Dynex C940722G, User Manual

Page 1: ...User s Guide 1 Wireless 802 11g Cardbus Adapter User s Guide Version 1 5 ...

Page 2: ...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 ...

Page 3: ...latform 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 19 4 1 Link Information 21 4 2 Availiable Networks 23 4 3 Profile Setting 24 4 4 About 28 5 Troubleshooting 29 6 Appendix I 30 7 Certification 33 ...

Page 4: ...ackage 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 ...

Page 5: ... 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 ne...

Page 6: ...l 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 ...

Page 7: ...nnection l Install the Access Point at first AP is needed in case of Infrastructure network mode l Install the software using the Install CD l Install the Wireless LAN Card WIRELESS LAN 802 11g Adapter l Install the network protocol s required to communicate on your network Most likely you will need the TCP IP protocol ...

Page 8: ...low 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 Note Do not insert the WLAN Adapter until you are asked to do so failure of which may result in unsuccessful installatio...

Page 9: ...User s Guide 9 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 ...

Page 10: ...g 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 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 ...

Page 11: ...User s Guide 11 4 Accept the license agreement Accept the license agreement Click Yes to accept ...

Page 12: ...User s Guide 12 Click Next to finish the setup ...

Page 13: ...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 ...

Page 14: ...uter à Properties à HardwareàDevice 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 ...

Page 15: ... 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 ...

Page 16: ...cols 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 ...

Page 17: ...group 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 ...

Page 18: ...all Procedure Step 1 If you want to uninstall the WLAN adapter just simply click Start Menu à Program àDynex DX WNB2G Wireless LAN Card Utilityà Uninstall it shall uninstall all related programs Step 2 Restart your Computer ...

Page 19: ...rolled 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 ...

Page 20: ...ide 20 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 ...

Page 21: ...cess 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 Poi...

Page 22: ...bar graph is only active when the node is in Infrastructure Mode The bar graph displays the quality of the link between the node and Access Point Signal Strength The signal strength bar graph is only active when the node is in infrastructure mode The bar graph displays normalized signal strength as reported by the radio averaged over all frames over 100 bytes long that are received from the AP ...

Page 23: ...urrent status of available APs within the network User may select profile or ESSID from above list click Connect to connect with the AP Click Refresh to rescan the network this utility with site survey function it will detect and list all available AP s within network ...

Page 24: ...Type This field allows you to select from a list of supported Network Modes The modes displayed will have two values Peer to Peer and Access Point Peer to Peer This is the 802 11g peer to peer mode of operation In 802 11g Ad Hoc only one wireless cell is supported for each different SSID All communication is done from Client to Client without the use of an Access Point 802 11g Ad Hoc networking us...

Page 25: ...transmission rate at which client of AP transmits the data packets You may set this to fixed 1Mbps fixed 2 Mbps fixed 5 5 Mbps fixed 11 Mbps or Automatic for 802 11b s AP and fixed 6Mbps fixed 9Mbps fixed 12Mbps fixed 18Mbps fixed 24Mbps fixed 36Mbps fixed 48Mbps fixed 54Mbps or Automatic for 802 11g s AP Encryption WEP You may desire an additional measure of security on your wireless network whic...

Page 26: ...ritten to the driver and registry such as Hexadecimal format each key must consist of hex digits which means that only digit 0 9 and letters A F are valid entries If entered incorrectly program will not write keys to a driver WPA pre shared key is one advanced security for wireless network There are 2 types algorithm could be supported one is TKIP and the other is AES To use WPA Pre Shared Key ent...

Page 27: ...etting of each wireless connection Please define if the current Profile IP setting will be assign by a DHCP Server or just assign by a fixed IP that is determinate by the Network Administrator When the DHCP Status is Enable the TCP IP information will be assigned by a DHCP Server Or otherwise please fill up with the correspondence data of the IP settings ...

Page 28: ...s Guide 28 4 4 About About tab shows the product version including the detail of Driver Application and firmware versions Users must use this version number when reporting their problems to technical support ...

Page 29: ...d Service you can see the status of the PC card If there is a yellow sign either on the adapter or the PC card please check the following 1 Check to see if your computer has a free IRQ If not make an IRQ free by assigning the same IRQ to some devices for example COM 1 COM 2 can be assigned the same IRQ values 2 Check that you have inserted the right card and have installed the proper driver In Win...

Page 30: ...ity standard has been defined after Windows XP lunch date then you should also update your current Wireless Zero Configuration utility version to the latest In order to do so you must run the patch file which be included the CD or please visit the following website for download it http www microsoft com downloads details aspx displaylang en familyid 009D8425 CE2B 47A4 ABEC 274845DC9E91 Once the ab...

Page 31: ...User s Guide 31 Step2 Open the Wireless utility Click Advanced and the following screen will appear Over the WPA wireless Network click Configure ...

Page 32: ...should match the WPA setting of your Access Point Step4 Click Authentication tab to select EAP type The EAP type should match the authentication server before access the authenticated network After clicking OK the Wireless workstation will be able to associate with the AP previously get authenticated by an authentication Server ...

Page 33: ...r is connected Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help 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 FCC Caution Any changes or modifications not express...