User manual ENCORE ENPWI-G

[. . . ] When nearby persons has to be kept to ensure RF exposure compliance, in order to comply with RF exposure limits established in the ANSI C95. 1 standards, the distance between the antennas and the user should not be less than 20 cm. FCC Interference Statement 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. If not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, it may cause harmful interference to radio communications. [. . . ] The Wireless Cardbus Adapter configuration is easy to change from peer-to-peer networks, suitable for a small number of users, to full infrastructure networks of thousands of users that allow roaming around a broad area. Overview of this User's Guide Introduction. Helps you get started with the basic installation of the Wireless Cardbus Adapter. Lists the technical (general, physical and environmental) specifications of the Wireless Cardbus Adapter 1 UNPACKING AND SETUP This chapter provides unpacking and setup information for the Wireless Cardbus Adapter. Unpacking Open the box of the Wireless Cardbus Adapter and carefully unpack it. The box should contain the following items: One 802. 11g Wireless Cardbus Adapter One Driver & Utility with User's Guide CD-ROM If any item is found missing or damaged, please contact your local reseller for replacement. Setup The setup of the Wireless Cardbus Adapter can be performed using the following steps: Visually inspect the Cardbus Adapter and make sure that it is fully plugged in to the Cardbus slot. Make sure that there is a well environment that there is no much intrusion to have a better connection. 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION LED Indicator LNK (LINK) The LNK indicator will blinks green while the Wireless Cardbus adapter is connecting to the networking, it will lights green when the Wireless Cardbus Adapter is connected to the networking, otherwise, it is off. ACT (Activity) The ACT indicator blinks green when the Wireless Cardbus Adapter is connected to a network successfully and transmitting data. Otherwise the LNK indicator is off whiles the Wireless LAN is stand by. Check the installation The LEDs of the Wireless Cardbus Adapter are clearly visible and the status of the network link can be seen instantly: 1. Once the device is plugged to the station's Cardbus slot, the PWR LED of the Wireless Cardbus Adapter will light up indicating a normal status. When the device plugged to the station's Cardbus slot and the driver was installed, the LNK LED will start blinking, it means that the device is starting to scan the wireless devices near the Wireless Cardbus Adapter. While the Wireless Cardbus Adapter linked up and transmitting data to the Access Point or to other Wireless LAN station, the LNK LED will start blinking. 3 SOFTWARE INSTALLATION This section will lead you to install the driver and utility of the Wireless Cardbus Adapter. Windows 98se/ME/2000/XP Utility and Driver Installation 1. Insert the Wireless Cardbus Adapter Driver & Utility CD-ROM into computer's CD-ROM Drive and it will automatically run a setup menu and install the driver and the utility. In some specific setting on Windows system, you may need to proceed the software manually, go to your Windows Start menu and choose Run, type "D:\Utility\Setup. exe" in the dialog box (D:\ will depend on where your CD-ROM drive is located) and click OK. If you need to install the driver manually, refer each Windows OS to the following CD-Rom directory path: D:\Driver\<Windows OS>\WLG1101. inf. Note: (D:\ will depends on where the CD-ROM drive is located and <Windows OS> will depend on the Windows OS you are using). WIRELESS LAN INSTALL SOFTWARE USER'S MANUAL PCI Card USER'S MANUAL PC Card BROWSE CD-ROM EXIT 3. The installation program will help you to setup the Wireless Cardbus utility. Be noted that the Windows XP have its own Wireless Utility; you can either use the utility of Windows XP or the provided utility. 4 5. After finish the installation, plugged in the Wireless Cardbus Adapter, you will see Wireless Configuration Utility Country Selector, select the country where you are using this Wireless device, users are responsible for ensuring that the channel set configuration is in compliance with the regulatory standards of these countries. . Warning: Be noted that selecting the incorrect region may result in a violation of applicable law; you will need to select the correct domain. 6. When the Wireless Cardbus Adapter was installed, you will see the icon on the Windows task bar. When the icon in the toolbar represents in green color, it is properly connected to the network and if it represents in red color, then it is not connected to the network. 5 Wireless Utility Setting With the Wireless Cardbus Adapter utility, users can configure all the functions provided by the Wireless Monitor Utility. Click the Enable Encryption to activate the security of the Cardbus Adapter. WEP-Key: WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) relies on a secret key that is shared between a mobile station and a base station (Access Point). WEP-Passphrase: the Passphrase in the dialog box helps you to create a group of WEP key in the Key Setting. [. . . ] Fragment Threshold: Fragmentation Threshold is a way of transmitting the packets that will be fragmented. It is recommended to fragment the packet when the link quality is bad, it is to prevent the wasting time of resending a long packet that is lost. RTS/CTS Threshold: The RTS/CTS Threshold is a station initiates the process by sending a RTS frame, the other ends receives the RTS and responds with a CTS frame, the station must receive a CTS frame before sending the data frame. It is recommended limiting a long packet to prevent each station waiting too long to transmit a data. 11 Profile The Profile section allows you to set values for all parameters by selecting a previously defined profile. [. . . ]