User Manual

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1 Introduction
The KAI-LINK KWL-210/220 is a Wireless LAN Card with a rate
of 1, 2, 5.5, and 11 Mbps operating in the ISM band using Direct
Sequence Spread Spectrum (DSSS) transmission,
implementing the IEEE 802.11b standard. For these card
KAI-LINK currently provides Device Drivers for MS
Windows® 95/98/2000, Windows® NT 4.0,and Windows CE.
Linux Drivers will be supported soon.
KAI-LINK also provides tools for the configuration and firmware
upgrade of the cards. These tools, as well as the installation
procedure for the MS Windows 95/98/2000, MS Windows®
NT4.0, operating systems are described in this document.
Two pieces of software are needed, in order to install the
adapter in a PCMCIA card or USB adapter slot of a PC and
operate under an operating system. The first one is the driver,
which provides the necessary mechanisms to the operating
system in order to use the adapter as any other networking
adapters. The driver communicates with the firmware using
exchange of commands (Set MIB, Get MIB, Scan, Sync, etc.).
The other piece of software needed is the code written on the
MAC chip, which is responsible for the implementation of the
IEEE 802.11b, and for the interface with driver.