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Philips CPWUA054 User Manual

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  • Page 1 User Manual...
  • Page 2 Wireless USB Adapter 11g Version: 1.0 (December. 2003)
  • Page 3 Wireless USB Adapter 11g Copyright Copyright  2003 by this company. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any language or computer language, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, magnetic, optical, chemical, manual or otherwise, without the prior written permission of this company This company makes no representations or warranties, either expressed or implied, with...

  • Page 4: Federal Communication Commission Interference Statement

    Wireless USB Adapter 11g 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 FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation.
  • Page 5 Wireless USB Adapter 11g electricity when working with electrical equipment. All guidelines of this and of the computer manufacture must therefore be allowed at all times to ensure the safe use of the equipment. EU Countries Intended for Use The ETSI version of this device is intended for home and office use in Austria Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, (with Frequency channel restrictions) Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom.

  • Page 6: Table Of Contents

    Wireless USB Adapter 11g Manual Contents Chapter 1 Introduction ……………………………………………… Chapter 2 Initial Installation ……………………………………………… Chapter 3 Upgrade the Driver ……………………………………………… Chapter 4 System Tray Icon ……………………………………………… Chapter 5 Icon Menu ……………………………………………… Chapter 6 Configuration Utility ……………………………………………… Chapter 7 Settings ………………………………………………...
  • Page 7 Wireless USB Adapter 11g C h a p t e r Introduction The equipment enables high-speed access without wires to network assets. This adapter uses the IEEE 802.11 protocol to enable wireless communications between the host computer and other computers, in the same way that the computer would use an Ethernet adapter.

  • Page 8: Initial Installation

    Wireless USB Adapter 11g C h a p t e r Initial Installation Note: Do not insert the WLAN Adapter until you are asked to do so, failure of which may result in unsuccessful install of your WLAN device. Please follow the following steps one by one in order to install the WLAN Adapter successfully.

  • Page 9: Chapter 3 Upgrade The Driver

    Wireless USB Adapter 11g 6. Connect your Wireless LAN USB Adapter to your computer. 7. After the OS reconizes the USB adapter, restart the computer. C h a p t e r Upgrade the Driver 1. Uninstall the Adapter Driver...
  • Page 10 Expand the list of network adapters by clicking on the plus sign to the left of this entry; your display will appear similar to the following: Click on the entry for the Intersil PHILIPS Wireless LAN 802.11 adapter (the above illustration shows an entry for a PCMCIA card) and click on the Remove button beneath the list.

  • Page 11: System Tray Icon

    Wireless USB Adapter 11g 3. Install the New Driver After uninstalling the PHILIPS adapter and the old driver, run the new SETUP.exe file. When the program initial screen appears, click on the Continue button. An InstallShield window appears warning you to close any open programs on your computer.

  • Page 12: Chapter 5 Icon Menu

    Wireless USB Adapter 11g Green indicates a good or excellent link. A green icon with an “X” over it indicates that you are connected to the LAN but that the driver cannot decrypt received frames. Entering incorrect WEP keys for encryption causes this; to correct this problem, you must enter the correct keys at the Encryption menu You can also view the connection status of the link by placing the cursor over the Configuration Utility icon, as shown in the following illustration.

  • Page 13: Configuration Utility

    Wireless USB Adapter 11g C h a p t e r Configuration Utility You can launch the Configuration Utility by clicking on the Configuration Utility icon and selecting one of the last four commands in the pop-up menu. If the Configuration Utility icon is not displayed in the System Tray, you can restart the Configuration Utility from the Start Menu by selecting Programs and PHILIPSSTA...

  • Page 14: Status Menu

    Wireless USB Adapter 11g C h a p t e r Settings 7.1 Status Menu The Status menu displays information on the current status of your connection to the wireless LAN. You can display this menu by choosing the Wireless Network Status...

  • Page 15: Configuration Menu

    Wireless USB Adapter 11g The fields in this menu provide the following information: • State: shows the association state of your computer with the wireless LAN. Possible values for this field are: • AdHoc: The adapter is operating in Peer-to-Peer mode. This field also shows the virtual MAC address used by computers participating in the AdHoc network.
  • Page 16 Wireless USB Adapter 11g Profile Name A profile is a named set of operating parameters for your PHILIPS WLAN Interface adapter. The Profile Name: field lets you set values for all parameters by selecting a previously defined profile. Click the down arrow at the right of this field to display the available profiles for your 802.11g USB Wireless LAN Adapter.

  • Page 17: Network Type

    Set Identifier), and is used by Access Points and stations to identify a wireless LAN. Your PHILIPS WLAN Interface adapter scans the available channels looking for an Access Point or another station, which has specified this same SSID. It then attempts to associate with these Access Points or stations to form a wireless LAN.

  • Page 18: Encryption Menu

    Wireless USB Adapter 11g The second mode defined by the IEEE 802.11 standard is called infrastructure mode, and is the primary application for WLAN operation. In this mode all data on the wireless network is directed to an Access Point, which then routes the data to the appropriate wireless station.

  • Page 19: Ibss Menu

    Wireless USB Adapter 11g • Enabling Encryption To enable encryption, click the down arrow at the right of the Encryption field, select either 64 bit or 128 bit, and click the Apply button. After enabling an encryption method, you must then specify encryption keys, as described in the following sections.
  • Page 20 Peer-to-Peer. IBSS Menu Some PHILIPS adapters are capable of operating in only a single transmission band. For these adapters, the Configuration utility displays the IBSS menu: When communicating in a peer-to-peer network, you may specify a channel on which you prefer communications to take place.

  • Page 21: Domain Menu

    7.6 About Menu The About menu provides information on the version of the Network Driver, the Configuration Utility, and the firmware in the PHILIPS WLAN Interface adapter. You can display this menu by choosing the Version Information... command from the pop-up menu, or by clicking on the about tab when the Configuration...

  • Page 22: Chapter 8 Advanced Properties Tab

    Advanced Properties Tab The Advanced Properties tab provides access to operating parameters for the PHILIPS adapter, which are not controlled by the configuration utility. These properties are accessed through the Windows hardware device manager. The following steps describe how to access these properties under Windows 2000. For other versions of Windows (Windows Poor Windows 98, for example) the details may differ slightly;...

  • Page 23: Fragmentation Threshold

    The following sections provide descriptions for the items in the Property list displayed by this tab. Configuration Profile Certain PHILIPS adapters have the ability to use pre-defined profiles with standard parameters. Such adapters provide the following profiles: • B only – for operation in 802.11b environments only •...

  • Page 24: Power Save Mode

    Enabling Power Save Mode trades off performance for battery life. Certain PHILIPS adapters are capable of advanced Power Save settings. For these adapters, the following Power Save settings are available: •...

  • Page 25: Chapter 9 Glossary

    Wireless USB Adapter 11g C h a p t e r Glossary Ad-Hoc Mode - A client setting that provides independent peer-to-peer connectivity in a wireless LAN. An alterative setup is where PCs communicate with each other through an access point. An Ad-hoc integrated wireless LAN is a group of computers, each has a Wireless LAN adapter, Connected as an independent wireless LAN.
  • Page 26 Wireless USB Adapter 11g DHCP server and client - DHCP stands for Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol. This protocol is designed to automatically load parameters for the TCP/IP network, including the IP address, host name, domain name, net-mask, default gateway, and name server address. The machine that provides this service is called the DHCP server, and its client computers are called DHCP clients.
  • Page 27 Wireless USB Adapter 11g called an Infrastructure configuration. Infrastructure is applicable to enter Philips scale for wireless access to central database, or wireless application for mobile workers. IP Address - An IP address is a 32-bit number that identifies each sender & receiver of information that is sent across the Internet.
  • Page 28 Wireless USB Adapter 11g Roaming - The ability to use a wireless device and be able to move from one access point's range to another without losing the connection. RTS/CTS Threshold Value - Should remain at its default setting of 2,347. A preamble is a signal used to synchronize the transmission timing between two or more systems.
  • Page 29 Wireless USB Adapter 11g WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) - A data privacy mechanism based on a 40 bit shared key algorithm, as described in the IEEE 802 .11 standard. The optional cryptographic confidentiality algorithm specified by IEEE 802.11 used to provide data confidentiality that is subjectively equivalent to the confidentiality of a wired LAN medium that does not employ cryptographic techniques to enhance privacy.

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