.0 CARDBUS WIRELESS LAN CARD User’s Manual
Index Introduction 1 CHAPTE R 1 Specifications 2 CHAPTE R 2 Setup for Windows 98 4 CHAPTE R 3 Setup for Windows ME 8 CHAPTE R 4 Setup for Windows 2000 10 CHAPTE R 5 Setup for Windows XP 14 CHAPTE R 6 Install the Utility 16 CHAPTE R 7 Troubleshooting 32
i Introduction Thank you for purchasing this CardBus Wireless LAN Card. This card is a wireless network client that complies with IEEE 802.11b standard on wireless LANs. The IEEE 802.11b standards compliance means this adapter gives you the flexibility to connect it to any 802.11b network. The IEEE 802.
1 Specifications Features - Compatible with IEEE 802.11b Standard - 2.4GHz spread spectrum technology - Data rate up to 11Mbps - 32bit CardBus Performance - External antenna - Support antenna diversity - Support 64/128-bit WEP Data Encryption function for high level of security - Support TKIP and AES advanced WLAN Security - Supports peer-to-peer communication among any wireless users, no Access Point required - Plug and Play installation Specification 1. Interface: - CardBus 32 bit 2.
64/128-bit TKIP Data Encryption 64/128-bit AES Data Encryption - Channel Support: US/Canada: 11 (1 ~ 11) Major European countries: 13 (1 ~ 13) France: 4 (10 ~ 13) Japan: 13 (1 ~ 13) Mechanical Dimension: 91 x 54 x 4.
2 Setup for Windows 98 1. Make sure your PC is powered on and that you are running the Windows 98 operating system. 2. Insert the "CardBus Wireless LAN Card" into the CardBus slot of your computer. The system will display the "Add New Hardware Wizard" dialog box. Insert the driver CD into CD-ROM drive and then click the "Next" button.
3. Select "Search for the best driver for your device (Recommended)", click the "Next" button. 4. Select "Specify a location" and click the "Next" button.
5. After Windows finds the driver, click the "Next" button. 6. Windows may request you to "Insert Windows 98 CD-ROM into the driver selected, and click OK". Follow the instruction and insert CD-ROM or disks as needed, direct Windows to the proper location, and then click the "OK" button. 7. When Windows finishes the installation, then click the "Finish" button.
8. System will ask you "Do you want to restart your computer now". Click the "Yes" button to restart your computer.
3 Setup for Windows ME 1. Make sure your PC is powered on and that you are running the Windows ME operating system. 2. Insert the "CardBus Wireless LAN Card" into the CardBus slot of your computer. The system will display the "Add New Hardware Wizard" dialog box. Select "Automatic search for a batter driver (Recommended)" and insert the driver CD and click the "Next" button.
3. Windows ME will search and recognize the driver, then Windows will automatically copy the driver files and related files into the system. After copying the driver files, the installation is completed; click the "Finish" button. 4. System will ask you "Do you want to restart your computer now". Click the "Yes" button to restart your computer.
4 Setup for Windows 2000 1. Make sure your PC is powered on and that you are running the Windows 2000 operating system. 2. Insert the "CardBus Wireless LAN Card" into the CardBus slot of your computer. The system will display the "Found New Hardware Wizard" dialog box. Insert the driver CD into CD-ROM drive and then click the "Next" button.
3. Select "Search for a suitable driver for my device (Recommended)" and click the "Next" button. 4. Select "CD-ROM drives" and click the "Next" button.
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5. After Windows finds the driver, click the "Next" button, the driver then installs itself. 6. When Windows finishes the installation, then click the "Finish" button.
5 Setup for Windows XP 1. Make sure your PC is powered on and that you are running the Windows XP operating system. 2. Insert the "CardBus Wireless LAN Card" into the CardBus slot of your computer. The system will display the "Found New Hardware Wizard" dialog box. Select "Install the software automatically (Recommended)" and insert the driver CD and click the "Next" button.
3. Windows XP will search and recognize the driver, then Windows will automatically copy the driver files and related files into the system. After copying the driver files, the installation is completed; click the "Finish" button.
6 Install the Utility 1. Insert the CD into the CD-ROM device and execute the "Utility\setup.exe" program. The InstallShield Wizard box will appear, click "Next" to continue. 2. Follow the instruction of the installation program. The program will install the software for this device directly. 3. Click "Finish" to complete the installation.
4. When the Utility installation is completed, a shortcut named “Rtl8180“will appear in the computer’s desktop and a new icon will display in the system tray at the bottom of the screen. Double click the shortcut or the icon to start using the WLAN CardBus Adapter. In the Desktop In the system tray Windows XP Due to Windows XP has built-in wireless network utility you may decide to use the system’s utility or the one provided by this adapter. It is strongly recommended to use the utility of this adapter.
B. Using the Utility of this adapter 1. Get into Windows XP’s Utility, click “Advanced“ button. 2. On the “Wireless Networks“ tab in the “Wireless Network Connection Properties“ screen, clear the “Use Windows to configure my wireless network settings“ check box. If you want to enable the Windows XP built-in utility, select the check box again.
3. Double click the shortcut or the icon in the system tray and start using the WLAN CardBus Adapter.
Note: If you don’t disable the XP’s Utility, you can still see the link status and statistics during communication process from the adapter’s utility.
Configuration Utility The Configuration Utility is a powerful application that helps you configure the Wireless LAN CardBus Adapter and monitor the link status and the statistics during the communication process. This utility can be used to change the following configuration parameters when the device is active. 1.
Confirm Network Key Enter the same network key again to confirm the key. Advanced Button To configure additional wireless network setting, review the link status and statistics or if you have difficulty connecting to a network, click “Advanced“ button. Connect Button Click the button to connect to the selected network. Cancel Button Click the button to cancel the wireless network connection.
2. Configuration This screen is for you to make advanced settings in order to connect to an available network or create a new wireless network connection. You could also define the connection order here. Profile Display the profiles the adapter is connected to. It also stores the profiles that the adapter had ever connected to. If you want to change the connection to another profile, pull down the list and select the profile you intend to connect.
Available Profile(s) This list shows the preferred networks for the wireless connection. You can add, remove, edit the preferred networks or set one of the networks as the default connection. Add Button To configure a new profile, click “Add“ button. Remove Button To remove a wireless network from the available profiles list, click the button. Set Default Button To designate a wireless network as the default network for the connection from the available profiles list, click the button.
Network Name (SSID) The SSID (up to 32 printable ASCII characters) is the unique name identified in a WLAN. The ID prevents the unintentional merging of two co-located WLANs. Only the wireless devices with the same SSID can interconnect. Wireless Network Key (WEP) WEP is an authentication algorithm, which protects authorized Wireless LAN users against eavesdropping. The security setting must be the same on the wireless stations within the network.
in the text box. The key should be 10 or 26 hexadecimal characters according to the WEP mode designated by the network. Note: The hexadecimal characters include the range of “A-F”, “a-f” and “0-9”, for example: “0123456aef“ or “01234567890123456789abcdef“. Confirmed Network Key Enter the same network key again to confirm the key. Key Index (Advanced) Select one of the four keys to encrypt your data. Enable IEEE 802.1x authentication for this network IEEE 802.
3. Advanced Configuration This screen allows you to do some advanced configuration including Power Save Mode, Encryption Algorithm and some specific settings for the adapter. Ad Hoc Default Channel Select the number of the radio channel used for the Ad Hoc networking. The channel of all the wireless stations in the Ad Hoc network should be the same. The parameter is not active in the infrastructure operation mode. Note: The Infrastructure operation mode requires the presence of an 802.11 Access Point.
overcome the inherent weaknesses in WEP security. AES has been developed to ensure the highest degree of security and authenticity for digital information and it is the most advanced solution defined by IEEE 802.11i for the security in the wireless network. The security setting must be the same on the wireless stations within the network. Preamble Mode The preamble defines the length of the CRC block for communication among the wireless stations. There are three mode including Long, Short and Auto.
4. Status This screen shows the information of manufacturer, driver version, settings of the wireless network that the adapter is connected to, linking time and link status. If you are not sure the status of the adapter and the network you are connected to, please go to the screen for more details.
5. Statistics You can get the real time information about the packet transmission and receiving status during wireless communication from the screen. If you want to recount the statistics value, please click “Reset“ button.
6. About This screen displays the version and the designer of the Utility.
7 Troubleshooting This chapter provides solutions to problems usually encountered during the installation and operation of the adapter. 1. What is the IEEE 802.11b standard？ The IEEE 802.11b Wireless LAN standard subcommittee which formulates the standard for the industry. The objective is to enable wireless LAN hardware from different manufactures to communicate. 2. What does IEEE 802.11 feature support？ The product supports the following IEEE 802.
A specific Ad hoc LAN is called a Basic Service Set (BSS). Computers in a BSS must be configured with the same BSS ID. 6. What is WEP？ WEP is Wired Equivalent Privacy, a data privacy mechanism based on a 40 bit shared key algorithm, as described in the IEEE 802 .11 standard. 7. What is TKIP? TKIP is a quick-fix method to quickly overcome the inherent weaknesses in WEP security, especially the reuse of encryption keys. TKIP is involved in the IEEE 802.
10. Can Wireless products support printer sharing？ Wireless products perform the same function as LAN products. Therefore, Wireless products can work with Netware, Windows 2000, or other LAN operating systems to support printer or file sharing. 11. Would the information be intercepted while transmitting on air？ WLAN features two-fold protection in security. On the hardware side, as with Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum technology, it has the inherent security feature of scrambling.
13. What is Spread Spectrum？ Spread Spectrum technology is a wideband radio frequency technique developed by the military for use in reliable, secure, mission-critical communication systems. It is designed to trade off bandwidth efficiency for reliability, integrity, and security.
