2.5 Connect to a Network
Plug a RJ-45 of one end of the UTP Ethernet cable into the socket symbolized with
on the
rear panel of TWL-A11, then plug a RJ-45 of the other end of the UTP Ethernet cable into a free
socket of the hub connected to LAN. When completed, the LAN LED on the top panel should
light up shown as Table 1.
Note that your wireless LAN is able to operate in some simple systems, i.e. only one TWL-A11 and a DHCP server
available, by using the default settings (refer to Section 6) whenever you have completed the above steps
successfully. If it is a case, your installation process is done and you can omit the following steps. On the contrary,
for complicated systems or you desire to change the TWL-A11’s settings, the following steps should be resumed.
2.6 Install
Utilities
Before installing the utilities into your PC, you have to ensure that your PC is running Windows 95, 98, ME, NT,
2000, or XP operating system and has minimum 5 Mbytes free disk space.
Moreover, when your PC is running Windows 95, you have to download two files, “w95ws2setup.exe” and
“dcom95.exe, from the website
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/downloads/bin/w95ws2setup.exe
and
http://www.microsoft.com/com/dcom/dcom95/download.asp
, respectively. Run the downloaded files and follow the
prompt instructions to finish their installations. For legal considerations, these two files are not included in the
supplied CD-ROM.
Please follow the following steps to install two utilities, APUtility and SNMP Manager. The former is used for the local
configuration, and the later is the remote configuration. Except that the password options and physical connections,
two utilities perform the same functions.
1) Insert the supplied CD-ROM in the CD-ROM drive.
2) Run
\Utilities\setup.exe in the CD-ROM.
3) Follow the prompted instructions to finish the installation.
4) Restart your PC when prompted.
2.7 Install TWL-A11’s Driver
You may skip the TWL-A11’s driver installation on the condition that:
1) Your PC cannot connect to TWL-A11 through USB cable.
2) Your PC is running Windows 95 or NT, which does not support USB.
3) The local configuration is not in need.
Please follow the following steps to install the TWL-A11’s driver.
1) Plug one USB cable into socket symbolized with
on the rear panel of
TWL-A11, and plug the other end of the USB cable into USB port (type A) of the
PC.
2) When plugged, your PC should detect the inserted TWL-A11 automatically and display “New
Hardware Found” on the display box.
3) Put the supplied CD-ROM in the CD-ROM drive.
4) The driver installation procedure will guide you through the steps standard for your operating
system.
5) Restart your PC when prompted.
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