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108Mbps Mach G Notebook Adapter
GN-WM01GT
User’s Manual
www.gigabyte.com.tw
Version 1.0
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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 com
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Contents CHAPTER 1 PRODUCT OVERVIEW...........................................1 1.1. THE WM01GT WIRELESS NOTEBOOK ADAPTER ..........................................................1 1.2. FEATURES .................................................................................................................1 1.3. OPERATING MODES....................................................................................................2 1.4. PACKAGE CONTENTS..............................
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Chapter 1 Product Overview 1.1.The WM01GT Wireless Notebook Adapter The Gigabyte WM01GT Wireless Notebook Adapter with SmartSetup 3 installs quickly, delivering a 54Mbps wireless networking standard that's almost five times faster than the commonly deployed 11Mbps (802.11b) hotspots typically found. The WM01GT is fully 802.11b interoperable, meaning it connects seamlessly to both 11b and 11g wireless traffic, and with its dynamic speed adjustment feature, it will always connect at the
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1.3.Operating Modes The GN-WM01GT Notebook Adapter can operate in the following two basic modes: • Infrastructure Mode: An 802.11 networking framework in which devices and computers communicate with each other by first going through an Access Point (AP). For example, this mode is used when computers in a house connect to an AP that is attached to a router which lets multiple computers share a single Cable or DSL broadband Internet connection. • Ad-Hoc Mode: An 802.11 networking fr
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1.6.System Requirements For trouble free installation and operation, please ensure your Notebook meets the following minimum system requirements: • Notebook with a Pentium® 300 MHz or higher compatible processor with an available PCMCIA slot • CD-ROM drive • 20 Mbytes of free hard disk space 3
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Chapter 2 Installation This chapter covers the installation of the WM01GT Adapter for your Notebook. The following sections will assist you with proper installation of the Notebook Adapter and with using the Client Utility. You should use the setup procedure as described below. 2-1. Installing the Wireless Client Utility A. First, insert your Setup CD-ROM into your Notebook’s CD-ROM drive. The Splash screen (Figure 2-1) will automatically open. If it does not launch, browse to
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Figure 2-2. WM01GT InstallShield Wizard C. If you receive the message; “This Hardware has not Passed Windows Logo Testing” (Figure 2-3) click Continue Anyway. Figure 2-3. Windows Logo Testing D. When InstallShield has finished, click Finished to complete the installation (Figure 2-4). 5
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Figure 2-4. Installation complete E. Now, insert your WM01GT notebook card into your PC. With the label side up, insert your WM01GT Notebook Adapter into the free PCMCIA slot on your notebook PC. F. After fully installing the Wireless Client Utility, the WM01GT Adapter icon and the Client utility icon (shown in the orange circle below) will appear in your system tray (Figure 2-5). Open the Utility by double clicking on it and proceed to Chapter 3 – Using the Wireless Utility.
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Step 1: To begin, select the GIGABYTE Wireless Router from the available networks (figure 2-6). Figure 2-6. SmartSetup 3 Selection Tool Step 2: In the Define Security Key window (Figure 2-7), create a WPA Passphrase using any keyboard character. Make it no less than 8 but no more than 63 characters in length. Anyone wishing to gain access to your network, will first need to key-in this Passphrase. Figure 2-7. WPA Define Passphrase Step 3: Your GIGABYTE Router’s Web Config
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Figure 2-8. ISP Type auto detected Note: If Figure 2-8 does not appear, please type 192.168.1.254 in the address bar of your web browser, and click “Smart Setup” from the main menu which displays. For more information about SmartSetup 3, please see the enclosed Quick Start Guide. Congratulations. You have a secure WPA wireless LAN and Internet Connection. 8
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Chapter 3 Using the Wireless Utility This chapter explains how to use GIGABYTE Wireless Utility to view the client adapter’s status, and transmit and receive configuration settings. The following topics are covered in this chapter: Current Status - Displays the complete operation state of the WM01GT Site Survey - Displays all visible AP’s in the immediate wireless network. Profile Management – Create and modify connection configuration in a “Profile” Diagnostics - Displays d
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Profile Name – Network configuration (Profile) your Adapter is currently using. Creating and modifying a profile is done from the Profile Management Tab. Link Status – Displays the association status of the Adapter to a network. (Not Associated, Associated, Authenticating, Authenticated, Authentication Failed, Authentication Failed Retrying) Wireless Mode – The frequency and rate which your current wireless connection is capable of transmitting or receiving packets. Network Type –
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Data Encryption - The data encryption type that was negotiated with the access point (in infrastructure mode) or another client (in ad hoc mode) upon association. Authentication Type - Specifies whether the client adapter must share the same WEP keys as the access point in order to authenticate or can authenticate to the access point regardless of its WEP settings. Message Integrity Check - Indicates whether your client adapter is using message integrity check (MIC) to protect packe
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or short and long radio headers. Current Link Speed - The rate at which your client adapter is currently transmitting data packets. Channel - The channel that your client adapter is currently using for communications. This field displays Scanning while the client adapter searches for a channel. Frequency - The radio frequency that your client adapter is currently using for communications. This field displays "Scanning" while the client adapter searches for a frequency. Channel
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Channel – The channel upon which the network broadcasts. Wireless Mode – The radio frequency which the network broadcasts. 3.3. Profile Management Tab Every session runs under a Profile – even if it is the ‘default’ Profile. The Profile Management Tab displays your current wireless connection profile, and its details. You may add as many wireless profiles as you wish, by clicking New. You may even import and export your profile as a configuration file. This is handy if the lapt
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Order Profiles – Arranges the profiles in a list according to an order which is convenient to you. Radio - Toggle on or off the WP01GT wireless radio receiver. Clicking Modify from the Profile Management Tab will present the Profile Management Dialogs. There are three tabs here: General, Security, and Advanced Tab. 3.3.1 General Tab Figure 3-5. Profile Management > General Tab Profile Name – A user defined, free form name for the new profile. Client Name – The Desktop P
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3.3.2 Security Tab The wireless security sub tab offers you the method of security (if any) you may select. Select WPA/WPA2, WPA/WPA2-Passphrase, 802.1x, Pre Shared WEP, or None. WPA/WPA2 is a security standard stronger than WEP encryption, and 802.1x is the RADIUS authentication service. The default setting is None. Figure 3-5. Profile Management > Security Tab Set Security Method – WPA/WPA2 – Wi-Fi Protected Access - Choosing WPA opens the WPA/WPA2 EAP drop-down menu. The opti
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Uncheck the Allow Association to Mixed Cells check box if the access point to which the client adapter is to associate (or the VLAN to which the client will be assigned) does not have WEP set to Optional. This is the default setting. None – no security is set. (Default setting) Select the type of security encryption (WPA/WPA2, WPA/WPA2-Passphrase, WEP or RADIUS 802.1X) from the radio buttons, and click Configure. Depending on the security selected, the following Configure Security Scre
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Figure 3-6. Enter WPA Passphrase Using LEAP Before you can enable LEAP authentication, your network access point must be configured for LEAP authentication. Perform one of the following from the Security Tab: If you want to enable LEAP without WPA/WPA2, choose 802.1x under Set Security Options and LEAP in the 802.1x EAP Type drop-down box. If you want to enable LEAP with WPA/WPA2, choose WPA/WPA2 under Set Security Options and LEAP in the WPA/WPA2 EAP Type drop-down bo
