WL571UAM Wireless USB Adapter User Manual (Referred) Draft, 2006/09/08
FCC Information This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: 1. this device may not cause harmful interference, and 2. this device must accept any interference received; including interference that may cause undesired operation. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Statement. This Equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC rules.
Introduction The 802.11g wireless USB adapter, USB 2.0 compatible, allows you to connect to your wireless networking. It provides more throughput rate on data communication than traditional 802.11g wireless adapters. With the built advanced wireless configuration utility, it let it more easily for you to surf your wireless LAN. Features and Benefits System - Standard: IEEE 802.11b/g. - Host Interface: USB 2.0 standard. - Data rate: 1, 2, 5.5, 11Mbps for 802.11b; 6, 9, 12, 18, 24, 36, 48, 54Mbps for 802.
IBM compatible desktop or notebook PC with available USB slot. - CPU level: no restricted. - Memory size: no restricted. - CDROM drive: no restricted. - USB Host: USB 2.0 suggested. USB 1.0/1.1 leads low data communication rate. - Operation system: Microsoft Windows 98, ME, 2000, XP, or XP64.
Installation - Insert the Product CD into the CD-ROM drive. - Execute “Setup.exe” in the root directory of the CD, it will guide you to install the Driver and Utility. - Insert the wireless adapter into the USB slot.
Management Load up utility After the installation, one utility will be run and minimized on Windows system tray bar. Yet, the utility won't be shown on tray bar if the wireless adapter was not detected. ：Indicate wireless adapter detected, and connected to one site. ：Indicated not connected to one site. You may double click it to bring up the main window. You may also use mouse right button to display or to close it. “Open Utility Window”: To display the utility window. “Exit”: To close the utility.
This field lists the available wireless adapters on your PC. You can choice the specific adapter to configure if you have more than one adapter. Available Network: All the sensed wireless APs and stations (Ad-Hoc) will be listed with their SSID signatures. And, the corresponding wireless signal strength is also listed. - SSID: Name of BSS or IBSS network. - Strength: Wireless received signal strength of the specified network. “Refresh”: You can update the sensed list by click this button.
General Connection Setting This group shows the basic current connection parameters. They can be modified by click “Change” button. - Wireless Mode: list the current working wireless mode. - Channel: list the current working channel for infrastructure mode. It can be selected for Ad-Hoc mode. - SSID: Name of BSS or IBSS network. - Network Type: Network type for use. “Infrastructure” for BSS, “Ad-Hoc” for IBSS network.
Key Setting” button and the setting dialog will be pop-up as below. - Key Length: support 64bit and 128bit mode. - Default Key ID: the working ID of the key value list for using. - Key Format: the denoted format (ASCII or Hexadecimal) of the key. - Key Value: support 4 entry of keys. -- 64 bit, Hexadecimal：10 Hex characters. -- 128 bit, Hexadecimal：26Hex characters. -- 64 bit, ASCII：5 ASCII characters. -- 128 bit, ASCII：13 ASCII characters. - “The key is provided via 802.
Connect Information Pre-shared Key Certificate Profile This section enables you to manage the connection setting by saving it, loading it, or deleting it. - Profile Name: list all the saved profile ID. - “Load”: load the connection setting for the selected profile name. - “Save Current”: save the connection setting to the selected/input profile name. - “Delete”: delete the connection setting for the selected profile name.
Country Roaming World Mode: enable your wireless to work on full channels. Thus, you can roam through all of the world. User Select: enable you to choose which country you sit. Power Consumption Setting Power saving mode: support Continueous Access, Maximum, and Fast mode. PSP XLink Mode This function enables you to turn on.off the PSP XLink support. WMM QoS Mode This function enables you to turn on/off the wireless WMM feature. Fragmentation Threshold The threshold when the packet will be fragmented.
Information This window shows the driver version, utility version, and MAC address of the wireless adapter.
