Panasonic 11mbps Wireless Lan Pc Card Kx Hgc200 Operating Instructions

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Installation
7
Click [OK].
8
Click [Yes]to restart the computer.
³The computer restarts.
The network protocol has been set up and now that all the installation
steps for using the KX-HGC200 have been completed. To maintain your
wireless network, the Network Manager software is available. For more
details, refer to p. 54.
While a computer is restarting, mind below notification.
³If the KX-HGC200 has been installed to a computer, restarting
may take about a few minutes.
³To prevent a device from being damaged or broken, never
turn off a computer while restarting.
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Sharing Files and Printers
Preparing for sharing files and printers
To share files and printers with wireless computers, installation of the
protocols and setup of each computer is required.
1
From the Start menu, point to Settings, then click Control Panel.
2
Double-click the Networkicon.
³If you are using Windows Me and can not find the Networkicon, click
view all Control Panel optionsto show the Networkicon.
3
Click [File and Print Sharing...].
4
Check the appropriate boxes for file and/or printer sharing and click
[OK].
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Installation
5
Make sure Client for Microsoft Networksis listed in the The
following network components are installedlist box and click
[OK].
6
Click [Yes]and restart the computer.
³The computer restarts.
While a computer is restarting, mind below notification.
³If the KX-HGC200 has been installed to a computer, restarting
may take about a few minutes.
³To prevent a device from being damaged or broken, never
turn off a computer while restarting.
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About the Network Manager
Software
The Network Manager application software helps you administrate the
wireless network. After the installation of the KX-HGC200 device driver,
the software is installed to your computer. 
By right-clicking the Network Manager icon on your desktop, three
functions of the Network Manager will appear.
Open Network 
management
Page* (See p. 55.)
Open Device
management
Dialog (See p. 59.)
Close Network
ManagerConnects you to the Network Management
web screen that allows you to check the
allocation of your wireless network.
Opens the Device Management dialog box
that allows you to check/change setup
parameters of the KX-HGC200.
Disables the Network Manager application
software and removes the icon from the
taskbar.
*To view the Network Management page, Internet Explorer (4.0 or later) is
needed.
Right-click
Selectable functions
Note:
In the cases below, a wireless network may temporary stop
data-transmission.
³When a wireless computer is shut down.
³When a wireless computer is located out of the extent to
communicate.
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Network Manager
Using the Network Management
Web Screen
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About the Network Management web screen 
The Network Manager application software uses the web screens named
“Network Management” to check the allocations of the nodes in the
wireless network. See the following pages for the functions on the web
screen.
Function
menu
Performance Info
Node Name
Function menu
Performance InfoThe name of each node for identification in a
network. For a computer, this name is set in
the Identificationtab of the Networkdialog
box in the Control Panel on your computer. For
the Broadband Networking Gateway, this
name is set on the Wireless Setupscreen of
the Broadband Networking Gateway
administration web screen.
Clicking these buttons allows you to check and
change the current status of the wireless
network. For more details about each function,
refer to the instructions from the following pages.
The color shows the current status of the
data-transmission performance between
nodes.
Node Name
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Ò Using the Network Management Web Screen
Using the function menu
Node Information
When you think you may have lost the connection to a node, or if you
want to know how many nodes are in a wireless network, this function will
help you. The screen provides an illustration that shows the entire logical
allocation of every node on a wireless network. To obtain detailed
information about each node as shown in below figure, move the cursor to
the illustration of the appropriate node. 
To use this function, click 
[Node Info]on the web screen. 
Node ID
IP Address
MAC Address
Firmware Version
Webserver RunningThis ID is specified by the Master Node in the
wireless network.
The local IP address of the node.
The MAC (Media Access Control) Address of
the KX-HGC200.
The current version of the firmware written in
the KX-HGC200 Flash-ROM. To update the
firmware, see p. 65.
“Yes” or “No” is shown. If “Yes” is shown, the
wireless computer has been set to the Master
Node of the wireless network. If “No” is
shown, the computer has been set to a Client
Node. For more details about the Master
Node and Client Node, refer to p. 73.
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Network Manager
Bandwidth Information
To obtain detailed information about bandwidth usage, this function will
help you. To find out what channel (radio frequency) the wireless network
is using, look at “Channel in use”. The chart below indicates the
bandwidths used by each node in the entire wireless network. 
To use this function, click 
[Bandwidth Info]on the web screen.
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Link Information
To obtain detailed information about sent/received data, this function will
help you. The screen provides you with information about the status of
packets transmitted by the wireless network. 
To use this function, click 
[Link Info]on the web screen.
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Ò Using the Network Management Web Screen
Add A New Node
This function is used to add the Broadband Networking Gateway to a
wireless network from a wireless computer. For detailed steps about how
to add the Broadband Networking Gateway, refer to p. 19.
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Network Manager
Using the Device Management
Dialog Box
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About the Device Management dialog box
The Device Management dialog box allows you to check the setup
parameters of the KX-HGC200 and change them by overwriting the Flash
memory of the KX-HGC200. To check the current setup parameters, click
the Propertiestab. To change the parameters, click the Configuration
tab.
Properties tab
³Clicking [Refresh]button makes the latest change of the parameters
take effect.
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Ò Using the Device Management Dialog Box
Configuration tab
Configuration tab allows you to use the following functions:
Firmware Update*
Change Network Name (p. 61)
Modify Settings (p. 62)
*Not available in current release.
To modify the current settings of the wireless networking
status:
First, change each group of settings following the instructions on p. 62. To
make new settings take effect, click 
[Modify].
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