NetComm NP643 User's Manual
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1. 1 48 About Key Format HEX z 00 aS Field Description Encryption There are four options available Disable WEP Enable WEP WPA and WPA PSK The default setting is set to Disable Enable and Disable refer to WEP data encryption feature If Enable is selected you will be required to select the Authentication mode from the drop down list If WPA is selected configuration is enabled Select the configuration button You will then be prompted with the following pop up window NP643 IEEE 802 11g PC Card Adapter 17 YML786 Rev1 18 Define Certificate Select a Certificate zl Server Domain Name m Login Name Ao Chose a Certificate Select the certificate that you wish to use and enter the server name and login name this refers to RADIUS Server technology which is generally not in use in the home environment check with your Network Administrator if you are required to enter this in order to log on to a secure network If WPA PSK is selected click the configuration button You will then be prompted with the following pop up window Define WPA PSK Enter your WPA Passphrase The minimum length is 8 characters NP643IEEE 802 11g PC Card Adapter YML786 Revi Please enter a key If you are joining an existing network ask Administrator for the key If you are setting up the network create a key any combination of letters and numbers up to 32 char2. used as a communications protocol in a private network i 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 The amount of data transferred successfully from one point to another in a given period of time 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 One of the additional AP operating modes offered by 54mpbs Access Point which allows a pair of APs to act as the bridge that connects two Ethernet networks or Ethernet enabled clients together NP643IEEE 802 11g PC Card Adapter YML786 MAIL APPENDIX B Registration and Warranty Information All NetComm Limited NetComm products have a standard 12 month warranty from date of purchase against defects in manufacturing and that the products will operate in accordance with the specifications outlined in the User Guide However some products have an extended warranty option please refer to your packaging To be eligible for the extended warranty you must supply the requested warranty information to NetComm within 30 days of the original purchase by registering on line via the NetComm web site at www netcomm com au Contact Info
3. 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 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 transmitted 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 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 26 NP643IEEE 802 11g PC Card Adapter YML786 Fragmentation Fragmentation Threshold Gateway HEX IEEE Infrastructure MALUI When transmittin
4. ttt 00 0D 88 99 9B B4 GST AP Yes Profile Field Description 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 double clicking or by clicking on the Connect button Click the Refresh button to start scanning for available networks again 20 NP643IEEE 802 11g PC Card Adapter YML786 Rev1 CT Profile You can create and manage profiles for Home offices or public areas Double Click on one of the created profiles The settings will adapt to the configuration such as SSID channel and WEP settings saved by that particular profile Remove To remove the selected profile Properties To view and change settings Add To add a profile You will be prompted with the following popup screen You can enter the necessary information required for accessing Access Points or Wireless Router NP643 IEEE 802 11g PC Card Adapter 21 YML786 Rev1 Malim V About This page displays some information about the NP643 108Mbps Wireless PC Card Adapter It contains the Driver amp Utility Version as well as the MAC address This feature is useful when you need to identify utility and driver versions as updates become available Link Info 108Mbps Wireless LAN Adapter Configuration 09 Configuration Advanced Site Survey TOT 2E 94 1
5. 290 22 NP643IEEE 802 118 PC Card Adapter YML786 Rev1 APPENDIX Access Point Ad Hoc AP Client ASCII Authentication Type Glossary An internetworking device that seamlessly connects wired and wireless networks An independent wireless LAN network formed by a group of computers each with a network adapter One of the additional AP operating modes offered by a 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 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 Indication of an authentication algorithm which can be supported by the Access Point 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 NP643 IEEE 802 11g PC Card Adapter 23 YML786 Rev1 Backbone Bandwidth Beacon Bit Bridge Browser BSS 24 Shared Key Shared Key authentication supports authentication of stations as either a member of those who knows a shared s
6. 6 Rev1 NP643 LED Indicators LED Indicator Power PWR The PWR indicator lights green to indicate that it is receiving power from the PC Card slot If the PWR indicator light is off it is not receiving power ACT Activity The ACT indicator blinks green while the Wireless PC Card is transmitting data 8 NP643IEEE 802 11g PC Card Adapter YML786 Rev1 MIL SOFTWARE INSTALLATION This section will guide you through the driver and utility installation procedure for the NP643 Windows 98se ME 2000 XP Utility and Driver Installation 1 Insert Driver amp Utility CD ROM into the CD ROM Drive The driver and utility setup menu should start up and install the driver In some cases you may need to install the software manually This depends on your operating system settings Go to your Windows Start menu and choose Run type D Utility Setup exe in the dialog box where D will depend on where your CD ROM drive is located and click OK 2 If you need to install the driver manually refer your Windows Operating System OS to the following CD Rom directory path D Driver lt Windows OS gt net5211 inf Note D will depend on where the CD ROM drive is located and Windows 5 gt will depend on the Windows OS you are using 3 The Install Shield Wizard screen will appear Click Next to continue 4 The installation program will help you setup the Wireless PC Card utility Note Windows XP has its own Wirele
7. L786 Rev1 15 MAC Address Multicasting Multiple Bridge Node Packet PLCP PPDU 28 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 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 Sending data to a group of nodes instead of a single destination 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 enabled clients together The way that multiple bridge setups is based on the topology of Ad Hoc mode A network junction or connection point typically a computer or workstation A unit of data routed between an origin and a destination in a network Physical layer convergence protocol PLCP protocol data unit NP643IEEE 802 11g PC Card Adapter YML786 Preamble PSDU Roaming RTS Request RTS Threshold SSID Subnet Mask MALUI The preamble is a sequence of bits transmitted at 1Mbps that synchronises wireless transmission within the network The Short Preamble and header may be used to min
8. NEO Broadband Solutions User Guide Contents INTRODUCTION exci nail Rea aeri Stakes eal cac e melee tac ee iioi rear 3 Wireless Terminology ic restent enen lets nee cue MEE ar 5 GETTING KNOW YOUR NP643 ta tre RE mit ax Ra Re eds 7 Pack g CONteNtS em 7 NPGAS LED Kee lei mtb ENRERE 8 SOFTWARE INSTALLATION tad RE DE dus 9 Windows 98se ME 2000 XP Utility and Driver Installation 9 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 5 lac AEE 11 Installation Check teen diasteee Ea Tadaa Aa 11 USING THE WIRELESS UTILITY encor eiie kt Fev vea sondes 12 T sooo ve ee viec pete cca ids cocta es E FEE en SE SUN RENE 12 II ConfigUtatlOn si is iesus erben eeu opa a RE SRSRRRIEENEMASKTEM ERA 14 ITs orav ince cie ur enr U PE ERI Te RP cee 17 IV Site SUNE sae tap enu Ia E a nano anses e detre 20 PELGDIe r 22 APPENDDGA a S OR M Raise s 23 APPENDIX B Registration and Warranty Information 31 Copyright ani hte eos rhe esp n ER RR Rag 32 Customer Information 2 i
9. acente re risa Rp I a ERE X E E pes i ra ERERERRRN RI 33 Product Wafttahkty sens daserenrsapeermeee mmorises cena NIRE 34 Limitations of Warranty ierit rtr Reis ina ERNS 35 2 NP643IEEE 802 11g PC Card Adapter YML786 Revi INTRODUCTION Congratulations on your purchase of the NP643 108Mbps IEEE 802 11g Wireless PC Card Adapter This manual is designed to help familiarise users with the product and offers detailed operational and installation instructions so please keep it for future reference With the NP643 Wireless IEEE 802 11g PC Card Adapter a laptop or notebook computer can communicate with another computer wirelessly User friendly Utility software is bundled with the NP643 product providing configuration monitoring and diagnostic options The NP643 can wirelessly transmit and receive data at a speed of 108 megabits per second which is up to 15 times the speed of previous wireless devices The NP643 is designed to handle bandwidth intensive applications and heavy multimedia content Its compact design reduces cable and wire clutter around the workspace while providing fast secure network transfer rates The NP643 has the most advanced security features available today with 128 Bit WEP encryption and WPA security The Wireless PC Card Adapter is easy to configure for peer to peer networks suitable for a small number of users or for full infrastructure networks that allow broad area ro
10. acters with no spaces Auth Mode There are three modes available to choose from Open Authentication the sender and receiver do not share a secret Key for communication Instead each party generates its own key pairs and asks the other party to accept it The key 15 regenerated when the connection is established every time Shared Authentication the sender and receiver shares the common key for data communication and the key is used for extended length of time Auto requires communication to be established 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 Choose the encryption either in HEX or ASCII formats and enter the password in the blank space Key Length Select 64 or 128 bits as the length of the keys Key Format ASCII or HEX NP643 IEEE 802 11g PC Card Adapter 19 YML786 Rev1 Malim IV Site Survey This page allows you to enable the site survey function which scans for available wireless networks wireless clients amp access points and establishes a wireless communication with one Link Info 108Mbps Wireless LAN Adapter Configuration Utility Available Network __ BSSABSSID Q 00 0D 88 EB E8 88 default No Advanced 00 0F 3D 39 D1 CO FAE AP Yes Configuration 1 00 0D 88 A8 2D 98 624G810Jade 00 00 88 0 47 raymond
11. aming NP643 IEEE 802 11g PC Card Adapter 3 YML786 Rev1 System Requirements Laptop computer with an available 32 bit Cardbus slot Windows 98SE ME 2000 XP 2003 128 MB memory and a 500MHz Processor CR ROM Drive 20Mb spare disk storage 4 NP643IEEE 802 11g PC Card Adapter YML786 Revi NEICOMM Wireless Terminology Wireless Standards 802 11 802 11b and 802 11g all refer to a series of standards which govern a common method of creating wireless local area networks WLANS 802 11b and 11g are the most common WLAN types with 11g being the later and faster of the two standards with a maximum transmission rate of 54Mbps The NP643 is faster again as it is built around a processor which turbo charges transmission rates up to 108Mbps 802 11g is backward compatible with 802 11b which means that the two standards are able to communicate albeit at the lower 11 Mbps rate of the 11b standard The NP643 can communicate with both kinds of device at their maximum rate and with other turbo charged devices at the much higher rate of 108Mbps Wireless Security Terms The Advanced Features of the NP643 include the ability to select from several types of Wireless Security WEP WEP stands for Wired Equivalent Privacy Introduced with 802 11b WEP uses encryption to protect data confidentiality by way of pre shared keys passwords or pass phrases that are entered at both ends Superseded by WPA and 802 111
12. but still in use NP643 IEEE 802 11g PC Card Adapter 5 YML786 Rev1 MIL RADIUS TM WPA stands for Wi Fi Protected Access authorizes and identifies users based on a secret key that changes automatically at a pre defined interval This is called TKIP Temporal Key Integrity Protocol to change the temporal key every 10 000 packets unit of data Keys can either be pre shared or established by a RADIUS Server RADIUS is part of 802 111 security this is a wireless standard which is only concerned with wireless security standards Authentication is based around a secure server with a challenge and response method of interaction which verifies the identity of the client wishing to connect to the network If you wish to connect to a RADIUS server ask the Network Administrator for details RADIUS servers are not usually used as part of home networks NP643IEEE 802 11g PC Card Adapter YML786 MAIL GETTING TO KNOW YOUR NP643 This chapter provides unpacking and setup information for the NP643 Wireless PC Card Adapter Package Contents Open the box of the Wireless PC Card Adapter and carefully unpack it The box should contain the following items One 108Mbps IEEE 802 11g Wireless PC Card Adapter One Driver amp Utility with User s Guide CD ROM If any item is found missing or damaged please contact your local reseller for replacement NP643 IEEE 802 11g PC Card Adapter 7 YML78
13. d with the product the Goods the liability of NetComm under the Relevant Acts is limited at the option of NetComm to Replacement of the Goods Repair of the Goods Payment of the cost of replacing the Goods or Payment of the cost of having the Goods repaired NP643 IEEE 802 11g PC Card Adapter 35 YML786 Rev1 NETCOMM LIMITED ABN 85 002 490 486 PO Box 1200 Lane Cove NSW 2066 Australia 02 9424 2070 02 9424 2010 Broadband Solutions sales netcomm com au W www netcomm com au
14. d on the number of packets transmitted and received NP643 IEEE 802 115 PC Card Adapter 13 YML786 Malim II Configuration In the configuration page you can change the basic settings of the PC card to implement a secure wireless network Link Info 108 0 5 Wireless LAN Adapter Configuration Utility X inb Advanced Wirken Mode Site Survey Adio Baud About Power Mode Preamble wu uie Field Description 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 client and node in the wireless network Give your network a name which you will remember but which does not obviously identify it to the outside world Wireless Mode There are two types available for selection e Infrastructure to establish wireless communication with the LAN and other wireless clients through the use of Access Points 14 NP643IEEE 802 11g PC Card Adapter YML786 Rev1 MIL Ad Hoc to establish peer to peer wireless communication directly with other wireless client devices such as other computers with wireless cards Ad Hoc Band There are three bands available for selection 11B 11G and 11G Turbo Choice depends on the type of wireless equipment you wish to connect to Check the documentation of the associated equipment to verify details Channel The channel value that the PC card will operate in Australian Users should s
15. eatures to enhance your security The warranty is automatically voided if 1 2 34 You or someone else use the product or attempts to use it other than as specified by NetComm The fault or defect in your product is the result of a voltage surge subjected to the product either by the way of power supply or communication line whether caused by thunderstorm activity or any other cause s The fault is the result of accidental damage or damage in transit including but not limited to liquid spillage Your product has been used for any purposes other than that for which it is sold or in any way other than in strict accordance with the user manual supplied Your product has been repaired or modified or attempted to be repaired or modified other than by a qualified person at a service centre authorised by NetComm and The serial number has been defaced or altered in any way or if the serial number plate has been removed NP643IEEE 802 11g PC Card Adapter YML786 MAIL Limitations of Warranty The Trade Practices Act 1974 and corresponding State and Territory Fair Trading Acts or legalisation of another Government the relevant acts in certain circumstances imply mandatory conditions and warranties which cannot be excluded This warranty is in addition to and not in replacement for such conditions and warranties To the extent permitted by the Relevant Acts in relation to your product and any other materials provide
16. ecret key or a member of those who does not The core infrastructure of a network which transports information from one central location to another where the information is unloaded into a local system 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 A beacon is a packet broadcast by the Access Point to keep the network synchronized Included in a beacon are information 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 A binary digit which is either 0 or 1 for value is the smallest unit for data An internetworking function that incorporates the lowest 2 layers of the OSI network protocol model An application program that enables one to read the content and interact in the World Wide Web or Intranet BSS stands for Basic Service Set It is an Access Point and all the LAN PCs that associated with it NP643IEEE 802 11g PC Card Adapter YML786 Channel CSMA CA CSMA CD DHCP MALUM 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 In local area networking this is the CSMA technique that combines slotted time division multiplexing w
17. elect the Channel Range 1 13 and all stations on the WLAN need to be on the same channel if they are to communicate Tx Rate Select the data rate for data transmission Power Mode There are 3 modes to choose from e Continuous Access Mode default the PC card is constantly operating with full power and it consumes the most power e Maximum Power Save the PC card consumes the least power and only operates when there is wireless network activity Power Save the PC card consumes a moderate level of power NP643 IEEE 802 11g PC Card Adapter 15 YML786 Rev1 Preamble Select Long Preamble or Short amp Long Preamble type Leave as default unless advised otherwise by your Network Administrator Support Band There are three functions for you to select including 11B 11G and eXtended Range The default setting is 11B 11G and eXtended Range enabled which is interoperable with both 11B and 11G devices and provides a connectivity range of 500m Note You must select at least 11B or 11G to support your wireless connection NP643IEEE 802 11g PC Card Adapter YML786 Revi Malim Advanced In the Advanced page you can configure advanced settings for the 108Mbps wireless LAN PC card Link Info 108Mbps Wireless LAN Adapter Configuration Utility 09 Configuration Encryption Disable E En Auth Mode Auto Default Key Network Key Key Length Site Survey 1 4 zw x 2 64 bits zl 3 64 bits
18. g 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 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 A device that interconnects networks with different incompatible communication protocols Hexadecimal HEX consists of numbers from 0 9 and letters from A F 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 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 NP643 IEEE 802 11g PC Card Adapter 27 YM
19. hall be connected to the Telecommunication Network through a line cord which meets the requirements of the ACA TS008 Standard 2 This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the Standards for C Tick and or A Tick 3 as by the ACA These standards are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio noise and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions detailed within this manual may cause interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur with the installation of this product in your home or office If this equipment does cause some degree of interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on we encourage the user to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Change the direction or relocate the receiving antenna ncrease the separation between this equipment and the receiver Connect the equipment to an alternate power outlet on a different power circuit from that to which the receiver TV is connected Consult an experienced radio TV technician for help The power supply that is provided with this unit is only intended for use with this product Do not use this power supply with any other product or do not use any other power supply that is not appro
20. imize overhead and thus maximize the network data throughput However the Short Preamble is supported only by the IEEE 802 11b High Rate standard and not by the original IEEE 802 11standard meaning that stations using Short Preamble cannot communicate with stations implementing the original version of the protocol PLCP service data unit ALAN mobile user moves around an ESS and enjoys a continuous connection to an Infrastructure network To Send An RS 232 signal sent from the transmitting station to the receiving station requesting permission to transmit Transmitters contending for the medium 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 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 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 NP643 IEEE 802 11g PC Card Adapter 29 YML786 Rev1 TCP IP Throughput WEP Wireless Bridge 30 Transmission Control Protocol Internet Protocol The basic communication language or protocol of the Internet It can also be
21. ith 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 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 access 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 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 NP643 IEEE 802 11g PC Card Adapter 25 YML786 Rev1 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
22. ng the Utility program Linkinfo 108 Wireless LAN Adapter Configuration Utility Q9 Configuration Status Associated BSSID 00 0D 86 EB EG 08 SSID default Frequency 2437 MHz Advan Wireless Infrsstructure Encryption WEP Disable Site Survey ind Y Channel 6 Rescan About Link Quality Signal Strength Link Quality 73 Signal Strength 100 Data Rate Receive Kbps Tronsmit 0 kops Field Description Status Shows the BSSID or Mac address of the adaptor which can be used to identify it on the wireless network SSID Shows current SSID which must be the same for the all wireless devices in order for communication to be established Frequency Shows the current frequency used for the wireless network 12 NP643IEEE 802 11g PC Card Adapter YML786 Rev1 I Wireless Mode Shows the current wireless mode used for wireless communication Encryption Shows the current encryption mode used in the wireless network TxRate Shows the current data rate used for transmitting Channel Shows the current communication channel Link Quality Shows the link quality of the NP643 Wireless PC card with the Access Point when operating under Infrastructure mode Signal Strength Shows the strength of the wireless signal between the NP643 Wireless PC card and the Access Point Data Rate Shows the statistics of the data transfer rate The calculation is base
23. rmation If you have any technical difficulties with your product please do not hesitate to contact NetComm s Customer Support Department Email support netcomm com au Fax 612 9424 2010 Web www netcomm com au NP643 IEEE 802 11g PC Card Adapter 31 YML786 Rev1 Copyright Information This manual is copyright Apart from any fair dealing for the purposes of private study research criticism or review as permitted under the Copyright Act no part may be reproduced stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form by any means be it electronic mechanical recording or otherwise without the prior written permission of NetComm Limited NetComm Limited accepts no liability or responsibility for consequences arising from the use of this product Please note that the images used in this document may vary slightly from those of the actual product Specifications are accurate at the time of the preparation of this document but are subject to change without notice NetComm Limited reserves the right to change the specifications and operating details of this product without notice NetComm is a registered trademark of NetComm Limited All other trademarks are acknowledged the property of their respective owners 32 NP643IEEE 802 11g PC Card Adapter YML786 Customer Information ACA Australian Communications Authority requires you to be aware of the following information and warnings 1 This unit s
24. ss Utility you can either use the utility of Windows XP or the provided utility 5 Once the Wireless PC Card Adapter is installed you will find a new icon on the win dows task bar The colour of the icon represents the strength of the wireless signal NP643 IEEE 802 11g PC Card Adapter 9 YML786 Rev1 If the icon is completely green you have excellent coverage and performance EX If the icon is yellow the signal strength has a fair coverage and performance If the icon has no color signal strength is poor 10 NP643IEEE 802 11g PC Card Adapter YML786 Rev1 MAIL HARDWARE INSTALLATION Installation Check The LEDs of the Wireless PC Card Adapter are clearly visible and the status of the network link can be seen instantly 1 Once the device is plugged in to the PC Card slot the Power LED will light up indi cating a normal status 2 Once the driver is installed the ACTIVE and POWER LED s will start flashing This means the adapter is starting to scan for other wireless devices within its range 3 While the Wireless PC Card Adapter is connected and transmitting data to an Access Point or to another Wireless LAN station the Active LED will start blinking NP643 IEEE 802 11g PC Card Adapter 11 YML786 Revi USING THE WIRELESS UTILITY l Link Information Launch the utility program by double clicking the utility icon in the Windows task bar The default page is as below after launchi
25. ved for use with this product by NetComm Failure to do so may cause damage to this product fire or result in personal injury NP643 IEEE 802 11g PC Card Adapter 33 YML786 Product Warranty The warranty is granted on the following conditions 1 2 3 This warranty extends to the original purchaser you and is not transferable This warranty shall not apply to software programs batteries power supplies cables or other acces sories supplied in or with the product The customer complies with all of the terms of any relevant agreement with NetComm and any other reasonable requirements of NetComm including producing such evidence of purchase as NetComm may require The cost of transporting product to and from NetComm s nominated premises is your responsibility and NetComm does not have any liability or responsibility under this warranty where any cost loss injury or damage of any kind whether direct indirect consequential incidental or otherwise arises out of events beyond NetComm s reasonable control This includes but is not limited to acts of God war riot embargoes acts of civil or military authorities fire floods electricity outages lightning power surges or shortages of materials or labour The customer is responsible for the security of their computer and network at all times Security features may be disabled within the factory default settings NetComm recommends that you enable these f
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