GN-WI01HT IEEE 802.11a/b/g Mini-PCI Wireless LAN Card User’s Manual http://www.gigabyte.com.tw Rev. 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.
This device is intended only for OEM integrators under the following conditions: 1) The antenna must be installed such that 20 cm is maintained between the antenna and users, and 2)The antenna should use a unique coupling to ensure that no antenna other than that funished by the responsible party shall be used with the device. As long as 2 conditions above are met, further transmitter test will not be required.
Contents CHAPTER 1 PRODUCT OVERVIEW 1 1-1. INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................1 1-2. FEATURES...............................................................................................................................1 1-3. PHYSICAL DIMENSIONS /PACKAGING ......................................................................................1 1-4. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS ...........................................
Chapter 1 Product Overview 1-1. Introduction This 802.11a/b/g Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) card is composed of the MAC, Baseband, and radio components, MiniPCI interface, and two antenna connectors for supporting antenna diversity. It operates in 5GHz and 2.4GHz frequency bands, providing fast (up to 108Mbps) and secure (support AES, 802.1x & WEP, and WPA) connections to 802.11a, 802.11b and 802.11g networks from a single card. 1-2. Features n n n n n n n n Conforms to IEEE 802.11a, IEEE 802.
Chapter 2 Installing the WLAN Card 2-1. Installing The Driver & Utility (Win98SE/ME) Step 1: Click “Next”, and Insert our setup CD into your CDROM drive. Step 2: Click “Search for the best driver for your device” , and Click “Next”.
Win ME Step 3: Click “Specify a location” , Click “Browse” , Click “CD-ROM Device:” , Select the directory “\Inf\Win98(Win Me)”, and Click “Next”.
Win 98 SE Step 4: Click “Next”.
Step 5: Click “Finish”. Step 6: Click “No”. Step 7: Click “Install Wireless LAN Utility”.
Step 8: Click “Next” (Win 98 SE only). Step 9: Click “I accept this agreement” , and Click “Next” (Win 98 SE only).
Step 10: Click “Next” (Win 98 SE only). Step 11: Click “Finish” (Win 98 SE only). Step 12: Click “OK” (Win 98 SE only).
Step 13: Click “Finish” and Reboot you computer. 2-2.
Win XP Step 2: Insert our setup CD into your CDROM drive, the following window will pop up. Step 3: Click “Install Wireless LAN Utility”.
Step 4: Click “Finish”. Step 5: Click “Yes”.
Step 6: Click “Yes”.
Chapter 3 Using The Utility The Configuration & Monitor Utility is a powerful application that helps you to configure the card and monitor the statistics of the communication link. Unlike the standard method of configuring the card via the operating system utilities (e.g. Control Panel), this application permits the dynamic modification of the configuration parameters while the card is operating. It also offers some more configuration options.
Figure 3-3. Current link status of the wireless LAN card If you want to turn off the card’s radio, click the radio icon at the bottom of the screen, (see Fig 3-4) shows the result Click “Yes” (see Figure 3-5). Just click it again to turn on the radio. Click “Yes” (see Figure 3-6). In order to exit, click the “X” button at the bottom of the screen (see Figure 3-4).
Figure 3-4. Turn off the card’s radio Figure 3-5 Disabled WLAN Card. Figure 3-6 Enabled WLAN Card. Other items reports the following information: Association State: The field shows you if WLAN card is communicating with an access point or peer-to peer group. When the card’s network mode is set to Ad Hoc, you can select a channel from the AD Hoc channel drop-down menu for your Ad Hoc group to use.
MAC Address: This card’s physical address. Channel [Freq]: The current channel and center frequency used by the WLAN card. Security: The current security setting. IP Address: WLAN Card IP Address. Profile: various wireless settings for different environments. SSID: Wireless network name. This is the wireless network name expressed as text string that all members within the same network share. Devices that don’ t share the same network name cannot communicate with each other.
3-2. Site Survey The “Site Survey” tab shows you the list of reachable access points and/or peer-to-peer stations. In Fig 3-7, the card one 802.11b and three 802.11g wireless devices. Figure 3-7. Reachable access points and/or peer-to-peer stations Other items reports the following information: SSID: Wireless network name. BSSID: Basic service set identification. (Security): (Encrypt data) or not Signal Strength: It shows the received signal strength from the detected wireless device.
3-3. Configuration The “Configuration” Tab contains several fields where operating parameters of the driver can be viewed or changed. Just click “APPLY” button, changes to any of the parameters in this panel can be applied to the driver without the need to reset the WLAN card. (see Figure 3-8) 3-3-1. Basic setting: Profile Name: You can save various wireless settings for different environments. : Use Profile, : Available Profile.
Figure 3-9 Click “Advance” button to enter the advance configuration screen (see Figure 3-10). Figure 3-10. Advance configuration screen Power Saving: The card supports advanced power management to extend battery life. a. When set to “off ”: the card does not use the power saving mechanism. b. When set to “Normal ”: the card enters into sleep status when it is inactive and only wakes up periodically to receive some messages from the access point. c.
802.11b Preamble: Specifies “Short & Long”, or “Long Only” preamble. Allows ad hoc compatibility with other 2.4GHz devices. Transmit Power Level: Select 100%, 50%, 25%, 12.5%, or lowest transmit power. 3-3-3. Security setting: Click “Modify” and “Security” button (see Figure 3-11) Figure 3-11 This card provides five security options: No security, WEP encryption, WPA-PSK, WPA security and 802.1x security architecture. 3-3-3-1.
Figure 3-12. Configure WEP Key To configure your encryption key, please follow these steps: 1. Select a Key Entry Method (Hex or ASCII). 2. Enter one unique encryption key and its key length. 3. Enter one to four different shared keys and their individual key length. n For 64-bit encryption, enter 10 digitals by Hex or 5 characters by ASCII. n For 128-bit encryption, enter 26 digitals by Hex or 13 characters by ASCII. n For 152-bit encryption, enter 32 digitals by Hex or 16 characters by ASCII. 4.
used to control access to wired and wireless networks and dynamically provide keys for encryption. To use this function, an access point with its WPE or 802.1X function is required to act as an intermediary between WLAN card and the network’s RADIUS (Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service) server. The access point blocks all traffic from the card until the server has authenticated it. please follow these steps: Step 1: Download Certificate. Step 2: please click “WPA “ or “802.
Step 3: Setup Wireless LAN card(see Figure 3-16), Click ”Use Windows to configure” to cancel the schedule and Click OK . Figure 3-16.
3-4. Statistics The “Statistics” tab shows you the number of packets sent and received by the card(see Figure 3-17). Figure 3-17.
3-5. Driver Info The “Driver Info” tab shows you the information of the card’s driver(see Figure 3-18). Figure 3-18.
Chapter 4 Troubleshooting This troubleshooting guide provides answers to some common problems which you may encounter while installing or using GIGABYTE WLAN card products. These problems requires simple troubleshooting that you can perform by yourself. Contact the WLAN Technical Support if you encounter problems not mentioned in this section. u You are “802.1x”, “WPA” and “WPA-PSK” can not be selected l If the utility shows the following window and the security option “802.
l l encryption is enabled, set the same WEP or WPA keys for the WLAN and AP. Make sure the network protocol parameters (IP address, subnet mask, gateway, and DNS) of your computer are correctly set. Check the proxy settings of the WEB browser. u I always have poor link quality and low signal l l Keep the WLAN card away from microwave ovens and large metal objects to avoid radio interference. Shorten the distance between the WLAN card and the AP or station.
Chapter 5 Specification 1. System Host Interface MiniPCI Type III B Operating Voltage 3.3V 2. RF Performance 802.
*This specification is subject to change without notice.
