IOGear GWU513 User Manual 2

Wireless-G USB2.0 Flex Adapter

User Manual (GWU513)

Welcome

Thank you for choosing IOGEAR® to serve your wireless needs. Soon, you will be sharing files or surfing the Internet wirelessly. We hope you will have as much fun using your IOGEAR® Wireless-G USB 2.0 Flex Adapter, as we had designing it.

Rest assured, your IOGEAR® Wireless-G USB 2.0 Flex Adapter is b uilt rock-solid to ensure maximum up-time for you to stay up-and-running. If f or an y reason you ha v e a problem, w e stand behind our products with an industry-leading 3 year factory warranty , so you can ha v e peace-of-mind with your current and future IOGEAR purchases.

We want you to be happ y with y our purchase , so we ha v e made e v ery effort to ensure product quality, reliability , and ease-of-use.

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Table of Contents

Package Contents Introduction Features

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Requirements Pictorial Introduction Installation

- Installtion Procedures

- Installation Notes – Windows XP

- V erifying a Successful Installtion

Configuration for Windows XP

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- To Connect an Av ailable Network via Wireless Zero configuration

- To Configure the Wireless Networks Properties

- To Access to Certain Wireless Network Type

Wireless-G Configuration T ool Basics

- T ray Icon

- Right-Click Menu of the Tray Icon

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- Wireless Radio On

- Wireless Radio Off

- Remove Status Icon

- Wireless Network Status

- Advanced Configuration

- WEP Encryption

- IBSS Channel

- Country/Domain

- Version Information

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Configuration Program Controls

- The Status Tab

- The Configuration Tab

- The Encryption Tab

- The Site Survey Tab

- The IBSS Tab

- The Domain Tab

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- The About Tab

The Advanced Properties Control

- Configuration Profile

- Fragmentation Threshold

- Niro Mode

- Power Sa v e Mode

- RTS Threshold

- The LongShort Retry Limit

Appendix and T roubleshooting Specification Glossary Technical Support

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The package you have received should contain the following items:

• IOGEAR® Wireless-G USB 2.0 Flex Adapter

• Installation/Manual CD

• Quick Start Guide

• Warranty/Registration Card

Package Contents

Introduction

Being five times faster than the speed of 802.11b network standard devices, the innovative

802.11g standard lets the wireless network become incredibly easier and faster (up to 54Mbps) than ever. Your Wireless-G USB 2.0 Flex Adaptor surely will bring you into such a high-speed network sphere. This document describes how to install your Wireless-G USB 2.0 Flex Adaptor, which aims to let your computer communicate with 802.11 networks quickly and seamlessly. Wireless LAN is local area networking without wires, which uses radio frequencies to transmit and receive data between PCs or other network devices. Additionally, wireless LAN is able to configure either independent networks, which is also known as peer-to-peer or adhoc network, or infrastructure networks. The former is suitable for small or temporary peer-topeer configurations, and the later is offering fully distributed data connectivity via micro cells and roaming.

To obtain most benefits your Wireless-G USB 2.0 Flex Adaptor provides, please read this manual carefully before using it.

Features

• Establish a wireless connection without the hassles and cost of cabling

• Operate Ad-Hoc or Infrastructure mode

• Utilize up to 128-bit WEP encryption

• Enjoy high-speed data transfer rate up to 54 Mbps

• Employ automatic data rate switching which offers maximum reliability, throughput and connectivity

• Possess the network’s range up to 100 meters indoor and 400 meters outdoor

• Monitor and configure the network via the supplied friendly-interfaced application –

Wireless-G Configuration Tool

Requirements

System Requirement:

• Pentium® class PC with 200MHz or faster CPU

• Microsoft Windows 98/ME/2000/XP

• Available USB 2.0 port

• CD-ROM drive

Pictorial Introduction

Your Wireless-G USB 2.0 Flex Adaptor should be located in the USB port of your computer, and it looks like the following picture:

Concerning to the issue of orientation-controlling, Wireless-G USB 2.0 Flex Adaptor allows you to twist and rotate the USB connector to meet your needs.

Installation

Installation Procedures

It’s free and easy for you to install your Wireless-G USB 2.0 Flex Adaptor and the attached software – Wireless-G Configura- tion T ool. Simply with a few clicks of the mouse, you will succeed the completion of installation.

To have the Wireless-G USB 2.0 Flex Adaptor operated appropriately, please read and go along with the instructions below carefully. Here we take Windows XP as an example.

a) Plug your Wireless-G USB 2.0 Flex Adaptor into a USB 2.0 port on your PC.

b) Your system will detect the device, and the Found New Hardware Wizard dialog box will appear. Choose Cancel to proceed.

c) Insert the supplied Setup CD into your CD-ROM drive, and the Setup Wizard will run automatically. If it does not, please manually execute Index.htm. d) From the prompted startup window, choose Install Driver to begin the installation.

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e) Click Next in the WLAN 802.11G USB window to proceed. The system will start to copy the drivers found.

Installation

Windows will notify you that the driver has not passed the Windows Logo testing. Because the Wireless-G USB Adapter has been tested to work with Windows XP, please choose Continue

Anyway in the Hardware Installation dialog box.

Installation

On the Reboot screen, you may choose either Yes, I want to restart my computer

now or No, I will restart my computer later. Then click Finish to complete the

installation.

Now you shall find the Wireless-G Configu- ration Tool tray icon, ,appeared in the system tray. The installation is entirely finished at the moment. Double-click the icon to launch the application and open the Wireless Settings dialog box, in which you may freely arrange your network connection afterwards. For more details about Wireless-G Configuration Tool, please refer to WLAN-G Configu-

ration T ool Basics in this manual.

Installation Notes - Windows XP

If your system is running Windows XP, you shall find that four tabs are contained in the Wireless Settings dialog box after you’ve followed the instructions above and successfully installed the drivers. However, normally, the dialog box should be consisted of seven tabs. This is because Windows XP has its built-in configuration tools – Windows XP Zero Configuration to assist you in networking activities. It is recommended to utilize the attached Wireless-G Configuration Tool to enjoy more benefits it will bring. Thus, to employ your Wireless-G Configura- tion Tool under Windows XP, please proceed to the next step to change the default settings of Windows Zero Configuration to Wireless-

G Configuration Tool.

Installation

Right-click the Network Connections icon at the task bar to open the Wireless Network Connection Status dialog box, and then select Properties.

Choose the Wireless Networks tab in the

Wireless Network Connection Properties

dialog box, and remove the check from the

Use Windows to configure my wireless network settings checkbox.

Click OK. Now, you have successfully removed the Windows Zero Configuration.

To monitor and configure the network via Wireless-G Configuration Tool, double-click its tray icon, and you shall find seven tabs contained in the popped up Wireless Settings dialog box this time. For more information on Wireless-G Configuration Tool, please refer to

Installation

the chapter: Wireless-G Configuration Tool Basics below.

Note: If you wish to use Windows XP’s built-in configuration

tools – Windows XP Zero Configuration, please refer to the next chapter: Configuration for Windows XP to configure the WLAN USB Stick.

Verifying a Successful Installation

To confirm that the Wireless-G USB 2.0 Flex Adaptor is properly installed, please follow the procedures below.

Right-click the My Computer desktop icon and choose Properties from the opened menu.

In the System Properties dialog box, click

the Hardware Device tab, and then choose the Device Manager button.

In the opened window, expand Network

adapters to find – 802.11g/b WLAN USB92.0) Adapter. Right-click over the

item and choose Properties.

From the opened dialog box, on the

General tab, find the descriptions under

Installation

the Device Status pane to learn if the USB Adapter is working properly. However, if there’s an error message shown, please choose Uninstall from the opened menu while right-clicking the USB Adapter item, to which a red or yellow icon is attached beside, in the Device Manager dialog box. Then restart your system and go through the installation procedures again.

The following picture indicates a successful installation of the Wireless-G USB 2.0 Flex Adaptor.

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