ALLSPOT Worldwide Radio Hotspot Finder with USB 2.0 Wi-Fi Adapter Quick Start Guide

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1 ALLSPOT Worldwide Radio Hotspot Finder with USB 2.0 Wi-Fi Adapter Quick Start Guide Version 0.1 June 2005

2 Important Note Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Interference Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one of the following measures: - Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna. - Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver. - Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected. - Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/tv technician for help. FCC Caution: Any changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user's authority to operate this equipment. 1

3 This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. IMPORTANT NOTE: FCC Radiation Exposure Statement: This equipment complies with FCC radiation exposure limits set forth for an uncontrolled environment. This device complies with FCC RF Exposure limits set forth for an uncontrolled environment, under 47 CFR paragraph (d)(2). This transmitter must not be co-located or operating in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter. 2

4 About Your ALLSPOT Hotspot Finder & USB 2.0 Wi-Fi Adaptor Thank you for purchasing ALLSPOT! The ALLSPOT is a multi-functional device features Hotspot Finder and USB 2.0 Wi-Fi Adapter in a compact enclosure. ALLSPOT supports graphical LCD display with readable and complete site survey information, such as Signal Strength, Security and Encryption, Operation Channel, Radio Band and SSID. User can also choose to find specific Hotspot like dedicated network or Free-spot. More than that, the advanced dual-band worldwide radio USB 2.0 Wi-Fi Adapter benefits you seamlessly connecting to all standard and ubiquitous wireless networks, no matter it is b, g or a. Furthermore, ALLSPOT provides you an always-protected networking by supporting standard wireless security schemes. 1. To Use As Hotspot Finder 2-1. To Find Hotspot 3

5 Button Power Seek Next Functions Switch Power on/off 1. Press [Seek] to search hotspots 2. Press [Seek] for 2 seconds to change S/F/D mode To view next hotspot info ALLSPOT Hotspot Finder UI Indication

6 1. SSID: Display the SSID of the wireless network, if SSID length is longer than 16 characters, it will scroll horizontally. 2. Channel: Indicate the in use channel number of the wireless network 3. Entry: Display the current entry of the scanned hotspot sites. Totally up to 16 entries can be displayed at a time. 4. Power: Indicate the battery life status. Battery low Battery full At adapter mode, or charging the battery through USB port 5. Scan mode: There are 3 scan modes (S, F and D mode). Hold Seek button to toggle among scan modes. After switching to the desired scan mode, press Seek button again to do site survey. [S] Mode: Scan result is ranked in the order of signal strength. [F] Mode: Scan result only lists free spots (network without security) with the ranking of signal strength. 5

7 [D] Mode: Display the site survey result of a dedicated hotspot site. Use Next button to select the desired entry that you want to visit, then hold Seek button to enter [D] mode. Press Seek button once again to periodically do site survey automatically. This scan mode is useful to lock on a network to see its signal strength at different place. 6. Security: Indicates security setting of the wireless network. WEP security is enabled WPA security is enabled Wireless security is disabled (no security) 7. Signal: Indicates the signal strength and the radio band (802.11a/b/g) of wireless network. There are 5 levels of signal strength a mode at 5 GHz band g mode at 2.4 GHz band 6

8 802.11b mode at 2.4 GHz band 2. To Use As USB 2.0 Wi-Fi Adaptor 1-1. Installation Requirements Before installation, make sure you have a computer with the following: Pentium III 300MHz or above A minimum of 20 MB available hard disk space 64MB RAM (128MB Recommended) A CD-ROM drive An USB slot Windows XP/2000/ME/98 SE 7

9 Windows 98 SE users may need the Windows 98 SE CD for installation 1-2. Utility and Hardware Installation The installation procedures are similar for all supported Windows versions. Windows XP screen shots are shown unless otherwise specified. DO NOT plug the ALLSPOT at this point! The ALLSPOT Wireless Client Utility should be installed first. 1. Insert the support CD into the CD-ROM drive on your computer. The installation program will automatically run. If it does not, locate and doubleclick setup.exe on the support CD. 2. Click Install Utility to start installation. The Wireless Client Utility and driver will be automatically installed. 3. A welcome screen displays. Click Next. 8

10 4. Click Next to accept the default file location or click Browse to select an alternate folder. 5. Click Finish to complete the installation. 6. After installation is completed, an Wireless Client Utility icon will appear in your system tray. 7. Locate an available USB slot on the computer. 8. With the USB connector facing the slot and the LCD side facing up, plug the ALLSPOT into the slot. 9. Double click the Wireless Client Utility icon to configure your wireless adapter. If the Wireless Client Utility icon displays, the ALLSPOT is installed properly. Refer to the User s Guide to configure the ALLSPOT. 9