Wireless Network PCI Adapter Model Name: WPIR-501 / Brand Name: SparkLAN User’s Guide Version 2.
Contents 1. Introduction ............................................................................................................... 3 2. Wireless LAN Basics................................................................................................. 4 3. Installation for Windows platform .............................................................................. 5 3.1. Installation Overview.............................................................................................. 5 3.2.
1. Introduction Thank you for purchasing your Wireless LAN Adapter. This User’s Guide will assist you with the installation procedure.
2. Wireless LAN Basics Wireless LAN (Local Area Networks) systems offer a great number of advantages over a traditional, wired system. Wireless LANs (WLANs) are more flexible, easier to setup and manage and often more cost effective than their wired equivalence. Using radio frequency (RF) technology, WLANs transmit and receive data over the air, minimizing the need for wired connections.
3. Installation for Windows platform The following section will assist you in installing wireless LAN PCI Adapter successfully. You will first install software (Utility) and then insert / attach the Wireless LAN PCI Adapter to your system, and finally set the network properties to accommodate resource sharing and select the type of wireless network that you wish to install.
3.2. Install Procedure for Windows Note: Do not insert the WLAN Adapter until you are asked to do so, failure of which may result in unsuccessful installation of your WLAN device. 1. Insert the given Install CD in the CD-ROM, and wait for the Autorun prompt. If Autorun does not work, please browse the CD content and double click the “ Autorun.exe ”. 2. Click WPIR-501. 3. Follow the instruction to finish the installation.
After complete the procedure, insert your WLAN card into PCI connector of your system, and then system will detect new hardware. Select “Install the software automatically (Recommended) ”, and then click Next to continue. After copy the file to your system, then the setup is finish. 4. Click the right button of mouse on My Computer Æ Manage Æ Device Manager. Check whether it has WLAN adapter in one of the sockets or not.
6. Click Properties from the pop up menu. Select the Internet Protocol(TCP/IP) and click Properties button. 7. You can select either Obtain an IP address automatically or Use the following IP address setting. If your choice is the second one then entering the IP address, Subnet mask, Default gateway and DNS. After setting these parameters appropriately, click OK to make the changes work.
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3.3 Uninstall Procedure Step 1: If you want to uninstall the WLAN adapter, just simply click Start Æ Program Æ Wireless Network UtilityÆ Uninstall It shall uninstall all related programs. Step 2: Restart your Computer.
4. Configuration Utility Wireless network adapter uses its own management software. All functions controlled by user are provided by this application. Usually this application starts automatically, or click icon from Start Menu to start the Utility application. A new icon - should appear in your Icon tray if your WLAN adapter is working properly. If the icon is in red color, it means that WLAN adapter is under poor signal or the connection is unavailable.
4.1 Link Information Connected To Network This field is used to display the current status of connection. There are two states of it. The first one is “Connected to Network“ means normal flow of operation in Infrastructure mode. The PC is connected to access point. Networking is available. The second one is “Scanning” means that the node is searching for available Access Point within effective range. This field will also display an error message for some reason if the driver fails to initial.
♦ Channel The current channel that be used for this WLAN adapter will be shown in this field. ♦ Encryption All encryption status will be shown in this field. ♦ Link Speed The current transmit rate will be shown in this field. ♦ Signal Strength The signal strength bar graph is only active when the node is in infrastructure mode. The bar graph displays normalized signal strength as reported by the radio, averaged over all frames over 100 bytes long that are received from the AP.
2. PIN mode: Choose a Router in the list and check the PIN codes are the same between Router and Client then click “PIN” button. Note. To make sure the PIN codes are the same between Router and Client. Type the Client’s PIN Code into Router’s PIN Code setting then click PIN button to start WPS connection at Client side.
4.3 AP List The Connections Tab shows current status of available APs within the network. User may select profile or ESSID from above list, click “Connect” to connect with the AP. Click “Refresh” to rescan the network, this utility with site survey function, it will detect and list all available APs within effective range. 4.4 Profile Setting Profile Setting allows user to create profiles for different network environments. Click “Add” button to create new profiles.
♦ Network Name The name of Profile, users can define it by themselves. ♦ Network Type This field allows you to select from a list of supported Network “Modes”. The modes displayed will have two values: “Peer to Peer” and “Access Point”. Peer to Peer - This is 802.11 peer-to-peer mode. In 802.11 Ad Hoc, only one wireless “cell” is supported for each different SSID. All communication is done from Client to Client without the use of an Access Point. 802.
This panel allows to entry for 64/128-bit encryption according to WEP function select. To be written to the driver and registry, such as Hexadecimal format, each key must consist of hex digits, which means that only digit 0-9 and letters A-F are valid entries. If entered format is incorrect, the utility will not accept it. WPA PSK is one advanced security for wireless network. There are 2 types algorithm could be supported – one is TKIP, and the other is AES.
To enable IP Setting function, please select enable. Please define if the current Profile IP setting will be assign by a DHCP Server or just assign by a fixed IP that is determinate by the Network Administrator.
When the DHCP Status is Enable, the TCP/IP information will be assigned by a DHCP Server. Or otherwise please fill up with the correspondence data of the IP settings. 4.4 About “About” tab shows the product version including the detail of Driver, Application and firmware versions. Users must use this version number when reporting their problems to technical support.
5. Appendix 5.1 Use Wireless Zero configuration Windows XP: Check and make sure that the Wireless Zero Configuration service is running. Click Start Æ Settings Æ Control Panel Æ Administrative Tools Æ Services Then click the AP you want to connect.
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.
