GIGA BYTE TECHNOLOGY GN-WLBZ101 802.11b Wireless USB Adapter User Manual

GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. 802.11b Wireless USB Adapter Users Manual

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Users Manual

GN-WLBZ101
IEEE 802.11b USB STICK Wireless LAN Card
User’s Manual
http://www.gigabyte.com.tw
Rev. 1.0 First Edition
Contents
CHAPTER 1. PRODUCT OVERVIEW 1
1-1. I
NTRODUCTION TO
T
HE
W
IRELESS
LAN C
ARD
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1-2. F
EATURES
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1-3. P
HYSICAL
D
IMENSIONS
/P
ACKAGING
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1-4. LED I
NDICATING
L
IGHTS
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1-5. S
YSTEM
R
EQUIREMENTS
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CHAPTER 2. INSTALLING THE WIRELESS LAN CARD 4
2-1. I
NSTALLING
T
HE
D
RIVER
& U
TILITY FOR
PC................................................................. 4
CHAPTER 3. USING THE UTILITY ON PC 6
3-1. I
NFO
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3-2. S
TATISTICS
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3-3. C
ONFIGURATION
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3-4. E
NCRYPTION
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3-5. A
DVANCED
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3-6. A
BOUT
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3-7. A
CCESS
P
OINT
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CHAPTER 4. SPECIFICATION 13
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Chapter 1. Product Overview
1-1. Introduction to The Wireless LAN Card
This wireless Local Area Network (LAN) card is composed of the IEEE 802.11b MAC with
USB STICK interface、Baseband、radio components and two built-in antennas。This product
adopts the direct sequence spread spectrum (DSSS) technology using the DBPSK、
DQPSK、and CCK modulations to provide a very stable wireless communication quality and
an excellent signal receiver capability。
This product features the compact size、low power consumption and power management
functions and provides a high-speed wireless data communication。Therefore this product
is ideally suitable for being integrated into the personal mobile and handheld platform。
1-2. Features
! Two dimenional rotation of maximum 180 degree
! Conforms to IEEE 802.11b specification.
! Transmits data rate up to the maximum speed of 11Mbps.
! Dynamically scales the data rate to 11, 5.5, 2, and 1Mbps.
! Host Interface USB
! Built-in diversity antenna.
! Supports 64-bit /128-bit WEP encryption.
! Driver supports Windows 98SE/Me/2000/XP.
! Supports Software Access Point
1-3. Physical Dimensions/Packaging
Dimensions: 109mm* 25mm* 16mm
Before the installation procedures, please ensure the components are not damaged during
the shipping. The shipment of the GN-WLBZ101 includes:
One GN-WLBZ101 Wireless LAN Card
One Installation CD (including User’s Guide and Driver)
One User Guide
Please contact your local distributor or authorized reseller immediately for any missing or
damaged components. If you require returning the damaged product, you must pack it in
the original packing material or the warranty will be voided.
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1-4. LED Indicating Lights
This wireless LAN card conforms to the USB standard. There are six LED-indicating lights
One indicates Power status. One indicates Link status and the others indicate the intensity
of received signals.
Power
:
This LED is continuously on while the card is powered on.
Link:
Blinking Slow The card is scanning the network.
Continuously On The card is successfully connected to a network.
Blinking Quickly The data is being transmitted/received
LED Light 　　
Condition of the
Receiver Power Link
Intensity of received signals:
This LED specifies the four conditions of “POOR”,
“FAIR”, “GOOD”, and “EXCELLENT” .
LED Light 　　　　
Condition of the
Receiver POOR FAIR GOOD EXCELLENT
1-5. System Requirements
1-5-1. Supported Platform:
IBM PC/AT compatible computer
1-5-2. Supported Operation System:
Windows 98SE/Me/2000/XP
1-5-3. Software Access Point Supported Operation System:
Windows 2000/XP
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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. It appears as an icon on the
Windows system tray whenever the card is running (see Figure 3-1). The icon can tell you
the received signal strength by four small green lights. You can open it by double-clicking
on this icon.
Figure 3-1. The icon of the Configuration & Monitor Utility
WLAN Mode AP Mode
3-1. Info
The Info tab shows you the current Link States of the Wireless LAN Card and the
Reachable Assess Points and the Wireless LAN Card(see Figure 3-2).
Figure 3-2. Current link states of the wireless LAN card
Network Information:There are three states of a Wireless LAN Card:
1. Connected to Access Point: The wireless LAN card is now connecting to an Access
Point.
2. Connected to Ad Hoct: The wireless LAN card is now connecting to a Peer-to-Peer
network.
3. Connecting: The wireless LAN card is now searching for an Access Point or
wireless LAN card with the same network name, or SSID for the connection.
Other items in the table are the detailed information about the link state, which are available
only when the wireless LAN card is connected to an access point or other wireless LAN
card.
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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. You can add a network easily by clicking
on the desired SSID.
Strength: It shows the signal quality and signal intensity of the currently connected base
station.
Signal Quality: It is which represents the quality of communication between the Wireless
LAN Card and Access Point.
Refresh( ): After this button is clicked, the wireless LAN card will rescan the wireless
environment and show you all the updated reachable Access Points and Stations.
Connect( ): After this button is clicked, the wireless LAN card will connect the wireless
environment reachable Access Points or wireless LAN card.
Mode(Station): The WLAN mode You can change AP mode(see 3-7 Access Point) by
clicking on this button.
3-2. Statistics
The “Statistics” tab shows you the number of packets sent and received by the card(see
Figure 3-3).
Figure 3-3. The statistic number of packets sent and received by the card
3-3. Configuration
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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. The “Apply”
button should be pressed before the default values are saved to the driver and registry.
Cancel: Press this button to restore the default value in each field of the panel.
SSID: It is also known as SSID and is the unique name shared among all access points
(Infrastructure) or Ad Hoc (wireless LAN card) in the wireless network. The SSID
must be identical for all points in the network for sharing information and
communication. It is case sensitive and must not exceed 32 characters
.
Network Type: This field allows you to select the network type from a list of supported
Network “Modes”. The modes displayed have two values:“Ad Hoc”(Peer-to-Peer)and
“Infrastructure”(Access Point).
Ad Hoc: This is the 802.11 peer-to-peer mode of operation. All communications are done
from Client to Client without using the base station. Peer-to-Peer networking uses the
same SSID for establishing the wireless connection.
Infrastructure: This mode of operation requires the presence of an 802.11 Base Station.
All communications are done via the Base Station, which relay packets to other
wireless Clients in the BSS as well as the nodes on a connected network such as
Ethernet.
Channel: This specifies the channel used in wireless communication and should be set to
the same channel as the other points in the wireless network. This setting can only be
adjusted in Ad Hod mode.
TX Rate: The transmission rate for transmitting data packets at the user end. You may set
the transmission rate to 1Mb, 2 Mb, 5.5 Mb, 11 Mb, or Fully Automatic.
3-4. Encryption
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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.
Key Length: select either 64bit or 128bit encryption method.
64 Bit –Allows wireless LAN card to encrypt data with the 64-Bit encryption algorithm.
128 Bit –Allows wireless LAN card to encrypt data with the 28-Bit encryption algorithm.
The Encryption tab enables you to identify up to 4 different encryption passwords and
select one of them to encrypt your transmission data. The password of your choice may
either be:
For 64-bit encryption:
! Five alphanumeric characters in the range of “a-z”, “A-Z” and “0-9” (e.g. MyKey)
! 10 hexadecimal values in the range of “0-F” (e.g. 11AA22BB33).
For 128-bit encryption:
! 13 alphanumeric characters in the range of “a-z”, “A-Z” and “0-9” (e.g. WEPencryption).
! 26 hexadecimal values in the range of “0-F” (e.g. 11AA22BB33123456789ABCDEFF).
you have the option to select whether Open System, Shared Key, or Auto authentication
will be used. In order to take effect the changes you wish to make, click the “Apply” button
at the bottom of the screen.
3-5. Advanced
By Choosing the Advanced option in any of the two modes, you can change advanced
configuration settings, such as the Fragmentation Threshold, and RTS/CTS Threshold (see
Figure 3-6). Figure 3-6 shows the default configuration for the advanced settings.
Note: In order to enable the Fragmentation and the RTS/CTS Threshold parameters move
the slide bar with your mouse and then use the right and left arrow keys of your keyboard in
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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 2000/XP
The Info tab shows you the current Link States of the Assess Points and the Wireless LAN
Card (see Figure 3-8).
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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. The “Apply”
button should be pressed before the default values are saved to the driver and registry.
Channel: The current channel used by the Access Point.
Basic Rate: The transmission rate for transmitting data packets at the user end. You may
set the transmission rate to 1Mb, 2 Mb, 5.5 Mb, 11 Mb.
SSID: Network name.
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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. Reject: The Filter MAC Address (wireless LAN card) can’t connect to a Access
Point.
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Chapter 4. Specification
System
Standards IEEE 802.11b compliant
Host Interface USB 1.1
Modulation 1Mbps: DBPSK; 2Mbps: DQPSK; 5.5 and 11 Mbps: CCK
Data Rate 1, 2, 5.5, 11 Mbps
Operating Voltage 5V
Power Tx 300mA; Rx 260 mA; Sleep 50 mA
Operating Range Open space: 100 - 300m; Indoor: 30 - 100m
RF
Frequency Band 2.400 ~ 2.484 GHz (subject to local regulation)
Radio Technology DSSS (Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum)
11 Channels (US, Canada) 4 channels (France)
Number of Channel 14 Channels (Japan) 13 Channels (Most European countries, ETSI)
Pack Output power 17 dBm@ Nominal Temp Range
Receive Sensitivity - 80dBm @ 11 Mbps date rate, 8% PER
Antenna one built-in Chip antennas
Regulatory and Environmental Compliance
FCC part 15 (USA) DGT (Taiwan)
EMC certification CE (Europe) TELEC (Japan)
Temperature Range Operating: 0 ~ 50 degree C, Storage: -20 ~ 65 degree C
Humidity Max. 90% Non-condensing
Software
Driver Windows 98SE/ME/2000/XP
Roaming Full mobility and seamless roaming
AP Function Supported under Windows 2000/XP
Security 64 and 128 bit WEP
Management Utility Monitors the network situation.
Mechanical
Dimensions 109mm * 25mm * 16mm
Weight 22 ± 1 g
Packaging Generic, Gigabyte, private labeling optional
LED indicator Power, Link, and intensity of received signals
Note: The specifications are subject to change without notice

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