Sitecom WL-112 User manual

Quick Installation Guide
Wireless Network PC Card/PCI adapter 54g WL-112/WL-115

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Introduction
This wireless adapter is an IEEE 802.11G compliant wireless LAN adapter. It fully supports wireless networking
under Windows 98SE, ME, 2000 & XP.
This wireless adapter can operate in Ad-Hoc or Infrastructure network congurations. Ad-Hoc mode allows
the Wireless network card users to join a Basic Service Set (i.e., peer-to-peer mode, without an access point).
Infrastructure mode allows the wireless network adapter users to join an Extended Basic Service Set (i.e.,
connect to an access point)
Wireless LAN (Local Area Network) systems offer a great number of advantages over a traditional wired
system. Wireless LAN’s (WLAN’s) are more exible, easier to manage and often more cost effective then their
wired equivalence.
Using radio frequency (RF) technology, WLAN’s transmit and receive data over the air, minimizing the need
for wired connections. Thus, WLAN’s combine data connectivity with user mobility and through simplied
conguration enable moveable LAN’s.
1. Installation
Please install the software before inserting the wireless network adapter in the system!
Windows 98SE/ME
• Start up the PC.
• Insert the installation CD in the CD-ROM drive, open My Computer/CD-ROM drive and run the Setup.exe
le located in the ‘Utility’ folder.
• The installation wizard will start. Click ‘Next’ to continue.
• The installation will now start. When prompted, do not insert the wireless network adapter.

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• When prompted, click ‘Install’ to install the Aegis Protocol.
• After this has been installed click ‘Cancel’ to close this window.
• Click ‘Finish’ to complete the installation.
• Turn off the computer and install the wireless network adapter.
• Turn the computer back on.
• Windows will automatically detect and install the network adapter.
• The hardware installation is now nished, please continue to chapter 2.

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Windows 2000
• Start up the PC.
• Insert the installation CD in the CD-ROM drive, open My Computer/CD-ROM drive and run the Setup.exe
le located in the ‘Utility’ folder.
• The installation wizard will start.
• Click ‘Next’ to continue.
• The installation will now start. When prompted, do not insert the wireless network adapter.
• Click ‘Finish’ to complete the installation.
• Turn off the computer and install the wireless network adapter.
• Turn the computer back on.

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• Windows will now detect the new hardware. Click ‘Yes’ to pass the Windows Logo-test warning.
• When prompted to select your country, select your country and click ‘OK’.
• The hardware installation is now complete. Please continue to chapter 2.
Windows XP
• Start up the PC.
• Insert the installation CD in the CD-ROM drive, open My Computer/CD-ROM drive and run the Setup.exe
le located in the ‘Utility’ folder.
• The installation wizard will start.
• Click ‘Next’ to continue.
• The installation will now start. When prompted, do not insert the wireless network adapter.

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• Click ‘Finish’ to complete the installation.
• Turn off the computer and install the wireless network adapter.
• Turn the computer back on.
• Windows will now detect the new hardware.
• Click ‘Continue anyway’ to pass the Windows Logo-test warning.
• When prompted to select your country, select your country and click ‘OK’.
• The hardware installation is now complete. Please continue to chapter 2.

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2. Wireless Conguration Peer to Peer (Ad-Hoc)
After installing the software the wireless conguration utility icon will show in the icon tray.
The wireless utility icon should be blue if the icon is red then the wireless LAN conguration is invalid or
incomplete. When the wireless utility icon is yellow then the wireless connection strength is low.
• Please double click on the icon or go to Start/Programs/Wireless Network and click the Sitecom Wireless
Utility.
• Select the ‘Prole Setting’ tab and click the ‘New’ button.
Sitecom Wireless Utility

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• Fill in a Prole Name (i.e. Sitecom) and click ‘Next’.
• Fill in the Network Name (i.e. Sitecom), make sure the Network name, also called SSID, is the same on all
wireless adapters.
Set the Network Type to ‘Peer to Peer’, set the Transfer Rate to ‘Automatic’ and choose a Channel. For a
Peer to Peer connection the same channel and Network Name are required. Click ‘Next’.
• Set the Encryption ‘Disable’ until the wireless connection is established and click ‘Next’.

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• Enable the ‘IP Setting’ and click ‘Next’.
• Disable the DHCP Status. Set the ‘IP Address’ (i.e. 192.168.1.1), incrementing the last digit of the IP
Address for each machine. Therefore the IP address of the second machine should be 192.168.1.2. The
‘Subnet Mask’ should be the same (255.255.255.0) for all of the machines. The ‘Default Gateway’ and the
‘DNS Server’ do not have to be lled in. Click ‘Next’.
• Click ‘Finish’ to complete the conguration.

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• Select the Prole Name and click ‘Connect’.
• Check the wireless utility icon in the icon tray and you will see the colour of the wireless utility icon change,
blue means it’s connected.
• Close the wireless utility by clicking the ‘X’. The wireless utility will stay visible in the icon tray.
• Go to chapter 4 to enable File & Printer sharing.

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3. Wireless Conguration Infrastructure
After installing the software the wireless conguration utility icon will show in the icon tray.
The wireless utility icon should be blue if the icon is red then the wireless LAN conguration is invalid or
incomplete. When the wireless utility icon is yellow then the wireless connection strength is low.
• Please double click on the icon or go to Start/Programs/Wireless Network and click the Sitecom Wireless
Utility.
• Select the ‘Prole Setting’ tab and click the ‘New’ button.
Sitecom Wireless Utility

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• Fill in a Prole Name (i.e. Sitecom) and click ‘Next’.
• Fill in the Network Name (i.e. Sitecom), make sure the Network name, also called SSID, is the same on all
wireless adapters and Access Points.
Set the Network Type to ‘Access Point’, set the Transfer Rate to ‘Automatic’ and click ‘Next’.
• Set the Encryption to ‘Disable’ until the wireless connection is established and click ‘Next’.

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• Enable the ‘IP Setting’ and click ‘Next’.
• Disable the DHCP Status. Set the ‘IP Address’ (i.e. 192.168.1.1), make sure the IP address is in the same
range as the Access Point. The ‘Subnet Mask’ should be the same (255.255.255.0) for all of the machines.
The ‘Default Gateway’ and the ‘DNS Server’ do not have to be lled in. Click ‘Next’.
• Click ‘Finish’ to complete the conguration.

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• Select the Prole Name and click ‘Connect’.
• Close the wireless utility by clicking the ‘X’. The wireless utility will stay visible in the icon tray.
• Go to chapter 4 to enable File & Printer sharing.

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4. File and Printersharing
Windows 98/ME
To enable File and Printersharing on your network, Right click the icon ‘Network Neighbourhood’ on the
desktop, choose ‘properties’. Click the ‘le and printersharing” button. Simply click the two boxes you see in
the resulting dialog box, then click OK. But before you reboot your computer, you’ll need to check a few other
settings.
• Click the Identication tab in the Network Control Panel. Enter a unique COMPUTERNAME, and a brief
description of your computer in the Computer Description slot. The WORKGROUP name you assign to each
computer must be exactly the same for every computer on your network.
• Sharing Files and folders:
When you want to share a hard drive (or any other storage device) on one machine with all of the other
machines on the network, simply right-click the drive letter or folder you wish to share, then select Sharing
from the pop-up menu. After you select Sharing, you’ll be presented with a dialog box containing several
options. Type in the Share Name, add a comment, and set the access type. If you choose Read Only, other
computers on the network will be prevented from copying les into the shared drive or folder. If you select
Full, any machine on the network will be able to write to them as well.
• Sharing printers:
Click ‘start’, ‘settings’, and ‘printers’. Right click the printer you want to share on the network and choose
“sharing”. In the following screen enable sharing and ll in a sharename, the printer is now shared. To use
the network printer on other PCs in the network, it has to be installed on the other PCs rst. Click ‘start’,
‘settings’, and ‘printers’. Click the ‘Add New Printer’ icon. The ‘New Printer Wizard’ starts. Choose ‘network
printer’. In the following screen browse to the correct printer via network environment. The printer will now
be installed. Repeat this steps for all PC’s in the network. The printer can now be used from every PC in the
network.
Windows 2000/XP
File and Printer sharing will be installed automatically under Windows 2000/XP. Sharing les, folders and
printers is the same as under Windows 98/ME, however assigning the computer and workgroup name as in
step one is different.
Windows 2000
Right click the ‘My Computer’ icon on the desktop, choose ‘properties’. Click the ‘computer name’ tab. Fill in
the COMPUTERNAME and the WORKGROUPNAME by the same specications as Windows 98/ME
Windows XP
Click ‘start’. Right click the ‘My Computer’ icon, choose ‘properties’. Click the ‘computer name’ tab. Fill in the
COMPUTERNAME and the WORKGROUPNAME by the same specications as Windows 98/ME.

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Guest Account Windows 2000
When you want to reach a shared le or folder in the network on a Windows 2000 machine, most of the time
you are requested for a password. This is due to the fact the so called ‘Guest account’ in Windows 2000 is
disabled by default. You can enable the guest account:
• Right-click ‘My Computer’, and then click ‘Manage’.
• Under ‘System Tools’, double-click ‘Local Users and Groups’ to expand it, and then click ‘Users’. In the right
screen, right-click the ‘Guest’ account, and then click ‘Properties’. Click to clear the ‘Disable this account’
check box and click OK.
• Click ‘start/settings/control panel/Users and Passwords’.
• Select ‘Guest’ and click the ‘set password’ button.
• Make sure the password is set to null (blank).

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5. Wireless Conguration Utility
You can easily navigate through the sheets by clicking the different tabs.
5.1 Link Information
Click ‘More...’ for more information about the wireless connection.
Connected to Network
This eld is used to display the current status of the wireless connection. When the utility shows ‘Connected
to network’ it means that the network is available in Infrastructure or Peer to Peer mode. If the utility shows
‘Scanning’ it means that the node is searching for available access points or wireless adapters.

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Network Type
Infrastructure mode: The driver will scan all available channels continuously until it nds one or more Access
Points that match the Network Name (SSID). At that point it will try to authenticate and associate with the
Access Point.
Peer to Peer mode: The driver will scan for 5 seconds looking for an existing Ad Hoc network using the same
Network Name (SSID).
Channel, Link Speed & Encryption
The channel and the transmit rate used to connect to an active wireless network. Encryption shows the status
of the encryption level.
Signal Strength
The Signal Strength bar graph is only active when the node is in Infrastructure Mode. The bar graph displays
the signal strength between the node and the Access Point.
Link Quality
The Link Quality bar graph is only active when the node is in Infrastructure Mode. The bar graph displays the
quality of the link between the node and the Access Point.
5.2 Available Networks
The Available Networks tab shows the current status of all available wireless networks.
Select a Network Name (SSID) from the list, click ‘Connect’ to connect to the wireless network.
The ‘Refresh’ button will rescan the network and it will detect and list all available wireless networks.

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5.3 Prole Setting
The Prole Setting allows users to create proles for different network environments.
Click the ‘New’ button to create new proles. Click ‘Edit’ for editing existing proles. Click the ‘Delete’ button
for deleting proles.
Network Type
This allows you to select ‘Peer to Peer’ mode or ‘Infrastructure’ mode.
Peer to Peer: All communication is done from client to client without the use of an Access Point. Ad-Hoc
networking uses the same Network Name (SSID) for establishing the wireless connection.
Infrastructure: This mode requires the presence of an Access Point. All communication is done via the Access
Point which relays packets to other wireless clients in the BSS as well as to nodes on a wired network.
Transmit Rate
The transmission rate at which clients or Access Points transmit the data packets.

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Encryption (WEP)
Additional wireless network security measures can be achieved by using WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy)
encryption. Use the same WEP key on all the wireless adapters.
64 bit alphanumeric 5 characters A-Z & 0-9
hexadecimal 10 characters A-F & 0-9
128 bit alphanumeric 13 characters A-Z & 0-9
hexadecimal 26 characters A-F & 0-9
IP Setting
With this option the wireless adapter can be congured with a static or a dynamic IP address, a default
gateway and a DNS Server address.
5.4 About
The ‘About’ tab shows the Utility Version, Driver Version, Firmware Version and the MAC Address.