IEEE802.11g Wireless LAN CardBus Card WE602-P User’s Manual Rev 0.
54M Wireless LAN CardBus Card User’s Manual Federal Communication Commission 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 in a residential installation.
54M Wireless LAN CardBus Card User’s Manual Manual Information That Must be Included The OEM integrator has to be aware not to provide information to the end user regarding how to install or remove this RF module in the users manual of the end product which integrate this module. The users manual for OEM integrators must include the following information in a prominent location “ IMPORTANT NOTE: To comply with FCC RF exposure compliance requirements.
54M Wireless LAN CardBus Card User’s Manual Table of Contents About this manual3 / Federal Communication Commission Interference Statement 3 Chapter 1 - Introduction .................................................5 Features ..................................................................................................5 What is Wireless LAN? ...........................................................................6 Wireless LAN Modes ...................................................................
4M Wireless LAN CardBus 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.
54M Wireless LAN CardBus 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.
54M Wireless LAN CardBus Card User’s Manual 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. Infrastructure networking has the following advantages over ad-hoc networking: • Extended range: each wireless LAN computer within the range of the access point can communicate with other wireless LAN computers within range of the access point.
54M Wireless LAN CardBus 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.
54M Wireless LAN CardBus Card User’s 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. LED Indicators 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. It is normally blinking.
54M Wireless LAN CardBus Card User’s Manual 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. Refer to your Windows 2000/ME/98 online help for information on stopping the Wireless LAN card. Most notebooks have an eject lever or button for ejecting PC cards from the PC slots.
54M Wireless LAN CardBus 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.
54M Wireless LAN CardBus 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.
54M Wireless LAN CardBus 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.
54M Wireless LAN CardBus 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 CardBus Wireless LAN Card drivers for Windows 2000. 1. Insert the CardBus Wireless LAN Card to CardBus slot of notebook first.
54M Wireless LAN CardBus 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.
54M Wireless LAN CardBus 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.
54M Wireless LAN CardBus 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 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. After Windows ME detects the CardBus Wireless LAN Card, the Add New Hardware Wizard window appears.
54M Wireless LAN CardBus 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.
54M Wireless LAN CardBus 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.
54M Wireless LAN CardBus Card User’s Manual 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.
54M Wireless LAN CardBus 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. 2. The screen will show you the default destination chosen by the utility.
54M Wireless LAN CardBus Card User’s Manual 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. 4. The following screen shows the current settings, click Next to continue or click Back to change the Destination Folder in step 3.
54M Wireless LAN CardBus Card User’s Manual 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.
54M Wireless LAN CardBus Card User’s Manual 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. Click Windows Wireless Network Configuration icon. Windows Wireless Network Configuration 3. Click Advanced… button.
54M Wireless LAN CardBus Card User’s Manual 4. Make sure “Use Windows to configure my wireless network settings” is checked and click OK. 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.
54M Wireless LAN CardBus Card User’s Manual 6. The Windows Wireless Network Configuration will be enabled. Click the Windows Wireless Configure icon. Windows Wireless Network Configuration is enabled 8. Click Properties to start Windows Wireless Network Configuration.
54M Wireless LAN CardBus Card User’s Manual Use Wireless LAN Utility 1. Exit the Wireless LAN Utility. 2. Click Windows Wireless Network Configuration icon. Windows Wireless Network Configuration 3. Click Advanced… button.
54M Wireless LAN CardBus Card User’s Manual 4. Make sure “Use Windows to configure my wireless network settings” is unchecked and click OK button. 5. Click Start -> All Programs -> IEEE802.11g WLAN CardBus Card then click IEEE802.11g WLAN CardBus Card Utility to restart IEEE802.11g WLAN Card.
54M Wireless LAN CardBus Card User’s Manual 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.
54M Wireless LAN CardBus 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.
54M Wireless LAN CardBus 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.
54M Wireless LAN CardBus 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.
54M Wireless LAN CardBus 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.
54M Wireless LAN CardBus Card User’s Manual 5. The “About” tab shows you copyright and version information about the driver, the configuration utility, and the firmware. Click OK to complete the configuration.
54M Wireless LAN CardBus 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.
54M Wireless LAN CardBus 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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54M Wireless LAN CardBus 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 CardBus 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.
54M Wireless LAN CardBus Card User’s Manual Appendix B – Specifications Standards: IEEE 802.11g draft Channels: 11 Channels (US, Canada) 13 Channels (Europe) 14 Channels (Japan) Antenna: Built-in Chip Antenna Frequency: 2.4 to 2.
