GN-WLMM101 IEEE 802.11b PCMCIA Wireless LAN Card User’s Manual http://www.gigabyte.com.tw Rev. 1.
Contents CHAPTER 1. PRODUCT OVERVIEW.......................................................................................... 1 1-1. INTRODUCTION TO THE W IRELESS LAN CARD .............................................................. 1 1-2. FEATURES................................................................................................................. 1 1-3. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS ............................................................................................ 1 1-3-1.
Chapter 1. Product Overview 1-1. Introduction to The Wireless LAN Card This wireless LAN (Local Area Network) card is composed of the IEEE 802.11b MAC, Baseband, and radio components, PCMCIA interface, and two built-in antennas. This product adopts the direct sequence spread spectrum (DSSS) technology and the DBPSK, DQPSK, and CCK modulation mode to provide a very stable wireless communication quality and an excellent signal receiver capability.
Chapter 2. Installing the Wireless LAN Card 2-1. Installing The Driver & Utility (Applicable to any supported OS) Step 1: Insert our setup CD into your CDROM drive. Step 2: Execute the setup.exe on our CD. Step 3: Choose “ Application and PCMCIA drivers”. Step 4: Press “Next”. Step 5: Press “Finish”, and then your installation is ok.
Chapter 3. Using The Utility The Configuration & Monitor Utility is a powerful application that helps you to configure the Fast-VNET card and monitor the statistics of the communication. Unlike the standard method of configuring the card via the operating system utilities (e.g. Control Panel), this application permits the dynamic modification of the configuration parameters while the card is operating. It also offers some more configuration options.
SSID, TxRate, Power Management Mode and MAC Address of the PCMCIA card). In the middle of the screen there is information about the status of the communication (the BSSID of the Access Point to which the card is associated, Signal Strength, and Link Quality). In order to change the configuration parameters press the “Change” button, make your changes and then press “Submit” in order to save your changes. Figure 3-2. A typical screen of the Monitor Utility in Infrastructure mode.
Site Survey: By choosing the Site Survey option in any of the two modes, you can scan all the channels in order to find all the Access Points or Ad- Hoc networks within the range of your card. In Figure 3-4, the card can see two Access Points and one Ad-Hoc network. The list includes information about the BSSID and SSID of the Access Point(s), the signal strength, the channel where the Access Point(s) operates, and whether or not WEP encryption is used.
Advanced: By Choosing the Advanced option in any of the two modes, you can change advanced configuration settings, such as the Preamble Type, Fragmentation Threshold, and RTS/CTS Threshold (Figure 3-6). Figure 3-5 shows the default configuration for the advanced settings.
Chapter 4. Specification 4-1. System Standards IEEE 802.11b compliant, Wi-Fi compatible Host Interface PCMCIA PC Card Type II Modulation 1Mbps: DBPSK; 2Mbps: DQPSK; 5.5 and 11 Mbps: CCK Transmission Rate 1, 2, 5.5, 11 Mbps Operating Voltage 3.3V/5V Operating Range Open space: 100 - 300m; Indoor: 30 - 100m 4-2. RF Performance Frequency Band 2.400 ~ 2.
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. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications.
