Billion BIPAC 3013G User manual

BiPAC 3013G
54Mbps 802.11g Wireless USB
Adapter
User Manual

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FCC Certifications
Federal Communication Commission Interference Statement
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 the equipment off and
on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one of the
following measures:
-Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
-Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.
-Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that
to which the receiver is connected.
-Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.
This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the
following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference,
and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including
interference that may cause undesired operation.
FCC Caution: Any changes or modifications not expressly approved by the
party responsible for compliance could void the user's authority to operate this
equipment.
IMPORTANT NOTE:
FCC Radiation Exposure Statement:
This equipment complies with FCC radiation exposure limits set forth for an
uncontrolled environment. This equipment should be installed and operated
with minimum distance 20cm between the radiator & your body.
This transmitter must not be co-located or operating in conjunction with any
other antenna or transmitter.
IEEE 802.11b or 802.11g operation of this product in the U.S.A. is
firmware-limited to channels 1 through 11.

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CE Mark Warning
This equipment complies with the requirements relating to electromagnetic
compatibility, EN 55022 Class B for ITE, the essential protection requirement
of Council Directive 89/336/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the
Member States relating to electromagnetic compatibility.
Company has an on-going policy of upgrading its products and it may be
possible that information in this document is not up-to-date. Please check with
your local distributors for the latest information. No part of this document can
be copied or reproduced in any form without written consent from the
company.
Trademarks:
All trade names and trademarks are the properties of their respective
companies.
Copyright © 2006, All Rights Reserved.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
OVERVIEW.................................................... 4
U NPACKING INFORMATION ....................................................... 4
I NTRODUCTION TO THE B I PAC 3013G 54M BPS 802.11 G W IRELESS
USB A DAPTER ....................................................................... 4
Ke Features .....................................................................................5
INSTALLATION GUIDE .................................. 6
S OFTWARE I NSTALLATION ........................................................ 6
MANAGEMENT GUIDE ................................. 11
M AKING A B ASIC N ETWORK C ONNECTION .................................. 11
Before You Start ..............................................................................11
Ad-Hoc Mode .................................................................................. 11
Infrastructure mode ........................................................................ 13
I NTRODUCTION TO THE W IRELESS LAN U TILITY ......................... 15
Starting the Wireless LAN Utilit .....................................................15
General............................................................................................ 16
Profile.............................................................................................. 17
Available Network ...........................................................................18
Advanced.........................................................................................19
Status .............................................................................................. 20
Statistics .........................................................................................21
APPENDIX .................................................. 23
RT-S ET S ETUP W IZARD ......................................................... 23
Connect to a wireless network in infrastructure mode ....................23
Connect to a wireless network in ad hoc mode................................26
Use this adapter as an AP ................................................................29
AP MODE MANAGEMENT GUIDE ................................................ 32
General............................................................................................ 32
Advanced.........................................................................................33
Statistics .........................................................................................33
SoftAP .............................................................................................34
PRODUCT SPECIFICATION .......................... 35

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Overview
Thank you for purchasing this product. ead this chapter to know
about your BiPAC 3013G 54Mbps 802.11g Wireless USB Adapter.
Unpacking information
Before getting started, please verify that your package includes the follo ing items:
BiPAC 3103G 54Mbps 802.11g Wireless USB Adapter
One Driver / Quick Start Guide / User Manual CD
Introduction to the BiPAC 3013G 54Mbps 802.11g
Wireless USB Adapter
The IEEE 802.11g Wireless USB adapter provides users to launch IEEE 802.11g
ireless net ork at 54 Mbps in the 2.4GHz frequency, hich is also compatible ith
IEEE 802.11b ireless devices at 11Mbps. You can configure this adapter ith
ad-hoc mode to connect to other 2.4GHz ireless computers or ith Infrastructure
mode to connect to a ireless AP or router for accessing to Internet. This adapter
includes a convenient Utility for scanning available net orks and saving preferred
net orks that users usually connected ith. Security encryption can also be
configured by this utility.

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Key Features
 Complies ith IEEE 802.11b/g ireless
standard
 Support driver for Windo s2000, XP
32/64 bit and Vista 32/64 bit
 Complies ith Universal Serial Bus Rev.
1.0, 1.1 and 2.0 specifications.
 Supports auto-installation and diagnostic
utilities.
 High Speed transfer data rate up to 54
Mbps
 Support ireless data encryption ith
64/128-bit WEP, WPA (TKIP ith IEEE
802.1x) and AES functions.
 Support turbo mode for 72 Mbps data
rate

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Installation Guide
Software Installation
Note: The follo ing driver installation guide uses Windo s XP as the presumed
operation system. The procedures and screens in Windo s2000 and Vista are
familiar ith Windo s XP.
Insert the CD-Rom that came ith this product to your CD-Rom drive. The menu
indo pops up automatically. Please click the “Wireless-G USB Driver” button of
this product.
Note: If the CD-Rom fails to auto-run, please click on “M Computer” our
CD-Rom Drive then double-click the “Setup” icon to start the this menu.

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1. The language-selecting indo pops up. Please select the language you use
and click OK.
2. The elcome indo pops up. Click the “Next” button to proceed.
3. Please ait hile installation.

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4. Click the “Finish” button to complete driver and utility installation.
5. For Windo s XP and 2000 users, please insert this USB ireless adapter to your
computer.
6. The “Found New Hardware Wizard“ pops up.

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7. Select “No, not this time” and click the “Next” button.
8. Select “Install the software automaticall ” and then click the “Next”
button.

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9. Click the “Finish” button to complete installation.

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Management Guide
ead this chapter to understand the management interface of the
device and how to manage the device.
Making a Basic Network Connection
Before You Start
In the follo ing instruction for making a net ork connection, e use the utility e
provided to configure your ireless net ork settings.
Note: For Windo s XP users that ant to configure your ireless net ork using this
Utility, please perform the follo ing procedures to disable your native Windo s XP
ireless support (Wireless Zero Configuration Service)
1. Double click the icon on your desktop to start the utility.
2. Make sure that the “Windows Zero Config” checkbox is unchecked.
Ad-Hoc Mode
An Ad-Hoc mode ireless net ork connects t o computers directly ithout the use
of a router or AP. It is also kno as a peer-to-peer net ork. For example, e can
install this ireless adapter to t o computers respectively. The communication
bet een the t o computers is an Ad-Hoc mode net ork.

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To use this adapter in Ad-Hoc Mode
1. Double click the icon on your desktop.
2. Click the “Available Network” button to scan available ireless net ork
adapters. Double click on the net ork adapter that you are going to connect to.
3. Click the OK button to confirm that you are connecting to an open ireless
net ork.
4. Click OK to add this net ork into the profile list.
Note: This example is an open ireless net ork. If you are going to connect to a
Wireless adapter ith security protection, you ill have to configure the encryption
settings in this profile to be corresponding to the other ireless adapter. Please click

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on the “Network Authentication” drop list to select an authentication method,
and then select a “Data encr ption” type. Fill in each required blanks and click
“OK”.
Infrastructure mode
An Infrastructure Mode net ork contains at least one ireless client and one
ireless AP or router. This client connects to Internet or intranet by communicating
ith this ireless AP.

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To use this adapter in Infrastructure Mode:
1. Double click the icon on your desktop.
2. Click the “Available Network” button to scan available access points. Double
click on the AP that you are going to connect to.
3. Click the OK button to confirm that you are connecting to an open ireless
net ork.
4. Click OK to add this net ork into the profile list.

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Note:
This example is an open ireless net ork. If you are going to connect to an AP ith
security protection, you ill have to configure the encryption settings in this profile
to be corresponding to your AP. Please click on the “Network Authentication”
drop list to select an authentication method, and then select a “Data encr ption”
type. Fill in each required blanks and click “OK”.
Tip: Windo s XP and Windo s 2000 users is also allo ed to connect to your
ireless net ork ith the “RT-Set” setup izard. Please refer to “Appendix” for
more information.
Introduction to the Wireless LAN Utility
Note: This management instruction uses Windo s XP as the presumed operation
system.
Starting the Wireless LAN Utility
Double click the shortcut on your desktop. The Wireless LAN Utility pops up.
You may click on the tabs above to configure this adapter. The checkboxes belo
provide the follo ing functions:
Show Tra Icon
Check this checkbox to sho the utility icon on your
system tray, hich is in the notification area at the
lo er-
right corner of the indo s desktop. You may
also uncheck it to remove the utility icon from system
tray.
Windows Zero Config
Uncheck this checkbox to use
native Windo s XP
ireless support (Wir
eless Zero Configuration Service)
instead of using this utility to configure your ireless
net ork.
Radio Off
Check this checkbox to prevent this adapter form
transmitting or receiving signals. Uncheck it to
communicate.
Disable Adapter
Check this checkbox
to disable this ireless adapter.
Uncheck it to enable this adapter again.

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General
After starting the utility, the general page pops up This General tab provides the
information of your current ireless net ork connection. You may click the Renew
button to refresh those listed information.
Status:
Check if the device associated to target net ork.
Speed:
The current connection speed
T pe:
Infrastructure mode or Ad-Hoc mode.
Encr ption:
The performing encryption mode for connecting to current
net ork profile.
SSID:
The SSID (net ork name) of the connected ireless net ork.
Signal Strength:
Indicates the signal strength detected by this adapter.
Network Address:
Sho s the current IP addresses settings for this adapter.

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Profile
The Profile tab lists the preferred connections. You can click the buttons beside to
do configure each connection.
Add Click this button to add a connection profile for this adapter.
Remove To remove a connection profile, click this profile on the
profile
list and click this button to delete it.
Edit
To modify the configurations for a profile, click this profile on
the profile list and click this button to edit.
Duplicate
To make a copy of a profile, click the profile that going to be
copied, and click this button to copy it.
Set Default
To select a profile as your default ireless connection, click this
profile on the list and click this button. You may also double click
on each profile to select it as your default ireless connection.

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Available Network
This available tab lists the reachable ireless net ork of this adapter.
Refresh
Click this button to rescan available net orks around the
adapter.
Add to Profile
To add an available Net ork to your profile list, select an
available net ork and click this button to add.

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Advanced
This Advanced tab provides advanced configurations to this adapter. Every
modification in this tab ill be performed after clicking the Appl button.
To restore the default settings of the advanced tab, click the Set defaults button to
perform restoring.
Power Save
None Disable Po er saving function.
Min Minimum po er consumption
Max Maximum po er consumption
Turbo Mode
OFF Disable turbo mode
ON Enable turbo mode
AUTO Enable or disable turbo automatically a
ccording to the detected
environment
Fragment Threshold
The maximum size of a packet that is going
to be segmented and transmitted.
Select the size from 256 to 2432(default) bytes.
RTS Threshold
Select the RTS Threshold form 0 to 2432(default)
Wireless Mode
802.11g/b Connect to a 802.11g/b net ork (2.4GHz/54Mbps)
802.11b Connect to a 802.11b net ork (2.4GHz/11Mbps)