PCMCIA Wireless LAN Card User’s Manual Rev 1.
PCMCIA Wireless LAN Card User’s Manual Regulatory compliance FCC Warning 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. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation.
PCMCIA Wireless LAN Card User’s Manual About this manual This User’ s Manual describes how to install and operate your PCMCIA Wireless LAN Card. Please read this manual before you install the product. This manual includes the following topics: Ø Product description and features. Ø Hardware installation procedure. Ø Software installation procedure.
PCMCIA Wireless LAN Card User’s Manual Table of Contents Regulatory compliance................................................................................2 About this manual........................................................................................3 Chapter 1 - Introduction .................................................. 5 Features ................................................................................................5 What is Wireless LAN? ....................................
PCMCIA Wireless LAN Card User’s Manual Chapter 1 - Introduction Thank you for purchasing the PCMCIA Wireless LAN Card. This high-speed PCMCIA Wireless LAN Card provides you with an innovative wireless networking solution. The Adapter is easy to set up and use. With this innovative wireless technology, you can share files and printers on the network —without inconvenient wires! The Adapter is a network Adapter with a rate of 1, 2, 5.
PCMCIA Wireless LAN Card User’s Manual What is Wireless LAN? Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) systems offer a great number of advantages over traditional wired systems. WLAN is flexible and easy to setup and manage. They are also more economical than wired LAN systems. Using radio frequency (RF) technology, WLAN transmit and receive data through the air. WLAN combine data connectivity with user mobility.
PCMCIA Wireless LAN Card User’s Manual bandwidth utilization. Additionally, the access point enables users on a wireless LAN to access an existing wired network, allowing wireless users to take advantage of the wired networks resources, such as Internet, email, file transfer, and printer sharing.
PCMCIA Wireless LAN Card User’s Manual Chapter 2 - Hardware Installation This chapter covers connecting your PCMCIA Wireless LAN Card to PCMCIA slot of notebook. Package Contents Please make sure that items below are included on package. ü One PCMCIA Wireless LAN Card ü One CD containing drivers and documentation ü One Quick Installation Guide System Requirements for the Adapter Ø Ø Ø Ø Operating System: Microsoft Windows 95/98/ME/2000/NT4.
PCMCIA Wireless LAN Card User’s Manual Inserting the Wireless LAN Card NOTE: These instructions apply to most notebook computers. For detailed information on inserting PC cards into your notebook, consult the notebook manual. Follow the procedure below to install the Wireless LAN card. 1. With 68-pin connector of the card facing the PCMCIA slots on notebook, slide the card all the way into an empty slot. 2. Connect to a network.
PCMCIA Wireless LAN Card User’s Manual The following table describes the meaning of LED indicators: LED MEANING POWER Indicates that the Adapter is powered on (solid green). LINK Indicates link status. The LED lights up (solid green) while the wireless connection is linked. If the LED is blinking green, the adapter is searching for possible wireless connection. Ejecting the Wireless LAN card After disconnecting from the LAN, you can eject the Wireless LAN card from the PC Card slot of notebook.
PCMCIA Wireless LAN Card User’s Manual Chapter 3 – Driver Installation for Windows The following sections cover PCMCIA Wireless LAN Card driver installation in the Windows Operating Systems. Note: You have to install your hardware first before you begin to install the drivers. Driver installation for Windows 95 OSR2 Follow the steps below to install the PCMCIA Wireless LAN Card drivers for Windows 95 OSR2. 1. Insert the PCMCIA Wireless LAN Card to PCMCIA slot of notebook first.
PCMCIA Wireless LAN Card User’s Manual 3. Windows searches for the driver and the following screen appears: 4. Click Other Locations to bring up the following window: 5. Type K:\Win95 where K is your CD-ROM drive letter. Then click OK.
PCMCIA Wireless LAN Card User’s Manual 6. Click Finish to continue. Windows may prompt you the following window to ask you insert the disc. 7. Click OK to continue. 8. Again type K:\WIN95: where K is your CD-ROM drive letter and click OK. NOTE: If you did not install the Windows 95 OSR2 from your hard drive, Windows will prompt you to input the path to the Windows 95 CD-ROM. Follow the instructions on your screen, and then click OK to continue.
PCMCIA Wireless LAN Card User’s Manual Then system will start to install Wireless LAN Utility. Please refer to procedures at Chapter 4. Driver installation for Windows 98 Follow the steps below to install the PCMCIA Wireless LAN Card drivers for Windows 98. 1. Insert the PCMCIA Wireless LAN Card to PCMCIA slot of notebook first. (Refer to Chapter 2 – Hardware installation.) 2. After Windows 98 detects the PCMCIA Wireless LAN Card, the Add New Hardware Wizard window appears.
PCMCIA Wireless LAN Card User’s Manual 4. Ensure that the CD-ROM drive is selected. Inserts the driver CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive and clicks Next to continue. 5. The following screen appears showing the driver search result. Click Next to continue the installation.
PCMCIA Wireless LAN Card User’s Manual 6. Windows 98 copies files to your hard disk. The following screen will appear to inform you when the software installation has finished. Click Finish to finish the installation. 7. The following screen will ask you to restart your computer to finish the installation. Click Yes to reboot the system. After system reboot, the Wireless LAN Utility will be installed automatically. Please go to Chapter 4 to install the utility.
PCMCIA Wireless LAN Card User’s Manual NOTE: In most cases, Windows will automatically copy all of the files needed for networking. If Windows asks you for the files and prompts you to input the path to the files. Follow the instructions on your screen, and then click OK to continue. Driver installation for Windows 2000 Follow the steps below to install the PCMCIA Wireless LAN Card drivers for Windows 2000. 1. Insert the PCMCIA Wireless LAN Card to PCMCIA slot of notebook first.
PCMCIA Wireless LAN Card User’s Manual 4. Ensure that the CD-ROM driver is selected and insert the driver CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive and click Next to continue. 5. The following screen appears showing the driver search result. Click Next to continue the installation.
PCMCIA Wireless LAN Card User’s Manual 6. The following screen appears. Click Yes to continue 7. The Windows has finished installing software for the device. Click Finish to finish the installation.
PCMCIA Wireless LAN Card User’s Manual Then system will start to install Wireless LAN Utility. Please refer to procedures at Chapter 4. Driver installation for Windows ME Follow the steps below to install the PCMCIA Wireless LAN Card drivers for Windows ME. 1. Insert the PCMCIA Wireless LAN Card to PCMCIA slot of notebook first. ( Refer to Chapter 2 – Hardware installation. ) 2. After Windows ME detects the PCMCIA Wireless LAN Card, the Add New Hardware Wizard window appears.
PCMCIA Wireless LAN Card User’s Manual 3. The system will find the setup files and follow the instruction to copy files to your hard disk. The following screen will appear when the software installation has finished. Click Finish to finish the installation. 4. The following screen will ask you to restart your computer to finish the hardware setting up. Click Yes to reboot the system. After system reboot, the Wireless LAN Utility will be installed automatically.
PCMCIA Wireless LAN Card User’s Manual NOTE: In most cases, Windows will automatically copy all of the files needed for networking. If Windows asks you for the files and prompts you to input the path to the files. Follow the instructions on your screen, and then click OK to continue. Driver installation for Windows NT4.0 This installation procedure assumes that you have installed the network component on your computer.
PCMCIA Wireless LAN Card User’s Manual 8. The following screen appears. Then click Have Disk to continue. 9. The following screen appears. Type K:\ WinNT40 where K is your CD-ROM drive letter. Insert the driver CD-ROM, and click OK to continue.
PCMCIA Wireless LAN Card User’s Manual 10. After finding the installation file, the Select OEM Option window is displayed as follows. Select IEEE802.11b WLAN Card and click OK to continue. 11. You are returned to the Network window. Click Close to exit the Network window.
PCMCIA Wireless LAN Card User’s Manual 12. The Microsoft TCP/IP properties window appears. Please specify an IP address or select to obtain an IP address from DHCP Server and then click OK to continue. 13. The following window appears. Please read the description and click Yes to continue if there is no questions. 14. The following window appears. Click Yes to reboot the system. After system reboot, the Wireless LAN Utility will be installed automatically. Please go to Chapter 4 to install the utility.
