Gigabyte GN-WLBZ201 User Manual
Gigabyte GN-WLBZ201 User Manual

Gigabyte GN-WLBZ201 User Manual

Ieee 802.11b usb stick storage/wireless lan card

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GN-WLBZ201
IEEE 802.11b USB STICK Storage/Wireless LAN
Card
User's Manual
http://www.gigabyte.com.tw
Rev. 1.0 First Edition

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  • Page 1 GN-WLBZ201 IEEE 802.11b USB STICK Storage/Wireless LAN Card User’s Manual http://www.gigabyte.com.tw Rev. 1.0 First Edition...
  • Page 2: Important Note

    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.
  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    3-6. A ...13 BOUT 3-7. A CCESS OINT 3-8. B RIDGE ETUP 3-9. IP S HARING UPPORTED UNDER CHAPTER 4 UTILITY FOR STORAGE 4-1. S ECURITY PPLICATION 4-2. S HANGE PASSWORD 4-3. D ISABLE EMOVE 4-4. U ...24 NLOCK EVICE 4-5.
  • Page 4: Chapter 1 Product Overview

    1-3. Physical Dimensions/Packaging Dimensions: 126mm* 25mm* 16mm Before the installation procedures, please ensure the components are not damaged during the shipping. The shipment of the GN-WLBZ201 includes: One GN-WLBZ201 Wireless LAN Card One Installation CD (including User’s Guide and Driver)
  • Page 5: System Requirements

    of received signals. R/W: This LED is blinks quickly when the card is flash memory Read or Write. *To prevent data loss and/or damage to WLAN Card, never remove WLAN Card from the USB port while data is transferring. Link: Blinking Slow Continuously On Blinking Quickly...
  • Page 6: Chapter 2 Installation Of Wireless Lan Card

    Chapter 2 Installation of Wireless LAN Card 2-1. Installing The Driver & Utility (Win 98SE/2000/200 SP1/2000 SP2) Step 1: Please push the switch towards the USB connector “ ”. Step 2: Please make sure that you don’t plug your card yet. Step 3: Execute the autorun.exe on our CD, and then the following window will pop up.
  • Page 7 Step 6: Click “No, I will restart my computer later ” and Click “OK” (Win 98SE). Step 7: Click “Install Wireless LAN Driver”. Step 8: Click “Yes I Will to restart my computer now”. Click “OK” (Win 98SE). Step 9: Click “Yes” (Win 2K/ Win 2K + SP1,SP2).
  • Page 8: Utility (Win Me/Xp/2K Sp3

    Step 10: Please plug-in your “Gigabyte WLAN card device” Click “Yes” (Win 2K/ Win 2K + SP1,SP2). 2-2. Installing The Driver & Utility (Win ME/XP/2K SP3….) Step 1: Please push the switch towards the USB connector “ ”. Step 2: Please plug-in your “Gigabyte WLAN card device” waiting 15~30 second.
  • Page 9 Step 5: Click “Yes I Will to restart my computer now”, Click “OK” Reboot (Win ME). Step 6: Click “Continue Anyway” (Win XP)。 Step 7: Replug-in “Gigabyte WLAN card device” , Click “Next” (Win XP)。...
  • Page 10 Step 8: Click “Continue Anyway” (Win XP)。 Step 9: Click “Finish” (Win XP)。 Step 10: Click “Yes” (Win 2000 SP3…..).
  • Page 11 Step 11: Replug-in “Gigabyte WLAN card device” Click “Yes”, and then your installation is ok (Win 2000 SP3…..).
  • Page 12: Chapter 3 Utility For Wlan

    Chapter 3 Utility for WLAN The Configuration & Monitor Utility is a powerful application that helps you to configure the card and monitor the statistics of the communication link. 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 card is operating.
  • Page 13: Statistics

    Channel: The current channel used by the wireless LAN card. Tx Rate: The current transmission rate used by the wireless LAN card. AP Signal: It shows the signal quality and signal intensity of the currently connected base station. Available Network: This item will show you all of the 802.11 Access Points or Wireless LAN Cards in your wireless environment.
  • Page 14: Encryption

    can be viewed or changed. Changes to any of the parameters in this panel can be applied to the driver without resetting the wireless LAN card(see Figure 3-4). Figure 3-4. Configuration Profile: You can save various wireless settings for different environments. Change: Press this button to set the configuration in each field of the panel.
  • Page 15: Advanced

    To prevent unauthorized user to access the data on wireless stations, the Wireless LAN Card offers a highly secure data encryption, known as WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy). If you require high security in transmission, go to the Encryption tab and set it up as follows (see Figure 3-5).
  • Page 16: About

    (see Figure 3-6). Figure 3-6 shows the default configuration for the advanced settings. Note: In order to enable the Fragmentation and the RTS/CTS Threshold parameters move the slide bar with your mouse and then use the right and left arrow keys of your keyboard in order to select an exact number.
  • Page 17 Figure 3-8. Current link states of the Access Point Mode Access Point: The AP mode You can change WLAN mode(see 3-1 Info) by clicking on this button. More Setting: You can set the configuration Access Point(see Figure 3-9) by clicking on this button.
  • Page 18: Bridge Setup

    SSID: Network name. Hide SSID: Access Point disable their SSID broadcasting to prevent a wireless device from finding and accessing their networks. Tx Power: Transmitter Output power. MAC Address Filter: You can set the configuration MAC Address Filter(see Figure 3-10) by clicking on this button.
  • Page 19 Figure 3-11. Control Panel Step 3: Setup Wireless LAN card(see Figure 3-12), Click ”Use Windows to configure” to cancel the schedule and Click「OK」. Figure 3-12. Wireless Networks Step 4 : Select the network connections to be bridged. Press the 「Ctrl」 key while clicking the network connection icons to select.
  • Page 20: Ip Sharing

    Figure 3-13. Bridge Connections Figure 3-14. Network Bridge Step 5: Setup OK,Show Network Bridge windows(see Figure 3-15) and then your setup is ok. Figure 3-15. Network Bridge Enabled 3-9. IP Sharing (Supported under Windows 2000) Step 1: Change to AP mode (see Figure 3-8). Step 2: 「Control Panel」run「Network and Dial-up Connections」...
  • Page 21 Figure 3-16. Control Panel Step 3: Setup LAN card(see Figure 3-17), Click ”Enable Internet Connection Sharing for this connection” and Click「OK」. Figure 3-17. Local Area Connection Properties Step 4: Show Local Network(see Figure 3-18). Click「OK」 and then your setup is ok. Figure 3-18.
  • Page 22: Chapter 4 Utility For Storage

    Chapter 4 Utility for Storage Your personal data in USB Disk can be secured. USB Disk has some new features. Unlike normal USB Disk, this USB Disk has been partitioned into two partitions, for which one of the partitions is 1.44MB, same size as a floppy disk; and depending on the flash memory, the rest of the capacity is allocated for normal use (shown below).
  • Page 23: Security Applicationp

    3. Automatically format the HDD part of the USB Disk when enter wrong password 6 times consecutively. 4-1. Security Application Program The main screen of security application program on FDD is shown in Figure 4-1. Figure 4-1. Main Screen A : Set / Change password B : Disable password C : Unlock Device D : Password Status –...
  • Page 24 (4) Enter a hint of your own in case you forget your password. You can enter anything you want (maximum 32 characters long). (5)Check “Show Password” box to see what you have entered. (6) Press “Apply” to confirm changes. The following message window will pop up. This message window tells you that the device will be automatically locked after you remove the device from USB port.
  • Page 25: Change Password

    Change PASSWORD (1) If you have already set a password before, you can change the password you set. Click “Change Password” to change. (2) Enter your current password (3) Enter a new password of your choice (4) Confirm the new password by re-typing it (5) Change password hint if you wish, otherwise it will keep the old password hint.
  • Page 26: Disable

    4-3. Disable (Remove) password (1) If you no longer want to use the password, select “Disable Password” to remove it. (2) Enter your password. (3) You only have SIX chances to enter password correctly. If you enter wrong password six times, it will automatically FORMAT your HDD part of your USB Disk. (All data will be lost)
  • Page 27: Set / Change Password

    4-4. Unlock Device (1) If you have set a password, before you can access the HDD part of the USB Disk, you must “Unlock” first (password is needed). Select “Unlock” to enter password. (2) Enter your password. (3) You only have SIX chances to enter password correctly. If you enter wrong password six times, it will automatically FORMAT your HDD part of your USB Disk.
  • Page 28 (2) Press “Password Hint” any time to get your reminder.
  • Page 29: Chapter 5 Specification

    Antenna one built-in Chip antenna Regulatory and Environmental Compliance FCC part 15 (USA) EMC certification CE (Europe) Temperature Range Operating: 0 ~ 50 degree C, Storage: -20 ~ 65 degree C Humidity Max. 90% Non-condensing Software Driver Windows 98SE/ME/2000/XP Roaming...

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