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Table of Contents Installation Procedures ...........................................................................................6 Verifying a Successful Installation....................................................................... 11 Basics of the Attached Configuration Tool..........................................................12 Step 1: Advanced Tab...................................................................................12 Step 2: Configuration Tab .................................
In sta lla t ion Procedures To have the 802.11g/b WLAN USB Stick operated appropriately, please read and go along with the instructions below carefully. Here we take Windows XP as an example. 1. 2. Plug your 802.11 g/b WLAN USB Stick into a USB 2.0 port on your PC. Your system will detect the device, and the Found New Hardware Wizard dialog box will appear. Choose Install from a list or specific location [Advanced], and then click Next to proceed. 3.
5. 6. When return to the Found New Hardware Wizard dialog box, please choose Next to continue the installation. Choose Continue Anyway when the system displays the Hardware Installation dialog box. 7. Your system will start to copy the drivers found. This might take a couple of minutes. Then choose Next to proceed. 8. When the following dialog box appears, choose Finish to entirely complete the installation.
Windows XP has its built- in configuration tools – Windows XP Zero Configuration to assist you in networking activities, however, we recommend you to employ the attached software instead. Please proceed to the next step to change the default settings of Windows Zero Configuration to the attached configuration tool. 9. Right-click the Network Connections icon at the task bar to open the Wireless Network Connection Status dialog box, and then select Properties. 10.
11. Choose the General tab to display the following screen. Then click the Configure button. 12. In the prompted PRISM 802.11 g/b Adapter (USB) Properties dialog box, you may freely monitor and configure the network via the contained nine tabs.
For more details on the configuration, please refer to the “Basics of the Attached Configuration Tool” in this manual.
Verify in g a Suc cessf u l Insta llat ion To confirm that your 802.11 g/b WLAN USB Stick is properly installed, please go along with the procedures below. 1. Right-click the My Computer desktop icon and choose Properties from the opened menu. 2. In the System Properties dialog box, click the Hardware tab, and then choose the Device Manager button. 3. In the opened window, expand Network adapters to find the USB 802.11 g/b WLAN USB Stick – PRISM 802.11 g/b Adapter (USB).
Bas ic s of the Attac hed Conf ig urat io n T oo l In the following section, you will be guided through the basic 3-step workflows of configuring your network via the prompted attached configuration tool. Please read carefully to start the task. Step 1: Advanced Tab Firstly, choose this tab to define the network standard you wish to use. a) On the Advanced tab, choose Configuration Profile from Property. b) Define which network standard you intend to operate from the Value drop-down menu.
then select an intended one from it. Tips: To obtain the general information on the status of currently connected entry, click the Status tab. Step 3: Security Tab To maintain the secure management in a wireless LAN environment, click the Security tab to define the encryption settings for a specific profile. This tab offers you various options concerning the so-called WEP (Wired Eq uivalent Privacy). a) Define the Authentication Type as WEP.
f) When the associated wireless network uses a passphrase to create WEP keys, you may select Create Keys with Passphrase, and then enter the passphrase string in the Passphrase filed to generate four encryption keys in the Key fields above. Note that only letters A-F are valid for the Passphrase feature. g) Indicate the Authentication Mode as Open, Shared, or AutoSwitch. Note that the value shall be corresponding to the currently associated access point.
The Status Tab Click the Status tab to appear the following display. From the window, the general information on the status of currently connected entry is presented. You may want to click the Rescan button to reinitiate the scanning process and update the status. Later the result of scanning will be renewed and displayed in the window. If you wish to stop the networking connection, click the Disable Radio button to stop scanning.
to regain the link then. State Here displays the MAC Address of the current associated entry, which could be a connected access point in the Access Point mode or computers joining in the Peer-to-Peer network. Current Tx Rate This feature indicates the transmission rate of the current connection. Current Channel Here reveals the current channel operated in the wireless network. Note that the channel number differs as the radio scans any available channels in the Peer-to-Peer mode.
Note that the available channels differ from country to country, and the channel number must be the same between the entries/stations within the range, so that each can communicate with each other. To let the new configuration take effect, please choose Apply. On the other hand, while in the Access Point mode, you will find the channel number is the same as the associated access point. Thus, there’s no need to manually set the value. The Domain Tab While in the 2.
802.11d Support 802.11d Support lets you operate multi-country roaming. To automatically adjust regulatory domain while operating network in different countries, choose either Strict or Flexible according to your need. If you choose None , the task will be terminated. Countries/Domains Define the regulatory domain from the drop-down menu of this command according to the country you are located in. More detailed information about the defined country/domain will be listed below afterwards.
Network Driver Displays the current version and released date of the 802.11 g/b WLAN USB Stick’s driver. Configuration Utility Displays the current version and released date of the attached configuration tool. NIC Firmware Displays the current NIC card firmware version and the MAC (Media Access Control) address of your wireless card. It is consisted of 12-digit hexadecimal numbers (48 bits in length) to identify your computer's physical address on the local area network.