
WiDRIVE User’s Guide
Welcome and thank you for choosing a EDSLab prod-
uct.
For your convenience, your EDSLab product is fur-
nished with two guides:
a) a Quick Start Guide, and
b) This comprehensive PDF User’s Manual.
1.1 WiDRIVE Overview
o WiDRIVE is a pocket-size portable wireless
storage server that is accessible through 802.11b/g
WLAN interface. It provides up to 54Mbps bandwidth
based on WLAN networks operating at 2.4 GHz fre-
quency band.
o With WiDRIVE, consumers can enjoy the ease
and mobility of wireless lifestyle in accessing and shar-
ing their digital content without the hassle of cables.
o A wireless network connection to WiDRIVE
can be secured by one of encryption types, i.e. WLAN
64-bit, 128-bit WEP, WPA or WPA2. Prior to the con-
nection to a host, the verication of username and
password will be provided for authentication.
o There are two types of wireless networks,
Access Point(AP) and Infrastructure modes. WiDRIVE
operates easily in both types of wireless networks.
o In AP mode, WiDRIVE acts as a Wireless
Router and a DHCP server that assigns IP addresses
to hosts that join the wireless network.
o In Infrastructure mode, WiDRIVE will join Wire-
less Routers automatically to obtain the necessary IP
address.
1. INTRODUCTION
o The manual conguration of IP addresses for
both WiDRIVE and host can be avoided during the
transition of wireless network types.
1.2 Data Access
o WiDRIVE offers two mode of data access, the
USB mode and WebFolder mode.
o In USB mode, WiDRIVE is behaved as an
external storage device.
o In WebFolder mode, WiDRIVE appears to the
connected computer as a web-based le manager.
o WiDRIVE operates in both USB mode and
WebFolder mode.
- AP mode is normally used under condition
when there is no available Wireless Router.
- WiDRIVE enables users from different
hardware platforms (PC, PDA, PSP, Set-top
box, etc) to share the content at WebFolder
mode.
- Infrastructure mode is used when there is an exist-
ing Wireless Router where all wireless Notebooks/
PCs are connected to. WiDRIVE can be congured
to automatically join the wireless network
- Infrastructure
Network
- AP Network