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Page 1: Quick Installation Guide
Quick Installation Guide PC Card/PCI adapter 54g Wireless Network WL-112/WL-115... -
Page 2: Installation
Introduction This wireless adapter is an IEEE 802.11G compliant wireless LAN adapter. It fully supports wireless networking under Windows 98SE, ME, 2000 & XP. This wireless adapter can operate in Ad- Hoc or Infrastructure network configurations. Ad- Hoc mode allows the Wireless network card users to join a Basic Service Set (i.e., peer-to -peer mode, without an access point). - Page 3 • When prompted, click ‘Install’ to install the Aegis Protocol. • After this has been installed click ‘Cancel’ to close this window. • Click ‘Finish’ to complete the installation. • Turn off the computer and install the wireless network adapter. •...
- Page 4 Windows 2000 • Start up the PC. • Insert the installation CD in the CD - ROM drive, open My Computer/CD - ROM drive and run the Setup.exe file located in the ‘Utility’ folder. • The installation wizard will start. •...
- Page 5 • Windows will now detect the new hardware. Click ‘Yes’ to pass the Windows Logo -test warning. • When prompted to select your country, select your country and click ‘OK’. • The hardware installation is now complete. Please continue to chapter 2. Windows XP •...
- Page 6 • Click ‘Finish’ to complete the installation. • Turn off the computer and install the wireless network adapter. • Turn the computer back on. • Windows will now detect the new hardware. • Click ‘Continue anyway’ to pass the Windows Logo -test warning. •...
- Page 7 The wireless utility icon should be blue if the icon is red then the wireless LAN configuration is invalid or incomplete. When the wireless utility icon is yellow then the wireless connection strength is low. • Please double click on the icon or go to Start/Programs/Wireless Network and click the Sitecom Wireless Utility.
- Page 8 • Fill in a Profile Name (i.e. Sitecom) and click ‘Next’. • Fill in the Network Name (i.e. Sitecom), make sure the Network name, also called SSID, is the same on all wireless adapters. Set the Network Type to ‘Peer to Peer’, set the Transfer Rate to ‘Automatic’ and choose a Channel. For a Peer to Peer connection the same channel and Network Name are required.
- Page 9 • Enable the ‘IP Setting’ and click ‘Next’. • Disable the DHCP Status. Set the ‘IP Address’ (i.e. 192.168.1.1), incrementing the last digit of the IP Address for each machine. Therefore the IP address of the second machine should be 192.168.1.2. The ‘Subnet Mask’...
- Page 10 • Select the Profile Name and click ‘Connect’. • Check the wireless utility icon in the icon tray and you will see the colour of the wireless utility icon change, blue means it’s connected. • Close the wireless utility by clicking the ‘X’. The wireless utility will stay visible in the icon tray. •...
- Page 11 The wireless utility icon should be blue if the icon is red then the wireless LAN configuration is invalid or incomplete. When the wireless utility icon is yellow then the wireless connection strength is low. • Please double click on the icon or go to Start/Programs/Wireless Network and click the Sitecom Wireless Utility.
- Page 12 • Fill in a Profile Name (i.e. Sitecom) and click ‘Next’. • Fill in the Network Name (i.e. Sitecom), make sure the Network name, also called SSID, is the same on all wireless adapters and Access Points. Set the Network Type to ‘Access Point’, set the Transfer Rate to ‘Automatic’ and click ‘Next’.
- Page 13 • Enable the ‘IP Setting’ and click ‘Next’. • Disable the DHCP Status. Set the ‘IP Address’ (i.e. 192.168.1.1), make sure the IP address is in the same range as the Access Point. The ‘Subnet Mask’ should be the same (255.255.255.0) for all of the machines. The ‘Default Gateway’...
- Page 14 • Select the Profile Name and click ‘Connect’. • Close the wireless utility by clicking the ‘X’. The wireless utility will stay visible in the icon tray. • Go to chapter 4 to enable File & Printer sharing.
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Page 15: File And Printersharing
File and Printersharing Windows 98/ME To enable File and Printersharing on your network, Right click the icon ‘Network Neighbourhood’ on the desktop, choose ‘properties’. Click the ‘file and printersharing” button. Simply click the two boxes you see in the resulting dialog box, then click OK. But before you reboot your computer, you’ll need to check a few other settings. - Page 16 Guest Account Windows 2000 When you want to reach a shared file or folder in the network on a Windows 2000 machine, most of the time you are requested for a password. This is due to the fact the so called ‘Guest account’ in Windows 2000 is disabled by default.
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Page 17: Wireless Configuration Utility
Wireless Configuration Utility You can easily navigate through the sheets by clicking the different tabs. Link Information Click ‘More...’ for more information about the wireless connection. Connected to Network This field is used to display the current status of the wireless connection. When the utility shows ‘Connected to network’... -
Page 18: Available Networks
Network Type Infrastructure mode: The driver will scan all available channels continuously until it finds one or more Access Points that match the Network Name (SSID). At that point it will try to authenticate and associate with the Access Point. Peer to Peer mode: The driver will scan for 5 seconds looking for an existing Ad Hoc network using the same Network Name (SSID). - Page 19 Profile Setting The Profile Setting allows users to create profiles for different network environments. Click the ‘New’ button to create new profiles. Click ‘Edit’ for editing existing profiles. Click the ‘Delete’ button for deleting profiles. Network Type This allows you to select ‘Peer to Peer’ mode or ‘Infrastructure’ mode. Peer to Peer: All communication is done from client to client without the use of an Access Point.
- Page 20 Encryption (WEP) Additional wireless network security measures can be achieved by using WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) encryption. Use the same WEP key on all the wireless adapters. 64 bit alphanumeric 5 characters A-Z & 0 -9 hexadecimal 10 characters A- F & 0 -9 128 bit alphanumeric 13 characters...
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