4.0 Connect to a wireless network
Windows 2000 is not equipped with wireless support. That is why the wireless USB
adapter is supplied with special configuration software, suited to your Windows
version. Continue to paragraph 4.1.
Windows XP is equipped with wireless support. We do recommend you to install
Windows XP Service Pack 3 for optimum wireless stability. You can download this
software for free from the following location: ‘www.windowsupdate.com’. This software
update enhances the security possibilities of Windows XP.
4.1 Connect using Windows 2000
1. Click the icon with the red or green bars. This is the Realtek Wireless USB utility.
2. Click ‘Available Network’.
3. A list with available wireless networks will be displayed.
4. Select your wireless network and click the ‘Add to Profile’ button.
5. If your network is secured, select the corresponding security type at ‘Network
Authentication’. If you are using WPA of WPA2, make sure you select the correct
‘Data encryption’.
6. Fill in your security key at ‘Network key’. Confirm your security key at ‘ Confirm
network key’.
7. Click ‘OK’.
8. If you have filled in the network settings and network key correctly, you will see
the following data on screen: Signal Strength and Link Quality. Also, an IP-
Address, Subnet Mask and Gateway will be filled in, which will correspond with
your network data.
4.2 Connecting Windows XP
Windows XP has built-in wireless support. Due to this function, there are two manners
to connect Windows XP wirelessly: Using the ‘Windows wireless configuration’ and
using the Realtek wireless utility. We will explain both manners in the following steps.
4.2.1 Connect using Windows XP’s wireless zero config
1. Click the icon with the red or green bars. This is the Realtek Wireless USB utility.
2. The utility will start. Place a mark at ‘Windows zeroconfig’ and choose ‘Close’.
3. Right click the wireless network icon (in the lower-right corner, next to the clock).
4. Click ‘View available wireless networks’.
5. Windows will show a list of available networks.
6. Click the preferred network.
7. Click ‘Connect’.
8. If the preferred wireless network is not secured and you are using Service Pack
1, you need to check ‘Allow me to connect to the selected wireless network, even
though it is not secure’.
9. If the preferred wireless network is secured, Windows will ask you to enter the
network key. Fill in your network key and choose ‘Connect’.
