Abocom Systems WUB1K5 Wireless USB Adaptor User Manual WUB1500MNL Preliminary
Abocom Systems Inc Wireless USB Adaptor WUB1500MNL Preliminary
Install Guide
Doc. No.: 041902-01
Wireless
USB Adapter
User Manual
REGULATORY STATEMENTS
FCC Certification
The United States Federal Communication
Commission (FCC) and the Canadian Department of
Communications have established certain rules
governing the use of electronic equipment.
Part15, Class B
This device complies with Part 15 of FCC rules.
Operation is subject to the following two conditions:
1) This device may not cause harmful interface, and
2) This device must accept any interface received,
including interface that may cause undesired
operation. 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.
However, there is no guarantee that interference will
not occur in a particular installation. If this
equipment does cause harmful interference to radio
or television reception, which can be determined
by turning off and on, the user is encouraged to try
to correct the interference by one or more of the
following measures:
Z Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
Z Increase the distance between the equipment and
receiver.
Z Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit
different from that to which the receiver is
connected.
CAUTION:
1) To comply with FCC RF exposurecompliance
requirements, a separation distance of at least 20 cm
must be maintained between the antenna of this device
and all persons.
2) This Transmitter must not be co-located or operating
in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter
Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION............................................. 1
FEATURES ........................................................ 2
LED INDICATORS............................................. 2
INSTALLATION THE UTILITY UNDER
WIN 98/ME/2000............................................... 3
UNINSTALL PROCEDURE UNDER WINDOWS
98/ME.............................................................. 7
Uninstall the Configuration Utility...... 7
Uninstall the Device ............................ 8
UNINSTALL PROCEDURE UNDER WINDOWS
2000............................................................... 10
HARDWARE INSTALLATION ................... 14
INSTALLATION OF THE USB ADAPTER
FOR WIN XP................................................... 15
NETWORK CONNECTION ......................... 18
CONFIGURING THE NETWORK PROTOCOLS FOR
WINDOWS 98/ME .......................................... 18
CLIENT SETUP FOR WINDOWS 2000 AND XP . 23
Connecting to a Windows NT Domain
........................................................... 23
Connecting to a NetWare File Server 24
CONFIGURATION AND MONITOR
UTILITY FOR WINDOWS 98/ME/2000...... 26
STATUS .......................................................... 28
STATISTICS..................................................... 31
SITE SURVEY.................................................. 32
ENCRYPTION .................................................. 34
ADVANCED .................................................... 37
VERSION ........................................................ 39
CONFIGURATION FOR WINDOWS XP ... 40
FIRMWARE UPGRADE UTILITY ............. 46
SPECIFICATIONS ......................................... 48
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Introduction
A wireless LAN links network users to LAN
services without the hassle of cabling or wiring,
which significantly brings mobile workers the
freedom of staying connected to the network
while roaming around a building or multiple
buildings maintaining access to the Internet,
e-mail, networked applications, and print
services.
This device is the perfect solution for your
wireless network applications based on the IEEE
802.11b standard that offers a data rate up to
11Mbps in a wireless LAN environment. It is a
high-speed wireless network card that plugs into
your notebook or desktop PC and accesses to the
LAN or peer-to-peer networking easily without
wires or cables. Whether you’re at your desk or in
the boardroom, it allows you to share printers,
files, and other network resources.
The USB adapter is designed for a USB type A
port of a laptop or desktop computer for creating
a wireless workstation.
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Features
• Compliant with IEEE802.11b standard for
2.4GHz Wireless LAN
• USB 1.1 compliant
• USB Plug & Play
• Interoperable with existing network
infrastructure
• Secure information transmission
• Freedom to roam while staying connected
• Compatible with specialty wireless
products and services
• Up to 11Mbps data rate
• External Antenna is built in the card with
LEDs indication
• Supports Window 98/2000/ME/XP
• Low power consumption
• Easy to install and configure
LED Indicators
Power: Green, on
Receive: Green, on
Transmit: Green, on
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Installation the Utility under Win
98/ME/2000
Precaution for Windows 98, 2000, and ME
users: You must install the Adapter's software
before installation of the hardware.
1. Insert the
Setup Utility CD-ROM into the
CD-ROM drive and double click on
Setup.exe to install the Configuration &
Monitor Utility.
2. When the Welcome screen appears, click
Next to continue.
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3. The Choose Destination Location screen
will show you the default destination chosen
by the utility. Click Next to continue.
4. In Setup Type, choose Application and
USB drivers and then click Next.
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5. Follow the instruction to select the program
folder. Click Next to continue.
6. In
Start Copying Files, click Next to
continue.
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7. In Setup Status, the InstallShield Wizard
will begin copying the files.
8. After the Configuration Utility has been
successfully installed, select Yes, I want to
restart my computer now, and then click
Finish to restart.
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Uninstall Procedure Under
Windows 98/ME
Uninstall the Configuration Utility
1. Go to
Start → Settings → Control Panel →
Add/Remove Program.
2. Select 802.11 Wireless LAN then click
Add/Remove to continue.
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Uninstall the Device
1. Go to Start → Settings → Control Panel →
Network.
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2. Select Wireless USB Adapter then click
Remove. Click OK.
3. The system will prompt you to restart your
computer. Click Yes.
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Uninstall Procedure Under
Windows 2000
1. Go to Start → Control Panel →
Add/Remove Hardware.
2. When the Welcome screen appears, click
Next to continue.
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3. In Choose a Hardware Task, select
Uninstall/Unplug a device and click Next to
continue.
4. In
Choose a Removal Task, select Uninstall
a device and click Next.
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5. Check the Show hidden devices check box
and locate the device in the device list. Select
the device and click Next.
6. Select
Yes, I want to uninstall this device
and click Next.
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7. Click Finish to complete the uninstalled
procedure.
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Hardware Installation
Precaution for Windows 98, 2000, and ME
users: Please do NOT install the hardware
until the Application setup in Installation the
Utility under Win98/ME/2000 has been
completed.
1. Plug the USB's square end (Type B) into
the adapter's USB port.
2. Plug the USB's rectangle end (Type A) into
the PC's USB port.
After the device has been connected to your
computer, Windows will detect the new hardware
and then automatically copy all of the files
needed for networking.
Precaution for Windows XP users: You
must install the Adapter's hardware, and then
go to Installation of the USB Adapter for Win
XP.
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Installation of the USB Adapter
for Win XP
1. Once the device is well connected to your
computer, Windows XP will automatically
detect the new device. Click Install from a
list… and click Next.
2. Insert the Setup Utility CD-ROM into the
CD-ROM drive. Select Include this
location in the search: and click Browse
to provide the appropriate path (e.g.
E:\Drivers\WinXP). Click Next.
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3. Click
Continue Anyway to proceed.
4. Click
Finish to complete the Utility
installation.
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Network Connection
Configuring the Network Protocols for
Windows 98/ME
1. Once the driver has been installed, you must
make some changes to your network settings.
Click Start Settings Control Panel
Network.
2. Make sure that you have all the following
components installed.
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Wireless USB Adapter
NetBEUI
TCP/IP
If any components are missing, click on the Add
button to add them in. All the protocols and
clients required and listed above are provided by
Microsoft.
3. After clicking
Add, highlight the component
you need, click Add.
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4. Highlight
Microsoft, and then double click
on the item you want to add.
5. For making your computer visible on the
network, enable the File and Printer
Sharing.
6. Click the
Identification tab. Make up a
name that is unique from the other computers'
names on the network. Type the name of
your workgroup, which should be the same
used by all of the other PCs on the network.
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7. Click the Access Control tab. Make sure
that “Shared-level access control” is
selected. If connecting to a Netware server,
share level can be set to “User-level access
control.”
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8. When finished, reboot your computer to
activate the new device.
9. Once the computer has restarted and
Windows has booted up, a Logon window
will appear and require you to enter a
username and password. Make up a username
and password and click OK. Do not click
the Cancel button, or you won’t be able to
log onto the network.
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10. Double-click the Network Neighbourhood
icon on the windows desktop, and you should
see the names of the other PCs on the
network.
Client Setup for Windows 2000 and
XP
If you are not using NT or Novell with Windows,
skip the next two sections. Perform the
following procedures to prepare your computer to
be used with any file servers that may be on the
network.
Connecting to a Windows NT Domain
1. Click StartSettingsControl Panel.
Double-click Network.
2. Change the
Primary Network Logon to
Client for Microsoft Networks.
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3. Double-click the Client for Microsoft
networks.
4. Select the
Log on to Windows NT domain
box. Put your NT domain name in the
Windows NT domain area.
5. Click
OK and restart your computer.
Connecting to a NetWare File Server
1. Click
StartSettingsControl Panel.
Double-click Network.
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2. Change the Network Logon to Client for
NetWare Network.
3. Double-click the Client for NetWare
networks. Put your server's name in the
Preferred Server box. Click in the Enable
Logon Script Processing box.
4. Click
OK and restart your computer.
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Configuration and Monitor
Utility for Windows 98/ME/2000
After installing the device successfully, go to
Start Programs 802.11 Wireless LAN
Configuration and Monitor Utility.
The Wireless LAN Monitor Utility icon will
appear in the taskbar every time the device is
running. You can open it by double-clicking on
this icon.
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Icon Status
Mode Icon Link Status
Red. The station is not
associated to an Access
Point.
Infrastructure
mode
Blue. The station
associates itself to an
Access Point.
Red. The color is red only
when the card is during
resetting and initialization
procedure.
Ad-Hoc mode
Blue. The color is always
blue, except when the card
is during resetting and
initialization procedure.
Note: Except for the following configuration
utility, using Windows to configure the
wireless network settings in the Windows XP
is recommended. (Please skip to the
Configuration for Windows XP section)
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All settings are categorized into 6 tabs:
Status
Statistics
Site Survey
Encryption
Advanced
Version
Status
The Status tab will display the current status of
the Wireless USB Adapter.
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Item Description
Operating
Mode
It displays the current operational mode.
(Ad-Hoc or Infrastructure)
Channel It shows the selected channel that is
currently used. (from 1 ~ 11)
SSID The SSID is the unique name shared
among all points in your wireless
network. The name must be identical for
all devices and points attempting to
connect to the same network.
It shows the current SSID setting of the
Wireless USB Adapter.
Tx Rate It shows the current transfer rate. (1, 2,
5.5, or 11Mbps or Auto)
Int Roaming It displays the current roaming status.
(read-only)
MAC Address It displays the MAC address of the
Wireless USB Adapter.
Status It displays the information about the
status of the communication (the BSSID
of the Access Point to which the card is
associated).
Signal
Strength
It displays the signal strength of the
connection between the Wireless USB
Adapter and the Access Point it
connects.
Link Quality It displays the link quality of the
connection between the Wireless USB
Adapter and the Access Point it
connects.
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Item Description
Change Click Change to change the
configuration parameters such as
Operating Mode, Channel, SSID and
Tx Rate. (Refer to below page)
Submit Click Submit to save the changes.
Cancel Click Cancel to ignore the previous
setting.
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Statistics
This option shows you to view the available
statistic information (Data packets,
Management Packets and Rejected packets).
Press the Reset button to renew or update this list
of statistics.
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Site Survey
The Site Survey tab shows all the available
Access Points and their features.
Item Description
BSSID When one Access Point (AP) is
connected to wired network and a set of
wireless stations it is referred to as a
Basic Service Set (BSS). Computers in a
BSS must be configured with the same
BSS ID.
SSID The SSID is the unique name shared
among all points in your wireless
network.
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Item Description
The name must be identical for all
devices and points attempting to connect
to the same network.
Signal It displays the signal strength of the
connection between the Wireless USB
Adapter and the Access Point it
connects.
Channel It shows the selected channel that is
currently used.
Encryption It displays the status of WEP
Encryption.
BSS When one Access Point (AP) is
connected to wired network and a set of
wireless stations it is referred to as a
Basic Service Set (BSS).
Re-Scan Search for all available networks.
Clicking on the button, the device will
start to rescan and list all available sites.
Cancel Click Cancel to ignore the previous
setting.
Exit Click Exit to exit the application.
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Encryption
WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) encryption
can be used to ensure the security of your
wireless network.
Item Description
Encryption WEP is a data privacy mechanism
based on a 64-bit/128-bit shared key
algorithm.
Under the drop-down box, you can
choose to have WEP encryption
Disabled, 64 Bit, or 128 Bit.
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Key1/Key2/
Key3/Key4
This setting is the configuration key
used in accessing the wireless network
via WEP encryption. To generate an
encryption key:
1. Select 64 Bit or 128 Bit.
2. Click "Key1" or "Key2" or "Key3" or
"key4" item, then fill in the appropriate
value/phrase.
Default Key You can specify up to 4 different keys
to decrypt wireless data.
Select the Default key setting from the
pull-down menu.
Mode Two WEP modes are available as
below: Mandatory and Optional.
Mandatory:WEP Encryption is
required to establish
connection with other
stations within the wireless
network.
Optional:Your station can
communicate with other
stations within the wireless
network regardless if they
use WEP or not.
Authentication
Type
The authentication type defines
configuration options for the sharing of
wireless networks to verify identity and
access privileges of roaming wireless
network cards.
You may choose between Open
System, Shared Key, and Auto.
Open System: If the Access Point is
usin
g
"
O
p
en S
y
stem"
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authentication, then
the wireless adapter
will need to be set to
the same
authentication type.
Shared Key: Shared Key is when both
the sender and the
recipient share a secret
key.
Auto: Select Auto for the USB adapter
to select the Authentication type
automatically depending on the
Access Point Authentication
type.
Submit Click Submit to save the changes.
Exit Click Exit to exit the application.
Note: You must use the same value/phrase or
WEP key settings for all wireless
computers in order for the wireless
network to function well.
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Advanced
You can change advanced configuration settings,
such as the Preamble Type, Fragmentation
Threshold and RTS/CTS Threshold.
Item Description
Preamble
Type
This value defines the length of the
CRC block for communication between
the Wireless Access Point and the
roaming wireless network card.
Long: The mandatory supported
"Long preamble as well as
header" as specified in
IEEE 802.11b that allows
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interoperation with the
current 1Mbits/sec and
2Mbit/sec DSS (Direct
Sequence Spread Spectrum)
specification.
Short: The optional "Short preamble
and header" is intended for
applications where maximum
throughput is desired and
interoperability with legacy
and non-short preamble
capable equipment is not a
consideration.
Auto: Select Auto for the USB
adapter to select the
Preamble type automatically
depending on the Access
Point Preamble type.
Fra
g
mentation
Threshold
This value indicates how much of the
Access Point’s resources are devoted to
recovering packet errors. The value
should remain at its default setting of
2346. Only minor modifications of this
value are recommended.
RTS/CTS
Threshold
This value should remain at its default
setting of 2347. Should you encounter
inconsistent data flow, only minor
modifications of this value are
recommended.
Power Save
Submit Click Submit to save the changes.
Exit Click Exit to exit the application.
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Version
You can view basic information about the Utility like
the Driver, Firmware and Application Version. Use
the Exit button to exit the application.
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Configuration for Windows XP
1. Go to Start Control Panel Network
Connections.
2. In Network Connections window,
right-click the Wireless Network
Connections icon, and select Properties.
Note: Double-click the Wireless Network
Connection icon and you can see the status of
the wireless PC Card as described below.
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3. In Wireless Network Connection
Properties window, select the Wireless
Networks tab.
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Use Windows to configure…
Check the box to enable windows configuration.
Note: Once you enable windows
configuration, there will be only two tabs,
Status and About, left in the
Configuration Utility. You cannot use
this utility to configure the wireless
settings.
Available networks
Displays all available networks.
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Configure
Click the button to set up a new network or WEP
configuration as illustrated as below.
Refresh
Click the button to refresh and search for all
available networks.
Preferred networks
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From available network(s) listed above, you can
select preferred one(s) in an order that you can
arrange.
The marked one is the currently used network.
Move up
Move the selected network forward one position.
Move down
Move the selected network back one position
Add…
Click the button and the Wireless Network
Properties window will appear. In the
Network name field, enter your desired network
name listed in the above Available networks box,
and click OK.
Note: The new settings will be active only
after you click on OK in the Wireless
Network Connection Properties window.
Remove
Highlight the unwanted network listed in the
Preferred networks box, and click the button to
remove it.
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Properties
Highlight the network listed in the above
Preferred networks box, and click the button to
display its properties.
Once network configuration is done, make sure to
click OK. The new parameters will be saved and
active only after doing so.
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Firmware Upgrade Utility
Note: Please DO NOT use this utility unless
you have got new binary files from the
vendor. Otherwise, you may damage your
card.
The Firmware Upgrade Utility allows you to
upgrade the firmware of your card while your
card is running. It will download the new
firmware and it will reset your card in order to
start operating with the new firmware.
The Firmware Upgrade Utility is for Windows 98,
Windows ME, and Windows 2000 only.
1. Go to Start Programs 802.11
Wireless LAN Tools Upgrade
Firmware Utility.
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2. Press the "Upgrade" button in order for a file
selection window to appear. Browse for the
xxx.rom file that contains the new firmware.
3. After you have located and selected the file,
the firmware upgrade process will begin.
4. When the firmware has been upgraded, you
will see a notification from the Firmware
Upgrade Utility. Press "OK" to complete the
upgrade.
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Specifications
Standards IEEE 802.11b, Wi-Fi compliant
Host Interface USB 1.1
Physical
Weight: 50 g
Dimension: 110(L) x 60 (W) x 2.5(H)
mm
Antenna External Antenna, rotating angle 0°
to 90°
LED
Indicators
Power: Green, ON
Receive (Rx): Green, ON
Transmit (Tx): Green, ON
Power
Requirement
Operating Voltage: 5V DC
TX consumption: 450mA (Max)
RX consumption: 300mA (Max)
Frequency
Range 2.412GHz ~ 2.4835GHz
Number of
Selectable
Channels
USA, Canada: 11 channels
Japan: 14 channels
Europe: 13 channels
Modulation
Technique
Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum
(CCK, DQPSK, DBPSK)
Security 0/64/128 bit WEP
Spreading 11 chip Barker sequence
Bit Error rate Better than 10-5
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Media Access
Protocol
CSMA/CA (Collision Avoidance)
with ACK
Supported OS Windows 98/ ME/ 2000/XP
EMC
Certification
FCC Part 15, Class B in US
EN300328 and EN300826
(301489-17) in Europe
JATE-Telec in Japan