Longshine LCS-8131G3, User Manual

Page 1: ...Longshine Technologie Europe GmbH LCS 8131G3 W LAN Dongle www longshine de ...

Page 2: ...802 11g USB 2 0 WLAN Dongle User Manual 1 802 11g USB 2 0 WLAN Dongle User Manual Ver 1 0 ...

Page 3: ...AN Dongle 8 2 2 Insert the supplied Setup CD 8 Chapter 3 Windows XP Installation Notes 10 Chapter 4 How to use the WLAN Utility Station 12 4 1 802 11g USB 2 0 WLAN Dongle Configuration Tools 12 4 2 Open the WLAN Utility 12 4 3 More Setting 13 4 3 1 General Connection Setting group 13 SSID 13 Channel 13 TX Rate 13 Network Type 13 Encryption 13 Authentication Mode 13 4 3 2 Encryption Setting 14 4 2 ...

Page 4: ...s Starting the WLAN Utility Program 19 6 2 Problem with the Link Status 19 Appendix A 20 Ad Hoc Peer to Peer Mode Setup 20 Application Access the Internet without an AP 20 Check whether the Setup is success 25 Application Data sharing between computers 26 ...

Page 5: ...ception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Consult the dealer or an e...

Page 6: ...s are missing please contact your reseller Form Factor System Requirements for Configuration A laptop or notebook computer with an available usb port 2 0 or 1 1 Windows XP Windows 2000 Windows Me or Windows 98SE At least 32 MB of memory and a 300 MHz processor An 802 11g or 802 11b Access Point for Infrastructure mode or another 802 11g or 802 11b wireless adapter for Ad Hoc peer to peer networkin...

Page 7: ...ommunication quality improves again the WLAN Dongle gradually increases the transmission data rate again until it reaches the highest available transmission rate You can select any of the above options If you wish to balance speed versus reliability select 48 Mbps or 54 Mbps in a networking environment where you are certain that all wireless devices can communicate at the highest transmission data...

Page 8: ...ations or devices connected to the wired network Wireless stations can then access resource such as the printer on the wired network Access Point Mode The following figure depicts a network example in which you set the WLAN Dongle in access point mode In the example the WLAN Dongle is installed on computer A and set to operate in access point mode Computer 1 shares Internet connection to the wirel...

Page 9: ...AN Dongle Plug your 802 11g USB 2 0 WLAN Dongle into a USB port on your machine 2 2 Insert the supplied Setup CD Insert the supplied Setup CD into your CD ROM drive and you ll see the software installation window as shown below please direct to next 2 3 Once your system detects the device the Found New Hardware Wizard dialog box appears Select the Recommended option and click Next to proceed ...

Page 10: ...ogue window 2 7 Click Setup Driver Tools Installation Windows and choose the default item through the installation process 2 8 After successful installation you ll see the new icon appear in the Icon Tray 802 11g Wireless Configuration Tool icon appears in the system tray Double click the icon to launch the application and open the configuration tools dialog box to configure your adapter For more ...

Page 11: ...lay or is grayed out To use the Wireless LAN Configuration Tool Plus under Windows XP you need to disable the default settings of your Windows XP Wireless Zero Configuration utility Follow the procedure below 1 Right click the Wireless LAN Configuration Tool Plus to Exit from the program Do this before you try to access Windows XP Wireless Zero Configuration See Figure 3 1 and Figure 3 2 Figure 3 ...

Page 12: ...etwork Connection Properties Dialog Box 4 Click OK The Windows XP Wireless Zero Configuration is now disabled You can now monitor and configure the adapter via Wireless LAN Configuration Tool Plus For more information on the Wireless LAN Configuration Tool Plus please refer to Figure 4 1 Configuration Utility If you wish to use the Windows XP Wireless Zero Configuration refer to Figure 3 4 Using W...

Page 13: ...selected for the document You can site survey the neighboring SSID site by pressing the Refresh then sites name and signals strength of available SSID sites are shown on the Available Network field Double click the SSID site from Available Network field and the SSID can be connected directly The information of the SSID is shown on the Current Network Information Show the BSSID of connecting AP on ...

Page 14: ... LAN Channel This is the radio channel used by wireless devices within the network for communication This command is only available while you are operating in the Ad hoc mode Specify the operating radio frequency channel from the pull down menu if you are the creator of the wireless network If you are joining an existing network you do not need to select the channel configure the SSID and click Ap...

Page 15: ...Press the Change button to modify the contents of WEP Key setting when it is finished press Apply to save it The button Change and Apply is alternately shown on the same position Select which key length 64 128 or 256 bits will be modified or used by Key Length item Select which key set will be use by the field of Default Key ID Modify the 4 sets key depending on the selected key length on the fiel...

Page 16: ...ile name drop down menu then press Load button to load the status to use Write the profile name on the field of Profile name and press the Save Current button to save the current status on the profile Select the profile name that wanted to delete from the Profile name drop down menu and press Delete button to delete it Figure 4 4 4 2 4 Other group ...

Page 17: ...ing mode The throughput of Fast Power Saving mode is better than Maximum Power Saving mode but its power save is less than Maximum Power Saving mode At Country Roaming group the default depends on the region of EEPROM Select other region from User Select drop down menu or check World Mode item to set it to the word mode When the word mode is set it depends on the behavior of AP If the WLAN card is...

Page 18: ...idge wireless and wired using the 802 11g USB 2 0 WLAN dongle The following requirement must be met 1 The 802 11g USB 2 0WLAN dongle must be installed a computer connect to the wired network 2 Either configure network sharing or bridge the two interfaces Wireless Wired on the computer 3 Set the wireless station s IP address to be in the same subnet as the computer in which 802 11g WLAN dongle is i...

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Page 20: ...ay be too much radio interference for example microwave or another AP using the same channel around your wireless network Relocate or reduce the radio interference In wireless station mode the computer with the 802 11g WLAN dongle installed cannot communicate with the other computer s A Infrastructure Make sure that the AP and the associated computers are turned on and working properly Make sure t...

Page 21: ...HOC mode of 802 11g USB 2 0 WLAN dongle 1 Check the current environment and install WLAN cards A Check whether computer 1 connects to the Internet B Install 802 11g WLAN dongle in computer 1 and computer 2 2 Computer 1 Setup A Click Start 1 Settings 2 Click Network and Dial up Connections 3 B Under Network and Dial up Connections there are two Connection icons one is the original Ethernet card ano...

Page 22: ...evice PS If you have more than 2 connecting devices please un plug the Ethernet line and the disappear Connection icon is the original connected device D left click the original connected device and enter into the following window Click Properties 1 Advanced 2 Check Allow Other network to connect through this computer s Internet connect 3 OK E After finishing the following window shows up Please c...

Page 23: ...ouble click the WLAN Tools icon in Icon Tray and enter into the Software and Utility window WLAN Tools Figure A1 1 G Change to the Ad Hoc mode I Click More Setting icon of Figure A1 1 to enter More setting window The window is shown as Figure A1 2 ...

Page 24: ...k apply to save this change After setting this WLAN card could be the Gateway for other WLAN devices IV Restart your computer 2 Computer 2 Setup I Double click the WLAN Configuration tools icon in the Icon tray II Under Site survey window you will see all available connecting instruments Double click the item with SSID named default III Rest computer 2 ...

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Page 26: ...nd type IPCONFIG Start Run Type cmd or command 2 Check whether the IP address is 192 168 0 1 and the Subnet Mask is 255 255 255 0 as shown above Computer 2 1 IP address does not need to setup The DEFAULT GATEWAY is 192 168 0 1 2 Please follow the steps of computer 1 to check whether the IP address is 192 168 0 1 ...

Page 27: ...to Ad Hoc and then click Submit to save this change After setting this WLAN card could be the Gateway for other WLAN devices Please reset the computer 3 In computer 2 9 Double click the WLAN icon in the Icon tray 9 Under Site survey window you will see all available connecting instruments Double click the item with SSID named Ad Hoc 9 Rest computer 2 4 After setting computers are able to share dat...