User's Manual

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Table of Contents
1. INTRODUCTION 4
1.1 THE WLAN 802.11G MINI-PCI MODULE..............................................................4
1.2 FEATURES ................................................................................................................4
2. PLANNING YOUR WIRELESS NETWORK 5
2.1 NETWORK TOPOLOGY.............................................................................................5
2.2 AD-HOC VERSUS INFRASTRUCTURE MODE............................................................5
3. SOFTWARE INSTALLATION AND UNINSTALLATION 7
3.1 SETUP WIZARD INSTALLATION.......................................................................7
3.2 ADDITIONAL SETUP PROCESSES .............................................................................9
3.3 DISABLE WINDOWS XP ZERO-CONFIGURATION .................................................11
3.4 UNINSTALLATION...................................................................................................12
4. USING THE CONFIGURATION UTILITY 14
4.1 OVERVIEW .............................................................................................................14
4.2 ACCESSING THE CONFIGURATION UTILITY .........................................................14
4.3 LINK STATUS..........................................................................................................18
4.4 SITE MONITOR.......................................................................................................19
4.5 STATISTICS.............................................................................................................20
4.6 DIAGNOSTICS.........................................................................................................21
4.7 INFORMATION........................................................................................................22
APPENDIX A: TROUBLESHOOTING23
APPENDIX B: GLOSSARY 26
APPENDIX C: SPECIFICATION 31