GN-WMKG IEEE 802.11b/g CardBus Wireless LAN Card User’s Manual http://www.gigabyte.com.tw Rev. 1.
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.
Contents CHAPTER 1 PRODUCT OVERVIEW 1-1. 1-2. 1-3. 1-4. 1-5. 1 INTRODUCTION ...........................................................................................................1 FEATURES .................................................................................................................1 PHYSICAL DIMENSIONS/PACKAGING .............................................................................1 LED INDICATING LIGHT ......................................................................
Chapter 1 Product Overview 1-1. Introduction This 802.11b/g Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) card is composed of the MAC, Baseband, and radio components, CARDBUS interface, and two built-in antennas. It operates in 2.4GHz frequency bands, providing fast (up to 54Mbps) and secure (support AES, 802.1x & WEP and WAP) connections to 802.11b and 802.11g networks from a single card.
1-4. LED Indicating Light Power Link Meaning OFF No power applied to card LED Blinking Condition of the Receiver GIGABYTE ON ON Looking for network association GIGABYTE Link Power 1-5. System Requirements 1-5-1. Supported Platform: IBM PC/AT compatible computer 1-5-2.
Chapter 2 Installing the WLAN Card 2-1. Installing The Driver & Utility (Win 98SE/ME) Step 1: Insert our setup CD into your CDROM drive, the following window will pop up. Step 2: Please plug-in your “Gigabyte” WLAN card device. Step 3: Click “Next”. Step 4: Click “Search for the best driver for your device” and Click “Next”.
Win ME Step 5: Click “Specify a location”, Click “CD-ROM:\Driver\win9xme”and Click “Next”.
Step 6: Click “Next”. Step 7: Click “Finish”. Step 8: Click “No”.
Step 9: Click “Install Wireless LAN Driver”. Step 10: Click “Next”. Step 11: Click “Next”.
Win ME Step 12: Click “Finish”. 2-2. Installing The Driver & Utility (Win 2000/XP) Step 1: Please make sure that you don’t plug your card yet. Step 2: Insert our setup CD into your CDROM drive, the following window will pop up. Step 3: Click “Install Wireless LAN Driver”.
Step 4: Click “Next”. Step 5: Click “Next”.
Win XP Step 6: Click “Yes” (Win 2000).
Step 7: Click “Finish”. Step 8: Please plug-in your “Gigabyte” WLAN card device. Step 9: Click “OK” and Rebooted you computer.
Chapter 3 Using The Utility The Configuration & Monitor Utility is a powerful application that helps you to configure the card and monitor the statistics of the communication link. 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: Wireless network name. This is the wireless network name expressed as text string that all members within the same network share. Devices that don’t share the same network name cannot communicate with each other. Channel: The current channel number used by the WLAN card. Authentication: Use Open System(No WEP key) or Shared Key(WEP key) to authenticate the peer side when association was initiated. Encryption: The current Encryption setting (No security, WEP encryption, WPA-PSK),.
3-1-2. Authentication & Security setting: Authentication & Security: One of the settings in the Profile Page; this settings includes Authentication type selection, Encryption key input type & length of the encrypted/decrypted payload information, and WEP key index selection. (see Figure 3-4) Figure 3-4. Authentication & Security Configuration This card provides Three security options: No security, WEP encryption, WPA-PSK security architecture. 3-1-2-1.
When you select this item, the target 802.11 device must has the same encryption keys and be configured to use encryption in order to communicate with each other. To configure your WPA-PSK encryption, please click “Authentication “then the following window will pop up (see Figure 3-5). Figure 3-5. Configure WPA-PSK Key 3-2. Link Status The “Link Status” tab shows you the current association information about the card’s connection with a wireless network.
Other items reports the following information: Throughput: Display current total number of Tx/Rx packets in KBits/sec. Link Quality: The percentage of the radio link quality while communicates with the associated Access Point or peer station. Signal Strength: The percentage of the signal strength while communicates with the associated Access Point or peer station. 3-3. Site Survey The “Site Survey” tab shows you the list of reachable access points and/or peer-to-peer stations (see Figure 3-7).
Network Type: The current network type. Rescan: Rescan the available network and then refresh the result. Add to Profile: Add the selected entry and save into Profile Page. 3-4. Statistics The “Statistics” tab shows you the number of packets sent and received by the card(see Figure 3-8). Figure 3-8. 3-5. The statistic number of packets sent and received by the card Advance The “Advance” Tab contains several fields where operating parameters of the driver can be viewed or changed.
Figure 3-9. Advance configuration screen If you want to turn off the card’s radio, click 「RADIO OFF」of the screen, (see Fig 3-10) Just click it「RADIO ON」 again to turn on the radio. (see Figure 3-9). Figure 3-10. Advance configuration screen Wireless Mode: Wireless Mode: Select wireless mode. 802.11b only and 802.11 b/g mixed mode are supported. Enable TX Burst: Ralink’s proprietary frame burst mode.
Ad Hoc Mode use OFDM rate: you can select OFDM wireless modes for the “Ad Hoc Mode” communication link. 11B/G Protection: ERP protection mode of 802.11G definition. User can chosse from Auto, On, and Off. 1. Auto: STA will dynamically change as AP announcement. 2. On: Always send frame with protection. 3. Off: Always send frame without protection. TX Rate: Manually force the Transmit using selected rate. Default is auto. 3-6.
Chapter 4 Troubleshooting This troubleshooting guide provides answers to some common problems which you may encounter while installing or using GIGABYTE WLAN card products. These problems requires simple troubleshooting that you can perform by yourself. Contact the WLAN Technical Support if you encounter problems not mentioned in this section. I cannot connect to an AP Check if the WLAN has the some Service Set Identifier (SSID) as that of The AP.
Chapter 5 Specification 1. System Host Interface CARDBUS (32-bit) card Type II Operating Voltage 3.3VDC ± 5% 2. RF Performance 802.11g(BACKWARD COMPATIBLE TO 802.11b) Frequency Bands 2412-2484 MHz (subject to local regulations) Modulation Technology OFDM and DSSS Modulation Techniques 64QAM, 16QAM, QPSK, BPSK, CCK, DQPSK, DBPSK Date Rates 54, 48, 36, 18,12, 9, 11, 6, 5.
