CardBus Wireless LAN Card User’s Manual Rev 0.
CardBus 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.
CardBus Wireless LAN Card User’s Manual About this manual This User’s Manual describes how to install and operate your CardBus Wireless LAN Card. Please read this manual before you install the product. This manual includes the following topics: Product description and features. Hardware installation procedure. Software installation procedure.
CardBus 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? .....................................
CardBus Wireless LAN Card User’s Manual Chapter 1 - Introduction Thank you for purchasing the CardBus Wireless LAN Card. This high-speed CardBus 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.
CardBus 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.
CardBus 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.
CardBus Wireless LAN Card User’s Manual Chapter 2 - Hardware Installation This chapter covers connecting your CardBus Wireless LAN Card to CardBus slot of notebook. Package Contents Please make sure that items below are included on package.
CardBus Wireless LAN Card User’s Manual 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 CardBus slots on notebook, slide the card all the way into an empty slot. 2. Connect to a network.
CardBus Wireless LAN Card User’s Manual Ejecting the Wireless LAN card After disconnecting from the LAN, you can eject the Wireless LAN card from the PC Card slot of notebook. Note! In Windows XP/2000/ME/98 operating systems, you do not have to power down the notebook to remove the card. The card is hot-swappable — you can remove the card when the notebook is powered on. However, Microsoft recommends that you stop the card.
CardBus Wireless LAN Card User’s Manual Chapter 3 – Driver Installation for Windows The following sections cover CardBus 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 98 Follow the steps below to install the CardBus Wireless LAN Card drivers for Windows 98. 1. Insert the CardBus Wireless LAN Card to CardBus slot of notebook first.
CardBus Wireless LAN Card User’s Manual 3. A screen appears prompting you to select an installation method. Select Search for the best driver for your device. (Recommended) and click Next to continue. 4. Ensure that the CD-ROM drive is selected. Inserts the driver CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive and clicks Next to continue.
CardBus Wireless LAN Card User’s Manual 5. The following screen appears showing the driver search result. Click Next to continue the installation. 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.
CardBus Wireless LAN Card User’s Manual 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. 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.
CardBus Wireless LAN Card User’s Manual 3. A screen appears prompting you to select an installation method. Select Search for a suitable driver for my device (recommended) and click Next to continue. 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.
CardBus Wireless LAN Card User’s Manual 5. The following screen appears showing the driver search result. Click Next to continue the installation. 6. The following screen appears.
CardBus Wireless LAN Card User’s Manual 7. The Windows has finished installing software for the device. Click Finish to finish the installation. 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 CardBus Wireless LAN Card drivers for Windows ME. 1. Insert the CardBus Wireless LAN Card to CardBus slot of notebook first. (Refer to Chapter 2 – Hardware installation.) 2.
CardBus 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.
CardBus 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 XP Follow the steps below to install the CardBus Wireless LAN Card drivers for Windows XP. 1. Insert the CardBus Wireless LAN Card to CardBus slot of notebook first.
CardBus Wireless LAN Card User’s Manual 3. Click Continue Anyway to continue the installation. 4. The Windows has finished installing software for the device. Click Finish to finish the installation Then system will start to install Wireless utility automatically. Please refer to procedures at Chapter 4.
CardBus Wireless LAN Card User’s Manual Chapter 4 – Installing and Using the Wireless Utility The following sections cover the CardBus Wireless LAN Card utility installation and configuration. Installation in Windows After you have installed driver, system will start to install Wireless LAN Utility. Please follow the steps below to install the utility. 1. Once you see the following screen, click Next to continue.
CardBus Wireless LAN Card User’s Manual 2. The screen will show you the default destination chosen by the utility. Click Next to continue or click the Browse button to select an alternate destination. 3. The following screen will add program icons to the Program Folder. You may type a new folder name or select one from the existing folders list. Click Next to continue or click Back to review or change any settings.
CardBus Wireless LAN Card User’s Manual 4. The following screen shows the current settings, click Next to continue or click Back to change the Destination Folder in step 3. 5. The Windows has finished installing Wireless LAN Utility. The following screen will ask you to restart your computer to finish the installation. Click Finish to reboot the system.
CardBus Wireless LAN Card User’s Manual After you have installed the utility, you will see the Wireless LAN Utility icon in the Windows taskbar: Using Wireless Utility In Windows XP Wireless LAN Utility There are two ways to configure CardBus Wireless LAN Card. One is Wireless LAN Utility; the other one is Windows Wireless Network Configuration. Use Windows Wireless Network Configuration 1. Click the right key of the mouse and Exit Wireless LAN Utility. 2.
CardBus Wireless LAN Card User’s Manual 4. Make sure “Use Windows to configure my wireless network settings” is checked and click OK.
CardBus Wireless LAN Card User’s Manual 5. Click the Windows Wireless Network Configuration icon again to open the Windows Wireless Network Configuration. Windows Wireless Network Configuration 6. Select an available network and click Connect button. 6. The Windows Wireless Network Configuration will be enabled. Click the Windows Wireless Configure icon.
CardBus Wireless LAN Card User’s Manual 8. Click Properties to start Windows Wireless Network Configuration. Use Wireless LAN Utility 1. Exit the Wireless LAN Utility. 2. Click Windows Wireless Network Configuration icon.
CardBus Wireless LAN Card User’s Manual 3. Click Advanced… button. 4. Make sure “Use Windows to configure my wireless network settings” is unchecked and click OK button.
CardBus Wireless LAN Card User’s Manual 5. Click Start -> All Programs -> IEEE802.11b WLAN CardBus Card then click IEEE802.11b WLAN CardBus Card Utility to restart IEEE802.11b WLAN Card. 6. The Wireless LAN Utility will appear, Double-click the icon to open the configuration utility. Wireless LAN Utility 7. Click Re-Scan button to start Wireless LAN Utility. (Refer to Configuring the CardBus Wireless LAN Card.
CardBus Wireless LAN Card User’s Manual Use Wireless LAN Utility In Windows 98, 2000 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 CardBus Wireless LAN Card.) Configuring the CardBus Wireless LAN Card 1. This screen shows you the status of your current connection.
CardBus Wireless LAN Card User’s Manual 2. Select the “Configuration” tab. The profile setting allows you to save configurations in different profiles for different working environments. The default profile will contain the initial configuration setting when you install the Card. Under the Operating Mode drop-box, you may choose either Infrastructure or Ad-Hoc.
CardBus 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, and then click Connect to connect or Search to search for more Access Points. Click OK when you are finished. 4. Click on the “Encryption” tab. Under the drop-box, you can choose to have WEP encryption Disabled, 64-Bit, or 128-Bit.
CardBus 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.
CardBus 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. 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.
CardBus Wireless LAN Card User’s Manual Note! Before adding any network protocols, verify that the protocol is not already installed. Never install duplicate protocols. 2. Select IEEE802.11b WLAN CardBus Card v3.0 from the list and click the Add button.
CardBus 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.
CardBus Wireless LAN Card User’s Manual Appendix A – FAQ 1. What is IEEE 802.11 standard? The IEEE 802.11 is a wireless LAN industry standard, and the objective of IEEE 802.11 is to make sure that different manufactures’ wireless LAN devices can communicate to each other. 2. What is WEP? As described in the IEEE 802.11 standard, WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) is a data privacy mechanism based on a 40 bit shared key algorithm. 3. Windows cannot recognize the CardBus Wireless LAN Card.
CardBus Wireless LAN Card User’s Manual Appendix B – Specifications Standards: IEEE 802.11b Channels: 11 Channels (US, Canada) 13 Channels (Europe) 14 Channels (Japan) Antenna: Built-in strip Antenna Frequency: 2.4 to 2.497GHz (Industrial Scientific Medical Band) Data Rate: up to 11Mbps Operating Ranges: Indoor (varies depends on the environment): Up to 50M @ 11Mbps Up to 80M @ 5.5Mbps Outdoor (varies depends on the environment): Up to 150M @ 11Mbps Up to 300M @ 5.
