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® Wir eless-G Notebook Network Car d User Manual f or Win 98/2000 (GWP511) ®.
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Thank you f or choosing IOGEAR ® to serve y our wireless needs. Soon, you will be sharing files or surfing the Inter net wirelessly . W e hope you will ha v e as much fun using y our IOGEAR ® Wireless-G Notebook Network Card, as we had designing it.
Table of Contents P ackage Contents Introduction Features Requirements Win 98/2K Installation WLAN Utility T ool f or Win 98/2K T roubleshooting Specification T echnical Suppor t Radio and TV Interfer.
3 P ac kag e Contents The package y ou hav e received should contain the f ollowing items: • IOGEAR ® Wireless 802.11g PC Card • CD ROM containing Driver , Utility Software, and User’ s Man ual • Quic k Star t Guide • Acrobat Reader 6.
Intr oduction IOGEAR ® ’ s Wireless-G Notebook Network Card is a sleek and v ersatile de vice for both small and home office users. With IOGEAR, you can surf the Inter net, share files, chat with y our friends, and....Wirelessly! Our simple, easy-to-use , web-based setup wizard will hav e you up-and-running in minutes .
• 54 Mbps wireless connection speed - up to fiv e times f aster than pre vious 802.11b technology • Sleek, low-profile , high-gain antenna is designed f or maximum reception • Bac kward compatible with 802.
System Requirement: • P entium ® class notebook computers with one a vailab le CardBus slot • Microsoft ® Windo ws ® 98SE, ME, 2000, XP • CD-R OM drive Requirements 6.
7 Win 98/2K Installation Software Installation Inser t the IOGEAR ® CD (pac ked with the product) into CD-ROM, w ait f or automatic pop-up window and then clic k “Install Configruation Utility” to proceed with the installation. After the installation process is complete, re-star t your notebook PC .
WLAN Utility T ool f or Win 98/2K After clicking the icon on the abo ve icon-tr ay , WLAN Utility T ool window will be sho wn as f ollowing. Choose the network that you w ant to connect, and click the “ Connect ” b utton. 8 Y ou can also clic k the “ Ad vanced ” button to configure and modify setting.
9 Enab le Radio chec kbo x: Enab le/Disable Radio function. A v ailab le Netw or ks: Displa y the a vailab le networks list. Y ou can clic k “ Refresh ” button to get the updated list, or choose one av ailab le networ k then clic k “ Configure ” button.
10 Pref erred Netw or k s: Connect to availab le networks in the order listed in the te xt box. SysT r a y Chec kbo x: Sho w wireless icon in System T ra y . Adv anced Button: Use the function that you can decide what network access type to be adapted as f ollowing.
Site Monitor T ab: This option enab les you to view the a vailab le networ ks . At the same time , you can also kno w e ver y network’ s Standard , Support Rates and Signal Strength . The “ Freeze ” button can stop the network search and update process.
Diagnostics T a b: This section let you select what items do you w ant to test included Contr ol Registers , SPROM Format V alidation , Memor y T ests , Interrupt T est , Loopback T est and LED T est . This tool will help y ou to examine the hardw are de vice quickly and easily .
13 Enab le AP Chec kbo x: Allows you to use y our Notebook as an Access P oint. Netw or k Name (SSID): This field is the network name shared among all de vices in a wireless network. The SSID must be identical f or all de vices in the wireless network.
14 54g Mode: Select the mode to 54g A uto f or the widest compatibility . Select the mode to 54g P erformance f or the f astest performance among 54g cer tified equipment. Set the mode to 54g LRS if you are e xperiencing difficulty with legacy 802.11b equipment.
15 T r oubleshooting 1. Adapter Installation Prob lems If your computer cannot find the IOGEAR ® Wireless-G Notebook Networ k Card 802.11g Wireless Cardb us Adapter or the network dr iver is not installed correctly , check the f ollo wings, • Make sure the adapter is securely inser ted in the Cardb us slot.
Diagnostics Utility • Mak e sure your computer is using the latest BIOS. • If there are other network adapters in the computer , they ma y be causing conflict, remov e all other adapters from the computer and test the wireless adapter separately .
17 Specification Data Rate 54, 48, 36, 24, 18, 12, 11, 9, 5.5,6, 2 and 1 Mbps, A uto F allback Standard IEEE 802.11g Operating Range Up to 100m indoors Up to 300m outdoors Radio Signal T ype CCK – 11, 5.5 Mbps DQPSK – 2Mbps DBPSK – 1Mbps OFDM –54, 48, 36, 24, 18, 12, 9, and 6 Mbps Input V oltage 3.
If you are still e xperiencing problems after reading Product User Man ual and the T rouble- shooting section, y ou may either contact our technical suppor t at: 1-949-453-8782 OR, simply click our URL address www.iogear .com to go to our company w ebsite and chec k the latest version and other information about the product and/or software.
Radio & TV Interference Statement WARNING!!! This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual, may cause interference to radio communications.
IN NO EVENT SHALL THE DIRECT VENDOR’S LIABILITY FOR DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES RESULTING FROM THE USE OF THE PRODUCT, DISK OR ITS DOCUMENTATION EXCEED THE PRICE PAID FOR THE PRODUCT.
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