X-Micro WLAN 11g PCI Adapter User Manual
Contents 1. Introduction 1.1 1.2 2. Product Feature ..........................................................................................5 System Requirement ..................................................................................5 Getting Start 2.1 2.2 5 5 LED Indicators...........................................................................................5 Install the 108Mbps Wireless Network PCI Adapter.................................6 2.2.1 Utility Installation ..............
This product is in compliance with the essential requirements and other relevant provisions of the R&TTE directive 1999/5/EC. Product Name: X-Micro WLAN 11g PCI Card M o d e l N a m e : XWL-11GCAG MAX. OUT POWER COUNTRY CHANNELS INDOOR OUTDOOR 2400-2483.5 MHz 1-13 < 100 mW EIRP < 100 mW EIRP France 2400-2454 MHz 1-8 < 100 mW EIRP < 100 mW EIRP France 2454-2483.5 MHz 9-13 < 100 mW EIRP < 10 mW EIRP Italy 2400-2483.5 MHz 1-13 < 100 mW EIRP < 100 mW EIRP UK 2400-2483.
FCC INFORMATION FCC Radiation Exposure Statement This equipment complies with FCC radiation exposure limits set forth for an uncontrolled environment. This equipment should be installed and operated with minimum distance 20cm between the radiator & your body. This transmitter must not be co-located or operating in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter. The 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.
1. Introduction 1.1 Product Feature ● ● ● Compliance with IEEE 802.11g and 802.11b standards Highly efficient design mechanism to provide unbeatable performance Achieving data rate up to 54Mbps for 802.11g and 11Mps for 802.11b with wide range coverage; high performance to deliver up to 108Mbps raw data rate for 802.11g ● ● ● Strong network security with WEP and WPA support Auto-switch between the two standards, IEEE 802.11b and 802.
2.2 Install the 108Mbps Wireless Network PCI Adapter 2.2.1 1. Utility Installation Before insert PCI Adapter into the PCI slot of your computer, please install the Utility Program first. Make sure that the 108Mbps wireless Network PCI Adapter is NOT inserted into the PCI slot. NOTE: all the snapped images of installation mentioned in this manual are based on Windows XP. For other windows operating system, all the procedures are the same but the screens are not the exactly same. 2. Turn on the computer.
3. InstallShield Wizard will automatically start. 7 Please click “Next” to continue.
4. Please click “Finish” 5. Please make sure TURN OFF your computer and remove the power cord from your PC. Open the computer case and then please insert the Wireless PCI Adapter into the empty PCI slot of your computer system. Once the Wireless PCI Adapter is installed, place the computer case back. Turn ON your computer. 2.2.2 Driver Installation 1. Please select the second option and click “Next”.
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3. Please click “Finish” 4. To make sure if the installation is successful, you could check it through the device management.
5. Once the installation is successful, a utility program icon will show on your desktop. To lunch the utility, just double click the icon. 3. Configuration 3.1 Link Information The default page is as below after you launch the Utility program. Status: Shows the BSSID associated, which can be used to identify the wireless network. SSID: Shows current SSID, which must be the same for the wireless client and AP in order for communication to be established.
Encryption: Shows the current encryption mode used for wireless network. TxRate: Shows the current data rate used for transmitting. Channel: Shows the current channel for communication. Link Quality: Shows the link quality of the 54Mbps wireless network PCI Adapter with the Access Point when operating under Infrastructure mode. Signal Strength: Shows the wireless signal strength of the connection between the 54Mbps wireless network PCI Adapter with the Access Point.
●Ad-Hoc – to establish point-to-point wireless communication directly with other wireless client devices such as wireless network PCI Adapter. AdHoc Band: There are two bands available for selection- 11B and 11G Channel: The value of channel that AP will operate in. You can select the channel range of 1 to 11 for North America (FCC) domain and 1 to 13 for European (ETSI) domain and 1 to 14 for Japanese domain. Tx Rate: Select the data rate for data transmission. Power Mode: There are 3 modes to choose.
Encryption: 4 options are available: Disable, Enable, WPA and WPA-PSK. Select Enable or Disable for WEP data encryption feature. If one of the two options is selected, it is required to select the Authentication mode from the next dropping list. If WPA is selected, configuration is enabled. Please click the configuration. The below window is pop up. Then, please select the certificate that you like to use and enter the server name and login name If WPA-PSK is selected, click the configuration button.
Aut. Mode: There are three modes available to choose. Open Authentication – the sender and receiver do not share secret Key for communication. Instead, each party generates its own key-pairs and asks the other party to accept it. The key is regenerated when the connection is established every time. Shared Authentication – the sender and receiver shares the common key for data communication, and the key is used for extended length of time.
3.4 Site Survey This page allows you to enable the Site Survey function to scan for the available wireless network (wireless clients and Access Points) and establish wireless communications with one. Available Network – displays the wireless networks (wireless clients and Access Points) that are in your signal range. Select any one of them to establish communications by simply mouse double-click or click on the “Connect” button. Click “Refresh” button to start scanning for available network again.
3.5 About US This page displays some information about the 54Mpbs PCI Adapter utility, which includes the version numbers for Driver, Firmware and Utility. When there is new version of software available for upgrade, you will be able to identify by version numbers. 4. Glossary Access Point: An internetworking device that seamlessly connects wired and wireless networks. Ad-Hoc: An independent wireless LAN network formed by a group of computers, each with a network adapter.
Authentication Type: Indication of an authentication algorithm which can be supported by the Access Point: 1. Open System: Open System authentication is the simplest of the available authentication algorithms. Essentially it is a null authentication algorithm. Any station that requests authentication with this algorithm may become authenticated if 802.11 Authentication Type at the recipient station is set to Open System authentication. 2.
both back off and wait a random amount of time before retrying. DHCP: Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol, which is a protocol that lets network administrators manage and allocate Internet Protocol (IP) addresses in a network. Every computer has to have an IP address in order to communicate with each other in a TCP/IP based infrastructure network. Without DHCP, each computer must be entered in manually the IP address.
Gateway: a device that interconnects networks with different, incompatible communication protocols. HEX: Hexadecimal, HEX, consists of numbers from 0 – 9 and letters from A – F. IEEE: The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, which is the largest technical professional society that promotes the development and application of electrotechnology and allied sciences for the benefit of humanity, the advancement of the profession.
connection to an Infrastructure network. RTS: Request To Send. An RS-232 signal sent from the transmitting station to the receiving station requesting permission to transmit. RTS Threshold: Transmitters contending for the medium may not be aware of each other. RTS/CTS mechanism can solve this “Hidden Node Problem”. If the packet size is smaller than the preset RTS Threshold size, the RTS/CTS mechanism will NOT be enabled.
