802.11g Wireless LAN Card User’s Manual Doc. No.
REGULATORY STATEMENTS FCC Certification The United States Federal Communication Commission (FCC) and the Canadian Department of Communications have established certain rules governing the use of electronic equipment. Part15, Class B This device complies with Part 15 of FCC rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: 1) This device may not cause harmful interface, and 2) This device must accept any interface received, including interface that may cause undesired operation.
Table of Contents INTRODUCTION...................................................................................... 1 WIRELESS NETWORK OPTIONS ................................................................. 1 The Peer-to-Peer Network............................................................ 1 The Access Point Network........................................................... 2 LED INDICATORS FOR WIRELESS CARDBUS CARD .................................. 2 Power Indicator: (Orange LED) ...................
MAIN TAB ............................................................................................... 18 ADVANCED TAB ..................................................................................... 22 PRIVACY TAB ......................................................................................... 22 STATISTICS TAB ...................................................................................... 29 ABOUT TAB ..................................................................................
INTRODUCTION The 802.11g Wireless LAN Card is a device that allows you connect your computer to a wireless local area network (LAN). A wireless LAN allows your system to use wireless Radio Frequency (RF) technology to transmit and receive data without having to physically attach to the network. The Wireless protocols that come with this product ensure data security and isolation from interference generated by other radio frequencies.
You can also use one computer as an Internet Server to connect to a wired global network and share files and information with other computers via a wireless LAN. The Access Point Network The network installation allows you to share files, printers, and Internet access much more conveniently. With Wireless LAN Cards, you can connect wireless LAN to a wired global network via an Access Point.
Act Indicator: (Green LED) This LED flickers when transmitting/receiving wireless data.
INSTALLATION Caution: Do not insert the Wireless LAN Card into your computer until the procedures in “Install the Driver & Utility” has been performed. Install the Driver & Utility 3. 4. Exit all Windows programs. Insert the CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive of your computer. If the CD-ROM is not launched automatically, go to your CD-ROM drive (e.g. drive D) and double-click on Setup.exe. The main screen of the CD-ROM opens. Click Install Driver & Utility to start the installation. 5.
6. The Choose Destination Location screen will show you the default destination chosen by the utility. Click Next to continue. 7. Follow the instruction to select the program folder. Click Next to continue.
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Install the device1 Note: Make sure the procedures in “Install the Driver & Utility” has been performed. 1. 2. 3. If you are using the Wireless PCI Card, before installing the device, make sure the computer is turned off. Remove the expansion slot cover from the computer. For Wireless CardBus users, please locate your CardBus slot. Carefully slide the Wireless PCI/CardBus Card into the PCI/CardBus slot. Push evenly and slowly and ensure it is properly seated.
Note for Windows 2000 users: During the installation, when the “Digital Signature Not Found” screen appears, click “Yes” to continue. Note for Windows XP users: 1. Select Install the software automatically (Recommended) and click Next.
3. Click Continue Anyway. 4. Click Finish to complete the installation. Verify Device Installation To verify that the device has been properly installed in your computer and is enabled, go to Start Settings Control Panel System ( Hardware) Device Manager. Expand the Network adapters item.
the 802.11g Wireless PCI/CardBus PC Card is listed, it means that your device is properly installed and enabled.
NETWORK CONNECTION Once the driver has been installed, you will need to make adjustments to your network settings. In Windows 98/ME 1. 2. Go to Start Settings Control Panel Network. Make sure that you have all the following components installed. 802.
If any components are missing, click on the Add button to install them. All of the protocols and clients required (listed above) are provided by Microsoft. 3. Next, highlight the specific network component you need, click Add. 4. Highlight Microsoft, and then double click on the item you want to add. Click OK. After returning to the Network screen, you can make your computer is visible on the network by enabling the File and Print Sharing. 5. Click the Identification tab.
6. Click the Access Control tab. Make sure that “Share-level access control” is selected. If connecting to a Netware server, share level can be set to “User-level access control.
7. When finished, restart your computer to activate the new device. 8. Once the computer has been rebooted, a Logon window will appear and will require you to enter a username and password. Enter a username and password and click OK. Do not click the Cancel button, or you won’t be able to log onto the network. 9. Double-click the Network Neighborhood icon on the windows desktop, and you should see the names of the other PCs on the network. In Windows 2000/XP 1.
2. Make sure that you have all the following components installed. Client for Microsoft Networks NWLink NetBIOS NWLink IPX/SPX/NetBIOS Compatible Transport Protocol Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) If any components are missing, click on the Install… button to select the Client/Service/Protocol required. 3. After selecting the component you need, click Add… to install.
4. Select the network protocol you wish to add and click OK. This will return you to the Local Area Connections Properties window. 5. To allow your computer to be visible on the network, make sure you have checked off the File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks. 6. When finished, you must restart your computer to complete the installation.
CONFIGURATION After successful installation of the Wireless LAN Card’s driver, the utility icon will display in the task bar. You will be able to access the Configuration Utility through the Network Status icon. If the icon doesn’t appear automatically, go to Start Programs WlanUtility Wireless LAN Utility, it will appear in the task bar.
Statistics Tab About Tab Main Tab The Main tab displays the current status of the Wireless Network Adapter.
Item Status SSID Description utility or other manufacturers’, such as Funk, Odyssey client utility. Disable ：Left this item unchecked to use the utility we provide.XP’s built-in utility Displays the information about the status of the communication. The SSID is the unique name shared among all points in your wireless network. The name must be identical for all devices and points attempting to connect to the same network.
BSSID the BSSID of the Access Point to which the card is associated Connect Highlight one of the device from the list area and press the Connect button to access it. There will be three tabs for you to modify, see the detailed information on page 21. Searches for all available networks. Clicking on the button, the device will start to rescan and list all available sites.
Mode Profile Tx Power Level Fragment Threshold RTS Threshold You can select IEEE 802.11b(B-Only), 802.11b +(B-Plus) , 802.11g (G-Only)standard or B&G Mode (If you choose this option the device will automatically convert the suitable standard ). Enter the profile name and click the Save button to save your configuration, To open the profiles you saved, select the profile from the pull-down menu and then click the Load button.
Preamble Retry limits A preamble is a signal used in wireless environment to synchronize the transmitting timing including Synchronization and Start frame delimiter. (Note: If you want to change the Preamble type into Long or Short, please check the setting of AP.) You can set the number of retries if no acknowledgement appears from the receiving station. Advanced Tab The Advanced tab displays the current status of the Wireless Network Adapter.
If you checked External Configuration in the Main tab (see page 18), functions in the following figure will be disabled. Privacy Mode Configure your NONE, WEP, CCX, 802.1x and WPA settings： NONE：No security defined. WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) is a data security mechanism based on a 40 Bit/128 Bit/256 Bit shared key algorithm. Press the Cofigure button to change WEP configuration. CCX （ Cisco Compatible Extension ） .
provides user-based, centralized authentication, as well as per-user wired equivalent privacy (WEP) session keys. Press the Configure button to change CCX configuration. The 802.1X Configuration window is used to configure WEP, CCX and WPA security with 802.1X authentication. WPA（WiFi Protected Access）encryption can be used to ensure the security of your wireless network.
Encryption 1-4 Key size To configure your WEP settings. WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) encryption can be used to ensure the security of your wireless network. Select one Key and Key Size then fill in the appropriate value/phrase in Encryption field. Note: You must use the same Key and Encryption settings for the both sides of the wireless network to connect KEY1 ~ KEY 4：You can specify up to 4 different keys to decrypt wireless data. Select the Default key setting from the radio button.
Protocol This panel enables you to select an authentication protocol. Password This panel is available when EAP-TLS is not selected (either MSCHAP V2 over PEAP is selected with WEP or LEAP is selected for CCX). This panel enables you to enter a login name and password or request that the driver prompt for them when you connect to a network. Personal Certificate This panel is available when EAP-TLS protocol is selected and enables you to select a certificate for authenticating the station.
802.1x： EAP-TLS EAP-TLS is a mutual authentication method, which means that both the client and the server prove their identities. LEAP Network administers have been taking advantage of the simplified user and security administration that LEAP provides. Before the security authentication is started, you should enter the user name and password or the authentication process will fail.
WPA settings Preshared Key： Passphrase：Enter the key that you are sharing with the network for the WLAN connection. 802.1x：You may refer to page 25(802.1x Configuration).
Statistics Tab The Statistics Tab displays the available statistic information including Receive packets, Transmit packets, Association reject packets, Association timeout packets, Authentication Authentication timeout packets.
About Tab Click on the About tab to view basic version information about the OS Version, Utility Version, Driver Version, Firmware Version and EEPROM Version.
UNINSTALLATION In case you need to uninstall the Utility and driver, please refer to below steps. (As you uninstall the utility, the driver will be uninstalled as well.) 1. Go to Start Programs LAN Utility. WLanUtility Uninstall Wireless 2. Click OK to continue. 3. Select Yes, I want to restart my computer now, and then click Finish to complete the uninstalled procedure.
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