Manuale d’uso / di manutenzione del prodotto GWP511 del fabbricante IOGear
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® Wir eless-G Notebook Network Car d User Manual f or Win XP (GWP511) ®.
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Thank you f or choosing IOGEAR ® to serve y our wireless needs . Soon, you will be sharing files or surfing the Internet wirelessly . W e hope y ou will ha v e as much fun using your IOGEAR ® Wireless-G Notebook Network Card, as we had designing it.
Table of Contents Pac kage Contents Introduction Features Requirements Win XP Installation Window Built-in Utility f or Win XP WLAN Utility T ool for Win XP T roubleshooting Specification T echnical S.
3 Pa ckage Contents The package you ha ve received should contain the f ollowing items: • IOGEAR ® Wireless 802.11g PC Card • CD ROM containing Driver , Utility Software, and User’ s Manual • Quick Start Guide • Acrobat Reader 6.
Introduction IOGEAR ® ’ s Wireless-G Notebook Network Card is a sleek and v ersatile de vice for both small and home office users. With IOGEAR, you can surf the Internet, share files, chat with your friends, and....Wirelessly! Our simple, easy-to-use, w eb-based setup wizard will hav e you up-and-running in minutes.
• 54 Mbps wireless connection speed - up to five times f aster than pre vious 802.11b technology • Sleek, low-profile, high-gain antenna is designed for maxim um reception • Backw ard compatible with 802.
System Requirement: • P entium ® class notebook computers with one av ailable CardBus slot • Microsoft ® Windows ® 98SE, ME, 2000, XP • CD-RO M drive Requirements 6.
Y ou can doub le click the icon second from right to bring up Utility T ool (Windows XP built-in) to set the wireless environment, or y ou can click “ Start ” ,“ Setting ” , “ Control P anel ” then doub le click icon to bring up WLAN Utility T ool with more detail inf or mation.
Window Built-in Utility f or Win XP After clicking the icon, WLAN Utility T ool window will be sho wn as follo wing. Please click the tabs on the top of the screen to configure. (If you use the utility first time , the system will use windows built-in utility as the def ault utility .
Windo ws chec kbo x : Use Windows to configure wireless network. A v ailab le netw or ks: Display the av ailable networks list. Y ou can click “ Refresh ” b utton to get a new list, or choose one av ailable network then click “ Configure ” button.
SysT ra y Chec kbo x: Show wireless icon in SysT ra y . Adv anced Button: Use the function that you can decide what network access type to be adapted as follo wing. Authentication T ab: Choosing this option to provide authenticated network access for wired and wireless Ethernet network s.
Further more, user can select different “ EAP type ” to protect computer safety when connecting. Advanced T ab: The option suppor t Inter net Connection Firewall to protect user’ s computer by limiting or pre v enting access to this computer from the Internet as below .
If you don’t want to use windo ws utility , please cancel the windows check bo x in wireless Network T ab (page 8). Then clicking the icon, WLAN Wireless Configuration Utility window will be shown as follo wing. Please click the tabs on the top of the screen to configure.
Link Status: This option enab les you to view the connect inf ormation (Status, SSID , AP’ s MA C Address, WEP , Speed, Channel, Client IP Address, Connection T ype), and signal strength (Signal, noise).
WLAN Utility T ool for Win XP Site Monitor T ab: This option enables y ou to view the av ailable networks. At the same time, y ou can also know e v er y network’s Standard , Suppor t Rates and Signal Strength . The “ Freeze ” button can stop the network search and update process.
WLAN Utility T ool for Win XP AP Config T ab: This page can set your Cardbus card as an Access P oint. 6. Enab le AP chec kbo x: Use your notebook computer as a Wireless Access P oint (AP). Netw or k Name (SSID): This field is the network name shared among all devices in a wireless network.
WLAN Utility T ool for Win XP Data Encr yption: Selecting “ None” disables WEP data encryption. Selecting WEP enables WEP data encr yption. WEP: Enter 5 ASCII characters or 10 hexadecimal digits f or a 64-bit key . Enter 13 ASCII characters or 26 he xadecimal digits f or a 128-bit ke y .
Note: If y ou want to pass the received pack ets to another network (for e xample: Internet), you must hav e an Ether net network card (connected to the Inter net) and build a bridge between the AP and netw ork card. Then, all end users connect to the AP can trav el in the inter net via this br idge.
18 T roubleshooting 1. Adapter Installation Prob lems If your computer cannot find the IOGEAR ® Wireless-G Notebook Networ k Card 802.11g Wireless Cardbus Adapter or the netw ork driver is not installed correctly , check the f ollowings , • Make sure the adapter is securely inser ted in the Cardbus slot.
Diagnostics Utility • Make sure y our computer is using the latest BIOS. • If there are other network adapters in the computer , they ma y be causing conflict, remov e all other adapters from the computer and test the wireless adapter separately .
20 Specification Data Rate 54, 48, 36, 24, 18, 12, 11, 9, 5.5,6, 2 and 1 Mbps, A uto F allback Standard IEEE 802.11g Operating Range Up to 100m indoors Up to 300m outdoors Radio Signal T ype CCK – 11, 5.5 Mbps DQPSK – 2Mbps DBPSK – 1Mbps OFDM –54, 48, 36, 24, 18, 12, 9, and 6 Mbps Input V oltage 3.
If you are still e xper iencing problems after reading Product User Manual and the T rouble- shooting section, you ma y either contact our technical suppor t at: 1-949-453-8782 OR, simply click our URL address www .iog ear .com to go to our company website and check the latest v ersion and other information about the product and/or software.
Radio & TV Interference Statement WARNING!!! This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual, may cause interference to radio communications.
IN NO EVENT SHALL THE DIRECT VENDOR’S LIABILITY FOR DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES RESULTING FROM THE USE OF THE PRODUCT, DISK OR ITS DOCUMENTATION EXCEED THE PRICE PAID FOR THE PRODUCT.
23 Hubble • Irvine, CA 92618 • (P) 949.453.8782 • (F) 949.453.8785 • www.iogear.com Contact info. ®.
® Wir eless-G Notebook Network Car d User Manual f or Win 98/2000 (GWP511) ®.
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Thank you f or choosing IOGEAR ® to serve y our wireless needs . Soon, you will be sharing files or surfing the Internet wirelessly . W e hope y ou will ha v e as much fun using your IOGEAR ® Wireless-G Notebook Network Card, as we had designing it.
Table of Contents Pac kage Contents Introduction Features Requirements Win 98/2K Installation WLAN Utility T ool for Win 98/2K T roubleshooting Specification T echnical Suppor t Radio and TV Interf er.
3 Pa ckage Contents The package you ha ve received should contain the f ollowing items: • IOGEAR ® Wireless 802.11g PC Card • CD ROM containing Driver , Utility Software, and User’ s Manual • Quick Start Guide • Acrobat Reader 6.
Introduction IOGEAR ® ’ s Wireless-G Notebook Network Card is a sleek and v ersatile de vice for both small and home office users. With IOGEAR, you can surf the Internet, share files, chat with your friends, and....Wirelessly! Our simple, easy-to-use, w eb-based setup wizard will hav e you up-and-running in minutes.
• 54 Mbps wireless connection speed - up to five times f aster than pre vious 802.11b technology • Sleek, low-profile, high-gain antenna is designed for maxim um reception • Backw ard compatible with 802.
System Requirement: • P entium ® class notebook computers with one av ailable CardBus slot • Microsoft ® Windows ® 98SE, ME, 2000, XP • CD-RO M drive Requirements 6.
7 Win 98/2K Installation Software Installation Inser t the IOGEAR ® CD (packed with the product) into CD-R OM, wait f or automatic pop-up window and then click “Install Configruation Utility” to proceed with the installation. After the installation process is complete, re-star t y our notebook PC.
WLAN Utility T ool for Win 98/2K After clicking the icon on the abov e icon-tra y , WLAN Utility T ool window will be shown as f ollowing. Choose the network that you want to connect, and click the “ Connect ” button. 8 Y ou can also click the “ Advanced ” button to configure and modify setting.
9 Enab le Radio chec kbo x: Enable/Disab le Radio function. A v ailab le Netw or ks: Displa y the a vailab le networks list. Y ou can click “ Refresh ” button to get the updated list, or choose one av ailable network then click “ Configure ” button.
10 Pref erred Netw or ks: Connect to a vailab le networks in the order listed in the text bo x. SysT ra y Chec kbo x: Show wireless icon in System T ra y . Adv anced Button: Use the function that you can decide what network access type to be adapted as follo wing.
Site Monitor T ab: This option enables you to view the av ailable netw orks. At the same time, you can also kno w ev ery networ k’ s Standard , Support Rates and Signal Strength . The “ Freeze ” button can stop the network search and update process.
Diagnostics T ab: This section let you select what items do you want to test included Control Register s , SPROM Format V alidation , Memory T ests , Interrupt T est , Loopback T est and LED T est . This tool will help you to e xamine the hardware device quickly and easily .
13 Enab le AP Chec kbo x: Allows you to use y our Notebook as an Access Point. Netw or k Name (SSID): This field is the network name shared among all de vices in a wireless network. The SSID must be identical f or all devices in the wireless netw ork.
14 54g Mode: Select the mode to 54g Auto f or the widest compatibility . Select the mode to 54g P erformance f or the fastest perf or mance among 54g cer tified equipment. Set the mode to 54g LRS if you are experiencing difficulty with legacy 802.11b equipment.
15 T roubleshooting 1. Adapter Installation Prob lems If your computer cannot find the IOGEAR ® Wireless-G Notebook Networ k Card 802.11g Wireless Cardbus Adapter or the netw ork driver is not installed correctly , check the f ollowings , • Make sure the adapter is securely inser ted in the Cardbus slot.
Diagnostics Utility • Make sure y our computer is using the latest BIOS. • If there are other network adapters in the computer , they ma y be causing conflict, remov e all other adapters from the computer and test the wireless adapter separately .
17 Specification Data Rate 54, 48, 36, 24, 18, 12, 11, 9, 5.5,6, 2 and 1 Mbps, A uto F allback Standard IEEE 802.11g Operating Range Up to 100m indoors Up to 300m outdoors Radio Signal T ype CCK – 11, 5.5 Mbps DQPSK – 2Mbps DBPSK – 1Mbps OFDM –54, 48, 36, 24, 18, 12, 9, and 6 Mbps Input V oltage 3.
If you are still e xper iencing problems after reading Product User Manual and the T rouble- shooting section, you ma y either contact our technical suppor t at: 1-949-453-8782 OR, simply click our URL address www .iog ear .com to go to our company website and check the latest v ersion and other information about the product and/or software.
Radio & TV Interference Statement WARNING!!! This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual, may cause interference to radio communications.
IN NO EVENT SHALL THE DIRECT VENDOR’S LIABILITY FOR DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES RESULTING FROM THE USE OF THE PRODUCT, DISK OR ITS DOCUMENTATION EXCEED THE PRICE PAID FOR THE PRODUCT.
23 Hubble • Irvine, CA 92618 • (P) 949.453.8782 • (F) 949.453.8785 • www.iogear.com Contact info. ®.
Un punto importante, dopo l’acquisto del dispositivo (o anche prima di acquisto) è quello di leggere il manuale. Dobbiamo farlo per diversi motivi semplici:
Se non hai ancora comprato il IOGear GWP511 è un buon momento per familiarizzare con i dati di base del prodotto. Prime consultare le pagine iniziali del manuale d’uso, che si trova al di sopra. Dovresti trovare lì i dati tecnici più importanti del IOGear GWP511 - in questo modo è possibile verificare se l’apparecchio soddisfa le tue esigenze. Esplorando le pagine segenti del manuali d’uso IOGear GWP511 imparerai tutte le caratteristiche del prodotto e le informazioni sul suo funzionamento. Le informazioni sul IOGear GWP511 ti aiuteranno sicuramente a prendere una decisione relativa all’acquisto.
In una situazione in cui hai già il IOGear GWP511, ma non hai ancora letto il manuale d’uso, dovresti farlo per le ragioni sopra descritte. Saprai quindi se hai correttamente usato le funzioni disponibili, e se hai commesso errori che possono ridurre la durata di vita del IOGear GWP511.
Tuttavia, uno dei ruoli più importanti per l’utente svolti dal manuale d’uso è quello di aiutare a risolvere i problemi con il IOGear GWP511. Quasi sempre, ci troverai Troubleshooting, cioè i guasti più frequenti e malfunzionamenti del dispositivo IOGear GWP511 insieme con le istruzioni su come risolverli. Anche se non si riesci a risolvere il problema, il manuale d’uso ti mostrerà il percorso di ulteriori procedimenti – il contatto con il centro servizio clienti o il servizio più vicino.
