X-Micro Tech. PCI Adapter fxmicro Network Card User Manual
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1. eMaximum Power Save the PCI Adapter consumes the least power and only operates when there is wireless network activity ePower Save the PCI Adapter 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 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 Click Apply for the changes to take effect And then the screen will return to Link Info Page 3 3 Advanced This is the page where you configure Security settings of your 54Mbps wireless network PCI Adapter s Link Info X Micro WLAN 11g Adapter Encryption Disable i Configuratio2. 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 1s 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 Point which allows a pair of APs to ac
3. 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 1f the frame size is too small it will create the overhead during the transmission ZA Gateway a device that interconnects networks with different incompatible communication pr
4. list Click Next to continue Program Folders Micra WLAN 119 dapte InstallShield Cancel 4 Please click Finish A Micro WLAN 11g Adapter Setup InstallShield Wizard Complete The InstallShield Wizard has successfully installed Micra WLAN 11g Adapter Click Finish to exit the wizard Back Cancel 5 Please make sure TURN OFF your computer and remove the power cord from your PC Open the computer case and then please insert the Wireless PCI Adapter into the empty PCI slot of your computer system Once the Wireless PCI Adapter is installed place the computer case back Turn ON your computer 2 2 2 Driver Installation 1 Please select the second option and click Next Found New Hardware Wizard Welcome to the Found New Hardware Wizard This wizard helps you install softurare for Ethernet Controller If your hardware came with an installation CD 2 or floppy disk insert it now What do you want the wizard to do 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 108Mbp High Speed Wireless Network Adapter has not passed Windows Logo testing to very its compatibility with Windows AP Tell me why this testing ls important Continuing your installation of this software may impair or destabilize the correct operation of your
5. 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 10 3 Please click Finish Found New Hardware Wizard Completing the Found New Hardware Wizard The wizard has finished installing the software for 108Mbps High Speed Wireless Network Adapter Click Finish to close the wizard Cancel 4 To make sure if the installation 1s successful you could check it through the device management Ey Device Manager File Action wiew Help FAE 04 fe Computer a Disk drives li Display adapters a DVD CD ROM drives ey Floppy disk controllers EL Floppy disk drives Human Interface Devices HE IDE ATAJATAPI controllers iz Keyboards Hg 4 Mice and other pointing devices H 2 Monitors Network adapters e 4 08Mbps High Speed Wireless Network Adapter eg PCMCIA adapters 24 Ports COM amp LPT E Processors 8 Sound video and game controllers Ego Storage volumes z System devices H Universal Serial Bus controllers 11 5 Once the installation is successful a utility program icon will show on your desktop To lunch the utility just double click the icon H Micra WLAN lle 3 Configuration 3 1 Link Information The default page is as below after you launch the Utility program Link Info X Micro WLAN 11
6. X Micro WLAN 11g PCI Adapter User Manual Contents 1 Introduction 5 1 1 PrOdUC ESAS a a 5 12 System AA a daa dlenbdueke 5 2 Getting Start 5 2 1 AA A O UA 5 2 2 Install the 108Mbps Wireless Network PCI Adapter eee 6 2 2 1 Utilitarios 6 22 2 Driver Installation aras 9 3 Configuration 12 o AA A a 12 DZ CONO iia 13 SN A O A dktalaste dt 14 Sen Ue IO UE oy a a a a a ease 7 A A II II ES 19 4 Glossary 19 MICRO Plug amp Fly This product is in compliance with the essential requirements and other relevant provisions of the R amp TTE directive 1999 5 EC C 0560 Product Name X Micro WLAN 11g PCI Card Model Name XWL 11GCAG MAX MAX OUT POWER POWER COUNTRY CHANNELS INDOOR OUTDOOR Spain 2400 2483 5 MHz 2483 5 MHz lt 100 mW EIRP lt 100 mW EIRP ae ME France sess 9 0 lt l00mWEIRP O E i RC RT husia woas r lt l00mW EIRP lt TODmW EIRP Swizonana 200235 Mio 13 l00mWEIRP lt IomW EIRP oiana ozsam r RC AT AE 13 TON TO ETE A lt l00mWERP AT CTI EA A TO TO IEA AN RECON lt IoDmWEIRP AE A CO AN FCC INFORMATION FCC Radiation Exposure Statement This equipment complies with FCC radiation exposure limits set forth for an uncontrolled environment This equipment should be installed and operated with minimum distance 20cm between the radiator your body This transmitter must not be co located or operating in conjunction with any other antenna or transmit
7. als collide When the collision is detected they 20 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 1s called a chip or chipping code The longer the chip the greater the probability that the original data can be recovered Even 1f 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 transmitted thus prevent others from knowing the
8. dress 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 1s quiet senses the carrier If it is not 1t 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 sign
9. g Adapter X a y gt Status Associated BS5 0 00 03 4F1 00 63 85 Configuration SSID default 119 Frequency 2437 MHz Advanced Wireless Mode Infrastructure ssS lt CS l Encryption WEP Disable fh Site Survey Tx Rate 34 Mbps Channel a hal Link Quality Signal Strength Link Quality Brz Signal Strength 100 ls About Data Rate Transmit 20 Kbps m Receive 41 Kbps 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 Frequency Shows the current frequency used for wireless network Wireless Mode Shows the current wireless mode used for wireless communication Encryption Shows the current encryption mode used for wireless network TxRate Shows the current data rate used for transmitting Channel Shows the current channel for communication Link Quality Shows the link quality of the 54Mbps wireless network PCI Adapter with the Access Point when operating under Infrastructure mode Signal Strength Shows the wireless signal strength of the connection between the 54Mbps wireless network PCI 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 wit
10. h the minimum amount of effort to implement a secure wireless network environment te Link Info X Micro WLAN 11g Adapter X p TEPE E SSID idefault tg Wireless Mode Infrastructure Support Band Advanced AdHoc Band Oooo H FA 11B Channel EH E Ts Rate 1156 5 Awto i About Ts Rate 114 auto Power Mode Continuous Access Mode EA 11G TURBO Preamble Short amp Long Preamble Y i Site Survey Apply j i Cancel SSID Service Set Identifier which 1s 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 Wireless Mode There are two types available for selection e Infrastructure to establish wireless communication with LAN and other wireless clients through the use the Access Points eAd Hoc to establish point to point wireless communication directly with other wireless client devices such as wireless network PCI Adapter AdHoc Band There are two bands available for selection 11B and 11G Channel The value of channel that AP will operate in You can select the channel range of 1 to 11 for North America FCC domain and 1 to 13 for European ETSI domain and 1 to 14 for Japanese domain Tx Rate Select the data rate for data transmission Power Mode There are 3 modes to choose eContinuous Access Mode default the PCI Adapter 1s constantly operating with full power and 1t consumes the most power
11. he 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 1f 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 information such as wireless LAN service area the AP ad
12. k PCI Adapter 1s NOT inserted into the PCI 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 PC Card PCI Card and then click the Install 108 vips IEEE 802 11 g Exit gt gt VOS Nips Wireless LAN Network Adapter IEEE 802 118 Exit gt 3 InstallShield Wizard will automatically start Please click Next to continue A Micro WLAN 112 Adapter Setup Welcome to the InstallShield Wizard for lt Hicro WLAN 119 Adapter The InstallShield Wizard will install Micro WLAN 11g Adapter on your computer To continue click Next Back Cancel A Micro WLAN 119 Adapter Setup Choose Destination Location Select folder where Setup will install files Setup will install Micro WLAN 119 Adapter 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 C Program Fileste Micro WLAN 11g Adapter Browse InstallShield Cancel A Micro WLAN 11g Adapter Setup Select Program Folder Please select a program folder Setup will add program icons to the Program Folder listed below ou may type a new folder name or select one from the existing folders
13. me 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 Hew Profile Profile Name SID default lg default ta Wireless Mode Infrastructure Channel Ts Rate Power Mode Fi Auto ha Continuous Access Mode Y Data Encryption fm wPA E WPAPSK Contig Auth Mode Default Rey i 1 2 Bs 4 Key Format Auto Network Key Key Length HEX E 18 3 5 About US This page displays some information about the 54Mpbs PCI 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 Link Info X Micro WLAN 11g Adapter i Configuration Advanced ls Site Survey Adapter Information MAC Address Utility Version Driver 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 operating modes offered by 54Mbps Access Point which allows t
14. n Auth Mode ih Advanced i Site Survey i About Default Rey Key Formal Encryption 4 options are available Disable Enable WPA and WPA PSK Select Enable or Disable for WEP data encryption feature If one of the two options is selected it 1s required to select the Authentication mode from the next dropping list If WPA is selected configuration is enabled Please click the configuration The below window is pop up Then please select the certificate that you like to use and enter the server name and login name Define Certificate electa Certificate Y server Lomein Mame Login Name Chose a Certificate If WPA PSK is selected click the configuration button The popping window 1s as the below Please enter the key Define WEA PSE Enter your WPA Passphrase The minimum length is 6 characters ee EE Cancel Aut 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 1ts own key pairs and asks the other party to accept it The key is regenerated when the connection 1s 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 commu
15. nication 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 Link Info X Micro WLAN 11g Adapter Available Network BSS IBSSID SSID WEP AP Ck 3 Refresh a O0 03 2F 1D 63 85 default 11g Mo i Advanced i 00 07 40 D4 D7 BD 000740C69D94 No rr 00 06 F4 05 27 39 wireless Ho A 00 90 48 1 00 14 ITG Wireless1 Mo A 00 90 48 06 08 1F ITG Wireless2 Mo lt m E Configuration E Site Survey if About Profile defaut iig J Remove Properties se Connect j 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 You can create and manage the created profiles for Ho
16. otocols 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 1s 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 enabled clients together The way that m
17. t as the bridge that connects two Ethernet networks or Ethernet enabled clients together 23
18. ter The 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 reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction may cause harmful interference to radio communication However there is no grantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment dose cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the 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 technician for help Notice The Part 15 radio device operates on a non interference basis with other devices operating at this frequency Any changes or modification not expressly approved by the party responsible could void the user s authority to operate the device REGULATORY INFORMATION X Micro WLAN 11g PCI Card must be installed and used in strict accordance with the instructions This device complies wi
19. th the following radio frequency and safety standards USA Federal Communications Commission FCC This device complies with Part 15 of FCC Rules Operation is subject to the following two conditions 1 This device may not cause harmful interference 2 This device must accept any interference that may cause undesired operation L Introduction 1 1 Product Feature Compliance with IEEE 802 11g and 802 11b standards Highly efficient design mechanism to provide unbeatable performance Achieving data rate up to 54Mbps for 802 11g and 11Mps for 802 11b with wide range coverage high performance to deliver up to 108Mbps raw data rate for 802 118 Strong network security with WEP and WPA support Auto switch between the two standards IEEE 802 11b and 802 11g Driver Utility support most commonly used operating systems including Windows 98SE ME 200 XP 1 2 System Requirement 2 Windows 98 98SE Millennium Edition ME 2000 and XP operating systems PC with Pentium III 600MHz system or above is recommended Equipped with at least one PCI slot One CD ROM drive Getting Start 2 1 LED Indicators The LED will be ON when the unit is powered up The LED will be Blinking indicates a WLAN connection 2 2 Install the 108Mbps Wireless Network PCI Adapter 2 2 1 Utility Installation 1 Before insert PCI Adapter into the PCI slot of your computer please install the Utility Program first Make sure that the 108Mbps wireless Networ
20. ultiple 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 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 22 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 medium may not be aware of each other
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