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SpeedT ouch™121g IEEE802.11g Wireless USB Adapter Setup and User’ s Guide Release R1.0.
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SpeedT ouch™ 121g Setup and User’ s Guide R1.0.
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Contents E-DOC-CTC-20040 903-0001 v2.0 3 Contents 1 SpeedTouch™121g Insta llation ............... .................... 7 1.1 About your SpeedTouch™121g . ....................... ........... .......... ......... 8 1.2 SpeedTouch™121g Installation .
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About this Setup and User’s Guide E-DOC-CTC-20040 903-0001 v2.0 5 About this Setup and User’ s Guide In this Setup and User's Guide This Setup and User’ s Guide will assist you in getting ac quainted with the SpeedT ouch™121g and in getting connected to a wireless network.
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Chapter 1 SpeedTouch™121g Installation E-DOC-CTC-20040 903-0001 v2.0 7 1 SpeedT ouch™121g Installation Introduction The SpeedT ouch™1 21g is a 54 Mbps wireless network adapter that seamlessly integrates with existing Et hernet networks to support ap plications such as mobile users or temporary confe rence s.
Chapter 1 SpeedTouch™121g Installation E-DOC-CTC-2004 0903-0001 v2.0 8 1.1 About your SpeedT ouch™121g Package Ch ecklist The SpeedT ouch™121g package includes: SpeedT ouch™1 21g Wi reless.
Chapter 1 SpeedTouch™121g Installation E-DOC-CTC-20040 903-0001 v2.0 9 1.2 SpeedT ouch™121g Installation System Requirements Before you install the SpeedT ouch™121g, 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™121g Installation E-DOC-CTC-2004 0903-0001 v2.0 10 4 The Setup window will appear: 5 The InstallShield Wizard wi ll start installing the utility software. This may t ake a few minutes. Once the softwa re installation is finish ed, you will be prompted to plug in your Spee dT ouch™1 21g.
Chapter 1 SpeedTouch™121g Installation E-DOC-CTC-20040 903-0001 v2.0 11 Installation result When the installatio n is completed, the Wi reless Client Manager icon wil l appear on the desktop: A small icon in your notifica tion area (bottom righ t c or n e r o f m o st screens) will also appear to indicate th e status of your connectio n.
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Chapter 2 Wireless Client Manager E-DOC-CTC-20040 903-0001 v2.0 13 2 Wireless Client Manager Using the Wireless Card Manager utility T o configure the SpeedT ouch™121g, do uble-click the SpeedT o uc.
Chapter 2 Wireless Client Manager E-DOC-CTC-2004 0903-0001 v2.0 14 2.1 Configuration The Configuration tab This tab allows you to configure th e SpeedT ouch™121g wireless settings. SpeedT ouch™121g wireless profiles The wireless parameters, configured via th e Wireless Client Manager are sto red in profiles.
Chapter 2 Wireless Client Manager E-DOC-CTC-20040 903-0001 v2.0 15 Common Common allows you to configur e the basic wireless parameters: The following fiel ds are available: Network Name (default: “speedtouch”) Input an SSID string for the wireless ne twork to which you want to connect.
Chapter 2 Wireless Client Manager E-DOC-CTC-2004 0903-0001 v2.0 16 Security The Security ON/Secur ity OFF button indicates whether the security function has been enabled or disabled: Click Security OF.
Chapter 2 Wireless Client Manager E-DOC-CTC-20040 903-0001 v2.0 17 Use Passphrase Select the Use Passphrase option to au tomatically generate key strings for encryption. Key T ype Select ASCII or Hex. Default Key Choose the key for encryption.
Chapter 2 Wireless Client Manager E-DOC-CTC-2004 0903-0001 v2.0 18 How to set up WP A Wi-Fi Protected Access is an interopera ble security enhancem ent that strongly increases the level of data protection and access cont rol for existing and future wireless LAN systems.
Chapter 2 Wireless Client Manager E-DOC-CTC-20040 903-0001 v2.0 19 2.2 Link Information The Link Information tab This screen displays curren t connection information of th e SpeedT ouch™121g : The f.
Chapter 2 Wireless Client Manager E-DOC-CTC-2004 0903-0001 v2.0 20 2.3 IP Information The IP Information tab This screen displ ays your computer’ s IP In formation: The following fiel ds are available: IP Address Client IP address of the computer.
Chapter 2 Wireless Client Manager E-DOC-CTC-20040 903-0001 v2.0 21 2.4 Site Sur vey The Site Survey tab Site Survey scans and displays all wireless devices with in range. Y ou can connect to a wireless device by doub le-clicking on that entry: The following fiel ds are available: Click Scan To scan for available network connection s.
Chapter 2 Wireless Client Manager E-DOC-CTC-2004 0903-0001 v2.0 22 2.5 V ersion Information The V ersion Information tab This screen shows i nformation on the current version of the driver and configuration u tility: T o upgrade the firmware, click the link to d ownload the la test driver and utility software.
Chapter 3 Troubleshooting E-DOC-CTC-20040 903-0001 v2.0 23 3 T roubleshooting Adapter Installation Problems If your computer cannot fi nd the SpeedT o uch™121g or the driver softwar e does not install correctly , check the following: Make sure the SpeedT ouch™121g is se curely connected with the USB port.
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