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Wireless-G PC Card
GWP512 Quick Start Guide
Read this guide thoroughly and follow the installation and operation procedures
carefully to prevent any damage to the unit and/or any of the devices it connects to.
GWP512 package contains:
1 802.11g Wireless-G PC Card
1 Installation & Manual CD
1 Quick Start Guide
1 Warranty/Registration Card
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1. Welcome ® Thank you for choosing IOGEAR to serve your wireless needs. In no time you will be sharing files or surfing the ® Internet wirelessly. We hope you will have as much fun using your IOGEAR Wireless-G PC Card, as we had designing it. ® Rest assured, your IOGEAR Wireless-G PC Card is built rock-solid to ensure maximum up-time for you to stay up-and-running. If for any reason you have a problem, we stand behind our products with an industry-leading 3 ® year factory warranty, so yo
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3. Hardware Diagram When the adapter card is not associated with any wireless network devices, the Power/Tx LED will stay solid green; Rx LED will be off. When both LEDs are blinking green, the adapter card is scanning/connecting to an wireless network. When the adapter card is associated, Power/Tx LED indicates transmitting activity; Rx LED indicates receiving activity. Rx LED Power/Tx LED -2-
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4. Installation Driver Installation If you have connected the notebook adapter to your computer, please remove it first. Step. 1 Insert the Driver and Utility CD into CD Drive. Step. 2 A series of introduction screens will show up. It runs on Macromedia Flash. (If your computer doesn’t have the Flash player installed, please visit www.macromedia.com to download the plug-in.) Step. 3 Next, a Read Me screen will be brought up. Please read it through carefully, then click Next. Step. 4 Click the
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Step. 5 A Main Installation Menu will show. Step. 6 Click the button of IOGEAR GWP512 Driver Installation. When it is completed, an information window will pop up. Please click OK, then it will return to main menu. You can install the Utility Software by following instructions in section 6 Installing the Network Adapter Driver Note: The following procedures are operated in Windows 2000.The steps and screen shots are similar for the other supported OS (such as Win 98SE, ME and XP).
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Step. 2 Select the Search for a suitable driver for my device and click Next. Step.3 Select the Specify a location checkbox. Click Next. Step. 4 Click Browse button, browse to the IOGEAR GWP512\Driver\Win2k directory and click OK. Note: Windows 98SE users, please specify to IOGEAR GWP512\Driver\Win98 directory, Windows ME users, please specify to IOGEAR GWP512\Driver\WinME directory, Windows XP users, please specify to IOGEAR GWP512\Driver\WinXP directory. -5-
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Step. 5 The wizard will display the location of driver. Click on the Next button. Step.6 The Microsoft Digital Signature Not Found dialog box could appear at this point in the installation. A Microsoft digital signature is not required for the driver installation. Click Yes to continue. In Windows XP, please click Continue Anyway. Note: Windows98SE users, you will be asked to provide the Windows98 source files CD, please insert the CD and follow on-screen description to continue the
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Step. 8 After all the necessary drivers are installed, you can find that a PCMCIA adapter icon on the system tray and the Power LED on the adapter showing steady green. Note: Windows 98SE & ME users, you will be asked to restart your computer. Please click Yes to reboot your computer. 5. Verify the Driver Installation Note: The following procedures are operated in Windows 2000. The steps and screens are similar for the other supported O.S. If you want to check w
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Step. 3 After clicking Device Manager…, the following screen will be shown. Click on the + symbol in front of Network adapters and see if an item labeled IOGEAR GWP512 Network Adapter is visible. If you don't see the item below the network adapter icon but a"?" or "!" symbol is displayed, it means that the driver installation was unsuccessful. Highlight IOGEAR GWP512 Network Adapter, right-click mouse button and select Properties. Step.4 Click the General tab, if the Device Status field repor
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Step. 2 The InstallShield Wizard is preparing to install the configuration utility. Click Next. Step. 3 In the Destination Folder screen you are asked to confirm the Destination Folder for the application software. If you would like, you may change the destination folder to another location as the directory. Click Next. Step. 4 Select a program folder and click Next. -9-
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Step. 5 The InstallShield Wizard is installing utility. Step. 6 Click Finish to compete the Utility installation. Step. 7 The InstallShield Wizard continues to install the Odyssey Client for Marvell helps the user to configure WPA function. The Odyssey Client Installation Wizard window appears. Click Next. If the user doesn't want to install the Odyssey for Marvell Utility, he can click Cancel to terminate the installation. -10-
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Step. 8 Click the button of I accept the terms in the license agreement. Click Next. Step. 9 Enter User Name and Organization in the Customer Information window. Click Next. Step.10 Click the button of Complete. Click Next. -11-
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Step. 11 Click Install to install the program. Step. 12 The InstallShield Wizard starts copy files to PC. Step. 13 When installation is complete, the Wizard Completed window appears. Click Finish. -12-
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Step. 14 The Configuration Wizard window appears. Click Next. Then Click Finish to complete the configuration Wizard. Step. 15 The Odyssey Client for Marvell icon resides on the system tray automatically. If the network adapter is plugged into a slot and connects with a wireless network, the Configuration Utility launches automatically and has an icon shows green in the system tray. If it doesn't launch, and you cannot get wireless connection, please see below to launch the Configuration
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Step. 2 The user can now use any of the management functions available in the Configuration Utility. 7.2 Using the zero configuration utility Windows XP provides (Please refer to User's Manual for more details on the configuration utility) Once you have the network adapter properly installed, you will see the network connection icon shown below. Step. 1 Right-click mouse button on the network connection icon resides on the system tray, and click View available Wireless Networks. Step. 2 The fo
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8. Radio and TV Interference 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. However, there is no
