User manual ENCORE ENPWI-SG

[. . . ] 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. [. . . ] 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 108Mbps IEEE 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 Power (PWR) The PWR indicator lights green while the Wireless Cardbus adapter is connecting to the Cardbus or PCMCIA slot, 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 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 ACT and PWR LED will start alternate 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 ACT 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>\net5211. 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). 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. 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 full green color then the signal strength has an excellent performance with the AP, if it represents in yellow color then the signal strength has a fair performance with the AP, and if the icon represents no color, then the signal strength has a worst performance with the wireless station. 4 Wireless Utility Setting I. Link Information The default page is as below after launching the Utility program. Status: Shows the BSSID associated, which can be used to identify the wireless network. SSID: Shows current SSID, which must be the same for the wireless client and AP in order for communication to be established. Wireless Mode: Shows the current wireless mode used for wireless communication. Encryption: Shows the current encryption mode used for wireless network. Link Quality: Shows the link quality of the 108Mbps wireless LAN PC card with the Access Point when operating under Infrastructure mode. At the receiver, the Preamble and header are processed to aid in demodulation and delivery of the PSDU. [. . . ] Select any one of them to establish communications by simply mouse double-click or click on the "Connect" button. Click "Refresh" button to start scanning for available network again. Profile ­ User can create and manage the created profiles for Home, offices or public areas. By double-clicking on one of the created profile, the setting will adapt to the configuration such as SSID, channel, and WEP settings saved by that particular profile. [. . . ]