NetComm NP545 Manuel utilisateur

User Guide

NP545

54Mbps Wireless USB Adapter

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PACKAGE CONTENTS

The following contents should be found in your box:

• One NP545 USB Wireless Adapter

• One USB extension cable

• Quick Installation Guide

• One NP545 Wireless Adapter Resource CD, including:

• Utility and Drivers

• User Guide

• Other Helpful Information

Note: If any of the listed contents is damaged or missing, please contact the retailer from whom you purchased the NP545 Wireless

Adapter for assistance.

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CHAPTER 1 - INTRODUCTION

1.1 Overview of the product

The NetComm NP545 USB Wireless Adapter gives you the ﬂexibility to install your PC or notebook PC in the

most convenient location available, without the cost of running the network cables.

Its auto-sensing capability allows high packet transfer up to 54Mbps for maximum throughput, or dynamic range

shifting to lower speeds due to distance or operating limitations in an environment with a lot of electromagnetic

interference. It can also interoperate with all 11Mbps wireless (802.11b) products. Your wireless communications

are protected by up to 128-bit WEP and WPA/WPA2 encryption, so your data stays secure.

1.2 Features

• Complies with IEEE802.11g, IEEE802.11b standards

• Supports WPA data security, IEEE802.1x authentication, TKIP/AES encryption, 64/128-bit WEP encryption,

WPA2

• Supports 54/48/36/24/18/12/9/6Mbps or 11/5.5/3/2/1Mbps wireless LAN data transfer rates

• Provides USB interface

• Supports Ad-Hoc and Infrastructure modes

• Supports roaming between access points when conﬁgured in Infrastructure mode

• Eases conﬁguration and provides monitoring information

• Supports Windows 98SE, Me, 2000, XP, Vista

• Internal Antenna

1.3 LED Status

The LED on the top of this card indicates Link/Act status. It blinks at green light when sending and

receiving data.

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CHAPTER 2 - INSTALLATION GUIDE

2.1 Software Installation

2.1.1 Overview

The Adapter’s Setup Wizard will guide you through the installation procedure for Windows 98SE, Me, 2000

and XP. The Setup Wizard will help you install the Utility and drivers.

If you install the hardware before the software, you will be prompted “Found New Hardware Wizard”, click the

Cancel button, and run the Setup Wizard program on the CD-ROM. The Setup steps for Windows 98SE, Me,

2000 and XP are very similar. The following setup steps are for Windows 2000.

2.1.2 Software Installation for Windows 2000

1. Insert the Resource CD into your CD-ROM drive, click the Start button and choose Run. In the ﬁeld that

appears, enter F:\software\Setup.exe (“F” is the letter of your CD-ROM drive)., ﬁgure 2-1 should then appear.

2. You can click the Cancel button to abort the installation on the Preparing Setup screen, ﬁgure 2-1.

Otherwise, the Setup Wizard will display a screen similar to that shown in ﬁgure 2-2 after a moment.

Figure 2-1 Preparing Setup

3. To continue, click the Next button on the screen, ﬁgure 2-2. Click the Cancel button to abort the

Installation.

Figure 2-2 Start Setup

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4. Click Browse to change the destination location for the software. Click Next to continue the Installation.

Click Back to return to the previous page, or click Cancel to abort the Installation.

5. While ﬁles are copying, you will see a warning box shown in ﬁgure 2-3. Please select YES to continue

installation. Our drivers have been tested thoroughly, and are able to work with the operating system.

Figure 2-3 Windows 2000 Warning Box

6. After the ﬁles have been successfully copied, the screen in ﬁgure 2-4 will appear. Click the Finish button

to ﬁnish the wizard.

Figure 2-4 Finish

7. After installing the software, Please plug the adapter into your PC. If you need instructions as to how to

do this, please refer to section 2.2 Hardware Installation. If you have plugged it into your PC already,

please un-plug it and plug it back in. The OS will automatically detect the adapter and setup the driver for

the adapter. If it does not, please follow the windows setup steps to ﬁnish the driver installation.

After installing the driver successfully, you should see an icon, or , appear in your system tray.

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2.2 Hardware Installation

1. Connect one end of the USB cable to the Adapter.

2. Connect the other end of the USB cable to the USB port on your computer. Because the Adapter gets

its power from the host, there is no external power supply. The LED should light up when the Adapter is

plugged in and the PC is on.

2.3 Uninstall Software

2.3.1 Uninstall the driver software from your PC

1. On the Windows taskbar, click the Start button, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.

2. Double-click the System icon, click on the Hardware tab in the System window.

3. Click on the Device Manager button, double-click Network Adapters, and then right-click NP545

Wireless Adapter.

4. Click Uninstall..., the system will uninstall the driver software of the adapter from your PC.

2.3.2 Uninstall the utility software from your PC

1. On the Windows taskbar, click the Start button, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel

2. Double-click the Add/Remove Programs icon, ﬁnd the NP545 program from the installed program list,

highlight it and click the Remove button.

3. Following the Install Shield Wizard will uninstall the utility software from your PC.

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CHAPTER 3 - CONFIGURATION

NetComm NP545 USB Wireless Adapter can be conﬁgured by its utility. This section describes how to

conﬁgure your USB Wireless Adapter for wireless connectivity on your Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN)

and use the data security encryption features.

After the Adapter’s driver and utility has been installed, the adapter’s tray icon, or , will appear in your

system tray. It means the utility is running on your system. If the utility does not run, you can run the utility by

clicking: Start> Program> NetComm> NP545> NP545 Wireless Client Utility. If the icon still does not

appear, the driver or utility may be installed incorrectly or the adapter is unplugged, please try again.

Icon means the connection has been established. Icon means there is no connection.

Double-click the icon and the conﬁguration screen of the utility will appear. You can also run the Utility

by clicking: Start> Program> NetComm> NP545> NP545 Wireless Client Utility. The utility provides a

complete and easy to use set of tools to:

• Display current status information

• Edit and add conﬁgured proﬁles

• Display current diagnostics information

The section below introduces these above capabilities.

Note: If your OS is Windows XP, you can use Windows XP to conﬁgure the wireless network settings. (To use this function, you must

upgrade the OS with sp1).

If you want to use Windows XP to conﬁgure wireless network settings, just exit the utility. Right-click the icon

at the bottom of the screen, and click Exit to exit the utility.

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3.1 Proﬁle

Click the Proﬁle tab of the utility and the Proﬁle screen will appear, ﬁgure 3-1. The Proﬁle screen provides

tools to:

• Add a Proﬁle

• Delete a proﬁle

• Edit a proﬁle

• Activate a proﬁle

Figure 3-1 Proﬁle Tab

To create a new proﬁle, click the Add button on the Proﬁle tab, the Proﬁle conﬁguration screen will appear

as shown in ﬁgure 3-2.

To edit a proﬁle, highlight the desired proﬁle name on Proﬁle Name list, and click the Edit button, the Proﬁle

conﬁguration screen will appear shown in ﬁgure 3-1.

To delete a proﬁle, highlight the desired proﬁle name on Proﬁle Name list, and click the Delete button.

To switch to another proﬁle, highlight the desired proﬁle name on Proﬁle Name list, and click the

Activate button.

Note: Do not forget to click the Apply button when you create a new proﬁle for connection.

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3.1.1 Add or Edit a Conﬁguration Proﬁle

To add a new conﬁguration proﬁle, click Add button on the Proﬁle Management tab. To modify a conﬁguration

proﬁle, select the conﬁguration from the Proﬁle list and click Edit. The Proﬁle Management dialog box will

display a screen similar to that shown in Figure 3-2.

1. Edit the Conﬁguration tab

• Proﬁle Name - Identiﬁes the conﬁguration proﬁle. This name must be unique. Proﬁle names are not

case-sensitive.

• SSID - The IEEE 802.11 wireless network name. This ﬁeld has a maximum limit of 32 characters.

• PSM (Power Save Mode)

• CAM (Constantly Awake Mode) – Continuous Access Mode.

• PSM (Power Saving Mode) - Power Saving mode.

• Network Type – Displays the wireless mode, either Ad-hoc or Infrastructure mode

• Preamble – Speciﬁes the preamble setting in 802.11b. The default setting is Auto Switch (access

point mode), which allows both short and long headers in the 802.11b frames. The adapter can only

use short radio headers if the access point supports and uses them.

• RTS Threshold – Default is 2312.

• Fragment Threshold – Default is 2312.

• Ad-hoc mode – Displays the wireless mode, either Only 802.11B or 802.11B/G mode.

• Channel – Shows the current channel in use. This ﬁeld determines which operating frequency will

be used.

Figure 3-2 Add Proﬁle - conﬁguration

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2. Edit the Authentication and Security tab

Figure 3-3 Add Proﬁle – conﬁguration

• Authentication Type – Three options, Open System, Shared-Key System, LEAP,

WPA/WPA2,

WPA-PSK, WPA2-PSK

• 802.1x Setting – It enables when Authentication Type is setting to WPA/WPA2.

• Encryption – Displays which encryption type that the driver is using. When you select Open

System, Shared-Key System as Network Authentication, there are two options: WEP and

Disabled. If you select WPA-PSK as Network Authentication, there are TKIP and AES options

instead of WEP and Disabled.

• Wep Key – Key #1, Key #2, Key #3, Key #4, the Key groups. You can enter 10 hexadecimal digits

(any combination of 0-9, a-f, A-F) or 5 ASCII characters for 64-bit (also called 40bits) encryption. You

can enter 26 hexadecimal digits (any combination of 0-9, a-f, A-F) or 13 ASCII characters for 128-bit

(also called 104bits) encryption.

• WPA Preshared key – When you select WPA-PSK or WPA2-PSK Authentication, you need to enter

the WPA Preshared key. This key can be from 8 to 63 characters and contain special characters

and spaces.

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