User manual COMET LABS WN558

WN558 ­ WN568 ­ WN598 Models English Version 1.4 ­ March 2005 User's Guide 1 Copyright statement 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 the prior writing of the publisher. March 2005 User's Guide 2 Contents 1. Introduction..................................................................................................................................... 4 2. Wireless LAN Basics.................................................................................................................... 5 3. Installation for Windows platform .............................................................................................. 6 3.1. Installation Overview .........................................................................................................................7 3.2. Install Procedure for Windows XP................................................................................................8 3.3. Install Procedure for Windows 98/ME/2000...........................................................................10 4. Configuration Utility .................................................................................................................... 18 4.1 Link Information ..................................................................................................................................20 4.2 Availiable Networks ...........................................................................................................................22 4.3 Profile Setting ......................................................................................................................................23 4.4 About.......................................................................................................................................................27 5. Troubleshooting .......................................................................................................................... 28 6. Appendix....................................................................................................................................... 29 User's Guide 3 1. Introduction Thank you for purchasing your Wireless LAN 802.11g Adapter. This User' s Guide will assist you with the installation procedure. The package you have received should contain the following items: · Wireless LAN 802.11g Adapter · Quick Installation Guide · CD containing Wireless network adapter utility & drivers and User's Guide Note: if anything is missing, please contact your vendor Note: This manual is valid for all Wireless LAN 11g Series products, such as PC Card, USB, mini-USB, PCI adapter, mini-PCI...etc. User's Guide 4 2. Wireless LAN Basics Wireless LAN (Local Area Networks) systems offer a great number of advantages over a traditional, wired system. Wireless LANs (WLANs) are more flexible, easier to setup and manage and often more cost effective than their wired equivalence. Using radio frequency (RF) technology, WLANs transmit and receive data over the air, minimizing the need for wired connections. Thus, WLANs combine data connectivity with user mobility, and, through simplified configuration, enable movable LANs. With wireless LANs, users can access shared information without looking for a place to plug in and network managers can set up or augment networks without installing or moving wires. Wireless LANs offer the following productivity, convenience and cost advantages over traditional wired networks: · Mobility - Wireless LAN 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. · Installation Speed and Simplicity - Installing a wireless LAN system can be fast and easy and can eliminate the need to pull cable through walls and ceilings. · Installation Flexibility - Wireless technology allows the network to go where wires cannot go. · Reduced Cost-of-Ownership - While the initial investment required for wireless LAN hardware might be higher than the cost of wired LAN hardware, overall installation expenses and life-cycle costs will be significantly lower. Long-term cost benefits are greatest in dynamic environments requiring frequent moves, adds, and changes. · Scalability - Wireless LAN systems can be configured in a variety of topologies to meet the needs of specific applications and installations. Configurations are easily changed and range from peerto-peer to full infrastructure networks, also allow roaming over a broad area. User's Guide 5 3. Installation for Windows platform The following section will assist you in installing wireless LAN Adapter successfully. You will first 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 that you wish to install. The Wireless LAN card can easily be installed and used, without bothering to connect cables for keeping your computer to use network resources. User's Guide 6 3.1. Installation Overview Here are some steps you will perform in establishing your wireless 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 Adapter). Install the network protocol(s) required to communicate on your network. Most likely you will need the TCP/IP protocol. User's Guide 7 3.2. Install Procedure for Windows XP Note: Do not insert the WLAN Adapter until you are asked to do so, failure of which may result in unsuccessful installation of your WLAN device. 1. Insert the given Installation CD in the CD-ROM, then browse the CD content and find a file which be named setup.exe, double click it for beginning the installation. Follow the instruction to finish the installation. 2. After complete the procedure, insert your WLAN card into PCMCIA/PCI slot or USB connector of your system, and then system will detect new hardware. Select "Install the software automatically (Recommended) ", and then click Next to continue. User's Guide 8 Once your system detected the driver, Microsoft will show a warning message as below. Click " Continue Anyway " for next step. After copy the file to your system, then the setup is finish. User's Guide 9 3.3. Install Procedure for Windows 98/ME/2000 Note: Do not insert the WLAN Adapter until you are asked to do so, failure of which may result in unsuccessful installation of your WLAN device. 1. Power on your computer and allow Windows 98/ME/2000 to load fully. 2. Be sure that the Wireless LAN 802.11g Adapter is not inserted yet. 3. Insert the given Installation CD in the CD-ROM, then browse the CD content and find a file which be named setup.exe, double click it for beginning the installation. At the " Welcome" window, click Next. User's Guide 10 4. Accept the license agreement. Accept the license agreement. Click Yes to accept. Click Yes to finish the setup. User's Guide 11 5. Insert / 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 manually. Click Yes to finish the installation. User's Guide 12 6. Click the right button of mouse on My Computer Properties Hardware Device Manager. Check whether it has WLAN adapter in one of the sockets or not. If you find Wireless Network PC Card in one of the sockets, it means the card is detected properly. 7. Click right button of mouse on the Network Neighborhood. User's Guide 13 8. Select Properties from the pop up menu. For Windows 98 the 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 button. Select Network Component Type box appears. Click on the Protocol then click the Add button. User's Guide 14 10. Select Network 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. Repeat the step 9 and 10 to add IPX/SPX protocol. User's Guide 15 13. Click on the TCP/IP option for setting the IP address for your computer. You can select either Obtain an IP address automatically or Use the following IP address setting. If your choice is the second one then enter the IP value, Subnet masking, 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 options as well for sharing your computers resources. Click on OK. 14. Screen message do want to restart your Computer will pop up. Select Yes. It will shut down your computer and restart. Important: In order to make sure that the changed values could take effect, please Restart your computer before continue. 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: Restart your Computer. User's Guide 17 4. Configuration Utility Wireless LAN 802.11g Wireless LAN adapter uses its own management software. All functions controlled by user are provided by this application. Usually 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 802.11g NIC configuration is invalid or incomplete. Figure 1 Icon tray with a new icon User'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 various screen messages. User's Guide 19 4.1 Link Information Connected To Network - This field is used to display the current status of connection. When the state shows "Connected to Network" means normal flow of operation in Infrastructure mode. The PC is connected to access point. Networking is available. A state of "Scanning" means that the node is searching 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. Network Type Infrastructure Mode - The driver will scan all available channels continuously until it finds one or more Access Points that match its SSID. At that point it will try and authenticate and associate with the Access Point. Peer to Peer Mode - The driver will scan for 5 seconds looking for an existing Ad Hoc network using the same SSID. Current Channel and Transmit Rate Shows the channel of the radio and transmit rate being currently used for an active User's Guide 20