About this Manual This User’s Manual describes how t o inst all and operat e your ABCD Wireless LAN Card. Please read t his m anual before you inst all t he product . This m anual includes t he follow ing t opics: ! ! Product descript ion and feat ures. ! ! Hardware inst allat ion procedure. ! ! Soft ware inst allat ion procedure.
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.
The Adapter uses external Antenna with LEDs indicating Power and Link Supports most popular operating systems
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. For example, users can roam from a conference room to their office without being disconnected from the LAN.
Networking in that it includes an access point. Unlike the ad-hoc structure where users on the LAN contend the shared bandwidth, on an infrastructure network the access point can manage the bandwidth to maximize 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.
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.
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 CardBus slots on notebook, slide the card all the way into an empty slot. 2. Connect to a network.
POWER Indicates that the Adapter is powered on (solid green). 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. LINK Ejecting the Wireless LAN card After disconnecting from the LAN, you can eject the Wireless LAN card from the PC Card slot of notebook.
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. (Refer to Chapter 2 – Hardware installation.) 2.
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.
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. 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.
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. (Refer to Chapter 2 – Hardware installation.) 2. After Windows 2000 detects the CardBus Wireless LAN Card, the Found New Hardware Wizard window appears. Click Next to start the installation. 3. A screen appears prompting you to select an installation method.
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. 6. The following screen appears.
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.
driver (Recommended) and insert the driver CD-ROM into CD-ROM drive and click Next to continue. 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. 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. Follow the instructions on your screen, and then click OK to continue.
3. Click Continue Anyway to continue the installation. 4. The Windows has finished installing software for the device.
Then system will start to install Wireless utility automatically. Please refer to procedures at Chapter 4.
Chapter 4 Installing and Using the Wireless Utility The following sect ions cover t he CardBus Wireless LAN Card ut ilit y inst allat ion and configurat ion. 4.1 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.
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.
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. After you have installed the utility, you will see the Wireless LAN Utility icon in the Windows taskbar: 4.2 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.
2. Click Windows Wireless Network Configuration icon. Windows Wireless Network Configuration 3. Click Advanced… button. 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.
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.
4.3 Use Wireless LAN Utility 1. Exit the Wireless LAN Utility. 2. Click Windows Wireless Network Configuration icon.
3. Click Advanced… button. 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.
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.) 1. 4.
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.) . 4.5 Configuring the Cardbus 802.11g Wireless LAN Card 4.5.1 Link Status: Connection Details The Link Status screen shows you t he st at us of your current connect ion.
Click Re-Scan t o search for wireless connect ion ( t he adapt er will search for t he connect ion aut om at ically when it is act ivat ed) . The Ut ilit y will t ry t o connect t o your default SSI D first 4.5.2 Profiles Select t he Profile t ab. This page allows you t o cust om ize t he set t ings of your wireless card and your wireless net work.
Profile Name The profile set t ing allows you t o save different configurat ions for different working environm ent s. The “ default ” profile cont ains t he init ial configurat ion set t ing when you inst all t he card. You can creat e a new profile by select ing New Entry from t he Profile Name drop down box. The box will have a blinking cursor in it for you t o t ype in a new nam e.
wireless net work t hat your w ireless card can connect t o. This ident ifier is case-sensitive and m ust not exceed 32 charact ers. The SSI D “ any” is a special SSI D. I t will have your wireless device connect t o any available access point s t hat it can find. Channel The channel set t ing is valid only when t he Operat ing Mode is set t o Ad-Hoc m ode, m eaning t here is no Access Point being used. I t allows you t o change t he channel on your net work t o avoid int erference from ot her net works.
Channel: The frequency channel t hat t he Access Point uses. Security: Can be None, WEP, WPA-PSK, WPA-Radius, or Radius. BSS Type: I nfrast ruct ure or Ad- Hoc. Mode: This is m ax speed t hat t he Access Point can provide. I t can be G ( 54Mbps) or B( 11Mpbs) m ode . MAC Address: address of access point . To refresh t he list , click t he Refresh but t on. When t he search is finished, t he list will show all available Access Point s.
Association Type – This includes Open/ Shared m ode. Passphrase- Som e Access Point s can use passphrase input inst ead of WEP keys. The passphrase aut om at ically generat es WEP keys based on t he ent ered passphrase. The prim ary reason for using passphrase is t o avoid using t he long and difficult t o rem em ber WEP keys. But please rem em ber t hat WEP keys are t he ones t hat are used for packet encrypt ion. Passphrase is only used t o save t im e and is not t he act ual key.
used on t he packet s. This must be entered as t he sam e set t ing as t he r out er access point being accessed, it will not aut o det ect . Passphrase- Ent er t he sam e passphrase ( 8~ 63 charact ers) on t he Access Point t hat you are t rying t o connect t o. 4.) WPA-Radius Authentication- This opt ion provides bot h packet encrypt ion and net work/ user aut hent icat ion.
5.) Authentication: Radius– This is very sim ilar t o WPA- Radius aut hent icat ion; however, you do not perform WPA encrypt ion. Please refer t o WPA-Radius for m ore det ails. Click OK but t on when you are finished. 4.5.5 Information The Information t ab shows you copyright and version inform at ion about t he dr iver , t he configurat ion ut ilit y, MAC address and Chipset . Click OK t o com plet e t he configurat ion.
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. Note! 2. Select Before adding any network protocols, verify that the protocol is not already installed.
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.
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. 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. 4. In Infrastructure mode, my notebook cannot communicate with the others notebooks on the network.
Frequency: 2.4 to 2.497GHz (Industrial Scientific Medical Band) Speed : 18dBm@11b, 12dBm@11g Data Rate: up t o 11Mbps ( 802.11b) Up t o 54Mpbs ( 802.
FCC Caution 1. The device complies with Part 15 of the FCC rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1)This device may not cause harmful interference. (2)This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. 2. This Transmitter must not be co-located or operating in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter. 3.
