Wireless Gaming Adapter EW-7206GAb User’s Manual
Table of Contents Chapter 1 Introduction............................................................................. 1 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Package Contents .......................................................................................... 2 Features ......................................................................................................... 2 Specifications................................................................................................ 2 Physical Description ..............
Introduction Chapter 1 Introduction This product is a Wireless Gaming Adapter for IEEE 802.11b 2.4GHz wireless network. You can use this Wireless Gaming Adapter to make a game console or network device with wired Ethernet have wireless LAN access capability. This Wireless Gaming Adapter provides a button to switch between “Head to Head mode (or Ad Hoc mode)” and “Infrastructure mode” that help users quickly and easily setup this device.
Introduction 1.1 Package Contents The Wireless Gaming Adapter package includes the following items: y One Wireless Gaming Adapter y One Power Adapter y One Manual 1.2 y y y y y y y 1.3 y y y y y y y y y y y y y y Features Let network device with wired Ethernet have wireless LAN access capability. Supports X-Box, PlayStation 2, Nintendo and Game Boy ……etc. Complies with the IEEE 802.11b (DSSS) 2.4GHz specification. High data rate 11, 5.5, 2 and 1Mbps network speed.
Introduction y y Operating: 32~131°F (0~55°C) Storage: -4~158°F(-20~70°C) Humidity: 10-90% (Noncondensing) Certification: FCC, CE 1.4 Physical Description Front Panel On the Wireless Gaming Adapter’s front panel there are LED lights that inform you of the Wireless Gaming Adapter’s current status. Below is an explanation of each LED. LED Power Color Green Status Lit Flash Off Description Power is supplied. System is booting No Power.
Introduction Wireless Gaming Adapter’s connection ports are located on the back panel. Below is the description of each connection port. y Antenna Connector This round connection is standard Reverse SMA connector where any antennas with Reverse SMA connector can connect to the Access Point. y DC Adapter Port Insert the power jack of the power adapter into this port. y Console Port The Wireless Gaming Adapter’s console port is where you connect to your game console or other device with wired Ethernet.
Introduction 2) If problems persist or you experience extreme problems or you forgot your password, press the reset button for longer than 4 seconds and the Wireless Gaming Adapter will reset itself to the factory default settings (warning: your original configurations will be replaced with the factory default settings).
Wireless LAN Access Point Connection Chapter 2 Quick Installation 2.1 Hardware Installation Connect to a game console 1. Connect the Wireless Gaming Adapter to your game console. Connect one end of standard UTP cable to the Wireless Gaming Adapter’s Console Port and connect the other end of the cable to your game console. 2. Connect the DC Power Adapter to the Wireless Gaming Adapter’s Power Socket. Only use the power adapter supplied with the Wireless Gaming Adapter.
Wireless LAN Access Point Connection After power on both Wireless Gaming Adapter and your game console, the “PWR” and “CONSOLE” LEDs of the Wireless Gaming Adapter should be light. The Hardware Installation is complete. 2.2 Getting Started Play head to head games 1. If you have more than one game console and want to connect these game consoles together to play head to head games, you have to switch the Wireless Gaming Adapter to “Head to Head mode”.
Wireless LAN Access Point Connection Head” LED is light, press the “Head 2 Head/Infrastructure” button once and the Wireless Gaming Adapter will switch to “Infrastructure mode” automatically. 3. When the Wireless Gaming Adapter is successfully connected to the wireless LAN, the “STATUS” LED will be light and green. 4. After the Wireless Gaming Adapter being set to “Internet mode” and is connected to your game consoles, you can start to enjoy Internet games through wireless LAN.
Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration Chapter 3 Windows Setup Wizard The Wireless Gaming Adapter provides Windows setup wizard that can guide you through the configuration process step by step. Please follow the instructions below to get started configuration: 1. Follow the picture below to connect the Wireless Gaming Adapter to your administration PC.
Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration 2. Insert CD-ROM for Wireless Gaming Adapter into the administration PC. The installation program will be executed automatically and the window below will pop up. If the installation program is not executed automatically, please manually execute the setup.exe file in the CD-ROM. 3. Click “Setup Wizard” to start the setup process.
Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration 4. Click “Search” and this setup wizard will start to search for all accessible Wireless Gaming Adapters. After a few seconds, you can see a list of all accessible Wireless Gaming Adapters. Select the one you want to configure and click “Configure”.
Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration 5. Select the mode for the Wireless Gaming Adapter. If you want to play Internet game, select the “Internet Gaming Mode (Infrastructure)” and click “Next” and jump to step 6. This mode let the Wireless Gaming Adapter connect to an access point, and through this access point connect to the Internet. If you want to play head to head game, select the “Head to Head Gaming Mode (Ad Hoc)” and click “Next” and jump to step 8.
Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration 6. In the “Internet Gaming Mode (Infrastructure)”, the Wireless Gaming Adapter has to connect to an access point before going to the Internet. You can select “Scan For Your Local Wireless Network” to let the Wireless Gaming Adapter automatically scan for an available access point and jump to step 7.
Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration 7. The Wireless Gaming Adapter automatically scans for all available access points and lists their SSID. If the Wireless Gaming Adapter does not find any access point, click “Scan” to let it search again. You can select one access point and click “Next”. Jump to step 10.
Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration 8. In the “Head to Head Gaming Mode (Ad Hoc)”, the Wireless Gaming Adapter can peer-to-peer connect to another Wireless Gaming Adapter or other wireless devices with Ad Hoc mode. You can select “Scan For Your Local Wireless Network” to let the Wireless Gaming Adapter scan for all wireless devices available for connection and jump to step 9.
Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration 9. The Wireless Gaming Adapter automatically scans for all available wireless devices, including Wireless Gaming Adapters, with Ad Hoc mode and lists their SSID. If the Wireless Gaming Adapter does not find any wireless device, click “Scan” to let it search again. You can select one wireless device you want to connect to and click “Next”.
Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration 10. The Wireless Gaming Adapter needs an IP for you to configure by Web interface. You can select “Automatically Obtain IP Settings (DHCP)” to let the Wireless Gaming Adapter get IP settings from a DHCP server. You also can select “Set Your IP Manually” to manually assign static IP settings for the Wireless Gaming Adapter.
Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration 11. The WEP is used to encrypt the data communication of your wireless network. If you do not use WEP, select “OFF” and click “Next”. If you want to use the WEP to protect your wireless network, click “ON” and select correct key length, user can only use (5 Characters _ ASCII, 10 Characters _ HEX )64 bit or (13 Characters _ ASCII, 26 Characters _ HEX )128 bit, and enter for encryption keys and then click “Next”.
Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration 12. After you have done the previous setting process, this page shows all the configuration parameters. If all the settings are correct, click “Finish” to confirm the settings. You also can click “Back” to modify the previous settings. 13. You have finished the configuration for the Wireless Gaming Adapter.
Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration Chapter 4 Web Configuration 4.1 Getting Started This Gaming Adapter provides web-based configuration tool allowing you to configure from wired or wireless stations. We suggest you Web Configuration only when you have already set static IP to the Gaming Adapter. Follow the instructions below to get started configuration. From Wired Station 1. Make sure your wired station is in the same subnet with the Gaming Adapter.
Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration • IP Address: Select Specify an IP Address. Specify the IP Address and Subnet Mask as following example. 9 IP Address: 192.168.2.3 (any IP address within 192.168.2.2~192.168.2.254 is available, do not setup 192.168.2.1) 9 Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0 8. Reboot the PC. Your PC will now have the IP Address you specified. 1b) Windows 2000 1. Click the Start button and select Settings, then click Control Panel. The Control Panel window will appear. 2.
Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration • IP Address: Select Specify an IP address. Specify the IP Address and Subnet Mask as following example. 9 IP Address: 192.168.2.3 (any IP address within 192.168.2.2~192.168.2.254 is available, do not setup 192.168.2.1) 9 Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0 • DNS: Let all fields are blank. • WINS: Let all fields are blank. • Routing: Let all fields are blank. 7. Click OK to confirm the setting. Your PC will now have the IP Address you specified. 2. Enter 192.168.
Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration 4.2 Configuring the Gaming Adapter 4.2.1 Status and Information On this screen, you can see the general information of the Gaming Adapter including Alias Name, Firmware Version, ESSID, Channel Number, Status, IP Address, MAC Address, etc.
Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration 4.2.2 Wireless Setting This Gaming Adapter provides both “Ad Hoc mode” and “Infrastructure mode”. With “Ad Hoc mode”, it can let your game console join a wireless LAN with peer-topeer communication. With “Infrastructure mode”, it can let your game console join a wireless LAN through an access point. Parameter Description Mode The operation mode of this Gaming Adapter.
Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration ESSID The ESSID (up to 31 printable ASCII characters) is the unique name identified in a WLAN. The ID prevents the unintentional merging of two co-located WLANs. Please make sure that the ESSID of all stations in the same WLAN network are the same. The default ESSID is “default”. Channel Number Select the appropriate channel from the list provided to correspond with your network settings. Channels differ from country to country.
Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration 4.2.3 Advanced Setting You can set advanced parameters of this Gaming Adapter. The parameters include Authentication Type, Fragment Threshold, RTS Threshold, Beacon Interval, Data Rate, Preamble Type, Broadcast ESSID. You should not change these parameters unless you know what effect the changes will have on this Gaming Adapter. Parameter Description Authentication Type There are two authentication types: “Open System” and “Shared Key”.
Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration Fragment Threshold “Fragment Threshold” specifies the maximum size of packet during the fragmentation of data to be transmitted. If you set this value too low, it will result in bad performance. RTS Threshold When the packet size is smaller the RTS threshold, the Gaming Adapter will not use the RTS/CTS mechanism to send this packet. Beacon Interval The interval of time that this Gaming Adapter broadcast a beacon.
Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration 4.2.4 Encryption WEP is an authentication algorithm, which protects authorized Wireless LAN users against eavesdropping. The Authentication type and WEP key of wireless stations must be the same with each other. This Gaming Adapter supports 64/128-bit WEP Encryption function. With this function, your data will be transmitted over the wireless network securely. Parameter Description WEP Mode You can select the 64-bit or 128-bit to encrypt transmitted data.
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Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration Parameter Description Key Format You may select to select ASCII Characters (alphanumeric format) or Hexadecimal Digits (in the “A-F”, “a-f” and “0-9” range) to be the WEP Key. For example: ASCII Characters: guest Hexadecimal Digits: 12345abcde Key Length You may disable or enable the WEP function from the setting item. The selections in the setting item are changed based on the key format.
Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration Default Key Select one of the four keys to encrypt your data. Only the key you select it in the “Default key” will take effect. Click Apply button at the bottom of the screen to save the above configurations. You can now configure other advance sections or start using the Gaming Adapter.
Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration 4.2.5 Wireless Site Survey “Wireless Site Survey” searches for all available access points near by. You can select one access point listed in this table.
Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration 4.2.6 System Utility From here, you can define the Gaming Adapter’s IP Address and Login Password. Parameter Description Current Password Enter the current password (up to 15-digit alphanumeric string) of the Gaming Adapter. The default password for the Gaming Adapter is 1234. Note that the password is case-sensitive. New Password Enter the password (up to 15-digit alphanumeric string) you want to login to the Gaming Adapter.
Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration Management IP You can select “Obtain an IP address automatically” to let this Gaming Adapter get an IP from DHCP server. If you want to manual assign an IP to this Gaming Adapter, select “Use the following IP address”. IP Address Designate the Gaming Adapter’s IP Address. This IP Address should be unique in your network. The default IP Address is 192.168.2.1. Subnet Mask Specify a Subnet Mask for your LAN segment.
Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration 4.2.7 Configuration Tool The Configuration Tools screen allows you to save (Backup) the Gaming Adapter’s current configuration setting. Saving the configuration settings provides an added protection and convenience should problems occur with the Gaming Adapter and you have to reset to factory default. When you save the configuration setting (Backup) you can re-load the saved configuration into the Gaming Adapter through the Restore selection.
Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration Gaming Adapter. Alternatively, you can use the "Restore to Factory Default" tool to force the Gaming Adapter to perform a power reset and restore the original factory settings.
Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration 4.2.8 Firmware Upgrade This page allows you to upgrade the Gaming Adapter’s firmware. Parameter Description Firmware Upgrade This tool allows you to upgrade the Gaming Adapter’s system firmware. To upgrade the firmware of your Gaming Adapter, you need to download the firmware file to your local hard disk, and enter that file name and path in the appropriate field on this page. You can also use the Browse button to find the firmware file on your PC.
Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration 4.2.9 Reset You can reset the Gaming Adapter’s system should any problem exist. The reset function essentially Re-boots your Gaming Adapter’s system. Parameter Description Reset In the event that the system stops responding correctly or in some way stops functioning, you can perform a reset. Your settings will not be changed. To perform the reset, click on the Apply button. You will be asked to confirm your decision.
Troubleshooting Chapter 5 Troubleshooting This chapter provides solutions to problems usually encountered during the installation and operation of the Gaming Adapter. 1. How to manually find your PC’s IP and MAC Address? 1) In Windows, open the Command Prompt program 2) Type Ipconfig /all and Enter y Your PC’s IP address is the one entitled IP address y Your PC’s MAC Address is the one entitled Physical Address 2.
Troubleshooting 7. What is WEP? WEP stands for Wired Equivalent Privacy, a data privacy mechanism based on a 64(40)-bit shared key algorithm. 8. What is a MAC Address? The Media Access Control (MAC) address is a unique number assigned by the manufacturer to any Ethernet networking device, such as a network adapter, that allows the network to identify it at the hardware level. For all practical purposes, this number is usually permanent.
