SignaMax 065-1798 User Manual

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Signamax™ Connectivity Systems
11g Wireless 54Mpbs PCI Adapter
Model:065-1798
User's Manual
September 2006

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  • Page 1 Signamax™ Connectivity Systems 11g Wireless 54Mpbs PCI Adapter Model:065-1798 User’s Manual September 2006...
  • Page 2: Signamax Connectivity System

    Signamax Connectivity System 065-1798 FCC Warning 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 communication.
  • Page 3: Signamax Connectivity System

    Signamax Connectivity System 065-1798 the company. Trademarks: All trade names and trademarks are the properties of their respective companies. Revision History Revision History V1.0 First release www.signamax-us.com www.signamax-eu.com...
  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    Signamax Connectivity System 065-1798 Contents 1. Instruction................4 Features....................4 Package Contents ................. 4 LED Indicator ..................4 2. Install Driver & Utility ............. 5 For Windows XP and 2000 ............5 For Windows ME and 98SE ............10 3. Wireless Network Configuration Utility......15 General..................15...
  • Page 5: Instruction

    54 Mbps. It provides up to a 128-bit level of WEP security to your wireless data transfers. 065-1798 wireless PCI adapter comes with software drivers for the most popular Microsoft Windows operating...
  • Page 6: Install Driver & Utility

    Windows 2000) Step1: Turn off your PC. Step2: Insert 065-1798 Wireless PCI card into the PCI slot of your computer, the system will automatically find the device and search for its driver. Please click Cancel to continue. www.signamax-us.com www.signamax-eu.com...
  • Page 7 Signamax Connectivity System 065-1798 Step3: Insert Wireless 54Mbps PCI Adapter Installation CD into CD-ROM drive then windows below will appear. Click Install Driver & Utility to begin device driver installation. Step4: Select the language for this installation from the choices below and click OK to continue.
  • Page 8 Signamax Connectivity System 065-1798 Step5: The InstallShield Wizard for Realtek Wireless Network Utility will display, click Next> to continue. Step6: Select the country domain for which RTL8185 WLAN is authorized to use. Then, click Next> to continue. www.signamax-us.com www.signamax-eu.com...
  • Page 9 Signamax Connectivity System 065-1798 Step7: Click Yes to continue. Step8: Please wait for a while for installing process. Step9: After Wizard has finished the installing, click Finish to compete the setup. www.signamax-us.com www.signamax-eu.com...
  • Page 10 Signamax Connectivity System 065-1798 To check if Wireless PCI card is properly installed, you can right-click My Computer choose Properties click Device Manager. When Utility setup is completed, the Wireless LAN utility’s main page will automatically show up on your screen.
  • Page 11: For Windows Me And 98Se

    Step1: Turn off your PC Step2: Insert 065-1798 Wireless PCI card into the PCI slot of your computer, the system will automatically find the device and search for its driver. Please click Cancel to continue. Step3: Insert 065-1798 Wireless 54Mbps PCI Adapter Installation CD into CD-ROM drive then windows below will appear.
  • Page 12 Signamax Connectivity System 065-1798 Step4: Select the language for this installation from the choices below and click OK to continue. Step5: The InstallShield Wizard for Realtek Wireless Network Utility will display, click Next> to continue. www.signamax-us.com www.signamax-eu.com...
  • Page 13 Signamax Connectivity System 065-1798 Step6: Select the country domain for which RTL8185 WLAN is authorized to use. Then, click Next> to continue. Step7: Click Yes to continue. Step8: After Wizard has finished the installing, click Finish to compete the setup.
  • Page 14 Signamax Connectivity System 065-1798 Step10: For complete your setup, you must restart your computer before you can use the program. Choose Yes, I want to restart my computer now and click OK. To check if Wireless PCI card is properly installed, you can right-click My Computer choose Properties click Device Manager.
  • Page 15 Signamax Connectivity System 065-1798 After restart your computer and the utility setup is completely installed. The Wireless LAN utility’s main page will automatically show up on your screen as below: www.signamax-us.com www.signamax-eu.com...
  • Page 16: Wireless Network Configuration Utility

    Signamax Connectivity System 065-1798 3. Wireless Network Configuration Utility The Configuration Utility is an application that helps you to configure 065-1798 Wireless LAN PCI Card and monitor the link status and statistics during the communication process. 3.1 General In the “Configuration”, you can immediately monitor the link status.
  • Page 17: Available Network

    Signamax Connectivity System 065-1798 3.3 Available Network The “Available Network” shows all Access Points, Routers or Adapters nearby when operating in Ad-Hoc mode. Click “Refresh” button to collect the SSID and Channel information of all the wireless devices nearby. If you want to connect to any device on the list, double-click the item on the list, and the card will automatically connect to the selected device.
  • Page 18 Signamax Connectivity System 065-1798 [Network Authentication] Open System: No authentication is needed among the wireless devices. Shared Key: Only Wireless device using a shared key (WEP Key identified) is allowed to connecting each other. Setup the same key as the wireless device which the card intends to connect.
  • Page 19 Signamax Connectivity System 065-1798 TKIP: Enable the TKIP Data Encryption. When the item is selected, you have to continue setting the Network Key & Confirm network key. Network Key: The keys are used to encryption data transmitted in the wireless network. Fill in the text box by following rules below: 64-bit: Input 10 digit Hex values (in the “A-F”, “a-f”, and “0-9”...
  • Page 20: Advanced

    Signamax Connectivity System 065-1798 3.4 Advanced In the “Advanced”, you can configure Wireless LAN adapter’s Power Save, Wireless Mode, 802.00b Preamble Mode, Region Domain, Fragment Threshold, and RTS Threshold. www.signamax-us.com www.signamax-eu.com...
  • Page 21: Status

    Signamax Connectivity System 065-1798 3.5 Status In the “Status”, you can view the current link status of Wireless LAN adapter. 3.6 Statistics In the “Statistics”, you can get the real time information about the packet transmission and receiving status. www.signamax-us.com...
  • Page 22: Easy Config

    Signamax Connectivity System 065-1798 3.7 Easy Config In the “Easy Config”, you can setup Realtek AP more easily. There are two methods for you: Touch-Button Method & Question-Answer Method”. Select one of following methods to setup your AP. www.signamax-us.com www.signamax-eu.com...
  • Page 23: Rt-Set

    Signamax Connectivity System 065-1798 3.8 RT-Set You can select your operation mode (work in AP or Station Mode) by RT-Set Wizard. When you right-click RTL8185 Wireless system tray icon at right-bottom corner and choose “RT-Set Wizard”. There are three modes for you to choose: Station (Infrastructure): Connect to a wireless network through the AP.
  • Page 24: Glossary

    Signamax Connectivity System 065-1798 4. Glossary IEEE 802.11 Standard The IEEE 802.11 Wireless LAN Standards subcommittee, which is formulating a standard for the industry. Access Point An internetworking device that seamlessly connects the wired & wireless networks together. Ad Hoc An Ad Hoc wireless LAN is a group of computers, each with a WLAN adapter connected as an independent wireless LAN.
  • Page 25: Signamax Connectivity System

    Signamax Connectivity System 065-1798 Gateway A gateway is a hardware and software device that connects two dissimilar systems, such as a LAN and a mainframe. In Internet terminology, a gateway is another name for a router. Generally a gateway is used as a funnel for all traffic to the Internet.
  • Page 26: Www.signamax-Us.com Www.signamax-Eu.com

    Signamax Connectivity System 065-1798 SSID A Network ID unique to a network. Only clients and Access Points that share the same SSID are able to communicate with each other. This string is case-sensitive. Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) Simple Network Management Protocol is the network management protocol of TCP/IP. In SNMP, agents-which can be hardware as well as software-monitor the activity in the various devices on the network and report to the network console workstation.
  • Page 27: Signamax Connectivity System

    Signamax Connectivity System 065-1798 The second generation of WPA that complies with the IEEE TGi specification is known as WPA2. WPA/WPA2 – Enterprise provides this level of security on enterprise networks with a 802.1x RADIUS server. An Authentication Type is selected to match the authentication protocol of the 802.1x server.

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