NoWiresNeeded 11 Mbps Wireless LAN PC Card 11 Mbps Wireless LAN ISA Card User Manual Version 3.0.x - March 2000 Important Notice: This device is a 2.4 GHz low power RF device intended for normal use in all EU member states except in France where restrictive use applies.
User Manual 11 Mbps Wireless LAN PC Card 11 Mbps Wireless LAN ISA Card www.nwn.com Version 3.0.
NoWiresNeeded Table of contents 1 2 3 Trade Marks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 Copyright statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 FCC Radiation Exposure Statement . . . . . . . . . . . .7 R&TTE Compliance Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 Restriction of use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 Intended use. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
NoWiresNeeded 4 5 6 7 8 Connect.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.= 24 4.1 Appearances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 4.2 Establishing a connection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 4.3 LED indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Network protocols. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31 6.1 Windows 95/98 . . . . . . . . . .
NoWiresNeeded Trade Marks Copyright © NoWiresNeeded The publisher reserves the right to revise this publication and to make changes to any or all parts of this manual at any time, without obligation to notify any person or entity of such revisions or changes. AirLock, APCenter, ASBF and Connect are trademarks of NoWiresNeeded. Other product and company names are registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective holders.
NoWiresNeeded R&TTE Compliance Statement This equipment complies with all the requirements of the DIRECTIVE 1999/5/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 9 March 1999 on Radio Equipment and Telecommunication Terminal Equipment and the mutual recognition of their conformity (R&TTE). The R&TTE Directive repeals and replaces in full the Directive 98/13/EEC (Telecommunications Terminal Equipment and Satellite Earth Station Equipment) as of April 8, 2000.
NoWiresNeeded Intended use This product is a low power 2.4 GHz WLAN PC Card transceiver intended for home and office use. EU countries intended for use This device is intended for home and office use in Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France (with frequency channel restrictions), Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom. This device is also authorized for use in EFTA member states Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland.
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NoWiresNeeded 1 Introduction Thank you for purchasing your NoWiresNeeded 11 Mbps Wireless LAN PC Card/11 Mbps Wireless LAN ISA Card. This manual will assist you in the installation procedure.
NoWiresNeeded 2 Wireless LAN basics Wireless Local Area Network systems (WLANs) offer a great number of advantages over a traditional, wired system. WLANs are more flexible, easier to setup and manage and more cost effective than their wired equivalence. Using radio frequency (RF) technology, WLANs transmit and receive data through the air, minimizing the need for wired connections. Thus, WLANs combine data connectivity with user mobility, and, through simplified configuration, enable movable LANs.
NoWiresNeeded • Scalability - WLANs can be configured in a variety of topologies to meet the needs of 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.
NoWiresNeeded 3 Series 1100 installation 3.1 Hardware installation For detailed information on how to add new hardware to your specific computer configuration, please follow the guidelines of your computer manufacturer. 3.2 11 Mbps Wireless LAN ISA Card installation The 11 Mbps Wireless LAN ISA Card is used as an adapter for the 11 Mbps Wireless LAN PC Card in systems without a free PCMCIA slot, but with a free ISA slot.
NoWiresNeeded Some extra steps are required to complete the installation under Windows 95/98: 6. When starting Windows 95/98, a window will appear, indicating that new hardware has been found. The SCM Plug & Play Swap Box will be installed automatically. The SCM Swap Box is disabled by default. To enable it, you should do the following: 7. Go to the Windows Control Panel and double-click on PC Card (PCMCIA). Click , and to complete the installation.
NoWiresNeeded 3.3 11 Mbps Wireless LAN PC Card Windows 95 installation This chapter will assist you in installing the 11 Mbps Wireless LAN PC Card under the Windows 95 operating system. 1. Insert the 11 Mbps Wireless LAN PC Card in a free PC Card slot. After a few seconds, a window will appear, indicating that new hardware has been found, for which software must be installed. 2. Insert the CD that is included with the package in the drive and click .
NoWiresNeeded 3. A window will appear, indicating that the drivers are found on the CD. Click to continue. 4. Windows will now prompt for the Windows 95 CD-ROM, which contains some driver files, like "connect2.cpl". Enter the location of your Windows 95 cab files and click . Windows will start copying the necessary files. 5. In most cases, you will now have to reboot your computer.
NoWiresNeeded 3.4 11 Mbps Wireless LAN PC Card Windows 98 installation This chapter will assist you in installing the 11 Mbps Wireless LAN PC Card under the Windows 98 operating system. 1. Insert the 11 Mbps Wireless LAN PC Card in a free PC Card slot. After a few seconds, a window will appear, indicating that new hardware has been found, for which software must be installed. 2. Use the recommended setting and click to continue.
NoWiresNeeded 3. A window will appear which indicates the locations in which Windows will search for the 11 Mbps Wireless LAN PC Card driver files. Insert the 11 Mbps Wireless LAN PC Card CD and make sure the "CD-ROM drive" box is checked. Click to continue. 4. When Windows reports that the necessary drivers are found, click to continue. 5. In most cases, you will now have to reboot your computer.
NoWiresNeeded 3.5 11 Mbps Wireless LAN PC Card Windows NT4 installation 1. Go to the Windows Control Panel and double-click on ’Devices’. 2. Look for ’PCMCIA’ in the list that appears. If the Status column indicates ’Started’ and the Startup column indicates either ’Boot’ or ’Automatic’, proceed to step 4. If this is not the case, you should continue with step 3 first. 3. Click on the Startup button, check the ’Boot’ radio button and click on . 4.
NoWiresNeeded 6. A list of network adapters appears. Insert the 11 Mbps Wireless LAN PC Card CD and click on the button. 7. Indicate the path of the 11 Mbps Wireless LAN PC Card installation CD (typically D:\) and click on . 8. A dialog box appears, containing "1100 Wireless LAN Adapter". Click to select this item.
NoWiresNeeded 9. Now you must select an IRQ number and an I/O Base. Select an unused IRQ and an unused I/O base for the 11 Mbps Wireless LAN PC Card and click . Note: Windows NT cannot see whether the default values are conflicting with other hardware. You can see which IRQs are already in use by following these steps: • • • Go to the Administrative Tools folder in the Windows Program menu and run Windows NT Diagnostics. Select the Resources tab. Here, all IRQs in use will be listed.
NoWiresNeeded 10. The 11 Mbps Wireless LAN PC Card is now listed as a network adapter. Click on . 11. If you have other network protocols installed, these will review their bindings and ask some questions to complete the process. TCP/IP, for example, will ask you whether you would like to use DHCP or give a static IP address. 12. You are asked to reboot. Insert the 11 Mbps Wireless LAN PC Card and reboot. 13.
NoWiresNeeded 4 Connect Now that you have successfully installed your 11 Mbps Wireless LAN PC Card you can establish a connection with a network. Connect is an application that shows the user the current status of the network connection. Using Connect, you can diagnose your connection and choose a wireless network to establish a connection with.
NoWiresNeeded 4.1 Appearances When you have successfully installed the drivers and the Connect software on your computer, the taskbar will show a new icon: This icon will give you information on the status of your computer in relation to the wireless networks in your environment. The wireless network icon can have three different appearances.
NoWiresNeeded By clicking on the icon once with the right mouse button, a pop-up menu appears, providing the following options: • General Info and Session Info: these options will open the dialog box of Connect with the respective tab sheet. • About Connect: this option will open a box with information about the version and the copyrights. • Exit: this option will remove the icon from the taskbar, but will not disconnect you from a network (if you are connected; check for disconnecting paragraph 4.
NoWiresNeeded 4.2 Establishing a connection By double-clicking on the icon in the taskbar with the left mouse button, the following dialog window will appear: This window provides information on the adapter you are using. It also displays the driver and software versions. • Check the Show icon in taskbar box to display the icon in the taskbar. If this box is not checked, the icon will be invisible. ’Regulatory Domain’ provides information on where this product can be used.
NoWiresNeeded If you have not yet established a network connection, the text: "Currently not joined with a network" will be displayed in the Current Session Status box. In the lower part of the screen a connection to a wireless network can be established. Follow the procedure below to establish a network connection: 1. Select the network you want to join. The selected network will be highlighted. Use the button if the network you are looking for is not displayed.
NoWiresNeeded 4. Click on the button to have the window disappear and to continue working on the network. Configuration information on the network you are joining will be saved in the registry. No configuration information is stored in the 11 Mbps Wireless LAN PC Card. 4.3 LED indicator In addition to the information provided by the icon in the taskbar, the 11Mbps Wireless LAN PC Card is equipped with a green LED indicator.
NoWiresNeeded 5 Network protocols Please contact your system administrator for additional network settings.
NoWiresNeeded 6 Troubleshooting The following paragraphs describe the troubleshooting tips for the various operating systems and the Connect utility: • • • Windows 95/98 Windows NT4 Connect If these tips do not provide sufficient support, please contact your vendor.
NoWiresNeeded 6.1 Windows 95/98 Q : I inserted the 11 Mbps Wireless LAN PC Card but Windows didn’t recognize it. A : Please follow the steps below: 1. Go to the Windows Control Panel to check if PC Card support is installed. If there is a PC Card icon in the Control Panel, double-click this icon. When PC Card support is not activated, you will get the opportunity to activate it now. 2. If PC Card support is available, a window will appear showing the status of the PC Card slots.
NoWiresNeeded • PC Card under "Other Devices". If so, remove this reference. Make sure the 11 Mbps Wireless LAN PC Card is detected by the PCMCIA socket. Double-click on "PCMCIA" in the Windows Control Panel and check if the 11 Mbps Wireless LAN PC Card is listed there. If it is not, check your PCMCIA socket connections and reinsert the 11 Mbps Wireless LAN PC Card. 3. Double-click the Connect icon and see if Connect provides information on the adapter in the General tab.
NoWiresNeeded 6.2 Windows NT4 Q : I inserted the 11 Mbps Wireless LAN PC Card before it was installed and I rebooted the system. I also have another network card. Now my other network card does not function properly. A : You should insert the 11 Mbps Wireless LAN PC Card only after you have installed it via the Network Control Panel. Q : I installed the 11 Mbps Wireless LAN PC Card but it does not work. What can I do? A : Please follow the steps below: 1.
NoWiresNeeded • Make sure the 11 Mbps Wireless LAN PC Card is detected by the PCMCIA drive. Double-click on "PCMCIA" in the Windows Control Panel and see if the 11 Mbps Wireless LAN PC Card is listed there. If it is not listed, check your PCMCIA socket connections, re-insert the 11 Mbps Wireless LAN PC Card and reboot. 3. Double-click on the Connect icon and see if Connect provides information about the adapter in the General tab.
NoWiresNeeded 6.3 Connect Q : No icon in the taskbar although the Show icon in taskbar box is checked. A : Select "Run" from the start menu and type "connect2". Press the button and in a few seconds the icon will appear on the taskbar.
NoWiresNeeded 7 Technical Specifications 11 Mbps Wireless LAN PC Card Hardware compatibility IBM-compatible computer with a PC Card Type II-slot, 16 bit, both 3.3 and 5 V. Driver support NDIS 3.1 Windows 95 Windows 98 Windows NT 4 or higher Windows 2000* Linux* * not as standard supplied on enclosed cd. Please see www.nwn.com for further information. Standards supported Compliant with ETS 300 328 and ETS 300 826 (CE Marked) IEEE 802.
NoWiresNeeded Environmental Operating temperature (ambient) 0°C to 40°C (32°F to 104°F) Relative humidity 10 to 85% non-condensing Power specifications Operating voltage +3.
NoWiresNeeded Radio specifications Range • per cell indoors approx. 50 meters (150 ft) or more • per cell outdoors up to 300 meters (1000 ft) Transmitting power + 18 dBm Frequency range (US, Canada, ETSI) 2.4-2.
NoWiresNeeded Specific Features Supported bit rates • 11 Mbps • 5.5 Mbps • 2 Mbps (IEEE 802.11 DSS compliant devices, using ASBF) • 1 Mbps (IEEE 802.11 DSS compliant devices, using ASBF) ASBF== Automatic Scale Back Functionality Data encryption • AirLock security,128-bit key length, RC-4 • WEP128 (IEEE802.11 compliant) • WEP40 (IEEE802.
NoWiresNeeded 8 Software Installation Choose your operating system in the list below to install the 11 Mbps Wireless LAN PC Card Software: • Windows 95 Software Installation • Windows 98 Software Installation • Windows NT Software Installation If you plan to use this card in an environment with previously installed NoWiresNeeded IEEE802.11 WLAN products, we recommend you to update all WLAN products with the WLAN Software Update Kit that can be downloaded from the NWN website at www.nwn.com.
