Abocom WB2500 manual

M73-AP O01-630 802.11b Wireless CardBus PC Card Quick Installation[...]

- 1 - INSTALLATION Caution: Do not ins ert the Wire less PC Card into your computer until t he pro cedures i n “ Install the Driver & Utility ” has been perfo rmed. Install the Device 1. Locate the CardB us s lot of y our system . 2. Align the Wireless PC Card in the CardBus slot. P ush even ly an d slow ly until it is seated. 3. Once the d[...]

- 2 - 7. When Windows pr ompts you to restar t your comp uter, click Yes . In Windows ME 1. Select Specify the location of the driv er (Advanced) , click Next . 2. Inser t the su pp lied CD -RO M in to the CD -ROM driv e. Se lect Searc h for the best driver for you r device (Recommended ) a nd clic k Br owse to provide the ap propriate path (e.g. D[...]

- 3 - Click Fini sh to complete the installa tion. In Windows XP 1. Select Ins tall fro m a list or specif ic location (Advance d) and cl ick Next. 2. Inse rt the supplied CD- ROM into the CD -ROM d riv e. Se lect Incl ude th is loca tion in the search: and click Browse to provide the ap propria te pa th (e .g. D:WINXP ). Click Next . 3. Clic k Co[...]

- 4 - 3. Clic k Finish to com plete the ins talla ti on. NETW ORK CONNECTI ON Once the driver has been ins talled, you mus t make s ome chang es to your ne twork se ttings. In Windows 98/ME 1. Go to Star t  Settings  Contro l Pan el  Netwo rk . 2. Ma ke sure that t he fol low ing c ompo ne nts ar e insta lled.  80 2.1 1b Wire le ss LA N[...]

- 5 - 3. After clicking Add , h ighlight the component you ne ed , clic k Add . 4. Highligh t Microsoft , and the n double click on the item you want t o add. Click OK . 5. For making your co mputer visibl e on the network, ena ble the F ile and Prin t S har ing . 6. Clic k the Identific ation ta b. Ma ke up a name th at is uni que fr om the oth er[...]

- 6 - 8. Wh en fini shed, r estart yo ur comp uter to activa te the ne w de vice. 9. Once t he compute r has restarted and Win dows has boo ted u p, a Lo gon window will app ear and re quire you to en ter a username and passwo rd. Make up a username and passwo rd and click OK . Do not click t he Ca nc el button , or you won’t b e abl e to log ont[...]

- 7 - 2. Make su re t hat you ha ve a ll the fol low ing comp onents i nstall ed.[...]

- 8 -  Client for Microsoft Netwo rks  NWLink NetBIOS  802.11b EAPPkt Protocol  Internet Pro tocol (T CP/IP) 3. If any componen ts are mis sing, cli ck on the Install… but ton to se lect the Client/Service /Protocol requ ire d. Afte r selecting the c ompone nt you need, c lick Add… to ad d it in .[...]

- 9 - 4. For making your co mputer visibl e on the network, make su re yo u ha ve in sta lled File and Pr inter Sh arin g for Micros oft Netwo rks . 5. Wh en fini shed, yo u must restart your compute r to complete the inst allatio n. CONFIGURATION After success ful in sta llat ion of the Wi reles s PC Card’s Driver and Utility, a Network Status i[...]

- 10 - Accessing the Configuration Utility Doubl e-cli ck on to open the Configur ation Util ity. Click Advanced to enter th e Configura tion Window. All settings are catego rized into 6 Tabs:[...]

- 11 - Config Ta b The Conf ig tab allows you to configure WEP encryp tion and add/remove Profile(s). Item Descrip tion Availab le Wireless Networ k( s) Display s all av ailable network s. Configure Highlight an availa ble network, click Conf igu re to set up WEP encryption (see diagram below) .[...]

- 12 - Refresh Click the button to refresh and search for all available netw orks. Item Description Availab le Profil e( s) Displays all avai lable profi les. Add Click th e button and the Wireless Networ k Properties window will app ear. In the Net work Na me (SS ID) field, enter your desired network name listed in the above Available Wireles s Ne[...]

- 13 - Remove Highl ight t he u nwant ed profile listed in the Available profile(s) box, and click the button to re move it. Set Default Highlight a profile, click the button to set it as a default profile.[...]

- 14 - Advanced Config Tab The Advanced Co nfig Tab al lows you to c hange advanced c onfigurati on settings, suc h as the Ad Hoc default channel, Power Save and Rad io Off . Item Descrip tion Ad Ho c defau lt channel Select th e approp riate channel fr om the list provided to correspond with y our network settin g s. All devices[...]

- 15 - in the wireless LAN mu st be configured to share the same radio channel in order to function prop erly. Pow er Save  CAM (Constantly Awake Mode ) Keeps the PC card powered up continuously so there i s little l ag in message r espons e time . Consumes the most power but offers the highest throughput. Is recommended for desktop computers an[...]

- 16 - TKIP (Temporal Key Integrity Protoco l ) Select one from the list to ensure the security of your wireless network. Preamble Mode A preamb le is a signal used in wirel ess envir onment to s ynchroniz e the transmit ting timing in cluding Synchronization and S tart f rame delimiter . (Note: P lease ch eck the setting o f AP first.)  Aut o S[...]

- 17 - Status Tab The Sta tus Tab dis plays bas ic link information, including Channel Set , MAC Addre ss , Netwo rk Type and Po wer Sav e Mod e .[...]

- 18 - Statistics Tab The St atis tics tab s hows the available st atistic informatio n. Press Reset button to renew this list of sta tis tics.[...]

- 19 - About Tab Click on the Abou t tab to view ba sic version information about th e Configuration Ut ility . Exit Tab Click on th e Exit tab to exit the application .[...]