IOGear GWU523 User manual

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Wireless-G USB 2.0 Adapter
User Manual (GWU523)

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Welcome
Thank you for choosing IOGEAR®to serve your wireless needs. In no time you will be sharing files
or surfing the Internet wirelessly.We hope you will have as much fun using your IOGEAR®
Wireless-G USB 2.0 Adapter, as we had designing it.
Rest assured, your IOGEAR®Wireless-G USB 2.0 Adapter is built rock-solid to ensure maximum
up-time for you to stay up-and-running. If for any reason you have a problem, we stand behind our
products with an industry-leading 3 year factory warranty, so you can have peace-of mind with
your current and future IOGEAR®purchases.
We want you to be happy with your purchase, so we have made every effort to ensure product
quality, reliability, and ease-of-use.

Table of contents
Package Contents
Product Overview
Features
System Requirements
Introduction
Installation
General Connection Setting
WEP Encryption Setting
WPA Encryption Setting
Profile
Advanced Setting
System Information
Wireless LAN Basics
IP Address
Specification
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Package Contents
This package contains...
1 x 802.11g USB 2.0 Adapter
1 x Quick Start Guide
1 x Installation & Manual CD-ROM
1 x Warranty/Registration Card
Check to make sure that all the components are present and that nothing was damaged in
shipping. If you encounter a problem, contact your dealer.
Read this manual thoroughly and follow the installation and operation procedures carefully to
prevent any damage to the unit, and/or any of the devices that connect to it.
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Overview
Being five times faster than the speed of 802.11b network standard devices, the innovative
802.11g standard lets the wireless network become incredibly easier and faster (up to 54Mbps)
than ever.
Your Wireless-G USB 2.0 Adapter surely will bring you into such a high-speed network sphere.
This document describes how to install your Wireless-G USB 2.0 Adapter, which aims to let your
computer communicate with 802.11 networks quickly and seamlessly. Wireless LAN is local area
networking without wires, which uses radio frequencies to transmit and receive data between PCs
or other network devices.
Additionally, wireless LAN is able to configure either independent networks, which are also known
as ad-hoc networks, or infrastructure networks.The former is suitable for small or temporary peer-
to peer configurations, and the later offers fully distributed data connectivity to the Internet.
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Features
•Support Microsoft Windows 98SE, Me, 2000 and XP.
•Operating distance of up to 300 meters in free space.
•54 Mbps Data Rate.
•Support USB 1.1 and 2.0 (preferred) interface.
•Security with 64-bit or 128-bit WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy).
•DSSS (Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum).
•Easy operation and setting up.
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Pictorial Introduction
LED
•LED turns on when POWER is applied to the IOGEAR Wireless-G USB 2.0 Adapter.
•LED is blinking when PC is sending data through IOGEAR Wireless-G USB 2.0 Adapter.
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System Requirements
- Windows 98SE, ME, 2000 or XP
- available USB 1.1. or 2.0 port.
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Installation
CONNECTING YOUR WLAN USB ADAPTER TO PC
Note: Once you insert the installation and
driver CD, it will automatically activate the
Autorun installation program. If your autorun
is disable please run the iogear.exe file on
the CD.
Step 1 :
Insert the Manual and installation CD into
your CD-ROM.You will be prompted with
the following window. Chose install driver to
proceed with the installation
•Install driver.
•Connect your Wireless-G USB 2.0 Adapter.