Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product AWLC3025 Airlink
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Model # AW LC3025 User’s Manual Ver. 1A.
REGULATORY STATEMENTS FCC C ertification The U nited States Federal C omm unication Com m ission (FC C) and t he Canadia n Departm ent of Comm unications hav e establis hed certain rule s governin g the us e of electroni c equip ment. Part15, C lass B This devic e complies w ith Part 15 of FCC rules.
Table of Contents INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................... 1 W I RE L ESS N ETWORK O PTIONS ................................................................. 1 The Peer-to-Peer Netw ork ......
UNINSTALLATION ............................................................................... 22.
- 1 - INTRODUCTION The 802.11g W ireless L AN Card is a device that allows you to conn ect your computer to a Wireles s Local Area Network (WLAN). A wireles s LAN allo ws your system t o use wirele ss Radio Frequenc y (RF) technology to transmit and receive data without having to phy sically attach to the netw ork.
- 2 - You can also us e one computer as an Internet Server to conn ect to a wired glob al net work a nd sha re fil es and info rma tion with o ther c o mputers via a wireless LAN. The Access Point Network (a .k.a. Infrastructure) The network installation allo ws y ou to share files, pr inters, and Intern et access much more conv enientl y .
- 3 - LED Indicators For Wi reless CardBus Card Pow er Indicator: (Orange LED) This LED will illu minate w hen th e driver is installed. Act Indicator: (Green LED) This LED flickers w hen the cardbus is transm itting/receiv ing data.
- 4 - INSTALLATION Caution: Do not insert the Cardbus adapter into your computer until the procedures in “ Install the Driver & Utility ” have been perf ormed. Install th e Driv er & U tility 1. Exit all Windows program s. Insert the CD into th e CD drive of your compu ter.
- 5 - 4. The Choose De stination L ocation screen w ill show you the defau lt destination chosen by th e utility. Click Next to continue. 5. Follow the in struction to select the program folder.
- 6 - 6. Remove th e Installation CD from the CD drive. 7. Restart your com puter..
- 7 - Install the device Note : Make sure th e procedures in “ Install the Driver & Utility ” have been performed. In most cases, Windo ws will a utomatically install the driver after the computer is restarted, if the Found New Hardware Wizard appears, follow the steps below.
- 8 - Note for Window s XP users: 1. Select Install the s oftware automatically (Recomm ended) and click Next. 3. Click Continue Anyw ay at the Window s Logo testin g screen.
- 9 - 4. Click Finish to complete the in stallation..
- 10 - Verify Dev ice Installation To verify th at the driver has been properl y inst alled in your com puter, go to Sta rt Æ Settings Æ Control Panel Æ Syste m ( Æ Hardware) Æ Device Manager . Expan d the Network ad apters item. If th e 802.11g Wireless CardBus PC Card is listed, it means that yo ur device is properly instal led and enabl ed.
- 11 - CONFIGURATI ON After successfully installing the driver and utility, a Utility Icon will appear on the des ktop. If the Utility Icon doesn ’t appear automatically, go to Start Æ (All) Program s Æ WlanUtility Æ Wireless LAN Utility .
- 12 - Main T ab The Ma in tab display s the current statu s of the Wireless Netw ork Adapter. Item Description External Confi gurati on Uncheck the box t o use this utility to config ure the wireless n etwork adap ter. Or check th e box to use W indow s XP’s W irele ss Zero Configura tion Utility.
- 13 - Item Description Mod e Display s the type of conne ction: A ccess Point or Peer-to -Peer. Ch Display s the channel tha t is currently in use . Signal Displays the signal stren gth of the c on n e c t i o n betwe en the W ireles s Network A d a pter an d the Acc ess Point it connects to.
- 14 - Preferred SSID Ty pe in the SSID of the ta rget de vice y ou want to connec t to. BSS Type You can select the connection t ype: Peer -to-Pe er , Access Po int or Auto Mode . Tx Rate You can select the data rate or set to auto mode from the pull -down me nu.
- 15 - Frag m ent Thre shold You can fragment the M SDU or MMP DU into smaller siz es to increa sing the relia bility of frame transm ission. (The m aximum value of 409 6 means no fra gmenta tion is ne eded). T h e thro ughpu t perform ance will de crease howev er.
- 16 - A dvanced Tab The Advan ced tab displays the curren t status of the Wireless Netw o rk Ada pte r. Privacy Tab Use the Privacy Tab to configure your encryption settings. WEP encryption or WPA- PSK can be used to ensu re the security of your wireless n etwork.
- 17 - Privacy Mode Choose either WEP or WP A mode and cl ick Configure ： ( Note : CCX is not av ailable for this adapter). WEP is a d ata security mechanis m based on a 40 Bit (a.k.a. 6 4 Bit)/128 B it/256 Bit share d key algorithm . WPA is more secure than WEP, a nd shoul d be used if possible.
- 18 - WEP Confi gurati on Authentica tion The authe ntication ty pe def ines ID verif ication and access pr ivileges of ro aming wirele ss network cards.
- 19 - key s, but only one ca n be used at a time . Encryption ： Enter the k ey value in this f ield. A key of 10 hexadeci mal charact ers (0-9, A-F) is required if a 40-bit (a .k.a. 64- bit) Ke y Size is selected. A key of 26 hexadeci mal charact ers (0-9, A-F) is required if a 128-bit Key Siz e is selected.
- 20 - Statist ics Tab The Statistics Tab displays any available statistics including Receive packets, T ransm it packets, Ass ociation reject packet s, Associat ion tim eout packets , Authen tication reject pack ets, and Authentication tim eout packets .
- 21 - A bout Tab Click on t he About tab to vie w bas ic ve rsion inf ormation a bout t he OS Version, Utility Ver sion, Driv er Ve rsion, Fir m w are Vers ion and EEPROM Version .
- 22 - UNINSTALLATION If y ou need to uninstall the driver an d utility, follow the steps below. (When you uninstall th e utility, the driver w ill be uninstalled as well.) 1. Go to Start Æ (All) Program s Æ WlanUtility Æ Uninstall Wireless LAN Utility.
- 23 - Appendix Technical Support E-mail: support@airlinkplus.com Toll Free: 1-888-746-3238 Web Site: www.airlinkplus.com.
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