GN-WLBZ201 IEEE 802.11b USB STICK Storage/Wireless LAN Card User’s Manual http://www.gigabyte.com.tw Rev. 1.
Federal Communication Commission Interference Statement 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.
Contents CHAPTER 1. PRODUCT OVERVIEW 1-1. 1-2. 1-3. 1-4. 1-5. 1-6. 1 INTRODUCTION TO THE W IRELESS LAN CARD ............................................................. 1 FEATURES................................................................................................................. 1 PHYSICAL DIMENSIONS/PACKAGING ............................................................................ 1 LED INDICATING LIGHTS ...................................................................................
Chapter 1. Product Overview 1-1. Introduction to The Wireless LAN Card WLBZ201 is designed for product differentiation with 32M/64M/128M Bytes Flash memory for data backup。This wireless Local Area Network (LAN) card is composed of the IEEE 802.
One indicates R/W status. One indicates Link status and the others indicate the intensity of received signals. R/W:: This LED is blinks quickly when the card is flash memory Read or Write. ＊To prevent data loss and/or damage to WLAN Card, never remove WLAN Card from the USB port while data is transferring. Link: Blinking Slow Continuously On Blinking Quickly The card is scanning the network. The card is successfully connected to a network.
from/into Flash Memory. When the Write-Protect switch is set to Locked “ ”, you can’t write data into Flash Memory or format it. You can only read data from ” before format. Flash Memory.
Chapter 2. Installing the Wireless LAN Card 2-1. Installing The Driver & Utility for PC Step 1: Please make sure that you don’t plug your card yet. Step 2: Execute the setup.exe on our CD, and then the following window will pop up. Click “Install Wireless LAN Driver”. Step 3: Click “Yes”. Step 4: Please plug-in your “Gigabyte WLAN card device” ! and will install the device driver Click “Yes”, and then your installation is ok.
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Chapter 3. Using The Utility on PC The Configuration & Monitor Utility is a powerful application that helps you to configure the card and monitor the statistics of the communication link. Unlike the standard method of configuring the card via the operating system utilities (e.g. Control Panel), this application permits the dynamic modification of the configuration parameters while the card is operating. It also offers some more configuration options.
SSID: Network name. Channel: The current channel used by the wireless LAN card. Tx Rate: The current transmission rate used by the wireless LAN card. AP Signal: It shows the signal quality and signal intensity of the currently connected base station. Available Network: This item will show you all of the 802.11 Access Points or Wireless LAN Cards in your wireless environment. The icon in the front of every item represents an Access Point or a Wireless LAN Card.
The Configuration Tab contains several fields where operating parameters of the driver can be viewed or changed. Changes to any of the parameters in this panel can be applied to the driver without resetting the wireless LAN card(see Figure 3-4). Figure 3-4. Configuration Profile: You can save various wireless settings for different environments. Change: Press this button to set the configuration in each field of the panel.
To prevent unauthorized user to access the data on wireless stations, the Wireless LAN Card offers a highly secure data encryption, known as WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy). If you require high security in transmission, go to the Encryption tab and set it up as follows(see Figure 3-5). Figure 3-5. Encryption Change: Press this button to set the configuration in each field of the panel. The “Apply” button should be pressed before the default values are saved to the driver and registry.
order to select an exact number. Figure 3-6. Advanced settings 3-6. About By choosing this option, you can view basic information about the utility like the Driver, Firmware and Application Version and this adapter’s MAC address(see Figure 3-7). Figure 3-7. Version information and MAC address 3-7. Access Point (Supported under Windows XP) The Info tab shows you the current Link States of the Assess Points and the Wireless LAN Card (see Figure 3-8).
Figure 3-8. Current link states of the Access Point Mode Access Point: The AP mode You can change WLAN mode(see 3-1 Info) by clicking on this button. More Setting: You can set the configuration Access Point(see Figure 3-9) by clicking on this button. WEP(ON/OFF): You can using WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) by clicking on this button. Figure 3-9. configuration of the Access Point Mode Change: Press this button to setting the default value in each field of the panel.
Hide SSID: Access Point disable their SSID broadcasting to prevent a wireless device from finding and accessing their networks. Tx Power: Transmitter Output power. MAC Address Filter: You can set the configuration MAC Address Filter(see Figure 3-10) by clicking on this button. Figure 3-10. MAC Address Filter Filter Type: There are three status of a Access Point: 1. Disable: The Filter MAC Address function disable. 2. Accept: The Filter MAC Address (wireless LAN card) can connect to a Access Point. 3.
Figure 3-11. Control Panel Step 3: Setup Wireless LAN card(see Figure 3-12), Click ”Use Windows to configure” to cancel the schedule and Click「OK」. Figure 3-12. Wireless Networks Step 4： ： Select the network connections to be bridged. Press the 「Ctrl」 」 key while clicking the network connection icons to select. Right-click on any selected network icon. Select 「Bridge Connections」 」(see Figure 3-13). Show Network Bridge(see Figure 3-14).
Figure 3-13. Bridge Connections Figure 3-14. Network Bridge Step 5： ： Setup OK，Show Network Bridge windows(see Figure 3-15) and then your setup is ok. Figure 3-15. 3-9. Network Bridge Enabled IP Sharing (Supported under Windows 2000) Step 1: Change to AP mode (see Figure 3-8). Step 2: 「Control Panel」run「Network and Dial-up Connections」 (see Figure 3-16).
Figure 3-16. Control Panel Step 3: Setup LAN card(see Figure 3-17), Click ”Enable Internet Connection Sharing for this connection” and Click「OK」. Figure 3-17. Local Area Connection Properties Step 4： ： Show Local Network(see Figure 3-18). Click「 「OK」 」 and then your setup is ok. Figure 3-18.
Chapter 4. Specification System Flash Memory 32Mbytes /64Mbytes /128Mbytes Standards IEEE 802.11b compliant Host Interface USB1.1 Modulation 1Mbps: DBPSK; 2Mbps: DQPSK; 5.5 and 11 Mbps: CCK Data Rate 1, 2, 5.5, 11 Mbps Operating Voltage 5V Power Tx 340mA; Rx 300 mA; Sleep 90 mA Operating Range Outdoor: 100 - 300m; Indoor: 30 - 100m RF Frequency Band 2.400 ~ 2.
