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User’s Manual
Wireless LAN USB Adapter
Model No.: SP907BB
Website:http://www.micronet.info
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Content 1. Introduction....................................................................................................................................2 1.1. Package Contents........................................................................................................2 1.2. Appearance..................................................................................................................2 1.3. System Requirements.........................................................
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1. Introduction Thank you for using Micronet SP907BB. This installation guide will help you install SP907BB and connect to the Internet quick & easy. 1.1. Package Contents 1. Micronet SP907BB Wireless LAN USB Adapter 2. Quick Installation Guide 3. Manual & Driver CD Disc 4. USB cable 1.2. Appearance High performance antenna 90˚ LED Indicator: Green: Connected Blinking: Not connected 1.3. Syst
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WIRELESS Ad-Hoc Test L oad Li O nn O e Batn tery Sm Boos at r t B R ep ata lterc yeBa ttery iMac INFRASTRUCTURE Infrastructure mode Ad-Hoc mode Ad-Hoc mode is a Peer-to-Peer mode. Without an AP, computers can also Ad-Hoc Mode connect to each other by SP907BB. With this mode, computers are able to share data or connect to the Internet if one of them is already connected to. Infrastructure Infrastructure mode including an A
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2. Installation Note: The screens showed below are from Windows 2000. For other Windows system, the steps are the same, but the screens shown will be a little different. 1. After plugging SP907BB into your PC, it will automatically find and alert a New USB Device. Click “Next” to continue. 2. You’ll see the following screen. Please choose the default item (with “Recommended”) and click “Next”. 3. Please choose “CD ROM”, and insert
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4. Your PC will recognize the device of “USB Wireless LAN Card”, and click “Next” to install driver. 5. Finally, click the “Finish” to leave this dialogue window. 6. After installation, please check whether the installation is success. Start →Setting →Control Panel Double click “System” →click “Hardware” →Device manager →Network Adapters. If the install is success, it should include “USB Wireless Lan CARD” item. 5
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3. Software Installation 1. Insert the “Manual & Driver CD-ROM” into the CD-ROM driver of your PC, and you’ll see the software installation window as shown below. 2. Click “Setup Driver & Utility”, and choose the “default” item through the installation process. 3. After successful installation, you’ll see the new icon appear in the icon tray. 4. The software will automatically search for available
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3.1. Software Utility 1. Click the icon and the software utility window shows up. 2. Status window allows you to change Operation Mode, Channel, SSID, Tx Rate, Int Romaing, and Radio. It also shows the connecting signal and quality for you to adjust related infrastructures and configurations. 3. Statistics window: It shows the real time transmitting and receiving status. 4. Site Survey window: Click “Scan” to search all available WLAN devices and their status in 7
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current environment. Double click the device you want to connect. 5. Encryption window: SP907BB is able to provide 64/128Bit encryption. 6. Advanced window: It provides you to adjust PREAMBLE, Fragmentation Threshold, RTS/CTS 8
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Threshold, and Power Save function. 7. Profiles window: It provides customers to change settings and save them in the configuration file. 9
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8. Info window: It shows the latest software version and MAC address. 10
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4. Ad-Hoc (Peer to Peer) Mode Setup 4.1. Application 1：Access the Internet without an AP With existing Internet connection, another computer can access the Internet by using Peer to Peer mode of SP907BB. Internet WWW ADSL/Cable 局端設備 Existing Internet 現有上網環境 (Adsl / Cable) connection Ethernet card 1 Computer 1 網路卡一 電腦一 USB Wireless Lan Card 無線網卡 Microsoft Platform Linux Platform Mac Platform Computer 2 11
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Setup Steps 1. Check the current environment and install WLAN cards i. Check whether “computer 1” connects to the Internet. ii. Install USB Wireless Lan Card in “computer 1”, and “computer 2”. 2. “Computer 1” Setup i. Click “Start” (1) -> Settings (2) -> Click Network and Dial-up Connections (3) 2 3 1 ii. Under Network and Dial-up Connections, there are two Connection icons; one is the original Ethernet card, another is the new SP907BB. 12
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iii. Check the status of the Connection icon. Click the Connection icon, and you can see the device name and status under Network Connections. The name of this WLAN CARD is “USB Wireless LAN Card”, and another one is the original connected device, “Ethernet card 1”. PS: (If you have more than 2 connecting devices, please un-plug the Ethernet line and the disappear Connection icon is the original connected device.) iv. Double click the original connected device, and enter into the foll
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vi. Double click the WLAN icon in Icon Tray, and enter into the “Software and Utility window”. Software and Utility window: 2 1 3 4 vii. Change to the “Ad-Hoc” mode 1. Under “Monitor window”, click “Change” (1) to modify the Operation Mode to “Ad-hoc” mode (2). 2. Change the SSID name to “ANY” (3), and then click “Submit” (4) to save this change. After setting, this WLAN card could be the Gateway for other WLAN devices. 3. Reset your computer. 3. “Computer 2” Setup
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1 Check whether the Setup is success Computer 1: 1. Enter into DOS MODE, and type “IPCONFIG”. (Start -> Run -> Type cmd or command) (in Windows 98/me OS System) 15
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2. Check whether the IP address is 192.168.0.1, and the Subnet Mask is 255.255.255.0 (as shown above) Computer 2: 1. IP address does not need to setup. The DEFAULT GATEWAY is 192.168.0.1. 2. Please follow the steps of “computer 1” to check whether the IP address is 192.168.0.1 4.2. Application 2：Data sharing between computers When user does not want to have Ethernet line or want to share resources (including data and printers), using WLAN is the lowest cost solution! Computer 2
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5. Appendix 1. Operation Mode: SP9007BB has two modes, ‘Infrastructure’ and ‘Ad-Hoc’. The default setting is “Infrastructure”. (Please refer to the Product Introduction) 2. Channel: The channel setting should follow the regulation of the local government. For ‘Infrastructure’ mode, the channel does not need to be set. It will automatically change to the same channel as AP’s. In ‘Ad-Hoc’ mode, users can change the channel to match the connected computer. 3. SSID: When SP907BB is in Ad-Ho
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10. Fragmentation Threshold: This configuration determines whether needs to fragment the Frame during transmit. When fragment, if the transmit fell, computer only resent the fail frame instead of the whole file again. When the frequency band used is not clear, i.e. The S/N ratio is low, transmit is easier to fail. Under this situation, fragmentation is a good way to increase efficiency. 11. RTS/CTS: When frame smaller than the RTS Threshold value, the SP907BB will automatically transmit t
