Instant WirelessTM Series Wireless Network CF Card Use this Guide to install: WCF11 User Guide
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Instant WirelessTM Series Table of Contents Wireless Network CF Card Introduction Introduction The Instant WirelessTM Wireless Network CF Card Features Package Contents System Requirements 1 1 1 2 2 Planning Your Wireless Network Network Topology Roaming Ad-Hoc Versus Infrastructure Mode 3 3 3 4 Installing the Drivers Before You Start Driver Installation 5 5 5 The Instant WirelessTM Wireless Network CF Card Experience the same speed and ease of wireless networking with your CompactFlash Type II re
Instant WirelessTM Series Wireless Network CF Card Planning Your Wireless Network Network Topology A wireless LAN is exactly like a regular LAN, except that each Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) in the LAN uses an Instant Wireless™ Wireless Network CF Card to connect to the network using no wires. PDAs in a wireless LAN must be configured to share the same radio channel. The Instant Wireless™ Wireless Network CF Card provides LAN access for PDAs.
Instant WirelessTM Series Ad-Hoc versus Infrastructure Mode Installing the Drivers Unlike wired networks, wireless networks have two different modes in which they may be set up: Infrastructure and Ad-Hoc. Choosing between these two modes depends on whether or not the wireless network needs to share data or peripherals with a wired network or not.
Instant WirelessTM Series 2. The first tab across the top of the screen, labeled Install, should now be highlighted. Click the Install button. The following screen should appear, indicating that Windows is preparing the installation. Wireless Network CF Card 4. The next screen that appears will show the Warranty Policy. Read the entire policy by clicking the Page Down button on your keyboard. Click the Yes button if you agree, or No if you disagree. Clicking No will terminate the installation.
Instant WirelessTM Series 8 Wireless Network CF Card 6. When the following screen appears, choose either Infrastructure mode or Ad-Hoc mode, depending on your needs. If you are unsure whether to choose Infrastructure or Ad-Hoc, refer to the next section for more information. Once you have made your choice, click the Next button. 7b. On the following screen, enter your wireless network’s SSID name. The SSID must be identical for all points in the network. To join any available SSID, type ANY.
Instant WirelessTM Series Wireless Network CF Card 9. The following screen will ask if you wish to install the driver in the default directory. Click the Yes button to continue. 12. The following screen will also appear on your PDA, showing that the device has been successfully installed. When you see this, click the OK button. 10. When you see the following screen, check your PDA to see if additional steps are required. Follow the steps requested by your PDA.
Instant WirelessTM Series Configuration Utility The Configuration Utility is provided to allow you further customization of the Network CF Card in your wireless network. Using the Configuration Utility Once the Configuration Utility has been installed, an icon will be placed in two places on your PDA, under Programs and settings under the System tab in Settings. Tapping this icon will open the Configuration Utility.
Instant WirelessTM Series ENCRYPTION The 64-bit or 128-bit WEP keys can be generated here from a user-defined passphrase or entered manually. Wireless Network CF Card Encryption (WEP) can be Disabled, or set to 64-bit or 128-bit encryption as a hexadecimal number for each key that you wish to encrypt. Make sure that the values entered in these fields for WEP is identical to the encryption keys used on the other wireless devices on the network.
Instant WirelessTM Series Wireless Network CF Card ABOUT The About screen shows the release information for the Driver Version, Configuration Utility Version, and Firmware Version. The Signal Strength field will display a bar indicating the percentage, between 0 and 100 percent, of the strength of the signal. The higher the percentage, the stronger the signal.
Instant WirelessTM Series Troubleshooting Common Problems and Solutions What is Ad-Hoc? An Ad-Hoc wireless LAN is a group of computers, each with a WLAN card connected as an independent wireless LAN. Ad hoc wireless LAN is applicable at a departmental scale for a branch or SOHO operation. This chapter provides solutions to problems usually occurring during the installation and operation of the Network CF Card. Read the description below to solve your problems.
Instant WirelessTM Series What is ESS ID? An Infrastructure configuration could also support roaming capability for mobile workers. More than one BSS can be configured as an Extended Service Set (ESS). Users within an ESS could Roam freely between BSSs while served as a continuous connection to the network wireless stations and Access Points within an ESS must be configured with the same ESS ID and the same radio channel. What is ISM band? The FCC and their counterparts outside of the U.S.
Instant WirelessTM Series Glossary Ad-hoc Network - An ad-hoc network is a wireless network or other small network in which some of the network devices are part of the network only for the duration of a communications session while in some close proximity to the rest of the network. Backbone - The part of a network that connects most of the systems and networks together and handles the most data.
Instant WirelessTM Series Hardware - Hardware is the physical aspect of computers, telecommunications, and other information technology devices. The term arose as a way to distinguish the "box" and the electronic circuitry and components of a computer from the program you put in it to make it do things. The program came to be known as the software. IEEE - The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
Instant WirelessTM Series sumed than in the case of narrowband transmission, but the trade off produces a signal that is, in effect, louder and thus easier to detect, provided that the receiver knows the parameters of the spread-spectrum signal being broadcast. If a receiver is not tuned to the right frequency, a spread-spectrum signal looks like background noise. There are two main alternatives, Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum (DSSS) and Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum (FHSS).
Instant WirelessTM Series Wireless Network CF Card Warranty Information Contact Information BE SURE TO HAVE YOUR PROOF OF PURCHASE AND A BARCODE FROM THE PRODUCT'S PACKAGING ON HAND WHEN CALLING. RETURN REQUESTS CANNOT BE PROCESSED WITHOUT PROOF OF PURCHASE. For help with the installation or operation of this product, contact Linksys Customer Support at one of the phone numbers or Internet addresses below.
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