TG123g USB Wireless Adapter User’s Guide
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 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.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction............................................................................................................................................................................................... 1 Overview of this User’s Guide.............................................................................................................................................................. 1 Unpacking and Setup ..............................................................................
INTRODUCTION Congratulations on your purchase of this TG123g USB Wireless Adapter. This manual helps to get familiar with the TG123g USB Wireless Adapter. This manual contains detailed instructions in operation of this product. Please keep this manual for future reference. With a Wireless LAN (IEEE 802.11g) USB 2.0 Adapter, a desktop or laptop computer can communicate with another computer in a wireless way.
UNPACKING AND SETUP This chapter provides unpacking and setup information for the TG123g USB Wireless Adapter. Unpacking Open the box of the TG123g USB Wireless Adapter and carefully unpack it. The box should contain the following items: One TG123g USB Wireless Adapter One Driver & Utility CD-ROM If any item is found missing or damaged, please contact your local reseller for replacement.
HARDWARE INSTALLATION LED Indicator LINK The LINK LED lights green when the TG123g USB Wireless Adapter is connected to a network successfully. Otherwise the LINK indicator blinks green while the TG123g USB Wireless Adapter is access the wireless network. Check the installation The LED of the TG123g USB Wireless Adapter is clearly visible and the status of the network link can be seen instantly: 1.
SOFTWARE INSTALLATION This section will lead you to install the driver and utility of the TG123g USB Wireless Adapter. Before insert the USB Dongle into USB port of your computer, please install the Utility Program first. Make sure that the TG123g USB Wireless Adapter is NOT inserted into the USB slot. Windows Vista Installation Insert the 802.11g Wireless LAN USB 2.
2. The Install Shield Wizard screen will appear. Click “Next” to continue. 3. Click “Finish” to finish the installation.
Windows 98SE/ME/2000/XP Installation Insert the 802.11g Wireless LAN USB 2.0 Adapter Driver & Utility CD-ROM into computer’s CD-ROM Drive and it will automatically run a setup menu and install the driver and the utility. In some specific setting on Windows system, you may need to proceed the software manually, go to your Windows Start menu and choose Run, type “D:\Setup\Setup.exe” in the dialog box (D:\ will depend on where your CD-ROM drive is located). Note: (D:\ will depends on where the CD-ROM drive is
5. The Install Shield Wizard screen will appear. Click “Next” to continue. 6. Click “Finish” to finish the installation.
7. Plug-in your TG123g USB Wireless Adapter into your computer’s USB port. 8. You will see the icon on the Windows task bar when you finish the utility installation and plugged the TG123g USB Wireless Adapter. When the icon in the toolbar represents in green color, it is properly connected to the network and shown the linking quality.
SOFTWARE CONFIGURATION Windows Vista Wireless setting The user can configure the wireless setting using the Wireless Adapter Configuration Utility. Double-click the utility icon tray. that appears in the system Link Info This is the default screen after launching the Utility program. Status: Shows the associated BSSID, which can be used to identify the wireless access point. SSID: Shows the current SSID, which must be the same on the wireless client and AP in order for communication to be established.
Signal Strength of Percentage: Shows the wireless signal strength of the connection between the Wireless LAN USB 2.0 Adapter with the Access Point. TX/RX: Shows the statistics of data transfer, and the calculation is based on the number of packets transmitted and received. It also shows the link quality of the Wireless LAN USB 2.0 Adapter with the Access Point when operation under Infrastructure mode. Configuration This screen is where you set the basic wireless settings for the Wireless LAN USB 2.
Authentication: The following options are available: Open System, Shared key, WPA-PSK, WPA2-PSK, WPA EAP-TLS and WPA2 EPA-TLS. Select Open System, Shared Key for WEP data encryption feature. Open System and Shared Key require the users to set a WEP key to exchange data with other wireless clients that have the same WEP key. The following will only be activated when Open, Shared Key is enabled: Default Key: select one of the 4 keys to use.
Available Network – displays the wireless networks (wireless clients and Access Points) that are within range. Select any one of the wireless networks by double-clicking on it or clicking on the “Connect” button. Click the “Refresh” button to scan for available networks. Profile Profile- The user can create and manage the created profiles for home, work or public areas.
About This screen displays information about the 54Mbps IEEE 802.11g Wireless LAN Adapter, such as the Driver and Utility version. When a new version of the utility becomes available for upgrade, users will be able to identify by version numbers. Windows 98SE/ME/2000/XP Wireless setting Windows® XP users may use the built-in wireless utility as default. The following instructions are for Service Pack 2 users. If you are using Windows® 2000/98/ME, you must use the Wireless Utility.
The Wireless LAN Adapter Utility includes six tabs: Link Info, Configuration, Advanced, Site Survey and About. Link Info The Link Info screen shows you the status of the Wireless Adapter, it shows that where the device is connected to, the connect Status, the connecting Speed, the network Type, the Encryption type, the SSID and the Signal Strength.
SSID: The SSID differentiates one Wireless LAN group name from another; so all access points and all devices attempting to connect to a specific Wireless LAN group name must use the same SSID. A device will not be permitted to join the BSS unless it can provide the unique SSID. Wireless Mode: If you want to connect with an Access Point/WLAN Router, please set to “Infrastructure” mode. If you have more stations and just want to set them as local network, please set the mode to “Ad-hoc” mode.
Preamble and header, which interoperates with the 1 Mbit/s and 2 Mbit/s DSSS specification (as described in IEEE Std. 802.11), and an optional Short Preamble and header (as described in IEEE Std. 802.11b). At the receiver, the Preamble and header are processed to aid in demodulation and delivery of the PSDU. The Short Preamble and header may be used to minimize overhead and, thus, maximize the network data throughput. However, the Short Preamble is supported only from the IEEE 802.
Shared Key/Open System Network Key: Choose the encryption way, either in HEX or ASCII formats, and enter the password in the blank space. Key Length, Key Format and WEP Key: If you select 64bit in Hex format, you must type 10 values in the following range (0~F, hexadecimal), or 64bit in ASCII format, you must type 5 values in the following range (0~9, A~Z and a~z Alphanumeric).
WPA / WPA2 WPA2 (Wi-Fi Protected Access 2) is the second generation of WPA; providing enterprise and consumer Wi-Fi user with a high level of assurance that only authorized user can access their wireless networks. WPA2 is based on the final IEEE802.11i amendment to the 802.11 standard and is eligible for FIPS 140-2 compliant. WPA2 is select, configuration is enabled. Please click the “Certificate” button. The below window is pop up.
Site Survey Available Network The screen shows all the Wireless LAN devices around your Wireless LAN USB Adapter. The information of the wireless devices includes the SSID, MAC Address, Channels, Signal, the Security type and the Network mode. You can click the “Refresh” button to find the new wireless LAN devices, and double-click the device to choose the wireless station that you want to connect with.
Profile Add: Click “Add” to create a new profile, set the related values such as Profile name, SSID, Wireless Mode and Security settings than click ”Apply” to save the profile. Edit: Click “Edit” to modify existing profile, modify the settings than click ”Apply” to save the profile. Remove: Choose a profile name in the “Available Profiles” and click “Remove” to remove the existing profile. Connect: Choose a profile name in the “Available Profiles” and click “Connect” to activate the existing profile.
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS General Standards IEEE 802.11g, USB 2.0, 1.1, 1.0 Radio Technology IEEE 802.11b -- DSSS IEEE 802.11g -- OFDM Data Transfer Rate 1, 2, 5.
