ZyXEL Communications AG-100 manual

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    ZyXEL AG-100 802.11a/b/g Wireless CardBus Adapter Quick Start Guide Version 1.0 October 2004[...]

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    ZyXEL AG-100 Quick S tart Guide 1 Import ant Note Federal Communic ations Commission (FCC) Interference S t atement This equipment has been tested and found to comply w ith the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Pa rt 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are desi gned to provide reasonable protection against harmful inte rference in a re[...]

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    ZyXEL AG-100 Quick S tart Guide 2 This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This dev ice may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interferenc e that may cause undesired operatio n. IMPORTANT NOTE: FCC Radiation Expo su[...]

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    ZyXEL AG-100 Quick S tart Guide 3 1. Inst allation Requirement s Before ins tallation, m ake sure you have a c omputer w ith the fol lowing: • Pentium II 300MHz or abo v e • A minimum of 20 MB available hard disk space • 32MB RA M (64MB Rec ommended ) • A CD-ROM drive • A CardBus (PCMCIA Type II) slot • Windows X P/20 00/ME/98 SE • Wi[...]

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    ZyXEL AG-100 Quick S tart Guide 4 2. Click Install Utility to start installati on. 3. Client util ity and driver will be automatical ly install ed. 4. You will be prom pted to insert your ZyAI R Adapter. 5. Locate an availab le CardBu s slot on th e computer. 6. With the pin connect ors faci ng the sl ot and the LED side facing up, slide the Z yXEL[...]

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    ZyXEL AG-100 Quick S tart Guide 5 9. Double click t he ico n t o co nf ig u re yo ur wi r eless adapter. ) If the Zy XEL Utility icon displays, the ZyXEL AG -100 is inst alled properly . Refer to the User ’s Guid e to configure the ZyXEL AG-100. LED Display The following t able describ es the LED s on the ZyXEL AG- 100. LED COLOR STATUS DESCRIPTI[...]

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    ZyXEL AG-100 Quick S tart Guide 6 T roubleshooting PROBLEM CORRECT IVE ACTION Make sure the ZyXEL AG-100 is proper ly ins erted into the CardBus slot and then restart your computer. Once the computer has restarted, check the status of the LEDs on the ZyXEL AG-100. Perform a hardware scan by clicking Start , Settings , Control Panel and then double-[...]