WNIC2010 WIRELESS NETWORK CARD USER GUIDE 1
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UTSTARCOM (FCC) MANUAL PRECAUTIONS Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Requirements, Part 15 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.
The users manual or instruction manual for an intentional or unintentional radiator shall caution the user that changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user's authority to operate the equipment. IMPORTANT NOTE (CO-LOCATED OPERATION) FCC RF Radiation Exposure Statement: This equipment complies with FCC RF radiation exposure limits set forth for an uncontrolled environment.
UTSTARCOM MANUAL PRECAUTION (CE) R&TTE Regulatory statement European standards dictate maximum radiated transmit power of 100mW EIRP and frequency range 2.4002.4835GHz; In France, the equipment must be restricted to the 2.4465-2.4835GHz frequency range and must be restricted to indoor use.
Table of Contents UTSTARCOM MANUAL PRECAUTIONS (FCC) ..................... 3 Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Requirements, Part 15 ... 3 IMPORTANT NOTE (CO-LOCATED OPERATION) .............................. 4 MPE Statement (Safety Information)......................錯誤! 尚未定義書籤。 Safety Information ..................................................錯誤! 尚未定義書籤。 UTSTARCOM MANUAL PRECAUTION (CE).......................... 5 R&TTE Regulatory statement ..........................................................
3.4.4 4 Diagnosis.......................................................................... 29 Trouble Shooting............................................................ 31 4.1 Open WMI Namespace Problem.............................................. 31 5 Technical Specification ................................................. 32 6 Glossary..........................................................................
List of Figures Figure 3-1 Right Click Menu ..........................................................14 Figure 3-2 Display Settings............................................................16 Figure 3-3 Default Profile Management Screen ............................
List of Tables Table 3-1 Client Utility Main Menu.................................................16 Table 3-2 System Status Information List......................................17 Table 3-3 Network Status Display Searched by the Utility ............20 Table 3-4 Specification of WEP Encryption Key Settings..............27 Table 3-5 Spec of the Advanced Profile Configuration..................
1 Overview WNIC2010 is an 802.11b/g compliant wireless PCMCIA network card with data rates up to 54Mbps . It utilizes WPA (Wireless Protected Access) technology to enhance network security. Its bus interface is 32-bit miniPCI V1.0. The wireless network card can either be used on a computer by itself, or it can be used in conjunction with the UTStarcom model AP WA3001-P access point to increase performance. 1.
2 • Operating System’s Supported: - Microsoft Windows 2000 - Windows 98 SE - Windows XP - Windows ME
2 Software Installation/Removal 2.1 Installation on a Windows 2000, 98 or ME System This section describes the installation steps on a PC for the first time only. Quick Setup Steps: Run the installation program Æ Insert the WNIC2010 wireless network card Æ Reboot the System Detailed Setup Steps: (Note: The following example is for a computer running Windows 2000): Step 1: Installing the network card driver and the UTStarcom applications. 1. Run the setup program “UTStarcom Installer.
4. Choose a setup type. Install Driver and UTStarcom Applications is the recommended option. 5. Click 6. Select a path for the installation, then click 7. Next the “Select Program Folder” screen will appear. Choose an existing program folder name or create a new one. This is the program name that will be created on your Start>Programs menu. Then click . Note: If there was a previous installation of any UTStarcom Applications, please close those UTStarcom Applications.
8. Installation will begin. When the installation is completed, the following window will be displayed, then click on the button 9. icon is displayed on the Task Bar, which Now, the is usually located at the bottom-right corner of the PC screen. Step 2: Insert the WNIC2010 wireless network card into the computer’s PCMCIA card slot.
Step 3: When the previous prompt disappears, the Network Adapter’s Driver installation is complete. Reboot the PC to enable the wireless network card driver. Note: The Microsoft Authentication window may appear during the installation, click , and the window will disappear and installation will continue.
2.2 Installation on a Windows XP System This section describes the installation steps on a PC for the first time only. Quick Setup Steps: Run the installation program Æ Prompt to reboot the system Æ Insert the WNIC2010 wireless network card Æ On Windows XP systems the network card will automatically install. Detailed Setup Steps: Step 1: Install the network card driver and the UTStarcom applications. 10. Run the setup program “UTStarcom Installer.exe” in the CD to start the InstallShield Wizard 11.
13. Chose a setup type. The “Install Driver and UTStarcom Applications” is the recommended option. Then Click 14. Select a path for the installation, and click 15. The “Select Program Folder” screen will appear. Choose an existing program folder name or create a new one. This is the program name that will be created on your Start>Programs menu. Then click . 16. In the following screen, it is recommended to select “I will use the UTStarcom Client Utility” option.
Note: If there was a previous installation of any UTStarcom Applications, please close those UTStarcom Applications. 17. The installation will start.
18. After the installation is completed, the following window will be displayed.
19. If you selected “No, I will restart my computer later”, icon will appear on the Task Bar, this is then the usually located at the bottom-right corner of the PC screen. If you selected “Yes, I want to restart my computer now”, then continue on Step 2. Step 2: Insert the wireless network card WNIC2010 into the PC. The system will automatically complete the installation of the wireless network card driver, and display the following window. Then click 2.
20. Run the setup program “UTStarcom Application” from the CD to start the InstallShield Wizard 21. The system automatically checks the status of the WNIC2010 installation and displays the list of operations. 22. Select “Delete the previous installation” to confirm previous installation removal, and then click . 23. The following two dialogue boxes will display. The first dialogue box asks the user to confirm their intention of removing the selected application and all of its components. Click .
25. When the removal is complete, the InstallShield Wizard completion window is displayed, then click .
3 Utility Configuration 3.1 Client Utility Start Up Start up the Client Utility to configure the wireless card. To start the Client Utility program do one of the following: • Start Æ Programs Æ UTStarcom Æ UTStarcom Client Utility • The icon should be at the bottom right corner of your PC (on the Task Bar). Double click or right click on the icon then choose the “Open Client Utility” option from the menu to open the Client Utility configuration screen.
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Table 3-1 Client Utility Main Menu Main Menu Description Interface Disable Radio: Close Utility Action Country Select: Set Country area code Disable Tray Icon Exit: Exit Utility Options Display Settings: Display configuration settings.
3.3 − Refresh Interval: Wireless statistics’ refresh cycle, the default is 5 seconds. The configuration range is from 1-30 seconds − Data Display: Two options for data displaying, Relative or Cumulative System Status Clicking the “Current Status” tag, will display system information, for more information click on the “Advanced” button. This information is read-only.
Items Link Status 3.4 Description Link Status: Connected or Disconnected Encryption Type The default is “OFF” IP Address The IP address of WNIC2010 Profile Management Click the “Profile Management” tag to conduct various profile setups; including regular setup, security setup and advanced setup. See the details below: Figure 3-3 Default Profile Management Screen 3.4.1 Profile Configuration Setup profiles can be configured based on the current network status, or based on future network designs.
After installation the system automatically creates a default profile that will be used when the WNIC2010 wireless card and UTStarcom application starts up. The application will search for an AP with a stronger signal and the WNIC2010 will automatically establish a wireless connection with this AP. Note: The user can identify the currently used AP by checking for the icon located in front of the SSID field of the selected AP through clicking on the “Available Networks” button.
Table 3-3 Network Status Display Searched by the Utility Status Display Column Network Name (SSID) Description Each AP has a SSID, only the wireless network card with the same SSID as the AP’s will connect to the AP. The Icon indicates the active SSID connection : Icon 20 is displayed it means that WEP If encryption is activated on the AP Signal Strength The connection signal strength e.g. 28dB Channel e.g. 1 Wireless Mode e.g. 2.
There are two ways to add new profiles in the system - Click to enter “Profile Management” screen, then specify a profile name and a SSID - On the screen, double click one of the displayed SSIDs to open the “Add New Profile” screen • Modify Profile - On the “Profile Management” tab, select a profile to be modified. Click the button to enter Profile Management screen.
The default security setting is “None”. The system provides the following security methods. • WPA • WPA-PSK • 802.1x • Pre-Shared Key 3.4.2.
The WPA EAP option can only be used when a related certificate is installed on the PC − When the WPA EAP option is “PEAP”, the system will display the following window when “Configure…” is clicked: The user needs to select a Certificate Server from the Server Property drop down list. Then enter a user name and password. The user can specify a Server or its Domain name and login name by clicking on the button.
3.4.2.2 WPA-PSK Only one passphrase is required for any set of WLAN nodes (wireless access base station, wireless router, client’s wireless network card, bridge etc). The client will receive access privileges if the passphrase matches. The WPA-PSK method is very common in SOHO After selecting “WPA-PSK”, click on the button to enter your WPA passphrase.
The minimum WPA passphrase length is 8 characters 3.4.2.3 802.1x When 802.1x authentication mode is activated, the selectable EAP options are: TLS, PEAP and LEAP For TLS and PEAP, refer to section 3.4.2.1 for details. The following describes the LEAP configuration. Setting the User Name and Password is the only information required.
3.4.2.4 Pre-Shared Keys When Pre-Shared keys is selected in the Security settings, the user can configure this encryption method as below: User can choose one of two encryption modes • WEP64 • WEP128 The system provides 4 groups of encryption keys.
• Hexadecimal Table 3-4 Specification of WEP Encryption Key Settings Encryption Methods Alphabetical WEP 64-bit 5 alphanumeric characters in a range of “a-z”, “A-Z”, “0-9”. E.g. MyKey 10 hexadecimal digits in a range of “a-f”, “A-F”, “0-9” with the prefix of “0x”. E.g. 0x11AA22BB33 13 alphanumeric characters, in a range of “a-z”, “A-Z”, “0-9”. 26 hexadecimal digits in a range of “a-f”, “A-F”, “0-9” with prefix “ox”. WEP 128bit E.g. MyKey12345678 3.4.3 HEX E.g.
Table 3-5 Spec of the Advanced Profile Configuration Items Description Power Save Mode Selectable: Maximum，Normal or Off Network Type Network type is AP or Ad Hoc. When the Ad Hoc type is activated, user(s) can choose the wireless access point 802.11b Preamble Short & Long or Long Only Transmit Power Level From strong to weak in a selectable range of 100%, 50%, 25%, 12.
3.4.4 Diagnosis The “Diagnostics” tab is used to view the wireless transmission/reception data. Transmit and Receive data includes: Multicast, Broadcast, Unicast and Total Bytes of all frames • Advanced Diagnosis Clicking shows more Transmit/Receive Frame data and other special frame data.
• Driver Information To view the current wireless network card driver information, click the button and the following screen will be displayed The Driver Information screen displays the following wireless network card’s information: Card Name, MAC Address, Driver file location, Driver Version and release date.
4 Trouble Shooting 4.1 Open WMI Namespace Problem • Problem description In some Win98 systems, when user starts the “Client Utility Configuration”, a popup message will be displayed as below “Unable to open WMI namespace. WMI initialization failed. Cannot proceed further.” • Solution Run wmi9x.exe from the installation CD to install the WMI namespace.
5 Technical Specification Model WNIC2010 2.4GHz(802.11g) 108Mbps CardBus wireless network card Description -IEEE 802.11 Modulation technique -IEEE 802.11b -IEEE 802.11g Interface Host Interface Characte ristics Wireless Transfer Rate 32-bit CardBus ( or PC Card 7.1) Super G™: 108Mbps 802.11g: 54, 48, 36, 24, 18, 12, 9, 6Mbps 802.11b: 11, 5.5, 2, 1Mbps 64, 128, 152 bits WEP Security 802.
Model Electric performa nce WNIC2010 Output power Typical: 20mW (13.2dBm) (Max) Operating System support Windows 98SE，Me，2000，XP Operation mode Ad-Hoc and Infrastructure Network manageme nt Utility Operation voltage 3.3VDC±5% - Transmission mode < 550mA @ 3.3VDC Current consumptio n - Receive mode <350mA @3.3VDC - Idle mode <225mA @3.3VDC - Radio disabled mode <10mA @3.
Model Security authentic ation WNIC2010 - GB9254 B grade - FCC part 15 B grade (USA) - CE (Europe) - Wi-Fi WECA compliant Compatib ility - WHQL Microsoft XP, Me, 2K compliant - FAA S/W audio On/Off supported 34
6 Glossary AC Access Controller AS Authentication Server CLI Command Line Interface DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol EAP Extensible Authentication Protocol IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineering LAN Local Area Network MAC Media Access Control MD5 Message Digest Algorithm 5 MIB Management Information Base MII Media Independent Interface NAS Network Access Server NMS Network Management System OAM Operation administration and maintenance PD Powered Device
36 SNMP Simple network management protocol WEP Wired Equivalent Privacy WLAN Wireless Local Area Network
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