User Manual
Table Of Contents
- Installing and Using the Nortel Networks Wireless LAN Mobile Adapter 2202
- Release 3.0.0.0
- Preface
- Chapter 1 Overview
- Chapter 2 Quick start software installation
- Chapter 3 Driver and utility software installation and uninstallation
- Chapter 4 Configuring basic network settings
- Chapter 5 Configuring network security
- Chapter 6 Upgrading the driver and utility software
- Appendix A Troubleshooting guidelines
- Appendix B Specifications
- Frequency band
- Modulation technique
- Host interface
- Operating channels supported
- Operating voltage
- Power consumption
- Current consumption
- Output power
- Operating systems support ed
- Dimensions
- Security
- Operation mode
- Transfer data rate
- Operating temperature
- Storage temperature
- Humidity
- Compliance standards
- Media access protocol
- Mechanical specification
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Installing and Using the Nortel Networks Wireless LAN Mobile Adapter 2202
Preliminary Draft - Nortel Networks Confidential
Contents
Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Text conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Hard-copy technical manuals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
How to get help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Chapter 1
Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Nortel Networks WLAN - Mobile Adapter 2202 configuration modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Infrastructure (access point) mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Ad hoc mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Added support for Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Product package checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
System requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Mobile Adapter 2202 LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Chapter 2
Quick start software installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Chapter 3
Driver and utility software installation and uninstallation. . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Installing the driver and utility software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Additional installation information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Uninstalling the Mobile Adapter 2202 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Chapter 4
Configuring basic network settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Creating a new network profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Connecting to a network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Managing Auto Profile Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Configuring advanced settings for Windows XP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Chapter 5
Configuring network security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Authentication sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
EAP security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Enabling EAP-TLS security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Enabling EAP-TTLS security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50