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SpeedT ouch™120g IEEE802.11g Wireless USB Adapter Setup and User’ s Guide Release R1.0.1.
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SpeedT ouch™ 120g Setup and User’ s Guide R1.0.1.
Copyright Copyright ©199 9-2004 THOM SON. All righ ts reserved. Passing on, and cop ying of this docume nt, use and commun ication of its conte nts is not permitte d without written autho rization from THOMSON.
Contents E-DOC-CTC-20040401-000 2 v3.0 3 Contents 1 SpeedTouch™120g Insta llation ............... .................... 7 1.1 About your SpeedTouch™ 120g ...... ........... ........ ......... .......... ......... .. 8 1.2 SpeedTouch™ 12 0g Installa tion .
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About this Setup and User’s Guide E-DOC-CTC-20040401-000 2 v3.0 5 About this Setup and User’ s Guide In this Setup and User's Guide This Setup and User’s Gu ide will assist you in getting acquainted with the SpeedTouch™120g and in getting co nnected to a wireless network.
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Chapter 1 SpeedTouch™120g Installation E-DOC-CTC-20040401-000 2 v3.0 7 1 SpeedT ouch™120g Installation Introduction The SpeedTouch™120g is a 54 Mbps wireless network adapter that seamlessly integrates with existing Ethernet netw orks to suppo rt applications such as mo bile users or temporary conferences .
Chapter 1 SpeedTouch™120g Installation E-DOC-CTC-20040401-0002 v3.0 8 1.1 About your SpeedT ouch™120g Package Ch ecklist The SpeedTouch™120g package includes: SpeedTouch™120g Wireless USB .
Chapter 1 SpeedTouch™120g Installation E-DOC-CTC-20040401-000 2 v3.0 9 1.2 SpeedT ouch™120g Installation System Requirements Before you install the SpeedTouch™120g, check your system for the following: A computer with a USB port Microsoft Windows 98 SE/Me/2000/XP A minimum of 1.
Chapter 1 SpeedTouch™120g Installation E-DOC-CTC-20040401-0002 v3.0 10 4 The Setup window will ap pear: 5 The InstallShield Wizard will start insta lling the utility software. This may take a few minutes. Once the software installation is finished, you will be prompted to plug in your SpeedTouch™120g.
Chapter 1 SpeedTouch™120g Installation E-DOC-CTC-20040401-000 2 v3.0 11 Installation result When the installation is completed, the Wi reless Client Manager icon will appear on the desktop: A small icon in your notification area (botto m righ t corner of most screens) will also appear to indicate the status of your connection.
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Chapter 2 Wireless Client Ma nager E-DOC-CTC-20040401-000 2 v3.0 13 2 Wireless Client Manager Using the Wireless Card Manager utility To configure the SpeedTo uch™120g, double-click the SpeedTouch.
Chapter 2 Wireless Client Manager E-DOC-CTC-20040401-0002 v3.0 14 2.1 Configuration The Configuration tab This tab allows you to configure the SpeedTouc h™120g wireless settings. SpeedT ouch™120g wireless profiles The wireless parameters, configured via th e Wireless Client Manager are st ored in profiles .
Chapter 2 Wireless Client Ma nager E-DOC-CTC-20040401-000 2 v3.0 15 Common Common allows you to con figure the basic wireless parameters: The following fields are available: Network Name (default: “speedtouch”) Input an SSID string for the wireless networ k to which you want to connect.
Chapter 2 Wireless Client Manager E-DOC-CTC-20040401-0002 v3.0 16 Click Security OFF to enable the security function (the button changes to Security ON): The following fields are available: Authen.
Chapter 2 Wireless Client Ma nager E-DOC-CTC-20040401-000 2 v3.0 17 Use Passphrase Select the Use Passphrase option to au tomatically generate key string s for encryption. Key T ype Select ASCII or Hex. Default Key Choose the key for encryption.
Chapter 2 Wireless Client Manager E-DOC-CTC-20040401-0002 v3.0 18 How to set up WP A Wi-Fi Protected Access is an interoperabl e security enhancement that strongly increases the level of data protection an d access control for existing and future wireless LAN systems.
Chapter 2 Wireless Client Ma nager E-DOC-CTC-20040401-000 2 v3.0 19 2.2 Link Information The Link Information tab This screen displays cu rrent connection informatio n of the SpeedTouch™120g: The fo.
Chapter 2 Wireless Client Manager E-DOC-CTC-20040401-0002 v3.0 20 2.3 IP Information The IP Information tab This screen displays your computer’s IP Information: The following fields are available: IP Address Client IP address of the computer. IP Netmask Client A mask used to determin e to what subnet an IP address belong s.
Chapter 2 Wireless Client Ma nager E-DOC-CTC-20040401-000 2 v3.0 21 2.4 Site Sur vey The Site Survey tab Site Survey scans and displays all wirele ss devices within range. You can connect to a wireless device by double- clicking on that entry: The following fields are available: Click Scan To scan for available network connections.
Chapter 2 Wireless Client Manager E-DOC-CTC-20040401-0002 v3.0 22 2.5 V ersion Information The V ersion Information tab This screen show s information on the current version of the driver and configuration utility: To upgrade the firmware, click the link to download th e latest driver and utility software.
Chapter 3 Troubleshooting E-DOC-CTC-20040401-000 2 v3.0 23 3 T roubleshooting Adapter Installation Problems If your computer cannot find the SpeedT ouch™120 g or the driver software does not install correctly, check the following: Make sure the SpeedTouch™120g is secure ly connected with the USB port by the USB cable.
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Need more help? Additional help is available online at www.speedtouch.com © THOMSON 2004. All rights reserv ed. E-DOC- CTC-20040401-0 002 v3.0.
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