Laptone Wireless G, User Manual

Page 1: ...Wireless G 54 Mbps USB Adapter User Manual LNM1500 Ver 1 0 W Wi ir re el le es ss s G G 5 54 4 M Mb bp ps s U US SB B A Ad da ap pt te er r User Manual Version 1 0 ...

Page 2: ...N PROCEDURE 3 3 SETUP WIZARD 10 4 CONFIGURATION UTILITY 14 4 1 Utility Overview 15 4 2 Available Network 17 4 3 General 18 4 4 Profile 20 4 5 Advanced 25 4 6 Status 28 4 7 Statistics 29 4 8 Wi Fi Protected Setup 30 4 9 Software AP 31 4 9 1 AP Properties Setting 32 4 9 2 AP Advanced 34 4 9 3 AP Statistics 35 4 9 4 ICS 36 5 TROUBLESHOOTING 37 6 INFORMATION 40 ...

Page 3: ...ted by a dynamically changed secret key Furthermore this adapter supports WPA2 function WPA2 provides a stronger encryption mechanism through AES Advanced Encryption Standard which is a requirement for some corporate and government users The power consumption of the adapter is also very low Furthermore this adapter provides several levels of power saving modes allowing user customizes the way of s...

Page 4: ...s Link Activity Transmit Power 11g 14 1dBm 11b 17 1dBm Dimension 9 H x 27 W x 87 D mm Temperature 32 131 F 0 55 C Humidity Max 95 NonCondensing Certification FCC CE 1 3 Package Contents Before you begin the installation please check the items of your package The package should include the following items Laptone Wireless USB Adapter CD with Installation software User Manual Quick Installation Guid...

Page 5: ...on was operated under Windows Vista Procedures are similar for Windows 98SE Me 2000 XP Note2 If you have installed the Wireless Adapter driver utility before please uninstall the old version first I Install the Driver and Utility A Insert the Installation CD to your CD ROM Drive Execute the Setup exe program B Select the Setup Language and click Next to proceed C Click Next to start installing dri...

Page 6: ...User Manual LNM1500 4 Wireless G 54 Mbps USB Adapter User Manual LNM1500 Ver 1 0 D Click Install to start the installation E The system starts to install the driver and utility ...

Page 7: ... The system will auto detect the USB adapter and complete the drivers installation for the adapter automatically I You are now able to use the USB adapter II Connect to Wireless Access Point A To start configuring the adapter double click the icon in the system tray B The utility of the adapter is displayed Click Available Network and double click on the wireless access point you want to connect t...

Page 8: ...User Manual LNM1500 6 Wireless G 54 Mbps USB Adapter User Manual LNM1500 Ver 1 0 C Input the security setting if the Access Point has enabled the security and click OK to start network connection ...

Page 9: ...dows Zero Configuration on Windows Vista For Windows Vista user you can use Windows Zero Configuration to connect to wireless access point A Click Start button then click Control Panel Click Network and Internet in Control Panel B Click Connect to a network under Network and Sharing Center ...

Page 10: ...ccess point you want to use if it s shown then click Connect D If it s an unnamed access point i e the SSID of this wireless access point is hidden you ll be prompted to input its name and the name must be identical to the SSID setting of the wireless access point you re connecting to Click Next ...

Page 11: ...rotected by encryption method you have to input its security or passphrase here It must match the encryption setting on the access point Click Connect F If you can see this image the connection between your computer and wireless access point is successfully established Click Close to start network connection ...

Page 12: ... wizard for you to connect to the wireless network simply Please follow the step below to run the setup wizard A From the menu in the utility select Set Wizard B Select Station Infrastructure if you want to connect to the wireless network through access point or select Station ad hoc to connect to a peer to peer network Click Next ...

Page 13: ...M1500 Ver 1 0 C The site survey results will show up Please select the one you d like to connect to and click the Next button D In the Wireless network properties dialog please fill in the security settings for this wireless network you d like to connect to and click OK ...

Page 14: ... that the IP Address of the adapter is in the same network segment with the wireless access point and click the Finish button For example Assume that the wireless access point s IP Address is 192 168 2 1 and the subnet mask is 255 255 255 0 Your computer can be configured to obtain IP Address automatically through the DHCP Server of the access point or a fixed IP Address in order to be in the same...

Page 15: ...User Manual LNM1500 13 Wireless G 54 Mbps USB Adapter User Manual LNM1500 Ver 1 0 F Now you can connect to the wireless network successfully ...

Page 16: ...ars as an icon on the system tray and desktop of Windows You can open it by double click on the icon In the Desktop In the System Tray Right click the icon in the system tray there are some items for you to operate the configuration utility Open Config Utility Select Open Config Utility to open the configuration utility Setup Wizard Select SetupWizard to open the setup wizard About Select About to...

Page 17: ...t If Station is selected the adapter works as a wireless adapter If Access Point is selected the adapter will works as a wireless AP View Enable Status Bar and the D block in the utility will display the current status of the utility About To check the version of the utility select this item This is a list for you to configure several adapters in your PC from the utility Show Tray Icon To show the...

Page 18: ...to disable or enable the adapter Parameter Description It is the status bar that displays the current status of the utility To close it please disable the Status Bar in the View item There are several tabs in the block for you to setup the function of the adapter Please refer to the description in the following sections D E ...

Page 19: ...tion to another network Parameter Description Available Network s This list shows all information of the available wireless networks within the range of your adapter The information includes SSID Channel Encryption Network Authentication Signal and etc If you want to connect to any network on the list double click the selected network Refresh Click Refresh to update the available networks list It ...

Page 20: ...us of the adapter Speed It shows the current speed Type Infrastructure This operation mode requires the presence of an 802 11 Access Point All communication is done via the Access Point or Router IBSS Select this mode if you want to connect to another wireless stations in the Wireless LAN network without through an Access Point or Router Encryption It displays the encryption setting of the current...

Page 21: ...cated WLANs Parameter Description Signal Strength It indicates the wireless signal strength Link Quality It indicates the wireless link quality Network Address It shows the MAC IP address and other information of the adapter Renew IP Click this button to renew the network address settings of the adapter ...

Page 22: ...ws the preferred networks for the wireless connection You can add remove edit duplicate the preferred networks or set one of the networks as the default connection Add Remove Edit Button Click these buttons to add delete edit the selected profiles Duplicate If you like to build up the new profile with the same settings as the current profile then you can select this feature Set Default To designat...

Page 23: ...sence of an 802 11 Access Point All communication is done via the Access Point or Router Ad Hoc Connect to another wireless adapter in the Wireless LAN network without through an Access Point or Router If this item is selected the adapter will work in Ad Hoc mode Profile Name Define a recognizable profile name for you to identify the different networks Network Name SSID The SSID up to 32 printable...

Page 24: ...o network authentication servers In this mode known as Pre Shared Key the user manually enters the starting password in their access point or gateway as well as in each wireless stations in the network WPA PSK takes over automatically from that point keeping unauthorized users that don t have the matching password from joining the network while encrypting the data traveling between authorized devi...

Page 25: ...otocol changes the temporal key every 10 000 packets a packet is a kind of message transmitted over a network This insures much greater security than the standard WEP security AES AES has been developed to ensure the highest degree of security and authenticity for digital information and it is the most advanced solution defined by IEEE 802 11i for the security in the wireless network Note All devi...

Page 26: ...client After validating the server s certificate the client presents a client certificate to the server for validation LEAP LEAP is a pre EAP Cisco proprietary protocol with many of the features of EAP protocols Cisco controls the ability of other vendors to implement this protocol so it should be selected for use only when limited vendor choice for client access point and server products is not a...

Page 27: ...ption enables you to configure more advanced settings for example Power Save Turbo Mode Wireless Mode and etc Parameter Description Power Save None The adapter will always set in active mode Min Enable the adapter in the power saving mode when it is idle but some components of the adapter are still alive In this mode the power consumption is larger than Max mode Max Enable the adapter in the power...

Page 28: ...here are three mode including Long Short and Auto High network traffic areas should use the shorter preamble type If Auto mode is selected the adapter will auto switch the preamble mode depending on the wireless stations that the adapter is connecting to Note that the parameter is only active in the Ad Hoc operation mode Channel Plan The available channel differs from different countries For examp...

Page 29: ...nce Select a setting within a range of 256 to 2432 bytes Minor change is recommended RTS Threshold Minimum packet size required for an RTS Request To Send For packets smaller than this threshold an RTS is not sent and the packet is transmitted directly to the wireless network Select a setting within a range of 0 to 2432 bytes Minor change is recommended Parameter Description Set Defaults Let the s...

Page 30: ...1 0 4 6 Status This screen shows the information of driver version settings of the wireless network the adapter is connecting to linking time and link status If you don t ensure the status of the adapter and the network you are connecting please go to the screen for more details ...

Page 31: ...Adapter User Manual LNM1500 Ver 1 0 4 7 Statistics You can get the real time information about the packet transmission and receiving status during wireless communication from the screen If you want to recount the statistics value please click Reset ...

Page 32: ...er Description PIN The PIN number of your wireless network card is an eight digit number located at the upper position of the utility Remember it and input the number to your wireless access point as the WPS PIN code Please refer to the user manual of your wireless access point for instructions about how to do this Then click PIN button and wait for few seconds to one minute If a wireless access p...

Page 33: ...y require several seconds to one minute to complete Sometime WPS may fail and you can click PBC button few more times to try again 4 9 Software AP This adapter can run as a wireless AP Please pull down the Mode menu and select Access Point The relative configurations of the AP including channel SSID WEP encryption and so on are described as follows ...

Page 34: ...ault SSID of the AP is Full Computer Name _AP Wireless adapters connect to the AP should set up the same SSID as the AP BSSID Display the MAC address of the adapter Associate Table All the wireless adapters connected to the software AP will be displayed in the list Config Click Config for setting more configuration of the AP 4 9 1 AP Properties Setting Please refer to Section 3 4 1 for the setting...

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Page 36: ...interval the Access Point will send its broadcast traffic Default value is 3 beacons Preamble Mode The preamble defines the length of the CRC block for communication among the wireless network There are two mode including Long and Short High network traffic areas should use the shorter preamble type WMM Parameter QoS Enable Enable this function to support WMM function Power Save APSD Enable Enable...

Page 37: ...pter User Manual LNM1500 Ver 1 0 4 9 3 AP Statistics You can get the real time information about the packet transmission and receiving status during wireless communication from the screen If you want to recount the statistics value please click Reset ...

Page 38: ...ser Manual LNM1500 Ver 1 0 4 9 4 ICS If you want to connect to the internet through this SoftAP you will need to make a bridge between our SoftAP and your internet connect Select the internet connection in your SoftAP host machine and press the Apply button ...

Page 39: ...has security enabled After attempting these steps If you are still unable to connect to the internet please visit out online support page 2 Power LED on Adapter is not ON If the power LED on Adapter is not ON the adapter is either not connected or installed properly Please check that the wireless USB Adapter is fully inserted into a functional USB port 3 Installation CD ROM does not start Wireless...

Page 40: ...s and Barker code modulation for 2 and 1 Mbps B A protection mechanism called RTS CTS that governs how 802 11g devices and 802 11b devices interoperate 2 What is the IEEE 802 11b standard The IEEE 802 11b Wireless LAN standard subcommittee which formulates the standard for the industry The objective is to enable wireless LAN hardware from different manufactures to communicate 3 What does IEEE 802 ...

Page 41: ...or other LAN operating systems to support printer or file sharing 11 Would the information be intercepted while transmitting on air WLAN features two fold protection in security On the hardware side as with Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum technology it has the inherent security feature of scrambling On the software side WLAN series offer the encryption function WEP to enhance security and Access C...

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Page 43: ... receiving antenna 2 Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver 3 Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected 4 Consult the dealer or an experienced radio technician for help FCC Caution This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules Operation is subject to the following two conditions 1 this device may not cause harm...

Page 44: ...igned with the utmost care for the safety of those who install and use it However special attention must be paid to the dangers of electric shock and static electricity when working with electrical equipment All guidelines of this and of the computer manufacture must therefore be allowed at all times to ensure the safe use of the equipment EU Countries Intended for Use The ETSI version of this dev...

Page 45: ...5 EC Manufacturer Laptone Limited Bustleholme lane West Bromwich B71 3AP United Kingdom Product Number LNP1500 Product Description USB Wireless G Network Adapter This Product is in conformity with the requirements of the following European standards 1 CE LVD EN 60950 1 2001 2 CE EMC EN 301 489 1 V1 5 1 2004 11 EN 301489 17 V1 2 1 2002 08 3 CE EMF EN 50371 2002 EN 50392 2004 4 RADIO SPECTRUM EN 300...