D-Link AirPlus DWL-G120 User manual

High-Speed 802.11g

USB Wireless Adapter

DWL-G120

If any of the above items are missing, please contact your reseller.

CD-ROM (containing Drivers, Manual and Warranty)

This product works with the following operating

system software: Windows XP, Windows

2000, Windows Me, Windows 98SE

Before You Begin

You must have at least the following:

•You will need a computer with an available USB port to connect the

DWL-G120 Wireless USB adapter.

•At least a 300 MHz processor and 32 MB of memory

•An 802.11b/g Access Point (for Infrastructure Mode) or another

802.11b/g Wireless Adapter (for Ad-Hoc; Peer-to-Peer networking

mode.)

•Properly Installed and Working USB Controller.

DWL-G120 Wireless USB Adapter

Check Your Package Contents

These are the items included with your DWL-G120 purchase:

Mini-USB 2.0 Cable

specifications subject to change without notice. 1G-BDWL-G120 09032003

The Install Screen will appear.

The letter “D”

represents the

letter of the CD-ROM

drive. Your CD-ROM

drive may be a different

drive letter.

Turn on the computer and

Insert the D- Link AirPlus XtremeG

DWL-G120 Driver CD in the CD-ROM

drive.

The step-by-step instructions that follow are shown

in Windows XP. The steps and screens are similar

for the other Windows operating systems

Insert the D-Link CD-ROM Into Your

Computer Do NOT install

the DWL-G120

USB Wireless Adapter

into your computer

before installing the

driver software on the

D-Link CD!

Type “D:\Drivers\Setup.exe.”

Click OK

Click Next

Click Install Driver

D:\Drivers\setup.exe

If the CD Autorun function does not

start automatically go to Start >

Run on your computer, then type

D:\Drivers\Setup.exe.” If it does

start, proceed to the next screen.

Click Next

Click Finish

Click No, I will restart

my computer later

Antenna

Used to wirelessly

connect to 802.11b/g

networks.

Shut down Your Computer

Mini-USB 2.0 Port

Used to connect the

DWL-G120 to your

computer.

Link/Power LED

Link - Blinks when data is being

transmitted through the wireless

connection.

Power - Indicates that the DWL-G120

is properly installed in the computer.

Installing the DWL-G120 Wireless USB

Adapter to Your Computer

A. Make sure to turn off your computer.

Restart Your Computer

When you restart your computer

this Found New Hardware

Wizard (Windows XP) screen

will appear:

C. Firmly insert the smaller plug

end of the USB cable into the

DWL-G120.

Select Install the software

automatically (Recommended)

Click Next

B. Firmly insert the larger plug

end of the USB cable into your

computer’s USB Port.

For Windows XP/2000, a

screen similar to this Digital

Signature Not Found screen

may appear during the installa-

tion.

Click Continue Anyway

Windows XP will automatically

load the driver files.

Click Finish

For Windows Me and 98SE, this

screen may appear.

Click Yes to reboot

Restart Your Computer and you are Finished!

Your Installation is Complete!

After you have continued in Windows XP (or after the computer

restarts in the other Windows operating systems), the D-Link

AirPlus XtremeG DWL-G120 Configuration Utility will automati-

cally start and the utility icon will appear in the bottom right hand

corner of the desktop screen (systray). If this icon appears

GREEN, then you have successfully installed the DWL-G120,

are connected to a wireless network and are ready to commu-

nicate!

Double-click the utility icon to use

the configuration utility.

If the utility icon does not appear,

double-click the shortcut icon that

has appeared on your desktop.

Click the XP Networking icon

to use the Zero Configuration

Wireless Settings.

Click Advanced

For Windows XP, if you wish to use the AirPlus XtremeG Utility, please

do the following steps.

Uncheck “Use Windows to

configure my wireless net-

work settings.”

Click OK

Appendix

Using the Configuration Utility

B. SSID:The Service Set

Identifier is the name

assigned to the wireless

network. The factory SSID

setting is set to default

A. Status: Displays the

MAC Address of the

Access Point that is

associated with the

DWL-G120.

E. Link Quality /Signal

Strength: Displays the

wireless signal strength

for the DWL-G120

wireless connection to

the Access Point.

C. TxRate: The default

setting is Auto; however,

TxRate settings are

automatically determined

by the DWL-G120

depending on the

distance from the access

point.

D. Channel: Displays the

channel information. By

default, the channel is set

to 6 and selection is

automatically determined

by the Access Point.

J. TxRate: You can

adjust the transmis-

sion rate to get the

best signal possible

depending on your

usage and environ-

ment.

L. Power Mode: By

default, Power Mode is

set to Continuous

Access Mode. Continu-

ous Access Mode - this

default setting con-

sumes the most power.

Maximum Power Save -

this setting consumes

the least power. Power

Save - this setting

consumes a moderate

amount of power.

K. Preamble: By default, D-Link

AirPlus XtremeG Products are

set to Long Preamble. The

Preamble defines the length of

the CRC block (Cyclic Redun-

dancy Check is a common

technique for detecting data

transmission errors) for com-

munication between the Access

Point and wireless network

adapters. High network traffic

areas should use the Shorter

Preamble type.

H. Wireless Mode: The factory

setting is set to Infrastruc-

ture Mode. Ad-Hoc mode is

used for Peer-to-Peer

networking.

Appendix (cont.)

I. Channel: By default, the

channel is set to 6. Channel

selection is automatically

determined by the DWL-

G120 depending on the

channel setting of the

access point selected for

association. To change the

channel settings, the

Wireless Mode must be set

to Ad-Hoc mode.

G. SSID:The Service

Set Identifier is the

name assigned to

the wireless network.

The factory SSID

setting is set to

default.

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