Wireless LAN Card User Guide Before operating the unit, please read this manual and retain it for future The user guide is fit for both Wireless LAN Card and Long Range Wireless LAN Card
Contents 1. Introduction 1 1.1 Package Contents 1 1.2 PC Card Description 1 1.3 System Requirements 2 1.4 Features and Benefits 2 1.5 Applications 2 1.6 Network Configurations 3 2. Installing Driver and Utility 7 2.1 Installation for Windows 98/ME/2000/XP 7 2.2 Checking after Installation 14 2.3 Wireless LAN Client Utility 16 2.4 Uninstalling Driver and Utility 29 3. Connecting to a Network 29 3.1 Checking and Adding Client for Microsoft Networks 29 3.
Chapter 1 Introduction This chapter describes the package contents, PC Card description, system requirements, features & benefits, applications and network configurations of our wireless LAN products. 1-1 Package Contents The PC Card package contains the following items as shown in Figure 1-1 1. One PC Card 2. One Installation CD 3. One Quick Installation Guide Wireless LAN PC Card Installation CD IEE E 8 02 .
1- 3 System Requirements Installation of the PC Card requires: 1. PC/AT compatible computer with PCMCIA Type II slot. 2. Windows 98//ME/NT 4.0/2000/XP operating system environment. 3. Minimum 1.3M bytes free disk space for installing the PC Card driver and utility program. 1- 4 Features and Benefits 11Mbps data transfer rate High transmit output power (Long Range PC Card Only) IEEE 802.
3. The ability to access real-time information 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.
Figure 1-3 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 1-4.
as a bridge and provides the link between the server and the wireless clients. The wireless clients can move freely throughout the coverage area of the AP while remaining connected to the server. Since the AP is connected to the wired network, each client would have access to server resources as well as to other clients. Figure 1-5 Single AP bridge Access points have a finite range, on the order of 50 meters indoor and 100 meters outdoors.
Wireless Router and IP Sharing In infrastructure mode, in addition to acting as a bridge between an Ethernet and wireless network, the AP can be configured as a wireless router and IP sharing device for Internet access as shown in Figure 1-7. You don’t have to buy an expensive router. Nor you have to buy several modems and setup phone lines. Just share one AP, one Modem, single dial-up account, and one phone line, dozens of network users can go surfing the Internet concurrently.
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 98/ME/2000/XP During the installation, Windows 98/ME/2000/XP may need to copy Windows systems files from the Windows 98/ME/2000/XP installation diskette or CD-ROM. Therefore you will need a copy of the Windows 98/ME/2000/XP installation diskette or CD-ROM at hand before installing the driver.
Figure 2-1-1 1. The setup program should start automatically as shown in Figure 2-1-1. If it does not start, you can run it manually by selecting RUN from the Start menu and running Setup.htm from CD-ROM drive. 2. From Wireless LAN Installer, select Utility & Driver Install. The driver and utility of Wireless LAN PC Card will be installed automatically. 3. Insert the PC Card into the PCMCIA slot of your computer. 4. The Wireless LAN PC Card will be found and installed without restart the computer. 5.
◎ Remove Wireless PC Card Driver 1. Turn on your computer. 2. Right-click on My Computer icon on the Windows desktop to choose Properties and the System Properties window will pop out. 3. Click on the tab Device Manager and then move the mouse to Network Adapters node to expend the tree list by clicking on the plus sign. 4. Remove Wireless LAN PC Card that you have installed already. 5. Uninstall the Old Driver 6. You must remove the old existing driver before installing the new driver. 7.
Figure 2-1-2 c. Click Update Driver button from the Driver tab as shown in Figure 2-1-3.
d. Choose Install from a list or specific location (Advanced) and click Next as shown in Figure 2-1-4. Figure 2-1-4 e. In the Hardware Updated Wizard, choose Don’t search. I will choose the driver to install and then click Next as shown in Figure 2-1-5.
f. Select the network adapter for 802.11b WLAN_PC-Card_3.0 and then click Next as shown in Figure 2-1-6. Figure 2-1-6 g. Click Yes to continue the installation procedure.
h. Click Continue Anyway as shown in Figure 2-1-8. (There is a message shows up if you use a generic version driver.) Figure 2-1-8 i. Click Finish to complete the installation procedure.
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. Click the Start button, select Settings, and then click Control Panel. 2. In the Control Panel window, double-click the System icon, and then select the Hardware tab. Then click Device Manager button. 3. Double-click Network adapters, and then select 802.11b WLAN_PC-CARD as shown in Figure 2-2-1.
4. Double-Click the 802.11b WLAN_PC-CARD_3.0 button, and then check the message. This device is working properly is displayed for Device status as shown in Figure 2-2-2. Figure 2-2-2 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 Wireless LAN Client Utility Wireless LAN Client Utility is used to display or change the PC Card information about link, configuration, encryption, and utility/driver/firmware version information. The client utility will also help you with site selection. The client utility will be installed automatically after installing the driver and utility. The PC Card Utility icon will appear in the System Tray in the bottom right corner on your screen as shown in the Figure 2-3-1 and Table 2-3-1.
Figure 2-3-2 1. Menu of System Icon Right-click on the system tray icon, the icon menu will display as shown in Figure 2-3-3. Below is the introduction to this icon menu.
! Wireless Radio On/ Wireless Radio Off The first two items in the icon menu are used to turn on/off the wireless radio. When the wireless radio is turned off, a red cross is placed on the system tray icon as shown in Figure 2-3-4. When the wireless radio is turned on, the icon will vary in colors depending on the link quality as described in the Table 2-3-1. Figure 2-3-4 ! Remove Status Icon This item allows you to set the System Tray Icon to appear or disappear.
! Wireless Network Status This item launches the PC Card Utility with the tab Status that displays the information about link status to users. ! Advanced Configuration This item launches the PC Card Utility with the tab Configuration that allows users to configure PC Cards to suit their specific network settings. ! WEP Encryption This item launches the PC Card Utility with the tab Encryption that allows users to set up the Encryption Key which is used in their network environment.
Figure 2-3-6 ! Associated BSSID – means the wireless client is connected to an access point. BSSID is shown in the form of six hex digits which is the MAC address of the access point. ! Scanning – means the wireless client is searching for an available access point in infrastructure mode. ! Disconnected – means there are no access points or other wireless clients (if communicating in Ad-hoc mode), or the PC Card is unplugged in your computer.
Throughput (Bytes/sec) ! Tx: shows the outgoing (sent) data speed. ! Rx: shows the incoming (received) data speed. Link Quality In infrastructure mode, this bar displays the transmission quality between a WLAN station (Access Point) and Wireless LAN PC Card. In Peer-to-Peer mode (Ad-Hoc), this bar displays the link quality between two Wireless LAN PC Cards. Signal Strength This bar displays the signal strength level. The higher bar is the more powerful radio signal is received by the PC Card.
Profile You can give a name for this field to a setting of configuration parameters, such as Network Name, Network Type, Transmit Rate, Encryption (WEP Security), etc. It makes much easier for users to change WLAN configuration settings who need to switch working places frequently. Suppose that a user has to work between the two different offices where there are different network settings.
without an access point, you need to select Peer-to-Peer mode. Each station in a Peer-to-Peer (Ad-Hoc) network must specify the same network name (SSID) and peer-to-peer channel. ! Access Point: If at least one access point involves in the communications in a group of stations, you need to select Infrastructure mode. Each station needs to specify the same network name (SSID) as the access point. Please refer to the section 1-6 for more details about peer-to-peer mode and Access Point (infrastructure) mode.
Figure 2-3-9 Transmit Rate The transmission rate on which the data packets are transmitted by the client can be specified in this drop-down list as shown in Figure 2-3-10. Below are the available transmission rates as shown in Table 2-3-3. 1 Mbps allows only 1 Mbps operation 2 Mbps allows only 2 Mbps operation Auto 1 or 2 Mbps allows only 1 or 2 Mbps operation 5.5 Mbps allows only 5.
Figure 2-3-10 Defaults Once this button is pressed, all the settings will be set back to the default settings. 4. Encryption Encryption is designed to make the data transmission more secure. you can select 64 or 128-bit WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) key to encrypt data (Default setting is Disable) as shown in Figure 2-3-11. WEP encrypts each frame transmitted from the radio using one of the Keys from this panel.
! Use WEP Key This drop-down list allows you to specify which of the four encryption keys that you want to use. ! Create Keys with Passphrase Type a character string in the field Passphrase. ! Disabled Select Disabled item in the Encryption (WEP security) drop-down list allows you to disable the encryption function. Data Mode 64 bit 128 bit Alphanumeric 5 3 Table 2-3-4 Hexadecimal 10 26 Figure 2-3-11 5.
SSID BSSID Channel Link Quality WEP Mode The Network Type (SSID) of an access point The MAC address of an access point The operating channel number of an access point The quality of link status “Y” indicates the WEP function enabled in an access point “N” indicates the WEP function disabled in an access point Indicates which mode does the access points use (Infrastructure or Peer to Peer) Table 2-3-5 Figure 2-3-12 27
6. About About tab shows the product/driver/utility/PC Card firmware version as shown in Figure 2-3-13. Users have to use this version number when reporting their problems to technical support.
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. Insert the Wireless LAN PC Card into the PCMCIA slot. 2. Right click My Computer--->Select Properties. 3. On the Hardware tab, choose Device Manager, and click Network Adapter. 4. Choose Wireless LAN PC Card and remove it (Please refer the procedure in Figure 2-1-2). 5.
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. 2. 3. Check Client for Microsoft Networks is installed. Check NetBEUI -> Wireless LAN PC Card installed. (Only for Windows 98) 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.
Figure 3-1 5. Select Microsoft for Manufacturer and Client for Microsoft Networks for Network Client, and then click OK. 3-2 Checking and Adding NetBEUI (for Windows 98) NetBEUI is a protocol you can use to connect to Windows NT, Windows for Workgroups, or LAN Manager servers. If you work on Microsoft network environment, you need to set up NetBEUI protocol. 1. Repeat the step 2 and 3 of Chapter 3-1 Checking and Adding Client for Microsoft Networks. 2.
3. Select Microsoft for Manufacturer and NetBEUI for Network Protocol, and then click OK. 3-3 Checking and Adding TCP/IP TCP/IP is the protocol you use to connect to the Internet and wide-area networks. If you want to connect to Internet, you need to set up TCP/IP protocol. 1. Repeat the step 2 and 3 of Chapter 3-1 Checking and Adding Client for Microsoft Networks. 2. Select Configuration tab to check TCP/IP -> Wireless LAN PC Card is installed. If no, click the Add button.
3-4 Checking and Adding File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks (for Window 98) File and printer sharing for Microsoft networks gives you the ability to share your files or printers with Windows NT and Windows for Workgroups computers. If you want to share your files or printers with Microsoft networks, you need to set up this service. 1. Repeat the step 2 and 3 of Chapter 3-1 Checking and Adding Client for Microsoft Networks. 2.
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. Check whether the computer has a Plug and Play BIOS. Windows does not detect the PC Card when installed. 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.
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. Device conflict on a Windows system If there is a device conflict, select alternative settings for I/O Base Address or IRQ values. If you know which device is conflicting with the PC Card, you have the option of changing that device’s I/O address or IRQ instead of changing the PC Card.
The PC Card is not powered on. The cause may be: # No Driver loaded or installed. # Card – Driver mismatch, which prevented the driver from loading. Nonfunctioning card LED # Device conflict, which prevented the driver from loading. Actions: # Verify that a driver has been installed. # Determine if there is a conflict with another device. Try reorienting the antenna. The PC Card antenna is attached to the end of the PC Card.
Appendix A Product Specifications General Radio Data Rate Range (open environment) Operating Voltage Regulation Certifications Compatibility LED Indicator 11, 5.5, 2 and 1 Mbps, Auto Fall-Back 11 Mbps – 150m 450m(Long Range PC Card ) 5.5 Mbps –200m 600m(Long Range PC Card) 2 Mbps – 250m 750m(Long Range PC Card) 1 Mbps – 400m 1200m(Long Range PC Card) 3.3V/5V FCC Part 15/UL, ETSI 300/328/CE Fully interoperable with IEEE802.
2 Mbps < -91dBm <-93dbm( Long range PC Card) 1 Mbps < -93dBm <-95dbm( Long range PC Card) Environmental Temperature Range Humidity (non-condensing) 0 to 50 C (operating) -20 to 80 C (storage) 5% to 95% typical Physical Specifications Form Factor Dimensions Weight PCMCIA Type II PC Card 118(L) mm x 54(W) mm x 7.
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 3. that may cause undesired operation. This device meets the FCC RF exposure guidelines when used as instructed. 4.
