Wireless LAN CF Card User’s Manual Ver. 1.
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Table of Contents 1. INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................................... 5 1.1 Features.................................................................................................................................. 5 1.2 Applications........................................................................................................................... 5 1.3 Wireless LAN System...........................................
1. INTRODUCTION Wireless LAN is local area networking without wires, which uses radio frequencies to transmit and receive data between PC’s or other network devices. Wireless LAN is able to configure independent networks and infrastructure networks. The former is suitable for small or temporary peer-to-peer configurations, and the later is offering fully distributed data connectivity via micro cells and roaming.
1.3 Wireless LAN System 1.3.1 802.11 Ad-Hoc Configuration An 802.11 Ad-Hoc wireless LAN is a group of computers, each equipped with one WLAN CF Card, connected as an independent wireless LAN. Computers in a specific 802.11 Ad-Hoc wireless LAN must be configured at the same radio channel. 802.11 Ad-Hoc wireless LAN is applicable to a departmental scale for a branch or SOHO operation. Figure 1-1 802.11 Ad-Hoc Configuration 1.3.
Figure 1-2 Infrastructure Configuration The infrastructure configuration supports roaming capability for mobile workers. More than one BSS can be jointly configured as an Extended Service Set (ESS). On account of a continuous connection to the network, users within this ESS can roam freely. All WLAN CF Cards and APs within one ESS must be configured with the same ESS ID.
Figure 1-3 Seamless Roaming 8
2. INSTALLATION Use the procedures described in this chapter to install your WLAN CF Card under MS Windows 98/Me /2000 /XP, and Linux. (Note that unplug the WLAN CF Card from your device before upgrading the new driver/utility, otherwise you may have trouble during installation process.) 2.1 Product Kit Before starting installation, please make sure the WLAN CF Card package you purchased includes the following items: 1) WLAN CF Card. 2) CD-ROM (including Driver/Utility and User’s Manual).
6) Go to Section 3 for Configuration. Note: In the MS Windows 2000/XP installation procedure, an extra window prompts you to select the options whether you would like to install the “Digital Signature Not Found” or not. You can safely select “YES”. 2.3.2 Under MS Windows CE (3.0) Please follow the steps below to install the utility and driver. 1) Insert the supplied CD-ROM in the CD-ROM drive. 2) Click “Start” button, choose “Run”, and type “D:\wince\3.0\setup.
Each of them is represented the type of processor for your Pocket PC. If you do not know your processor type, contact your local dealers. Zd1201c.dll WS01CPH.bin - NDIS driver - Firmware binary file Installation Connect the sync cable (USB or serial connector) from the device connector of Pocket PC to your computer. Copy the zd1201c.dll and WS01CPH.bin from CD to your Pocket PC directory \Windows.
2.3.4 Under Linux Please follow the steps below to install the utility and driver. 1) Copy the pcmcia.sh and setup.sh files from CD to a directory (anywhere you like). e.g. #mount /dev/cdrom #cd /dev/cdrom/Linux #cp pcmcia.sh /usr/src #cp setup.sh /usr/src 2) Unpack the zdapdrv-date.tar.gz package (anywhere you like). #tar xvzf zdsta-3904.tar.gz 3) In the zdsta-1.0.4_mdk3 directory, run: # make config [Notice] The following questions will be prompted when you execute “make config”.
the .config file. Pcmcia-cs source dir [/usr/src/pcmcia-cs-3.1.34]:/usr/src/pcmcia-cs-3.1.34 PCMCIA script directory []: /etc/pcmcia Alternate target install root directory on host[]: Module install directory [/lib/modules/2.4.18-4]: Prefix for build host compiler? (rarely needed) []: # make all # make install 4) Plug your Wireless CF Card into your device. 5) PCMCIA NOTE If you are installing the PCMCIA driver after the installation run: #/etc/rc.d/init.d/pcmcia restart 6) Getting Start #chmod +x pcmcia.
of “opensystem” and “sharedkey.” Please go to the section 3.3. #ifconfig wlan0 192.169.1.222 (Ad-HOC mode use only) #ifconfig –a (check the IP of your CF card) #./pcmcia.sh sitesurvey [Notice] If you want to perform the site survey function, this command can be indicated how many APs are in your network.
3. CONFIGURATION The Configuration & Monitor Utility is a powerful application that helps you to configure the WLAN CF Card and monitor the statistics of the communication. Unlike the standard method of configuring the card via the operating system utilities (e.g. Control Panel), this application permits the dynamic modification of configuration parameters while the card is operating. This application also offers more configuration options. 3.
After changing the Operating mode, Channel, SSID, and Tx Rate, click “Submit” button to save the settings you have set. Figure 3-3 CF-Card setting Site Survey -- Click “Site Survey” button, and then click “Re-Scan” in order to search the APs. By clicking the “Hide” button, you may veil the configuration tool in Windows tool bar. The information of SSID, channel, signal, WEP and type will be displayed on screen for users to select one of the best sites to connect.
Figure 3-4 Site Survey Double clicking one of AP such as CF-Card, a pop-up Window, “Use Previous WEP setting”, will be shown on screen (Figure 3-5). It means that you have specified a WEP encryption network. If you want to use the previous WEP settings, click “Yes” button. If you have the new WEP key settings, go to “Encryption” to modify the configuration settings.
Figure 3-5 WEP key Settings Encryption -- By clicking “Encryption” in the manual, you can set four different WEP keys and specify which one of them to be used. Choose any of the available WEP keys (1 to 4) as shown in Figure 3-6. Keep in mind that the WEP keys must be in HEX format. Press the “Submit” button at the bottom of the screen to take effect your changes. The following example is a setting for 64-bit key length in shared key mode, and the WEP key in “Key#1” is encrypted.
Figure 3-6 Encryption Advance -- By clicking the “Advanced setting” bottom, you can change advanced configuration settings, such as the Power Saving Mode, Fragmentation Threshold, and RTS/CTS Threshold (Figure 3-7). Figure 3-7 shows the recommended configuration for the advanced settings.
Figure 3-7 Advance Settings Note: The WLAN CF Card has an auto-detection feature therefore it automatically selects the Preamble Type depending on the Access Point Preamble type. Move the slide bars to enable the parameters of Fragmentation and RTS/CTS Threshold with your mouse and then use right and left arrow keys of your keyboard to select an exact number.
Figure 3-8 Profiles Settings Info -- By clicking “Information” button, you can check the basic information about the versions of Driver, Firmware, Utility and MAC Address.
Figure 3-9 Information 3.2 Under MS Windows CE (3.0) When the application is opened the following options are available if you press the menu button: - General - Scan - Wep - Monitor - About Scan/Wep/General -- Use the stylus to click Scan button, tap Scan again button, select the specific AP you want, and then click Apply to launch the wireless connections (Figure 3-10).
Figure 3-10 Scan Figure 3-11 WEP 23
Figure 3-12 General Monitor -- To check the incoming and outgoing packets, tap the Monitor button (Figure 3-13). Figure 3-13 Monitor About -- Find information about Wireless LAN Card and your device (Figure 3-14).
Figure 3-14 About 3.3 Under Linux The setup.sh file can be modified to Ad-HOC or Infrastructure mode as following: [Infrastructure mode in “opensystem” or “sharedkey”] If your SSID is named “DJ” and you want to set to Infrastructure mode, please follow the example A. If your option is “sharedkey”, the key index number should be from 0 to 3. 00:11:22:33:44 is the password of your AP. Please modify the red items in the shell script.
else /sbin/wlanctl-ng wlan0 dot11req_mibset mibattribute=dot11WEPDefaultKeyID=0 /sbin/wlanctl-ng wlan0 dot11req_mibset mibattribute=dot11ExcludeUnencrypted=true /sbin/wlanctl-ng wlan0 dot11req_mibset mibattribute=dot11PrivacyInvoked=true /sbin/wlanctl-ng wlan0 dot11req_mibset mibattribute=dot11WEPDefaultKey0=00:11:22:33:44 /sbin/wlanctl-ng wlan0 dot11req_mibset mibattribute=p2CnfPortType=1 #0 for IBSS mode (Ad-Hoc) #1 for BSS mode (Infrastrusture) /sbin/wlanctl-ng wlan0 lnxreq_autojoin ssid=DJ authtype=sha
/sbin/wlanctl-ng wlan0 dot11req_mibset mibattribute=dot11PrivacyInvoked=true /sbin/wlanctl-ng wlan0 dot11req_mibset mibattribute=dot11WEPDefaultKey0=00:11:22:33:44 /sbin/wlanctl-ng wlan0 dot11req_mibset mibattribute=p2CnfPortType=0 #0 for IBSS mode (Ad-Hoc) #1 for BSS mode (Infrastrusture) /sbin/wlanctl-ng wlan0 lnxreq_autojoin ssid=DJ authtype=sharedkey fi [IP Setting] If you are using RedHat distribution Linux, edit the /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-wlan0 file in order to set up the IP address d
[Set FragmentThreshold] #wlanctl-ng wlan0 dot11req_mibset mibattribute=dot11FragmentationThreshold=Value Notice: The Value should be in the range 256~2346 [Set SSID] #wlanctl-ng wlan0 dot11req_mibset mibattribute= p2CnfOwnSSID= 28
4. SPECIFICATIONS General Standard compliance Security Hardware RF Range Data rate Modulation Coding Number of channels Host Interface Transmit power Receive sensitivity Software Driver Support Utility Mechanical Dimensions Weight Environmental Temperature Relative Humidity Certificate EMC Compliant IEEE 802.11b Standard WEP 64-bit, 128-bit, encryption MD5 Frequency range: 2.4 ~ 2.4835GHz 11Mbps / 5.
5. GLOSSARY The following glossary is for your reference only, and is not need for the installation of your Wireless LAN CF Card. Wireless Access Point (AP) – Any entity that has station functionality and provides access to the distribution services via the wireless medium (WM) for associated stations. Ad-Hoc – A network is composed solely of stations within mutual communication range of each other via the wireless medium (WM). An ad hoc network is typically created in a spontaneous manner.
Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) – The optional cryptographic confidentiality algorithm specified by IEEE 802.11 is used to provide data confidentiality that is subjectively equivalent to the confidentiality of a wired local area network medium that does not employ cryptographic techniques to enhance privacy.
