Netgear HA501 User's Manual
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1. NETGEAR does not assume any liability that may occur due to the use or application of the product s or drauit lay out s described herein Federal Communications Commission FCC Compliance Notice Radio Frequency Notice Nege Inc 4500 Greet America Parkway Santa Clara CA 95054 408 907 8000 dedares under our sole repons bility that this device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules Operation is subject to the following two conditions e This device may not cause hamful interference e This device must accept any interference received induding interference that may cause undesired operation NETGEAR Mode HAS501 Wirdess PC Card C Tested to Comply with FCC Standards FOR HOME OR OFFICE USE Note T his equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide ressonable protection against harmful interferencein a reidentia instalation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause ham ful interference to radio communicetions However thereis no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interfer ence to radio or teevison reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encour aged to try to correct the interference by2. NETGEAR INC 4500 Greet America Parkway Santa Clara CA 95054 USA Phone 1 888 NETGEAR E mail support N ETGEAR com wWw N ET GEAR com Technical Support YOU MUST REGISTER TO OBTAIN TECHNICAL SUPPORT PLEASE RETAIN PROOF OF PURCHASE and the warrenty information To register your product get product support or obtain product information and product documentation go to http vwwwu N ETGEAR com If you do not have access to the World WideWeb you may register your product by filling out the registration card and mailing it to NETGEAR customer service You ll find technical support information at http www N ET GEAR cony through the customer service area If you went to contact technical support by tdephone see the support information card for the correct tdephone number for your country 2002 by NETGEAR Inc All rights reserved NETGEAR isa registered trademark of NETGEAR Inc in the United States and or other countries Other brand and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders Information is subject to change without notice Introduction Thank you for purchasing the NETGEAR HA501 802 11aWirdess CardBus Adapter This wirdess adapter enables you to network various PC s together without physically laying any wire and ddivers high speed wireless performance up to 54 Mbps 72 Mbps in turbo mode It provides small business networks with reliable standards based 802 11aLAN connectivity that is
3. ik Capa Deo Mam Tra ra ee Per Te ide Tera Peck gps 1913 Pace Faches a 4 Caral Note Users of Windows 98 or Me must reboot after making any configuration changes in the HA501 Configuration Utility Note Users of Windows XP will have increased configuration capability if they use the HA501 802 11a Configuration Utility instead of using Windows XP to configure the wireless network settings The Zero Configuration feature can be disabled in the Wireless Network Connection Properties window by uncheck the Use windows to configure my wireless network settings default setting 15 Test the Connection The end pand of the H A501 Wirdess Adapter has two lights LEDs Power and Network that le you monitor the status of your wireless network LED Activity Meaning of LED Activity Alternate blinking Looking for a nework association Slowerate blinking Assodated or joined with the network no activity Fast rete blinking Associated or joined with the network activity on the network Both of the LED s on the HA501 Wirdess Adapter should be blinking together not aternat ing to indicete linking condition between the access point and the wirdess adapter 16 Troubleshooting Problem Cause Solution Nolichtsareliton Thewirdes card Remove and reinsat the wire ess adapter the wirdes adapter driver is not inserted e Check the device manager in Windows to into the CardBus PC s
4. such as signa quality and to alow you to modify the various configurable parameters of the PC Cad Install the wireless LAN utility 1 Insert theH A501 Resource CD ROM in the CD ROM drive From the Windows 2000 desktop open My Compute Double dick the CD ROM drive letter to look into the contents of the CD ROM 2 Double did lt the SETUP applicetion icon to tat the installation procedure The InstalShidds Wizard opens Click Next to continue 3 Click Yes in the softwere license agreement window to accept the agreement Click Next to go past the Product Information window 5 Click Finish when the program indicetes that the installation is complete System Tray application Note The SysTray System Tray resides on one end of the taskbar in the Microsoft Windows desktop It displays interface icons for memory resident applica tions that execute in the background continuously such as the clock speaker volume and virus detection The wirdessLAN configuration utility instalation for the HA501 Wireless Adapter adds a configuration and status reporting utility icon in the SysTray Once you have completed the utility instdlation the Windows 2000 SysTray should show the icon in different colors lt P 11 Icon color Acthoc mode Infrastructure mode Red The wirdess adapter has not Either the wireless adapter is not able initiated communication to link to any access point or the with any o
5. 26 hexadecimal digits need to be provided For a 152 bit encryption key thirty two 32 hexadecimal digits need to be provided Note Hexadecimal digits are the first ten numbers of the decimal system 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 and 9 and the letters A B C D E and F Your choice of characters is arbitrary You might use for example a phone number Do not use an obvious one such as your office phone number The table below shows you some examples of encryption settings fxs ringe es Absa Tipari T amas ode C mete Licda ee a ETE Tu P Trte Linge Doan Trig hoe r DALA E Eege Security AEP E Fay Sone Edd Lir fhin D AT SA Ta bet r ent AA Ht O AS ee hiba f 4 Caral Shared Key 1 of 4 Key Size 64 128 or 152 bits Key Value Hex 0 9 A F Install the Wireless Adapter After unpacking the box and determining all the configuration information you re ready to instal the wirdess adapter Install the Wireless Adapter TheHA501 Wirdess Adapter is hot swappable and supports hot insertion which means that you can insert it into a notebook computer that is either powered on or shut down You must instal the HA501 Wirdess Adapter before installing the network driver Before you proceed with the installation steps decide on a name for your network and for each PC this informetion is different from the wirdess parameters previously mentioned Each network much have the same workgr
6. Ena direta el 6 Click Yes when asked if you still want to install the driver when it is not digitally signed aga cre retama U A al Te bso a a a ol pop hoa ee Krall wal Pirate Sl sod ja he hen rl bape il ad eL ee Tier cna u E EAT IO chee O CA u Eyra eg pa byr er ee ey prape ee ser Ban dorar ld Verdc e mi righ gem HH a O La A ol dr C A Eur ps a ie codes ba eee Cee E 7 Click Finish at the find Found New H adware wizard window k Completing the Found New Hardware Wizard Fr METER Fan dali schreien ee bas brara a er Ta co fem cord dci Pra Verify the Driver Installation Right dick the My Computer icon on the Windows 2000 desktop Click and sdect Properties from the pull down menu Click on the H ardwere folder tab Click the Device M anager button Doubledick Network Adapters Doubledid NETGEAR HA501 Wirdess Adapter The pop up window should indicate that the device is working properly NOU BP WN BP ME bo AN Ha Aire AAN IF PAGAR Is Gew arca Gea Cirie Paisienied EE HETSEAF HADU Viman icare dl Dira bo Mia in Lloreda METAN Loon PTI baum 1 Bere U Becker hi Frl i m I piu kik Pca Ak mi Ped dr ec Tied 1 Lat MP EA DoF 1 ap Wou vam apf ear aly 10 Install the Wireless Configuration Utility A WirdessLAN configuration utility is provided to give you information on your wireless ne work
7. Standards Compatibility Operating Range Bus type Drivers Dimensions Weight Status LEDs Environmental Specifications Electromagnetic Compliance Warranty 18 HA501 802 11a Wireless CardBus Adapter 6 9 12 18 24 36 48 54 72 Mbps Auto rate capable OFDM BPSK QPSK 16 QAM 64 QAM 5 15 5 25 GHz lower band for US Canada Japan 5 25 5 35 GHz middle band for US Canada Hardware based 64 128 amp 152 bit WEP encryption IEEE 802 11 Closed Environment O 54 Mbps 60ft 18 3m 6Mbps 300ft 91 4m Open Environment 54 Mbps 100 ft 30 5m 6 Mbps 1200 ft 366m 32 bit CardBus PC card interface Microsoft Windows 98 Me NT 4 0 2000 XP W 88 mm 3 4 in D 54 mm 2 1 in H 5 mm 0 2 in 43 4 g 1 6 oz Power Network Operating temperature 0 to 60C 32 to 140 F Operating humidity 5 95 noncondensing FCC Part 15 Class B and Class E Limited 5 year 2002 by NETGEAR Inc All rights reserved Trademarks NETGEAR isa registered trademark of NETGEAR INC Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation Other brand and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders Information is subject to change without notice All rights reserved Statement of Conditions In the interest of improving interna design operational function and or rdiability NETGEAR reserves the right to make changss to the products described in this document without notice
8. protected with industry standard security NETGEAR s 802 11a solution is interference free and coexists with 802 11b and Bluetooth devices It works with Windows 98 Me NT 4 0 2000 and XP operating systems This instalation guide shows you how to install the adapter and the softwere for the adapter and configure it to creete a wireless ndtwork Setup is eesy follow the instructions in this guide and your system will be up and running quickly If you have problems there is a troubleshooting saction on page 17 to hdp you Or you can get more detailed troubleshooting informetion from the reference guide on the HA501 Resource CD ROM NETGEAR ds offers free support 24 hours a day 7 days a week on the Web wwwNETGEAR com by email support N ET GEAR com and by phone see the provided support information cerd for phone numbers Installation Overview Estimeted setup time 10 to 15 minutes 1 Deteminethe configuration of your wireless network Ingal the wire ess adapter Install the wire ess configuration utility for the adapter Configure the adapter Test the connection wu B WN Note Users of SystemSoft s CardWizard must install NT 4 0 with Service pack 6 in order for the HA501 Wireless Adapter to function properly For more detailed informetion about instalation troubleshooting and configuration proce dures see the reference guide on the HA501 Resurce CD ROM What s in the Box When you open the box verify that yo
9. result wirdes dients can fred y roam from one Access Point domein to another and still maintain a seamless network connection I wy FR318 Firewall Router DSL or cable modem 10 100 Mbps jo H i 1 i A ZF EG PC with PC with NOTEBOOK with NOTEBOOK with NOTEBOOK with FA311 FA311 HASO1 HASO1 HASO1 Wireless Adapter Wireless Adapter Wireless Adapter If you are running a wireless network in infrestructure mode plesse ss up the access point such as the NETGEAR HE102 802 11aWirdess Access Point first before you st up this wireless adapter HE102 Wireless Access Point Acthoc mode or infrastructure mode What is the SSID for your wireless network The Sevice Set Identification SSID isan dphanumeric character string identifying the wireless loca area network The H A501 Wirdes Adapter can only communicate with wireless NICsor access points configured with the same SSID For the access point and wirdess nodes to communicate with each other al must be configured with the same SSI D Either the SSID for your wirdess network wes assigned in a preexisting wirdess network or if there wes no preexisting wireless network you must crete the SSID just as you would crete a network name using from 1 to 32 charadters and not induding any spaces or hyphens between characters SSID Which wireless channel to use When the HA501 Wirdess Adapter is configured to oper
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11. ate in Infrastructure mode it auto metically scans through all sight available channds three when in turbo mode for the closest access point to associate with When the H A501 Wirdess Adapter is configured to operate in ad hoc mode one of the H A501 Wirdess Adapters will automatically operate as a virtua access point There is no need to set up the wireless channd for the wireless adapter What is the WEP Encryption key The absence of a physical connection between nodes makes the wire ess links vulnerable to information theft To provide a certain leve of security from eevesdroppers and hackers you can 1 enable WEP encyption and 2 creete your shared key in the security table of the configuration utility The HA501 Wirdess Adapter supports shared key encryption with key sizes from the industry standard 64 bit 128 bit and 152 bit The Shared Key as well as the key content used by the H A501 Wird ess Adapter and the wire less access point or other wirdess nodes in the same network must be the same Encryption Hof Example of Headedmel Key Size Headednel Digits Key Content 64 bit 24440 10 4C72F O8AE1 128 bit 244104 26 4C72F08AE 19D 57A3FF6B260037 152 bit 2441280 32 4C72F08AE19D 57A3F F6B26003715DAC2 Note Twenty four bits in the encryption key are factory preset and not modifiable A 64 bit encryption key can be represented by ten 10 hexadecimal digits For a 128 bit encryption key twenty six
12. ee if the adapter card is properly recognized cerd dot properly or in the Windows operating system Reload the proper wirdess the driver if necessary HA501 adapter driver Try to install the driver in different CardBus is not loaded PC card dot on your Windows NT system if its available Thetwo LED sare Thewirdes adapter The access point may not be powered on blinking dtematdy is not asodated to any access point properly You may not have configured the wirdes parameters of the wirdess nodes to be the same as the access point The access point and the PC card are not configured with the same wirdess parameters Check into the SSID and WEP Turbo mode option encryption settings The access point may be out of range Try moving the system doser to the access point or reedjusting the antenna on the access point You may also move the access point to a higher location for better signal reception by the wirdess adapter am associated and access point but cannot seethe other computers on the Ethernet dde of the network This could bea physical layer problem or anetwork configuration problem e Check to make sure that the access point is physical ly connected to the Ethernet network e Make sure that the P addresses and the Windows networking parameters are all configured correctly 17 Specifications General Description Radio Data Rate Modulation Type Frequency Band Encryption
13. one or more of the following messures Reorient or rdocete the receiving antenna Increesethe separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technidan for hdp Radio Frequency Interference Requirements This device is restricted to indoor use due to its operation in the 5 15 to 5 25 GHz frequency range FCC requires this product to be used indoors for the frequency range 5 15 to 5 25 GHz to reduce the potential for hanmful interference to co channd Mobile Satelite systems High power radars are a located as primary users of the 5 25 to 5 35 GHz and 5 65 to 5 85 GHz bands T hese radar stations can cause interference with and or damage this device 19
14. oup name and each PC must have a unique computer name for Microsoft networking to work properly Install the Adapter Driver First Time Installation This section explains the instalation of the Windows 2000 adapter driver Other versions of Microsoft Windows may respond with different dialog boxes or the dialog boxes may open in a different sequence than those shown in this guide but should prompt you for the same information If you are reinstalling or upgrading the driver you may need to contact NETGEAR Technical Support for advice You will find contact informetion in the Support information card that came with your adapter Note You may need your Windows 2000 CD ROM and the HA501 Resource CD ROM ready to use in the installation Note If the insert disk dialog box opens and the Please insert the disk labeled Windows 2000 message appears at any time during the installation process insert the Windows 2000 CD ROM and click OK Then follow the next step in the instructions Note To install the driver on Windows XP 2000 or NT 4 0 you must log in with Administrator privilege Note Users of Windows 98 or Me need to install the Windows Message Interface WMI to complete the installation of the HA501 Configuration Utility Installation Instructions for Windows 2000 1 If you have hosan to install the card with the PC turned off turn the power on now The new hardware is found Click Next Insert the HA50
15. ther wireless node link between the wireless adapter and the access point is lost Ydlow N A Thelink condition between the wirdess adapter and the assodated access point is week Green The wirdess adapter has The wirdess adapter has established communiceted successfully with another wirdess node good communicetion with an access point and the signal is strong 12 Configure Wireless Parameters for the Adapter Double dick the wirdess SysTray icon to activate the wire ess adapter configuration utility for the HA501 Wirdess Adapter The wirdess utility program also can show the status of the adapter card and the sona strength connection to the access point SNE A hots ga tr oi ia NETGEAR ah PLAS Bp eh LS deer ee Ki Corto CAI de hd ira ar AS A Tear ee Cen Fe Fuck Encriptar WEF Esad gral re Gia tar inka phan Ei Geb nN hipa tibiae Cara 13 You can click on the configuration folder tab in the window to modify any wirdess parameter The configurable parameters of the H A501 Wirdess Adapter are shown here Follow the parameters determined previoudy to configure the wireless adapter Sa Coon ito Aiat Trami T imss ode C AH biota Flansch Z TU P Tebo isn Sree ping hora r DHA E Enable Security E Ce ir Soe El Lir fais Dh ry 14 The Statistics folder tab allows you to view the packet transmit and receive status rab ERAS AL E
16. u received everything T he package indudes HA501 802 11a Wired es CardBus Adapter HA501 Rexure CD ROM induding a full reference guide HAS501 Installation Gui de this document Warranty and registration card Support informetion card If you dont have everything listed above see the Support information card for contact information If the support information card is missing go to www N ET GEAR conyYsupport_contactshtm to obtain contact information 1 Determine the Network Configuration To amp up the wireless adapter you need to detatmine the network setting of your wireless network Are you running the wireless network in ad hoc mode or infrastructure mode Thereare two modes of configuring your wireless adapter ad hoc mode or infrestructure mode In an ad hoc wireless network thereis no access point Each node communicetes with any other node directly A nodeis a network connection point For sample aPC in aLAN isanode Z I H LJ LY Le Ad Hoc notesook with NOTEBOOK with HA5O1 HA501 Wireless Adapter Wireless Adapter Z 7 hi Lz NOTEBOOK with HA501 Wireless Adapter In the infrestrucdure mode the wireless access point bridges between the wired LAN and wirdess network Connecting multiple access points via a wired Ethene backbone cen further extend the wirdess network coverage As a mobile computing device moves out of the range of one access point it moves into the range of another As a
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