High Speed PCI/PC Card 11Mbps Wireless LAN User’s Guide P/N: 85-506300-10 Rev. X1 March 2000 National Datacomm Corporation 4F, No. 24-2, Industry East 4th road Science Park, Hsin-Chu Taiwan, R.O.C. Technical Support E-mail: techsupt@ndc.com.tw NDC World Wide Web www.ndc.com.
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Packing List The package contents vary depending on whether you have purchased the PCI Card, or the PC Card version: The PCI Card package should contain the following items: • One PCI Card • One Antenna • One CD ROM (Windows Driver and Utility program) • One Diskette for Windows NT • This User’s Guide The PC Card package should contain the following items: • One PC Card • One CD ROM (Windows Driver and Utility program) • One Diskette for Windows NT • This User’s Guide InstantWave High Spee
Table Of Contents 11MBPS WIRELESS LAN..............................................................................................I INTRODUCTION..............................................................................................................2 INSTANT W AVE FAMILY ................................................................................................... 2 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS..................................................................................................
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vi InstantWave High Speed PCI/PC Card
Introduction Congratulations on choosing an InstantWave wireless networking family product. InstantWave was designed with a “Maximizing the convenience of networking” philosophy in mind. You will find InstantWave very easy to configure and use. This User’s Guide gives comprehensive instructions on installing and using the InstantWave High Speed PCI and PC Cards, and also explains how to install and use the InstantWave Utility Program.
Glossary Wireless Network In the IEEE 802.11b definition, a wireless network is classified as an Ad-Hoc network or an Infrastructure network. Ad-Hoc Network An Ad-Hoc network is formed by a number of wireless stations (without an Access Point) communicating via radio waves. For the users, the shared resources on the wireless network appear exactly as they would on a regular wired network. The wireless operation of the network is totally transparent. Figure 1 depicts a typical Ad-Hoc network scenario.
Group ID /BSSID A Group ID (the 802.11b standard uses the term BSSID) is the ID of a wireless cell. A wireless cell is usually made up of stations in an area that the radio signal can comfortably cover. In other words, any wireless station in the cell can communicate with any other within reach of the radio signal (Figure 3). Access Point Wireless Stations FIGURE 3.
Access Point An Access Point (AP) provides a transparent bridged connection between a wired network and a wireless network and allows wireless stations to communicate with devices attached to a wired network. It manages the flow of data packets from the wired LAN to the Wireless LAN and vice versa.
Getting Started This section explains how to quickly setup a wireless station. Hardware Installation PCI Card Installation To install the InstantWave PCI Card into a computer, simply follow these steps: step1. step2. Turn off the power to your computer and all peripherals and unplug the power cord from the wall socket Remove the computer’s cover step3. Select a free PCI Bus expansion slot and remove the slot cover step4.
step1. Insert the PC Card into the Type II slot of the computer. Insert the card with the 68-pin connector facing the slot and the label facing up step2. Repeat the above procedure for each of the other computers to be networked LEDs The PCI and PC Card each have an LED. The LED will be active when the adapter is initialized.
Driver Installation/Uninstallation For Windows 95 see the following section, for Windows 98 go to page 12, for Windows NT 4.0 go to page 14. Installation in Windows 95 As the installation method for the Windows 95 versions is slightly different, you should begin by identifying your version. Right click My Computer and click Properties. The System Properties screen will open (Figure 6). Check the version number FIGURE 6.
FIGURE 7. UPDATE DEVICE DRIVER W IZARD-1 step3. Insert the InstantWave CD-ROM in the CD drive and click Next step4. The Update Device Driver Wizard will indicate that Windows 95 found the driver in the root directory of the CD-ROM (Figure 8). Click Finish . FIGURE 8. UPDATE DEVICE DRIVER W IZARD-2 step5. The installer will copy the driver files into the system. There is a known problem with the Windows 95 OSR2 device installer. The installer may default to the wrong source location.
FIGURE 9. INSERT DISK FIGURE 10. COPYING FILES step6. Click OK on each screen. After the driver files have been copied, setup is complete step7. After the InstantWave Utility files have been copied, the Network Identification dialog box will open. Enter a unique computer name and the Domain Name (ESSID) of the network to which the wireless adapter will connect step8. Click Next. The Network Properties dialog box will open. step9. Select the Network Type.
step13. If the TCP/IP protocols are required (necessary for Internet access), add them by clicking Start/Control Panel/Network/Configuration That completes the hardware and driver installation. Uninstalling the Adapter from Windows 95 You may need to uninstall your adapter for the following reasons: 1. 2. The installation fails or is interrupted by unknown factors. If this happens the InstantWave Adapter will be marked with an exclamation mark “!” in Device Manager.
Installation in Windows 98 Driver installation and uninstallation in Windows 98 is basically the same as that of Windows 95 OSR2. Complete the following procedure to install the driver program for Windows 98. step1. Turn on the power and start Windows 98 step2. Windows 98 will detect the adapter and the Add New Hardware Wizard dialog box will open (Figure 11) step3. step4. FIGURE 11. A DD NEW HARDWARE W IZARD-1 Click Next FIGURE 12.
FIGURE 13. A DD NEW HARDWARE W IZARD-3 step5. Insert the InstantWave CD-ROM and click Next step6. The Add New Hardware Wizard will indicate that Windows 98 found the driver in the root directory of the CD-ROM (Figure 14). Click Next step7. FIGURE 14. A DD NEW HARDWARE W IZARD-4 Go to step 7, and follow steps 7 to 13 The default network protocol for Windows 98 is TCP/IP. If other network protocols are required they can be added via Control Panel/Network. Uninstalling the Adapter from Windows 98 step1.
Installation in Windows NT 4.0 Important: Before installing the driver in Windows NT 4.0, check that in the computer’s BIOS on the PnP and PCI Settings page, “PnP OS Installed” is set to NO. step1. Double-click My Computer, double-click Control Panel step2. step3. Double-click the Network icon to open the Network window. Select the Adapters card Click Add. The Select Network Adapter dialog box will open step4. Click Have Disk step5.
step11. Security is enabled to restrict unauthorized access. When security is enabled a Security ID is requested. step12. The longest string for the security ID is eight characters. All the wireless devices must have the same Security ID in order to communicate with each other. Enter a Security ID and click OK. Windows NT will begin copying files step13. The InstantWave Adapter will now be shown on the Adapters card in the Network configuration box. Click Close step14.
The InstantWave Windows Utility Program The InstantWave Utility program is a Windows-based application that allows users to monitor and configure the wireless adapter. The program includes a Network Watcher tool that allows users to determine the best location to place the InstantWave products, or to diagnose the wireless network for problems.
Uninstalling the Utility Program Should you wish to uninstall the InstantWave Utility program, click Start/Programs/InstantWave Utility/Uninstall InstantWave Utility Or complete the following steps: step1. step2. Click Start/Settings/Control Panel Click Add/Remove Programs and select InstantWave Utility step3.
Software Upgrade Procedures Windows NDIS Driver Upgrade Follow the instructions below to install a new NDIS PCI/PC Card driver release. step1. step2. step3. In Control Panel, click the Network icon, then highlight the InstantWave adapter driver entry Click the Remove button to remove the old InstantWave adapter driver Click Close. The system will ask you to reboot the PC. Click Yes After removing the old InstantWave adapter driver, follow the installation procedure for your operating system.
Troubleshooting Windows 95/98 Installation Problems Windows could not find the adapter • The adapter is not properly inserted in the slot 1. 2. 3. • Power off the computer Remove and reinsert the wireless adapter Reboot the computer and re-install the adapter driver A previous adapter installation was aborted by the user, or by Windows 1. 2. 3.
There are more than one wireless adapter entries shown in the Control Panel/Network folder. You do not know which one is the current one • A previously installed wireless adapter entry for a different card was not removed 1. Remove all wireless LAN adapter entries from the Network window 2. Reboot the PC to re-install the wireless adapter Windows NT 4.0 Installation Problems Windows NT 4.0 could not find the adapter • The adapter is not properly inserted in the slot 1. Power off the computer 2.
General Utility Error Messages Cannot find the Wireless adapter • The Wireless adapter driver is installed, but the wireless adapter is not in the computer slot If you are using the wireless PC card, you will only need to reinsert the PC card into the PCMCIA slot to re-enable the driver. However, if you are using the PCI adapter, you will need to power down the PC and insert the PCI card, then reboot the computer Adapter is not responding • The card is in the system.
2. 3. Make sure that the AP is powered on and working Use Network Watcher to find and join with the AP Radio signal quality indicates Yellow or Red whilst in Infrastructure mode • The connected AP is too far away 1. 2. • Use Network Watcher to find an AP with a stronger signal Move your PC closer to the connected AP The adapter antenna is not connected, or its signal path is blocked by metal casing, e.g. metal filing cabinets 1. 2.
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EC DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY For the following equipment: Product Name: : InstantWave High Speed PCI/PC Card Model Number: : NWH610 (PC Card) NWH630 (PCI Card) Produced by: Manufacturer’s : NATIONAL DATACOMM CORPORATION Name Manufacturer’s : 2F, NO. 28, INDUSTRY EAST 9TH ROAD Address SCIENCE PARK, HSINCHU, TAIWAN, R.O.C.
Index Access Point ........................................5 Ad-Hoc Network.................................3 Antenna PC Card.............................................6 PCI card ............................................6 BSSID............................................4, 16 Carrier Set ............................................4 Domain Name ......................................4 Glossary................................................3 Group ID...............................................
