IOGear GWP514 User manual

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User Manual (GWP514)

Welcome
Thank you for choosing IOGEAR®to serve your wireless needs. Soon, you will be sharing files or surfing
the Internet wirelessly.We hope you will have as much fun using your IOGEAR®Wireless-G Notebook
Network Card, as we had designing it.
Rest assured, your IOGEAR®Wireless-G Notebook Network Card 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.
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PackageContent
Overview
Features
Requirements
Introduction
Installation
Uninstallation
ConfigurationUtility
WinXPZeroConfiguration Utility
WPAConfiguration Utility
Specification
TechnicalSupport
Radio and TV Interference Statement
LimitedWarranty
RegulatoryComplianceFCC Warning
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PKG-M0109B
GWP514 package contains:
(1) 802.11g PC Card
(1) Installation and Manual CD
(1) Quick Start Guide
(1) Warranty/Registration Card
Package Contents

IOGEAR®’s Wireless-G Notebook Network Card is a sleek and versatile device for both small and
home office users. With IOGEAR®, you can surf the Internet, share files, chat with your friends,
and....Wirelessly!
Our simple, easy-to-use, setup wizard will have you up-and-running in minutes. Moreover, our turnkey
and Wireless Security packages keep you safe on the net.
Remember, IOGEAR®’s Wireless-G Notebook Network Card gives you the wireless connectivity all
in a small, cost-effective, and reliable setup. Go with IOGEAR®, and go Wireless!
Overview
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Features
• 54 Mbps wireless connection speed – up to five times faster than previous 802.11b technology
• Sleek, compact antenna is designed for minimum space
• Included IOGEAR client utility to support WLAN with WPA/WPA2 (Wi-Fi Protected Access) security
protocols, such as EAP-TLS,EAP-TTLS, PEAP-(EAPCGT), PEAP (EAP-MSCHAPV2), LEAP, LEAP-
FAST. (refer to User Manual for complete details) Ultra-easy installation in just a few simple steps.
• Compliant with FCC Part 15.247 for US, EN 300-328 for Europe, and RCR STD-33A and ARIB
STD-T66 for Japan
• Backward compatible with 802.11b wireless networks, access points, hot spots and other devices
• Solid 3-year manufacturer warranty - built to last!
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System Requirements
• Pentium®class notebook computers with one available CardBus slot
• Microsoft®Windows®98SE, ME, 2000, XP
•CD-ROMdrive
• Using WPA function, make sure there is a WPA-enabled Access Points in the network environment.
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Introduction
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When the adapter card is not associated with any wireless network devices, the Power/Tx Led will
stay solid greer Rx Led will be off. When both LEDs are blinking green, the adapter card is
scanning/connecting to an wireless network. When the adapter card is associated, Power/Tx LED
indicates transmitting activity; Rx LED indicate receiving activity.

EjectingtheNetworkAdapter
Please always disable the network adapter prior
removing the adapter from the PCMCIA slot. The
network adapter supports hot-swappable feature so
you don’t have to power off the notebook to remove
the adapter.
1. Double click the Unplug or Eject Hardware Icon
resides on the Windows system tray and click Stop
from the Unplug or Eject Hardware dialog box.
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Introduction
2. Click OK to confirm that you are going to stop the
adapter.
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3. The following screen prompts that you can
remove the adapter.
4. Push the lever of your notebook PCMCIA slot
to eject the adapter now.
NOTE: Don’t eject the network adapter when data
transmission is taking place.

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Driver Installations
NOTE:If you have connected the GWP514 CardBus adapter to your computer,please remove it first.
STEP1
Insert the Driver and Utility CD into CD Drive
STEP2
If your CD Autorun is enable, the Main Istallation
Menu will show.(Otherwise open your CD folder
and double-click on the “setup. exe” file)
STEP3
A main installation Menu will show. Click the button
of IOGEAR GWP514 Driver Installation.

Installation
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4 Click the button of IOGEAR GWP514 Driver
Installation. The InstallShield wizard prepares for
installation.
5. The InstallShield Wizard prompts you for
confirmation. Click Next on the following menu.

Installation
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6. Check to install Client utility and driver or
install driver only. We recommend proceeding
with “Install client utilities and drivers”
7. A warning question will pop up, Click“YES”

9. Select a program folder and click on Next.
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8. In the destination Folder screen you are asked to
confirm the Destination Folder for the application
software. If you would like, you may change the
destination folder to another location. Click Next

11. Choose the IOGEAR client utility. Click Next.10. The installation gives you information regarding
the Client Utility to be used. Click Next.
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Installation
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13. If you have Windows XP Service Pack 2, you
will get the “Found News Hardware Wizard” menu,
click on Cancel.
12. At this moment please insert you GWP512
CardBus card in your Laptop, and Click OK.

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Installation
15. At the Hardware installation menu click
Continue Anyway.
14. At the Found New Harware dialog box Cancel.

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16. The setup configuration shows the installation
progress 17. Click Finish to complete the client utility installation.Your computer will be rebooted.

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Installation
Start -> Programs -> IOGEAR Wireless -> IOGEAR
Wireless Client utility
After you launch the utility it will reside on the
windows system tray as illustrated above.
The device driver icon appears as a series of four
vertical bars. These bars provide
the following color coded indications of the received
signal strength:
·Red indicates poor quality (<5 dB)
·Yellow indicates average quality (5 to 10 dB)
·Green indicates from good (10 dB) to excellent (20
dB) quality
If you hold your mouse pointer over the icon, the
profiles, quality, ip address
display, along with the name of the current configura-
tion profile.
18. After rebooting, The IOGEAR Client Utility icon
resides on the Desktop at the System Tray
automatically.
If wireless-reception-four-bars does not launch
and cannot get wireless connection open the
configuration utility from Windows by
performing the following steps: