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Sitecom WL-151 Quick Installation Manual

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  • Page 1: Quick Installation Guide

    Wireless Network 2,4Ghz PCI Card adapter MiMoXR WL-151 Quick Installation Guide...

  • Page 2: Software/Hardware Installation

    Click Next to start the installation and follow the instruction on your screen. After the setup wizard has finished remove the CD-ROM and shut down the computer. Step 2. Insert the WL-151 wireless PCI adapter into a free PCI slot. Start the computer. Step 3.
  • Page 3 Please double click on the icon or go to Start/Programs/Wireless Network and click the Sitecom Wireless Utility. Select the 'Profile Setting' tab and click the 'New' button. Fill in a Profile Name (i.e. Sitecom) and click 'Next'.
  • Page 4 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 5 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' should be the same (255.255.255.0) for all of the machines. The 'Default Gateway' and the 'DNS Server' do not have to be filled in.
  • Page 6 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 7 Please double click on the icon or go to Start/Programs/Wireless Network and click the Sitecom Wireless Utility. Select the 'Profile Setting' tab and click the 'New' button. Fill in a Profile Name (i.e. Sitecom) and click 'Next'.
  • Page 8 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 9 When using a Sitecom Wireless router or other DHCP server in the network, set DHCP Status to Enable. In all other situations, 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.
  • Page 10 Close the wireless utility by clicking the 'X'. The wireless utility will stay visible in the icon tray. chapter 4 Go to to enable File & Printer sharing.

  • Page 11: 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.
  • Page 12 so called 'Guest account' in Windows 2000 is disabled by default. You can enable the guest account: Right-click 'My Computer', and then click 'Manage'. Under 'System Tools', double-click 'Local Users and Groups' to expand it, and then click 'Users'. In the right screen, right-click the 'Guest' account, and then click 'Properties'.
  • Page 13 Security To prevent unauthorized accessing the transmitted data over your network, the WLAN Utility offers sophisticated security options. To activate the security options, click the checkbox next to Security. 5.1 Small Office – Home (SoHo) WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) This is the first and most used encryption mode for wireless networks and can be used in peer to peer networks and networks which use a Accesspoint.
  • Page 14 Choose the key number you want to use. Choose the encryption length, 128 bits is best Enter the Network Key. Depending on the type you choose (ASCII or Hexadecimal, 64 or 128 bits), the length of the key could be 5,10,13 or 26 characters. 64 bit alphanumeric 5 characters...
  • Page 15 5.2 Enterprise organisations Please refer to the manual on CD-Rom. Large organisations sometimes demand extra safety requirements for wireless network connections. Most of the time an Authentication server (Radius server) is used in such a network. The WL-022 supports two options for this kind of security: 802.1x and WPA. Contact your network administrator for the correct settings.
  • Page 16 WPA is a big improvement for Wireless security compared to WEP. WPA use an Authentication (radius) server in the network for secure access. Choose WPA for Authentication and TKIP for Encryption Mode. Depending on the information from the network administrator choose the correct EAP (Extensible Authentication Protocol) type.
  • Page 17 PEAP requires the use of certificates with a Certification Authority server. Click the up and down arrows to the right of this list to display all the Certification Authority types. Highlight one of certificate authority to select it. You also need to input the User Information and the Login Information in the appropriate fields.

  • Page 18: Wireless Configuration Utility

    Wireless Configuration Utility You can easily navigate through the sheets by clicking the different tabs. 6.1 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' it means that the network is available in Infrastructure or Peer to Peer mode.

  • Page 19: Available Networks

    Signal Strength The Signal Strength bar graph is only active when the node is in Infrastructure Mode. The bar graph displays the signal strength between the node and the Access Point. Link Quality The Link Quality bar graph is only active when the node is in Infrastructure Mode. The bar graph displays the quality of the link between the node and the Access Point.
  • Page 20 Peer to Peer: All communication is done from client to client without the use of an Access Point. Ad-Hoc networking uses the same Network Name (SSID) for establishing the wireless connection. Infrastructure: This mode requires the presence of an Access Point. All communication is done via the Access Point which relays packets to other wireless clients in the BSS as well as to nodes on a wired network.
  • Page 21 6.4 About The 'About' tab shows the Utility Version, Driver Version, Firmware Version and the MAC Address.

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