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User Manual for WARPLINK

31 May 1999

This document only apply for Model WARPLINK 2401

and WARPLINK 2402 of Acer NeWeb Corporation.

Total pages, including this page, of this document are 20 pages.

All rights reserved. The information contained herein is the property of Acer NeWeb Corporation. No part may

be reproduced or used except as authorized by contract or written permission. The copyright and the

foregoing restriction on reproduction and use extend to all media in which information may be embodied.

Acer NeWeb Corporation

Summary of Contents for Warplink 2401

Page 1: ...e of this document are 20 pages All rights reserved The information contained herein is the property of Acer NeWeb Corporation No part may be reproduced or used except as authorized by contract or written permission The copyright and the foregoing restriction on reproduction and use extend to all media in which information may be embodied Acer NeWeb Corporation ...

Page 2: ...WARPLINK User Guide ...

Page 3: ...his publication may be reproduced transmitted transcribed stored in a retrieval system or translated into any language or computer language in any form or by any means electronic mechanical magnetic optical chemical manual or otherwise without the prior written permission of this company ...

Page 4: ...n If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures 1 Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna 2 Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver 3 Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circui...

Page 5: ...e information you need to install the system housing The following conventions are used NOTE Gives bits and pieces of additional information related to the current topic CAUTION Suggests precautionary measures to avoid potential hardware or software problems ...

Page 6: ... Chapter 2 Installation 2 1 2 1 Overview 2 1 2 2 Installing the Warplink Hardware 2 1 2 2 1 Installing the ISA or PCI card 2 1 2 2 2 Installing the PCMCIA card 2 2 2 3 Installing the Warplink driver 2 3 2 4 Installing the Software 2 4 Chapter 3 Specifications 3 1 Chapter 4 Warranty 4 1 4 1 Limitation of Liability and Remedies 4 1 ...

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Page 8: ...PCs The Warplink can transmit data through walls of a typical home or small office at a distance of over 150 feet and at speeds of up to one megabit per second You can locate you PCs wherever you want without worrying about wires and cables Unlike typical LAN Warplink is easy to install and use There are no hubs or servers which means no system administrator Your PCs will function just as they alw...

Page 9: ...ange in an office or indoor environment Signal that penetrates doors floors and walls Data Rate of 1 Mbit second Uses a PCMCIA Type 2 slot for notebooks Low power consumption unit can draw power from PCs and notebook computers Easy installation and operation Compact and lightweight at 50g ...

Page 10: ...mputer to a PC ISA or PCI One ISA or PCI card using radio frequency to communicate from a PC to a notebook computer SYGATE Software Software for multiple PCs sharing one modem one phone line and one ISP account Driver Disk One CD containing the driver for the hardware You can connect an extra desktop PC or notebook computer to your Warplink network by purchasing individual PCMCIA ISA or PCI cards ...

Page 11: ... Desktop Computers Notebook Computers Microsoft Windows 95 or 98 Microsoft Windows 95 or 98 486 66 CPU or better 486 66 CPU or better 8 MB RAM 16 MB recommended 8 MB RAM 16 MB recommended 10 MB free hard disk space 10 MB free hard disk space 1 free ISA or PCI card slot 1 free PCMCIA PC card slot CD ROM drive CD ROM drive ...

Page 12: ...2 Open the case of your computer for more detail please refer to the documentation provided by the computer manufacturer 3 Touch the chassis of the computer or any metal surface to ground yourself 4 Locate an empty ISA or PCI slot depending on the card you have purchased and remove its slot cover by unscrewing the screw Keep the screw for later use 5 Carefully insert the card into the slot and mak...

Page 13: ...n it on Without installing the Warplink driver and utility properly the Warplink would not work properly But please be noticed that the Warplink driver and utility have to be installed The Warplink driver and utility could be found in the accompanying CD The installation procedure is in Section 2 3 Note 1 Be sure to reserve a empty PCMCIA slot for Warplink 2 Before the Warplink driver and utility ...

Page 14: ...the Warplink Utility will be setup 7 Select Next to setup the directory that you want Warplink utility to be in 8 Select the Program Folder for Warplink Utility 9 After selecting your program folder the Warplink Utility will be installed into your computer immediately 10 After the Utility is installed then you would be asked to insert the Warplink card 11 Please insert your Warplink card now The s...

Page 15: ... Warplink station type is shown Network Host or Network Client The hopping sequence for this network is shown The Warplink MAC Media Access Control address is shown this follows IEEE standard You would be able to set it The Station name station type and hopping sequence could be set in Warplink Setting menu Co ord Quality the link quality for this station to Network Host Processor Usage the Warpli...

Page 16: ...equence for the entire network The same hopping sequence has to be set for a network to link together You could choose sequence number from 0 to 77 for USA That is 78 sets of hopping sequence 4 Neighbor List All of stations linked to the network will be shown The link quality is that between this station and the other linked station The status is updated every 2 seconds The Re Fresh could be click...

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Page 18: ...io Frequency Technique Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum Receiver Sensitivity Typically 80dBm Data Rate 1 Mbit sec MAC Protocol CSMA CA Frequency Band 2 4 2 4835 GHz ISM Band Typical Output Power 17 5 dBm Supply Voltage 5V Operation Supply Current Standby 23 mA Receive 130 mA Transmit 290 mA Weight 50g Operating Temperature Range 0 C to 55 C Storage Temperature Range 20 C to 70 C ...

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Page 20: ...faulty installation misapplication set up adjustments improper operation or maintenance modification improper voltage supply or as a result of service or modification not approved by ANC There are no express warranties other than those listed above The warrantor shall not be liable for incidental damages resulting from the use of this product or arising out of any breach of this warranty All expre...

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