Lucent Technologies GW-DS300N - Manuals

Contents Foreword Chapter 1 Introduction to GW-DS300N . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1.1 Package Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 1.2 Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 1.3 Product Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Chapter 2 Basic In...

1 1 Chapter 1 Introduction to GW-DS300N 1 Introduction to GW-DS300N T h a n k y o u f o r p u r c h a s i n g I E E E 8 0 2 . 11 n Wi r e l e s s P C I B u s Adapter – GW-DS300N. GW-DS300N is backward compatible with 802.11b and 802.11g standards. It uses the powerful MIMO technology which has furth...

1 2 GW-DS300N 1.1 Package Contents A f t e r p u r c h a s i n g G W- D S 3 0 0 N , 8 0 2 . 11 n Wi r e l e s s P C I B u s A d a p t e r, from a reseller or an agency, please open the package and check all the components listed below are included. If there is any item missing, please contact with t...

1 3 Chapter 1 Introduction to GW-DS300N 1.3 Product Functions

2 5 Chapter 2 Basic Installation & Configuration 2 Basic Installation & Configuration Before starting to install the utility, please pay attention to the following statements: 1. If you had installed the wireless PC card driver and utility before, please uninstall the old version first. 2. T...

2 6 GW-DS300N 2.1 How to install the driver and utility Please follow the instructions below to install the driver and utility of GW-DS300N. 1.Insert GW-DS300N into the PCIBus port on your PC. After that, the computer will automatically detect and open the Found New Hardware Wizard , please click “ ...

2 7 Chapter 2 Basic Installation & Configuration 3 . A f t e r c l i c k i n g “ I n s t a l l ” o n t h e f o r m e r p a g e , t h e i n s t a l l a t i o n wizard starts to install the software of GW-DS300N.

2 8 GW-DS300N 4 . S o o n t h e I n s t a l l S h i e l d Wi z a r d f i n i s h e s t h e i n s t a l l a t i o n a n d s h o w s the following page, you can click “ Finish ” on the page to complete the installation. After that the driver and utility are all installed to your computer and the utili...

2 9 Chapter 2 Basic Installation & Configuration 5.When you finish installing the driver and utility on the computer, you can start to use the utility of GW-DS300N to check the connection s t a t u s o f w i r e l e s s c o n n e c t i o n . R i g h t l i c k t h e i c o n o f t h e u t i l i t ...

2 10 GW-DS300N 2.2 How to make a wireless connection If you want to use GW-DS300N to make a wireless network, please follow the steps below: 1. Enter GW-DS300N Utility Ĉ Right click on the utility icon on t h e t a s k b a r, a n d t h e n c h o o s e “ L a u n c h C o n f i g U t i l i t i e s ” t ...

2 11 Chapter 2 Basic Installation & Configuration 2 . S i t e S u r v e y Ĉ A f t e r o p e n i n g t h e u t i l i t y, i t s h o w s t h e f o l l o w i n g window. You can check the information of Access Points which are automatically detected by GW-DS300N and connecting with it. Automatic co...

2 12 GW-DS300N 4. Configuration Ĉ After entering the Add Profile page, you can set the “ Profile Name ” by your own, and configure the rest of the settings.

2 14 GW-DS300N 7. Make a connection Ĉ After click “ Activate ”, if the profile list shows a red check, it means the connection has not succeeded; if the profile list shows a green check, it means the connection has succeed, and you have already add this connection into the profile list. It means tha...

2 15 Chapter 2 Basic Installation & Configuration 8. If you are using Windows XP O.S. and want to check the connection status, you can left click on the “ Wireless Network connection ” icon on the desktop to check current connection status and packets transferring status.

2 16 GW-DS300N 9 . C l i c k “ S u p p o r t ” t a b o n t h e w i r e l e s s n e t w o r k c o n n e c t i o n s t a t u s window and then you can see the IP address of the AP in use. If the connection is abnormal, you can also click “ Repair ” button to make the computer do the IP Release and IP ...

2 17 Chapter 2 Basic Installation & Configuration 2.3 Site Survey The configuration utility is a powerful application that helps you configure GW-DS300N and monitor the link status during the communication process. When you open the utility program, it will scan all the channels to find all the ...

2 19 Chapter 2 Basic Installation & Configuration 2. Open the configuration utility of GW-DS300N, the“ Site Survey ” page displays several settings. The items and the setup instructions are listed below. After opening the utility, the system will scan all the channels to find all the access poin...

2 21 Chapter 2 Basic Installation & Configuration 2.4 Pro À le Click“ Add to Profile ”button on the“ Site Survey ”page, the“ Add Profile ”window will pop up; or you can choose“ Profile ” tab on the homepage of utility, and click“ A d d ”, the“ A d d P ro f i l e ”window will pop up as well. User...

2 23 Chapter 2 Basic Installation & Configuration can select a channel for GW-DS300N. If enabling this mode, the PSM mode will NOT take effect and the Preamble function will be enabled. TX Power Choose the TX (transmission) Power according to t h e r e a l e n v i r o n m e n t . I f y o u w a n...

2 26 GW-DS300N 2.5 Authentication and Security Click“ Authentication and Security ”tab on the“ Add Profile ”page and you can start configuring authentication. Please refer to the following instructions. W E P i s s h o r t f o r Wi r e d E q u i v a l e n t P r i v a c y, a s e c u r i t y p r o t o...

2 31 Chapter 2 Basic Installation & Configuration Show Password If you want to let the system shows the password you set, you can enable this check box. After that, the asterisk(*) will be replaced by the showing the password. OK Click this button and the utility will save the settings and close...

2 37 Chapter 2 Basic Installation & Configuration 2.7 Link Status Click on the“ Link Status ”tab on the homepage of the utility, the page will display a lot of parameters. Items Descriptions Status Here displays the SSID and MAC ID of the network which GW-DS300N is connecting to. Extra Info Here...

2 38 GW-DS300N N o i s e L e v e l H e r e d i s p l a y t h e n o i s e l e v e l i n t h e w i r e l e s s environment. OK C l i c k “ O K ” b u t t o n a n d t h e u t i l i t y w i l l s a v e t h e settings and close the page.

2 39 Chapter 2 Basic Installation & Configuration 2.8 Statistics Click on the“ Statistics ”tab on the homepage of the utility, the page will display the transmitted and received results. Items Descriptions Transmit Statistics Frames Transmitted Frames successfully sent. Frames failed to transmit...

41 3 Chapter 3 Advanced Configuration 3 Advanced Configuration 3.1 Advanced Click on the“ Advanced ”tab on the homepage of the utility, and you can do more detailed settings. Items Descriptions Wireless mode Scroll down the list and you can choose the wireless m o d e : “ 8 0 2 . 11 B / G m i x ” , ...

43 3 Chapter 3 Advanced Configuration especially the adapter is applied to the multimedia application or a voice call, you can enable the this f u n c t i o n . G W- D S 3 0 0 N w i l l f a s t r o a m i n g t o t h e near network when the receive sensitivity (signal strength) is lower to the value ...

47 3 Chapter 3 Advanced Configuration 3.3 WPS Con À guration Use the unique WPS (Wi–Fi Protected Setup) function to cooperate with PCI wireless AP — MZK-W04N and you may complete the setup of wireless configuration and encryption within a simple click on a button. However, this function only works o...

3 48 GW-DS300N 2 . O p e n t h e u t i l i t y o f G W- D S 3 0 0 N . C l i c k t h e b u t t o n o f “ P B C ” and then GW-DS300N will automatically start to make a connection with MZK-W04N and use the same wireless settings and encryption c o n f i g u r a t i o n w i t h i t . I f t h e y s u c c...

49 3 Chapter 3 Advanced Configuration II. Start PIN 1 . O p e n t h e u t i l i t y o f G W- D S 3 0 0 N a n d c l i c k “ W P S C o n f i g u r a t i o n ” tab. Copy the “P in Code ” on the right side of the page.

55 4 Chapter 4 Soft AP Mode 4 Soft AP Mode GW-DS300N also has Soft AP function. The functions included in AP mode are Channel, SSID, MAC access control, WEP encryption, and so on. 4.1 How to use AP mode If you want to use the Soft AP function of GW-DS300N, please follow the steps below to install th...

57 4 Chapter 4 Soft AP Mode Wireless Mode S c r o l l d o w n t h e l i s t t o c h o o s e t h e w i r e l e s s m o d e f o r t h e A P . T h e r e a r e f o u r k i n d s of modes : “802.11 B/G Mixed”, “802.11 B only”, “802.11 G only” and “802.11 B/G/N mix”. The system default is “802.11 B/G/N mi...

63 4 Chapter 4 Soft AP Mode OK Click this button and the utility will save the settings and close the page. Cancel Click“ C a n c e l ”will exit the page and won't save the settings.

65 4 Chapter 4 Soft AP Mode Apply Click“ Apply ”to enable the settings you made on this page. OK Click this button and the utility will save the settings and close the page.

71 4 Chapter 4 Soft AP Mode Frames received with CRC error. Frames dropped due to resource problem. Frames received more than twice. Buttons Reset Counters Click the button to reset counters to zero. OK C l i c k “ O K ” b u t t o n a n d t h e u t i l i t y w i l l s a v e t h e settings and close ...