Wireless LAN Card User Guide
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Contents About this Document.............................................................. iii Audience................................................................................. iv 1. Introduction...............................................5 Package Contents ...................................................................5 System Requirements.............................................................5 2. Windows 2000 ..........................................
Wireless Broadband Router User Manual Windows XP Wireless Network Configuration.....................24 Infrastructure Mode ......................................................25 Ad Hoc Mode................................................................25 Connect to an Available Wireless Network.................26 5. Regulatory Compliance Information.......... 28 Radio Frequency Interference Requirements .....................28 DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY.....................................
Preface This user's guide provides the necessary information for first-time users to successfully install the Network Driver Interface Specification (NDIS) driver. This guide al o provides information for user who wish to upgrade the NDIS driver from previous releases. This guide describe the step required to Install NDIS driver for the Wireless Network Adapter in Windows 2000,Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98 Second Edition, Windows XP, and Windows NT 4.0.
Wireless Broadband Router User Manual Audience This document is intended for customers who wish to install and evaluate the Wireless Station in the supported Microsoft Window environments.
1. Introduction The Wireless Network Adapter is an IEEE 802.11a two-chip solution reference design based on the Atheros chipset. This reference design implements a half-duplex, Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) baseband processor supporting all IEEE 802.11a data rates (6 to 54 Mbp) and 802.11b.It al o supports the Atheros Turbo Mode TM supporting data rates up to 108 Mbps .The host interface is compatible with the PC Card 7.1 standard.
2. Windows 2000 This chapter describes the Windows 2000 driver installation. Driver Installation (First-Time Install) This section describes the first-time installation for the driver for Windows 2000. If you have a previously installed driver, refer to the section “Driver Installation (Previous Driver Installed)”. We recommend that you remove any existing drivers (NDIS, DK, or TDI) on the PC system before installing the Version 1.0 release of the NDIS driver.
Wireless Broadband Router User Manual 12. Click Finish to complete the driver installation. See “Device Configuration” for the device configuration information. Driver Installation (Previous Driver Installed) If the system already has a previous release of the NDIS installed, Windows does not prompt for the device driver when the WLAN Card is inserted. Follow the step below to update the NDIS driver: 1. Start System Properties from Control Panel. Under Hardware tab, click Device Manager. 2.
Wireless Broadband Router User Manual 15. Click Finish. 16. Note that Driver Version should display 2.0 as the major revision number. Click OK to continue. 17. Click Yes to restart system. 18. After the system restarts, the “Wireless Network Adapter” will display under “Network adapter” in the Device Manager. Proceed to Section “Device Configuration” for device configuration information.
Wireless Broadband Router User Manual 4. To complete the uninstallation, remove the file “ar5211.sys” from the “\WINNT \system32 \drivers” folder. Device Configuration Configuration of the Wireless Network Adapter can be done through the NIC Configuration utility found in the Windows Control Panel. The device can be set to work in one of two modes: infrastructure mode or ad hoc mode.
Wireless Broadband Router User Manual Power Savings This field allow the configuration of power management option .The option are Off, Normal, and Maximum. Power management is disabled when ad hoc mode is selected in the Network Connection field. When the Power Saving setting is Off, the adapter receives full power from the PC. When the Power Saving setting is Normal, the driver turns off power to the adapter for brief period over briefly-spaced time intervals.
Wireless Broadband Router User Manual again, the field is not automatically updated to it previous value. Selecting Encryption Types We support two encryption type ;Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP)and Advanced Encryption Security (AES).While WEP is universally supported and commonly used, AES provide a much higher level of security, that is, frames encrypted with AES are more difficult to decipher without knowing the key. To use AES, you must specify a unique key (refer to Table 2-2).
Wireless Broadband Router User Manual 802.11b Range Selects either normal (uses all four 802.11b transmit rates)or extended range (limits network to 1 or 2 Mbit range). Encryption Type Specifies the encryption types: _ WEP -u e only WEP encryption. _ AES -only associate with Acce Point that can successfully negotiate AES encryption. _ Auto -Allow the STA and AP to negotiate the encryption type.
Wireless Broadband Router User Manual Table 2-4. Infrastructure Mode General Dialog Field Descriptions Field Name Description Configuration Name This field identifies the configuration. This name must be unique. Configuration names are case insensitive. Network Name (SSID) This is the name of the IEEE 802.11a wireless network, for example, “802.11a Wireless Network.” This field has a maximum limit of 32 characters. If the field is left blank, the STA connect to the AP with the best signal strength.
Wireless Broadband Router User Manual In ad hoc mode, a station scans the air for an existing BSS. If no BSS is found, the station establishes a BSS for other stations to join. When other stations scan the air and find an established BSS in place, they join that BSS to form an ad hoc network. If a specific set of stations requires ad hoc network connectivity, it is recommended to have one station establish a BSS first before configuring the remaining stations.
Wireless Broadband Router User Manual and Maximum. Locally Administered Address This field defines the locally administered MAC (LAA) address. To enter a value in the address field, the check box needs to be selected. 16 3. Select “Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)” and click Properties . 4. Click “Use the following IP address” and input an IP address and Subnet mask. Assigning an IP address and Subnet mask allows stations to operate in infrastructure mode and to have Internet access.
3. Windows Millennium Edition This chapter describes the Windows Millennium Edition network driver installation. Driver Installation We recommend that you remove any existing NDIS driver on the PC y tem before installing Version 1.0 release of the NDIS driver. See “Driver Uninstallation” for the instructions on how to remove previous driver releases.
Wireless Broadband Router User Manual Driver Uninstallation This section provides uninstallation procedure for removing the NDIS driver from the system. Uninstallation is recommended for upgrading the NDIS driver from previous driver releases. 1. Remove the NDIS driver from the OS: a. Go to Start >Search >For Files or Folders...,and search for the INF file containing the “Atheros ” text string under the \WINDOWS \INF folder. Be sure to include subfolders in the search criteria. b. When “Atheros net5211.
Wireless Broadband Router User Manual Selecting Encryption Types We support two encryption type ;Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP)and Advanced Encryption Security (AES). Refer “Selecting Encryption Types” in chapter 2 for details. TCP/IP Configuration After configuring the Wireless Network Adapter network adapter properties, the TCP/IP address for the network device needs to be configured. 1. From Control Panel, launch the Network properties window. 2. Select “TCP/IP .
4. Windows XP This chapter describes the Windows XP driver installation. Driver Installation (First-time Install) We recommend that you remove any existing drivers on the PC system before installing Version 1.0 release of the NDIS driver. Refer to “Driver Uninstallation” for the instructions on how to remove previous driver release. With no existing NDIS driver installed, insert the Wireless Network Adapter into a 32-bit CardBus slot, and follow these steps to install the NDIS driver: 1.
Wireless Broadband Router User Manual 1. To remove the NDIS driver from the OS, go to Device Manager, right click “Wireless Network Adapter,” and choose Uninstall. 2. Click OK to uninstall the device. 3. When the device is uninstalled from Device Manager, search for and delete the driver installation file that reside in the system. a. Go to Start and choose Search >All files and folder, enter “oem*.inf” in the “All or part of the file name” field. b.
Wireless Broadband Router User Manual Select one of the configuration under the configuration, click Modify or New and complete the steps in “Infrastructure Mode” or “Ad Hoc Mode” to set up the station to work in infrastructure mode or ad hoc mode, respectively. Selecting Encryption Types We support two encryption type ;Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP)and Advanced Encryption Security (AES). Refer “Selecting Encryption Types” in chapter 2 for details.
Wireless Broadband Router User Manual 8. Assign the drive letter that map to the network-hared folder and specify the shared folder information. Click Finish to map the drive. 9. After mapping the drive, you can perform file transfers, video streaming, and all other network data transfers that are normally performed with wired 10/100 Ethernet connection .
Wireless Broadband Router User Manual the “Use Windows to configure my wireless network setting” check box. Infrastructure Mode To set up automatic wireless network configuration to connect to an existing Access Point (infrastructure network),follow these steps: 1. Click the network name under “Available networks” in the Wireless Networks tab, and click Configure. You can update the list of available networks that are within range of your computer by clicking Refresh under Available Networks. 2.
Wireless Broadband Router User Manual are not used” check box is selected by default. You may choose to enable WEP by selecting the “Data encryption (WEP enabled)” check box and the “Network Authentication (Shared mode)” check box.. 3. Select the “The key is provided for me automatically” check box if the shared key is automatically provided for you. The driver will then use the Default Encryption key from the current NCP configuration profile irrespective of the network name.
Wireless Broadband Router User Manual provided for you, then type the key in “Network key.” Click Connect to establish the network connection. If you are either unable to make a connection to the wireless network that you selected or need to configure additional wireless network connection settings, click Advanced in Connect to Wireless Network, and the Wireless Networks tab will appear.
Wireless Broadband Router User Manual 5. Regulatory Compliance Information 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 harmful interference to co-channel Mobile Satellite systems. High power radar are allocated as primary user of the 5.25 to 5.35 GHz and 5.65 to 5.85 GHz bands.
Wireless Broadband Router User Manual However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, with 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 methods: _ Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna. _ Increase the separation between the equipment and the receiver.
Wireless Broadband Router User Manual characteristics. To maintain compliance with FCC RF exposure compliance requirements, maintain at least 1.5 cm to nearby person.
