User's Guide

3e-531AP Wireless Access Point

Chapter 6: PC Card Installation on a Laptop

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Chapter 6: PC Card Installation on a Laptop

If you are setting up the 3e-531AP as part of a secure wireless LAN us-

ing AES or 3DES encryption options, you need to purchase and install an

IEEE 802.11b PC Card on each laptop that will be a client on the network.

The laptop must have a

PCMCIA Card Type II or Type III slot. You will

need to install the 3e-010 Crypto Client Software (separately sold with the

3e-110 Wireless PC Card).

3e Technologies International’s

3e-010F Crypto

Client Software is

compatible with the 3e-110 Wireless PC Card and with other wireless

cards based on

INTERSIL PRISM 2 and 2.5 chipsets. It will install in a

Windows 2000, Windows NT 4.0 or

Windows XP operating system envi-

ronment.

If you will be using the 3e-531AP with WEP encryption only, you can

use any compatible PC Card.

Follow the manuafacturer's instructions to complete installing the PC

Card.

Once the PC Card is installed, you must now con gure the encryption

utility to allow the user access to the WLAN. Until the utility has been

con gured to allow access to the 3e-531AP, you will not be able to access

the WLAN from the particular wireless device you are con guring.

If you are using the 3e-110 PC Card with secure 3e-010F AES or 3DES

encryption software, there are two types of roles on the secure system:

CryptoOf cer and Administrator. The following chart shows the different

permissions in respect to the Crypto Client Utility.

Activity

CryptoOf cer

Administrator

Identi er (factory setting)

CryptoOf cer

CryptoFIPS

Admin

AdminFIPS

Ability to set Passwords

(all)

(only self)

Con gures Crypto Client Utility

Con gures encryption settings