Wireless LAN Device Series WLAN USB Pen-Type Adapter ZPlus-G250 User’s Manual Version. 1.01 (10.27.
Notice “ Warning: Changes or modifications to this unit not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user authority to operate the equipment. 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.
This EUT is incompliance with SAR for general population / uncontrolled exposure limits in ANSI / I EEE C95.
Contents 1 Introduction.......................................................................................... 4 1.1 Package Contents ........................................................................................................ 4 1.2 System Requirements .................................................................................................. 4 2 Quick Installation ................................................................................
1 Introduction This USB device is a Wireless LAN Adapter with a rate of 6,9,12,18,24,36,48 and 54 Mbps operating in the I SM band using Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) transmission, conforming the I EEE 802.11g standard. For these card currently provides Device Drivers for Microsoft Windows® 98SE/ Me/ 2000/ XP. 1.
2 Quick Installation This section provides a quick step by step guide on how to install your Wireless LAN USB Adapter. Please follow the steps described below and refer to the appropriate sections for further details: l Power on the computer . l Please make sure that you don’t insert your W LAN USB adapter yet. l I nstall the drivers and application: 1. I nsert the given I nstallation CD into your CD-ROM drive. 2. Click “I nstall/ Uninstall software” button to install. 3.
3 Installation Procedures Under M S Windows The procedures described in this section to install and configure the Wireless LAN USB Adapter under MS Windows 98SE/ Me/ 2000/ XP. 3.1 Installing the Application and Drivers under Windows 98SE/Me/2000/XP Please do not plug your USB adapter until the Application setup has been completed. The setup procedure described below installs both the drivers and the Configuration & Monitor Utility. 1.
2. Follow the installation instructions from the I nstallShield Wizard by pressing the “Next” button. 3. The installer will install the needed files to a folder n amed “C: \ Program Files\ Wireless LAN Series\ ZPlus-G250”. I f you want to change this, Click”Browse” and select a folder. Click “Next” to continue.
4. Choose all program features will be installed. I f you want to change this, Click “ Custom”, Choose which program features you want installed. Click “Next ” to continue. 5. The installer will create a program folder called ZPlus- G250 802.11g WLAN USB2.0 Adapter . I f you want to change this, enter a name or select from the list below. Click “Next” to continue. B210M 802.
6. Start Setup. 7. Click “OK” to complete the installation and restart the computer. 8. After the computer restarts, plug WLAN USB Adapter connector into USB port on computer .
Under MS XP9. After the computer restarts, plug WLAN USB Adapter connector into USB port on computer then Window s XP detects the device automatically, briefly showing a message “Found New Hardw are ” and starts collecting information for a device information database. 10. When Windows XP is ready to configure the new hardware, it opens the Found New Hardware Wizard dialog box as shown; a dialog box appears asking what you want the wizard to do.
11. Starting search the driver automatically. 12.
. Hardware installation finished, Click “ Finish”. 14. You will find an icon in indicated “Wireless LAN USB Adapter” on your system tray. You can double-click on it to configuration.
3.2 Uninstall the Driver/Application There are three ways to uninstall the driver/application. 1. Uninstall from windows “Control Panel” 2. Uninstall from “Installation CD” 3. Uninstall from windows “Start Menu” Note: I t is recommended to “Exit” the “Configuration & Monitor Utility”, when you uninstall. No matter what way you choose to uninstall.
Uninstall form windows “Control Panel” Under MS Windows 2000/XP 1. Open “Control Panel”. 2. Double click “Add or Remove Programs”. 3. Choice the “Change or Remove Programs”. 4. Select the “ZPlus- G250 802.11g WLAN USB2.0 Adapt er” from the list. 5. Click the “Change/ Remove” button.
6. Click the “Next” button, and then click “OK”. Uninstall from Installation CD I nsert the I nstallation CD to your CD-ROM, the following window will pop up and Click “I nstall/ Uninstall softw are” button to uninstall.
Uninstall from Windows Start Menu Select “Start->All Program->Wireless LAN Series->ZPlus-G250“, Choose “Uninstall”.
4 Configuration & M onitor Utility The “Configuration & Monitor Utility” is a powerful application that helps you to configure the Wireless LAN Adapter and monitor the statistics of the communication. Unlike the standard method of configuring the card via the operating system utilities (e.g. Control Panel), this application permits the dynamic modification of the configuration parameters while the adapter is operating. I t also offers some more configuration options.
Figure 4.1.2 l The Link Quality will show by five color icons. l If adapter connect successfully, you can get the information about Link Status, Signal Strength. Note： Under Windows XP, Operating system will use ” Windows Zero Configuration” to set your adapter. If you want to use our “Configuration & Monitor utility”, you need to disable “ Windows Zero Configuration” , first. (See next section: How to disable “ Windows Zero Configuration” .
l How to Disable “Windows Zero Configuration”. Step 1. Right click the Wireless Network Connection icon in notification area and select "View Available Wireless Network”. Step 2. Click "Advanced..." button. Step 3. Disable "Use Windows to configure my wireless network settings" and click "OK".
4.2 System tray The “Configuration & Monitor Utility” appears as an icon on the system tray of Windows, when the adapter is running. You can open utility by double-clicking on this icon. 4.3 Main dialog box of Utility You can survey the reachable assess points and the wireless LAN adapter. And get the information about the status of the communication (the SSID of the access point to which the adapter is associated, signal strength, and link quality).
4.4 General This dialog box consists three items can help you to monitor and configure the Wireless LAN Adapter, the three items are “General”, “Profiles”and “About”. SSID: SSID is the group name that will be shared by every member of your wireless network. You will only be able to connect with an Access Point, which has the same SSID. Network Mode: The 802.11 standard supports two network topologies: Ad Hoc and Infrastructure mode. l Infrastructure – This mode of operation requires the presence of 802.
4.5 Profile Profile is a named set of operating parameters for your Wireless LAN USB adapter. (Figure 4.5.1) Click the “New” button to select Profile Name and Network Mode. If you select Network Mode is Ad-Hoc, there are 14 channels available. The channel differ from country to country. Select the channel to be used. (Figure 4.5.2) You can set four different WEP keys and specify which one of them to use. First, either enable or disable encryption from the appropriate ”None”.
Figure 4.5.2 Figure 4.5.
4.6 About About Device Name, Driver Version, Firmware Version, MAC Address, Configuration Utility Version and Language Setting. You can choose one of the below language list, then click “Apply Change” button. Figure 4.6.
