IEEE 802.11g Wireless LAN PCI Card Date of Issue: Aug.
Table of Contents Chapter 1 About Wireless LAN PCI Card............................. 3 1-1 Features and Benefits ...................................................................................................... 3 1-2 Applications ..................................................................................................................... 4 1-3 Product Kit.......................................................................................................................
Chapter 1 About Wireless LAN PCI Card The 802.11g Wireless LAN PCI Card is a standard PCI adapter that fits into any standard PCI slot in a desktop computer. The 802.11g Wireless LAN PCI Card is an enhanced high-performance, that supports high-speed wireless networking at home, at office or in public places. 802.11g Wireless LAN PCI Card is able to communicate with any 802.11b and 802.11g compliant products. 1-1 Features and Benefits 1. Supports 1, 2, 5.5, 11 Mbps and up to 54Mbps data rate. 2.
1-2 Applications 802.11g Wireless LAN PCI Card offers a fast, reliable, cost-effective solution for wireless client access to the network in applications like these: 1. Remote access to corporate network information E-mail, file transfer and terminal emulation. 2. Difficult-to-wire environments Historical or old buildings, asbestos installations, and open area where wiring is difficult to deploy. 3.
1-3 Product Kit 802.11g Wireless LAN PCI Card comes with the following items. Please go through each item below. If any of listed items appears to be damaged or missing, please contact your local dealer. 802.11g Wireless LAN PCI Card ! ! 802.11g Wireless LAN PCI Card………………….………………….….….. x 1 802.11g PCI Card Software and Documentation CD ………………….….... x 1 ! 802.11g Wireless LAN PCI Card Quick Installation Guide…..…………..… x1 1-4 About Wireless LAN PCI Card LED Indicators The 802.
Chapter 2 Getting Started This chapter describes the instructions that guide you through the proper installation of your 802.11g Wireless LAN PCI Card for the Windows XP/2000/ME/98SE operating systems. The complete installation of the 802.11g Wireless LAN PCI Card consists of the following steps: STEP 1: Insert your Wireless LAN PCI Card into the connector of any free PCI Bus Master expansion slot on your desktop computer. STEP 2: Install the corresponding driver and utility. STEP 3: Set basic settings.
Chapter 3 Install Driver for Windows This section describes the installation of the 802.11g Wireless LAN PCI Card driver for the Windows 98SE/ME/2000 and Windows XP operating systems. The installation procedures for Windows XP refer to 3-1 Set up Wireless LAN PCI Card for Windows XP; for Windows 2000 please see 3-2 Set up Wireless LAN PCI Card for Windows 2000; for Windows 98SE/ME refer to 3-3 Set up Wireless LAN PCI Card for Windows 98SE/ME.
Step 2: Insert the Product CD-ROM into the appropriate drive. Click on Next to install the driver. Step 3: The windows will appear the message about the Network Control has not passed Windows Logo testing to verify its compatibility with Windows XP.
Step 4: The windows will find “IEEE 802.11g Wireless LAN PCI Card” and start copying corresponding files into the system. Click on Next to continue. Step 5: Click Finish to complete the installation.
Step 6: Right click “My Computer” from Start, select Properties, go to the Hardware tab and click the Device Manager button to see if any exclamation mark appears next to the Network Adapter/ IEEE 802.11g Wireless LAN PCI Card. If no, your 802.11g Wireless LAN PCI Card is working well. Check if there is exclamation mark next to the IEEE 802.11g Wireless LAN PCI Card After installing the Wireless LAN PCI Card, the Windows XP will display a “Wireless Network Connection # ” message.
For more information on using the automatic wireless network configuration please refer to Windows XP Help file. Warning: You must choose one way to configure Wireless LAN PCI Card either of using our WLAN Utility by un-checking this check box or using Windows XP Automatic Wireless Network Configuration first by checking this check box.
However, the WLAN Utility, which comes with the Wireless LAN PCI Card, provides you more tools to configure the Wireless LAN PCI Card and monitor the wireless connection. For more information on installing and using the WLAN Utility, please refer to the following sections “Installation of the WLAN Utility” and “Usage of the WLAN Utility”. Note: To use the WLAN utility under Windows XP, you need to disable the Automatic Wireless Network Configuration first.
3-2 Set up Wireless LAN PCI Card for Windows 2000 Step 1: After inserting the 802.11g Wireless LAN PCI Card into the PCI slot on your desktop computer, Windows will auto-detect the 802.11g Wireless LAN PCI Card. Step 2: A “Found New Hardware Wizard” window shows up. Click Next to proceed.
Step 3: Select “Search for a suitable driver for my device (recommended)”. Step 4: Insert the Product CD-ROM into the appropriate drive. Click on Next to install the driver.
Step 5: The windows will find “IEEE 802.11g Wireless LAN PCI Card”. Click on Next to continue. Step 6: The windows will appear the message about the Microsoft digital signature affirms that software has not been tested with Windows and that the software has not been altered since it was tested. Click on Yes button to continue installing.
Step 7: Click Finish to complete the installation. Step 8: Open Control Panel/System/Device Manager, and check Network Adapters to see if any exclamation mark appears. If no, your 802.11g Wireless LAN PCI Card is working well. Check if there is exclamation mark next to the IEEE 802.
3-3 Set up Wireless LAN PCI Card for Windows 98SE/ ME Step 1: After inserting the 802.11g Wireless LAN PCI Card into the PCI slot on your desktop computer, Windows will auto-detect new hardware and will display an “Add New Hardware Wizard” window. Click Next to continue. Step 2: Select “Search for the best driver for your device (Recommended)” and click Next.
Step 3: Insert the Product CD-ROM into the appropriate drive. Click on Next to install the driver. Step 4: The Windows will find “IEEE 802.11g Wireless LAN PCI Card”. Click Next to continue.
Step 5: Once the [Please insert the disk labeled ‘Windows 98 Second Edition CD-ROM/ME CD-ROM”, and then click OK] window appears, insert and enter the path corresponding to the appropriate drives and click OK. Usually these files can be found at C:Windows or C:Windows\system. Step 6: Click Finish to complete the software installation. Step 7: Restart the computer.
Step 8: Open Control Panel/System/Device Manager, and check Network Adapters to see if any exclamation mark appears next to the IEEE 802.11 Wireless LAN PCI Card. If no, your 802.11g Wireless LAN PCI Card is working well. Check if there is exclamation mark next to the IEEE 802.
Chapter 4 Configure the Wireless LAN PCI Card This chapter gives you assistance with detailed configuration for the 802.11g Wireless LAN PCI Card under Windows XP/2000/98SE/ME. 4-1 Install the WLAN Utility To install the WLAN Utility, follow these steps: Step 1: Insert the Product CD-ROM. Step 2: Go to the utility folder and run setup.exe. Step 3: The InstallShield Wizard will show up and guide you through the rest of the setup process.
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Upon completion, go to Program Files and run the WLAN Utility and its icon will appear in the System Tray in the bottom right corner of your task bar. Clicking on the icon will open the configuration window. When you minimize the window, the system tray icon will be loaded in the System Tray again. The color behind the system tray icon indicates the link status: Blue indicates a good or excellent link. Yellow indicates a usable but weak link. Red indicates no or very poor link quality.
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Profile The Profile field allows you to set values for all parameters by selecting a previously defined profile. To create the profile, go to the Profile field, type a profile name and set the corresponding parameters. If one of the profiles is no longer used, you may remove it by clicking the Delete button. After changing parameters, save the profile and click the Apply button to take effect. You can have multiple profiles and modify the profile at any time.
Transmit Rate The 802.11g Wireless LAN PCI Card provides various data rate options for you to select. Data rates options include 1Mbps, 2 Mbps, 5.5 Mbps, 11Mbps, 6Mbps, 9Mbps, 12 Mbps, 18Mbps, 24Mbps, 36Mbps, 48Mbps, 54Mbps and, Fully Auto. In most networking scenarios, you will see that the factory-set default “Fully Automatic” will prove the most efficient. This setting will allow your 802.11g Wireless LAN PCI Card to operate at the maximum data rate.
Create Encryption Keys Using a Passphrase (128bit) Create Encryption Keys Manually You can also create encryption keys manually by clicking the Create Keys Manually check box. For 64bit encryption you may choose: # Alphanumeric: 5 characters (case sensitive) ranging from “a-z”, “A-Z” and “0-9” (e.g. MyKey) # Hexadecimal: 10 hexadecimal digits in the range of “A-F”, “a-f” and “0-9” (e.g.
Create Encryption Keys Manually (64bit) Warning: The WEP key must be set up exactly the same on the Wireless LAN stations as they are on the wireless Access Points. If you set “MyKey” for the Wireless LAN PCI Card, the same WEP Key “MyKey” must be assigned to the Access Point or other stations. Note: Different factories would have some different WEP setting. Therefore, before setting access point or PCC WEP, please refer to manual respectively.
continuously updated. Link Quality: Based on the quality of the received signal of the Access Point beacon. There are 5 states of link quality: 100%~80%: Excellent link. 80%~60%: Good link quality. 60%~40%: Fair link quality. Under 40%: Poor or no connection. Signal Strength: Based on the received signal strength measurement of the baseband processor of the Beacon signal. Same as link quality, there are 5 states of signal strength: 100%~80%: Excellent signal strength. 80%~60%: Good signal strength.
About: The About item shows the versions of the Wireless LAN Utility, driver, firmware of the IEEE 802.11g Wireless LAN PCI Card. Also, the MAC address and frequency domain are displayed.
Advance Setting Advance Options The Advance configuration provides advance function about network environment if you want to know more detail of the Advanced configuration. Please consults administrator. The WLAN Utility also offers the advanced configuration for user to set the 802.11g Wireless LAN PCI Card under certain network environment. These advanced options include Power Management, RTS and Fragmentation Threshold.
Thus, the RTS Threshold mechanism provides a solution to prevent data collisions. When you enable RTS Threshold on a suspect “hidden station”, this station and its Access Point will use a Request to Send (RTS). The station will send an RTS to the Access Point, informing that it is going to transmit the data. Upon receipt, the Access Point will respond with a CTS message to all station within its range to notify all other stations to defer transmission.
Limited Warranty This Warranty constitutes the sole and exclusive remedy of any buyer or reseller’s equipment and the sole and exclusive liability of the supplier in connection with the products and is in lieu of all other warranties, express, implied or statutory, including, but not limited to, any implied warranty of merchantability of fitness for a particular use and all other obligations or liabilities of the supplier.
FCC Information This device, IEEE 802.11G Wireless LAN PCI Card, Model No.: XG-950, complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. NOTE: 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.
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