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This document only apply for Model WARPLINK 2401
and WARPLINK 2402 of Acer NeWeb Corporation.
Total pages, including this page, of this document are 20 pages.
All rights reserved. The information contained herein is the property of Acer NeWeb Corporation. No part may
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Acer NeWeb Corporation
User Manual for WARPLINK
31 May 1999
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Summary of Contents for Acer NeWeb Warplink 2402
- Page 1 Total pages, including this page, of this document are 20 pages. All rights reserved. The information contained herein is the property of Acer NeWeb Corporation. No part may be reproduced or used except as authorized by contract or written permission. The copyright and the...
- Page 2 WARPLINK User Guide...
- Page 3 Copyright Copyright 1999 by Acer NeWeb Corporation. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any language or computer language, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, magnetic, optical, chemical, manual or otherwise, without the prior written permission of this company.
- Page 4 FCC Class B Radio Frequency Interference Statement Note: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation.
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Page 5: About This Manual
About this Manual This manual aims to give you all the information you need to install the system housing. The following conventions are used: NOTE Gives bits and pieces of additional information related to the current topic. CAUTION Suggests precautionary measures to avoid potential hardware or software problems. -
Page 6: Table Of Contents
Table of Contents Chapter 1 Introduction ..........1-1 1.1 Key Features of the Warplink ............1-2 1.2 Parts List..................1-3 1.3 System Requirements ..............1-4 Chapter 2 Installation ..........2-1 2.1 Overview..................2-1 2.2 Installing the Warplink Hardware............2-1 2.2.1 Installing the ISA or PCI card...........2-1 2.2.2 Installing the PCMCIA card ..........2-2 2.3 Installing the Warplink driver ............2-3 2.4 Installing the Software ..............2-4... -
Page 8: Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 1 Introduction Thank you and Congratulations on your purchase of the Acer NeWeb Warplink. The Warplink is a revolutionary technology that enables two or more PCs, located anywhere in your house or small office to communicate with each other without wires. With Warplink, your PCs can: •... - Page 9 • PCMCIA, ISA, and PCI interface • Over 500 feet line of sight and 150 feet range in an office or indoor environment • Signal that penetrates doors, floors, and walls • Data Rate of 1 Mbit/second • Uses a PCMCIA Type 2 slot for notebooks •...
- Page 10 • One PCMCIA card • One ISA or PCI card • One SYGATE software • One driver Compact Disk Item Description PCMCIA Card One PCMCIA card using radio frequency communicate from notebook computer to a PC. ISA or PCI One ISA or PCI card using radio frequency to communicate from a PC to a...
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Page 11: System Requirements
In order to use the Warplink network, your computers must meet the following minimum system requirements: Desktop Computers Notebook Computers Microsoft Windows 95 or 98 Microsoft Windows 95 or 98 486/66 CPU or better 486/66 CPU or better 8 MB RAM (16 MB recommended) 8 MB RAM (16 MB recommended) 10 MB free hard disk space 10 MB free hard disk space... -
Page 12: Chapter 2 Installation
Chapter 2 Installation ! This chapter will teach you how to install the Warplink and perform the necessary setups before use. It is assumed that you already have an existing Internet connection. The Warplink installation will build your wireless LAN connection one computer at a time, starting with your computer that has the Internet connection. -
Page 13: Installing The Pcmcia Card
2.2.2 Installing the PCMCIA card To install the PCMCIA card into a notebook computer, simply plug the card into an empty PCMCIA slot. There is no need to turn off the notebook computer in order to remove or insert a card. If the notebook computer is off, turn it on. Without installing the Warplink driver and utility properly, the Warplink would not work properly. -
Page 14: Installing The Warplink Driver
" # % When you start up each computer, Windows automatically detects the new hardware you have just installed. Windows will prompt you to provide the driver enabling the computer to communicate with the new hardware. Insert the driver disk provided into the floppy disk drive and direct Windows into the location of the driver disk. - Page 15 Select the ‘Netkey’ which is the ID of the network. Please be noticed that all of the stations in the same network should have the same ‘Netkey’ 15. If the setting is not done properly, the setting request will be popped out every ime you start your PC.
- Page 16 ‘Network Password’ – A network should have a password for identification. All of stations and clients in a network should use the same network password. This is part of network security. Up to 8 characters. ‘Hopping Sequence’ – The timing sequence for the entire network. The same hopping sequence has to be set for a network to link together.
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Page 18: Chapter 3 Specifications
Chapter 3 Specifications Item Specifications Interface PCMCIA type 2, ISA/PCI Range Over 500 feet line of sight or 150 feet in an office and indoor environment Radio Frequency Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum Technique Receiver Sensitivity Typically -80dBm Data Rate 1 Mbit/sec. MAC Protocol CSMA/CA Frequency Band... -
Page 20: Chapter 4 Warranty
& ) % % Acer NeWeb Corp. shall have no liability for any damages which occurred in shipment, or failures which are caused by products not supplied by the warrantor, or failures which are due to accident, abuse,...
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