Abocom WB2000 Original operating instructions

M73-APO01-500
802.11b Wireless
CardBus PC Card
Quick Installation

REGULATORY STATEMENTS
FCC Certification
The United States Federal Communication Commission (FCC)
and the Canadian Department of Communications have
established certain rules governing the use of electronic
equipment.
Part15, Class B
This device complies with Part 15 of FCC rules. Operation is
subject to the following two conditions:
1) This device may not cause harmful interface, and
2) This device must accept any interface received, including
interface that may cause undesired operation. 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
guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular
installation. If this equipment does cause harmful
interference to radio or television reception, which can be
determined by turning off and on, the user is encouraged to
try to correct the interference by one or more of the
following measures:
 Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
 Increase the distance between the equipment and receiver.
 Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different
from that to which the receiver is connected.
CAUTION:
1) To comply with FCC RF exposure compliance
requirements, a separation distance of at least 20 cm must
be maintained between the antenna of this device and all
persons.
2) This transmitter must not be co-located or operating in
conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter.

Installing the Utility
Precaution:Installing the Adapter's utility
before installing the device is highly
recommended for saving your time.
Precaution for Windows XP users:
There are two options for you to choose:
cFollow below instructions to install the utility.
dSkip this section. Go to Installing the
Device – Manually - In Windows XP section
to install the device, and then you can use the
built-in utility in Windows XP.
1. Insert the Setup Utility CD-ROM into the
CD-ROM drive and double click on
Setup.exe to install the Wireless LAN
Utility.
2. When the Welcome screen appears, click
Next to continue.
3. The Choose Destination Location screen
will show you the default destination chosen
by the utility. Click Next to continue.
4. Follow the instruction to select the program
folder. Click Next to continue.
5. In Start Copying Files, click Next to
continue.
6. In Setup Status, the InstallShield Wizard
will begin copying the files.
7. Click Finish.
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Installing the Device
Automatically
If the Application setup in Installing the
Utility section has been completed, follow
below steps to install the device.
1. Locate the CardBus slot of your system.
2. Align the Wireless PC Card toward the
CardBus slot. Push evenly and steadily until
it is seated.
After the device has been connected to your
computer, Windows will detect the new hardware
and then automatically copy all of the files
needed for networking.
For Windows 98 users: As you perform the
installation, have your system operating
CD-ROM at hand. You may be asked to insert
the OS CD-ROM for the system to download a
specific driver.
For Windows 2000 users: When Digital
Signature Not Found screen appears, click
Yes to continue.
For Windows XP users:
1. Select Install the software automatically
(Recommeded) and click Next.
2. Click Continue Anyway.
3. Click Finish to complete the installation.

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Manually
If you want to install the device before
installing the utility, please follow below
sections.
1. Locate the CardBus slot of your system.
2. Align the Wireless PC Card toward the
CardBus slot. Push evenly and steadily until
it is seated.
After the device has been connected to your
computer, Windows will detect the new hardware
automatically.
In Windows 98
1. In Add New Hardware Wizard, click Next.
2. Select Search for the best driver for your
device (Recommended). Click Next.
3. Insert the device driver CD-ROM into the
CD-ROM drive. Select CD-ROM and
Specify a location: and click Browse to
provide the appropriate path (e.g.
D:\Win9xMe). Click Next.
4. Click Next, Windows will copy all the
necessary files to your system.
5. Insert Windows 98 CD-ROM, and then click
OK.
6. Click Finish to complete the installation.
7. When Windows prompts you to restart your
computer, click Yes.

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In Windows ME
1. Select Specify the location of the driver
(Advanced), click Next.
2. Insert the device driver CD-ROM into the
CD-ROM drive. Select Search for the best
driver for your device (Recommended)
and click Browse to provide the appropriate
path (e.g. D:\Win9xMe). Click Next.
3. Click Next, Windows will copy all the
necessary files to your system.
4. Click Finish to complete the installation.
5. When Windows prompts you to restart your
computer, click Yes.
In Windows 2000
1. In Found New Hardware Wizard, click
Next.
2. In Install Hardware Device Drivers, select
Search for a suitable driver for my device
(recommended), click Next.
3. Insert the device driver CD-ROM into the
CD-ROM drive. Select CD-ROM drivers
and Specify a location, click Next.
4. Click Browse to provide the appropriate path
(e.g. D:\Win2kXP). Click OK.
5. Click Next, Windows will copy all the
necessary files to your system.
6. In Digital Signature Not Found window,
click Yes to continue.
7. Click Finish to complete the installation.
8. Restart your computer.

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In Windows XP
1. Once the device is well connected to your
computer, Windows XP will automatically
detect the new device. Select Install from a
list or specific location (Advanced) and
click Next.
2. Insert the device driver CD-ROM into the
CD-ROM drive. Select Include this location
in the search: and click Browse to provide
the appropriate path (e.g. D:\Win2kXP).
Click Next.
3. Click Continue Anyway to proceed.
Windows will copy all the necessary files to
your system.
4. Click Finish to complete the installation.
Configuration Utility
After installing the Wireless PC Card’s driver
successfully, the Network Status icon will
appear in the task bar. You can open it by
double-clicking on this icon.
Note: Except for the following configuration
utility, using Windows to configure the
wireless network settings in the Windows XP is
recommended. (Please skip to the
Configuration for Windows XP section)

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Network Status Icon
The Status Icon
Icon Link Status
Access Point mode. (Green)
Peer-to-Peer mode. (White)
No connection. (Red)
Link Info
The Link Info tab will display the current status
of the Wireless Network Adapter.

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Item Description
Status It displays the information about the
status of the communication (the
BSSID of the Access Point to which
the card is associated).
SSID The SSID is the unique name shared
among all points in your wireless
network. The name must be identical
for all devices and points attempting
to connect to the same network.
It shows the current SSID setting of
the Wireless Network Adapter.
Tx Rate It shows the current transfer rate. (1,
2, 5.5, or 11Mbps or Auto)
Channel It shows the selected channel that is
currently used. (There are 14
channels available, depends on the
country.)
Link Quality It displays the link quality of the
connection between the Wireless
Network Adapter and the Access
Point it connects.
Signal
Strength
It displays the signal strength of the
connection between the Wireless
Network Adapter and the Access
Point it connects.
Data Rate It displays the current transmitting
and receiving rate.
Configuration
You can change advanced configuration settings,
such as the SSID, Operation Mode, Tx Rate
and Preamble Type.

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Item Description
SSID SSID is the unique name shared among
all points in your wireless network. It
must be identical for all points in the
network. It is case-sensitive and must
not exceed 32 characters. Make sure
that all points in the network are set the
same.
Operating
Mode
It displays the current operating mode.
(Access Point or Peer-to -Peer).
Channel Select the appropriate channel from the
list provided to correspond with your
network settings. All devices in the
wireless LAN must be configured to
share the same radio channel in order to
work correctly. (There are 14 channels
available, depends on the country.)
Tx Rate Select (1, 2, 5.5, or 11Mbps or Auto)
from the pull-down list to change the
current transfer rate
Preamble A preamble is a signal used in wireless
environment to synchronize the
transmitting timing including
Synchronization and Start frame
delimiter. (Note: Please check the
setting of AP first.)