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GW-EN11H

Wireless Ethernet

Adapter

(Color of this device may vary with regions)

User’s Manual

Version 1.0

February 19, 2002

Summary of Contents for GeoWave GW-EN11H

Page 1: ...GW EN11H Wireless Ethernet Adapter Color of this device may vary with regions User s Manual Version 1 0 February 19 2002...

Page 2: ...he user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures y Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna y Increase the separation between the equipment and recei...

Page 3: ...7 PHYSICAL DETAILS REAR PANEL 7 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 9 CONNECTING THE ETHERNET ADAPTER TO YOUR NETWORK 10 3 WIRELESS NAVIGATOR INSTALLATION 11 INSTALL THE WIRELESS NAVIGATOR 11 STARTUPAND LOGIN 15 4...

Page 4: ...how to install and operate the Wireless Ethernet Adapter Adapter Please read this manual before you install the product This manual includes the following topics Product description features and spec...

Page 5: ...th IEEE802 11b standard and it is interoperable with IEEE802 11b Compliant Equipment z Data Rate Auto Fall Back Provides 11 5 5 2 and 1Mbps wireless data rate shifting dynamically to guarantee availab...

Page 6: ...less Ethernet adapter with dipole antenna connected z One CD ROM Wireless Navigator utility software user s manual included z One RJ 45 straight LAN Cable z One Power Adapter z One Quick Installation...

Page 7: ...or DIAG is always green instead of blinking LAN Cable Selection Switch X Crossover the RJ 45 port Tx and Rx lines are reversed Use this setting when you have a straight cable connected to PC It is als...

Page 8: ...Indications LED Color Status Description ON The LAN port is linked Ethernet Green Blinking The LAN port is sending or receiving data OFF No data forwarding between wireless and LAN ports WLAN Green Bl...

Page 9: ...s Manual 9 Hardware Installation Following illustration is an example showing how to install adapter with your PC Be sure to use the supplied power adapter Note You may also connect the adapter to oth...

Page 10: ...where users on the LAN contend the shared bandwidth on an infrastructure network the access point can manage the bandwidth to maximize bandwidth utilization Additionally the access point enables user...

Page 11: ...installed If not please contact your administrator for details if you have problems of setting up this TCP IP protocol in your PC Note Even your adapter is not connected with PC but other Ethernet dev...

Page 12: ...et Adapter User s Manual 12 Step 2 After InstallShield Wizard preparation finished the following window will be shown Click the Next button to continue Step 3 Key in your User Name and Company Name an...

Page 13: ...estination Click the Next button when you are ready to continue The setup program will then begin to install the programs into the destination folder Step 5 The screen will show you the Program Folder...

Page 14: ...less Ethernet Adapter User s Manual 14 complete installation Note To remove Wireless Navigator Utility click the Start button and select Programs Wireless Navigator and Uninstall and then follow the i...

Page 15: ...between PC and adapter and your wireless LAN network is working The utility will automatically search the adapter connected with the PC 1 Refer to previous section Install the Wireless Navigator to y...

Page 16: ...Double click on the adapter then you will access into its built in web server and it will show as below Then directly click OK button not need password and username Note If you cannot access into ada...

Page 17: ...GeoWave GW EN11H Wireless Ethernet Adapter User s Manual 17 6 Now you have entered the built in web server of this adapter and you can start configuration procedures described in the next character...

Page 18: ...of the AP that the adapter is connecting with Transmission Rate the transfer data rate that the adapter is using in wireless LAN Link Quality displays the wireless LAN connection integrity when conne...

Page 19: ...ts near the GW EN11H Use this setting to reduce channel overlap and interference Low 1 2 nearby APs Medium 3 4 nearby APs High 5 or more nearby APs When connected in an infrastructure or ad hoc mode a...

Page 20: ...the same as in adapter otherwise the communication will not work Note 128 bit encryption requires more system resources than 64 bit encryption Use 64 bit encryption for better performance WEP key to u...

Page 21: ...y The gateway you want to assign for the adapter The default value is 192 168 1 1 Allow upgrade uploads Check the box and then it is allowed to upgrade firmware Note You may need to reboot the adapter...

Page 22: ...thernet Adapter User s Manual 22 The Help Tab HELP Displays the explanations of each setting shown in above seven tabs Please click those hyperlinks in right side and then it will show you the brief e...

Page 23: ...tility to access to the adapter first If not please go through the procedure of Q1 Check if the adapter is set to Infrastructure correctly Check if the SSID of your adapter is the same as AP s If not...

Page 24: ...icable at a departmental scale for a branch or SOHO operation Q8 What is Infrastructure A An integrated wireless and wired LAN is called an Infrastructure configuration Infrastructure is applicable to...

Page 25: ...a data privacy mechanism based on a 64 bit or 128 bit as described in the IEEE 802 11 standard 7 Product Specifications This chapter describes the specifications of the product and the LAN port conne...

Page 26: ...Channels Europe Coverage Area Indoors up to 50M 165 ft 11Mbps up to 80M 265 ft 5 5 Mbps or lower Outdoors up to 150M 500 ft 11 Mbps up to 300M 1000 ft 5 5 Mbps or lower Depending on environment Operat...