TRENDnet TEW-301PC Quick Installation Manual

Network PC Card Quick Installation Guide System Requirements: - Windows 98, 98SE, Millennium Edition (ME), 2000 and XP computers - PC with Pentium II 300MHz system or above is recommended - Equipped with at least one 32-Bit PC Cardbus socket or PC Cardbus adapter. - One CD-ROM drive Setup and Installing the 22Mbps Wireless Network PC Card Note! 22M WLAN Adapter Utility Setup will disable the WinXP Zero Configuration Utility for Wireless LAN. If you want to enable the 802.1X Authentication Security Function in WinXP Zero Configuration Service, please exit from the 22M WLAN Adapter Utility Installation, and use the Win XP Zero Configuration Utility only. Installing Utility Program Please note that the installation screens in this quick guide are captured from WindowsXP. The other Windows systems will have similar screen for the installation procedure. 1 Make sure that the 22Mbps Wireless Network PC Card is NOT inserted into the Cardbus slot. Turn on the computer. Insert the software CD into the CD-ROM Drive.

Card/PCI Card” option on the left selection menu. Click on “Install” button to start Utility installation. InstallShield Wizard starts. Click “Next” to continue.

- Insert the 22Mbps Wireless Network PC Card into the CardBus slot in your notebook - Turn on your computer - Continue with Driver Installation. Click “Next” to install the program files in the default folder. Select the second option, and click “Finish” to complete the installation.

Please note that letter “D:\” represents the CD-ROM driver letter, and select folder “Win98” when installing under Windows 98 O/S or WinME2000 for Windows ME or 2000 O/S. 2 Select the second option and click “Next” to continue. Go to D:\Driver\WinXP Click “OK” Select first option then click on the checkbox click “Browse” button to specify the driver file folder.

Click “Continue Anyway” to continue Click “Finish” to complete new hardware installation.

You can now launch the configuration utility by clicking on the utility program icon in the system tray on lower-right corner of the screen, or by double-clicking on icon in your desktop. The following screen would appear, and you can proceed with configuration of the 22Mbps Wireless Network PC Card by clicking Configuration page on the left menu. 3

nodes in a wireless network. The SSID must be identical for each clients and nodes in the wireless network. BSS Type: There are two types available for selection � Infrastructure – to establish wireless communication with LAN and other wireless clients through the use the Access Points. � Ad-Hoc – to establish point-to-point wireless communication directly with other wireless client devices such as wireless network PC Card. Channel: The value of channel that AP will operate in. You can select the channel range of 1 to 11 for North America (FCC) domain, 1 to 13 for European (ETSI) domain and 1 to 14 for Japanese domain. Tx Rate: Select the data rate for data transmission. Preamble: Select Long or Short Preamble type. Default is Long Preamble. Preamble is a sequence of bits transmitted at 1Mbps that allows the PHY circuitry to reach steady-state demodulation and synchronization of bit clock and frame start. The Short Preamble is recommended for high network traffic environments. The Preamble type used must match that of the wireless Router or Access Point in order to communicate on the network. Power Mode: - Continuous Access Mode (default): the PC Card is constantly operating with full power and it consumes the most power - Maximum Power Save: the PC Card consumes the least power and only operates when there is wireless network activity. - Power Save: the PC Card consumes the moderate level of power. For the changes made to any of the items above to be effective, click “Apply”.

Dynamic IP Address V.S. Static IP Address By definition Dynamic IP addresses are the IP addresses that are being automatically assigned to a network device on the network. These Dynamically assigned IP addresses will expire and may be changed over time. Static IP addresses are the IP addresses that users manually enter for each of the network adapters. !Note: There might be two or more Local Area Connection to choose from. You must select the one that you will use to connect to the network. 4 Go to Start menu > Control Panel > Network Connections > Right-click on the active Local Area connection > Select “Properties”

The TCP/IP Properties window appears. Select “Obtain an IP address automatically” if you are on a DHCP enabled network. Click “OK” to close the window with the changes made The Local Area Connection Properties would appear. Select “Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)” and Click “Properties” to continue. 22Mbps WLAN Adapter

!Note: The IP address must be within the same range as the wireless route or Access Point. Please note that the installation screens in this quick guide are captured from WindowsXP. The other Windows systems will have similar screen for the TCP/IP configuration procedure. Select “Use the following IP address” Enter the IP address and subnet mask fields. Enter the IP address of the Router in the Default gateway field. Enter the IP address of the Router in the DNS server field Click “Ok” to close the window