Quick Installation Guide

Installation of the 802.11b Wireless LAN USB Stick

It's free and easy for you to install your 802.11b Wireless LAN USB Stick and the attached Utility - Wireless Configuration Tool . With a few clicks of the mouse, you will succeed the completion of installation. Please read and go along with the instructions below carefully.

  1. Plug your 802.11b Wireless LAN USB Stick into your PC’s USB port.
  2. Your system will detect the USB Stick and the Found New Hardware Wizard dialog box will appear. Choose Cancel to proceed.

  3. Insert the supplied Setup CD into your CD-ROM drive, and the Setup Wizard will run automatically. If it does not, please manually execute autorun.exe in the CD's directory.
  4. From the prompted start-up window, click Install Driver to begin the installation.


  5. Click Next in the Welcome to the InstallShield Wizard window to proceed. The system will start to copy the drivers found.


  6. Windows will notify you that the driver has not passed Windows Logo testing. Because the device has been tested to work with Windows, please choose Continue Anyway in the Hardware Installation dialog box.

  7. In the Install Finished screen, click Finish to complete the installation. Note that if you are running the Win98/98SE/ME system, the computer will restart so that the installation can be completed.


  8. Finally, you will find the Wireless Configuration Tool tray icon,, appeared in the system tray. The installation is entirely finished at the moment.

Note: If you are installing the Stick on Win 98 for the first time, you will be asked to insert the Windows 98 CD-ROM after rebooting the computer. While the Insert Disk message box prompts, please do as it directs and click OK to proceed. Then follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation. 

          

Double-click the icon to launch the application and open the Wireless Settings dialog box, in which you may freely arrange your network connection afterwards. For more details about the installation and the Wireless Configuration Tool, please refer to the User Manual in the supplied CD.

Verifying a Successful Installation

To confirm that your 802.11b Wireless LAN USB Stick is properly installed, please go along with the procedures below.

  1. Right-click My Computer desktop icon and choose Properties from the opened menu.
  2. In the System Properties dialog box, choose Device Manager if you are under Windows 98/98SE/Me. If you are operating Windows 2000/XP, click the Hardware tab, and then choose the Device Manager.
  3. In the opened window, expand Network adapters to find the USB Stick - Wireless LAN 11Mbps USB Stick. Right-click over the item and choose Properties.
  4. From the opened dialog box, on the General tab, find the descriptions under the Device Status pane to learn if the Stick is working properly. However, if there’s an error message shown, please choose Uninstall from the opened menu while right-clicking over the USB Stick item, to which a red or yellow icon is attached beside, in the Device Manager dialog box to uninstall the device. Then reboot your system and go through the installation procedures again.

The following picture indicates a successful installation of the 802.11b Wireless LAN USB Stick.