EP-9321-g/g1 802.11g 54M Wireless LAN PCI Adapter User Manual Specifications are subject to change without notice. © 2004 by SURECOM Technology Corporation.
EP-9321-g/g1 802.11g 54M Wireless LAN PCI Adapter Content 1. Introduction--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3 1.1 Feature-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3 1.2 Specification------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------4 1.
EP-9321-g/g1 802.11g 54M Wireless LAN PCI Adapter 1 Introduction The 54Mbps WLAN PCI Adapter provides greater performance than ever before. Incorporated with latest IEEE 802.11g technology, the PCI Card is not only compliant with other 802.11g products but allows you to connect with other 802.11b devices. With WPA (Wi-Fi Protected Access) and 64/128-bit WEP encryption, the PCI Card ensure the security of your network communication.
EP-9321-g/g1 802.11g 54M Wireless LAN PCI Adapter 1.2 Specification Model: 54Mbps WLAN PCI Adapter Radio: Complies with IEEE 802.11b/g Frequency Band: 2.412-2.462GHz (U.S.) 2.412-2.484GHz (Japan) 2.412-2.472GHz (ETSI) Modulation TYPE : BPSK,QPSK,CCK,16-QAM,64-QAM Operating Channels: 11 channels (US) 13 channels (ETSI) 14 channels (Japan) Data Rate: 1 / 2 / 5.5 / 6/9/11/12/24/36/48/54Mbps Output Power: 18dBm@11Mbps;14dBm@54Mbps Receive sensitivity: Min.80dBm for 11Mbps (@BER 8%) Min.
EP-9321-g/g1 802.11g 54M Wireless LAN PCI Adapter 1.4 Systems Requirements 1. A Desktop computer with an available 32bit PCI slot. 2. Operating System: Windows 98SE/2000/ME/XP 3. 2M bytes free disk space for utility and driver installation. Note: If you insert the WLAN PCI Adapter before installing the driver and utility, the operating system will detect a new device and start to configure the new device. Click Cancel to finish the wizard.
EP-9321-g/g1 802.11g 54M Wireless LAN PCI Adapter 2.2 Removing the PCI Card If you want to remove the PCI Card, Pull the PCI Card out and to the right to remove from the chassis.
EP-9321-g/g1 802.11g 54M Wireless LAN PCI Adapter 3. Software Installation 3.1 Installing WLAN PCI Adapter Utility and Driver Insert the setup CD into your CD-ROM Drive. Then, the web page will pop up automatically and select the “ Installing Driver and Utility” . if it does not launch automatically, Double-click setup.exe in your CD-ROM Drive.
EP-9321-g/g1 802.11g 54M Wireless LAN PCI Adapter Click Next button in the following window.
EP-9321-g/g1 802.11g 54M Wireless LAN PCI Adapter The Install Shield Wizard is copying the necessary files to the system. The progress indicator shows the installing status.
EP-9321-g/g1 802.11g 54M Wireless LAN PCI Adapter If this is the first time you install the software, the window below will appear. Select your current country region then click Next. Click Finish, when the installation is completed.
EP-9321-g/g1 802.11g 54M Wireless LAN PCI Adapter After completing the installation, the icon will appear in the system tray. Double-click the icon to configure the WLAN PCI Adapter. 3.2 Uninstalling the Driver and Utility You may follow the instruction step by step to uninstall the WLAN PCI Adapter completely. Insert the setup CD or execute the setup.exe again.
EP-9321-g/g1 802.11g 54M Wireless LAN PCI Adapter The following window should launch automatically. Select Remove, and click Next. Select Yes to continue uninstallation.
EP-9321-g/g1 802.11g 54M Wireless LAN PCI Adapter Click OK to finish, when the uninstallation is completed.
EP-9321-g/g1 802.11g 54M Wireless LAN PCI Adapter 4. Configuration Utility After the Configuration Utility has been installed, an icon will be placed in the system tray when the WLAN PCI Adapter is inserted. Click the icon and the configuration utility will pop up. The utility was six tabs: Profile, Link Status, Site Survey, Statistics Advance, and About. You should change all your configuration settings for your WLAN PCI adapter using this utility. 4.
EP-9321-g/g1 802.11g 54M Wireless LAN PCI Adapter 4.1.1 Profile Specific different network profile settings used in various locations, such as your office, your home, the factory, or the airport. In each profile, you can specify a network type, network name, WEP and security setting parameters required for that operating location. 4.1.1.
EP-9321-g/g1 802.11g 54M Wireless LAN PCI Adapter SSID: All wireless devices within the ESS or extended wireless LAN use the SSID. This can be any alphanumeric value of up to 32 characters long. Use this to prevent cross communication between two or more WLAN in one area. The SSID should be changed in order to provide some minimum security. Channel: Shows the selected channel that is currently used. (Available channels depend on the country or region you are located.
EP-9321-g/g1 802.11g 54M Wireless LAN PCI Adapter 4.1.1.2 Edit Profile To add a new location profile name or to rename, delete, or select an existing profile, click Edit. The Edit Configurations screen appears as follows Power Saving Mode: CAM: (Constant Awake Mode) CAM is the normal mode for desktop machines or other machines where power consumption is not an issue. It keeps the radio powered up continuously, so there is little latency for responding to messages. Max_PSP: Maximum Power Save.
EP-9321-g/g1 802.11g 54M Wireless LAN PCI Adapter RTS Threshold: The RTS Threshold sets an upper threshold at which point the device will issue an RTS packet. The RTS (Request To Send) packet is used for the purpose of avoiding data collisions on the wireless LAN. There are several trade offs to consider when setting this parameter.
EP-9321-g/g1 802.11g 54M Wireless LAN PCI Adapter 4.1.1.3 Authentication & Security Authentication Type: Defines authentication type of the wireless networks. The wireless adapter will need to be set to the same authentication type to communicate. There are five options to choose as following: Open System: With this setting any station in the Wireless LAN can associate with an Access Point to receive and to transmit data. You can choose non-encryption or WEP encryption under Open System setting.
EP-9321-g/g1 802.11g 54M Wireless LAN PCI Adapter Key 1 - Key 4: These four fields can be used to manually enter the encryption keys. This may be necessary if you wish this node to match keys in a different vendor's product. WEP Key length: The 64 or 128-bits Wired Equivalent Privacy Algorithm. You can decide the network key to be encoded by ASCII characters or hexadecimal digitals. A key of 10 hexadecimal characters (0-9, A-F) is required if a 64-bit Key Length was selected.
EP-9321-g/g1 802.11g 54M Wireless LAN PCI Adapter Share Key: Is when both the sender and recipient share a secret key. Both units use this key for an extended length of time, sometimes indefinitely. You also can choose non-encryption or WEP encryption under Shared setting.
EP-9321-g/g1 802.11g 54M Wireless LAN PCI Adapter LEAP (Lightweight Extensible Authentication Protocol): Normally it’ s using on Cisco’ s networking devices. You may need a Cisco ACS Server to do authentication. After selecting LEAP, another setting window will pop up as following. Types in your “ Identity Key” and “ Password” then click Ok to complete setting.
EP-9321-g/g1 802.11g 54M Wireless LAN PCI Adapter WPA (Wi-Fi Protected Access): WPA is an enhanced security algorithm in comparison with WEP. There are two types of encryption, “ TKIP” and “ AES” . TKIP stands for Temporal Key Integrity Protocol. AES stands for Advanced Encryption Standard.
EP-9321-g/g1 802.11g 54M Wireless LAN PCI Adapter 802.1x Settings: It’ s a standard made by IEEE in 1999. It is used on Ethernet Switch in the beginning. You will need an authentication server to apply. After clicking “ 802.1x Setting” , another window will pop up. In the “ Authentication Type” , there are PEAP, TLS-Smart Card and TTLS. Select the type you want. PEAP stands for Protected EAP. TLS-Smart Card stands for Transport Layer Security-Smart Card. TTLS stands for Tunneled Transport Layer Security.
EP-9321-g/g1 802.11g 54M Wireless LAN PCI Adapter PEAP: When selecting PEAP, the following fills will be shown. “ Identity” : Type in your ID to access in authentication server. “ Client Certificate” : If you use other client certification, check this box. Then click “more” , another window will pop up. Select your certification.
EP-9321-g/g1 802.11g 54M Wireless LAN PCI Adapter “ Tunneled Authentication” : In this dialogue, select your authentication protocol type first. There are “ EAP-MSCHAP v2” , “ EAP-TLS/Smart Card” and “ Generic Token Card” can be chosen. Then type in your “ Identity” and “ Password” to access in authentication server. TLS-Smart Card: When selecting this authentication type, you have to type in your ID in the “ Identity” fill.
EP-9321-g/g1 802.11g 54M Wireless LAN PCI Adapter WPA-PSK (Wi-Fi Protected Access-Pre-shared Key): The difference between WPA and WPA-PSK setting is that WPA-PSK allows you to set “ password” (We call Pre-shared Key here). And the “ password” will use either “ TKIP” or “ AES” encryption. This is normally used on SOHO or Home Network.
EP-9321-g/g1 802.11g 54M Wireless LAN PCI Adapter 4.1.2 Link Status You can see the below status: Status, Current Channel, Current TX Rate, throughput(Kbit/sec), Link Quality, Signal Strength.
EP-9321-g/g1 802.11g 54M Wireless LAN PCI Adapter 4.1.3 Site Survey: Click the Site Survey; you can to see the signal strength, channel, Encryption, authentication and network type of available wireless network. The AP MAC address will also be displayed at the Preferred BSSID field. Select the AP you want to connect to and click connect to establish network.
EP-9321-g/g1 802.11g 54M Wireless LAN PCI Adapter 4.1.
EP-9321-g/g1 802.11g 54M Wireless LAN PCI Adapter 4.1.5 Advance: Wireless Mode If there are 802.11b devices in your wireless network, choose b+g mixed mode. If all the devices in your wireless network are 802.11g ones, choose 802.11g mode to get better transfer rate. Tx Burst Enable this function to burst the transmit speed, but it may affect signal quality. Radio off You can stop wireless transmission by clicking this icon. Click again to resume wireless connection.
EP-9321-g/g1 802.11g 54M Wireless LAN PCI Adapter 4.1.6 About This screen shows copyright, Utility / Driver version and MAC Address of this wireless LAN Card.
EP-9321-g/g1 802.11g 54M Wireless LAN PCI Adapter 5. Glossary Ad-Hoc Mode An Ad-hoc integrated wireless LAN is a group of computers, each has a Wireless LAN adapter, Connected as an independent wireless LAN. Ad hoc wireless LAN is applicable at a departmental scale for a branch or SOHO operation. BSS ID A specific Ad hoc LAN is called a Basic Service Set (BSS). Computers in a BSS must be configured with the same BSS ID.
EP-9321-g/g1 802.11g 54M Wireless LAN PCI Adapter Roaming The ability to use a wireless device is able to move from one access point range to another without losing the connection. RTS/CTS Threshold Value It should remain at its default setting of 2,347. A preamble is a signal used to synchronize the transmission timing between two or more systems. A series of transmission pulses is sent before the data to indicate that someone is about transmit data.
EP-9321-g/g1 802.11g 54M Wireless LAN PCI Adapter 6. Technical Support You can find the most recent software and user documentation on the SURECOM website. http://www.surecom-net.com You also can contact SURECOM technical support through Web site, E-Mail, or by phone. SURECOM Tech Support over the phone 886-2-8692-6200 (GMT+0800) AM 09:00~PM 18:00, Monday~Friday SURECOM Tech Support over Web site http://www.surecom-net.com/3-support.
EP-9321-g/g1 802.11g 54M Wireless LAN PCI Adapter FCC Statement This device complies with FCC Rules Part 15. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: 1. This device may not cause harmful interference, and 2. This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. 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.
EP-9321-g/g1 802.11g 54M Wireless LAN PCI Adapter 1-Year Limited Warranty Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, SURECOM provides this Limited warranty for its product only to the person or entity that originally purchased the product from SURECOM or its authorized reseller or distributor.
