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User’s Guide  

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1. Introduction  

Thank you for purchasing your Wireless LAN, Wireless LAN 802.11g

 

Adapter. This Quick Installation 

Guide will assist you with the installation procedure.  

 

The package you have received should contain the following items: 

 

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Wireless LAN  802.11g Adapter 

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Quick Installation Guide 

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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 program that is used for managing the Wireless LAN 

Adapters and establishing the wireless connection with your Local Area Network.  

 

Note: 

This manual is valid for all Wireless LAN 11g Series products, such as PC Card, USB, mini-USB, 

PCI adapter, mini-PCI…etc.  

Summary of Contents for NIC Series

Page 1: ...WWW SparkLAN com User s Guide 0 Wireless LAN 802 11g NIC Series User s Guide Version 1 0...

Page 2: ...tement No part of this 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 t...

Page 3: ...Installation for Windows 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...

Page 4: ...11g Adapter Quick Installation 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 driver...

Page 5: ...systems can provide LAN users with access to real time information anywhere in their organization This mobility supports productivity and service opportunities not possible with wired networks Instal...

Page 6: ...t install software Utility 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...

Page 7: ...network connection Install 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 A...

Page 8: ...Insert the given Installation CD in the CD ROM and then click on the Setup Follow the instruction to finish the installation 2 Insert your WLAN card into PCMCIA PCI slot or USB connector of your syste...

Page 9: ...WWW SparkLAN com User s Guide 8 Click Continue Anyway for next step After copy the file to your system then the setup is finish...

Page 10: ...ssful installation of your WLAN device 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 full...

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

Page 12: ...attach Wireless LAN 802 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 manu...

Page 13: ...Computer Properties Hardware Device Manager Check whether it has WLAN adapter in one of the sockets or not If you find SparkLAN Wireless Network PC Card in one of the sockets it means the card is det...

Page 14: ...network s properties box 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 butt...

Page 15: ...k Protocols box appears 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...

Page 16: ...king DNS Domain Workgroup name and Gateway Address values After setting these parameters appropriately click OK to return to Network Component Type and you can select the File and Printer Sharing opti...

Page 17: ...User s Guide 16 Uninstall 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 Rest...

Page 18: ...ally this application starts 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 80...

Page 19: ...er s Guide 18 User can navigate 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 vario...

Page 20: ...arching for available access point and detecting 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 Net...

Page 21: ...y The Link Quality bar graph is only active 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...

Page 22: ...shows current status of 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 si...

Page 23: ...ent network environments Click Add button to create new profiles Edit for editing current exist profile Click Delete button if you wish to delete profiles Network Type This field allows you to select...

Page 24: ...communication is done via the Access Point which relays packets to other wireless Clients in the BSS as well as to nodes on a wired network such as Ethernet Transmit Rate The transmission rate at whic...

Page 25: ...as the WEP Key used by the 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 ke...

Page 26: ...m User s Guide 25 4 4 About 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 tec...

Page 27: ...CIA Card Service you can 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 m...

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