User's Manual

Instant Wireless - Network USB Adapter User Manual

RTS threshold (the threshold for the activation of the RTS/CTS mechanism).

Also, the user can select the operating Mode. Two modes are available:

Ad-Hoc Mode and Infrastructure Mode. In Ad-Hoc Mode the wireless

stations can directly communicate, however, in Infrastructure Mode, an

Access Point is necessary. The user can also specify the ESSID (up to 32

characters). The ESSID field is case sensitive. The user can select long or

short preamble as referred in 802.11b specification. Finally, the user can

select among four user-defined WEP keys for encryption e.g. by setting the

WEP Key To Use field to 3, the WEP KEY #3 will be used; by setting it to

None, no WEP encryption will be used.

Please keep in mind that the WEP keys must be in HEX and in two

characters per byte formats e.g. if you want the WEP KEY #1 to be 12345,

then you must set it as 0102030405.

9. Windows 98 copies files to your hard disk drive, and you see the following

screen:

10. Click Finish to complete the installation.

11. When Windows ask you if you wand to restart your system now, press No in

the dialog box and restart you system manually. If you press Yes, it is

possible that the installation will not be completed (this is an operating

system related problem).

3.4 Configuration Under Windows 98

Note: The following procedure applies to the configuration of the cards when

they are not running. In case a communication has been established, the

configuration parameters of the adapter can be changed on the fly by using the