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TYPHOON SPEEDNET WIRELESS ACCESS POINT
Art: 70062C
08/2002
HTTP://WWW.TYPHOONLINE.COM

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  • Page 1 Instruction Manual TYPHOON SPEEDNET WIRELESS ACCESS POINT Art: 70062C 08/2002 HTTP://WWW.TYPHOONLINE.COM...
  • Page 2: Declaration Of Conformity

    EN50081-1: 1992 EN50082-1: 1997 EN55022: 1994 EN61000-4-2: 1995 EN61000-4-3: 1995 EN61000-4-4: 1995 EN61000-4-5: 1995 EN61000-4-6: 1996 EN61000-4-11: 1994 EN600826: -Measurement Stand: ETSI EN300328-2:2000 -Measurement Procedure: EN300328-1:2000 Typhoon Speednet Wireless Access Point Anubis Electronic GmbH Am Langfeld 38 66130 Saarbrücken Germany...
  • Page 3 Any software described in this manual is sold or licensed "as is". Should the programs prove defective following their purchase, the buyer (and not ANUBIS International Comp. Ltd., its distributor, or its dealer) assumes the entire cost of all necessary servicing, repair, and any incidental or consequential damages resulting from any defect in the software.
  • Page 4: Federal Communication Commission Interference Statement

    Typhoon Speednet Wireless Access Point 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 FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation.
  • Page 5 Typhoon Speednet Wireless Access Point R&TTE Compliance Statement This equipment complies with all the requirements of DIRECTIVE 1999/5/CE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL of March 9, 1999 on radio equipment and telecommunication terminal Equipment and the mutual recognition of their conformity (R&TTE) The R&TTE Directive repeals and replaces in the directive 98/13/EEC (Telecommunications Terminal Equipment and Satellite Earth Station Equipment) As of April 8, 2000.
  • Page 6: Table Of Contents

    Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Installation Procedure Chapter 3 Device & Network Management Device Manager … .… … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … ..… 10 Network Management …...
  • Page 7: Chapter 1 Introduction

    Introduction This chapter is your starting point for the rest of this manual. Package Contents Before you begin the installation, please check the items of your package. The package should include the following items: One Wireless Access Point One Power Adaptor One USB Cable One CD-Based Software (Including Wireless Access Point driver &...
  • Page 8: Chapter 2 Installation Procedure

    Installation Procedure This chapter will walk you through the hardware and Device Manager Installing the Hardware Perform the following steps to install the W ireless Access Point (AP). 1. If applicable, insert the Ethernet cable into the RJ45 connector (labeled "WAN") on the AP to connect to a hub, router, cable or DSL modem.
  • Page 9 Installing the AP Manager The Access Point (AP) can be manually configured using the "AP Manager". Follow the below instructions to install this software. 1. Connect the AP to a computer using the included USB cable. The computer does not have to be a node in the network (any network or non-network PC can be used to run the AP Manager software).
  • Page 10: Chapter 3 Device & Network Management

    Device & Network Management This chapter will help you understand the device management, network management and device management applications. To manage the various devices on the network and the network itself, three software applications are provided. Following is a short description of each application and its main purpose.
  • Page 11: Device Manager

    Typhoon Speednet Wireless Access Point Device Manager Start the Device Manager by right-clicking the icon on the system tray and selecting ”Device Configuration”. The Device Manager uses the concept of “profiles.“ Profiles allow a user to store specific settings for a particular situation or environment. For example, a user may have an “Office”...
  • Page 12 Typhoon Speednet Wireless Access Point The list below defines all user-configurable settings within a profile.
  • Page 13: Network Management

    Network Management Double-click on the system tray icon to start Network Management (or right-click and select "Open Network Management"). Note: The Network Management Application is ONLY available when the Network is in Multimedia mode. The "Node Information" page in network management utility displays a diagram of the active Multimedia network.
  • Page 14: Ap Device Manager

    AP Device Manager When the USB cable is connected, the AP will enter configuration mode. Double-clicking the icon on the desktop will start the AP Device Manager. Note: While the AP is in "configuration mode" (when the USB cable is inserted), the AP will not function in the network.
  • Page 15 Setting up IP/SNMP settings When operating in Wi-Fi mode, the AP runs an IP stack. The IP settings can be modified by selecting the "IP/SNMP" settings in the Profiles menu of the AP manager. The following parameters can be modified: DHCP Enabled - When enabled, the AP will attempt to obtain an IP address through DHCP.
  • Page 16 Switches and Connectors Nodes with a Cirrus wireless adapter installed can be switched from Wi-Fi to Multimedia mode (and vice versa) using the device manager software. As the Access Point (AP) does not have a user interface that can be used to switch between multimedia and Wi-Fi, it employs a manual mode switch.
  • Page 17: Chapter 4 Uninstall Hardware & Software

    Uninstall Hardware & Software This chapter will help with the Hardware & Software uninstall process. 1. To completely uninstall the wireless network adapter from your Windows operating system, use the Windows Add/Remove Programs Properties feature located in the Start /Settings/Control Panel menu. 2.
  • Page 18: Chapter 5 Technical Specifications

    Technical Specification Standard: W i-Fi (IEEE 802.11b) and MM/QoS (IEEE 802.11e-type) Signal Type: DSSS (Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum) Frequency Band: 2.400 GHz ~2.4835GHz Modulation: QPSK / BPSK / CCK Ports Two RJ 45, One USB Ethernet Interface: IEEE 802.3; 10BaseT Antenna: Two External Dipole Antenna Channel: 11 Channels (US, Canada), 13 Channels (Europe), 14 Channels (Japan) Data Rate: Up to 11 Mbps (with automatic Fall Back)
  • Page 19: Chapter 6 Troubleshooting

    Troubleshooting This section provides solutions to problems usually encountered during the installation and operation of this Wireless USB Adaptor. Read the description below to solve your problems. What is the IEEE 802.11b standard? ü The IEEE 802.11b Wireless LAN standard subcommittee which formulates the standard for the industry.
  • Page 20 What is DSSS?What is FHSS?And what are their differences? ü Frequency-hopping spread-spectrum (FHSS) uses a narrowband carrier that changes frequency in a pattern that is known to both transmitter and receiver. Properly synchronized, the net effect is to maintain a single logical channel. To an unintended receiver, FHSS appears to be short-duration impulse noise.

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