WLAN Card User Manual Version: 1.
Federal Communication Commission Interference Statement 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. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications.
Table of Contents 1. Introduction..........................................................................................................................4 2. Installation............................................................................................................................4 2.1 OVERVIEW......................................................................................................................4 2.1.1 WLAN Driver/Utility Installation.........................................
1. Introduction WLAN Management Utility supports the following: • 802.11b WLAN Configuration • Windows 98SE / ME / 2000 (In Windows XP, we use its default WLAN Utility) • PCMCIA / USB / Mini-PCI Bus Interface 2. Installation 2.1 Overview To establish your wireless network connection, the following steps should be executed. 1. Install the software using the installation CD. 2. Insert the Wireless LAN card. This product is designed for Windows 98SE, Millennium, 2000, and XP.
2.1.1 WLAN Driver/Utility Installation 1. Insert the installation CD into your CD-ROM drive. The setup program will start automatically.
2. Click “Next” to go to next screen. 3. Select the destination folder. To install to the default folder as shown below, click “Next” to go to the next screen.
4. During installation, Driver and Utility files will be copied to your system directory. 5. Select “No” and then click “Finish” to complete the installation (You must select “Yes” for Windows 98 and ME).
6. The shortcut will appear on your desktop. By click this icon, you can run the Utility program. You will also find a shortcut “WLAN Manager” at Start\Programs\Startup Menu as shown below: 7. After click the shortcut, an inverse red pyramid-like icon will appear on the bottom right of the screen. Right click that icon and select open, the WLAN Utility will pop-up on the screen.
2.1.2 Install the WLAN card The WLAN driver and utilities are included on the accompanying installation CD. Please follow the installation procedures in Section 2.2. (Your WLAN card will not work properly if the driver and utilities are not installed correctly). Make sure that there is an empty WLAN slot (for example PCMCIA, USB, mini-PCI) for WLAN card. Insert the WLAN Card and the installation will start automatically. When the WLAN card setup task is completed, you can run the WLAN Utility.
2.2 Utility Startup Configuration Details WLAN Card has its own management software. Users can control all functions provided by the application named WLAN Utility. The Utility icon will appear on the working bar by double clicking the WLAN Utility shortcut on your desktop. Three colors are used to describe the status of connection and it is shown on the right of working bar. Green indicates excellent connection. Yellow indicates the connection has poor quality (Yellow) and Red means no connection.
wireless network .You will only be able to connect with an Access Point (AP), which has the same SSID. Note that the SSID will be the continuous string excluding blank and case sensitivity. • Channel: It shows radio channel numbers used for networking. The Channel can be changed only under the Ad-Hoc Mode. If the Mode is Infrastructure, this parameter will not be active. Infrastructure Client nodes will always go to the same channel as their AP. (2.
Figure 1 Status Tab ˙ Connection Setting Profile Name The name of profile currently in use. ˙ Connection Status SSID The name of the SSID (Service Set Identification) associated with the profile. State This field is used to display the current state of the driver. Mode The mode can be either “access point” or “station”. ♦ Access Point – This mode of operation requires the presence of an access point.
♦Station – This is the peer-to-peer mode of operation. All communication is done from client to client without the use of an access point. Channel It shows the channel being used, if any, for this wireless connection. The communication channel ranges from 1 to 11(US/FCC, Canada/RSS),1 to 13(Europe/ETSI) or 1 to 14(Japan/TELEC). Setting Tx Rate It shows the transmit rate being currently used for an active connection. The value is masked when the state shows the “scanning” message.
Access Point / WEP disable The receiver can receive excellent signals. There is no encryption in use. The receiver can not receive any AP’s signal. There is no encryption in use. Peer-to-Peer / WEP disable The receiver can receive excellent signals. There is no encryption in use. The receiver can not receive any PC’s signal. There is no encryption in use. Peer-to-Peer / WEP enable The receiver can receive excellent signals. Encryption is enabled and matched each other.
(2.) Profile Tab The Profile tab is used to configure the various profiles available to you for wireless connections. The Profile tab contains some of the same fields as the Status tab, but unlike the Status tab, all of the fields in the Profile tab are alterable. Figure 2 shows the screen layout of the profile tab. Figure 2 Profile Tab ˙ Profile Name Allow to give a name to the profile. Any user can add 20 different profiles at most if he wishes.
˙ Restore Defaults Pressing this button restores each field in the panel to its default value. The default value for each field is as below. ˙ Remove Profile Pressing this will delete the current profile. ˙ SSID The identification of BSS (Basic Service Set) is associated with the current profile. The default value is “ANY”. This allows your wireless client to automatically associate to any access point in the vicinity of your wireless client.
˙ Advance Figure 3 Profile Advance Setting ♦RTS Threshold The field allows you to set enable or disable. When the field is set to Enabled, you can adjust the value between 0 to 2432. RTS threshold is a mechanism implemented to prevent the “Hidden Node” problem. “Hidden Node” is a situation in which two stations are within range of the same access point, but are not within range of each other. Thus, it provides a solution to prevent data collisions.
˙ Encryption The Encryption tab is used to equip an additional measure of security on your wireless network, which can be achieved by using WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) encryption. To prevent unauthorized wireless stations from accessing data transmitted over the network, WEP can support high secure data encryption. WEP encrypts each frame transmitted through the radio by using one of the Keys entered from this panel. When an encrypted frame is received, it will only be accepted if it decrypts correctly.
Pass-phrase” method to enter encryption keys. It allows the entry of four keys for 64-bit and 128-bit key according to WEP function select. To be written to the driver and registry, each key must consists of correct digits and letters allowed. The detailed descriptions will be shown as below for these two kinds of methods. ♦Create Key Manually For 64-bit encryption: -- 5 alphanumeric characters in the range of “a-z”, “A-Z”, and “0-9” (e.g. MyKey).
(3.) Survey Tab The Survey tab supports powerful Site-Survey tool to discovery all active wireless devices in the radio range. While selecting this wireless device displayed on the screen, users can press “Connect” button to quick connect the wireless device chosen by users and simultaneously modify the “Default” profile automatically. If users want to update the survey result, they can press “Rescan” button again.
˙ SSID The ESS ID stands for Extended Service Set Identification, and it presents the SSID of the access point. In the peer-to-peer device discovered, all clients should share the same SSID for communication. ˙ BSSID The BSS ID stands for Basic Service Set Identification. During infrastructure mode, it represents the MAC address of the access point. ˙ Mode The discovered device is an access point (AP) or a peer-to-peer (P2P) device.
Figure 6 Statistics Tab ♦TX Count --Byte The total bytes number of any kind of wireless packets. --Fragments The total number of successfully delivered/received MPDUs of type Data or Management. --Unicast Packets The number of wireless unicast (point to point) TX packets.
♦RX Count --Byte The total bytes number of any kind of wireless packets. --Fragments The total number of successfully delivered/received MPDUs of type Data or Management. --Unicast Packets The number of wireless unicast (point to point) RX packets. --Single Retries The number of MSDUs successfully transmitted after one (and only one) retransmission. --Multiple Retries The number of MSDUs successfully transmitted after more than one retransmission.
lack of buffer space on the NIC. (5.) About Tab The About tab is used to show Wireless Client Management Utility version, Serial Number and MAC Address of this Network Interface Card, Network Interface Card Driver version and Network Interface Card firmware version. Users need to use these version numbers when reporting their problems to technique support.
♦Wireless LAN Manager --Utility Version WLAN Management Utility version. --Driver Version Device Driver version and date. --Firmware Primary Version Firmware Primary version and file name. --Firmware Secondary Version Firmware Secondary version and file name. --Network Card Serial Number NIC serial number. --Network Card MAC Address NIC MAC address. 2.2.3 Using the Windows XP Configuration Tool 1. Right-click the network connection icon on the toolbar.
2. On the popup menu, click “Status.” The Wireless Network Connection status box will open. 3. Click “Properties.” The Wireless Network Connection Properties box will open. Click the “Wireless Networks” tab.
4. In the lower section of the screen click “learn about setting up wireless network configuration” an complete the wireless configuration a according to the Help and Support Center instructions. 2.3 Uninstall the WLAN Utility / Driver 1. To exit the WLAN Utility, you should click the right bottom on the Utility icon in the working bar and select “Close”. 2. To uninstall the WLAN Utility and Driver, you can move to Start – Programs –WLAN Management Utility, and click “Un-installation”.
3. You will be asked if you want to uninstall the WLAN Utility and all of its components. 4. Click “Remove” option and “ Next” button.
5. Click “OK” to remove or click “Cancel” to exit. 6. Performing “uninstall” option.
7. Now the un-installation is completed. Please click “Finish”. 3. Troubleshooting If you encounter some problems installing the WLAN PC card, refer to below the procedure after you have installed the card. a. Check the Various Properties of the Card Click the “Device Management” and check whether there is a WLAN card in one of the sockets or not. If there are yellow signs on network card, please check the followings: 1) Check if your notebook supports 3.3V Card.
card. b. Plug the device first and then install the driver/ Utility 1. When you plug the device in USB port, operating system will detect automatically. 2. Search the driver.
3. Select CD-ROM drives and click Next. 4.
5. Driver installation is completed. 6. If you want to install the Utility, double click the in CD-ROM.
