Corega 108M manual

User Manual 108M Wireless Cardbus A dapter WL CB54GS[...]

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WL CB54GS Manual 1 1. Preface ............................................................................................................ 1 1.1 Features .................................................................................... 2 1.2 Packing Content ..................................................................... 2 1.3 Hardware desc[...]

WL CB54GS Manual 2 2 2 corega WLCB54GS gives you both freedom of movement and flexibility of access! Designed to the IEEE802.11g specification, this versatile PC card offers speeds up to nearly five times fast- er than widely deployed IEEE 802.11b wireless networks found in homes, businesses, and public wireless hotspots around the world. With A[...]

3 3 WL CB54GS Manual 3 1.3 Hardware description 1 2 1. Po wer LED Indicate power sta tus. 2. Link LED Blink: searching for wireless signal On: connected Off : disconnected 1.4 System Requirements • A laptop or notebook computer with an available 32-bit cardbus slot • Windows XP/2000/Me/98SE • At least 32 MB of memory and a 300 MHz processor ?[...]

WL CB54GS Manual 4 4 1.5 Wireless LAN Modes There are two basically modes of netw orking for setting: A. Infrastucture mode Infrastructure networking differs from ad-hoc networking in that it includes an access point. Unlike the ad-hoc struc- ture where users on the LAN contend the shar ed band- width, on an infrastructure network the access point [...]

5 WL CB54GS Manual 5 Notebook with installed WLCB54GS Wirless Access Point Connect to Internet Modem Notebook with installed WLCB54GS B. A d-Hoc mode Also known as a peer-to-peer network, an ad-hoc network is one that allows all workstations and c omputers in the network to act as ser vers to all other users on the network. Users on the network can[...]

WL CB54GS Manual 6 2 Sof tware Installa tion 6 6 2.1 Before Y ou Star t.. 1. Hardware Installa tion: please inser t corega WLCB54GS into the carbus slot in your notebook first, and when it appears following screen please click [C ancel] to ignore it. 2. Please prepare OS installation driver CD ( Windows 98/Me) before the installation. 3. Please no[...]

7 7 WL CB54GS Manual 7 2. Please select [English]. 3. Please select [Install Soft ware].[...]

WL CB54GS Manual 8 8 4. Click [Next]. 5. Please confirm the path, if no changes please click [Next].[...]

9 WL CB54GS Manual 9 6. Click [Next]. 7. Finished , please choose [ Y es]=>computer restar t.[...]

WL CB54GS Manual 10 10 10 1. After restarting the computer , it will show up [Found New Hardware] screen, if not , please re-inser t corega WLCB54GS again . 2. When it shows up below scr een, please click [Continue Anyway] (or [ Y es] in Windows 2000 OS) directly without worries. [In Windows XP] 3 Driver Installa tion[...]

11 11 WL CB54GS Manual 11 [In Windows 2000] 3. Now driver installation is c ompleted, and y ou will see icon appears on system tra y .[...]

WL CB54GS Manual 12 12 12 1. Fr om the [Start M enu], select [Settings] => selec t [Control Panel]=>select [Network]=> press right button of the mouse , and select [proper ties]. 2. In [General] tab , Please select [Internet Protocol ( TCP/IP)]=> click [Properties]. 4 Setting Networking Protoc ol[...]

13 13 WL CB54GS Manual 13 3. Please select [General] tab => select both [O btain an IP address automatically] and [Obtain DNS server address automatically] (Recommended) => click [OK]. 4. Return back to [Local Area C onnection Properties] screen => click [OK] to close it.[...]

WL CB54GS Manual 14 14 14 5.1 Connect to AP (Infrastructure Mode) 1. Double click icon on system tra y , and it will show up the utility screen. If there’ s no ic on appears on system tray , please press [Start] => [Programs]=>[corega C G- WL CB54GS]=> [ Wir eless LAN Utility]. 2. Y ou will see available AP listing in [A vailabe WLANs] f[...]

15 15 WL CB54GS Manual 15 3. Please select one of available AP listing => then pr ess [Add] button, or double click the selection, => it will show up [ Wirless Newtork P roperties] screen, if the selec tion has configured with WEP/WP A encr yption, please make the same setting as its. (Regarding encryption configuration please refer Chapt e[...]

WL CB54GS Manual 16 16 *Note: 1. Y ou will see a icon on the lef t side of the device name when WL CB54GS has connected with the device . 2. Y ou may press icons to change the ranking of [Pref erred WLANs], and you may click icon to fix one of them, =>then press [Apply] to sav e the changes. 3. Please verify it can connect to internet successfu[...]

17 WL CB54GS Manual 17 mode]) on the left side in [Av ailable WLANs] of [Configur a- tion] tab , => and press [Add] button or double click the selection. 3. Please select one of the listing, =>then press [A dd] button, or double click the selection, => it will show up [ Wireless Network Properties] screen, if the selection had configured[...]

WL CB54GS Manual 18 18 4. Please Pr ess [Apply] to get ready to connect with the device (AP) .[...]

19 WL CB54GS Manual 19 *Note: 1. Y ou will see a icon on the left side of ESSID when WL CB54GS has connected with the device . 2. Y ou may press icons to change the ranking of [Pref erred WLANs], and you may click icon to fix one of them, =>then press [Apply] to sav e the changes. 3. Please verify it can connect to internet successful or not. 5[...]

WL CB54GS Manual 20 20 20 3. The device (AP) had added in the listing of [P ref erred WLANs], =>press [Apply] .[...]

21 21 WL CB54GS Manual 21 There are 4 security setting ways f or preven ting intruders from Wireless LAN. • ESSID (Extended Ser vice Set IDentifier) ESSID (or SSID) is the name of a wireless local area network ( WL AN). All wireless devices on a WLAN must employ the same ESSID in order to communicat e with each other . Y ou may set either manual[...]

WL CB54GS Manual 22 22 • 802.1X Authentication It ’ s a first line of defense against intrusion. In the authen- tication process , the Authentication Server* verifies the identity of the client attempting to connect to the network. Unfamiliar clients would be denied access . 6.1 Setting ESSID 6.1.1 Double click icon on system tra y , and it w[...]

23 WL CB54GS Manual 23 6.2 Setting WEP 6.2.1 Double click icon on system tra y , and it will show up the Utility screen. If you can ’t see icon on system tray , please press [Start] => [Programs]=>[corega C G- WL CB54GS]=> [ Wir eless LAN Utility]. 6.2.2 Select one of available ESSIDs in [A vailabe WLANs].[...]

WL CB54GS Manual 24 24 6.2.3 Shows up [ Wireless Network Properties] screen, => fill in below items: (a) [Authentication Mode]: Please select [Open System] (Recommended) or [Shared Key]. (b) [Data Encryption]: selec t [ WEP]. (c) [Key length]: select [64 bits or 128 bits] (d) [Key1]~[Key 4]: enter the same passwords as AP (e) [Default Key]: sel[...]

25 WL CB54GS Manual 25 6.3 Setting WP A 6.3.1 Repeat 6.2.1~6.2.2 6.3.2 Shows up [ Wireless Network Properties] screen . a b c [ WP A-PSK] (a) [Authentication Mode]- select [ WP A-PSK(Personal)]. (b) [Data Encryption]-selec t [ TKIP] or [AES]. (c) Press [A uthentication Config], it will sho ws following screen, please enter the passwor d which you [...]

WL CB54GS Manual 26 26 [ WP A-Enterprise] a b c[...]

27 WL CB54GS Manual 27 (a) Au the nti cat ion Mod e: sele ct [ WP A-EA P(E nt erp rise )]. (b) Data Encryption: selec t [ TKIP] or [AES]. (c) Press [A uthentication Config] butt on, it will show up fol- lowing screen, => selec t [EAP T ype], => press [OK]. (d) When return back to [cor ega Wireless LAN Utility] screen, press [Apply] to sa ve [...]

WL CB54GS Manual 28 28 28 7.1 C onfiguration This tab is for setting communica tion mode, ESSID, channel, and WEP encryption func tion. (1) Refresh: rescan av ailable wireless devices. (2) Add:press this button will add the devic e which has been selected from [A vailable WLANs] to [Preferred WLANs], and in the meanwhile it will show up the prop- [...]

29 29 WL CB54GS Manual 29 (6) New : add a new available device in [P referred WLANs]. (7) Remove: select one of devices from [Pref erred WLANs], => then press [remov e], it will be removed . (8) Properties: selec t one of devices from [P referred WLANs], => press this button, then it will show up a [ Wireless Netw ork Properties] screen for y[...]

WL CB54GS Manual 30 30 30 7.3 Option This tab is for adv anced setting . 7.4 About “ About ” tab shows you copyright, and utility and dr iver ver - sion information.[...]

31 31 WL CB54GS Manual 31 There are 2 wa ys for solving y our problems if WL CB54GS can ’t connect to internet as below: (1) First , please see following “F AQ” to check your problem. (2) Please go to http://www .corega-asia.com, then click “Supports”=>select “Online Cust omer Suppor t” , => fill in the form, =>click “ sub[...]

WL CB54GS Manual 32 32 32 supports=>download =>selec t “ driver ” , =>select and click the model which you want to upgr ade. Q4. Windows can ’t r ecognize WLCB54GS. A: (1) Please make sure that WL CB54GS is inser ted into the Cardbus slot of your not ebook properly (check this when the notebook is powered off ). (2) Please check if P[...]

33 33 WL CB54GS Manual 33 Compliance Standard IEEE802.11/IEEE802.11b/IEEE802.11g LAN Interface 32 bit CardBus ( Type II PC C ard) Protocol CSMA/CA T ransmission Method DS-SS, OFDM Network T ype Infrastructure/802.11 Ad-Hoc Frequency Band 2.412~2.472 GHz T ransmission Rate IEEE802.11b: 11/5.5/2/1Mbps IEEE802.11g: 54/48/36/24/18/12/9/6Mbps T ransmitt[...]

WL CB54GS Manual 34 34 34 corega K.K. designs, develops and markets professional networking products that address the specific needs of small and medium enterprises and home user ’ s easy-to-use, quality and reliable ser vices of networking solutions requirements. Established in 1986, corega 100% f ounded by Allied T el- esis Group in Y okohama, [...]

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