User manual COMET LABS WN591

Wireless LAN Device Series WLAN USB mini Adapter User's Manual (Model-Nr. : WN591) Version. 1.01 ( 7 Janv. 2004) Notice " This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. Warning: Changes or modifications to this unit not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user authority to operate the equipment. This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. The user's manual or instruction manual for an intentional or unintentional radiator shall caution the user that changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user's authority to operate the equipment. NOTE: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and 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 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 receiving antenna. Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver. Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is needed. Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help. Changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user`s authority to operate the equipment. The antenna(s) used for this transmitter must not be co-located or operating in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter Shielded interface cables must be used in order to comply with emission limits. 1 This EUT is incompliance with SAR for general population /uncontrolled exposure limits in ANSI/IEEE C95.1-1999 and had been tested in accordance with the measurement methods and procedures specified in OET Bulletin 65 Supplement C This device and its antenna(s) must not be co-located or operating in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter CAUTION: 1. To comply with FCC RF exposure compliance requirements, a separation distance of at least 20 cm must be maintained between the antenna of this device and all persons. 2. This Transmitter must not be co-located or operating in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter. 2 Contents 1 Introduction....................................................................................... 4 1.1 Package Contents ........................................................................................................ 4 1.2 System Requirements.................................................................................................. 4 2 Quick Installation.............................................................................. 5 3 Installation Procedures Under MS Windows.................................. 6 3.1 Installing the Application and Drivers under Windows 98SE/Me/2000/XP .......... 6 3.2 Uninstall the Driver/Application.............................................................................. 13 4 Configuration & Monitor Utility ..................................................... 17 4.1 Quick step-by-step start to connect site................................................................... 17 4.2 System tray................................................................................................................. 20 4.3 Main dialog box of Utility......................................................................................... 20 4.4 General ....................................................................................................................... 21 4.5 Setting......................................................................................................................... 23 4.6 Security....................................................................................................................... 24 4.7 Site Survey ................................................................................................................. 25 4.8 Profile ......................................................................................................................... 26 4.9 Info.............................................................................................................................. 27 3 1 Introduction This USB device is a Wireless LAN Adapter with a rate of 6,9,12,18,24,36,48 and 54 Mbps operating in the ISM band using Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) transmission conforming the IEEE 802.11g standard. and a rate of 1,2,5.5,11Mbps operating in the ISM band using DSSS, confirming the IEEE802.11b standard. With this cards is currently provided drivers for Microsoft Windows® 98SE/Me/2000/XP. 1.1 Package Contents Before you do anything, open your package and verify it includes: WN591 Mini USB Adapter USB Cable Setup Utility CD containing User's Manual 1.2 System Requirements Operating System: Microsoft Windows® 98SE/Me/2000/XP. Desktop/notebook PC with CD-ROM drive and USB interface. 4 2 Quick Installation This section provides a quick step by step guide on how to install your Wireless LAN USB Adapter. Please follow the steps described below and refer to the appropriate sections for further details: Power on the computer. Please make sure that you don't insert your WLAN USB adapter yet. Install the drivers and application: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Insert the given Installation CD into your CD-ROM drive. Click "Install/Uninstall software" button to install. Follow the installation instructions from the InstallShield Wizard by pressing the "Next" button. Choose the appropriate of installation, according to your needs (Application, Drivers) If you want to set the path of your choice, select "Browse" and then "Next". Then setup wizard will help you finalize the rest steps. Push the "OK" button, and then reboot system. The installation will be completed after reboot. Insert your WLAN USB adapter. The "Add New Hardware Wizard" automatically loads the Drivers. Refer to sections 3 for more details on the installation and configuration under Microsoft Windows® 98SE/Me/2000/XP respectively. Section 4 gives detailed instructions on how to use the Configuration Utility. WN591 Mini USB Adapter WN591 Mini USB Adapter Copyright© 2004 Comet Labs V1.0 WN591 Mini USB Adapter Welcome to the InstallShield Wizard for WN591 Mini USB Adapter WN591 Mini USB Adapter The InstallShield ® Wizard will install WN591 Mini USB Adapter on your computer. To continue, click Next. 5 3 Installation Procedures Under MS Windows The procedures described in this section to install and configure the Wireless LAN USB Adapter under MS Windows 98SE/Me/2000/XP. 3.1 Installing the Application and Drivers under Windows 98SE/Me/2000/XP Please do not plug your USB adapter until the Application setup has been completed. The setup procedure described below installs both the drivers and the Configuration & Monitor Utility. 1. Insert the Driver CD to your CD-ROM, the following window will pop up and Click "Install/Uninstall software" button to install. (If the following window doesn't pop up, click the Start button at the Taskbar and then select Run. Enter E:\autorun.exe if E is your CD-drive.) WN591 Mini USB Adapter Copyright© 2004 Comet Labs V1.0 6 2. Follow the installation instructions from the InstallShield Wizard by pressing the "Next" button. WN591 Mini USB Adapter Welcome to the InstallShield Wizard for WN591 Mini USB Adapter The InstallShieldR Wizard will install WN591 Mini USB Adapter on your computer. To continue, click Next. 3. The installer will install the needed files to a folder named "C:\Program Files\Wireless LAN Series\WN591 Mini USB Adapter". If you want to change this, Click"Browse" and select a folder. Click "Next" to continue. Setup will install WN591 Mini USB Adapter in the following folder. To install to this folder, click Next. To install to a different folder, click Browse and select another folder. C:\Program Files\Wireless LAN Series\WN591 Mini USB Adapter 7 4. Choose all program features will be installed. If you want to change this, Click "Custom", Choose which program features you want installed. Click "Next" to continue. C:\...\Wireless LAN Series\ZPlus-B290 C:\Program Files\Wireless LAN Series\WN591 Mini USB Adapter 5. The installer will create a program folder called WN591 Mini USB Adapter . If you want to change this, enter a name or select from the list below. Click "Next" to continue. WN591 USB Mini Adapter 8 6. Start Setup. WN591 Mini USB Adapter WN591 USB Mini Adapter Setup is performing the requested operations. 7. Click "OK" to complete the installation and restart the computer. WN591 Mini USB Adapter The InstallShield Wizard has successfully installed WN591 Mini USB Adapter. Before you can use the program, you must restart your computer. 8. After the computer restarts, plug WLAN USB Adapter connector into USB port on computer. 9 Under MS XP9. After the computer restarts, plug WLAN USB Adapter connector into USB port on computer then Windows XP detects the device automatically, briefly showing a message "Found New Hardware" and starts collecting information for a device information database. USB2.0-WLAN 10. When Windows XP is ready to cofigure the new hardware, it opens the Found New Hardware Wizard dialog box as shown; a dialog box appears asking what you want the wizard to do. Select "Install the software automatically (Recommended)" and Click "Next". WN591 Mini USB Adapter 10 11. Starting search the driver automatically. WN591 USB Mini Adapter 12. Starting install driver automatically, Click "Continue Anyway" WN591 Mini USB Adapter 11 13. Hardware installation finished, Click "Finish". WN591 USB Mini Adapter 14. You will find an icon in indicated "Wireless LAN USB Adapter" on your system tray. You can double-click on it to configuration. 12 3.2 Uninstall the Driver/Application There are three ways to uninstall the driver/application. 1. Uninstall from windows "Control Panel" 2. Uninstall from "Installation CD" 3. Uninstall from windows "Start Menu" Note: It is recommended to "Exit" the "Configuration & Monitor Utility", when you uninstall. No matter what way you choose to uninstall. 13 Uninstall form windows "Control Panel" Under MS Windows 2000/XP 1. Open "Control Panel". 2. Double click "Add or Remove Programs". 3. Choice the "Change or Remove Programs". 4. Select the "WN591 Mini USB Adapterr" from the list. 5. Click the "Change/Remove" button. WN 591 USB Mini Adapter 14 6. Click the "Next" button, and then click "OK". Welcome to the WN591 Mini USB Adapter Setup Maintenance program. This program lets you modify the current installation. Click one of the options below. Uninstall from Installation CD Insert the Installation CD to your CD-ROM, the following window will pop up and Click "Install/Uninstall software" button to uninstall. WN591 USB mini Adapter Copyright© 2004 Comet Labs V1.0 15 Uninstall from Windows Start Menu Select "Start->All Program->Wireless LAN Series->WN591 Mini USB Adapter", Choose "Uninstall". 16 4 Configuration & Monitor Utility The "Configuration & Monitor Utility" is a powerful application that helps you to configure the Wireless LAN Adapter and monitor the statistics of the communication. Unlike the standard method of configuring the card via the operating system utilities (e.g. Control Panel), this application permits the dynamic modification of the configuration parameters while the adapter is operating. It also offers some more configuration options. Offers the "Configuration & Monitor Utility" for Windows 98SE/Me/2000/XP. NotePlease keep in mind that the Configuration & Monitor Utility can be used to change the above configuration parameters when the cards are active. When the cards are not in use, please use the Control Panel method. 4.1 Quick step-by-step start to connect site Double-click the icon on the system tray to open "Configuration & Monitor utility". Note: Under Windows XP, Operating system will use "Windows Zero Configuration" to set your adapter. If you want to use our "Configuration & Monitor utility", you need to disable "Windows Zero Configuration", first. (See next section: How to disable "Windows Zero Configuration".) 17 Click "Re-Scan" button to scan nearby available network. If it scan one of available network, you can double-click the "BSSID/IBSS" item to connect site. If adapter connect successfully, you can get the information about Link Status of Signal Strength. 18 How to Disable "Windows Zero Configuration". Step 1. Right click the Wireless Network Connection icon in notification area and select "View Available Wireless Network". Step 2. Click "Advanced..." button. Step 3. Disable "Use Windows to configure my wireless network settings" and click "OK". 19