Qcom Q802PWG User manual

User’s Manual
Wireless 802.11b/g
PCI Adapter
Q802PWG

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Contents
REVISION HISTORY 2
INTRODUCTION 3
¾Package Contents 3
¾Minimum System Requirements 3
CONNECTING THE WIRELESS ADAPTER 4
STATUS LEDs 5
INSTALLING THE WIRELESS ADAPTER 6
¾Windows XP Service Pack 2 6
•Install the WirelessAdapter Driver and Utility 6
•Configuring the Winbond Wireless Utility 10
•Configuration 12
•Uninstalling the WirelessAdapter Driver and Utility 16
¾Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 18
•Install the WirelessAdapter Driver and Utility 18
•Configuring the Winbond Wireless Utility 23
•Configuration 25
•Uninstalling the WirelessAdapter Driver and Utility 29
Trouble Shooting 30

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Revision History
Revision Updated Notes
1.00 03/08/2006 Initial Release

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Introduction
Thank you for purchasing the Wireless Adapter. This Wireless Adapter is easy to use and easy to setup. If
you are tired of all those messy wires needed to connect a lap-top to your Home network, and then take your
networking to the next level with the Wireless Adapter. You will be able to share files, printers and even your
High-Speed Internet access wirelessly.
Package Contents
Make sure the following items came in this package:
zWireless Adapter
zWireless Adapter Installation and User’s Manual CD
Minimum System Requirements
zMicrosoft Windows XP, or Windows 2000 installed
zMicrosoft Windows CE ver:4.2 and ver: 5.0
Microsoft, Windows, Windows 2000, Windows CE and Windows XP are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.

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Connecting the Wireless Adapter
1. Power down the computer.
2. Locate the PCI slot on the motherboard, and carefully insert the PCI Wireless Adapter.
3. Power on the computer.

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Status LEDs
LED Status MEANING (WLAN card activity)
LED speed blink Data Transferred / Data Received
LED blink Scanning for the Access Point
LED off All other status

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Installing the Wireless Adapter
Windows XP SP2:
ÂNOTE: If you have installed the Wireless Adapter driver before, please
uninstall the old version first.
1. After you have installed the Wireless Adapter on your computer will display a Found New
Hardware Wizard screen, click Cancel to continue.

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2. Insert the Wireless Adapter Installation and User’s Manual CD into your CD-ROM, then the
installation will be activated automatically. Click the Driver Install icon to begin the installation.
3. InstallShield Wizard will install the driver and utility on your system, click Next to continue.

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4. Wireless Adapter Driver and Utility are installing.
5. The installation is now complete, please click Finish.

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6. After you have finished the Wireless Adapter driver and utility installation, your computer will
display the Winbond Wireless Utility screen, click Cancel to continue.
ÂNOTE: When you complete the installation, the utility icon will appear
on the system tray. If not, it means that the installation failed. Please
uninstall the driver and repeat the process.

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Configuring the Winbond Wireless Utility
ÂNOTE:
If you have installed the Windows XP Service Pack 2. You can use
the Windows Zero Configuration for Wireless Configuring. Please see
the Windows XP User’s Guide
1. On the Notification Area, right-click the Winbond Utility icon.
2. Winbond Utility Selection screen will be displayed, click Stop Windows Zero Configuration.
3. Double-click the utility icon in your system tray to begin the utility configuration. Select Site
Survey Tab, all available Access Points would be listed. Click on the desired Access Point, and
click the Config button for Wireless configuring.

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4. On the Wireless Network Properties screen, you may set Network Name (SSID), Wireless
Network Security Key or AD-HOC network.
5. Click on the desired profile, and click the Connect button to take effect.

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Configuration
zProfile
The Profile Tab allows you to set values for all parameters by selecting a previously defined profile.
To create a profile, click Add, type a profile name and set the corresponding parameters. If one of
the profiles is no longer used, you may remove it by clicking the Delete button. After changing
parameters, click the Connect button to take effect. You can have multiple profiles and modify the
profile at any time.
zSite Survey
Site Survey Tab lists the features of the available Access Points within range of the Wireless
Adapter's signal. Click on the desired Access Point, and click Config for Wireless Configuration.
You may click Refresh to refresh the list.

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zAdvance
The Configuration Utility also offers the advanced configuration for user to set the Wireless
Adapter under certain network environment. These advanced options include RTS Threshold,
Fragmentation Threshold, Preamble Type, Tx Rate and Power Save.

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zStatus
–Network Name
The field shows the association status to available Access Point with SSID of the Access Point.
–Link Status
Shows the whether the link is Connect or Disconnected.
–Current Channel
Shows the channel on which the connection is made.
–Current Speed
Shows the highest transmit rate of the current association.
–Link Quality / Signal Strength
The Link Quality and Signal Strength bar graph is only active when the node is in Infrastructure
Mode. The bar graph displays the quality and strength of the link between the node and its Access
Point.
–Signal Noise
This displays the noise level of the link between the node and its Access Point.

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zInformation
About Tab shows the product version including the detail of Configuration Utility, Driver, and NIC
MAC Address.

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Uninstalling the Wireless Adapter Driver and Utility
1. For uninstalling the Wireless Adapter, please go to: Start ÆSettings ÆControl Panel ÆAdd
or Remove Programs ÆWinbond WLAN under Windows environment. Then click Remove.
2. On the next screen, click Yes button to accept automatically uninstall for Wireless LAN Driver
and Utility.

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3. InstallShield Wizard will uninstall the driver and utility automatically.
4. The un-installation is now complete, please click Finish.
5. The Wireless Adapter can now be safely removed from the system when the un-installation
is done.

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Windows 2000:
1. After you have installed the Wireless Adapter on your computer will display a Found New
Hardware Wizard screen, click Cancel to continue.

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2. Insert Wireless Adapter Installation and User’s Manual CD into your CD-ROM; then the
installation will be activated automatically. Click the Driver Install icon to begin the installation.
3. InstallShield Wizard will install the driver and utility on your system, click Next to continue.