PCMCIA 11M Wireless LAN Card User Manual Rev 1.
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Wireless LAN card user manual ii ¾ Software installation procedure.
Preface Table of contents CHAPTER 1 .................................................................................................... 1 Introduction 1 Features ............................................................................................... 1 What is Wireless LAN?......................................................................... 1 LAN Modes........................................................................................... 2 Notes on wireless LAN configuration...............
Chapter 1 Introduction Thank you for purchasing the Wireless LAN card. This high-speed Wireless LAN card provides you with an innovative wireless networking solution. The Card is easy to set up and use.
Wireless LAN card user manual • Scalability: WLANs can be configured in a variety of topologies to adapt to specific applications and installations. Configurations are easily changed and range from peer-to-peer networks suitable for a small number of users to full infrastructure networks of thousands of users roaming over a broad area.
—Introduction • Optimize the performance of the WLAN by ensuring that the distance between access points is not too far. In most buildings, WLAN cards operate within a range of 100 ~ 300 feet, depending on the thickness and structure of the walls. • Radio waves can pass through walls and glass but not metal. If there is interference in transmitting through a wall, it may be that the wall has reinforcing metal in its structure. Install another access point to circumvent this problem.
Chapter 2 Hardware installation This chapter covers inserting your Wireless LAN card in the PCMCIA slot of notebook, and connecting the card to a network. What’s in the package Please ensure that the following items are included in your package. If any items are missing, contact your dealer.
Wireless LAN card user 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.
—Hardware installation Status LEDs The following table describes the meaning of the LEDs: LED MEANING PWR Indicates that the Card is powered on. LINK Indicates link status. It is normally blinking. When blinking, indicates that the card is scanning the channels, and the link is not active. When lit, indicates that the card is locked to a channel, and the link is active.
Wireless LAN card user manual Warning! To prevent data loss, do not eject the Wireless LAN card when a data transmission is taking place. Exit your communications program normally, stop the card if necessary, and then remove the card. This concludes Chapter 2. The next chapter covers driver installation for Windows 2000/ME/98/95/NT and Linux operating systems.
Chapter 3 Driver installation for Windows and Linux The following sections cover Wireless LAN card driver installation in the Windows 2000/ME/98/95/NT operating systems. Driver installation for Windows 95 There are two popular versions of Windows 95, one is for retail version (ver 4.00.950), and the other is OEM Service Release 2 (ver 4.00.950B). To know which version you are using, click to run the System icon in Control Panel. You will see the following window pops up.
Wireless LAN card user manual 3. Insert the driver disc and click Next to continue the installation. Windows searches for the driver and the following screen appears: 4.
—Driver installation for Windows and Linux 5. Type H:\PCCard\W95 where H is your CD-ROM drive letter. Then click OK. The following screen appears: 6. Click Finish to continue. Windows may prompt you the following window to ask you insert the disc. 7. Click OK to continue.
Wireless LAN card user manual 8. Again type H:\PCCard\W95 where H is your CD-ROM drive letter and click OK. After copying the driver files. Windows 95 prompts you to restart the system. Click Yes to continue the installation. 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, then click OK to continue. 9.
—Driver installation for Windows and Linux 3. Click OK. The Windows prompt you to give the path of driver files. 4. Type H:\PCCard\W95 where H is your CD-ROM drive letter. Insert the driver disc into CD-ROM drive. Then click OK. 5. The windows will start copying files from disc and install the drivers. After the step, the installation is complete and you should reboot the system. After you rebooted the computer, system will start to install Wireless utility automatically.
Wireless LAN card user manual Driver installation for Windows 98 Follow the steps below to install the Wireless LAN card drivers for Windows 98. 1. Insert the Wireless LAN card into an available PCMCIA slot on your notebook (refer to page 6 - Inserting the Wireless LAN card). 2. After Windows 98 detects the Wireless LAN card, the Add New Hardware Wizard window appears: 3. Click Next to continue the installation. A screen appears prompting you to select an installation method: 4.
—Driver installation for Windows and Linux 5. Ensure that the CD-ROM drive box is checked. 6. Insert the driver CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive and click Next. The following screen appears: 7. Click Next.
Wireless LAN card user manual 8. Click Finish. You should reboot your system to finish the installation. Note! Windows 98 may need to copy required system files and will prompt you to input the path to the files. Follow the instructions on your screen, and then click OK to continue. After you have rebooted the computer, system will start to install Wireless utility automatically. Please refer to procedures at Chapter 4.
—Driver installation for Windows and Linux 3. Click Next to continue the installation. A screen appears prompting you to select an installation method: 4. Select Search for a suitable driver for my device (recommended) and click Next.
Wireless LAN card user manual 5. Ensure that the CD-ROM drivers box is checked and insert the driver disc into CD-ROM drive. Click Next to continue. The following screen appears: 6. Click Next to continue.
—Driver installation for Windows and Linux 7. Click Yes to continue. The following screen appears: 8. Click Finish to complete the installation. 9. Then system will start to install Wireless utility automatically. Please refer to procedures at Chapter 4.
Wireless LAN card user manual Driver installation for Windows NT 4.0 This installation procedure assumes that you have installed the network component on your computer. To check whether the network component has been installed, double click the Network icon in the Control Panel. If it has not been installed, refer to the Windows NT 4.0 installation guide for instructions on installing the component. Follow the steps below to install the driver. 1.
—Driver installation for Windows and Linux 5. Click Have Disk. The following screen appears: 6. Type H:\PCCard\WinNT40 where H is your CD-ROM drive letter. Insert the driver disk, and click OK. After finding the installation file, the Select OEM Option window is displayed. 7. Click OK.
Wireless LAN card user manual Note! You must select resources that are not being used by another device; otherwise, you will have a system conflict error. In case of a system conflict error, try another setting and continue. 8. Input the resources for the IRQ and I/O address ... Click OK to continue. Windows will configure the Wireless LAN card. You are returned to the Network window.
—Driver installation for Windows and Linux 9. Click Close to exit the Network window. Windows NT 4.0 will bind the adapter with the network component and you will be prompted to restart the system. When Windows NT is finished binding the adapter to the network component, you are prompted to restart the system. 10. Click Yes to finish the installation. 11. After you have rebooted the computer, system will start to install Wireless utility automatically. Please refer to procedures at Chapter 4.
Wireless LAN card user manual Driver Installation for Windows ME Follow the steps below to install the Wireless LAN card drivers for Windows ME. 1. Insert the Wireless LAN card into an available PCMCIA slot on your notebook (refer to page 6 - Inserting the Wireless LAN card). 2. After Windows ME detects the Wireless LAN card, the Add New Hardware Wizard window appears: 3. Select Automatic search for a better driver (Recommended) and insert the driver disc into CD-ROM drive. Click Next to continue. 4.
—Driver installation for Windows and Linux 5. Click Finish. You should reboot your system to finish the installation. Note! Windows ME may need to copy required system files and will prompt you to input the path to the files. Follow the instructions on your screen, and then click OK to continue. After you have rebooted the computer, system will start to install Wireless utility automatically. Please refer to procedures at Chapter 4.
Wireless LAN card user manual Driver installation for Linux Follow the steps below to install the Wireless LAN card drivers (wlan-ng v0.1.6) for Linux. Before Installing the Linux Drivers Before you install the Linux wlan-ng v0.1.6 drivers, you need the PCMCIA module source code. If you do not have the source code, you can get it from the following URL: ftp://hyper.stanford.edu/pub/pcmcia After you have rebuilt and installed the PCMCIA module, edit /etc/pcmcia/network.opts to enable DHCP.
—Driver installation for Windows and Linux Installation Procedure 1. Unpack the tgz file by typing the following line at the shell prompt, (assuming the shell prompt is >). >gzip -cd wlan-ng-0.1.6.tgz | tar xvf - 2. Configure and install wlan v0.1.6. Be sure to configure the build as Station (STA)—do not choose Access Point (AP) because there is no firmware available that supports the AP function. >cd wlan-ng-0.1.6 >make config >make all >make install 3. Edit /etc/pcmcia/wlan-ng.
Wireless LAN card user manual When Linux is booting up, you will hear two high pitch beeps. This means that the driver has been loaded successfully. If you want to know if the card has connected to an access point, see if the red ACT LED on the card is illuminated. When the ACT LED stops blinking, it means the card/station has been connected to an access point. This concludes Chapter 3. The next chapter covers installation of the wireless utility.
Chapter 4 Using the Wireless Utility The following sections cover the Wireless LAN card utility installation and usage. Installation in Windows After you have installed the wireless LAN card driver and have rebooted the computer, system will start to install wireless utility automatically. Please follow the steps below. 1. After you have rebooted the computer, the following screen appears: 2. Click Next.
Wireless LAN card user manual 3. Read the End User License Agreement and click Yes. The following screen appears: 4. Type in a System ID name for your wireless LAN. This system ID identifies all computers in the wireless LAN. Then click Next. The following screen appears: 5. Choose the Network Mode for your wireless node. Note! For information on which mode you should select, refer to page 2, LAN Modes. 6. Click Next.
—Using the Wireless Utility 7. Select the default path for the wireless utility or browse to an alternate path. Then click Next. The following screen appears: 8. Type in a Program Folder name or select the default name and click Next. Setup installs the software and the following screen appears: 9. Click Finish to finish the utility installation.
Wireless LAN card user manual After you have installed the utility, you will see the wireless utility icon in the Windows taskbar: FreePort utility icon Icon Meaning Green: indicates a connection is active. Red: indicates no connection is active. Yellow: indicates that the wireless LAN card is looking for an available access point. Double-click the icon to open the configuration utility.
—Using the Wireless Utility The following table describes the configuration utility: State: displays the connection status. Current Channel: displays the channel. Current Tx Rate: displays the wireless bandwidth in megabits per second. Throughput: displays the transfer and receive rates in bytes per second. Link Quality: when connected to the wired LAN, displays the connection integrity. Signal Strength: when connected to the wired LAN, displays the signal strength.
Wireless LAN card user manual The Encryption window enables you to create an encryption scheme for Wireless LAN transmissions. Enter a passphrase and press Generate to automatically generate a 64- or 128bit key (selected from the WEP dropdown menu in the Configuration screen). You can also manually enter a set of values for each key. Note: 128-bit encryption requires more system resources than 64-bit encryption. Use 64-bit encryption for better performance.
—Using the Wireless Utility Using the Wireless Utility The following example will help you set up a peer-to-peer connection with the Wireless LAN card. Note! For information on connecting your wireless LAN card to the LAN, contact your system administrator. 1. Insert a Wireless LAN card into the PCMCIA slots of two Notebook PCs. 2. Install the card drivers on both notebook computers (refer to Chapter 3). 3. Install the software on both notebook computers (refer to page 29). 4.
Wireless LAN card user manual 6. Select AdHoc from the Mode dropdown list. The SSID should be the same as the one that you entered when installing the software. Leave the other settings at their default values. 7. Perform steps 1 through 3 on another notebook PC. When the two computers have connected via the Wireless LAN cards, the tray icon turns green Info tab of the configuration utility shows an active connection: and the Link 8.
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Appendix A Troubleshooting Q&A These guidelines give you tips to deal with some problems you may encounter while using the Wireless LAN card. If the problems remain unsolved, contact your dealer for assistance. Problem: Windows can not recognize the card. Solution: 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. Problem: Ejecting the card from the PCMCIA socket hangs or reboots the computer.
Wireless LAN card user manual Question: Can not connect to one of the clients in the network. Answer: First of all, make sure that all clients are up and running with a green Wireless Utility icon. And please check your TCP/IP setup is correct for your network.
Appendix B Specifications Standards Compliance: IEEE802.11b WLAN Standard, PCMCIA 2.1 and JEIDA 4.2 Standard Socket Interface: 68-pin 16-bit PCMCIA socket connector Card Size: PCMCIA extended Type II Frequency: 2.4 to 2.4835GHz ( Industrial Scientific Medical Band ) Antenna: Build in strip Antenna (internal) Roaming: IEEE802.11 compliant Data Rate: 11Mbps / 5.
