User manual PANASONIC KX-HGC200

[. . . ] 11Mbps Wireless LAN PC Card Operating Instructions Model No. KX-HGC200 PLEASE READ BEFORE USE AND SAVE. Panasonic World Wide Web Address: http://www. panasonic. com for customers in the USA or Puerto Rico Pa n KX- as HG on C20 ic READY 0 LIN K Pan aso nic Before Initial Use Thank you for purchasing the Panasonic 11 Mbps Wireless LAN PC Card. Attach your purchase receipt here. For your future reference Serial No. (found on the rear side of the unit) Date of purchase Name and address of dealer FOR OPERATION ASSISTANCE: ­Call 1-800-272-7033 ­Refer to the Panasonic world wide web site http://www. panasonic. com Microsoft, Windows and Netmeeting are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. Ethernet is a registered trademark of Xerox Corporation. WhitecapTM is a trademark of ShareWaveTM, Inc. [. . . ] After the software has been installed, the Network Manager icon is located in the taskbar and shortcut leading to it is located on your desktop. 54 for more details about the Network Manager software. Shortcut to the Network Manager Network Manager icon in the taskbar (See below. ) Icon Status The KX-HGC200 has not been inserted into the PC card slot or the KX-HGC200 has not been correctly recognized by a computer. The KX-HGC200 has been inserted into the PC card slot and is successfully recognized by a computer. For assistance, please call: 1-800-272-7033 41 " Installing the KX-HGC200 to a Computer Confirming the KX-HGC200 setup 1 Right-click the My Computer icon on your desktop and click Properties. 2 Click the Device Manager tab. 3 Click the plus sign next to the Network adapters. 42 4 Select Panasonic 11Mbps Wireless LAN PC Card and click [Properties]. Installation 5 Confirm that "This device is working properly. " is shown in the Device status field and click [OK]. If "This device is working properly. " is not shown, re-install the KX-HGC200 device driver after uninstalling the existing device driver. 27. For assistance, please call: 1-800-272-7033 43 Setting up Your Computer Confirming the network protocols After the device driver and the Host Network Manager have been installed to a wireless computer, setup of the network protocols is necessary to each wireless computer. 1 2 From the Start menu, point to Settings, then click Control Panel. Double-click the Network icon. If you are using Windows Me and can not find the Network icon, click view all Control Panel options to show the Network icon. 3 Make sure the following protocols are on the The following network components are installed list. NetBEUI->Panasonic 11Mbps Wireless LAN PC Card TCP/IP->Panasonic 11Mbps Wireless LAN PC Card If the protocols does not appear, install them to your computer first, referring to the manual of your computer or Windows. 44 " 4 Select Panasonic 11Mbps Wireless LAN PC Card and click [Properties]. Installation 5 Click the Bindings tab. 6 Make sure the following protocols are checked and click [OK]. NetBEUI->Panasonic 11Mbps Wireless LAN PC Card TCP/IP->Panasonic 11Mbps Wireless LAN PC Card ShareWave WhiteCap Protocol->Panasonic 11Mbps Wireless LAN PC Card If the protocols does not appear, install them to your computer first, referring to the manual of your computer or Windows. For assistance, please call: 1-800-272-7033 45 " Setting up Your Computer Setting an IP address To communicate on a wireless network, setup of an IP address is necessary to each wireless computer. Actual steps for IP addressing differ depending on if you plan to add the Broadband Networking Gateway to your wireless network or not. IP addressing steps for networking with the Broadband Networking Gateway The steps below are for connecting a wireless computer to the Broadband Networking Gateway. As the default setting of the Broadband Networking Gateway, it uses the DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server function to address all the nodes in the network, including wireless computers. If you are using the DHCP server function of the Broadband Networking Gateway, IP addressing for each computer is automatic. However, if you have customized and disabled the DHCP server function of the Broadband Networking Gateway, setup of the IP address and related parameters is necessary to the wireless computer. 1 2 From the Start menu on a wireless computer, point to Settings, then click Control Panel. Double-click the Network icon. If you are using Windows Me and can not find the Network icon, click view all Control Panel options to show the Network icon. 46 " 3 Select TCP/IP->Panasonic 11Mbps Wireless LAN PC Card and click [Properties]. Installation 4 If the DHCP server function of the Broadband Networking Gateway is being used, click the IP Address tab and select Obtain an IP address automatically and click [OK]. Unless the DHCP server function of the Broadband Networking Gateway is being used, refer to its Operating Instructions and specify the IP address and other related parameters in the same manner that the other wired computers in your home network have been set up. For assistance, please call: 1-800-272-7033 47 " Setting up Your Computer 5 Click [OK]. 6 Click [Yes] to restart the computer. The computer restarts. While a computer is restarting, mind below notification. If the KX-HGC200 has been installed to a computer, restarting may take about a few minutes. To prevent a device from being damaged or broken, never turn off a computer while restarting. The network protocol has been set up and now that all the installation steps for using the KX-HGC200 have been completed. To maintain your wireless network, the Network Manager software is available . 54. 48 " IP addressing steps for creating a network that consists only of wireless computers For setting up a computer to network with the other wireless computers, setup of the IP address and Subnet mask is necessary. Follow the steps below and set up the parameters. 1 2 3 From the Start menu on a wireless computer, point to Settings, then click Control Panel. Double-click the Network icon. If you are using Windows Me and can not find the Network icon, click view all Control Panel options to show the Network icon. Installation 49 Select TCP/IP->Panasonic 11Mbps Wireless LAN PC Card and click [Properties]. For assistance, please call: 1-800-272-7033 " Setting up Your Computer 4 Click the IP Address tab and select Specify an IP address. 5 Enter the IP address and subnet mask (See below. ) in each data field. About the IP address and subnet mask The IP address and subnet mask should be entered as dot notation (xxx. xxx. xxx. xxx). Be sure to specify a different IP address value for all the wireless nodes. The recommended extent of the IP address is 192. 168. 0. 101 to 192. 168. 0. 200. Be sure to specify the same subnet mask value for all the wireless nodes. The recommended parameter for the subnet mask is 255. 255. 255. 0. 6 Click [OK]. 50 7 Click [OK]. Installation 8 Click [Yes] to restart the computer. The computer restarts. While a computer is restarting, mind below notification. [. . . ] . 13, 17 Broadband Networking Gateway firmware . . 10, 18, 73 Channel Number pull-down menu . . 7, 29, 31, 34, 37 Device management Dialog . . 25, 42 DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) . 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