an access point Ad hoc mode is also referred to as an Independent Basic Service Set IBSS or as peer to peer mode and is useful at a departmental scale or SOHO operation DSSS Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum DSSS generates a redundant bit pattern for all data transmitted This bit pattern is called a chip or chipping code Even if one or more bits in the chip are damaged during tra...

Page 26: ... military for use in reliable secure mission critical communications systems It is designed to trade off bandwidth efficiency for reliability integrity and security In other words more bandwidth is consumed than in the case of narrowband transmission but the trade off produces a signal that is in effect louder and thus easier to detect provided that the receiver knows the parameters of the spread ...

Page 27: ...among 802 11b devices WLAN Wireless Local Area Network A group of computers and associated devices communicate with each other wirelessly which network serving users are limited in a local area WPA Wi Fi Protected Access A wireless security protocol use TKIP Temporal Key Integrity Protocol encryption which can be used in conjunction with a RADIUS server Appendix C Contact Information For help with...

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