Abocom WUE1500 Quick Installation Manual

802.11b wireless & fast ethernet usb adapter

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802.11b
Wireless & Fast
Ethernet

USB Adapter

Quick Installation Guide
M73-APO01-510

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  • Page 1: Usb Adapter

    802.11b Wireless & Fast Ethernet USB Adapter Quick Installation Guide M73-APO01-510...
  • Page 2: Regulatory Statements

    REGULATORY STATEMENTS FCC Certification United Commission (FCC) and the Canadian Department of Communications governing the use of electronic equipment. Part15, Class B This device complies with Part 15 of FCC rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: 1) This device may not cause harmful interface, and 2) This device must accept any interface received, including interface that may cause undesired operation.
  • Page 3: Software Installation

    Software Installation Precaution for Windows 98SE, 2000, and ME users: Adapter's software before installing the hardware for saving your time. Precaution for Windows XP users: It’s not necessary to install the utility, since the device will use the built-in utility in Windows XP.
  • Page 4: Hardware Installation

    Hardware Installation Installation of the USB Adapter for Windows 98SE/ME/2000 Automatically Precaution for Windows 98SE, 2000, and ME users: If the Application setup in Installation Windows98SE/ME/2000 completed, follow below steps to install the hardware. For Windows 98SE users: As you perform the installation, have your system operating CD-ROM at hand.
  • Page 5 Manually If you want to install the Hardware before installing the utility, please follow the below section. Under Windows 98SE 1. In Add New Hardware Wizard, click Next. 2. Click Search for the best driver for your device (Recommended). 3. Insert the device driver CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive.
  • Page 6 best driver (Recommended) and click Browse to provide D:\Win9xMe). Click Next. 3. Click Next, Windows will copy all the necessary files to your system. 4. Click Finish to continue. 5. When Windows prompts you to restart your computer, click No. 6.
  • Page 7: Installation Of The Usb Adapter For Windows Xp

    Then go to Windows98SE/ME/2000 the utility. Precaution for Windows XP users: You must install the Adapter's hardware first, and then go to Adapter for Windows Installation of the USB Adapter for Windows XP 1. Once the device is well connected to your computer, Windows XP will automatically detect the new device.
  • Page 8: Configuration Procedure

    Configuration Procedure Configuration and Monitor Utility for Windows 98SE/ME/2000 After installing the device successfully, go to Start Programs USB 10&100 LAN Monitor Utility. The Wireless LAN Monitor Utility icon will appear in the taskbar every time the device is running. You can open it by double-clicking on this icon.
  • Page 9 All settings are categorized into 6 tabs: Monitor Statistics Site Survey Encryption Advanced Version Monitor The Status tab will display the current status of the Wireless USB Adapter. Item Operating Mode Channel SSID Description It displays the current operating mode. (Access Point or Peer-to -Peer).
  • Page 10 Item Tx Rate Int. Roaming It displays the current roaming Radio Status Signal Strength Link Quality It displays the link quality of the Change Submit Cancel Hide Description network. The name must be identical for all devices and points attempting to connect to the same network.
  • Page 11 Statistics This option shows you to view the available statistic information (Data packets, Management Packets and Rejected packets). Press the Clear button to renew or update this list of statistics. Site Survey The Site Survey tab shows all the available Access Points and their features.
  • Page 12 Item BSSID SSID Signal Channel Encryption Re-Scan Cancel Hide Description A set of wireless stations is referred to as a Basic Service Set (BSS). Computers in a BSS must be configured with the same BSS ID. The SSID is the unique name shared among all points in your wireless network.
  • Page 13 Encryption WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) encryption can be used to ensure the security of your wireless network. Item Encryption Key1/Key2/ Key3/Key4 Default Key Description WEP is a data privacy mechanism based on a 64-bit/128-bit shared key algorithm. Under the drop-down box, you choose encryption Disabled, 64 Bit, or 128 Bit.
  • Page 14 Mode Authentication Type Submit Hide Note: You must use the same value/phrase or WEP key settings for all wireless computers in order for the wireless network to function well. Two WEP modes are available as below: Mandatory and Optional. Mandatory: WEP Encryption is required to establish connection with other stations within the wireless network.
  • Page 15 Advanced You can change advanced configuration settings, such Fragmentation Threshold and RTS/CTS Threshold. Item Preamble Type Long Short Auto the Preamble Description A preamble is a signal used in wireless environment synchronize timing including Synchronization and Start frame delimiter. environment, the Preamble Type should be set to Long.
  • Page 16 Fragmentation Threshold RTS/CTS Threshold Power Save Submit Hide Version You can view basic information about the Utility like the Driver, Firmware and Application Version. Use the Hide button to exit the applicatio To fragment MSDU or MMPDU into small sizes of frames for increasing the reliability of frame (The maximum value of 2346 means...
  • Page 17: Configuration For Windows Xp

    Configuration for Windows XP USB 10/100 Network Adapter 1. Go to Start Network and Internet Connections Network Connections. 2. In Network right-click the Local Area Connection Enabled USB 10/100 Network Adapter icon, and select Properties. 3. In Local Area Connection Properties window, select the General tab.
  • Page 18 Property 802.11 Power Save Fragmentation Threshold Preamble Type Long Short Auto Rate (Mbps) RTS Threshold 4. In Wireless Properties window, select the Wireless Networks tab. Description Enable the function to allow the Adapter to go to sleep mode, during which data communication could be interrupted.
  • Page 19 Use Windows to configure… Check enable Windows configuration. Available networks Displays all available networks. Configure Click the button to set up a new network or WEP configuration as illustrated as below. 17 -...
  • Page 20 Refresh Click the button to refresh and search for all available networks. Preferred networks From available network(s) listed above, you can select preferred one(s) in an order that you can arrange. The marked one is the currently used network. Move up Move the selected network forward one position.

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