NETGEAR HA311 802.
FCC WARNING This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provife 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.
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Introduction Thank you for purchasing the NETGEAR HA311 802.11a Wireless PCI Adapter. This wireless PCI adapter enables you to network various PC’s together without physically laying any wire and delivers high-speed wireless performance – up to 54 Mbps, 72 Mbps in turbo mode. It provides small business networks with reliable, standards-based 802.11a LAN connectivity that is protected with industry-standard security against unauthorized access. NETGEAR's 802.
What’s In the Box When you open the box, verify that you received everything. The package includes: • HA311 802.11a Wireless PCI Adapter • HA311 Resource CD-ROM, including a full reference guide • HA311 Installation Guide (this document) • Warranty and registration card • Support information card If you don’t have everything listed above, see the Support information card for contact information. If the support information card is missing, go to www.NETGEAR.com/support_contacts.
1 Determine the Network Configuration To set up the wireless PCI adapter, you need to determine the network setting of your wireless network. Are you running the wireless network in ad-hoc mode or infrastructure mode? There are two modes of configuring your wireless PCI adapter: ad-hoc mode or infrastructure mode. In an ad-hoc wireless network, there is no access point. Each node communicates with any other node directly. (A node is a network connection point. For example, a PC in a LAN is a node.
What is the WEP Encryption key? The absence of a physical connection between nodes makes the wireless links vulnerable to information theft. To provide a certain level of security from eavesdroppers and hackers, you can enable WEP encryption. The following information is needed to determine the WEP encryption level. Note : The Shared Key, as well as the key content used by the HA311 Wireless PCI adapter and the wireless access point or other wireless nodes in the same network, must be the same.
Shared Key (1 of 4): _____________________ Key Size (64, 128, or 152 bits): ___________________ Key Value (Hex 0-9 A-F): ______________________________________________________________
2 Install the Wireless PCI adapter After unpacking the box and determining all the configuration information, you’re ready to install the wireless PCI adapter. Install the Wireless PCI adapter The HA311 Wireless PCI adapter requires a PCI slot in your computer. You must turn off your computer and open the computer before installing the HA311 Wireless PCI Adapter. You must install the HA311 Wireless PCI adapter before installing the network driver.
4. In the next Found New Hardware Wizard window, select the “CD-ROM drives” search option and click “Next”. 5. In the Found New Hardware Wizard window, make sure that the driver name is “D:\netha311.inf” assuming that the driver letter for the CD-ROM drive is “D:”. (You 6. should see the correct drive letter that represents your PC’s CD-ROM.) Click “Yes” when asked if you still want to install the driver when it is not digitally signed.
7. Click “Finish” at the final Found New Hardware wizard window.
Verify the Driver Installation 1. 2. Right-click the “My Computer” icon on the Windows 2000 desktop. Click and select “Properties” from the pull-down menu. 3. 4. 5. Click on the “Hardware” folder tab. Click the “Device Manager” button. Double-click “Network Adapters”. 6. 7. Double-click “NETGEAR HA311 Wireless PCI adapter”. The pop-up window should indicate that the device is working properly.
3 Install the Wireless Configuration Utility A wireless LAN configuration utility is provided to give you information on your wireless network, such as signal quality, and to allow you to modify the various configurable parameters of the PC Card. Install the wireless LAN utility 1. Insert the HA311 Resource CD-ROM in the CD-ROM drive. From the Windows 2000 desktop, open “My Computer”. Double-click the CD-ROM drive letter to look into the 2. contents of the CD-ROM.
bHA311 Configuration/status utility icon Icon color Ad -hoc mode Infrastructure mode Red The wireless PCI adapter has not Either the wireless PCI adapter is not able to link to any access point, or initiated communication with the link between the wireless PCI adapter and the access point is lost. any other wireless node Yellow N/A The link condition between the wireless PCI adapter and the associated access point is weak.
4 Configure Wireless Parameters for the Adapter Double-click the wireless SysTray icon to activate the wireless PCI adapter configuration utility for the HA311 Wireless PCI adapter. You can click on the folder tabs in the window to modify any wireless parameter. The configurable parameters of the HA311 Wireless PCI adapter are shown here. Follow the parameters determined previously to configure the wireless PCI adapter.
The following screen shot shows a wireless PCI adapter card that’s properly configured in infrastructure mode and connected to an access point. Note: Users of Windows 98 or Me must reboot after making any configuration changes in the HA311 Configuration Utility.
Note: Users of Windows XP will have increased configuration capability if they use the HA311 802.11a Configuration Utility instead of using Windows XP to configure the wireless network settings. The Zero Configuration feature can be disabled in the Wireless Network Connection Properties window by uncheck the “Use windows to configure my wireless network settings” default setting.
5 Test the Connection The end panel of the HA311 Wireless PCI adapter has two lights (LEDs): Power and Network that let you monitor the status of your wireless network: LED Activity Meaning of LED Activity Alternate blinking Looking for a network association Slow-rate blinking Associated or joined with the network; no activity Fast-rate blinking Associated or joined with the network; activity on the network Both of the LED’s on the HA311 Wireless PCI adapter should be blinking together (not alte
Troubleshooting Problem No lights are lit on the wireless PCI adapter Cause The wireless card driver is not inserted into the PCI slot properly Or the proper HA311 wireless PCI adapter driver is not loaded. Solution • Remove and reinsert the wireless PCI adapter. • Check the device manager in Windows to see if the adapter card is properly recognized in the Windows operating system. Reload the driver if necessary.
Specifications General Description: HA311 802.11a Wireless PCI adapter Radio Data Rate: 6,9,12,18,24,36,48,54,72 Mbps (Auto rate capable) Modulation Type: OFDM (BPSK, QPSK, 16-QAM, 64-QAM) Frequency Band: 5.15 ~ 5.25 GHz (lower band) for US/Canada, Japan 5.25 ~ 5.35 GHz (middle band) for US/Canada Encryption: Hardware-based 64, 128, & 152-bit WEP encryption Standards Compatibility: IEEE 802.11 Operating Range: Indoor Outdoor @6 Mbps 165 ft. @ 6 Mbps 132 ft. @ 54 Mbps @54 Mbps 60 ft.
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This device is restricted to indoor use due to its operation in the 5.15 to 5.25 GHz frequency range. FCC requires this product to be used indoors for the frequency range 5.15 to 5.25 GHz to reduce the potential for harmful interference to co-channel Mobile Satellite systems. High power radars are allocated as primary users of the 5.25 to 5.35 GHz and 5.65 to 5.85 GHz bands. These radar stations can cause interference with and /or damage this device.
