Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product ZEW1630 Zonet Technology
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Content Chapter 1. Introduction… ……………………………………………………………… ……………P.3 1.1 Packag e Conte nt…………………………… ……………………………………… ………….
Chapter 1. Introduction Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MI MO) wireless systems r epresent an economical way to increase user capacity in a vari ety of environm ents.
Chapter 2. Installation 2.1 Driver Installation 1. Install the driver software from CD before installing the physic al wireless hardware NOTE: all the snapped images of installation mentioned in this manua l are based on Windows XP. Fo r other windows operating system, the procedures will also be the same but the screens m ay not be the sam e.
4. If you are installing the driver under WinXP system, you need to select configuration tool. According to your n eeds, you can select MIMO Configuration Tool or Microsoft Zero Configuration Tool , and then click next. If you select MIMO Configuration Tool , please refer to Chapter 3.
Figure 2-5 7. After th e screen shows Setup has f inished insta l ling as Figure 2-6, select Yes, I want to restart my computer now and click Finish. Figure 2-6 2.2 Install Wireless Adapter 2.2.1 Installing Laptop MIMO Wireless Cardbus card 1. Power on your notebook and login if required.
Figure 2-7 3. If the Found New Hardwa re Wizard displays, choose install the software automatically (Recommended) , and click Next button. The driver will be installed au tomatically.
Figure 2-10 Figure 2-11 5. Click finish. 8.
Figure 2-12 Y ou h ave fin ish ed in stall the driver and Utility . 2.2.2 Installing MIMO Wireless Desktop computer PCI Adapter 1. Open your PC case and lo cate an available PCI Slot 2. Slide the PCI Adapter into the PCI slot 3. Attach the external antennas to the adapter’s antenna ports 4.
2.3 Zero Configuration Service Windows XP includes the Zero Configuratio n Servic e, a built in service to configure your wireless clients from Windows. Skip Chapter 3. Configur ation if you would rather use MIMO Driver to configure your wireless client.
Chapter 3. Configuration 3.1 Profile Profile c an keep your fav orite wi reless setting among your home, o ffice, and other public hotspot. You may save multiple profiles, and activa te the correct one at your preference. Figure 3-1 1. Definition of each field: a.
3.2 Link Status The link status page as Figure 3-2; it shows the detail information about current connection. Figure 3-2 1. Status: Shows the curren t connecti on SSID and BSSID status . If no connection, it will show Disconnected 2. Extra Info: Shows link status and current channel in use 3.
1. Definition of each field a. SSID: Name of BSS or IBSS network b. BSSID: MAC address of AP or randomly generated of IBSS c. Signal: Receive signal strength of specified network d. Channel: Channel in use e. Encryption: Encrypti on algorith m used in BSS or I BSS.
wireless mode field will be availa ble for setup in ad-hoc mode 5. TX Power: Transmit power, the amount of po wer us ed by a radio transcei ver to send the signal out. User can choose power value by pull down menu 6. Preamble: U n d e r A d - h o c m o d e , u s e r c a n c h o o s e A u t o , L o n g , o r S h o r t b y p u l l d o w n m e n u 7.
3.5 Advance Figure 3-6 shows the advance setting page of RaConfig Figure 3-6 1. Wireless mode: There are 802.11B only, 802.11 B/G mixed, 802.11A only, 802.11 A/B/G mixed, and 802.11G only modes are supported 2. B/G Protection: ERP protection mo de of 802.
3.6 About About page display the wireless LAN card and driver version information as Figure 3-7 Figure 3-7 1. Display Configuration Utility, Dr iver, and EEPROM version information 2.
Chapter 4. Specification Standard / protocol IEEE 802.11b/g MIMO ; IEEE 802.11g; IEEE 802.11b; Interface PCI Card/Cardbus Frequency Range 2.4~2.4835GHz Data Rate 54/48/36/24/12/11/9/6/5.
Chapter 5. Glossary MIMO Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MI MO) wireless systems r epresent an economical way to increase user capacity in a vari ety of environm ents. The use of antennas at bot h transmitter and receiver allows IEEE 802.11 Standard The IEEE 802.
transmitted over this network. Networks may be local or wide area networks. PCMCIA Personal Computer Memory Card International Asso ciation. Also a PCMCIA ca rd is also referred to CardBus Adapter. SSID A Network ID uniqu e to a network. Only clie nts and Access Points that s hare the same SSID are able to communicate with each othe r.
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