Wireless LAN Gemtek Technology Co., Ltd. 11Mbps Wireless LAN CF Card WL-672F User's Manual Mar.
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Wireless LAN Federal Communication Commission Interference Statement This 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.
Wireless LAN R&TTE Compliance Statement This equipment complies with all the requirements of the DIRECTIVE 1999/5/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL of 9 March 1999 on radio equipment and telecommunication terminal Equipment and the mutual recognition of their conformity (R&TTE). The R&TTE Directive repeals and replaces in the directive 98/13/EEC (Telecommunications Terminal Equipment and Satellite Earth Station Equipment) As of April 8, 2000.
Wireless LAN .Contents 1. Introduction …………………………………………………………….………..4 2. Wireless LAN Basics ............................................................................................................. 7 3. Installation for Windows platform ..................................................................................... 8 3.1. Installation Overview……………………………………………………………………………...9 3.2. Install Procedure for Windows XP………………………………………………………….10 3.3.
Wireless LAN 1. Introduction Thank you for purchasing your 11Mbps Wireless LAN CF Card. This manual will assist you with the installation procedure.
Wireless LAN 2. Wireless LAN Basics Wireless LAN (Local Area Networks) systems offer a great number of advantages over a traditional, wired system. Wireless LANs (WLANs) are more flexible, easier to setup and manage and often more cost effective than their wired equivalence. Using radio frequency (RF) technology, WLANs transmit and receive data over the air, minimizing the need for wired connections.
Wireless LAN 3. Installation for Windows platform The following section will assist you to in installing wireless LAN CF Adapter successfully. You will first install software (Utility) and then insert the Wireless LAN CF Adapter, and finally set the network properties to accommodate resource sharing and select the type of wireless network that you wish to install.
Wireless LAN 3.1. Installation Overview Here are some steps you will perform in establishing your wireless network connection: z Install the Access Point at first. AP is needed in case of Infrastructure network mode. z Install the software using the Install CD. z Install the Wireless LAN CF Card (WIRELESS LAN 11Mbps CF Adapter). z Install the network protocol(s) required to communicate on your network. Most likely you will need the TCP/IP protocol.
Wireless LAN 3.2. Install Procedure for Windows XP 1. Insert your CF card into PCMCIA slot of your system, and then system will detect new hardware. Select “Install from a list or specific location (Advanced) “, then click Next to continue. Give the directory where you have stored the Win XP driver. Click Next to continue.
Wireless LAN Once your system detected the driver, Microsoft will show a warning message as below. Click “ Continue Anyway ” for next step. After copy the file to your system, then the setup is finish.
Wireless LAN 3.3. Install Procedure for Windows 98/ME/2000 Note: Do not insert the WLAN CF Adapter until you are asked to do so, failure of which may result in unsuccessful installation of your WLAN device. Please follow the following steps one by one in order to install the WLAN CF Adapter successfully. Note: Install WLAN CF card on your laptop PC must add additional PCMCIA adapter. 1. Power on your computer and allow Windows 98/ME/2000 to load fully. 2.
Wireless LAN 4. Accept the license agreement. Accept the license agreement. Click Yes to accept. Setup is complete. Click Finish.
Wireless LAN 5. Insert Wireless LAN 11 Mbps CF Adapter into slot Windows will recognize the WLAN adapter and auto detect the driver, if the system did not find the driver automatically, please install the driver manually. . Click Next .
Wireless LAN Click Next . Click Next.
Wireless LAN Click Yes to finish the setup & restart the computer. 6. Click the right button of mouse on My Computer Æ Properties Æ Device Manager. Check whether it has WLAN adapter in one of the sockets or not. If you find Wireless LAN 11Mbps Adapter in one of the sockets, it means the card is detected properly.
Wireless LAN 7. Click right button of mouse on the Network Neighborhood . 8. Select Properties from the pop up menu. The network box appears and you see three main tables: Configuration, Identification, and Access Control. 9. Click on the Configuration tab and then click on the Add button. Select Network Component Type box appears. Click on the Protocol the click the Add button. 10. Select Network Protocols box appears. From the list of manufactures, click on Microsoft.
Wireless LAN 11. The NetBEUI protocol is now installed. After clicking on OK return back to Network Component Type box. 12. Repeat the step 15 and 16 to add IPX/SPX protocol. 13. Repeat the step 15 and 16 to add TCP/IP protocol. 14. Click on the TCP/IP option for setting the IP address for your computer. You can select either Static or DHCP setting. If you use the static IP setup then enter the IP value, Subnet masking, DNS, Domain/ Workgroup name, and Gateway Address values.
Wireless LAN 15. Screen message do want to restart your Computer will pop up. Select Yes. It will shut down your computer and restart. Important: Restart your computer to make the changes effective before you reinstall the driver.
Wireless LAN Uninstall Procedure If you want to uninstall the WLAN adapter, please follow the steps as below, Step 1: From right bottom corner of system bar, click right button of mouse on then will show a window as below , Click Yes. Step 2: From Start menu Æ Settings Æ Control Pannel Æ Add / Remove Programs Remove “ Wireless LAN 11Mbps for Windows.
Wireless LAN Step 3: From System Properties Æ Hardware Æ Device Manager Æ Network adapters Click right button of mouse on Wireless LAN 11Mbps Adapter Æ Uninstall… then will show a message Click OK. The Uninstallation is complete.
Wireless LAN Step 4: Restart your Computer.
Wireless LAN 3.4. CE Install Procedure Please be note that the current version of driver only supports Strong ARM processor. Note: Be sure that your PC or Notebook has installed software such as Active Sync for transmit data to your PDA / handhold PC. We assume that you have installed Windows CE Services on your desktop PC and that you have connected the PC to PDA or handheld PC with a serial connection. Note: The CF card shall not be plugged into PDA/handheld PC if not stated.
Wireless LAN Accept license agreement by click “Yes” button. If you disagree with terms of stated, then press “No” & exit the installation. When software license agreement is accepted, system will bring you user info dialog.
Wireless LAN Click Finish to complete the installation.
Wireless LAN 2) Plug-in the Wireless LAN CF/PC card into the card slot of your PDA/handhold PC . 3) Go to the Start menu, select Settings subfolder. Then select Connections tab from the bottom of the page. 4) In the Setting page, tap on Network icon. This step will open Network Connections dialog On the Network Configuration dialog select Gemtek Wireless LAN PC/CF Card Driver and double tap on it, this will bring you to IP Settings dialog. 5) If your network supports DHCP server, select the first button.
Wireless LAN 6) Select “Name Servers” page for DNS settings. Enter Domain Name Server (DNS) address & WINS (sometimes it is assigned through DHCP services automatically) in appropriate tab. NOTE: If Domain Name Server address is not set, networking using Explorer will not work EVEN if the user enters IP addresses. This is due to internal Windows CE architecture.
Wireless LAN CE uninstall procedure Tap on the Start Menu, select Settings tab. Tap on System tab from the bottom of the page, Tap on the on the Remove Programs. Select Gemtek WL-379F and tap on the Remove button will uninstall the program.
Wireless LAN 4. Configuration Utility 11Mbps Wireless LAN CF Card uses its own management software. All functions controlled by user are provided by this application. Usually this application starts automatically, or click icon from control pannel to start the Manager application. A new icon should appear in your Icon tray. If the icon is in red, it means that 11Mbps Wireless LAN CF Card NIC configuration is invalid or incomplete. Sometimes icon can be colored in red.
Wireless LAN 4.1 Link Info - State This field is used to display the current state of the driver. When the state is “Associated “ means normal flow of operation in Infrastructure mode. The PC is connected to access point. BSSID is shown in the form of hex digits. Networking is available. A state of “Scanning ” means that the node is searching for available access point and unable detects the SSID for an available access point within range.
Wireless LAN - Link Quality The Link Quality bar graph is only active when the node is in Infrastructure Mode. The bar graph displays the quality of the link between the node and its Access Point. A label summarizes the quality of the link over the bar graph, which can take on one of the following values: “Poor” “Weak” “Fair” “Good” “Excellent” - Signal Strength The Signal Strength bar graph is only active when the node is in Infrastructure Mode.
Wireless LAN 4.2 CONFIGURATION The Configuration Tab contains several fields where operating parameters of the driver can be viewed or changed. Changes to any of the parameters in this panel can be applied to the driver without the need to reboot the PC. Restore Defaults:Pressing this button restores each field in the panel to its default value. The Apply Changes button or OK must be pressed before the default values are saved to the driver and registry.
Wireless LAN - Mode This field allows you to select from a list of supported Network “Modes”. The modes displayed will have two values: “802.11Ad Hoc” and “Infrastructure”. 802.11 Ad Hoc - This is the 802.11 peer-to-peer mode of operation. In 802.11Ad Hoc only one wireless “cell” is supported for each different SSID. All communication is done from Client to Client without the use of an Access Point. 802.11 Ad Hoc networking uses the same SSID for establishing the wireless connection.
Wireless LAN 4.3 ENCRYPTION You may desire an additional measure of security on your wireless network, which can be achieved by using WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) encryption. WEP encrypts each frame transmitted from the radio using one of the Keys entered from this panel. When an encrypted frame is received it will only be accepted if it decrypts correctly. This will only happen if the receiver has the WEP Key used by the transmitter.
Wireless LAN - Key 1 – Key 4 These four fields can be used to manually enter the keys. This may be necessary if you wish this node to match keys in a different vendor’s product. These fields also display the keys when they are generated using a Pass-phrase. - Default Tx Key This button updates the driver with the four keys displayed in Key1 through Key4. The keys are also written to the registry for permanent storage. Apply This button updates the driver with the four keys displayed in Key field.
Wireless LAN 4.4 ABOUT About tab shows the product version including the detail of Driver, Configuration Utility, and NIC firmware version. Users must use this version number when reporting their problems to technical support.
Wireless LAN 5. Troubleshooting If you encounter any problems during the installation, or to confirm that the WLAN 11Mbps device is installed properly, please read the following troubleshooting section. In Windows 98: To check that the WLAN 11Mbps device is installed properly, please do the following: 1. Go to START>SETTINGS>CONTROL PANEL>NETWORK. Choose the Configuration Tab. If you find the WLAN 11Mbps Adapter, it means the card is installed properly.
Wireless LAN Troubleshooting (Continued) In Windows 2000: 1. Check the Windows 2000 Diagnostics. See if there is any conflict in the resource allocation or the I/O Address, IRQ allocations. If you find that the IRQ or I/O Addresses are already assigned to some other devices, you must change that value. I/O Address needs 40h byte length. 2. Go to the Control panel. Double click on the PCMCIA Card and you will see WLAN Adapter.
Wireless LAN 6. Technical specifications of Wireless LAN Hardware compatibility − Compact Flash Type II Driver support - Windows XP − Windows 98 − Windows 2000 − Windows ME - WinCE ( Strong ARM platform) Standards supported − IEEE 802.11 standard for Wireless LAN − All major networking standards (including TCP/IP, IPX) Environmental Operating temperature (ambient): − -10°C to 50°C (Operating),-20 to 70°C (Storing) − Max . Humidity: 95% Non-condensing Power specifications Operating voltage: − +3.
Wireless LAN Antenna system: − Internal patch antenna supporting diversity. Mobility: − Seamless roaming across cell boundaries with handover Specific features Supported bit rates: − 11 Mbps − 5.5 Mbps − 2 Mbps − 1 Mbps Data encryption: − 64 /128 bit WEP Encryption Utility Software: − Management utility software Physical Dimensions 58x42.8x7.
