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1. The default page is as below after you launch the Utility program E Wireless LAN CardBus Monitor Configuration Utility Link Info Status Associated BSSID 00 03 2F 1B 1B AC SSID ppp TxRate 1 Mbps Channel 11 Rescan Radio Off Link Quality Signal Strength About Link Quality 93 Signal Strength Confiquration Encryption SiteSurvey Data Rate Transmit 0 Kbps Receive 0 Kbps 10000 1000 10 0 Status Shows the BSSID associated which can be used to identify the wireless network SSID Shows current SSID which must be the same for the wireless client and AP in order for communication to be established TxRate Shows the current data rate used for transmitting Channel Shows the current channel for communication Link Quality Shows the link quality of the 802 11g wireless LAN PCMCIA Adapter with the Access Point when operating under Infrastructure mode Signal Strength Shows the wireless signal strength of the connection between the 802 11g wireless LAN PCMCIA Adapter with the Access Point Data Rate Shows the statistics of data transfer and the calculation is based on the number of packets transmitted and received 3 2 Configuration This is the page where you can change the basic settings of the Access Point with the minimum amount of effort to implement a secure wireless network environment E Wireless LAN CardBus Monitor Configuration Utility Link Info SSID ppp Configuration BSS Typ2. You can create and manage the created profiles for Home offices or public areas By double clicking on one of the created profile the setting will adapt to the configuration such as SSID channel and WEP settings saved by that particular profile Remove To remove the selected the profile Properties To view and change its settings of the profile Add To add a profile Then the following screen would appear Add New Profile Profile Name SSID BSS Type Infrastructure y Channel hi gt TxRate auto y Preamble Auto Preamble gt Power Mode Continuous Access Mode _y IM Data Encryption Auth Mode h Default Key Cc G c c Key Format v Key Length Apply Cancel 3 5 About US This page displays some information about the 54Mpbs wireless LAN PCMCIA Adapter utility which includes the version numbers for Driver Firmware and Utility When there is new version of software available for upgrade you will be able to identify by version numbers E Wireless LAN CardBus Monitor Configuration Utility Link Info Configuration Encryption SiteSurvey About Version Information Firmware Version Driver Version Utility Version 4 Glossary Access Point An internetworking device that seamlessly connects wired and wireless networks Ad Hoc An independent wireless LAN network formed by a group of computers each with a network adapter AP Client One of the additional AP operatin
3. 98SE Millennium Edition ME 2000 and XP operating systems PC with Pentium III 600MHz system or above is recommended Equipped with at least one PC cardbus socket or PC cardbus adapter One CD ROM drive 2 Getting Start 2 1 LED Indicators The Power LED will be ON when the unit is powered up The Link LED will be Blinking indicates a WLAN connection 2 2 Install the 802 11g Wireless Network PCMCIA Adapter 2 2 1 Utility Installation 1 Before insert WPC 0301 into the PC cardbus of your computer please install the Utility Program first Make sure that the 802 11g wireless Network PCMCIA Adapter is NOT inserted into the cardbus slot NOTE all the snapped images of installation mentioned in this manual are based on Windows XP For other windows operating system all the procedures are the same but the screens are not the exactly same 2 Turn on the computer Insert the CD into the CD ROM Drive Please select WPC 0301 and click the Install LevelOne 11g WLAN Installation 3 InstallShield Wizard will automatically start Please click Next to continue InstallShield Wizard Welcome to the InstallShield Wizard for 54 Mbps Wireless Network Adapter The InstallShield Wizard will install 54 Mbps Wireless Network Adapter on your computer To continue click Next InstallShield Wizard Choose Destination Location Select folder where Setup will install files Setup will install 54 Mb
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5. ansmitted thus prevent others from knowing the information transmitted ESS ESS stands for Extended Service Set More than one BSS is configured to become Extended Service Set LAN mobile users can roam between different BSSs in an ESS ESSID The unique identifier that identifies the ESS In infrastructure association the stations use the same ESSID as AP s to get connected Ethernet A popular local area data communications network originally developed by Xerox Corp that accepts transmission from computers and terminals Ethernet operates on a 10 100 Mbps base transmission rate using a shielded coaxial cable or over shielded twisted pair telephone wire Fragmentation When transmitting a packet over a network medium sometimes the packet is broken into several segments if the size of packet exceeds that allowed by the network medium Fragmentation Threshold The Fragmentation Threshold defines the number of bytes used for the fragmentation boundary for directed messages The purpose of Fragmentation Threshold is to increase the transfer reliability thru cutting a MAC Service Data Unit MSDU into several MAC Protocol Data Units MPDU in smaller size The RF transmission can not allow to transmit too big frame size due to the heavy interference caused by the big size of transmission frame But if the frame size is too small it will create the overhead during the transmission Gateway a device that interconnects networks with di
6. ccess the line at exactly the same time their signals collide When the collision is detected they both back off and wait a random amount of time before retrying DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol which is a protocol that lets network administrators manage and allocate Internet Protocol IP addresses in a network Every computer has to have an IP address in order to communicate with each other in a TCP IP based infrastructure network Without DHCP each computer must be entered in manually the IP address DHCP enables the network administrators to assign the IP from a central location and each computer receives an IP address upon plugged with the Ethernet cable everywhere on the network DSSS Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum DSSS generates a redundant bit pattern for each bit to be transmitted This bit pattern is called a chip or chipping code The longer the chip the greater the probability that the original data can be recovered Even if one or more bits in the chip are damaged during transmission statistical techniques embedded in the radio can recover the original data without the need for retransmission To an unintended receiver DSSS appears as low power wideband noise and is rejected ignored by most narrowband receivers Dynamic IP Address An IP address that is assigned automatically to a client station in a TCP IP network by a DHCP server Encryption A security method that uses a specific algorithm to alter the data tr
7. e Infrastructure Encryption Channel TxRate Auto X Preamble Auto Preamble v Power Mode Continuous Access Mode vw SiteSurvey About Apply Cancel SSID Service Set Identifier which is a unique name shared among all clients and nodes in a wireless network The SSID must be identical for each clients and nodes in the wireless network BSS Type There are two types available for selection eInfrastructure to establish wireless communication with LAN and other wireless clients through the use the Access Points e Ad Hoc to establish point to point wireless communication directly with other wireless client devices such as wireless network PCI Adapter Channel The value of channel that AP will operate in Tx Rate Select the data rate for data transmission Power Mode There are 3 modes to choose eContinuous Access Mode default the WPC 0301 is constantly operating with full power and it consumes the most power e Maximum Power Save the WPC 0301 consumes the least power and only operates when there is wireless network activity ePower Save the WPC 0301 consumes the moderate level of power Preamble Select Long or Short Preamble type Preamble is a sequence of bits transmitted at 1Mbps that allows the PHY circuitry to reach steady state demodulation and synchronization of bit clock and frame start Two different preambles and headers are defined the mandatory supported Long Preamble and
8. enabled clients together The way that multiple bridge setups is based on the topology of Ad Hoc mode Node A network junction or connection point typically a computer or workstation Packet A unit of data routed between an origin and a destination in a network PLCP Physical layer convergence protocol PPDU PLCP protocol data unit Preamble Type During transmission the PSDU shall be appended to a PLCP preamble and header to create the PPDU Two different preambles and headers are defined as the mandatory supported long preamble and header which interoperates with the current 1 and 2 Mbit s DSSS specification as described in IEEE Std 802 11 1999 and an optional short preamble and header At the receiver the PLCP preamble and header are processed to aid in demodulation and delivery of the PSDU The optional short preamble and header is intended for application where maximum throughput is desired and interoperability with legacy and non short preamble capable equipment is not consideration That is it is expected to be used only in networks of like equipment that can all handle the optional mode IEEE 802 11b standard PSDU PLCP service data unit Roaming A LAN mobile user moves around an ESS and enjoys a continuous connection to an Infrastructure network RTS Request To Send An RS 232 signal sent from the transmitting station to the receiving station requesting permission to transmit RTS Threshold Transmitters contending for the medi
9. fferent incompatible communication protocols HEX Hexadecimal HEX consists of numbers from 0 9 and letters from A F IEEE The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers which is the largest technical professional society that promotes the development and application of electrotechnology and allied sciences for the benefit of humanity the advancement of the profession The IEEE fosters the development of standards that often become national and international standards Infrastructure An infrastructure network is a wireless network or other small network in which the wireless network devices are made a part of the network through the Access Point which connects them to the rest of the network ISM Band The FCC and their counterparts outside of the U S have set aside bandwidth for unlicensed use in the ISM Industrial Scientific and Medical band Spectrum in the vicinity of 2 4GHz in particular is being made available worldwide MAC Address Media Access Control Address is a unique hex number assigned by the manufacturer to any Ethernet networking device such as a network adapter that allows the network to identify it at the hardware level Multicasting Sending data to a group of nodes instead of a single destination Multiple Bridge One of the additional AP operating modes offered by 54Mbps Access Point which allows a group of APs that consists of two or more APs to connect two or more Ethernet networks or Ethernet
10. g modes offered by 54Mbps Access Point which allows the Access Point to act as an Ethernet to Wireless Bridge thus a LAN or a single computer station can join a wireless ESS network through it ASCII American Standard Code for Information Interchange ASCII is one of the two formats that you can use for entering the values for WEP key It represents English letters as numbers from 0 to 127 Authentication Type Indication of an authentication algorithm which can be supported by the Access Point 1 Open System Open System authentication is the simplest of the available authentication algorithms Essentially it is a null authentication algorithm Any station that requests authentication with this algorithm may become authenticated if 802 11 Authentication Type at the recipient station is set to Open System authentication 2 Shared Key Shared Key authentication supports authentication of stations as either a member of those who knows a shared secret key or a member of those who does not Backbone The core infrastructure of a network which transports information from one central location to another where the information is unloaded into a local system Bandwidth The transmission capacity of a device which is calculated by how much data the device can transmit in a fixed amount of time expressed in bits per second bps Beacon A beacon is a packet broadcast by the Access Point to keep the network synchronized Included in a beacon are inf
11. header which interoperates with the 1 Mbit s and 2 Mbit s DSSS specification as described in IEEE Std 802 11 and an optional Short Preamble and header as described in IEEE Std 802 11b At the receiver the Preamble and header are processed to aid in demodulation and delivery of the PSDU The Short Preamble and header may be used to minimize overhead and thus maximize the network data throughput However the Short Preamble is supported only from the IEEE 802 11b High Rate standard and not from the original IEEE 802 11 That means that stations using Short Preamble cannot communicate with stations implementing the original version of the protocol 3 3 Encryption This is the page where you configure Security settings of your 802 11g wireless LAN PCMCIA Adapter E Wireless LAN CardBus Monitor Configuration Utility Link Info Y Data Encryption Configuration Auth Mode Encryption Default Key SiteSurvey 4 me About 02 A D 3 a 4 _ Key Format HEX y Key Length 64 bits vw Apply Cancel Encryption You can Disable or Enable the WEP data encryption feature If enabled it is required to select the Authentication mode from the next dropping list Auth Mode There are three modes available to choose e Open Authentication the sender and receiver do not share secret Key for communication Instead each party generates its own key pairs and asks the other party to accept it The key is regenerated
12. is 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 3 Please click Finish Found New Hardware Wizard Completing the Found New Hardware Wizard The wizard has finished installing the software for Hg 54 Mbps Wireless Network Adapter Click Finish to close the wizard Cancel 4 To make sure if the installation is successful you could check it through the device management Device Manager E 4 Bile Action View Help S62 23 2a 38 cau Batteries Computer Se Disk drives E Display adapters gb DVD CD ROM drives 3 Human Interface Devices Gy WE ATAJATAPI controllers Ey IEEE 1394 Bus host controllers Je Infrared devices Ge Keyboards Mice and other pointing devices Be Modems Monitors BP Network adapters WM 1394 Net Adapter E154 Mbps Wireless Network Adapter EY 56 900 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter POMCIA adapters Ports COM amp LPT Processors 5 Once the installation is successful a utility program icon will show on your desktop To lunch the utility just double click the icon El 754 Mbps Wireless G 3 Configuration 3 1 Link Information
13. ormation such as wireless LAN service area the AP address the Broadcast destination addresses time stamp Delivery Traffic Indicator Maps and the Traffic Indicator Message TIM Bit A binary digit which is either 0 or 1 for value is the smallest unit for data Bridge An internetworking function that incorporates the lowest 2 layers of the OSI network protocol model Browser An application program that enables one to read the content and interact in the World Wide Web or Intranet BSS BSS stands for Basic Service Set It is an Access Point and all the LAN PCs that associated with it Channel The bandwidth which wireless Radio operates is divided into several segments which we call them Channels AP and the client stations that it associated work in one of the channels CSMAICA In local area networking this is the CSMA technique that combines slotted time division multiplexing with carrier sense multiple access collision detection CSMA CD to avoid having collisions occur a second time This works best if the time allocated is short compared to packet length and if the number of situations is small CSMA CD Carrier Sense Multiple Access Collision Detection which is a LAN access method used in Ethernet When a device wants to gain access to the network it checks to see if the network is quiet senses the carrier If it is not it waits a random amount of time before retrying If the network is quiet and two devices a
14. ps Wireless Network Adapter in the following folder To install to this folder click Next To install to a different folder click Browse and select another folder C Program Files 54 Mbps WLAN Destination Folder InstallShield 4 Please click Finish InstallShield Wizard InstallShield Wizard Complete The InstallShield Wizard has successfully installed 54 Mbps Wireless Network Adapter Before you can use the program you must restart pour computer No will restart my computer later Remove any disks from their drives and then click Finish to complete setup Cancel 5 Please turn off your computer and then insert the WPC 0301 into the cardbus Turn on your computer and start to install the driver 2 2 2 Driver Installation 1 Please select the first option and click Next Found New Hardware Wizard Welcome to the Found New Hardware Wizard This wizard helps you install software for Ethernet Controller 9 If your hardware came with an installation CD QP or floppy disk insert it now What do you want the wizard to do E Install from a list or specific location Advanced Click Next to continue 2 Please click Continue Anyway Hardware Installation A The software you are installing for this hardware 54 Mbps Wireless Network Adapter has not passed W indows Logo testing to verify its compatibility with Windows XP Tell me why th
15. t which allows a pair of APs to act as the bridge that connects two Ethernet networks or Ethernet enabled clients together
16. um may not be aware of each other RTS CTS mechanism can solve this Hidden Node Problem If the packet size is smaller than the preset RTS Threshold size the RTS CTS mechanism will NOT be enabled SSID Service Set Identifier which is a unique name shared among all clients and nodes in a wireless network The SSID must be identical for each clients and nodes in the wireless network Subnet Mask The method used for splitting IP networks into a series of sub groups or subnets The mask is a binary pattern that is matched up with the IP address to turn part of the host ID address field into a field for subnets TCP IP Transmission Control Protocol Internet Protocol The basic communication language or protocol of the Internet It can also be used as a communications protocol in a private network 1 e intranet or internet When you are set up with direct access to the Internet your computer is provided with a copy of the TCP IP program just as every other computer that you may send messages to or get information from also has a copy of TCP IP Throughput The amount of data transferred successfully from one point to another in a given period of time WEP Wired Equivalent Privacy WEP is an encryption scheme used to protect wireless data communication To enable the icon will prevent other stations without the same WEP key from linking with the AP Wireless Bridge One of the additional AP operating modes offered by 54mpbs Access Poin
17. when the connection is established every time e Shared Authentication the sender and receiver shares the common key for data communication and the key is used for extended length of time e Auto depend on the communication to establish and automatically use the proper authentication mode The following will only be activated to allow for configuration when Encryption is enabled Default Key select one of the 4 keys to use Network Key enter values to these fields either in HEX or ASCII formats You only have to enter the key that you will use Key Length select 64 or 128 bits as the length of the keys Key Format ASCII or HEX 3 4 Site Survey This page allows you to enable the Site Survey function to scan for the available wireless network wireless clients and Access Points and establish wireless communications with one i Wireless LAN CardBus Monitor Configuration Utility Link Info Available Network Configuration 00 CO 02 FF 94 32 default No Yes 10 Encryption 00 CO 02 FF 94 97 wireless Yes Yes 00 90 4B 08 90 49 default No Yes lt SiteSurvey About Profile default Available Network displays the wireless networks wireless clients and Access Points that are in your signal range Select any one of them to establish communications by simply mouse double click or click on the Connect button Click Refresh button to start scanning for available network again Profile
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