Quick Installer Guide for 802.11a/b/g miniPCI Card PH11107-X PH12127-X (where “X” could be either B or E) ( July 2, 2003 Version: 0.
Quick Installer Guide for Philips miniPCI 802.
Quick Installer Guide for Philips miniPCI 802.11a/b/g card -3- Quick Installer Guide for Philips miniPCI 802.11a/b/g card 1. Driver Installation Install Philips miniPCI 802.11a/b/g card. Laptop is turn off during installation. Once the card is installed, turn on the laptop. 1. Wait for the following dialog box to display, and click Next to continue.
Quick Installer Guide for Philips miniPCI 802.11a/b/g card -4- 2. Choose “Search for a suitable driver for my device (recommended),” and click Next.
Quick Installer Guide for Philips miniPCI 802.11a/b/g card -5- 3. Insert the CD in your CD-ROM drive. Choose “Specify a location” under “ Optional search locations,” and click Next to continue.
Quick Installer Guide for Philips miniPCI 802.11a/b/g card -6- 4. Browse to the location where the NDIS driver is located (assuming D is the CD-ROM drive), the default folder is D: .Click OK to continue. 5. When you find the driver installation file (net5211.inf), click Next to continue.
Quick Installer Guide for Philips miniPCI 802.11a/b/g card -7- 6. The evaluation driver currently does not have a digital signature from Microsoft. There, Windows shows a warning message. Click Yes to proceed with the driver installation. 7. Click Finish to complete the driver installation. See Section 2.0 for the device configuration.
Quick Installer Guide for Philips miniPCI 802.11a/b/g card 2. -8- Device Configuration Configuration of the Philips miniPCI Wireless Network Adapter can be done through the Network Control Panel (NCP) in adapter properties. You can set the Wireless Network Adapter to work in one of two modes, either infrastructure mode (which leverages an AP) or ad hoc mode (which consists of a group of stations participating in the WLAN).
Quick Installer Guide for Philips miniPCI 802.11a/b/g card -9- B. SYSTEM TRAY APPLICATION 1. Screen Layout (1) Figure 1: System Tray Icon and Menu The system tray application provides status information to users via an icon displayed in the Windows system tray. The system tray app provides visual indication of the radio state and signal strength. It indicates if the signal strength is weak (< 20%), fair (< 40%) or strong (> 40%) by displaying a different icon for each state.
Quick Installer Guide for Philips miniPCI 802.11a/b/g card - 10 - • Security Settings: Launches our Control Panel Application with the “Security” screen displayed. • Status: Launches our Control Panel Application with the “Status” screen displayed. • Product Information: Launches our Control Panel Application to the “About” screen, displaying copyright and version information for our product.
Quick Installer Guide for Philips miniPCI 802.11a/b/g card - 11 - C. STATUS SCREEN 1. Screen Layout Figure 2 (Status Screen) The Status Screen is the first tab in our Control Panel application. It displays status information about the 802.11a/b/g card, including the connection state, the associated server MAC address (if any), transmit and receive rates, Current Channel, Security Mode, link quality and signal strength. The information is automatically updated on a regular basis.
Quick Installer Guide for Philips miniPCI 802.11a/b/g card - 12 - 2. Controls on the Status Screen Field State Current Tx Rate Current Rx Rate Current Channel Security Link Quality Signal Strength Disable Radio Rescan Description Displays link status, along with associated MAC address (if any).
Quick Installer Guide for Philips miniPCI 802.11a/b/g card - 13 - D. CONFIGURATION SCREEN 1.
Quick Installer Guide for Philips miniPCI 802.11a/b/g card - 14 - The Configuration screen is the second tab in our Control Panel application. It displays a list of existing configuration profiles, which can be modified, renamed or deleted by the user. The user can also create new profiles on this screen. Initially, there is only one profile shipped with the product, with a name of “Default”.
Quick Installer Guide for Philips miniPCI 802.11a/b/g card Field Profile Name New/Rename/Delete Buttons Network Type Network Name1 Network Name2 Network Name3 Wireless Mode Peer-to-Peer Net Start Transmit Rate OK Button Cancel Button Apply Button - 15 - Description List of available profiles. User may select from list to activate or modify a profile. For creating, renaming and deleting profiles from the list above. Allows selection of either “Peer-to-Peer” (Ad-Hoc) or “Access Point “(Infrastructure).
Quick Installer Guide for Philips miniPCI 802.11a/b/g card - 16 - (5) The “Peer-to-Peer Channel Net Start” is enabled only if the Network Type is “AdHoc”. (6) The user can select between different available Transmit rates only if the “Wireless Mode” is not in “Auto”. If the wireless mode is “Auto”, this edit box is disabled. (7) The OK button causes all changes (on all the tabs) to be saved. Configuration changes for all profiles (not just the selected one) will be saved.
Quick Installer Guide for Philips miniPCI 802.11a/b/g card E. NEW PROFILE AND RENAME PROFILE DIALOGS 1.
Quick Installer Guide for Philips miniPCI 802.11a/b/g card - 18 - (i) Figure 4: New/Rename Profile Dialogs The New Profile and Rename Profile dialogs are actually the same dialog. Only the instructional texts differ depending upon whether the user is creating a new profile or renaming an existing one. This dialog is displayed in response to the “New” button and the “Rename” button on the Configuration screen. 2.
Quick Installer Guide for Philips miniPCI 802.
Quick Installer Guide for Philips miniPCI 802.11a/b/g card - 20 - Figure 6 (Security Screen – Pre -Shared Key Option) The Security screen is the third tab in our Control Panel application. It allows the user to view and modify security settings for the selected profile. Up to four encryption keys may be specified. Two types of Key Entries are possible, hexadecimal and alphanumeric.
Quick Installer Guide for Philips miniPCI 802.
Quick Installer Guide for Philips miniPCI 802.
Quick Installer Guide for Philips miniPCI 802.
Quick Installer Guide for Philips miniPCI 802.
Quick Installer Guide for Philips miniPCI 802.
Quick Installer Guide for Philips miniPCI 802.11a/b/g card - 26 - Figure 8 (User Information – LEAP) 2. Controls on the Security Screen Field Disable Radio button Leap radio button User Name Password Confirm Password Domain Name 802.
Quick Installer Guide for Philips miniPCI 802.11a/b/g card - 27 - (7) Keys are restricted to contain only hex digits (0-9,A-F). The edit control for each key will ignore entry of any non-hex digits. Digits may be upper or lower case. (8) Each key value is restricted to the length specified by the list control to its right. (9) If a key has been entered (or partially entered), and the user changes its length selection, the key will be truncated if necessary.
Quick Installer Guide for Philips miniPCI 802.11a/b/g card - 28 - G. POWER SCREEN 1. Screen Layout Figure 9 (Power Screen) The Power screen is the fourth tab in our Control Panel application. It allows the user to view and modify power settings for the selected profile. Currently the only available settings are the Power Saving mode and Transmit Power level. 2. Controls on the Power Screen Field Power Saving Transmit Power Description Used to specify the Power Saving Mode for the selected profile.
Quick Installer Guide for Philips miniPCI 802.11a/b/g card - 29 - 3. Interaction of Power Screen Controls Currently, there is no special interaction between controls on the Power screen. H. ABOUT SCREEN 1. Screen Layout Figure 10 (About Screen) The About Screen is the last tab of the Control Panel Application. This screen shows the Network Driver version, the MAC Address of the machine, the version of the Configuration utility Application, and the Current Regulatory Domain details.
Quick Installer Guide for Philips miniPCI 802.11a/b/g card 2. Controls on the About Screen Not Applicable. 3. Interaction of Power Screen Controls Not Applicable.
Quick Installer Guide for Philips miniPCI 802.11a/b/g card II. - 31 - Regulatory Information • To identify this product refer to the part or model number on the product label A.
Quick Installer Guide for Philips miniPCI 802.11a/b/g card - 32 - -- Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected. -- Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help. FCC RF Exposure Warning: The antenna(s) used for this transmitter must be installed to provide a seperation distance of atleast 20cm from the from the person and must not be co-located or operating in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter.
Quick Installer Guide for Philips miniPCI 802.11a/b/g card - 33 - C. EUROPEAN COMMUNITY N OTICE: Marking by the symbol indicates compliance with the Essential Requirements of the R&TTE Directive of the European Union (1999/5/EC). This equipment meets the following conformance standards: EN 301 893 EN 301 489-17 EN 60950 ETS 300 328-2 5GHz operation of this device is not allowed in the following European Community countries: Germany, Greece and Spain.
Quick Installer Guide for Philips miniPCI 802.11a/b/g card • - 34 - European Community Declaration of Conformity: English Hereby, Philips Components, declares that this Radio LAN device is in compliance with the essential requirements and other relevant provisions of Directive 1999/5/EC. Finnish Valmistaja Philips Components vakuuttaa täten että Radio LAN device tyyppinen laite on direktiivin 1999/5/EY oleellisten vaatimusten ja sitä koskevien direktiivin muiden ehtojen mukainen.
Quick Installer Guide for Philips miniPCI 802.11a/b/g card - 35 - Greek ÌÅ ÔÇÍ ÐÁÑÏÕÓÁ Philips Components ÄÇËÙÍÅÉ ÏÔÉ Radio LAN device ÓÕÌÌÏÑÖÙÍÅÔÁÉ ÐÑÏÓ ÔÉÓ ÏÕÓÉÙÄÅÉÓ ÁÐÁÉÔÇÓÅÉÓ ÊÁÉ ÔÉÓ ËÏÉÐÅÓ Ó×ÅÔÉÊÅÓ ÄÉÁÔÁÎÅÉÓ ÔÇÓ ÏÄÇÃÉÁÓ 1999/5/ÅÊ Italian Con la presente Philips Components dichiara che questo Radio LAN device è conforme ai requisiti essenziali ed alle altre disposizioni pertinenti stabilite dalla direttiva 1999/5/CE.