User manual KANGURU WIRELESS LAN

[. . . ] KanguruWireless LAN USER'S GUIDE Copyright 2003, All Rights Reserved. This manual applies to 1. 1. 4 or later versions of the KanguruWireless LAN -1- KanguruWireless LAN Please be aware of the following points before using the KanguruWireless LAN adapter. Copyright© 2003, Kanguru Solutions. DOS®, Windows 95®, Windows 98®, Windows NT®, Windows 2000®, Windows ME®, and Windows XP® are registered trademarks of Microsoft Inc. Apple® and Macintosh® are registered trademarks of Apple Computer Inc. [. . . ] To install to the default folder as shown below, click "Next" to go the next screen. 4. During the installation, Driver and Utility files will be copied to your system directory. 5. Select "No" and then Click "Finish" to complete the installation (you must to select "Yes" for Windows 98 and Me). -8- KanguruWireless LAN 6. The WLAN Manager Shortcut will appear on your desktop. By clicking on this icon, you can run the Utility program to configure your connection. You will also find "WLAN Manager" at Start\Programs\Startup Menu as shown below. 7. After clicking on the shortcut, an inverse red pyramid-like icon will appear in the bottom right corner of your screen. Right click the icon and select Open, and the WLAN Utility will open. -9- KanguruWireless LAN WLAN Utility Introduction The KanguruWireless LAN adapter has its own management software. Users can control all of the functions provided by the application named WLAN Utility. The Utility icon will appear on the taskbar by double clicking the WLAN Utility shortcut on your desktop. Please Note: Three colors are used to describe the status of the connection: · Green indicates an excellent connection. · Yellow indicates a poor connection. · Red indicates a dead connection. WLAN Utility contains five major functions, each described below: 1. Status: provides the information of the current wireless connection. Profile: allows users to easily configure different settings for each user. Survey: supports the site survey tool to list the active access points that are within range of your KanguruWireless LAN adapter. Statistics: provides statistical counters of data transmission and reception. About: provides information about the firmware and software, Mac address, etc. - 10 - KanguruWireless LAN CHAPTER 3 Configuration Opening the WLAN Utility Software The KanguruWireless LAN adapter uses a program called "WLAN Utility" to configure the adapter to work with a wireless network. To open the program, simply double click the icon located in your taskbar. The program has five sections, each described in detail below. Status The Status tab provides information on the current profile, if any, being used in the wireless connection. [. . . ] 26 digit hexadecimal values in the range of "a-f", "A-F" and "0-9". Create Key with Pass-phrase: A pass-phrase can be entered which is used as a "seed" to randomly generate the four keys. This saves a considerable amount of time since the same keys must be entered into each node on the wireless network. · Once you have created the keys either manually or with a pass-phrase, you can then select the Key to use for the encryption. - 15 - KanguruWireless LAN Survey The Survey section supports the powerful Site-Survey tool to identify all active wireless devices in the radio range. This will display all of the significant information about the devices connected to your wireless network. Statistics The Statistics section is used to monitor TX and RX traffic on the wireless network. [. . . ]