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1. 54Mbps 802 11g Wireless LAN CardBus PC Card user manual TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 ABOUT WIRELESS LAN PC CARD 1 1 1 Features and Benefits 1 1 2 Applications 1 1 3 Product Kit 3 1 4 About Wireless LAN PC Card LED Indicators 3 CHAPTER 2 GETTING STARTED 22 222 0 202 0 2 4 2 1 Before Installation 4 2 2 Insert the 802 11g Wireless LAN PC Card 4 CHAPTER 3 INSTALL DRIVER FOR WINDOWS 6 3 1 Set up Wireless LAN PC Card for Windows XP 6 3 2 Set up Wireless LAN PC Card for Windows 2000 12 3 3 Set up Wireless LAN PC Card for Windows 98SE ME 16 3 4 Remove the Wireless LAN PC Card 19 CHAPTER 4 CONFIGURE THE WIRELESS LAN PC CARD 21 4 1 Inst2. as below Connect to Wireless Network The following network s are available To access a network select It from the list and then click Connect i hechurng i demolab IF you are having difficulty connecting to a network click Advanced For more information on using the automatic wireless network configuration please refer to Windows XP Help file i Wireless Network Connection amp Properties fx Warning You must choose a General Wireless Networks Authentication Advanced one way to configure Wireless LAN PC Card either of using our WLAN Utility by Available networks To connect to an available network click Configure un checking this check box 2 WitelessLAN or using Windows XP i marty Es gilbert Use Windows to configure my wireless network settings Automatic Wireless Network Configur a tion first by Preferred networks Automatically connect to avaiable networks in the order listed checking this check box Baines Add Remove Learn about setting up wireless network configuration 10 However the WLAN Utility which comes with the Wireless LAN PC Card provides you more tools to configure the Wireless LAN PC Card and monitor the wireless connection For more information on installing and using the WLAN Utility please refer to the following sections Installation of the WLAN Utility and Usage of the WLAN Utility Note To use the WLAN utility under Window
3. force the radio to rescan all available channels If your link quality or signal strength is poor rescanning can be used to push the radio off a weak Access Point and search for a better link with another Access Point Site Survey By clicking the Rescan button the Site Survey can display Access Points around the working environment Besides showing the ESSID of each Access Point it also displays BSSID Channel Capability Signal Noise and Rates To join any of the displayed Access Points highlight the Access Point you desire to connect and then click the Join 28 ME Wireless LAN PC CARD 802 116 ioj x Configuration Site Survey About ESSID__ BSSID____L Channel Capability Signal Rates 35 1 205 5 1 BLAST SA bl all al 00 14 50 LAS 5 11 0060 B3 16 0B 7F 12 5 5 11 00 60 B3 16 B2 EB 1 2 5 5 1 1 00 60 53 70 75 30 1725 5411 00 60 53 16 54 88 1755 11 About The About item shows the versions of the Wireless LAN Utility driver firmware of the 802 11g Wireless LAN PC Card Also the MAC address and frequency domain are displayed SE Wireless LAN PC CARD 802 116 lolx Wireless LAN PC CARD Utility Configuration Utility Version 1 0 5 Date Jan 14 2003 Network Driver Version 0 5 2 Date Jan 14 2003 NIC Firmware Version 0 7 20 Mac Address 00 60 B3 00 12 22 Frequency Domain ETSI Advance Setting Advance Options The Advance configuration provides advance function about network environme
4. the computer System Settings Change Es 2 To finish setting up your new hardware you must restart your computer i Do you want to restart your computer now 18 Step 8 Open Control Panel System Device Manager and check Network Adapters to see if any exclamation mark appears next to the IEEE 802 11 Wireless LAN PC Card If no your 802 11g Wireless LAN PC Card is working well System Properties General Device Manager Hardware Profiles Performance f Yiew devices by type C View devices by connection m Computer f ey COROM H E Disk drives 5 Display adapters sa ESS WOM Modem Enumerator H Floppy disk controllers H 4 Hard disk controllers i Keyboard E Modem E Monitors H A Mouse a g Network adapters H9 Dial Up Adapter me EIEEE 802 11 Wireless LAN PC Card 3 PCMCIA socket Check if there is exclamation mark reo of mea roma o mt Properties Refresh Remove next to the 802 11g Wireless LAN PC Card 3V 3 4 Remove the Wireless LAN PC Card If you do not need the wireless connectivity of your 802 11g Wireless LAN PC Card it is advised that you remove the card from its slot as described below gt Warning When removing the 802 11g Wireless LAN PC Card you will lose your connection to the network Prior to removing the PC Card make sure you have closed all files and network applications such as e mail You a
5. CMCIA specification or higher 2 Windows XP 2000 98SE ME with a Windows installation CD ROM diskettes for use during installation 3 Minimum 5 Mbytes free disk space for installing driver and utility program 2 2 Insert the 802 11g Wireless LAN PC Card To install the 802 11g Wireless LAN PC Card please do the following 1 Find an available Type II PCMCIA slot on your computer 2 With the Wireless LAN PC Card s 68 pin connector facing the PCMCIA slot and its label facing up slide the PCMCIA adapter completely into the PCMCIA slot Fig Insert the 802 11g PC Card into the notebook both the client adapter and the slot If the client adapter does not go in easily 1 CAUTION Do not force the client adapter into the slot Forcing it will damage remove the card and reinsert it Chapter 3 Install Driver for Windows This section describes the installation of the 802 11g Wireless LAN PC Card driver for the Windows 98SE ME 2000 and Windows XP operating systems The installation procedures for Windows XP refer to 3 1 Set up Wireless LAN PC Card for Windows XP for Windows 2000 please see 3 2 Set up Wireless LAN PC Card for Windows 2000 for Windows 98SE ME refer to 3 3 Set up Wireless LAN PC Card for Windows 98SE ME Note Before you start the installation you are advised to keep the Windows CD ROM in case you might need certain system files 3 1 Set up Wireless LAN PC Card for Windows XP Step 1 After in
6. Network Type 002 11 AdHoc intrest tire SSID The SSID is the unique ID used by Access Points and stations to identify a wireless LAN Wireless clients associating to any Access Point must have the same SSID The default setting is ANY which allows your Wireless LAN PC Card to automatically associate to any Access Point Infrastructure mode in the vicinity of your wireless adapter The SSID can be set up to 32 characters and is case sensitive SaL demolab A a Transmit Rate The 802 11g Wireless LAN PC Card provides various data rate options for you to select Data rates options include 1Mbps 2 Mbps 5 5 Mbps 11Mbps 6Mbps 9Mbps 12 Mbps 18Mbps 24Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps and Fully Auto In most networking scenarios you will see that the factory set default Fully Automatic will prove the most efficient This setting will allow your 802 11g Wireless LAN PC Card to operate at the maximum data rate When the communications quality drops below a certain level the PC Card will automatically switch to a lower data rate Transmission at lower data speeds are usually more reliable However when the communications quality improves again the 802 11g Wireless LAN PC Card will gradually increase the data rate again until 1t has reached the highest available transmit rate WEP To prevent unauthorized wireless stations from accessing data transmitted over the network the WLAN Utility offers highly secure data encr
7. PC card has not passed Windows Logo testing to verify its compatibility with Windows XP Click on Continue Anyway button to continue installing Hardware Installation The software you are installing for this hardware IEEE 802 11 Wireless LAN PC Card has not passed Windows Logo testing to verify its compatibility with Windows amp P Lell me why this testing is important Continuing your installation of this software may impair or destabilize the correct operation of your system either immediately or in the future Microsoft strongly recommends that you stop this installation now and contact the hardware vendor for software that has passed Windows Logo testing Continue Anyway STOP Installation Step 4 The windows will find IEEE 802 11 Wireless LAN PC Card 3V and start copying corresponding files into the system Click on Next to continue Found Hew Hardware Wizard Please wait while the wizard installs the software EEE 802 11 Wireless LANPE Card 3 WLANLUSEB sys To FAWN DOW S Sustemse DRIMVERS Next gt Cancel Completing the Found New Hardware Wizard The wizard has finished installing the software for IEEE 802 11 Wireless L4N PC Card 3 Click Finish to close the wizard Back i Finish j Cancel Step 6 Right click My Computer from Start select Properties go to the Hardware tab and click the Device Manager button to see if any exclamation mark appear
8. all the WLAN Utility 21 4 2 Use the WLAN Utility 23 Basic Setting 23 Advance Setting 29 Chapter 1 About Wireless LAN PC Card The 802 11g Wireless LAN PC Card is a standard PCMCIA adapter that fits into any standard PCMCIA Type II slot in a notebook The 802 11g Wireless LAN PC Card is an enhanced high performance that supports high speed wireless networking at home at office or in public places 802 11g Wireless LAN PC Card is able to communicate with any 802 11b and 802 11g compliant products 1 1 Features and Benefits 1 Supports 1 2 5 5 11 Mbps and up to 54Mbps data rate 2 Working range up to 800 ft in an open environment 3 Seamless connectivity to wired Ethernet and PC network LAN s augments existing networks quickly and easily 4 Greater flexibility to locate or move networked PCs 5 Wireless connection without the cost of cabling 6 Easy to install and user friendly just Plug and Play 7 Low power consumption 8 Supports a variety of operating systems Win98SE ME 2000 XP 9 64 bit and 128 bits WEP encryption capable 10 Provides Window based Diagnostic Tools most notably Si
9. anually check box For 64bit encryption you may choose E Alphanumeric 5 characters case sensitive ranging from a z A Z and 0 9 e g MyKey E Hexadecimal 70 hexadecimal digits in the range of A F a f and 0 9 e g 11 AA22BB33 For 128bit encryption you may choose E Alphanumeric 73 characters case sensitive ranging from a z A Z and 0 9 e g MyKey12345678 E Hexadecimal 26 hexadecimal digits in the range of A F a f and 0 9 e g 00112233445566778899AABBCC After entering the WEP keys in the key field select one key as active key click the OK button and then click the Apply button on the Configuration tab to make the setting take effect 36 Me Encryption Eneryption WEP 64bit Create Key with PassPhrase Create Keys Manually C Alpheanumenc S characters Hexadecimal 10 characters i 3 4 F Key 1 Key 2 O Rey 2 Ken 4 Create Encryption Keys Manually 64bit gt Warning The WEP key must be set up exactly the same on the Wireless LAN stations as they are on the wireless Access Points If you set MyKey for the Wireless LAN PC Card the same WEP Key MyKey must be assigned to the Access Point or other stations Note Different factories would have some different WEP setting Therefore before setting access point or PCC WEP please refer to manual respectively Status The Status field on the Co
10. ct your local dealer 802 11 Wireless LAN PC Card 802 11g Wireless LAN PC Card PEE E POEET TEE E eeu E x 802 11g PC Card Software and Documentation CD cece eens x 802 11g Wireless LAN PC Card Quick Installation Guide x SS 1 4 About Wireless LAN PC Card LED Indicators The 802 11g Wireless LAN PC Card has two LED indicators The behavior of the indicators is described as below Power LED E OFF No light E ON Solid Yellow Link LED E Solid Orange Associated with the Access Point or Ad Hoc wireless workstation E Blinking Orange Not connecting to the Access Point or Ad Hoc wireless workstation Chapter 2 Getting Started This chapter describes the instructions that guide you through the proper installation of your 802 11g Wireless LAN PC Card for the Windows XP 2000 ME 98SE operating systems The complete installation of the 802 11g Wireless LAN PC Card consists of the following steps STEP 1 Insert your Wireless LAN PC Card into your notebook STEP 2 Install the corresponding driver and utility STEP 3 Set basic settings STEP 4 Finish Installation 2 1 Before Installation In addition to the items shipped with the client adapter you will also need the following in order to install the adapter 1 A computer equipped with a Type II or Type IN PCMCIA slot and a PCMCIA card and socket services compliant with revision 2 1 of the P
11. d Setup is preparing the InstallShield Wizard which will guide wou through the rest of the setup process Please walt TUTTI TTI TTT Cancel Choose Destination Location IMEE T and click Next to continue Choose Destination Location a Select folder where Setup will install files a bi Setup will install WLAN Utility in the following folder To install to this folder click Next To install to a different folder click Browse and select another folder Destination Folder F Program Files tW LAN WLAN Utility Browse Back Cancel J Select a program folder and QST Utility Setup click Next Select Program Folder Plaase select a program folder Setup will add program icons to the Program Folder listed below You may type a new folder name or select one trom the existing folders list Click Next to continue Program Folders Administrative Tools Games HCT LO WL11 APS Utility LO WL11 WEA Utility HESPOT Paint Shop Pro amp Startup InstallShield cack Neas Cancel Click on Finish to complete the installation Wireless LAN Utility Setup InstallShield Wizard Complete The InstallShield Wizard has successtully installed WLAN Utility Click Finish to exit the wizard Upon completion go to Program Files and run the WLAN Utility and its icon will appear in the System Tray in the bottom right corner of your task bar Clicking on the icon will open the config
12. ficiency when high traffic flows along in the wireless network If your 802 11g Wireless LAN PC Card often transmit large files in wireless network you can enable the Fragmentation Threshold by clicking the Enable button and the mechanism will split the packet The value can be set from 256 to 1500 The default value is Disable IR NO IO Address To avoid device conflict you may modify the IRQ No IO Address for your device Only available under Windows NT 231
13. hannel Ch Tranent Rate aie Default Apply Status State Associated WirelessL amp N 00 60 63 00 10 99 Current Channel i Curent Tx Rate 11 Mbits sec Throughput butessech Trt E Ais 3758 Link Quality Good 73 2 Rite aaae Signal Strength Excellent 932 ia ARAB ia ABS i HA Rescan oe Profile The Profile field allows you to set values for all parameters by selecting a previously defined profile To create the profile go to the Profile field type a profile name and set the corresponding parameters If one of the profiles is no longer used you may remove it by clicking the Delete button After changing parameters save the profile and click the Apply button to take effect You can have multiple profiles and modify the profile at any time Profile Save Infrastructure ad hoc Delete default Infrastructure You may also see the profile from WLAN Utility icon that appears in the System Tray in the bottom right corner of your task bar by using right click the WLAN Utility icon or may choose the profile by right clicking the system tray icon on the task bar making the configuration more friendly and efficient Network Type There are 2 network types for the 802 11g Wireless LAN PC Card to operate If you need to access company network or Internet via Access Point select Infrastructure If standard 802 11 Ad Hoc is selected you need to set wireless stations with the same ESS ID
14. he wireless medium When these two stations send data at the same time they might collide when arriving simultaneously at the Access Point The collision will most certainly result in a loss of messages for both stations _RTS Range e MlM CUTS Range eS T a i 1 1 A Stations do yot hear each other e _ But th evhear the AP Thus the RTS Threshold mechanism provides a solution to prevent data collisions When you enable RTS Threshold on a suspect hidden station this station and its Access Point will use a Request to Send RTS The station will send an RTS to the Access Point informing that it is going to transmit the data Upon receipt the Access Point will respond with a CTS message to all station within its range to notify all other stations to defer transmission It will also confirm the requestor station that the Access Point has reserved it for the time frame of the requested transmission If the Hidden Node problem is an issue please specify the packet size The RTS mechanism will be activated if the data size exceeds the value you set It is highly recommended that you set the value ranging from 0 to 1500 The default value is Disable Warning Enabling RTS Threshold would cause redundant network overhead that could negatively affect the throughput performance instead of providing a remedy Frag Threshold Fragmentation mechanism is used for improving the ef
15. nfiguration menu provides the following information r Status demolab 00 60 B3 61 227 Current Channel E i Current Ts Rate 1 Mbps Throughput bytessecl Ts 0 Ax a571 Link Quality Fair 33 WA Signal Strength Fair 534 ITT TITTY J i Rescan State When operating in Infrastructure mode this field shows the MAC address of the Access Point with which the Wireless LAN PCMCIA Card is communicating When operating in Ad Hoc mode it shows the virtual MAC address used by computers participating in the Ad Hoc network State lt Infrastructure gt Current Channel Shows the channel on which the connection is made Current Tx Rate Shows the highest transmit rate of the current association Throughput Shows the short term transmit and receive throughput in bytes second and is continuously updated 07 Link Quality Based on the quality of the received signal of the Access Point beacon There are 5 states of link quality 100 80 Excellent link 80 60 Good link quality 60 40 Fair link quality Under 40 Poor or no connection Signal Strength Based on the received signal strength measurement of the baseband processor of the Beacon signal Same as link quality there are 5 states of signal strength 100 8 amp 0 Excellent signal strength 80 60 Good signal strength 60 40 Fair signal strength Under 40 Poor or no signal strength You can click the Rescan button to
16. nt if you want 29 to know more detail of the Advanced configuration Please consults administrator The WLAN Utility also offers the advanced configuration for user to set the 802 11g Wireless LAN PC Card under certain network environment These advanced options include Power Management RTS and Fragmentation Threshold To enable the advanced configuration go to the Configuration tab and click the Advance button RTS Threshold C Disable Enable Frag Threshold C Disable Enable Power Management The Power Save option is designed to conserve battery life of you computer When Power Save is enabled your 802 11g Wireless LAN PC Card will go into sleep mode to minimize power consumption gt Warning When power saving mode is enabled the Access Points you use need to support power saving as well so that the communication can be established RTS Threshold RTS Threshold is a mechanism implemented to prevent the Hidden Node problem Hidden Node is a situation in which two stations are within range of the same Access Point but are not within range of each other The following figure illustrates an example of the Hidden Node problem Both stations STA are within range of the Access Point however they cannot hear each other Therefore they are hidden nodes for each other When a station starts data transmission with the Access Point it might not notice that the other station is already using t
17. opriate drive Click on Next to install the driver Add New Hardware Wizard Windows will search for new drivers in its diver database on your hard drive and in any of the following selected locations Click Mest to start the search T Floppy disk drives Cancel Step 4 The Windows will find IEEE 802 11 Wireless LAN PC Card 3V Click Next to continue Add Hew Hardware Wizard Windows diver file search for the device IEEE 802 11 Wireless L4N YPC Card 3 Windows is now ready to install the best driwer for this device Click Back to select a different driver or click Next to continue Location of diver a D ATEMPSNB S308 71 WLAN NICINE Cancel 17 Step 5 Once the Please insert the disk labeled Windows 98 Second Edition CD ROM ME CD ROM and then click OK window appears insert and enter the path corresponding to the appropriate drives and click OK Usually these files can be found at C Windows or C Windows system Insert Disk 3 Please insert the disk labeled Windows 98 Second Edition CD ROM and then click OK Step 6 Click Finish to complete the software installation Add New Hardware Wizard IEEE 802 11 Wireless LAN PC Card 3x Windows has finished installing the software that your new hardware device requires 4 Back Cancel Step 7 Restart
18. re advised to always disable the PC Card prior to removing the card from the PC Card slot This will allow the Windows operating system to E Log off from the network server E Disable the 802 11g Wireless LAN PC Card driver E Disconnect power to the PC Card slot which will extend battery life for mobile computers 19 To stop using the 802 11g Wireless LAN PC Card do the following steps l Click once on the PC Card icon on the right side of the Windows task bar HARE l tarm Select the option Stop IEEE 802 11 Wireless LAN PC Card 3V Stop IEEE 802 11 Wireless LANJPC Card 3 Wait a few seconds until the operating system displays a pop up message to indicate you can safely remove the PC Card Click OK and you may then take out the 802 11g Wireless LAN PC Card Safe To Remove Hardware E x a ia i 5 The IEEE 602 11 Wireless LAN PC Card SV device can now be safely removed From the system 20 Chapter 4 Configure the Wireless LAN PC Card This chapter gives you assistance with detailed configuration for the 802 11g Wireless LAN PC Card under Windows XP 2000 98SE ME 4 1 Install the WLAN Utility To install the WLAN Utility follow these steps Step 1 Insert the Product CD ROM Step 2 Go to the utility folder and run setup exe Step 3 The InstallShield Wizard will show up and guide you through the rest of the setup process Run the Setup Utili P iy InstallShield Wizar
19. s Fld DYDICD ROM drives aS Floppy disk controllers A Floppy disk drives Fy IDE ATASATAPT controllers Fae Keyboards E 7h Mice and other pointing devices H S Modems a Monitors Fora EW adaptar Check if there is exclamation IEEE 802 11 Wireless LOM PC Card 34 mark next to the IEEE 802 11 POMEZIA adapters N H F Ports COM amp LPT Wireless LAN PC Card 3V m f Sound video and game controllers Fa System devices Universal Serial Bus controllers 15 3 3 Set up Wireless LAN PC Card for Windows 98SE ME Step 1 After inserting the 802 11g Wireless LAN PC Card into the PCMCIA slot on your notebook Windows will auto detect new hardware and will display an Add New Hardware Wizard window Click Next to continue Add New Hardware Wizard This wizard searches for new drivers for IEEE 802 11 Wireless LAN PC Card A device driver is a software program that makes a hardware device work Cancel Step 2 Select Search for the best driver for your device Recommended and click Next Add Hew Hardware Wizard What do you want Windows to do BunnNNNNNNNNNNENNENNNNNENNNNNNNNNNNNNNNENNNANEENENNENEENNNNEENNNENENENENENENENENENENENENENENENENENEN ca f Search for the best driver for your device Recommended Display a list of all the drivers in a specific location 0 You can select the driver you want lt Back Cancel 16 Step 3 Insert the Product CD ROM into the appr
20. s XP you need to disable the Automatic Wireless Network Configuration first Steps are described as follows E Right click the Network Connections icon Select Properties E Go to the Wireless Networks tab E Uncheck the Use Windows to configure my wireless network settings check box and click the OK button see the above picture ee 3 2 Set up Wireless LAN PC Card for Windows 2000 Step 1 After inserting the 802 11g Wireless LAN PC Card into the PCMCIA slot on your notebook Windows will auto detect the 802 11g Wireless LAN PC Card Found New Hardware _ IEEE 802 71_Wireless_LAN PC_Card Step 2 A Found New Hardware Wizard window shows up Click Next to proceed Found New Hardware Wizard E Welcome to the Found New Hardware Wizard This wizard helps you install a device driver for a hardware device To continue click Next Cancel Step 3 Select Search for a suitable driver for my device recommended Found New Hardware Wizard F Install Hardware Device Drivers A device diver is a software program that enables a hardware device to work with an operating system This wizard will complete the installation for this device _TEEE_s02 11_ Wireless_L4 amp N PC_ Card 4 device driver is a software program that makes a hardware device work Windows needs driver files for pour new device To locate diver files and complete the Installation click Nest What do vou
21. s next to the Network Adapter IEEE 802 11 Wireless LAN PC Card 3V If no your 802 11g Wireless LAN PC Card is working well E Device Manager Alal x Fie Action View Help cA i A FAE i Batteries gy Computer Se Disk drives a Display adapters 5 DYDICOD ROM drives E Floppy disk controllers I A Floppy disk drives IDE ATAJATAPI controllers Se Keyboards Mice and other pointing devices Be Modems z Monitors BB Network adapters ET E H Check if there is exclamation S JIEEE 802 11 Wireless LON PC Card 3 mark next to the IEEE 802 11 A rg et Wireless LAN PC Card i Ports COM amp LPT H a Processors Sound video and game controllers System devices After installing the Wireless LAN PC Card the Windows XP will display a Wireless Network Connection message ij Wireless Network Connection 6 One or more wireless networks are available To see a list of available networks click here lows AP Professional valuation copy Build 2600 we 11 39AM Click on the message and the Automatic Wireless Network Configuration will then appear automatically You may click on Connect button to allow users to connect to an available wireless infrastructure network Access Point You may also click the Advanced button to make advanced configuration for the Wireless LAN PC Card shown
22. serting the 802 11g Wireless LAN PC Card into the PCMCIA slot on your notebook the Windows will auto detect the Wireless LAN PC Card and a Found New Hardware Wizard window will show up Select Install from a list or specific Advanced to install the driver Found New Hardware Wizard Welcome to the Found New Hardware Wizard This wizard helps you install software for IEEE 802 11 Wireless LAN PC Card 34 If your hardware came with an installation CD GEA or floppy disk insert it now What do you want the wizard to do Install the software automatically Recommended Install from a list or specific location Advanced Click Next to continue Step 2 Insert the Product CD ROM into the appropriate drive Click on Next to install the driver Found New Hardware Wizard Please choose your search and installation options eS Search for the best driver in these locations Use the check boxes below to limit or expand the default search which includes local paths and removable media The best driver found will be installed t Search removable media floppy CO ROM Include this location in the search Don t search will choose the driver to install Choose this option to select the device driver from a lish Windows does not guarantee that the driver you choose will be the best match for your hardware Step 3 The windows will appear the message about the Wireless LAN
23. te Survey Link Quality Test and Access Point Browser 1 2 Applications 802 11g Wireless LAN PC Card offers a fast reliable cost effective solution for wireless client access to the network in applications like these 1 Remote access to corporate network information E mail file transfer and terminal emulation Difficult to wire environments Historical or old buildings asbestos installations and open area where wiring is difficult to deploy Frequently changing environments Retailers manufacturers and those who frequently rearrange the workplace and change location Temporary LANs for special projects or peak time Trade shows exhibitions and construction sites where a temporary network will be practical Retailers airline and shipping companies need additional workstations during peak period Auditors requiring workgroups at customer sites Access to database for mobile workers Doctors nurses retailers accessing their database while being mobile in the hospital retail store or office campus SOHO Small Office and Home Office users SOHO users need easy and quick installation of a small computer network High security connection The secure wireless network can be installed quickly and provide flexibility 1 3 Product Kit 802 11g Wireless LAN PC Card comes with the following items Please go through each item below If any of listed 1tems appears to be damaged or missing please conta
24. the message about the Microsoft digital signature affirms that software has not been tested with Windows and that the software has not been altered since it was tested Click on Yes button to continue installing Digital Signature Not Found x aie MN a The Microsoft digital signature affirme that software has been tested with Windows and that the software has not been altered since tt was tested The software you are about to install does not contain a Microsoft digital signature Therefore there is na guarantee that this software works corectly with Windows IEEE 802 11 Wireless LAMPE Card 34 IF you want to search for Microsoft digitally signed sottiware visit the Windows Update Web site at http windowsupdate microsoft com to see if one is available Do you want to continue the installation Yes Ho More Info 14 Step 7 Click Finish to complete the installation Found New Hardware Wizard Completing the Found New Hardware Wizard gt IEEE 802 11 Wireless LANPE Card 3 Windows has finished installing the software for this device To close this wizard click Finish Fante Step 8 Open Control Panel System Device Manager and check Network Adapters to see if any exclamation mark appears If no your 802 11g Wireless LAN PC Card is working well Device Manager loj Action View JEREMY HP cl Batteries m Computer FS Disk drives Ee Display adapter
25. uration window When you minimize the window the system tray icon will be loaded in the System Tray again The color behind the system tray icon indicates the link status Blue indicates a good or excellent link 2 Yellow indicates a usable but weak link i Red indicates no or very poor link quality When you minimize the window the system tray icon will be loaded in the System Tray again 4 2 Use the WLAN Utility The WLAN Utility enables you to make configuration changes and perform user level diagnostics on your 802 11g Wireless LAN PC Card in the Windows XP 2000 98SE ME operating system environments The WLAN Utility consists of window with 3 items for you to monitor and configure the 802 11g Wireless LAN PC Card Configuration Site Survey and About Basic Setting Configuration The Configuration item allows you to modify the configuration parameters for the 802 11g Wireless LAN PC Card such as Profile SSID Network Type AdHoc Channel Transmit Rate WEP RTS Fragment Threshold and Power Save mode Furthermore you may monitor the current status of the Wireless LAN PC Card such as State Current Channel Current Tx Rate Throughput Link Quality and Signal Strength Me Wireless LAN PC CARD s02 11G E Ioj x Configuration Site Survey About Profile default ave Delete Confienration reel LI demolab Advance Network Type Intrastoctove z WEP Enabled WEP key AdHoc C
26. want the wizard to do Search for a suitable driver for my device recommended Display a list of the known drivers for this device so that can choose a specific driver Back Cancel Step 4 Insert the Product CD ROM into the appropriate drive Click on Next to install the driver Found New Hardware Wizard Locate Driver Files Where do pou want Windows to search for diver fles Search for driver files for the following hardware device _TEEE_s02 11_ Wireless_L4 amp N PC_Card The wizard searches for suitable drivers in its diver database on your computer and in any of the following optional search locations that you specify To shart the search click Nest Fou are searching on a floppy disk or CO ROM drive Insert the floppy disk or CO before clicking Nest Optional search locations Floppy disk drives M CD ROM drives Specify a location Microsoft Windows Update Back Cancel ie Step 5 The windows will find IEEE 802 11 Wireless LAN PC_Card Click on Next to continue Found New Hardware Wizard Driver Files Search Results The wizard has finished searching for driver files for pour hardware device eS The wizard found a driver for the following device _TEEE_s02 11_ Wireless_L amp N PC_Card Windows found a driver for this device To install the driver Windows found click Mest d temp nbs s0by 20S walanric int Step 6 The windows will appear
27. yption known as WEP making your data transmission over air more secure To activate the WEP Encryption check the WEP Enabled check box An Encryption window will then appear The instructions are as follows gt Pull down the Encryption WEP menu and select either 64bit or 128bit encryption method gt Specify the encryption keys There are two methods to set the WEP keys as described below Create Encryption Keys by Using a Passphrase To create encryption keys by using a passphrase click the Create Key with Passphrase check box and type a character string in the Passphrase field As you type the utility uses an algorithm to generate 4 keys automatically Select either the 64bit or 128bit encryption first and type a string in the Create Key with Passphrase field Select one key from the 4 WEP keys and click OK Then click the Apply button on the Configuration tab to make the setting take effect Warning When Create Key with Passphrase is enabled the wireless device s Key with PassPhrase must match the Key with PassPharse used by the access point with which wireless device is planning to communicate E95 Ne Encryption i x Encryption WEP izeba Cresto Key with FassPhrose C Creato Keys Manually e i pe a EE ao eT EE Create Encryption Keys Using a Passphrase 128bit Create Encryption Keys Manually You can also create encryption keys manually by clicking the Create Keys M
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