Preliminary Installation Manual Chung Nam Electronics (CNE) IEEE 802.11b/g MiniPCI WLAN Card (Model #: WLC-101GA) Installation Manual Version 0.
Preliminary Installation Manual Table of Contents Chapter 1 Introduction..................................................................................................................3 Chapter 2 Installation Procedure...................................................................................................4 2.1 Installing the software drivers on MS Windows platform..............................................4 2.2 Configuration...................................................................
Preliminary Installation Manual Chapter 1 Introduction The CNE 802.11g WLAN NIC is a complete wireless high speed Network Interface Card (NIC). It conforms to the IEEE 802.11g protocol and operates in the 2.45GHz ISM frequency bands. It provides a complete reference design evaluation platform of hardware and software to system providers or integrators requiring wireless data communications capability and is ideal for integration into computer platforms. Ÿ Ÿ Ÿ Ÿ Fully compliant with the IEEE 802.
Preliminary Installation Manual Chapter 2 Installation Procedure 2.1 Installing the software drivers on MS Windows platform The driver installation procedure on MS Windows platform is described as follows. Windows XP is used as the example. It is similar in other Windows platform (e.g. Windows 2000). 1. Make sure that the miniPCI card has been inserted in your machine properly. 2. Copy the driver into the notebook, execute the Setup.exe. 3. Select the language to want to install, Click Next to continue..
Preliminary Installation Manual 4. To continue,click Next on the screen,figure 2-2.Click Cancel to end the lnstallation Figure 2-2 Atheros Client Installation Program 5. The Setup Wizard will ask you to choose a Setup type in figure 2-3.lt is recommended that you select “Install Client Utilities and Driver”.
Preliminary Installation Manual 6. Select the folder where the installation program will install the files. Figure 2-4 Choose Destination Location 7. Setup your client adapter. lt is recommended that you select “Atheros Client Utility(ACU)and Supplicant”.
Preliminary Installation Manual 8. The Setup Wizard will notify you of how to proceed with the installation, shown in figure 2-6. Clicd OK to continue the Installation. Figure 2-6 Information prompt 9. Atheros Client Installation Program is configuring your new software software installation. Figure 2-7 Setup Status 10. While files are copying .you will see a warning box, shown in figure 2-8a. Please select YES to continue installation.
Preliminary Installation Manual Figure 2-8a Widwods 2000 Warning Box Note: In Windows XP, the warning box is similar to that shown figure 2-8b. Please select Continue Anyway to continue installation.
Preliminary Installation Manual 11. After the files have been successfully copied, the screen in figure 2-9 will appear Click Finish to reboot the system.
Preliminary Installation Manual 2.2 Configuration The Wireless Adapter can be configured by Wireless Client Utility (WCU). This chapter describes how to configure your Wireless Adapter for wireless connectivity on your Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) and use the data security encryption features. After Installing the Adapter, the Adapter’s tray icon will appear in your system tray.
Preliminary Installation Manual 2.3 Current Status The Current Status tab contains general information about the program and its operations. The Current Status tab does not require any configurations. Figure 3-1 Current Status The following table describes the items found on the Current Status screen. * Profile Name - The name of current selected configuration profile. Set up the configuration name on the General tab of Profile Management.
Preliminary Installation Manual 2.4 Profile Management Click the Profile Management tab of the WCU Utility and the Profile Management screen will appear, figure 3-3. The Profile Management screen provides tools to: * Add a profile * Edit a profile * Remove a profile * Switch to another Profile * Import a Profile * Export a Profile * Scan Available Networks * Order profiles Figure 3-2 Profile Management tab 2.4.
Preliminary Installation Manual Figure 3-3 General Tab of Profile Management 2. Edit the Security tab Edit the fields in the Security tab of Profile Management to configure the profile. To define the security mode, select the radio button of the desired security mode. * WPA - Wi-Fi Protected Access * WPA Passphrase - Wi-Fi Protected Access Passphrase * 802.1x - Enables 802.1x security.
Preliminary Installation Manual Figure 3-4 Security tab of Profile Management Figure 3-5 Define Shared Keys 14
Preliminary Installation Manual 3. Edit the Advanced tab * Power Save Mode ？ Maximum - Selects maximum mode to let the access point buffer incoming messages for the wireless adapter. The adapter will detect the access point if any messages are waiting periodically. ？ Normal - In Normal mode, the adapter will be switched to maximum mode automatically when no large packets are retrieved. ？ Off - turns power saving off, thus powering up the wireless adapter continuously for a short message response time.
Preliminary Installation Manual 2. Click Refresh to refresh the list at any time. 3. Highlight a network name and click Activate to connect an available network. If no configuration profile exists for that network, the Profile Management window will open the General tab. Fill in the Profile name and click OK to create the configuration profile for that network. Figure 3- 6 Scan Available Networks Dialog 2.4.
Preliminary Installation Manual Figure 3-7 Auto Profile Selection Management Dialog 2.5 Diagnostics The Diagnostics tab of the Wireless Client Utility (WCU) provides buttons used to retrieve receiving and transmitting statistics. The Diagnostics tab does not require any configuration.
Preliminary Installation Manual Figure 3-8 Diagnostics tab 2.5.1 Check Driver Information The Adapter Information contains general information about the wireless network adapter and the Network Driver Interface Specification (NDIS) driver. Access the adapter information from the Diagnostics tab. * Card Name - The name of the wireless network adapter. * MAC Address - The MAC address of the wireless network adapter. * Driver - The driver name and path of the wireless network adapter driver.
Preliminary Installation Manual following receive and transmit diagnostics for frames received by or transmitted to the wireless network adapter. Figure 3-10 Advanced Statistics 2.6 Wireless LAN Installation Guidelines and Authorization for Use Installation and use of this Wireless LAN device must be in strict accordance with the instructions included in the user documentation provided with the product.
Preliminary Installation Manual Ÿ Ÿ In an explosive environment, or In case the interference risk to other devices or services is perceived or identified as harmful. In case the policy regarding the use of Wireless LAN devices in specific organizations or environments (e.g. airports, hospitals, chemical/oil/gas industrial plants, private buildings etc.) is not clear, please first verify authorization to use these devices prior to operating the equipment.
Preliminary Installation Manual Chapter 3 Regulatory Information 3.1 FCC Information to User ＦＣＣ Ｃａｕｔ ｉ ｏｎ： Ａｎｙ ｃｈａｎｇｅｓ ｏｒ ｍｏｄｉ ｆ ｉ ｃａｔ ｉ ｏｎｓ ｎｏｔ ｅｘｐｒ ｅｓｓｌ ｙ ａｐｐｒ ｏｖｅｄ ｂｙ ｔ ｈｅ ｐａｒ ｔ ｙ ｒ ｅｓｐｏｎｓｉ ｂｌ ｅ ｆ ｏｒ ｃｏｍｐｌ ｉ ａｎｃｅ ｃｏｕｌ ｄ ｖｏｉ ｄ ｔ ｈｅ ｕｓｅｒ ＇ ｓ ａｕｔ ｈｏｒ ｉ ｔ ｙ ｔ ｏ ｏｐｅｒ ａｔ ｅ ｔ ｈｉ ｓ ｅｑｕｉ ｐｍｅｎｔ ． 3.
Preliminary Installation Manual 3.4 FCC Radio Frequency Interference Statement 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 when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment.
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Preliminary Installation Manual This device is certified as modular radio form with the antenna the gain must be less than 1.8 dBi.
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