User manual ENCORE ENUWI-G2

[. . . ] 4 Wireless utility setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Link Info . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Advanced . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] Make sure that there is a well environment that there is no much intrusion to have a better connection. 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION LED Indicator LINK The LINK LED lights green when ENCORE 802. 11g Wireless USB 2. 0 Adapter is connected to a network successfully. Otherwise the LINK indicator blinks green while the 802. 11g Wireless USB 2. 0 Adapter is access the wireless network. Check the installation The LED of ENCORE 802. 11g Wireless USB 2. 0 Adapter is clearly visible and the status of the network link can be seen instantly: 1. When connected to the USB port and the driver were installed, the LNK LED will start blinking, and it means that the device is starting to scan an 802. 11g wireless device near the 802. 11g Wireless USB 2. 0 Adapter. While the 802. 11g Wireless USB 2. 0 Adapter linked up to the Access Point or to other Wireless LAN station, the LINK LED will always light up. 3 SOFTWARE INSTALLATION This section will lead you to install the driver and utility of the 802. 11g Wireless USB 2. 0 Adapter. Utility and Driver Installation using Adapter Setup Wizard (for Windows XP/Vista only) Insert Encore 802. 11g Wireless LAN Adapter Driver & Utility CD-ROM into computer's CD-ROM Drive and it will automatically run the Adapter Setup Wizard. If the Wizard does not start automatically, go to your Windows Start menu and choose Run, type "D:\setup\nmasetup. exe" in the dialog box (D:\ will depend on where your CDROM drive is located). Note: (D:\ will depends on where the CD-ROM drive is located and <Windows OS> will depend on the Windows Operating System you are using) 2. Advanced Utility and Driver Installation, without Adapter Setup Wizard (for Windows Vista/XP/2000/ME/98) Insert the 802. 11g Wireless LAN USB 2. 0 Adapter Driver & Utility CD-ROM into computer's CD-ROM Drive and it will automatically run Adapter Setup Wizard. 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\XP_2K_ME_98\Setup. exe" or "D:\Utility\Vista\Setup. exe" in the dialog box (D:\ will depend on where your CD-ROM drive is located). Note: (D:\ will depends on where the CD-ROM drive is located and <Windows OS> will depend on the Windows Operating System you are using). Plug-in your 802. 11g Wireless USB 2. 0 Adapter into your computer's USB port. When start the utility first time, you will see the Wireless Configuration Utility Country Selector, select the country domain where you are using this Wireless device, users are responsible for ensuring that the region domain 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. You will see the icon on the Windows task bar when you finish the utility installation and plugged the 802. 11g Wireless USB 2. 0 Adapter. When the icon in the toolbar represents in green color, it is properly connected to the network and shown the linking quality. 6 WIRELESS UTILITY SETTING Windows® XP users may use the built-in wireless utility as default. If you are using Windows® 2000/98/ME, you must use the Wireless Utility. With the Wireless utility, users can configure all the functions provided by the Wireless LAN Adapter Utility. that appears in the The Wireless LAN Adapter Utility includes six tabs: Link Info, Configuration, Advanced, Site Survey and About. Link Info The Link Info screen shows you the status of the Wireless Adapter, it shows that where the device is connected to, the connect Status, the connecting Speed, the network Type, the Encryption type, the SSID and the Signal Strength. 7 Configuration This is the page where you can change the basic settings of the 802. 11g Wireless USB 2. 0 Adapter with the minimum amount of effort to implement a secure wireless network environment. SSID: The SSID differentiates one Wireless LAN group name from another; so all access points and all devices attempting to connect to a specific Wireless LAN group name must use the same SSID. A device will not be permitted to join the BSS unless it can provide the unique SSID. Wireless Mode: If you want to connect with an Access Point/WLAN Router, please set to "Infrastructure" mode. If you have more stations and just want to set them as local network, please set the mode to "Ad-hoc" mode. [. . . ] That means that stations using Short-Preamble cannot communicate with stations implementing the original version of the protocol. Support Band: There are two bands available for selection; 11B and 11G. Advanced The Advanced settings help you to control the Wireless Adapter to adjust with wireless devices in certain environment. Auth. Mode: Eight options are available: Disable, Auto, Open System, Shared Key, WPA/WPA2, and WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK. If one of the two options is selected, it is required to select the Encryption mode from the next dropping list. 9 Shared Key/Open System Network Key: Choose the encryption way, either in HEX or ASCII formats, and enter the password in the blank space. [. . . ]