U S E R’S M A N U A L T60H656 Mini-PCI Type IIIB WLAN CARD Ambit Microsystems Corporation 5F-1, 5 Hsin-An Rd., Hsinchu Science-Based Industrial Park, Hsinchu, Taiwan, R.O.C. TEL: 886-3-5784975, FAX: 886-3-5782924, Internet: Ambit@shts.seed.net.
Contents SECTION ONE: INTRODUCTION.............................................................................................1 1.1 FEATURES ...............................................................................................................................1 1.1.1 WIRELESS LAN FUNCTION .....................................................................................................1 1.2:FCC NOTICE .........................................................................................
Section One: Introduction Ambit Wireless Mini-PCI Module complied with IEEE 802.11b 11Mbps Standard, it can be used to provide a variety of low-cost wireless network interface card to connect your wireless LAN via fitting into the MiniPCI Type III slot. The Wireless MiniPCI Module that complies with this specification and combines networking with highspeed Internet access will let people connect to the Internet anywhere, anytime.
Operating Voltage 3.3VDC Radio On / Off Dynamic Rate Shifting Automatic fallback Network Architecture Ad-hoc, Infrastructure Operating Systems Windows 98/Me/2000/XP Mechanical Requirements Mini-PCI Type IIIB dimension. 1.2:FCC Notice 1.2.1 FCC Class B Statement This equipment has been tasted and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules.
Section Two: Wireless Lan Installation 2-1 System Requirements In order to install Wireless LAN driver and Utility and use the Wireless LAN card in your notebook computer. Your notebook system must meet the following requirements: ! ! Ambit Mini-PCI Wireless LAN Card already inserted Windows 98SE,2K,ME,XP OS Support 2-2 Installation and Uninstall Process Install Wireless LAN (Windows 98/2K/ME/XP) 1.
2. It displays a License Agreement dialog. Press ‘Next’ to continue.
3. Select the destination folder that you want to place the files. 4. Wait for the install program to do the installation.
5. Congratulations! Wireless LAN has been installed successfully. Please click ‘Finish’ to go to the next step. 6. Please remove any disks from any drives before your click ‘Finish’. Then click ‘Finish’ to complete setup.
Uninstall Wireless LAN (Windows 98/2K/ME/XP) 1. One can remove the Wireless LAN via the ‘Add/Remove Programs’ in the ‘Control Panel’. Select ‘Wireless LAN’ and click ‘Add/Remove’ button, the dialog as below displays. 2. Select ‘Remove’ and then click the ‘Next’ button to perform the un-installation. Click ‘OK’ button if you really want to remove the Wireless LAN.
3. Wait for the un-installation to do its work. 4. Click ‘Finish’ to complete the un-Installation.
Section Three: Wireless Utility and Configuration The following sections describe the Wireless Network Configuration Utility. This utility provides quick access and friendly interface to configure the card setup. 3-1 Windows 98/ME/2000 Wireless Utility After installation is completed, a Wireless LAN Utility icon will appear in Desktop screen. Click it, then you will see the screen below. If you cannot find the icon, you can select “Start” ->”Program”->”Wireless LAN Configuration Utility” Icon.
identical for all clients or Access Points participating in the same network. The ESSID is case sensitive and must not exceed 32 characters. Press ‘Rescan’ it will scan the specific ESSID that your profile set. If your profile set the ESSID to be ANY, then while you press ‘Rescan’, it will scan AP in the nearby area and choose the stronger one. From Link Quality and Signal Strength, you can tell the wireless transmission quality.
Profile If you want to use default Profile setting, then choose the DEFAULT at profile name. If you want to setup your own profile, then select PROFILE1 and you can change this PROFILE1 name to the one you like. There are two network types: Ad-Hoc: This mode is used for a simple peer-to-peer network. It offers file sharing between wireless clients without a wireless Access Point (AP). Infrastructure: This mode allows a wireless LAN to be integrated into an existing wired network through an AP.
WEP Key: Wired Equivalent Privacy, WEP is an encryption scheme used to protect your wireless data communications. WEP uses a combination of 40-bit keys,128-bit keys to provide data encryption for your wireless network. AP and wireless card should use the same WEP key in order to communication. KEY Format: You can choose to enter ASCII Characters (0~9, a~z, A~Z) or Hexadecimal number (0~9, a~f, A~F) Default Key: The current KEY you choose.
Site Survey Use the Site Survey Tool. You can identify each channel transmission quality.
About Use the About, you can see the information of Network Driver, Configuration Utility and Firmware Version.
Section Four: Windows XP Wireless Utility and Configuration 4-1 Windows XP Wireless Utility 1. To configure the wireless card setting, you can select Start\Settings\Network Connection in the Windows XP. Choose the wireless network connection, then you will see below screen. From this screen, you can see wireless connection status and wireless signal level. 2. Select ‘Properties’ in the above screen. The following windows will show up.
In ‘General’ page, Wireless LAN card information and networking protocol have been displayed. Extra networking protocol can be installed in this page.
3. Select Wireless Networks page, you can see available wireless networks in your nearby area. You can add your preferred wireless Access Point to your list, so your wireless card will search for specific wireless networks. Configure To connect to an existing access point (infrastructure) network, under Available networks, click the network name, and then click ‘Configure’ to setup wireless security and data encryption.
Remove To remove a wireless network from the list of preferred networks. Advanced *If your network are configuring to a computer-to-computer (ad hoc) network, select ‘Computer-to-computer (ad hoc) network only’. *If you want to connect to a computer-to-computer and access point (infrastructure) networks are within range of your computer, click ‘Access point (infrastructure)network only’.
Define your network name (SSID) in the following windows, so your can join a specific wireless network. Check AP has WEP on or not. You wireless network will need to have same WEP setting with AP in order to communicate.
This window provides authentication via 802.1X. 802.1X, an IEEE standard that provides an authentication framework for 802-based LANs. 802.1X takes advantage of an existing authentication protocol known as the Extensible Authentication Protocol. 802.1x, giving someone secure, encrypted, wireless access on a Microsoft network will be as easy as setting a flag on the users domain account. What does this mean for the Home Network user? 802.
The ‘Advanced’ window offers Firewall and Internet Connection Sharing functions. Depends on your networking environment, you can select below functions.
Appendix A Glossary Access Point - An internetworking device that seamlessly connects wired and wireless networks together. Ad-Hoc - Ad-Hoc is a peer- to-peer wireless network without Access Point. A group of wireless clients consistent an independent wireless LAN. Backbone - The core infrastructure of a network, the portion of the network that transports information from one central location to another central location. The information is then off-loaded onto a local system.
