LR802UWG USB Wireless Adapter User Manual
Contents REVISION HISTORY 3 INTRODUCTION 4 Package Contents Minimum System Requirements CONNECTING THE WIRELESS ADAPTER 5 STATUS LEDS 6 INSTALLING THE WIRELESS ADAPTER 7 7 Windows XP Service Pack 2 ¾ Install the Wireless Adapter Driver and Utility ¾ Configuring the Winbond Wireless Utility ¾ Configuration ¾ Uninstalling the Wireless Adapter Driver and Utility Windows 2000 ¾ Install the Wireless Adapter Driver and Utility ¾ Configuring the Winbond Wireless Utility ¾ Configur
Revision History Revision Updated 1.00 08/15/2005 Initial Release 1.
Introduction Thank you for purchasing the Wireless Adapter. This Wireless Adapter is easy to use and easy to setup. If you are tired of all those messy wires needed to connect a lap-top to your Home network, then take your networking to the next level with the Wireless Adapter. You will be able to share files, printers and even your High-Speed Internet access wirelessly.
Connecting the Wireless Adapter 1. Your computer can be on or off; it will not affect the installation process. Locate an available USB slot on your PC. If you are not sure where this may be, please consult your computer’s User Manual. 2. Insert the Wireless Adapter into the appropriate USB slot. Your hardware is now installed.
Status LEDs LED Status MEANING WLAN card activity LED1 on (Green) Connect with Access Point LED1 off All other status LED2 speed blink (Orange) Data Transferred / Data Received LED2 blink (Orange) Scanning for the Access Point LED2 off All other status
Installing the Wireless Adapter Windows XP: Note: If you have installed the Wireless Adapter driver before, please uninstall the old version first. 1. After you have installed the Wireless Adapter your computer will display a Found New Hardware Wizard screen, click Cancel to continue.
2. Insert Wireless Adapter Installation and User’s Manual CD into your CD-ROM, then the installation will be activated automatically. Click the Driver Install icon to begin the installation. 3. Winbond Wireless Setup will install the driver and utility on your system, click Next to continue.
4. On the Select Destination Directory screen, click Next to accept the Destination Directory for driver installation. 5. Press the Next button to begin the installation.
6. Wireless Adapter Driver and Utility are installing. 7. The installation is now complete, please click Finish. Note: When you complete the installation, the utility icon will appear on the system tray. If not, it means that the installation failed. Please uninstall the driver and repeat the process.
Configuring the Winbond Wireless Utility Note: If you have installed the Windows XP Service Pack 2. You can use the Windows Zero Configuration for Wireless Configuring. Please see the Windows XP User Guide. 1. On the Notification Area, right-click the Winbond Utility icon. 2. Winbond Utility Selection screen will be displayed, click Stop Windows Zero Configuration. 3. Double-click the utility icon in your system tray to begin the utility configuration.
4. On the Wireless Network Properties screen, you may set Network Name (SSID), Wireless Network Security Key or AD-HOC network. 5. Click on the desired profile, and click the Connect button to take effect.
Configuration z Profile The Profile Tab allows you to set values for all parameters by selecting a previously defined profile. To create a profile, click Add, type a profile name and set the corresponding parameters. If one of the profiles is no longer used, you may remove it by clicking the Delete button. After changing parameters, click the Connect button to take effect. You can have multiple profiles and modify the profile at any time.
z Status Network Name The field shows the association status to available Access Point with SSID of the Access Point. Link Status Shows the whether the link is Connect or Disconnected. Current Channel Shows the channel on which the connection is made. Current Speed Shows the highest transmit rate of the current association. Link Quality / Signal Strength The Link Quality and Signal Strength bar graph is only active when the node is in Infrastructure Mode.
z Information About Tab shows the product version including the detail of Configuration Utility, Driver, and NIC MAC Address.
Uninstalling the Wireless Adapter Driver and Utility 1. For uninstalling the Wireless Adapter, please go to:Start->Settings->Control Panel->Add or Remove Programs->Winbond WLAN under Windows environment. Then click Remove. 2. On the next screen, click Next button to accept automatically uninstall for Wireless LAN Driver.
3. Click Finish button. 4. The USB Wireless Adapter can now be safely removed from the system when the un-installation is done.
Windows 2000: 1. After you have installed the Wireless Adapter your computer will display a Found New Hardware Wizard screen, click Cancel to continue. 2. Insert Wireless Adapter Installation and User’s Manual CD into your CD-ROM; then the installation will be activated automatically. Click the Driver Install icon to begin the installation.
3. Winbond Wireless Setup will install the driver and utility on your system, click Next to continue. 4. On the Select Destination Directory screen, click Next to accept the Destination Directory for driver installation..
5. Press the Next button to begin the installation. 6. Wireless Adapter Driver and Utility are installing.
7. The installation is now complete, please click Finish.
Configuring the Winbond Wireless Utility 1. Double-click the utility icon in your system tray to begin the utility configuration.. 2. Select Site Survey Tab, all available Access Points would be listed. Click on the desired Access Point, and click Config button for Wireless configuring.
3. On the Wireless Network Properties screen, you may set Network Name (SSID), Wireless Network Security Key or AD-HOC network. 4. Click on the desired profile, and click the Connect button to take effect.
Configuration z Profile The Profile Tab allows you to set values for all parameters by selecting a previously defined profile. To create a profile, click Add, type a profile name and set the corresponding parameters. If one of the profiles is no longer used, you may remove it by clicking the Delete button. After changing parameters, click the Connect button to take effect. You can have multiple profiles and modify the profile at any time.
z Status Network Name The field shows the association status to available Access Point with SSID of the Access Point. Link Status Shows the whether the link is Connect or Disconnected. Current Channel Shows the channel on which the connection is made. Current Speed Shows the highest transmit rate of the current association. Link Quality / Signal Strength The Link Quality and Signal Strength bar graph is only active when the node is in Infrastructure Mode.
Information About Tab shows the product version including the detail of Configuration Utility, Driver, and NIC MAC Address.
Uninstalling the Wireless Adapter Driver and Utility 1. For uninstalling the Wireless Adapter, please go to:Start->Settings->Control Panel->Add or Remove Programs->Winbond WLAN under Windows environment. Then click Remove. 2. On the next screen, click Next button to accept automatically uninstall for Wireless LAN Driver.
3. Click Finish button. 4. The USB Wireless Adapter can now be safely removed from the system when the un-installation is done.
Trouble shooting PING This section discusses possible solutions using ping command to find your problem if you can’t connect to the network. 1. Check if you have a valid IP address 2. Test if your TCP/IP works. Under MS-DOS (command prompt), type “ping localhost”. If you didn’t receive a reply, then you need to re-install your TCP/IP. Proceed to next step if you have received replies. 3. Using the same procedure, try to ping your Wireless Adapter’s IP.
Checking Valid IP Addresses There are restrictions on which IP and addresses you can and cannot use. Some IP addresses are reserved for testing, multicasting and some IP are restricted by your ISP. Following IP addresses cannot be used: ¾ 127.x.x.x – this is a loop back address, used for testing ¾ 0.0.0.0 – this IP address represent the host address ¾ 255.255.255.255 – this is local broadcast address ¾ First portion of IP cannot exceed 224, that is, IP addresses which is in the range of 224~239.x.
Federal Communication Commission Interference 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. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications.
To maintain compliance with FCC RF exposure compliance requirements, please avoid direct contact to the transmitting antenna during transmitting. "Qcom declare that LR802UWG is limited in CH1~CH11 by specified firmware controlled in USA." This device is intended only for OEM integrators under the following conditions: 1) The antenna must be installed such that 20 cm is maintained between the antenna and users, and 2) The transmitter module may not be co-located with any other transmitter or antenna.
Manual Information That Must be Included The OEM integrator has to be aware not to provide information to the end user regarding how to install or remove this RF module in the users manual of the end product which integrate this module.
