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PCMCIA Wireless LAN Card User’ s Manual

7. Click Re-Scan button to start Wireless LAN Utility. (Refer to Configuring the

PCMCIA Wireless LAN Card.)

Use Wireless LAN Utility In Windows 95, 98, 2000, NT

4.0 and ME

Wireless LAN Utility icon

Icon Meaning

Green: indicates a connection is linked

to a wireless network.

Red: indicates that the wireless LAN

card is looking for an available access

point.

Double-click the icon to open the Wireless LAN Utility. (Refer to Configuring the

PCMCIA Wireless LAN Card.)

Summary of content (11 pages)

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PCMCIA Wireless LAN Card User’s Manual 7. Click Re-Scan button to start Wireless LAN Utility. (Refer to Configuring the PCMCIA Wireless LAN Card.) Use Wireless LAN Utility In Windows 95, 98, 2000, NT 4.0 and ME Wireless LAN Utility icon Icon Meaning Green: indicates a connection is linked to a wireless network. Red: indicates that the wireless LAN card is looking for an available access point. Double-click the icon to open the Wireless LAN Utility. (Refer to Configuring the PCMCIA Wireless LAN Card.
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PCMCIA Wireless LAN Card User’s Manual Configuring the PCMCIA Wireless LAN Card 1. This screen shows you the status of your current connection. Click Re-Scan to search for wireless connection (the adapter will search for the connection automatically when it is activated). 2. Select the “Configuration” tab. The profile setting allows you to save configurations in different profiles for different working environments.
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PCMCIA Wireless LAN Card User’s Manual 3. Select the “Site Survey” tab. The list on the adjacent screen shows you available Access Points and their features. Click on the desired Access Point, then click Connect to connect or Search to search for more Access Points. Click OK when you are finished.
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PCMCIA Wireless LAN Card User’s Manual 4. Click on the “Encryption” tab. Under the drop-box, you can choose to have WEP encryption Disabled, 64-Bit, or 128-Bit. Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) is an encryption scheme used to protect wireless data communication. The Disabled setting prevents the sharing of data with other computers on the WEP network. For data sharing to be enabled, select the level of encryption desired, either 64 or 128bit.
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PCMCIA Wireless LAN Card User’s Manual 5. Select the “Advanced” tab. You can choose the fragmentation threshold to define the maximum data frame size your adapter will transmit. When the packet error rate is high, you may set the threshold value to transmit shorter frames. You may select RTS/CTS threshold to define when will your adapter send out RTS/CTS frames to reserve bandwidth for transmission.
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PCMCIA Wireless LAN Card User’s Manual 6. The “About” tab shows you copyright and version information about the driver, the configuration utility, and the firmware. Click OK to complete the configuration.
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PCMCIA Wireless LAN Card User’s Manual Chapter 5 – Installing Network Protocols Protocols are necessary for computers to be recognized on your network. Windows 2000 users need to check their Windows User Guides for protocol installation. Installing the Network Protocols for Windows 98 and Millennium 1. From the Start Menu, select Settings and bring up the Control Panel. From the Control Panel, double-click on the Network icon.
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PCMCIA Wireless LAN Card User’s Manual 3. Highlight Protocol and click the Add button. 4. Select Microsoft from the list of “Manufacturers” and TCP/IP from the list of “Network” Protocols” and click the OK button to finish the installation.
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PCMCIA Wireless LAN Card User’s Manual Appendix A – FAQ 1. What is IEEE 802.11 standard? Ø 2. What is WEP? Ø 3. Ø Please make sure that the LAN Card is inserted into the PCMCIA slot of your notebook properly (check this when the notebook is powered off). Please check if PC Card support is installed. Double-click the PC Card icon on Control Panel. If PC Card support is not activated, you should activate it now.
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PCMCIA Wireless LAN Card User’s Manual Appendix B – Specifications Standards: IEEE 802.11b PCMCIA 2.1 and JEIDA 4.2 Standard Channels: 11 Channels (US, Canada) 13 Channels (Europe) 14 Channels (Japan) Antenna: Built-in strip Antenna Frequency: 2.4 to 2.4835GHz (Industrial Scientific Medical Band) Data Rate: up to 11Mbps Operating Ranges: Indoor (varies depends on the environment): Up to 50M @ 11Mbps Up to 80M @ 5.