User`s Manual
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1. wireless LAN card SSID Network name BSSID MAC address of the base station Channel The current channel used by the wireless LAN card TxRate The current transmission rate used by the wireless LAN card Reachable Access Points Stations This item will show you all of the 802 11b access points or wireless LAN cards in your wireless environment The icon in the front of every item represents an access point or a wireless LAN card You can add a network easily by clicking on the desired SSID Signal It shows the signal intensity of the currently connected base station Ch The current channel used by the wireless LAN card 3 2 Statistics This option shows you to view the available statistic information Data Packets Management Packets and Rejected Packets In order to renew or update this list of statistics click the Clear button In order to exit click the Hide button at the bottom of the screen Figure 3 3 Statistic information available GIGABYTE Wireless LAN Monitor Utility E x GIGABY TE GN WLMM POMCTA Fast NET 5024 E Current Profile Default Info Statistics Configuraiton Encryption Advanced Profiles About Tx Ex Data Packets successful O 474 Unsuccessful O O MemtPackets euccesstul 2 3220 Unsuccessful 0 5 Rejected Packets O O 3 3 Configuration A typical screen of the application in Infrastructure mode is shown in Figure 3 4 The configuration parameters are2. 2 s Operating Range Frequency Band 2 400 2 4835 GHz subject to local regulation Radio Technology DSSS Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum NiumbarocChannel 11 Channels US Canada 4 channels France 14 Channels Japan 13 Channels Most European countries ETSI Output Power 13 5dBm Nominal Temp Range Receive Sensitivity 81dBm 11 Mbps date rate 8 PER Antenna Two built in diversity antennas EMC certification FCC Part 15 USA CE Europe Temperature Range Operating O 50 deg C Storing 20 65 deg C Humidity Max 90 Non condensing Driver Windows 98 98SE Me Windows 2000 XP Roaming Supportsroaming Network Protocol TCP IP IPX NetBEUI Security 12
3. GIGABYTE T E C H N O LOG Y GN WLMM101 IEEE 802 11b PCMCIA Wireless LAN Card User s Manual http www gigabyte com tw Rev 1 0 First Edition Contents CHAPTER 1 PRODUCT OVERVIEW saia a aaa 1 1 1 INTRODUCTION TO THE WIRELESS LAN CARD rr 1 124 EAT RES a o e o ii de 1 1 3 PHYSICAL DIMENSIONS PACKAGING ccecececccccccecccececeneaeacaceteneneneauaneneneneavecaneneneneanares 1 1 4 LED INDICATING LEA ia 2 1 5 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS elias 2 SN E TI PT om seve Se nee 2 1 5 2 Supported Operation SYSTOM oosicci dscccccsissscsacacseeccedsevaciediesvedecesavenchesdesesdeosesnetsesesredscgeess 2 CHAPTER 2 INSTALLING THE WIRELESS LAN CARD oooccccccccccnoccccconocccononiccccnonoccccnonoccco 3 2 1 INSTALLING THE DRIVER amp UTILITY APPLICABLE TO ANY SUPPORTED OS 3 CHAPTER 3 USING THE MILA siii TE Tide 6 De INFO Dee eS a ee A E O Di A 6 SA O IATICRICO quissiasinesi ene De GR pe a RT GU ema 7 Ses CONFIGURATION asas caia o ds a a ta e NE os oe bd ao 8 Oats TENG RY PT ON sheet tin a SU e lero aos 8 Be JA VANCED atenta wera alte heen tana Ra retina Jeni ho NOR SO ates als ota nn art o esd ane hea 9 3 6 SMA RO A aaiae 10 Se A E a RO ee a ee 11 Chapter 1 Product Overview 1 1 Introduction to The Wireless LAN Card This wireless LAN Local Area Network card is composed of the IEEE 802 11b MAC Baseband and radio components PCMCIA interface and two built in antennas This produc
4. NET 5024 E Current Profile Default Info Statistics Configuraiton Encryption Advanced Profiles About Preamble Type Fragmentation Threshold eee igi 2346 RTs Ts Threshold Disabled 2347 802 11 Power Save 3 6 Profiles This option shows you to view your current profile You can click New to create a custom profile Figure 3 7 Your current profile GIGABYTE Wireless LAN Monitor Utility SI GIGABY TE GN WLMM PCMCIA FastY NET 5024 E Current Profile Default Info Statistics Configuraiton Encryption Advanced Profiles About Existing profiles Preview of Default Infrastructure 10 Anto 002 11 Power Sav Off Encryption Disabled Authentication T Radio Yov current profile is Default and it is read only Use the New command on the left to create a custom profile 10 3 7 About By choosing this option you can view basic information about the utility like the Driver Firmware and Application Version and this card s MAC address Figure 3 7 Version information and MAC address GIGABYTE Wireless LAN Monitor Utility E x GIGABY TE GH WLMM PEOMCIA FastY NET 5024 E Current Profile Default Into Statistics Configuraiton Encryption Advanced Profiles About ER GIGABYTE tet Se A ah Driver 43354 Firmware 540 54 Application 324235 MAC Address 00 20 ED 28 FF FF 11 Chapter 4 Specification
5. ess LAN Card 2 1 Installing The Driver amp Utility Applicable to any supported OS Step 1 Please make sure that you don t plug your card yet Step 2 Insert our setup CD into your CDROM drive the following window will pop up GIGABYTE GNWLMM1 01 Network Adapte e m lt irre reless LAN Driver tiva Site Browse the CD Lx i i o 2 dE c 2002 Gigabyte Technology Co Welcome to the InstallShield Wizard for Gigabyte 02 11b Wireless LAN The Install5heldA Wizard will install Gigabyte 80211b Wireless LON on pour computer To continue click Next Cancel Step 4 Click Next InstallShield Wizard License Agreement Please read the following license agreement carefully Press the PAGE DOWN key to see the rest of the agreement License Agreement for Atmel Wireless LAN Fit This 15 a legal agreement between Atmel Corporation Atmel and you the end user IF you do not agree with the terme of this Agreement promptly return the unopened diskette package and the accompanying Items to Atmel for a full refund In return for acquiring a license to use the Wireless LON software related documentation and hardware peripherals Software you agree to the following terms and conditions Section 1 Grant of License Atmel grants you a limited Do you accept all the terms of the preceding License Agreement Ifyou choose No the s
6. etup will close To install Gigabyte 802 116 Wireless LAN vou must accept this agreement InstallShield Installshield Wizard Setup Type Choose the setup tyoe that best suits pour needs Click the type of Setup vou prefer Description Select Typical to all components to be installed InstallShield Back Cancel Step 6 Select Typical and then click Next The wizard will ask you to provide the destination path of where the application will be installed Installshield Wizard Choose Destination Location Select folder where Setup will install files Setup will install Gigabyte 802 116 Wireless LAN in the following folder To install to this folder click Mest To install to a different folder click Browse and select another folder Destination Folder E AGigabyteGigabyte GU2 11 Wireless LAN Browse InstallShield Installshield Wizard InstallShield Wizard Complete Setup has finished installing Gigabyte 802 116 Wireless LAN on pour computer Back Lance Step 8 Click Finish and then your installation is ok Chapter 3 Using The Utility The Configuration amp Monitor Utility is a powerful application that helps you to configure the card and monitor the statistics of the communication Unlike the standard method of configuring the card via the operating system utilities e g Control Panel this application permits the dynamic mod
7. ification of the configuration parameters while the card is operating It also offers some more configuration options Gigabyte offers the Configuration amp Monitor Utility for Windows 98 98SE Me and Windows 2000 XP It appears as an icon on the system tray of Windows every time the card is running see Figure 3 1 You can open it by double clicking on this icon Figure 3 1 The icon of the Configuration amp Monitor Utility Note Please keep in mind that the Configuration amp Monitor Utility can be used to change the above configuration parameters when the card is active When the card is not in use please use the Control Panel method 3 1 Info The Info tab shows you the current link status of the wireless LAN card and the reachable assess points and the wireless LAN card In the middle of the screen there is information about the status of the communication the BSSID of the access point to which the card is associated signal strength and link quality Figure 3 2 Current link status of the wireless LAN card GIGABYTE Wireless LAN Monitor Utility E xi GIGABYTE GN WLMM PCMCIA FastVNET 502A E y Current Profile Default Info Statistics Contiguraiton Encryption Advanced Profiles About Link status Entrastructure Mode Associated Other items in the table are the detailed information about the link status which are available only when the wireless LAN card is connected to an access point or other
8. ot Please keep in mind that the WEP keys must be in HEX format Finally you have the option to select whether Open System Shared Key or Auto authentication will be used In order to take effect the changes you wish to make click the Submit button at the bottom of the screen Figure 3 5 Encryption GIGABYTE Wireless LAN Monitor Utility E O x GIGABYTE GN WLMM PCMCIA Fast NET 5024 E Current Profile Default Info Statistics Configuraiton Encryption Advanced Profiles About Key 1 EEEE Ekk Key 2 PEPEKE EE EEEE ORE Key 3 PEPEE EEKE EEEE Eey 4 Ronan WEP Eey to use Key 1 WEF Mode Mandatory Authentication Type Anta 3 5 Advanced By Choosing the Advanced option in any of the two modes you can change advanced configuration settings such as the Preamble Type Fragmentation Threshold and RTS CTS Threshold Figure 3 6 Figure 3 6 shows the default configuration for the advanced settings The card has an auto detection feature therefore when selecting Auto for the preamble type it automatically selects the Preamble Type depending on the Access Point Preamble type Note In order to enable the Fragmentation and the RTS CTS Threshold parameters move the slide bar with your mouse and then use the right and left arrow keys of your keyboard in order to select an exact number Figure 3 6 Advanced Settings A BYTE Wireless LAN Monitor Utility E zi GIGABYTE GN WLMM PCMCIA Fast
9. shown at the top of the screen Operating Mode Channel SSID TxRate Int Roaming and Radio of the card In order to change the configuration parameters click the Change button make your changes and then click Submit in order to save your changes Figure 3 4 A typical screen of the application in Infrastructure mode GIGABYTE Wireless LAN Monitor Utility ce x 007 oie AASA GIGABY TE GN WLMM PCMCLA Fast YNET 5024 E Current Profile Default Info Statistics Configuraiton Encryption Advanced Profiles About Dperatine Mode Channel E Change AID ck pubit Tx Rate duto Cancel Int Roaming Disabled Radio On 3 4 Encryption By choosing this option in any of the two modes you can set four different WEP keys and specify which one of them to use First either enable or disable encryption from the appropriate Encryption field see Figure 3 5 below If you decide to use encryption you can choose any of the available WEP keys 1 to 4 You also have the option to select the WEP mode Mandatory Optional If you select Mandatory then not only WEP will be used but also any other station needs to use WEP encryption in order to establish a communication with your station This requirement is in line with the IEEE 802 11b standard If on the other hand you choose Optional then your station can communicate with every other station regardless if they use WEP or n
10. t adopts the direct sequence spread spectrum DSSS technology and the DBPSK DQPSK and CCK modulation mode to provide a very stable wireless communication quality and an excellent signal receiver capability Our product features the compact size low power consumption and power management functions and provides a high speed wireless data communication Therefore our product is ideally suitable for being integrated into the personal mobile and handheld platform 1 2 Features Conforms to IEEE 802 11b specification Transmits data rate up to the maximum speed of 11Mbps Dynamically scales the data rate to 11 5 5 2 and 1Mbps Automatic power management to reduce battery consumption Built in diversity antenna Supports 64 bit 128 bit WEP encryption Driver supports Windows 98 98SE Me and Windows2000 XP 1 3 Physical Dimensions Packaging Dimensions 118 4mm 54mm 6mm This wireless LAN card conforms to the PC card Type II standard There is one LED that glows or blinks to indicate the status of the card 1 4 LED Indicating Light Power This LED lights up when the card is powered on Scanning This LED blinks quickly when the card is scanning a network Linked This LED is continuously on while the card is linked with the network 1 5 System Requirements 1 5 1 Supported Platform IBM PC AT compatible computer 1 5 2 Supported Operation System Windows 98 98SE Me Windows 2000 XP Chapter 2 Installing the Wirel
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