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CERTIFICATION NOTICE Federal Communications Commission Compliance Notices This device complies with 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions:(1) this device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. To ensure continued compliance, use only shielded interface cables when connecting to the computer or peripheral devices.
Table of Contents CERTIFICATION NOTICE ............................................. 3 Federal Communications Commission Compliance Notices .....3 Federal Communication Commission (FCC) Statement: ............3 INFORMATION TO USER ............................................. 5 Introduction ............................................................................................5 Package Contents................................................................................5 System Requirements .......
INFORMATION TO USER Introduction Congratulations on purchasing this 802.11g WLAN USB Adapter. The XW501B USB Adapter 54 Mbps data rate provides an equivalent Ethernet speed to access corporate networks or the Internet in a wireless environment. And also provides easy plug & play Installation program on any computer with USB interface. When installed, the XW501B USB Adapter is able to communicate with any 802.
How to Install XW501B: Phase I 1. -Install XW501B Driver Turn on the computer and insert the driver CD into the appropriate drive. The installation & driver CD will automatically activate the Auto Run Installation program after you insert the disk into your CD drive. Do not insert your WLAN Adapter into the USB slot until you have finished the software installation. 2. The install will automatically appear. 3. Click Next to continue.
4. Click Next to install at the designated folder. Or, click “Browse” to select different folder. 5. Start copying files until it finish the installation.
6. Click Finish to complete installation. If the AutoRun function on your computer does not automatically start, the select your CD-ROM driver and double-click the file, SETUP.EXE under the Windows directory.
Phase II -Install XW501B Hardware Winzard 1. Find the location of the USB slot on your desktop or laptop. And insert the 802.11g WLAN USB Adapter into the USB slot on your desktop or laptop. 2. After inserting the WLAN Adapter into your computer, Windows will automatically detect that new hardware has been installed. Depending on which operating system you are using, the steps and screens may differ slightly. Click “Next” to continue installing.
3. For searching a suitable driver automatically, check the item as shown below. 4. Select “CD-ROM drivers” for looking for suitable drivers for XW501B.
5. Press the “Finish” button to finish to finish the package installation. After finishing the phase 1 installation of the driver, the NoteBooK (or PC) with WinME OS shall be restarted, but Win2000 or WinXP OS doesn’t need to be restarted.
Verifying XW501B USB Adapter for Windows: This section provides the instructions that guide you to verify proper operation of the driver and utility of your 802.11g WLAN USB Adapter for the operating systems. • To verifying Driver Installation 1. Start → Select “Settings” → click “Control Panel” and double-click the “System” icon. 2. OR Click on “My Computer” → select “Properties” from the Windows 2000 desktop. 3. Click on the “Hardware” folder tab and click the “Device Manager” button. 4.
Use the XW501B Utility: There are two different ways to open XW501B utility to configure you wireless setting, although we provide another choice, but in functional, both of them are similar. You can choose any one of them, which you more like or convenience to use. • Start → Select “Programs” → click “IEEE 802.11g Wireless LAN -USB” and double-click the “Utility” icon. OR • Select the icon on the system tray of Windows task bar, and double clicking to open the utility.
Open the XW501B Utility, you can see the “Wireless LAN Configuration Tool Plus” window. The adapter can be set at “Station” or “Access Point” Mode from the Mode drop down menu. Station mode is selected for the document. - You can site survey the neighboring SSID site by pressing the “Refresh”, then sites name and signals strength of available SSID sites are shown on the “Available Network” field. - Double click the SSID site from “Available Network” field, and the SSID can be connected directly.
“General Connection Setting” group: - Read the current status from the group if the “Change” button is not pressed. - Press “Change” button for modifying the status, when the modification is finished, press “Apply” to save it. The button “Change” and “Apply” is alternately shown on the same position. - Modify the SSID name from the “SSID” field. When use the item, the “any “will be unchecked previously. - Change the channel by drop down menu “ Channel”.
Encryption Setting – WEP Press “WEP Encryption Key Setting” to enter the “WEP Key Setting” page shown as - Press the “Change” button to modify the contents of “WEP Key setting”, when it is finished, press “Apply” to save it. The button “Change” and “Apply” is alternately shown on the same position. - Select which key length 64,128 or 256 bits will be modified or used by “Key Length” item.
- Select the profile name that wanted to delete from the “Profile name” drop down menu, and press “Delete” button to delete it “Other” group: Press the “Advanced Setting” button, then the Advanced Setting page is shown as - Select the Window User Interface by the “Language” down drop menu. If the English item is selected, all functions of window are described with English. Select the Traditional Chinese item, and they are described with Traditional Chinese.
Press the “Information” button to enter the “Information” page shown as follows. It includes the Driver version, Utility Version and MAC Address.
Troubleshooting This chapter covers potential problems you may run into and the possible remedies. After each problem description, some instructions are provided to help you to diagnose and solve the problem. Q: When you encounter problems, there are some preliminary checklists that can help you to dig out the problems before you take further actions? A: - Try to isolate which part of the computer’s network connection is causing the problem. - Absence of, or conflict of the WLAN Card driver.
(Infrastructure mode) or with other wireless station(s) (Ad-Hoc mode). - Use the Site Survey utility of your Configuration & Monitor Utility to check if there is high interference around the environment. Q: When you cannot connect with Access Point? A: - Make sure that the Access Point that your WLAN Card is associated with is powered on and all the LEDs are working properly. - Reconfigure and reset the Access Point.
