High-Speed Wireless Cardbus Adapter User’ s Manual Version: 1.1 Contents CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................2 1-1 PACKAGE CONTENTS.......................................................................................................................................3 1-2 PC CARD DESCRIPTION......................................................................................................................
1-4 FEATURES AND BENEFITS...............................................................................................................................4 1-5 A PPLICATIONS...................................................................................................................................................4 1-6 NETWORK CONFIGURATIONS .........................................................................................................................
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 Dual-Band Wireless A/G Cardbus Adapter can encrypt all wireless transmissions through 64/128/152-bit WEP data encryption. Dynamic Frequency Selection (DFS) puts your network on the cleanest channel in your location. With the Dual-Band Wireless Cardbus Adapter, you will experience the bes wireless connectivity nowadays.
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 IEEE802.11b/g (draft) standard and 5GHz IEEE802.
workplace. 5. Small Office and Home Office (SOHO) networks SOHO users need a cost-effective, easy and quick installation of a small network. 6. Wireless extensions to Ethernet networks Network managers in dynamic environments can minimize the overhead caused by moves, extensions to networks, and other changes with wireless LANs. 7. Wired LAN backup Network managers implement wireless LANs to provide backup for mission-critical applications running on wired networks. 8.
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. If used in stand-alone, the AP can extend the range of independent wireless LANs by acting a repeater, which effectively doubling the distance between wireless stations as shown in Figure 1-3.
Figure 1-4 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. In this scenario, access points hand the client off from one to another in a way that is invisible to the client, ensuring roken connectivity.
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. Installation Procedure: 1. Turn on your computer. 2.
Figure 2-1 5. After finishing all installation steps, click Finish to complete the installation as Figure 2-2. 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. 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 2-7 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.
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.
5. Check computer name and workgroup name. 3-1 Checking and Adding Client for Microsoft Networks The Client for Microsoft Networks enables you to connect to other Microsoft Windows computers and servers and use the files and printers shared on them. If you works on Microsoft network environment, you need to set up Client for Microsoft Networks. After finishing installing the driver & utility and rebooting the computer as described in Chapter 2.
connect to Internet, you need to set up TCP/IP protocol. Repeat the step 2 and 3 of Chapter 3-1 Checking and Adding Client for Microsoft Networks. 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.
3-5 Checking and Adding Computer Name & Workgroup 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.
Chapter 4 Troubleshooting This chapter describes the problems and corresponding s olutions 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. 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.
Driver fails to load A resource conflict could exist. For Windows 98/ME/2000, use the Device Manager to resolve resource conflicts. Select System from the Control Panel, then click on the Device Manager tab. A device conflict under Windows 98/ME/2000 may be related to the PC Card. For Windows 98/ME/2000, use the Computer properties to identify the used I/O port addresses and IRQ values.
Weak signal or intermittent connection. Try reorienting the antenna. The PC Card antenna is attached to the end of the PC Card. For best use of the antenna: Keep the area around the antenna clear from materials that could block radio transmission, such as metal objects, electronic devices, and cordless telephones. If your signal is weak, change the direction of the antenna slightly. If necessary, move your notebook computer a few inches to find a better signal.
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 2. RF Information Frequency Band Modulation Technology Receive Sensitivity (Typical) Transmit Output Power 3. Environmental Temperature Range 802.11a : 6, 9, 12, 18, 24, 36, 48, 54 & 108Mbps turbo mode 802.11g : 6, 9, 12, 18, 24, 36, 48 & 54Mbps 802.11b : 1, 2, 5.
Humidity (non-condensing) 4. Physical Specifications Interface Antenna Dimensions 5% to 95% Typical 32-bit CardBus PC Card Standard V7.1 Type II Integrated built-in diversity Antenna 118(L)mm * 54(W)mm * 6.3(H)mm (4.65in * 2.13in * 0.
Appendix B Regulatory Compliance Information Radio Frequency Interference Requirements This device complies with Part 15 of FCC Rules and Canada RSS-210. Operation is subject to the following conditions: 1. This device may not cause harmful interference. 2. This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. 3. This transmitter must not be co-located or operating in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter.
indoor environment only. We declare that NL-5354CB Plus Aries2 (Atheros 11a/g Card Bus Adapter) is limited in CH1~CH11 by specified firmware controlled in USA. IMPORTANT NOTE: FCC Radiation Exposure Statement: This equipment complies with FCC radiation exposure limits set forth for an uncontrolled environment. This device complies with FCC RF Exposure limits set forth for an uncontrolled environment, under 47 CFR 2.1093 paragraph (d)(2).
