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IMPORTANT OPERATING NOTE This unit complies with part 15 of the FCC rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: 1. This device may not cause harmful interference. 2. This device must accept interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation. LIMITED WARRANTY YDI provides warranty that your device is free of defects in material and workmanship for a period of one year after initial purchase.
TABLE OF CONTENTS SECTION 1 OVERVIEW...........................................................................................................1 1.1 DESCRIPTION ........................................................................................................................ 1 1.2 FEATURES ............................................................................................................................. 1 1.3 USES ..............................................................................
Section 1 OVERVIEW 1.1 Description The Emerald USB Antenna is a 2.4 GHz flat panel 18dBi gain directional antenna with a built-in USB adapter using an 11Mbps 802.11b WiFiTM compliant WLAN Card. It provides long-range high-speed wireless connectivity for the USB-enabled desktop PC or laptop computers. A 25-foot USB cable is included, but can be extended using active repeating extension cables.
• USB interface Universal Serial Bus (USB) allows you to easily install devices, like the Emerald USB Antenna, to your computer. You can attach the USB plug while the computer is on and Windows automatically detects the new device. Power is supplied to the Emerald USB Antenna through the USB interface, so there’s no need to have an extra power supply nearby. • Operating System The Emerald USB Antenna is supported by the Windows 98, ME, and Windows 2000 operating systems.
Section 2 INSTALLATION AND CONFIGURATION Before you install any USB device, you should be sure that the computer has USB support enabled. Most computers today with USB ports also have support enabled, but if you encounter problems, you may need to check this setting in the computer’s BIOS. The manual that came with your computer or motherboard should include instructions on how to check the setting.
After you’ve found the best location for the antenna: • • • • Connect the 25-ft. USB adapter cable to the flat panel antenna. Also connect any optional (not included) active repeating extension cables. Use the brackets and screws to mount the flat panel antenna. Plug the USB connector in to a USB port on your computer. See Section 2.2 “Driver Installation” below. 2.
Start menu -> Run…) or ipconfig /all (in Win 2000, from the Command Prompt) command. 3. Continue with setting the basic parameters as described in Section 2.5 “Installing the Client Manager”. Windows Network Properties If this is the very first time that Networking support is installed in Windows, you will be prompted to enter a computer and workgroup name. These names will be used to identify your computer on the network. In Windows 98: 1. The Network Properties window pops up automatically. 2.
To connect your computer to a wireless network you will need to: 1. Assign a name to the network connection profile 2. Use the pull-down menu on the right to select how you wish to connect to the wireless network. 3. Click the Edit Profile button to view/modify the parameters for the selected profile. For first-time installations, you are advised to setup the single profile using only the Basic Settings.
In the field Network Name define the name of the wireless network to which you want to connect. The Network Name can be any alphanumeric string in the range of “a” to “z”, “A” to “Z” and “0” to “9” with a maximum of 32 characters (case-sensitive). If there is already a Peer-to-Peer group with this name available your computer will automatically connect to this workgroup. If there is not yet such a group available, your computer will automatically start one with this name.
It is recommended that you install the Client Manager after the drivers are installed. Warning: If you have previously installed any ORiNOCO Client Manager, or ORiNOCO powered WLAN Cards, then the old Client Manager software and drivers must be completely uninstalled for proper operation of the Emerald USB Antenna. See Appendix A “Troubleshooting” for how to do this. To install the Client Manager software, proceed as follows: 1.
Section 3 USING THE CLIENT MANAGER The Client Manager will start automatically every time you power up your computer. The Client Manager icon is displayed in the System Tray of your Windows taskbar at the right side on the bottom of your screen, indicating that the Client Manager program is running. Click the icon once with your left mouse button to retrieve a more detailed status overview. Click the icon once with your right mouse button to display a menu with more options. 3.
3.2 View/Modify Configuration If you would like to view or modify Emerald USB Antenna wireless parameters (i.e. to connect to another network or type of network) proceed as follows: 1. Right-click on the Client Manager icon on the Windows taskbar. 2. From the menu, select Configuration Profile and select: § Add/Edit Profile to add a new profile or to modify an existing profile. § One of the existing profiles (if present) to select a profile without viewing or modifying the settings.
must begin with “0x” and are composed of the numbers 0-9 and letters A-F. Text keys cannot start with “0x”. CAUTION: Encryption keys must be the same for all communicating wireless stations. If you don’t use the right key, you can establish a radio connection with another station on your network but you will not be able to transfer data.
From the Client Manager main window, pull down the Advanced menu and select the item Card Diagnostics. You will see the Station Name (name of the local computer), and the MAC Address of the WLAN Card in the Emerald USB Antenna.
radio link. If the level of SNR is lower than expected the signal level and noise level indicators may help you investigate the cause: o A low signal level indicates that the strength of the radio signal is fairly low: i.e. your Client Manager station is almost out-of-range of its link test partner. o A high noise level indicates a source of radio interference in the radio path between the two link test partners.
3.7 Site Monitor The Site Monitor option enables you to display the communications quality between your Client Manager station and all Access Points within its range. The site monitor helps you determine the overall wireless coverage of your network and verify or optimize the placement of your Access Points, in order to provide seamless roaming connectivity to WLAN stations. NOTE: The Site Monitor option only works in Infrastructure mode.
§ § To do so, you will need to reconfigure your station to use the Network Name “ANY”. There are no other networks operational in the vicinity of your Client Manager station, or The neighboring networks have been “closed” to deny wireless devices with the network name “ANY” to establish a radio connection AP Names Tab The AP names tab enables you to create a user-defined list of access point names associated with the MAC address of the WLAN Card(s) of your access points.
Appendix A: TROUBLESHOOTING If, after you have followed the installation and configuration steps above, you encounter problems in connecting to your network, the following suggestions may help you to resolve them. 1. Is the Emerald USB Antenna plugged into the computer? Verify that the Adapter is securely attached to the computer. When the computer is powered on and the Emerald USB Antenna is secured, the green Power LED on the back of the antenna will be lit. 2.
should automatically bind the correct network protocols, but sometimes it might not (usually in Windows 98). This section covers TCP/IP settings but if you need to configure any other network property settings you should consult your network administrator. Change these settings only after you have consulted your network administrator and fully understand your network’s topology. NOTE: Check with your network administrator if you need to configure network properties other than the TCP/IP protocol.
DNS server). If you aren’t sure of these or any other TCP/IP Properties settings, your network administrator should be able to help you. To change TCP/IP settings (Win98): 1. On the Windows task bar click the Start button. 2. Select Settings and then select Control Panel. 3. On the Control Panel window, double click on the Network icon to view the Network Properties. 4. From the list of installed components, check if the TCP/IP -> Orinoco USB Card protocol is installed.
It is not possible to install different types of ORiNOCO powered network interfaces on the same computer. Although you can swap ORiNOCO powered WLAN Cards (like the YDI Diamond and Emerald WLAN Cards) on the same computer, the ORiNOCO drivers do not support swapping from: § § § ORiNOCO powered WLAN Card to USB device (such as the YDI Diamond USB or the YDI Emerald USB Antenna). ORiNOCO powered USB device to ORiNOCO powered WLAN Card. One ORiNOCO powered USB device to another.
The Windows operating system will disable the driver and update the driver configuration files. It will not delete the driver from your computer’s hard disk. This means that when you re-insert the ORiNOCO powered device, your Windows operating system will attempt to activate the same driver files again. 4. When prompted to Restart your computer choose No. 5. Remove the driver files listed below, using the procedure under Remove Driver Files From The System later this section.
3. From the View tab, select Show all files and clear the check-box Hide file extensions. 4. Click the Apply button to return to the Explorer window. 5. Delete the “inf” file: • Delete the file: “Lucent TechnologiesWLLUC**.inf” from the folder c:\windows\inf\other and/or “LWLLUC**.INF” from the folder c:\windows\inf. 6. If you are in Windows 98, open the folder c:\windows\system.
Appendix B: DEFINITION OF TERMS 2.4 GHz band – radio operating band designated license-free by the FCC 802.
MAC Address – [Media Access Control Address] – a permanent, unique identifier assigned to all network adapter cards (at the time of manufacture) Mbps – Megabits per second PC Card – a credit card-sized device consistent with PCMCIA standards, used mainly in notebook computers; the Type II PCMCIA Card (PC Card) used with the USB Client Station Adapter can attach to any computer with a USB interface PCMCIA – Personal Computer Memory Card International Association – sets standards for devices used with portabl
