Abocom Systems WUB1K5 User Manual

REGULATORY STATEMENTS

FCC Certification

Wireless

The United States Federal Communication Commission (FCC) and the Canadian Department of Communications have established certain rules 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

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2) This device must accept any interface received, including interface that may cause undesired operation. 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. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures:

Z Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.

Z Increase the distance between the equipment and

receiver.

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Z Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit

different from that to which the receiver is connected.

CAUTION:

1) To comply with FCC RF exposurecompliance requirements, a separation distance of at least 20 cm must be maintained between the antenna of this device and all persons.

2) This Transmitter must not be co-located or operating in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION............................................. 1

EATURES

LED I

INSTALLATION THE UTILITY UNDER

WIN 98/ME/2000............................................... 3

NINSTALL PROCEDURE UNDER WINDOWS

98/ME.............................................................. 7

NINSTALL PROCEDURE UNDER WINDOWS

........................................................ 2

NDICATORS

............................................. 2

Uninstall the Configuration Utility...... 7

Uninstall the Device ............................ 8

2000............................................................... 10

HARDWARE INSTALLATION ...................14

INSTALLATION OF THE USB ADAPTER

FOR WIN XP................................................... 15

NETWORK CONNECTION ......................... 18

ONFIGURING THE NETWORK PROTOCOLS FOR

INDOWS

98/ME .......................................... 18

LIENT SETUP FOR WINDOWS

2000

AND

XP .23

Connecting to a Windows NT Domain

........................................................... 23

Connecting to a NetWare File Server 24

CONFIGURATION AND MONITOR

UTILITY FOR WINDOWS 98/ME/2000...... 26

TATUS

TATISTICS

ITE SURVEY

NCRYPTION

DVANCED

ERSION

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Introduction

A wireless LAN links network users to LAN

services without the hassle of cabling or wiring,

which significantly brings mobile workers the

freedom of staying connected to the network

while roaming around a building or multiple

buildings maintaining access to the Internet,

e-mail, networked applications, and print

services.

This device is the perfect solution for your

wireless network applications based on the IEEE

802.11b standard that offers a data rate up to

11Mbps in a wireless LAN environment. It is a

CONFIGURATION FOR WINDOWS XP ... 40

FIRMWARE UPGRADE UTILITY ............. 46

SPECIFICATIONS......................................... 48

high-speed wireless network card that plugs into

your notebook or desktop PC and accesses to the

LAN or peer-to-peer networking easily without

wires or cables. Whether you’re at your desk or in

the boardroom, it allows you to share printers,

files, and other network resources.

The USB adapter is designed for a USB type A

port of a laptop or desktop computer for creating

a wireless workstation.

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Features

• Compliant with IEEE802.11b standard for

2.4GHz Wireless LAN

• USB 1.1 compliant

• USB Plug & Play

• Interoperable with existing network

infrastructure

• Secure information transmission

• Freedom to roam while staying connected

• Compatible with specialty wireless

products and services

• Up to 11Mbps data rate

• External Antenna is built in the card with

Installation the Utility under Win 98/ME/2000

Precaution for Windows 98, 2000, and ME

users

: You must install the Adapter's software

before installation of the hardware.

1. Insert the

CD-ROM drive and double click on

Setup.exe

Monitor Utility.

Setup Utility CD-ROM

to install the Configuration &

into the

LEDs indication

• Supports Window 98/2000/ME/XP

• Low power consumption

• Easy to install and configure

LED Indicators

Power:

Receive:

Transmit: Green, on

Green, on

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2. When the Welcome screen appears, click

to continue.

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3. The Choose Destination Location screen

will show you the default destination chosen

by the utility. Click

to continue.

4. In Setup Type, choose Application and

5. Follow the instruction to select the program

folder. Click

to continue.

6. In

Start Copying Files

, click

continue.

USB drivers

and then click

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7. In Setup Status, the InstallShield Wizard

will begin copying the files.

8. After the Configuration Utility has been

successfully installed, select

Yes, I want to

Uninstall Procedure Under

Windows 98/ME

Uninstall the Configuration Utility

1. Go to

Add/Remove Program

2. Select 802.11 Wireless LAN then click

Add/Remove

Start → Settings → Control Panel

to continue.

→

restart my computer now, and then click

Finish

to restart.

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2. Select Wireless USB Adapter then click

Uninstall the Device

1. Go to Start → Settings → Control Panel →

Network

Remove

. Click OK.

3. The system will prompt you to restart your

computer. Click

Yes

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Uninstall Procedure Under

Windows 2000

1. Go to

Start

Add/Remove Hardware

2. When the Welcome screen appears, click

Control Panel →

→

3. In Choose a Hardware Task, select

Uninstall/Unplug a device

and click

continue.

4. In

Choose a Removal Task

, select

Uninstall

a device and click Next.

to continue.

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5. Check the Show hidden devices check box

and locate the device in the device list. Select

the device and click

6. Select

Yes, I want to uninstall this device

and click Next.

7. Click Finish to complete the uninstalled

procedure.

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Hardware Installation

Precaution for Windows 98, 2000, and ME

users

: Please do NOT install the hardware

until the Application setup in Installation the

Utility under Win98/ME/2000 has been

completed.

1. Plug the USB's square end (Type B) into

the adapter's USB port.

2. Plug the USB's rectangle end (Type A) into

the PC's USB port.

After the device has been connected to your

Installation of the USB Adapter for Win XP

1. Once the device is well connected to your

computer, Windows XP will automatically

detect the new device. Click Install from a

list…

and click N

ext.

computer, Windows will detect the new hardware

and then automatically copy all of the files

needed for networking.

Precaution for Windows XP users

must install the Adapter's hardware, and then

go to Installation of the USB Adapter for Win

XP.

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: You

2. Insert the Setup Utility CD-ROM into the

CD-ROM drive. Select

location in the search:

to provide the appropriate path (e.g.

E:\Drivers\WinXP). Click Next.

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Include this

and click Browse

3. Click

Continue Anyway

4. Click

Finish

to proceed.

to complete the Utility

installation.

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Network Connection

Configuring the Network Protocols for

Windows 98/ME

1. Once the driver has been installed, you must

make some changes to your network settings.

Click Start  Settings  Control Panel 

Network.

 Wireless USB Adapter

2. Make sure that you have all the following

components installed.

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

NetBEUI

 TCP/IP

If any components are missing, click on the

Add

button to add them in. All the protocols and

clients required and listed above are provided by

Microsoft.

3. After clicking

you need, click Add.

Add

, highlight the component

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4. Highlight

on the item you want to add.

Microsoft

, and then double click

5. For making your computer visible on the

network, enable the

Sharing.

6. Click the

Identification

File and Printer

tab. Make up a

7. Click the Access Control tab. Make sure

that “

Shared-level access control

” is

selected. If connecting to a Netware server,

share level can be set to “

User-level access

control.”

name that is unique from the other computers'

names on the network. Type the name of

your workgroup, which should be the same

used by all of the other PCs on the network.

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10. Double-click the Network Neighbourhood

icon on the windows desktop, and you should

see the names of the other PCs on the

network.

Client Setup for Windows 2000 and

If you are not using NT or Novell with Windows,

skip the next two sections. Perform the

following procedures to prepare your computer to

be used with any file servers that may be on the

8. When finished, reboot your computer to

activate the new device.

9. Once the computer has restarted and

Windows has booted up, a

will appear and require you to enter a

username and password. Make up a username

and password and click

Cancel

the

log onto the network.

button, or you won’t be able to

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Logon

. Do not click

window

network.

Connecting to a Windows NT Domain

1. Click

Double-click

2. Change the

Client for Microsoft Networks.

StartSettingsControl Panel

Network

Primary Network Logon

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2. Change the Network Logon to Client for

NetWare Network.

3. Double-click the Client for Microsoft

networks

4. Select the

Log on to Windows NT domain

box. Put your NT domain name in the

Windows NT domain area.

5. Click OK and restart your computer.

Connecting to a NetWare File Server

1. Click

Double-click

StartSettingsControl Panel

Network

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3. Double-click the

networks

. Put your server's name in the

Client for NetWare

Preferred Server box. Click in the

Logon Script Processing box.

4. Click OK and restart your computer.

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Enable

Configuration and Monitor Utility for Windows 98/ME/2000

After installing the device successfully, go to

Start

Configuration and Monitor Utility.

Programs



802.11 Wireless LAN



Icon Status

Mode Icon Link Status

Infrastructure

mode

Ad-Hoc

mode

Red. The station is not associated to an Access Point.

Blue. The station associates itself to an Access Point.

Red. The color is red only when the card is during resetting and initialization procedure.

Blue. The color is always blue, except when the card is during resetting and initialization procedure.

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.

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Note: Except for the following configuration

utility, using Windows to configure the

wireless network settings in the

Windows XP

is recommended. (Please skip to the

Configuration for Windows XP section)

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All settings are categorized into 6 tabs:

Status

Statistics

Site Survey

Encryption

Advanced

Version

Status

The Status tab will display the current status of

the Wireless USB Adapter.

Item Description

Operating Mode

Channel

SSID

Tx Rate

Int Roaming

MAC Address

It displays the current operational mode.

Ad-Hoc

(

It shows the selected channel that is currently used. (from 1 ~ 11)

SSID

The among all points in your wireless network. The name must be identical for all devices and points attempting to connect to the same network.

It shows the current SSID setting of the Wireless USB Adapter.

It shows the current transfer rate. (

5.5, or 11Mbps or Auto

It displays the current roaming status. (read-only)

It displays the MAC address of the Wireless USB Adapter.

Infrastructur

is the unique name shared

1, 2,

)

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Status

Signal Strength

Link Quality

It displays the information about the status of the communication (the BSSID of the Access Point to which the card is associated).

It displays the signal strength of the connection between the Wireless USB Adapter and the Access Point it connects.

It displays the link quality of the connection between the Wireless USB Adapter and the Access Point it connects.

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Item Description

Change

Submit

Cancel

Click configuration parameters such as

Operating Mode, Channel, SSID Tx Rate

Click Submit to save the changes.

Click setting.

Change

. (Refer to below page)

Cancel

to change the

to ignore the previous

and

Statistics

This option shows you to view the available

statistic information (Data packets,

Management Packets and Rejected packets).

Press the

of statistics.

Reset

button to renew or update this list

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Site Survey

The

Access Points and their features.

tab shows all the available

Item Description

The name must be identical for all devices and points attempting to connect to the same network.

Signal

Channel

Encryption

BSS

Re-Scan

It displays the signal strength of the connection between the Wireless USB Adapter and the Access Point it connects.

It shows the selected channel that is currently used.

It displays the status of WEP Encryption.

When one Access Point (AP) is connected to wired network and a set of wireless stations it is referred to as a Basic Service Set (BSS).

Search for all available networks. Clicking on the button, the device will start to rescan and list all available sites.

Item Description

BSSID

SSID

When one Access Point (AP) is connected to wired network and a set of wireless stations it is referred to as a Basic Service Set (BSS). Computers in a BSS must be configured with the same BSS ID.

SSID

The among all points in your wireless network.

is the unique name shared

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Cancel

Exit

Click setting.

Click

Cancel

Exit

to ignore the previous

to exit the application.

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Encryption

WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy)

can be used to ensure the security of your

wireless network.

encryption

Key1/Key2/

Key3/Key4

Default Key

Mode

This setting is the configuration key used in accessing the wireless network via WEP encryption. To generate an encryption key:

1. Select 64 Bit or 128 Bit.

2. Click "Key1" or "Key2" or "Key3" or "key4" item, then fill in the appropriate value/phrase.

You can specify up to 4 different keys to decrypt wireless data.

Select the Default key setting from the pull-down menu.

Two WEP modes are available as below:

Mandatory

:WEP Encryption is

required to establish connection with other stations within the wireless network.

and

Optional

Item Description

Encryption

WEP

based on a 64-bit/128-bit shared key algorithm.

Under the drop-down box, you can choose to have WEP encryption

Disabled, 64 Bit

is a data privacy mechanism

, or

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128 Bit

Optional

Authentication Type

The authentication type defines configuration options for the sharing of wireless networks to verify identity and access privileges of roaming wireless network cards.

You may choose between Open

System, Shared Key

Open System:

:Your station can

communicate with other stations within the wireless network regardless if they use WEP or not.

Auto

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, and

If the Access Point is

usin

en System

authentication, then the wireless adapter will need to be set to the same authentication type.

Advanced

You can change advanced configuration settings,

such as the Preamble Type, Fragmentation

Shared Key: Shared Key

the sender and the recipient share a secret key.

is when both

Threshold and RTS/CTS Threshold.

Submit

Exit

Auto:

Click

Select

to select the Authentication type automatically depending on the Access Point Authentication type.

Submit

Exit

Auto

for the USB adapter

to save the changes.

to exit the application.

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.

Item Description

Preamble Type

This value defines the length of the CRC block for communication between the Wireless Access Point and the roaming wireless network card.

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 Long

The mandatory supported "Long preamble as well as header" as specified in IEEE 802.11b that allows

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interoperation with the current 1Mbits/sec and 2Mbit/sec DSS (Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum) specification.

 Short

The optional "Short preamble and header" is intended for applications where maximum throughput is desired and interoperability with legacy and non-short preamble capable equipment is not a consideration.

Version

You can view basic information about the Utility like

Driver, Firmware

the

Exit

the

button to exit the application.

and

Application

Version. Use

Fragmentation Threshold

RTS/CTS Threshold

Power Save

Submit

Auto:



This value indicates how much of the Access Point’s resources are devoted to recovering packet errors. The value should remain at its default setting of

2346

. Only minor modifications of this

value are recommended.

This value should remain at its default setting of 2347. Should you encounter inconsistent data flow, only minor modifications of this value are recommended.

Click

Select adapter to select the Preamble type automatically depending on the Access Point Preamble type.

Submit

Auto

to save the changes.

for the USB

Exit

Click

Exit

to exit the application.

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Configuration for Windows XP

1. Go to Start  Control Panel  Network

Connections

2. In

Network Connections

right-click the

Wireless Network

Connections icon, and select Properties.

window,

3. In Wireless Network Connection

Properties

Networks

window, select the

tab.

Wireless

Note: Double-click the

Connection

icon and you can see the status of

Wireless Network

the wireless PC Card as described below.

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Configure

Click the button to set up a new network or WEP

configuration as illustrated as below.

Use Windows to configure…

Check the box to enable windows configuration.

Note: Once you enable windows configuration, there will be only two tabs, Status and About, left in the Configuration Utility. You cannot use this utility to configure the wireless settings.

Available networks

Displays all available networks.

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Refresh

Click the button to refresh and search for all

available networks.

Preferred networks

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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.

Move down

Move the selected network back one position

Add…

Click the button and the

Properties

Network name

Wireless Network

window will appear. In the

field, enter your desired network

name listed in the above Available networks box,

Properties

Highlight the network listed in the above

Preferred networks

box, and click the button to

display its properties.

Once network configuration is done, make sure to

click

. The new parameters will be saved and

active only after doing so.

and click OK.

Note: The new settings will be active only

after you click on OK in the

Network Connection Properties

Wireless

window.

Remove

Highlight the unwanted network listed in the

Preferred networks

box, and click the button to

remove it.

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Firmware Upgrade Utility

Note: Please

you have got new binary files from the

vendor. Otherwise, you may damage your

card.

The Firmware Upgrade Utility allows you to

upgrade the firmware of your card while your

card is running. It will download the new

firmware and it will reset your card in order to

start operating with the new firmware.

The Firmware Upgrade Utility is for Windows 98,

Windows ME, and Windows 2000 only.

1. Go to Start  Programs  802.11

Wireless LAN  Tools  Upgrade

Firmware Utility.

DO NOT

use this utility unless

2. Press the "Upgrade" button in order for a file

selection window to appear. Browse for the

xxx.rom file that contains the new firmware.

3. After you have located and selected the file,

the firmware upgrade process will begin.

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4. When the firmware has been upgraded, you

will see a notification from the Firmware

Upgrade Utility. Press "OK" to complete the

upgrade.

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Specifications

Standards

Host Interface

Physical

Antenna

LED Indicators

Power Requirement

IEEE 802.11b, Wi-Fi compliant

USB 1.1

Weight: 50 g

Dimension: 110(L) x 60 (W) x 2.5(H)

External Antenna, rotating angle 0

to 90°

Power: Green, ON

Receive (Rx): Green, ON

Transmit (Tx): Green, ON

Operating Voltage: 5V DC

 TX consumption: 450mA (Max)

 RX consumption: 300mA (Max)

Media Access Protocol

Supported OS

EMC Certification

CSMA/CA (Collision Avoidance)

with ACK

Windows 98/ ME/ 2000/XP

FCC Part 15, Class B in US

EN300328 and EN300826

(301489-17) in Europe

JATE-Telec in Japan

Frequency Range

Number of Selectable Channels

Modulation Technique

Security

Spreading

Bit Error rate

2.412GHz ~ 2.4835GHz

USA, Canada: 11 channels

Japan: 14 channels

Europe: 13 channels

Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum

(CCK, DQPSK, DBPSK)

0/64/128 bit WEP

11 chip Barker sequence

-5

Better than 10

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