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Instant Wireless ® Series User Guide Wireless-G PCI Adapter Use this Guide to install: WMP54G.
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• Linksys Group déclar e que la Instant Wireless ® Wir eless-G PCI Adapter est conforme aux conditions essentielles et aux dispositions relatives à la dir ective 1999/5/EC, la directive 89/336/EEC, et à la dir ective 73/23/EEC.
Instant Wireless ® Series Wireless-G PCI Adapter Chapter 1: Introduction The Linksys W ireless-G PCI Adapter installs in most desktops and lets you put your computer almost an yw here in the building, without the cost and hassle of running network cab les.
Wireless-G PCI Adapter Instant Wireless ® Series If the wireless netw ork is relati vel y small and needs to share resources onl y with the other computers on the wireless netw ork, then the ad-hoc mode can be used.
Wireless-G PCI Adapter 5 Chapter 4: Hardware and Driver Installation and Configuration for Windows XP After installing the Adapter into your PC, you will install the dri ver and con- f igure the Adapter . 1. T urn off y our desktop PC. 2. Open your PC case and locate an a vailable PCI slot on the motherboard.
Instant Wireless ® Series 1. W indo ws XP will automatically detect the Adapter . Insert the Setup CD- R OM into the CD-R OM driv e and the screen in Figure 4-1 should appear . Click the radio button next to Install the softw are automaticall y (Recommended) .
Instant Wireless ® Series 8 2. The screen that appears will sho w any a vailab le wireless network. Select the netw ork you w ant. If you ha ve already enabled WEP encr yption on your netw ork, skip ahead to step 3. If you ha ve NO T enabled WEP encr yp- tion on your netw ork, the screen in Figure 4-4 will appear .
Wireless-G Notebook Adapter 11 Instant Wireless ® Series 10 1. T o install the Adapter, click the Install button on the W elcome screen, Figure 5-1. Click User Guide to vie w the User Guide or click Exit to exit the Setup Wizard.
Wireless-G Notebook Adapter 13 Instant Wireless ® Series 12 Netw ork Mode - Select Mixed Mode , and both W ireless-G and W ireless- B computers will be allo wed on the netw ork, but the speed will be reduced. Select G-Only Mode for maximum speed , but no W ireless-B users will be allo wed on the netw ork.
Wireless-G Notebook Adapter 15 Instant Wireless ® Series Chapter 6: Hardware Installation for Windows 98SE, Me , and 2000 1. T ur n off y our desktop PC. 2. Open your PC case and locate an a vailable PCI slot on the motherboard. Check with your computer manufacturer for instructions.
Wireless-G Notebook Adapter 17 Instant Wireless ® Series The Link Information screen displa ys signal strength and link quality infor ma- tion about the cur rent connection and pro vides a button to click for additional status information.
Wireless-G Notebook Adapter 19 Instant Wireless ® Series 18 The Pr of iles screen (Figure 7-6) lets y ou sav e different conf iguration prof iles for different netw ork setups. Y ou can also impor t or export prof iles. The def ault prof ile holds the initial conf iguration sa ved when y ou ran the Setup W izard.
Wireless-G Notebook Adapter 1. On the Pr of iles screen, sho wn in Figure 7-6, click the New button to create a new prof ile. 2. When the Cr eate connection pr of ile screen appears (Figure 7-9), enter a name for the new prof ile. Click OK to sa ve the prof ile name or click Cancel to return to the previous screen.
Wireless-G Notebook Adapter 23 Instant Wireless ® Series 4. The W ireless Settings screen (F igure 7-11) will appear . If you chose Infrastructure Mode, go to Step 5 now . If you chose Ad-Hoc Mode, select the cor rect operating channel for your netw ork from the Channel drop- do wn menu.
Wireless-G Notebook Adapter 25 Instant Wireless ® Series WEP (Disabled/64 bits WEP/128 bits WEP) - If you do not w ant to use WEP encryption, choose Disabled . T o use WEP encryption (recommended to increase netw ork security), select 64 bits or 128 bits WEP from the drop-do wn menu, and enter either a Passphrase or WEP key .
Wireless-G Notebook Adapter Can I play computer games with other members of the wireless network? Y es, as long as the game suppor ts multiple play ers o ver a LAN (local area net- w ork). Refer to the game’ s user guide for more infor mation. What is the IEEE 802.
Wireless-G Notebook Adapter 29 Instant Wireless ® Series 28 an unintended receiv er , FHSS appears to be short-duration impulse noise. Direct-Sequence Spread-Spectrum (DSSS) generates a redundant bit patter n for each bit to be transmitted. This bit pattern is called a chip (or chipping code).
Wireless-G Notebook Adapter 31 Instant Wireless ® Series 30 CSMA/CA ( C ar rier S ense M ultiple A ccess/ C ollision A voidance) - In local area netw orking, this is the CSMA technique that combines .
Wireless-G Notebook Adapter 33 Instant Wireless ® Series 32 Hop - The link betw een two netw ork nodes. IEEE (The I nstitute of E lectrical and E lectronics E ngineers) - The IEEE describes itself as.
Wireless-G Notebook Adapter P assphrase - Used much like a passw ord , a passphrase simplif ies the WEP encryption process by automaticall y generating the WEP encryption keys for Linksys products. PCI ( P eripheral C omponent I nterconnect) - A peripheral bus commonly used in PCs, Macintoshes and w orkstations.
Wireless-G Notebook Adapter TCP ( T ransmission C ontrol P rotocol) - A method (protocol) used along with the IP (Internet Protocol) to send data in the for m of message units (datag ram) betw een network de vices o ver a LAN or W AN.
Wireless-G Notebook Adapter Dimensions: 4.8" x 8.66" x 0.91" (122 mm x 220 mm x 23 mm) Unit Weight: 4.5 oz. (0.13 kg) P ower: 3.3V Certifications: FCC Operating T emp.
Wireless-G Notebook Adapter 41 Instant Wireless ® Series 40 Appendix E: Contact Information F or help with the installation or operation of the W ireless-G PCI Adapter, con- tact Linksys T echnical Suppor t at one of the phone numbers or Internet addresses belo w .
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