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Regulatory notes and statements Wireless LAN, Health and Authorization for use Radio frequency electromagnetic energy is emitted from Wireless LAN devices. The energy levels of these emissions however are far much less than the electromagnetic energy emissions from wireless devices like for example mobile phones. Wireless LAN devices are safe for use frequency safety standards and recommendations.
FCC Radio Frequency Exposure statement This Wireless LAN radio device has been evaluated under FCC Bulletin OET 65 and found compliant to the requirements as set forth in CFR 47 Sections 2.1091, 2.1093, and 15.247 (b) (4) addressing RF Exposure from radio frequency devices. The radiated output power of this Wireless LAN device is far below the FCC radio frequency exposure limits.
Safety Information Your device contains a low power transmitter. When device is transmitted it sends out radio frequency (RF) signal. CAUTION: To maintain compliance with FCC’s RF exposure guidelines, this equipment should be installed and operated with minimum distance 20cm between the radiator and your body. Use on the supplied antenna. Unauthorized antenna, modification, or attachments could damage the transmitter and may violate FCC regulations.
TABLE OF CONTENT Introduction ...................................................................................................... 1 Purpose........................................................................................................... 1 Terms/Usage .................................................................................................. 1 Overview of this User’s Guide....................................................................... 1 Unpacking and Setup.........................
INTRODUCTION Congratulations on your purchase of this 108Mbps IEEE 802.11g Wireless CardBus Adapter. This manual helps to get familiar with the Wireless CardBus Adapter. This manual contains detailed instructions in operation of this product. Please keep this manual for future reference. With a Wireless (IEEE 802.11g) CardBus Adapter, a laptop computer or a station can communicate with another computer in a wireless way.
UNPACKING AND SETUP This chapter provides unpacking and setup information for the Wireless CardBus Adapter. Unpacking Open the box of the Wireless CardBus Adapter and carefully unpack it. The box should contain the following items: One 108Mbps IEEE 802.11g Wireless CardBus Adapter One Driver & Utility with User’s Guide CD-ROM If any item is found missing or damaged, please contact your local reseller for replacement.
HARDWARE INSTALLATION LED Indicator Power (PWR) The PWR indicator lights green while the Wireless CardBus adapter is connecting to the CardBus or PCMCIA slot, otherwise, it is off. ACT (Activity) The ACT indicator blinks green when the Wireless CardBus Adapter is connected to a network successfully and transmitting data. Otherwise the indicator is off whiles the Wireless LAN is stand by.
SOFTWARE INSTALLATION This section will lead you to install the driver and utility of the Wireless CardBus Adapter. Windows 98se/ME/2000/XP Utility and Driver Installation 1. Insert the Wireless CardBus Adapter Driver & Utility CD-ROM into computer’s CD-ROM Drive and it will automatically run a setup menu and install the driver and the utility. In some specific setting on Windows system, you may need to proceed the software manually, go to your Windows Start menu and choose Run, type “D:\Utility\Setup.
4. The installation program will help you to setup the Wireless CardBus utility. Be noted that the Windows XP have its own Wireless Utility; you can either use the utility of Windows XP or the provided utility. 5.
Wireless Utility Setting With the WLAN CardBus Adapter utility, users can configure all the functions provided by the Wireless Monitor Utility. Double-click the utility icon that appears in the taskbar. The Wireless Monitor Utility includes seven tabs: Status, Configuration, Advanced, Profile, Network, Statistics and About.
Configuration The Configuration function helps you to configure the Network and the Security. Network: the setting of the Network mode, the Network SSID and the Channel: ¾ Network Mode: If you want to connect with an Access Point, please set to “Infrastructure” mode. If you have more stations and just want to set them as local network, please set the mode to “802.11 Ad-Hoc” mode.
¾ Authentication Mode: Auto: Will automatically adjust to the Authentication mode of the WLAN CardBus Adapter. Open System: with the same WEP key between the stations, the stations don’t need to be authenticated, and this algorithm was set to default. Shared Key: with the same WEP key between the stations in this Authentication algorithm, this type will use packets with encryption by transferring a challenge text which will be acknowledge by both side of the stations.
WPA-PSK: WPA-PSK (Wi-Fi Protected Access pre-shared key) is a simpler version that does not support 802.1x and requires a separate RADIUS server for mutual authentication. Enter a Passphrase in the WPA-PSK dialog box. This Passphrase must be the same on each computer that is connected to the wireless network.
WPA2-PSK: WPA-PSK2 (Wi-Fi Protected Access pre-shared key) is a simpler version that does not support 802.1x and requires a separate RADIUS server for mutual authentication. Enter a Passphrase in the WPA2-PSK dialog box. This Passphrase must be the same on each computer that is connected to the wireless network. It is recommended to select “Auto” if you are not familiar with the setting. ¾ Encryption Mode: There are two kinds of encryption mode, WEP encryption and WPA-Passphrase..
¾ Key Length, Key Format and WEP Key: If you select 64bit in Hex format, you must type 10 values in the following range (0~F, hexadecimal), or 64bit in ASCII format, you must type 5 values in the following range (0~9, A~Z and a~z Alphanumeric). If you select 128bit in Hex format, you must type 26 values (0~F, hexadecimal), or 128bit in ASCII format, you must type 13 values in the following range (0~9, A~Z and a~z Alphanumeric).
¾ Wireless Mode: You can check of the wireless modes; 802.11b, 802.11g and SuperG: IEEE 802.11b: checked to support IEEE 802.11b wireless mode, at this mode the bandwidth is up to 11Mbps. IEEE 802.11g: checked to support IEEE 802.11g wireless mode, at this mode the bandwidth is up to 54Mbps. SuperG: checked this mode to support Super-G wireless mode, at this mode the bandwidth is up to 108Mbps. ¾ Power Saving: To set your Wireless CardBus Adapter as power saving mode, select “Off”, “Normal” or “Maximum”.
¾ RTS/CTS Threshold: The RTS/CTS Threshold is a station initiates the process by sending a RTS frame, the other ends receives the RTS and responds with a CTS frame, the station must receive a CTS frame before sending the data frame. This is to prevent the collisions by each station. Choose a setting within a range of 256 to 2432. It is recommended limiting a long packet to prevent each station waiting too long to transmit a data.
Network The screen shows all the Wireless devices around your Wireless CardBus Adapter. The information of the wireless devices includes the SSID, MAC Address, Channels, Signal, the Security type and the Network mode. You can click the Rescan button to find the new wireless devices, and double-click the device to choose the wireless station that you want to connect with. Statistic The Statistic section shows the real-time transmit and receive packets of the CardBus Adapter.
About The About section shows the Device Name, Regulatory Domain, Driver Version, Firmware Version, MAC Address and the Utility version.
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS General Radio Technology IEEE 802.11b Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum (DSSS) IEEE 802.11g Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) Interface CardBus Type II specification 32bit data bus Data Transfer Rate 1, 2, 5.5, 6, 9, 11, 12, 18, 24, 36, 48, 54Mbps (auto sense) Receiver Sensitivity 54Mbps: Typical -73dBm @ 10% PER (Packet Error Rate) 11Mbps: Typical -85dBm @ 8% PER (Packet Error Rate) Transmit Rate 802.11g: 14dBm typically 802.
