High-Speed Wireless Cardbus Adapter User’s Manual Version: 1.
Contents CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................3 1-1 PACKAGE CONTENTS .......................................................................................................................3 1-2 PC CARD DESCRIPTION ...................................................................................................................3 1-3 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS ..............................................................................
Chapter 1 Introduction The Wireless G Cardbus Adapter operates seamlessly and simultaneouslyin the 2.4GHz frequency spectrum supporting the 802.11b (2.4GHz, 11Mbps) and 802.11g (2.4GHz, 54MHz) wireless standards. It’s the best way to add wireless capability to your existing wired network, or to add bandwidth to your wirless installation. To protect your wireless connectivity, the Wireless G Cardbus Adapter can encrypt all wireless transmissions through 64/128/152-bit WEP data encryption.
Infrastructure – Solid GREEN when the wireless is connected Off – No wireless activity 1-3 System Requirements Installation of the PC Card requires: ◆ Laptop PC containing : – 32-bit CardBus slot (or Desktop PC with PC Card-PCI adapter) – 32 MB memory or greater – 300 MHz processor or higher ◆ Microsoft Windows 2000/Windows Millennium Edition/Windows 98 Second Edition/Windows XP/Windows NT 4.0 (with Service Pack 6) 1-4 Features and Benefits 2.4GHz standard IEEE802.
3. The ability to access real-time informatios Doctors/nurses, point-of-sale employees, and warehouse workers can access real-time information while dealing with patients, serving customers and processing information. 4. Frequently changed environments Show rooms, meeting rooms, retail stores, and manufacturing sites where frequently rearrange the workplace. 5. Small Office and Home Office (SOHO) networks SOHO users need a cost-effective, easy and quick installation of a small network. 6.
up a wireless network. Peer to Peer Wireless LAN PC Card Wireless LAN PC Card Wireless LAN PC Card Wireless LAN USB Adapter Figure 1-2 A wireless Ad-hoc network Infrastructure Mode The infrastructure mode requires the use of an access point (AP). In this mode, all wireless communications between two computers have to be via the AP no matter the AP is wired to Ethernet network or stand-alone.
File server Enternet Wireless LAN PC Card Wireless LAN Router/AP Wireless LAN PC Card Wireless LAN USB Adapter Figure 1-4 Network Printer Single AP bridge Access points have a finite range, on the order of 50 meters indoor and 100 meters outdoors. In a very large facility such as an enterprise, a warehouse, or on a college campus, it will probably be necessary to install more than one access point to cover an entire building or campus, as shown in Figure 1-5.
Figure 1-6 Wireless router and IP Sharing Chapter 2 Installing Drivers & Client Utility This chapter describes how to install the PC Card drivers and client utility under Windows 98/ME/2000/XP. 2-1 Installation for Windows 98SE/ME/2000/XP This section describes the first-time installation for the driver installation under Windows 98SE/ME/2000. For a previously installed driver, we provides the InstallShield Wizard, which includes an application for upgrading the present driver and the Utility.
Figure 2-1 5. After finishing all installation steps, click Finish to complete the installation as Figure 2-2.
6. Insert the PC Card into the PCMCIA slot of your computer and wait for the Found New Hardware Wizard dialog box to display. 7. During the installation, the driver and utility will both been installed into the system, so please select Install the software automatically (Recommended) as shown in Figure 2-3 and click Next to search the driver installation file. Figure 2-3 8. Then the system will find the driver and start to install as shown in Figure 2-4.
9. The driver currently does not have a digital signature from Microsoft. Therefore, Windows 2000/XP will show a warning message. Click Continue Anyway to proceed with driver installation as shown in Figure 2-5. Figure 2-5 10. Click Finish to complete the driver installation as shown in Figure 2-6. Figure 2-6 2- 2 Checking after Installation After installing the driver and utility, follow the steps below to check that the PC Card is operating correctly. 1.
Figure 2-7 4. Right mouse and click the Properties button, then check the message. This device is working properly is displayed for Device status as shown in Figure 2-8. Figure 2-8 5. If you find the Yellow (?) sign on the adapter or the above message is not displayed, it shows the installation is not successful or the wireless LAN PC Card is not operating properly. Uninstall and re-install the driver, referring to Chapter 2-4 Uninstalling Driver and Utility. 2- 3 IEEE 802.
clicking the tray icon and selecting Launch Client Utility … WLAN Client Utility is used to display or change the PC Card information about Current Status, Profile Management and Diagnostics. The client utility will be installed automatically after installing the driver and utility. After finishing installing the driver and utility, the client utility will automatically be executed and show a small icon at the right corner of Taskbar whenever the PC Card is inserted into the PC Card slot of your computer.
Figure 2-10 2. Profile Management In Profile Management, it provides function to New, Modify, Remove or Activate an Profile settings as shown in Figure 2-11. With default status, the profile will be empty and you have to click New button to add an profile settings and if there exist Profile file, we can use Modify button to change settings or use Remove button to erase file or Activate button to activate another profile settings.
Figure 2-12 3. Diagnostics In Diagnostics, it provides statistics of Multicast Frames, Broadcast Frames. Unicast Frames and Total Bytes for Transmit and Receive as shown in Figure 2-13. Figure 2-13 In Advanced Statistics, it provides more advanced information for reference as shown in Figure 2-14. Figure 2-14 In Driver Information, it provides information of Card Name, MAC Address, Driver, Driver Version and Driver Date as shown in Figure 2-15.
Figure 2-15 2- 4 Uninstalling Driver and Utility If the PC Card installation is unsuccessful for any reason, the best way to solve the problem may be to completely uninstall the PC Card and its software and repeat the installation procedure again. 1.Click the Start button, select Settings, and then click Control Panel. 2.In the Control Panel window, double-click the Add or Remove Programs icon, then select the 802.11 Wireless LAN item and remove the driver and utility as shown in Figure 2-16.
Figure 2-17 Chapter 3 Connecting to a Network This chapter describes how to prepare for connection to network after install the PC Card drivers and utility. The following is required for all computers if you want to connect to a network. 1. Check Client for Microsoft Networks is installed. 2. Check NetBEUI -> Wireless LAN PC Card installed. 3. Check TCP/IP -> Wireless LAN PC Card is installed. 4. Check file and printer sharing for Microsoft Networks. 5. Check computer name and workgroup name.
Select Configuration tab to check Client for Microsoft Networks is installed as shown in Figure 3-1. If no, click the Add or Install button. Select Client and click the Add button. Figure 3-1 Select Microsoft for Manufacturer and Client for Microsoft Networks for Network Client, and then click OK. 3-2 Checking and Adding NetBEUI NetBEUI is a protocol you can use to connect to Windows NT, Windows for Workgroups, or LAN Manager servers.
Select Configuration tab to check TCP/IP -> Wireless LAN PC Card is installed. If no, click the Add or Install button. Select Protocol and click the Add button. Select Microsoft for Manufacturer and TCP/IP for Network Protocol, and then click OK. If yes, double-click TCP/IP -> Wireless LAN PC Card to open TCP/IP properties as shown in Figure 3-2. Due to different network applications there are many different settings here. You can select either Obtain an IP address automatically or Specify an IP address.
Name Windows uses the computer name and workgroup name to identify your computer on the network. Please enter an unique name for your computer, the workgroup it will appear in, and a short description of the computer. In Windows 98SE/ME, Repeat the step 2 and 3 of Chapter 3-1 Checking and Adding Client for Microsoft Networks. Select Identification tab or User Information tab to check the computer name, workgroup and computer description are entered.
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Chapter 4 Troubleshooting This chapter describes the problems and corresponding solutions that may occur when installing a PC Card. Symptom Solution Verify that the PC Card is properly inserted into the PC Card slot. Windows does not detect the PC Card when installed. Driver fails to load Check whether the computer has a Plug and Play BIOS. Windows 98/ME/2000/XP might not detect the PC Card if a previous installation of the PC Card was cancelled before it was finished.
No resource conflicts were detected, but the wireless station does not attach to the network Nonfunctioning card LED Weak signal or intermittent connection. Verify that the SSID of the PC Card matches that of the access point. Use the Network Configuration Properties Application in the Control Panel to modify the SSID. Verify that the Network Mode of the PC Card is configured correctly. The PC Card is not powered on. The cause may be: No Driver loaded or installed.
Appendix A Product Specifications 1. General Radio Data Rate (Auto-rate capable) Network Standards Security Network Architecture Drivers Access Protocol Roaming Operating Voltage Regulation Certifications LED Indicator 802.11g : 6, 9, 12, 18, 24, 36, 48 & 54Mbps 802.11b : 1, 2, 5.5, 11Mbps WECA (Wi-Fi & Wi-Fi5 Compliant), IEEE802.11, IEEE802.11g draft, IEEE802.11b, draft IEEE802.11e, f, h and I standards, IEEE802.11x (Optional) IEEE802.
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Appendix B Regulatory Compliance Information 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.