Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product GWP512 IOGear
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® Wir eless-G PC Card GWP512 Quick Start Guide Read this guide thoroughly and follo w the installation and operation procedures carefully to prev ent any damage to the unit and/or an y of the devices it connects to .
2. System Requirements & Features 1. W elcome System Requirements: • P entium ® class notebook computers with at least one av ailable Cardb us slot • Microsoft ® Windows ® 98SE, ME, 2000, XP • CD-ROM drive Features: • 54 Mbps wireless connection speed - up to five times f aster than pre vious 802.
Rx LED Power/Tx LED 3. Hard ware Diagram When the adapter card is not associated with any wireless network de vices, the P ower/Tx LED will stay solid green; Rx LED will be off. When both LEDs are blinking green, the adapter card is scanning/connecting to an wireless network.
4. Installation Driver Installation If you ha ve connected the notebook adapter to y our computer , please remove it first. Inser t the Driver and Utility CD into CD Drive. A series of introduction screens will show up. It runs on Macromedia Flash. (If your computer doesn’t ha ve the Flash play er installed, please visit www .
Note: The follo wing procedures are operated in Windows 2000.The steps and screen shots are similar for the other supported OS (such as Win 98SE, ME and XP). Step. 1 Now , please inser t your card into your laptop . When Windows 2000 recognizes the adapter , the Found New Hardware Wizard dialog box appears.
Select the Search f or a suitable driver for m y device and click Next . Select the Specify a location checkbo x. Click Next . Click Br owse button, bro wse to the IOGEAR GWP512DriverWin2k directory and click OK .
The wizard will display the location of driv er . Click on the Ne xt button. After a while, the wizard will report that the hardware installation is complete. Click Finish . The Microsoft Digital Signature Not Found dialog bo x could appear at this point in the installation.
Note: Windows 98SE & ME users, y ou will be asked to restart your computer . Please click Y es to reboot your computer . Note: The follo wing procedures are operated in Windows 2000. The steps and screens are similar f or the other suppor ted O .S.
Step. 1 F rom the Main Installation Menu, select the button of GWP512 Configuration Utility -- Od yssey from Marvell. Step. 3 Step.4 6. Installations of Configuration Utility and Odysse y for Marvell Utility After clicking Device Mana ger …, the following screen will be sho wn.
Step. 2 Step. 3 In the Destination Folder screen you are ask ed to confirm the Destination Folder for the application software. If you would lik e, you ma y change the destination folder to another location as the directory . Click Next . Select a program f older and click Ne xt .
Step. 7 The InstallShield Wizard is installing utility . Click Finish to compete the Utility installation. The InstallShield Wizard continues to install the Odyssey Client f or Marvell helps the user to configure WP A function. The Odyssey Client Installation Wizard window appears.
Click the b utton of I accept the terms in the license agreement. Click Next . Enter User Name and Organization in the Customer Information window . Click Next .
Click Install to install the progr am. The InstallShield Wizard star ts copy files to PC . When installation is complete, the Wizard Completed window appears.
Odyssey f or Marvell Configuration Utility Icon After you launch the utility , the utility icon will reside on the Windows system tr ay and pro vides at-a-glance feedbac k about the device's status b y changing appearance. Right-click mouse b utton on the icon and select Restore from the shor tcut menu.
The user can now use any of the management functions a vailab le in the Configuration Utility . Step. 2 Right-click mouse b utton on the network connection icon resides on the system tray , and click View a vailable Wireless Networks. Step. 1 The follo wing Connect to Wireless Network dialog box will be displa yed.
8. Radio and TV Interference This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits f or a Class B digital device, pursuant to P art 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to pro vide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation.
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