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ViewSonic ® WPD-100 - User Guide Wireless Presentation Dongle Model No. : VS13789...
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The mark shown to the right is in compliance with the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive 2002/96/EC (WEEE). The mark indicates the requirement NOT to dispose the equipment as unsorted municipal waste, but use the return and collection systems according to local law. ViewSonic WPD-100...
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ETSI EN 300 328 EN 301 489-01 EN 301 489-17 EN 50392 Notified Countries: Germany, UK, Netherlands, Belgium, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, France, Italy, Spain, Austria, Ireland, Portugal, Greece, Luxembourg, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Hungary, Poland and Malta. ViewSonic WPD-100...
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4. Lead as an allotting element in steel containing up to 0.35% lead by weight, aluminium containing up to 0.4% lead by weight and as a cooper alloy containing up to 4% lead by weight. ViewSonic WPD-100 Proposed Maximum Concentration 0,1% 0,1%...
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Document Number: Serial Number: Purchase Date: Product disposal at end of product life ViewSonic respects the environment and is committed to working and living green. Thank you for being part of Smarter, Greener Computing. Please visit ViewSonic website to learn more. USA & Canada: http://www.viewsonic.com/company/green/recycle-program/ Europe: http://www.viewsoniceurope.com/uk/support/recycling-information/ Taiwan: http://recycle.epa.gov.tw/recycle/index2.aspx...
CHAPTER I: Product Information 1-1 Introduction and safety information Thank you for purchasing ViewSonic WPD-100! Excepting common wireless standards 802.11b/g, it is also able to access 802.11n wireless networks - data transfer rate is 150Mbps, and that’s three times faster than 802.11g wireless network! With easy-to-install USB 2.0 interface - a very common expansion port of...
6. If the WPD-100 falls into water, DO NOT USE IT AGAIN BEFORE YOU SEND IT BACK TO THE DEALER OF PURCHASE FOR INSPECTION. If you smell something strange or even see some smoke coming out from WPD-100, switch the computer off immediately, and call dealer of purchase for help. ViewSonic WPD-100...
1-3 System Requirements An empty USB 2.0 port (May not be able work with USB 1.1 port, and performance will be greatly reduced) Windows XP, Vista, or WIN7 operating system CD-ROM drive At least 100MB of available disk space ViewSonic WPD-100...
Radio On (No Link) Flashing Radio On (Link to AP Flashing or Router) ViewSonic WPD-100 Wireless LAN function is disabled. No link to wireless AP or Router Transmitting management information. Link to wireless AP or Router Transmitting data or management information.
CHAPTER II: Driver Installation and Configuration 2-1 WPD-100 Installation Please follow the following instructions to install WPD-100. ViewSonic WPD-100 1. Insert the WPD-100 into an empty USB 2.0 port of your computer when computer is switched on. Never use force to insert the WPD-100, if you feel it’s stuck, flip it...
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Note: Please disable firewall or anti-virus program before the installation. 6. Please wait while the install procedure is running. When you see this message, please click ‘Finish’ to complete the installation process. ViewSonic WPD-100...
Connection is not established yet. Wireless network card is not detected. There are two ways you can configure your wireless network card to connect to wireless access point: using the WPD-100 utility or built-in windows zero configuration utility. ViewSonic WPD-100...
You can click ‘More / Less’ button again, and setup utility window will resume to its original size. Tip: If a setup item requires more information to complete the setup procedure, the setup utility window will expand automatically. ViewSonic WPD-100 Menu Setup Area...
SSID of the wireless device you wish to connect is hidden, you must know exact SSID before you can establish connection with it. b. If the wireless device you wish to connect uses encryption, you must know its encryption key. ViewSonic WPD-100...
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The type of this wireless device and the channel number of this wireless device. Means this wireless device is an access point Means this wireless device is a computer (Ad-Hoc mode, point-to-point connection) The wireless standard supported by this access point is displayed here. ViewSonic WPD-100...
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‘Troubleshooting’. If you wish to see detailed information for a specific access point, please double-click on it, and you’ll be provided with its detailed information. ViewSonic WPD-100 , and ‘b’ for 802.11b will appear. here even through the access point uses...
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WPS: If this access point supports WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup), related information will be displayed here. CCX: If this access point supports CCX (Cisco Compatible eXtension), related information will be displayed here. 802.11n: If this access point complies with 802.11n draft, related information will be displayed here. ViewSonic WPD-100...
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‘Add to Profile’ button. Detailed instructions will be given below. Connect Connect to a selected access point. You have to select an access point from the list first and then click ‘Connect’ to connect to the selected access point. ViewSonic WPD-100...
‘OK’ when ready. If the SSID you provided here is wrong, you’ll not be able to connect to this access point. 3. If the wireless access point uses encryption, you will be prompted to input its WEP key or WPA preshared key. ViewSonic WPD-100...
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You can put the mouse cursor over the WPD-100 utility icon, and the brief information about link status and signal strength of current wireless connection will be shown as a popup balloon. You can also click More / Less button ( of connected access point: ViewSonic WPD-100 ) to see detailed information...
You can add a found access point to profile, or access to Profile section to input all information of an access point by yourself. ViewSonic WPD-100...
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Select the preamble for Ad hoc mode here. Available options are ‘Auto’ and ‘Long’. It’s suggested to select ‘Auto’ to let setup utility decide the preamble for you. Channel You can select the radio channel number for AdHoc mode here. ViewSonic WPD-100...
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Threshold yourself. You can drag the slider to set the threshold value, or input the value in the box located at right. It’s recommended to keep this value untouched unless you know the effect of changing this value. ViewSonic WPD-100...
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There are two types of WEP key: Hexadecimal and ASCII. For Hexadecimal key, you can input number 0-9 and alphabet a-f; for example, ‘001122aabbcc’; For ASCII key, you can input number 0-9 and alphabet a-z; for example, mywepkey12345. ViewSonic WPD-100...
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'Generic Token Card' and can not be changed. You also need to select ‘Soft Token’ or ‘Static Password’ as password in ‘ID \ Password’ setting. ’EAP Fast’ authentication type also have a sub-menu to set EAP fast-specific parameters: ViewSonic WPD-100...
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After you complete all information related to the access point, click ‘OK’ to save the profile, or click ‘cancel’ to cancel adding a new profile. If the profile is created, you will see the information in the Profile List. ViewSonic WPD-100...
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Export the selected profile and store in your computer. Activate Activate a specific wireless device in the profile list. icon will be displayed if the connection is failed; If the connection is successfully established, a displayed. ViewSonic WPD-100 icon will be...
5. Right-click ‘Wireless Network Connection’ (it may have a number as suffix if you have more than one wireless network card, please make sure you right-click the ‘ViewSonic WPD-100 Wireless LAN Card), then select ‘View Available Wireless Networks’. ViewSonic WPD-100...
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7. If the access point is protected by encryption, you have to input its security key or passphrase here. It must match the encryption setting on the access point. If the access point you selected does not use encryption, you’ll not be prompted for security key or passphrase. ViewSonic WPD-100...
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8. If you can see ‘Connected’ message, the connection between your computer and wireless access point is successfully established. ViewSonic WPD-100...
This function is helpful to find out the problem when you can not be authenticated, and you can provide this information to authentication server’s administrator for debugging purpose. After you finish the settings, click ‘Apply’ to apply new settings. ViewSonic WPD-100...
(VoIP), and others. When you enable the WMM function of this network card, you can define the priority of different kinds of data, to give higher priority to applications which require instant responding. Therefore you can improve the performance of such network applications. ViewSonic WPD-100...
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Valid values are from 1 to 65535 (seconds), and input ‘0’ for infinity. If you want to remove a specific wireless device from direct link table, select the device and click this button to remove it. ViewSonic WPD-100...
This wireless network card is compatible with WPS. To use this function, the wireless access point you wish to connect to must support WPS function too. ViewSonic WPD-100...
All access points with WPS function enabled will be displayed here. Please make sure the access point you wish to connect is displayed. If not, please click ‘Rescan’ few more times. You can also click ‘Information’ button to see the detailed information about selected access point. ViewSonic WPD-100...
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WPS-enabled access point found. You can also click ‘Rotate’ button, and next access point on the list will be selected to establish connection. 7. If you want to delete a found access point from the list, select it and click ‘Delete’ button. ViewSonic WPD-100...
3. If not, you may have to click ‘PIN’ for few more times to try again. If you still can not connect to access point by this way, please make sure the PIN code you provided to access point is correct. ViewSonic WPD-100...
Enable SSO Enable Pre-Logon Connectivity Profile List (only support LEAP or EAP-Fast authentication) ViewSonic WPD-100 Choose which SSO methods to log on. 1. Use ID and Password in Winlogon. 2. Use ID and Password in Profile. 3. User ID and Password in Dialog.
4. Voice Drastic Roaming: Diagnose roaming function by voice traffic test. 5. CAC: Enable the call admission control. 6. Diagnostic: Select a profile which the user wants to diagnose, then hit the Diagnose button to perform the diagnostic test. ViewSonic WPD-100...
Wireless radio is on (Green) Wireless radio is off (Red) 2-10 About The ‘About’ tab provides you the information about version number of the WPD-100 utility, driver, and other important information about your wireless network card. ViewSonic WPD-100...
If you need to know the directions of how to use specific function in the utility, please click ‘Help’ button. On-line help documents will be presented in Windows help format. Click this button to view on-line help documents. ViewSonic WPD-100...
If you want to switch to AP mode, please right-click WPD-100 utility icon, and select ‘Switch to AP Mode’. If you want to switch the wireless card back to station mode, click ‘Switch to Station Mode’. There is basic configuration menu of the AP function. ViewSonic WPD-100...
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Please select the country code of the country or region Code you live. Available options are 0-7, which will affect the available wireless channels you can use: 0: FCC (US, Canada, and other countries uses FCC radio communication standards) 1: ETSI (Europe) ViewSonic WPD-100...
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Select the idle time for the wireless access point. Default value is 300. Do not modify this value unless you know what will be affected. To save changes, click ‘Apply button. Or you can click ‘Default’ to reset all values to factory default value. ViewSonic WPD-100...
‘WPA2-PSK’, and ‘WPA-PSK / WPA2-PSK’. If you want to disable wireless data encryption, you must select ‘Open’. Encryption Type Please select an encryption mode. The available options in this setting item will vary depending on the authentication type you select. If you select ‘Not Use’, ViewSonic WPD-100...
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64 bits, but the data transfer speed will be slightly reduced. When you finish with setting and want to save changes, click ‘OK’ button, or click ‘Cancel’ button to discard all changes you made. ViewSonic WPD-100...
Select the policy type of your access rule. Disable: Allow any wireless client with proper authentication settings to connect to this access point. Allow All: Only allow wireless clients with MAC address listed here to connect to this access point. ViewSonic WPD-100...
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Delete Please select a MAC address from the list, then click ‘Delete’ button to remove it. Remove All Delete all MAC addresses in the list. When you finish with setting and want to save changes, click ‘Apply’ button. ViewSonic WPD-100...
Displays the MAC address of this wireless client. The serial number of this wireless connection. Power Saving Displays the capability of power-saving function of this Mode wireless client. Status Displays additional information of this wireless Connection, like current wireless operating mode and data transfer rate. ViewSonic WPD-100...
3-5 Event Log This software access point will log all wireless-related activities as a log. Click ‘Event Log’ tab, and the event log will be displayed. You can click ‘Clear’ to remove all entries in the log. ViewSonic WPD-100...
You can click ‘RESET COUNTERS’ button to reset all counters to zero. 3-7 About The ‘About’ tab provides you the information about version number of the configuration utility, driver, and other important information about your wireless access point. ViewSonic WPD-100...
Utility’ I can not establish connection with a certain wireless access point ViewSonic WPD-100 Solution 1. Click ‘Rescan’ for few more times and see if you can find any wireless access point or wireless device. 2. Please move closer to any known wireless access point.
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The network is slow / having problem when transferring large files ViewSonic WPD-100 3. You have to input correct security key to connect an access point with encryption. Please contact the owner of access point to ask for correct security key.
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Limited Warranty Please go to the Customer Support table in this guide for the ViewSonic website in your region to get warranty information. ViewSonic WPD-100...