Gigabyte GN-WBZB-M User Manual

Gigabyte GN-WBZB-M User Manual

Ieee 802.11b usb wireless lan card

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GN-WBZB-M
IEEE 802.11b USB Wireless LAN Card
User' s Manual
http://www.gigabyte.com.tw
Rev. 1.0 First Edition

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  • Page 1 GN-WBZB-M IEEE 802.11b USB Wireless LAN Card User’ s Manual http://www.gigabyte.com.tw Rev. 1.0 First Edition...
  • Page 2: Federal Communication Commission Interference Statement

    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 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 communications.
  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Contents CHAPTER 1. PRODUCT OVERVIEW 1-1. I LAN C ............1 NTRODUCTION TO IRELESS 1-2. F ......................1 EATURES 1-3. P ............... 1 HYSICAL IMENSIONS ACKAGING 1-4. LED I ..................2 NDICATING IGHTS 1-5. S ..................2 YSTEM EQUIREMENTS CHAPTER 2. INSTALLING THE WIRELESS LAN CARD 3 2-1.
  • Page 4: Chapter 1. Product Overview

    Dimensions: 122mm* 48mm* 22mm This product is only for INTEL USB2.0 Host connector Before the installation procedures, please ensure the components are not damaged during the shipping. The shipment of the GN-WBZB-M includes: One GN-WBZB-M Wireless LAN Card One Antenna One Connect Cable One Installation CD (including User’...
  • Page 5: Led Indicating Lights

    1-4. LED Indicating Lights This wireless LAN card conforms to the USB standard. There are two LED-indicating lights. One indicates Power status. One indicates Link status. Power: This LED is continuously on while the card is powered on. Link: Blinking Slow The card is scanning the network.
  • Page 6: Chapter 2. Installing The Wireless Lan Card

    Chapter 2. Installing the Wireless LAN Card 2-1. Installing The WLAN Card for PC Step 1: Power Off you PC Step 2: Plug the WLAN Card to the USB Port of Mother Board and fasten it on the slot rack. Step 3: Plug the Antenna to the WLAN Card.
  • Page 7 Step 1: Click “Cancel”. Step 2: Insert our setup CD into your CDROM drive, the following window will pop up Step 3: Click “Yes”, and then your installation is ok.
  • Page 8 Step 4: Reboot you computer Step 5: Click “YES”. and then your installation is ok.
  • Page 9: Chapter 3. Using The Utility On Pc

    Chapter 3. Using The Utility on PC The Configuration & Monitor Utility is a powerful application that helps you to configure the card and monitor the statistics of the communication link. Unlike the standard method of configuring the card via the operating system utilities (e.g. Control Panel), this application permits the dynamic modification of the configuration parameters while the card is operating.
  • Page 10: Statistics

    Channel: The current channel used by the wireless LAN card. Tx Rate: The current transmission rate used by the wireless LAN card. AP Signal: It shows the signal quality and signal intensity of the currently connected base station. Available Network: This item will show you all of the 802.11 Access Points or Wireless LAN Cards in your wireless environment.
  • Page 11: Encryption

    can be viewed or changed. Changes to any of the parameters in this panel can be applied to the driver without resetting the wireless LAN card(see Figure 3-4). Figure 3-4. Configuration Profile: You can save various wireless settings for different environments. Change: Press this button to set the configuration in each field of the panel.
  • Page 12: Advanced

    To prevent unauthorized user to access the data on wireless stations, the Wireless LAN Card offers a highly secure data encryption, known as WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy). If you require high security in transmission, go to the Encryption tab and set it up as follows(see Figure 3-5).
  • Page 13: About

    Note: In order to enable the Fragmentation and the RTS/CTS Threshold parameters move the slide bar with your mouse and then use the right and left arrow keys of your keyboard in order to select an exact number. Figure 3-6. Advanced settings 3-6.
  • Page 14 Figure 3-8. Current link states of the Access Point Mode Access Point: The AP mode You can change WLAN mode(see 3-1 Info) by clicking on this button. More Setting: You can set the configuration Access Point(see Figure 3-9) by clicking on this button.
  • Page 15: Bridge Setup

    Hide SSID: Access Point disable their SSID broadcasting to prevent a wireless device from finding and accessing their networks. Tx Power: Transmitter Output power. MAC Address Filter: You can set the configuration MAC Address Filter(see Figure 3-10) by clicking on this button. Figure 3-10.
  • Page 16 Figure 3-11. Control Panel Step 3: Setup Wireless LAN card(see Figure 3-12), Click ”Use Windows to configure” to cancel the schedule and Click¡uOK¡v. Figure 3-12. Wireless Networks Step 4 ¡G Select the network connections to be bridged. Press the ¡uCtrl¡v key while clicking the network connection icons to select.
  • Page 17: Ip Sharing

    Figure 3-13. Bridge Connections Figure 3-14. Network Bridge Step 5¡G Setup OK¡A Show Network Bridge windows(see Figure 3-15) and then your setup is ok. Figure 3-15. Network Bridge Enabled 3-9. IP Sharing (Supported under Windows 2000) Step 1: Change to AP mode (see Figure 3-8). Step 2: ¡uControl Panel¡vrun¡uNetwork and Dial-up Connections¡v (see Figure 3-16).
  • Page 18 Figure 3-16. Control Panel Step 3: Setup LAN card(see Figure 3-17), Click ”Enable Internet Connection Sharing for this connection” and Click¡uOK¡v. Figure 3-17. Local Area Connection Properties Step 4¡G Show Local Network(see Figure 3-18). Click¡uOK¡v and then your setup is ok. Figure 3-18.
  • Page 19: Chapter 4. Specification

    Link Configuration for network join and statistics. Mechanical Dimensions 122mm * 48mm * 22mm Weight 61± 1 g Packaging Generic, Gigabyte, private labeling optional LED indicator Two LEDs indicating Link/Act status Note: The specifications are subject to change without notice...

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