Philips CPWUA054 - Manual

Securing your wireless network As wireless computer networks use radio signals, it is possible for otherwireless network devices outside your immediate area to pick up thewireless signals and either connect to your network or to capture thenetwork traffic.Therefore, you should always enable the Wire...

E N G L I S H 8 Your Wireless USB Adapter 11g 1 Connector to PC For connecting the Wireless USB Adapter 11g to the USB por t of yourPC . USB 2.0 por t required for 54 Mbps. 2 Integrated antenna Built-in antenna for establishing wireless connections. 3 Indicator LED Displays the network status. LED L...

E N G L I S H 9 Chapter 2 - Important information • Please install and connect the product in the order as described in the "How to..." booklet only. This assures best installation results with the leasttechnical hassles. • Please read this manual and the "How to…?" booklet carefully...

E N G L I S H 10 Disclaimer This product is provided by "Philips" "as is'' and without any express orimplied warranty of any kind of warranties, including, but not limited to, theimplied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a par ticular purpose aredisclaimed. In no event shall ...

E N G L I S H 11 FCC compliance This device complies with Par t 15 of the FCC Rules (U.S.A.). Operation issubject to the following two conditions:(1) this device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interferencethat may cause undesi...

E N G L I S H 12 Chapter 3 - Installing the Wireless USB Adapter 11g This chapter will give you information on what you need to do wheninstalling the Wireless USB Adapter 11g. You need to do two things: • Decide in what way you want the Wireless USB Adapter 11g to connect to other wireless network d...

Option 2 Make an Ad-Hoc wireless connection to another wireless network device. – Ad Hoc (also called Peer-to-Peer) - used for small groups of computers that only communicate with each other. Ad Hoc wireless network Ad Hoc wireless network An ad hoc wireless network consists of a group of computers,...

Chapter 4 - Checking and changing settings: CPWUA Monitor After installing the Wireless USB Adapter 11g, you may want to check itssettings or change them. In the following sections we will explain: 4.1 - How to access the settings4.2 - What do the settings mean. Please refer to the "How to..?...

• Configuration - sub-tab Common Network Name – Input a wireless network name for the wireless network to which you want to connect. Alternatively, use the Site Sur veytab to choose from the list of available Network Names. (Default: philips.) Operating Mode – Set the operation mode to Ad Hoc (Peer-...

• Configuration - sub-tab Security First, click the Security ON/OFF button to enable or disable wireless security. Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) and WiFi Protected Access (WPA) are implemented in the adapter to prevent unauthorized access to yourwireless network. The WPA (WiFi Protected Access) imp...

E N G L I S H 19 Key Type – If the Key Type is set to Hex, the security keys are four 10 digit keys for the 64-bit WEP setting and four 26-digit keys for the 128-bit WEP setting.(The hexadecimal digits can be 0~9 & A~F, e.g. D7 0A 9C 7F E5.) – If the Key Type is set to ASCII, the security keys a...

• Link information The Link information tab displays information on the wireless network name (Network Name) to which there is a wireless connection, the signalstrength and link quality, the connection speed, the channel and the numberof transmitted/received (Tx/Rx) fragments. • IP information The I...

• Site Survey Selecting the Site Sur vey tab displays a list of available wireless networkaccess points. Next, click Rescan to update the list. It shows you the following information: • The name of the wireless connection (Network Name, or SSID)• Signal strength and wireless link quality• An icon re...

access your hard drive. If you notice any of these problems on yourcomputer, run your anti-virus program immediately to minimise the chancesof losing data. Do not connect your home network to broadband Internet without takingsecurity measures: If you do not have a wireless base station installed ony...

Chapter 6 - Example of how to secure your wireless network This is an example of how to secure your wireless network using the PhilipsWireless USB Adapter 11g Monitor program. Double-click the CPWUA Monitor icon in the lower right corner of thescreen. Click the ‘Configuration’ tab. Then click the Se...

Select ‘ASCII' as your Key Type.This enables you to enter an encr yption keyin normal text. After ‘Key 1’, enter a code in text and numbers that will be hard to guess. IMPORTANT: – You need to make a difference between upper case and lower case characters. I.e.: "SecretCode" is not the same ...

Chapter 7 - Example of use: how to set-up a computer network? After installing the Philips Wireless USB Adapter 11g and establishing awireless network connection with another wireless network device, you areready to star t using the network for the application you want to use thenetwork for.A popula...

The Wizard Network Setup appears. Click ‘Next’ to continue. Wizard Network Settings 1 Please, carefully read the instructions the Wizard gives you, and adapt your choices to the type of network you want to set-up. Use the Helpfeature within the Wizard if you need more information while using theWiza...

For Windows 98SE and Windows Me See earlier on in this chapter for Windows XP and Windows 2000. Click the Windows Star t button, click "Settings", and click "Control Panel"from the list. Double-click the "Network" icon. E N G L I S H 34

Click the ‘Identification’ tab. 1 Enter a name that is different for each computer.2 Enter the same workgroup name for all computers in the network.3 Enter a description that helps you recognize the computer.4 Click on the ‘Configuration’ tab to continue. E N G L I S H 35

At each computer, you will need anetwork adapter or NetworkInterface Card (NIC) to be able toconnect the computer to thenetwork cable. Examples are: Ethernet cable Ethernet notebook adapter Already built-in ETHERNET At each computer, you will need toinstall a WiFi wireless adapter to beable to conne...

In a network, the computers need to be able to connect to each otherphysically. Therefore, another impor tant network proper ty is how thecomputers connect to each other, either directly or through a central device. ONE-ON-ONE WIREDNETWORK also known as: Direct connection(max. 2 PCs) NOTE: Use a cro...

Central devices, like a hub, switch, router or wireless access point may bestand-alone devices or built into a computer.• A hub has multiple por ts and ser ves as a central connection point for communication lines from all computers on a wired network. It copiesall data arriving at one por t to the ...

Chapter 9 - Technical specifications Radio IEEE 802.11g Radio Technology Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum (DSSS) Antenna Type Built-in antenna Data Rate 1 / 2 / 5.5 / 6 / 9 / 11 /12 / 18 / 24 / 36 / 48 / 54 Mbps Host interface USB specification version 2.0 (max. 54 Mbps) & 1.1 (max. 11 Mbps) Powe...

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