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M73-APO01-500 

 

802.11b Wireless 

CardBus PC Card

 

 

Quick Installation 

 

Summary of Contents for WB2000

Page 1: ...M73 APO01 500 802 11b Wireless CardBus PC Card Quick Installation ...

Page 2: ...nd 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 to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning off and on the user is encourag...

Page 3: ...then you can use the built in utility in Windows XP 1 Insert the Setup Utility CD ROM into the CD ROM drive and double click on Setup exe to install the Wireless LAN Utility 2 When the Welcome screen appears click Next to continue 3 The Choose Destination Location screen will show you the default destination chosen by the utility Click Next to continue 4 Follow the instruction to select the progra...

Page 4: ...mputer Windows will detect the new hardware and then automatically copy all of the files needed for networking For Windows 98 users As you perform the installation have your system operating CD ROM at hand You may be asked to insert the OS CD ROM for the system to download a specific driver For Windows 2000 users When Digital Signature Not Found screen appears click Yes to continue For Windows XP ...

Page 5: ...e automatically In Windows 98 1 In Add New Hardware Wizard click Next 2 Select Search for the best driver for your device Recommended Click Next 3 Insert the device driver CD ROM into the CD ROM drive Select CD ROM and Specify a location and click Browse to provide the appropriate path e g D Win9xMe Click Next 4 Click Next Windows will copy all the necessary files to your system 5 Insert Windows 9...

Page 6: ...ows prompts you to restart your computer click Yes In Windows 2000 1 In Found New Hardware Wizard click Next 2 In Install Hardware Device Drivers select Search for a suitable driver for my device recommended click Next 3 Insert the device driver CD ROM into the CD ROM drive Select CD ROM drivers and Specify a location click Next 4 Click Browse to provide the appropriate path e g D Win2kXP Click OK...

Page 7: ...h e g D Win2kXP Click Next 3 Click Continue Anyway to proceed Windows will copy all the necessary files to your system 4 Click Finish to complete the installation Configuration Utility After installing the Wireless PC Card s driver successfully the Network Status icon will appear in the task bar You can open it by double clicking on this icon Note Except for the following configuration utility usi...

Page 8: ...work Status Icon The Status Icon Icon Link Status Access Point mode Green Peer to Peer mode White No connection Red Link Info The Link Info tab will display the current status of the Wireless Network Adapter ...

Page 9: ...the current transfer rate 1 2 5 5 or 11Mbps or Auto Channel It shows the selected channel that is currently used There are 14 channels available depends on the country Link Quality It displays the link quality of the connection between the Wireless Network Adapter and the Access Point it connects Signal Strength It displays the signal strength of the connection between the Wireless Network Adapter...

Page 10: ...Select the appropriate channel from the list provided to correspond with your network settings All devices in the wireless LAN must be configured to share the same radio channel in order to work correctly There are 14 channels available depends on the country Tx Rate Select 1 2 5 5 or 11Mbps or Auto from the pull down list to change the current transfer rate Preamble A preamble is a signal used in...

Page 11: ... Preamble Short Preamble The Short Preamble is intended for applications where minimum overhead and maximum performance is desired If in a noisy network environment the performance would be decreased Radio Select On Off from the pull down list to enable disable the Radio Module function of the Wireless Network Adapter Encryption WEP Wired Equivalent Privacy encryption can be used to ensure the sec...

Page 12: ...pter will need to be set to the same authentication mode Shared Authentication Shared Authentication is when both the sender and the recipient share a secret key Auto Select Auto for the network adapter to select the Authentication mode automatically depending on the Access Point Authentication mode Key Length 64 Bit or 128 Bit WEP Key 1 2 3 4 This setting is the configuration key used in accessin...

Page 13: ... Encryption Channel It displays the selected channel that is currently used Signal It displays the signal strength of the connection between the Wireless Network Adapter and the Access Point it connects BSSID IBSSID A set of wireless stations is referred to as a Basic Service Set BSS Computers in a BSS must be configured with the same BSS ID Type It displays the type of Basic Service Set Access Po...

Page 14: ...e list to connect About You can view basic information about the Utility like the Driver and Utility Version Configuration for Windows XP 1 Go to Start Æ Control Panel Æ Network Connections 2 In Network Connections window right click the Wireless Network Connections icon and select Properties 3 In Wireless Network Connection Properties window select the General tab 12 ...

Page 15: ...All devices in the wireless LAN must be configured to share the same radio channel in order to work correctly There are 14 channels available depends on the country Data Rate Select 1 2 5 5 or 11Mbps or Auto from the pull down list to change the current transfer rate Network Type Select the appropriate Network Type from 802 11 AdHoc Mode Active 802 11 AdHoc Mode Passive or Infrastructure In AdHoc ...

Page 16: ...e decreased RTS Threshold This value should remain at its default setting of 2347 Should you encounter inconsistent data flow only minor modifications of this value are recommended Select Shared key Index Select from 1 2 3 4 or No selection Sharekey1 Sharekey2 Sharekey3 Sharekey4 This setting is the configuration key used in accessing the wireless network via WEP encryption Fill in the appropriate...

Page 17: ...uration Utility for 802 11b Wireless CardBus PC Card Note If you want to use the utility in Configuration Utility section to configure the wireless settings Make sure the check box is NOT enabled please refer to below figure and then the Network Status icon will appear in the taskbar You can open it by double clicking the icon ...

Page 18: ...ht click the Network Status icon in the taskbar click Disable Utility The Network Status icon in the taskbar will disappear and then you can use Windows to configure the wireless settings Available networks Displays all available networks ...

Page 19: ...low Refresh Click the button to refresh and search for all available networks Preferred networks From available network s listed above you can select preferred one s in an order that you can arrange The marked one is the currently used network Move up Move the selected network forward one position ...

Page 20: ...ew settings will be active only after you click on OK in the Wireless Network Connection Properties window Remove Highlight the unwanted network listed in the Preferred networks box and click the button to remove it Properties Highlight the network listed in the above Preferred networks box and click the button to display its properties Once network configuration is done make sure to click OK The ...

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