Hawking 802.11b, User Manual

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Page 2: ...ommercial environment This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with this user s guide may cause harmful interference to radio communications Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at his her own expense CE Mar...

Page 3: ... of purchase IN NO EVEN SHALL HAWKING TECHNOLOGY S LIABILTY EXCEED THE PRICE PAID FOR THE PRODUCT FROM DIRECT INDIRECT SPECIAL INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES RESULTING FROM THE USE OF THE PRODUCT ITS ACCOMPAN YING SOFTWARE OR ITS DOCUMENTATION Hawking Technology makes no warranty or representation expressed implied or statutory with respect to its products or the contents or use of this docum...

Page 4: ...TS 2 2 INSTALLATION PROCEDURE 4 2 1 WINDOWS 98SE ME 2000 4 2 1 1 Install the Driver 4 2 1 2 Install the Utility 4 2 2 WINDOWS XP 5 3 CONFIGURATION UTILITY 7 3 1 WIRELESS CONNECTION 7 3 2 GENERAL CONNECTION SETTING 8 3 3 WEP ENCRYPTION 10 3 4 ADVANCED SETTING 12 4 TROUBLESHOOTING 13 ...

Page 5: ...s peer to peer communication among any wireless users no Access Point required Automatic fallback increases data security and reliability Supports the most popular operating system Windows 98SE Me 2000 XP Portable and mini size design Suitable for Any Notebook or Desktop PC 1 2 Specifications Standard IEEE 802 11b Bus Type USB Type A FrequencyBand 2 4000 2 4835GHz Industrial Scientific MedicalBand...

Page 6: ...patible with other IEEE 802 11b compliant products from other manufacturers it offers you the most freedom to establish your ideal wireless network Therefore after installing 802 11b WLAN USB Adapter you can connect your computer to a A P e e r to Peer Workgroup of IEEE802 11b compliant wireless devices b A LAN Local Area Network constructed by Access Point s or other IEEE802 11b compliant syst em...

Page 7: ...nd alike B Cooperate LAN Local Area Networking With some 802 11b WLAN USB Adapters and Access Points it is easy to construct a LAN with access to the Internet for corporate business use The construction is quite easy the 802 11b WLAN USB Adapter and Access Point will automatically work at the most suitable frequency when your Access Point is correctly configured In addition most manufacturers will...

Page 8: ...er s OS system ie If you are using Windows 98 select Driver Win98 and the system will complete the driver installation 2 1 2 Install the Utility 1 Insert the CD into the CD ROM device and select the Wireless Utlity tab from the menu If the menu page does not automatically appear click on your MY COMPUTER icon and double click your CD Rom Icon After selecting the Wireless Utility tab from the menu ...

Page 9: ...twork utility which you may use or you may use the provided Hawking Zydas Wireless Utility It is strongly recommended that you use the utility provided with this adapter to obtain full functionality A Using Windows XP s Utility Click the icon circled in red below which is located in the taskbar to start using the Windows XP Wireless Configuration Utlity B Using the Utility provieded with this adap...

Page 10: ...network settings Note If you wish to change back to the Windows XP built in utility check the item again 3 Execute ZDConfig program click Start button and select ZyDAS Wireless LAN USB Note Ifyoudon t disable the XP s Utility youcanonly see the link status during communication process from the USB Adapter sutility ...

Page 11: ...splay the product information of the USB Adapter Available Network Displays all the SSID s Wireless Network ID s detected in your area and the Signal Strength of wireless devices nearby To re survey the available wireless devices please click the Refresh button There are two ways to automatically make the connection between the USB Adapter and the wireless device on the list 1 Double click the wir...

Page 12: ...r network for the best connection Link Quality This bar indicates the quality of the link The higher the percentage the better the quality Less Noise Interference TX Frame Shows the number of data frames that are transmitted by the adapter successfully RX Frame Shows the number of data frames that are received by the adapter successfully 3 2 General Connection Setting In the More Setting screen us...

Page 13: ...station Network Type Infrastructure This mode requires the presence of an AP or Router to create a wireless network All the communication is processed through the AP or Router Ad Hoc This mode enables wireless network adapters to connect without the use of an AP or Router Select this mode if there is no AP or Router in the network Peer to Peer networking Change button The change button will enable...

Page 14: ...e refer to Section 3 4 Information button To view the version of the driver firmware and the MAC Address of the adapter press this button 3 3 WEP Encryption WEP is an authentication algorithm which protects authorized Wireless LAN users against eavesdropping and network intruders The Authentication type and WEP key must be the same on the wireless station s within the network This adapter supports...

Page 15: ... wireless stations which the adapter is connecting to Key Length You may select the 64 bit or 128 bit to encrypt transmitted data Larger key length will provide higher level of security but the throughput network speed will be lower Default Key ID Select one of the keys 1 4 as the encryp tion key Key1 Key4 The keys are used to encrypt data transmitted in the wireless network Fill the text box by f...

Page 16: ...he transmission rate of the adapter Fragementation Threshold This value defines the maximum size of packets any packet size larger than the value will be fragmented If you have decreased this value and experience high packet error rates you can increase it again but it will likely decrease overall network performance Select a setting within a range of 256 to 2305 bytes Minor change is recommended ...

Page 17: ...s and wired LAN is called an Infrastructure configuration Infrastructure is applicable to enterprise scale for wireless access to central database or wireless application for mobile workers 5 What is BSS ID A specific Ad hoc LAN is called a Basic Service Set BSS Computers in a BSS must be configured with the same BSS ID 6 What is WEP WEP is Wired Equivalent Privacy a data privacy mechanism based o...

Page 18: ...r the original data without the need for retransmission To an unintended receiver DSSS appears as low power wideband noise and is rejected ignored by most narrowband receivers 10 What is Spread Spectrum Spread Spectrum technology is a wideband radio frequency technique developed by the military for use in reliable secure mission critical communication systems It is designed to trade off bandwidth ...