USERS MANUAL 3

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Users Manual

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Wireless 11g MiniPCI Card MP54G User’s Guide Click The installation screen of Setup program Click the Install Software button. Then, the system will detect a new device and start to configure the new device. Click Restart when prompted. After rebooting, the system will search the new device again, click Cancel to continue the installation from the InstallShield Wizard. Click 11

Wireless 11g MiniPCI Card MP54G User’s Guide Step 2. The welcome screen of InstallShield Wizard appears. Click Next. Read and accept the License Agreement; then, click Next. Check this Click Enter the user’s information (User Name, Organization) in the respective fields; then, click Next. Enter the user’s information Click 12

Wireless 11g MiniPCI Card MP54G User’s Guide Step 3. Click Install and the program will copy the necessary files to the system. The progress indicator shows the installing status. You may be asked to insert the Windows Setup CD during the installa- tion. Please insert the Setup CD by the on- screen instruction to continue the installation. Click 13

Wireless 11g MiniPCI Card MP54G User’s Guide Step 4. When the installation is completed, click Finish. Click The system will restart. Click Yes when prompted to reboot the system. Click After rebooting, the MSI Wireless LAN icon* appears in the status area. * For more information of the MSI Wireless LAN icon, please see section 4-1. MSI Wireless LAN icon 14

Wireless 11g MiniPCI Card MP54G User’s Guide >>> 3.2 Installing on Windows® 2000/XP Step 1. Insert the driver CD into your CD-ROM drive, and the Setup program should launch automatically. If the Autorun program doesn’ t launch, click Start at the taskbar and select Run...; type E:\setup.exe in the Open The card should be box and click OK, where E is your CD-drive. installed into your computer before installing the driver and utility. Click Windows XP Click the Install Software button. Click The installation screen of Setup program 15

Wireless 11g MiniPCI Card MP54G User’s Guide Step 2. The welcome screen of InstallShield Wizard appears. Click Next. Click Read and accept the License Agreement; then, click Next. Check this Click 16

Wireless 11g MiniPCI Card MP54G User’s Guide Enter the user’s information (User Name, Organization) in the respective fields; then, click Next. Enter the user’s information Click Step 3. Click Install. When the installation is completed, click Finish. Click 17

Wireless 11g MiniPCI Card MP54G User’s Guide Click The MSI Wireless LAN icon* appears in the status area. * For more information of the MSI Wireless LAN icon, please see section 4-1. MSI Wireless LAN icon 18

Wireless 11g MiniPCI Card MP54G User’s Guide MSI Wireless Network Utility >>> 4.1 Introduction After installing the driver, MSI MP54G provides a conven- ient and powerful utility that allows you to set up, configure, and know your networking status easily and clearly. The MSI Wireless LAN icon Not connected to the network. Connected to the network. Receiving/transmitting data from/to the network. When you move the mouse over the icon, it shows the current connection information. Right-click the icon will appear a sub-menu containing more settings: 19

Wireless 11g MiniPCI Card MP54G User’s Guide Language You can select language according to your operating system. Switch to AP Mode This function allows you to use your MSI wireless adapter as a virtual access point. For details, see Appendix, MSI Software AP. Open Network Connections Select to open the Network Connections window. View Available Wireless Networks Launch the utility to configure your network settings. Exit Close the program. Click the icon will launch the utility as shown below to configure your network settings. 20

Wireless 11g MiniPCI Card MP54G User’s Guide >>> 4.2 Networking Since the wireless NIC is installed in your computer, you have to configure the settings for communication to start working in your network environment. 4.2.1 Infrastructure Mode Infrastructure mode allows your computer to communi- cate with the other computers in the network through an Access Point. The following tasks should be done before you configure the settings: - The Access Point must be turned on. - Your computer with wireless NIC installed and the Access Point must be located with the communication range of the Access Point (see the Access Point's manual for details). To configure the settings: 1. Click the MSI Wireless LAN icon to bring up the Wireless Network Connection window. Then, click Advanced. Click Click 21

Wireless 11g MiniPCI Card MP54G User’s Guide 2. The Available Networks field contains a list of available Access Points in your network. Choose one network by highlighting it in the list, and click Configure to set up the selected network. You can click Refresh to search the available Access Points in the network again. Click 3. Setup the Network Key (if needed) in the Wire- less Network Key (WEP) field according to the network’s settings. Only the network adminis- trator can change the SSID and WEP settings in the Association window; if you have problem of accessing the network, please ask the administra- tor for help. WEP settings 22

Wireless 11g MiniPCI Card MP54G User’s Guide 4. Click OK. The selected network will appear in the Preferred Networks field. If it contains two or more networks in the list, you can use Move up/Move down to set the priority. Click 5. Click OK to complete the configuration, and an icon indicating connected to the network will appear in the status area. connected 23

Wireless 11g MiniPCI Card MP54G User’s Guide 4.2.2 Ad-hoc Mode Ad-hoc mode allows your computer to communicate directly with any computer installed with compatible wireless NIC. If you want to use the network in Ad-Hoc mode: - All the computers connected should be set to Ad-hoc mode. - The computers have the same SSID (network name) setting. To configure the settings: 1. Click the MSI Wireless LAN icon to bring up the Wireless Network Connection window. Then, click Advanced. Click Click 24

Wireless 11g MiniPCI Card MP54G User’s Guide 2. You can build up the Ad-Hoc network by clicking Add... in the Preferred Networks field. Click 3. Set up the Network Name (SSID) and Network Key (if needed) for the network. Then, check the "This is a computer-to-computer [ad hoc] network; wireless access points are not used" option and click OK to enable the Ad-Hoc mode. Enter a Network Name (SSID) Check this option and cancel the bottom option IMPORTANT Check this to enable Ad-Hoc mode. Click 25

Wireless 11g MiniPCI Card MP54G User’s Guide 4. The computer set up with this Ad-Hoc network in step 3 is the designated administrator of the network. Any computer can access the network by selecting Connect in the Wireless Network Connection window. Click 5. Click OK to complete the configuration, and an icon indicating connected to the network appears in the status area. connected 26


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