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TwinMOS

Octopus G Series

802.11b/g

Wireless LAN Card

User’s Manual

TwinMOS

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Summary of Contents for Octopus G Series

Page 1: ...TwinMOS Octopus G Series 802 11b g Wireless LAN Card User s Manual TwinMOS...

Page 2: ...1 Contents PACKAGE CONTENTS 2 INTRODUCTION 3 WIRELESS NETWORK OVERVIEW 4 O C T O P U S W I R E L E S S N E T W O R K S C E N A R I O S 6 INSTALLATION FOR WINDOWS 11 CONFIGURATION UTILITY 19 TROUBLESH...

Page 3: ...M Page 2 PACKAGE CONTENTS Unpack your Octopus WLAN Card kit and verify that all items are present Octopus Wireless LAN card User s Manual on CD Driver on CD If any of the items described appear to be...

Page 4: ...36 24 18 12 9 and 6 Mbps OFDM 11 and 5 5Mbps CCK and legacy 2 and 1 Mbps data rates Center frequency channel selection 2 4 GHz Fully compliant with the IEEE 802 11g WLAN standards Roaming over multip...

Page 5: ...the WLAN Ad hoc management decisions based on real time information can significantly improve worker efficiency Installation Speed and Simplicity Installing a wireless LAN system can be fast and easy...

Page 6: ...negative effect on range Try to position Access Points Residential Gateways and Computers so that the signal passes through drywall or open doorways and not other materials 3 Make sure that the antenn...

Page 7: ...and Figure 1 4 Expand the capabilities of your Access Points to support wireless devices that have been equipped with Octopus WLAN Card Ad Hoc Workgroup The Ad Hoc workgroup configuration enables you...

Page 8: ...e ready to Share files and printers and Access the Internet Figure 1 2 Connect to a Residential Gateway RG Enterprise Networking With the 11 Mbps Wireless LAN access point you can connect to a corpora...

Page 9: ...ed connection Octopus WLAN Card allows you to connect your computer to a Local Area Network LAN system from anywhere within the wireless coverage area Expanding or re designing your network is easy Ad...

Page 10: ...stall the network protocol s required to communicate on your network Most likely you will need the TCP IP protocol The Octopus Wireless LAN Configuration Utility is installed by executing the PRISMSTA...

Page 11: ...d under Windows XP Procedures will be the same for Windows 98SE Me 2000 Install the Driver 1 Insert the driver disk in your CD ROM 2 Insert the Octopus WLAN Card into the slot of your computer the sys...

Page 12: ...us Series Wireless LAN Card WWW TwinMOS COM Page 11 3 Please select the Driver folder select the folder based on your computer s OS system and the system will complete the driver installation automati...

Page 13: ...d WWW TwinMOS COM Page 12 4 Click Finish to complete the installation 5 After drivers are installed restart windows 6 When you complete the driver installation a new icon will be displayed in the task...

Page 14: ...please do the following Double lick the icon marked in red in the taskbar and you may start using the Windows XP s wireless utility The Connect to Wireless Network window will contain a list of all th...

Page 15: ...dows XP s utility click Advanced button In Wireless Network Connection Properties screen uncheck the setting Use Windows to configure my wireless network settings Note that if you want to change back...

Page 16: ...pus Series Wireless LAN Card WWW TwinMOS COM Page 15 Note If you don t disable the XP s Utility you can still see the status bands domain and about during communication process from the adapter s util...

Page 17: ...rovides the user an easy interface to change any settings related to the wireless adapter When the computer is started the Configuration Utility starts automatically and the system tray icon is loaded...

Page 18: ...c network Associated The adapter is operating in Infrastructure mode This field also shows the MAC address of the Access Point with which you are communicating Listening Indicates that the adapter is...

Page 19: ...ped and the remaining fields in this window display either a zero or Not Applicable Click this button again to turn the radio back on However if the radio has been disabled by the hardware switch on t...

Page 20: ...r office within your business which also has WLAN capability but which is configured differently than your main office In this situation you can create a different profile for each of these three envi...

Page 21: ...nu Access Point The second mode defined by the IEEE 802 11 standard is called infrastructure mode and is the primary application for WLAN operation In this mode all data on the wireless network is dir...

Page 22: ...s in the field for Key 1 For 64 bit encryption you must type exactly 5 alphanumeric or 10 hexadecimal characters in each of the four key fields for 128 bit encryption you must type exactly 13 alphanum...

Page 23: ...ablished If the IBSS network names SSID are the same for nodes in the peer to peer network but they have different preferred channels a network can still be established In this case if it cannot find...

Page 24: ...on Utility depends on the versions of driver and firmware for your adapter 802 11d Not Supported If your Octopus adapter does not support 802 11d operation the Domain menu simply provides a list of th...

Page 25: ...which provides information on the channels frequencies and power levels permitted in your location Once it finds such an Access Point the adapter conforms its operations to these standards The adapter...

Page 26: ...ation on the version of the Network Driver the Configuration Utility and the firmware in the Octopus WLAN adapter You can display this menu by choosing the Version Information command from the pop up...

Page 27: ...problem while installing the Octopus WLAN Card or yours Octopus WLAN Card are non functional In Windows 2000 To check that the Octopus WLAN Card is installed properly please do the following 1 Check t...

Page 28: ...IPX NetBEUI RF Characteristics Frequency Range 2 400 2 4835 GHz Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum DSSS Operating Channels 1 11 United States FCC 1 11 Canada DOC 1 14 Japan MKK 1 13 Europe Except Spain a...

Page 29: ...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 Reorient or relocate the recei...

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