802.11g Wireless LAN Card User’s Manual Doc. No.
REGULATORY STATEMENTS FCC Certification The United States Federal Communication Commission (FCC) and the Canadian Department of Communications have established certain rules governing the use of electronic equipment. Part15, Class B This device complies with Part 15 of FCC rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: 1) This device may not cause harmful interface, and 2) This device must accept any interface received, including interface that may cause undesired operation.
Table of Contents INTRODUCTION...................................................................................... 1 WIRELESS NETWORK OPTIONS ................................................................. 1 The Peer-to-Peer Network............................................................ 1 The Access Point Network........................................................... 2 LED INDICATORS FOR WIRELESS CARDBUS CARD .................................. 3 Power Indicator: (Orange LED) ...................
ACCESSING THE CONFIGURATION UTILITY ............................................. 18 MAIN TAB ............................................................................................... 19 ADVANCED TAB ..................................................................................... 24 PRIVACY TAB ......................................................................................... 24 STATISTICS TAB ......................................................................................
INTRODUCTION The 802.11g Wireless LAN Card is a device that allows you connect your computer to a wireless local area network (LAN). A wireless LAN allows your system to use wireless Radio Frequency (RF) technology to transmit and receive data without having to physically attach to the network. The Wireless protocols that come with this product ensure data security and isolation from interference generated by other radio frequencies.
You can also use one computer as an Internet Server to connect to a wired global network and share files and information with other computers via a wireless LAN. The Access Point Network The network installation allows you to share files, printers, and Internet access much more conveniently. With Wireless LAN Cards, you can connect wireless LAN to a wired global network via an Access Point.
LED Indicators For Wireless CardBus Card Power Indicator: (Orange LED) This LED will illuminate when the driver is well-installed. Act Indicator: (Green LED) This LED flickers when transmitting/receiving wireless data.
INSTALLATION Caution: Do not insert the Wireless LAN Card into your computer until the procedures in “Install the Driver & Utility” has been performed. Install the Driver & Utility 3. 4. Exit all Windows programs. Insert the CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive of your computer. If the CD-ROM is not launched automatically, go to your CD-ROM drive (e.g. drive D) and double-click on Setup.exe. The main screen of the CD-ROM opens. Click Driver & Utility Installation to start the installation.
5. When the Welcome screen appears, click Next to continue. 6. The Choose Destination Location screen will show you the default destination chosen by the utility. Click Next to continue.
7. Follow the instruction to select the program folder. Click Next to continue. 8.
Install the device1 Note: Make sure the procedures in “Install the Driver & Utility” has been performed. 1. 2. 3. If you are using the Wireless PCI Card, before installing the device, make sure the computer is turned off. Remove the expansion slot cover from the computer. For Wireless CardBus users, please locate your CardBus slot. Carefully slide the Wireless PCI/CardBus Card into the PCI/CardBus slot. Push evenly and slowly and ensure it is properly seated.
Note for Windows 2000 users: During the installation, when the “Digital Signature Not Found” screen appears, click “Yes” to continue. Note for Windows XP users: 1. Select Install the software automatically (Recommended) and click Next.
3. Click Continue Anyway. 4. Click Finish to complete the installation. Verify Device Installation To verify that the device has been properly installed in your computer and is enabled, go to Start ! Settings ! Control Panel ! System (! Hardware) ! Device Manager. Expand the Network adapters item.
the 802.11g Wireless PCI/CardBus PC Card is listed, it means that your device is properly installed and enabled.
NETWORK CONNECTION Once the driver has been installed, you will need to make adjustments to your network settings. In Windows 98/ME 1. 2. Go to Start ! Settings ! Control Panel ! Network. Make sure that you have all the following components installed. " 802.
If any components are missing, click on the Add button to install them. All of the protocols and clients required (listed above) are provided by Microsoft. 3. Next, highlight the specific network component you need, click Add. 4. Highlight Microsoft, and then double click on the item you want to add. Click OK. After returning to the Network screen, you can make your computer is visible on the network by enabling the File and Print Sharing. 5. Click the Identification tab.
6. Click the Access Control tab. Make sure that “Share-level access control” is selected. If connecting to a Netware server, share level can be set to “User-level access control.
7. When finished, restart your computer to activate the new device. 8. Once the computer has been rebooted, a Logon window will appear and will require you to enter a username and password. Enter a username and password and click OK. Do not click the Cancel button, or you won’t be able to log onto the network. 9. Double-click the Network Neighborhood icon on the windows desktop, and you should see the names of the other PCs on the network. In Windows 2000/XP 1.
2. Make sure that you have all the following components installed. " Client for Microsoft Networks " NWLink NetBIOS " NWLink IPX/SPX/NetBIOS Compatible Transport Protocol " Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) If any components are missing, click on the Install… button to select the Client/Service/Protocol required. 3. After selecting the component you need, click Add… to install.
4. Select the network protocol you wish to add and click OK. This will return you to the Local Area Connections Properties window. 5. To allow your computer to be visible on the network, make sure you have checked off the File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks. 6. When finished, you must restart your computer to complete the installation.
CONFIGURATION After successful installation of the Wireless LAN Card’s driver, a Network Status icon will display in the task bar. You will be able to access the Configuration Utility through the Network Status icon. If the icon doesn’t appear automatically, go to Start ! Programs ! 802.11g WLAN ! 802.11g WLAN Utility, it will appear in the task bar. The Network Status Icon The Network Status Icon will display on the task bar of your desktop and show the current network connection status of your system.
Icon Link Status Connected to network Connecting Driver not loaded Disconnected from network Accessing the Configuration Utility The Configuration Utility is accessed by clicking on the Network Status Icon.
Main Tab The Main tab displays the current status of the Wireless Network Adapter.
Item Status SSID Description utility or other manufacturers’, such as Funk, Odyssey client utility. Disable ：Left this item unchecked to use the utility we provide.XP’s built-in utility Displays the information about the status of the communication. The SSID is the unique name shared among all points in your wireless network. The name must be identical for all devices and points attempting to connect to the same network.
BSSID the BSSID of the Access Point to which the card is associated Connect Highlight one of the device from the list area and press the Connect button to access it. There will be three tabs for you to modify, see the detailed information on page 21. Searches for all available networks. Clicking on the button, the device will start to rescan and list all available sites. Modify Rescan Preferred SSID BSS Type Tx Rate Channel Power Mode IBSS Type in the SSID name of the device you want to connect.
protection 4x Config Mode Profile Tx Power Level ensure mixed 802.11b and 802.11g operation. If there is no such kind of mechanism exists, the two kinds of standards may mutually interfere and decrease network’s performance. NONE：if you select this item , then there will be no any protection provided. CTS only ： Used only in the co-existing environment of 802.11b and 802.11g protection mechanism. Select to disable or enable the TI-Based 4x function. You can select IEEE 802.11b(B-Only), 802.
Fragment Threshold RTS Threshold Preamble Authentication Retry limits Antennas 802.11g version To fragment MSDU or MMPDU into small sizes of frames for increasing the reliability of frame (The maximum value of 4096 means no fragmentation is needed) transmission. The performance will be decreased as well, thus a noisy environment is recommended. This value should remain at its default setting of 4096. Should you encounter inconsistent data flow, only minor modifications of this value are recommended.
Advanced Tab The Advanced tab displays the current status of the Wireless Network Adapter. Privacy Tab Use the Privacy Tab to configure your WEP and CCX settings. WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) and CCX（Cisco Compatible Extension） encryption can be used to ensure the security of your wireless network. If you left External Configuration unchecked in the Main tab(see page 9), functions in the following figure will be enabled.
If you checked External Configuration in the Main tab(see page 10), functions in the following figure will be disabled.
Privacy Mode Configure your NONE 、WEP or CCX settings： NONE：No security defined. WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) is a data security mechanism based on a 40 Bit/128 Bit/256 Bit shared key algorithm. Press the Select button to change WEP configuration. A new dialog window will be opened(see page 26) CCX （ Cisco Compatible Extension ） . It provides user-based, centralized authentication, as well as per-user wired equivalent privacy (WEP) session keys. Press the Select button to change CCX configuration.
Key size key setting from the radio button. Encryption：This setting is the configuration key used in accessing the wireless network via WEP encryption. A key of 10 hexadecimal characters (0-9, A-F) is required if a 64-bit Key Length was selected. A key of 26 hexadecimal characters (0-9, A-F) is required if a 128-bit Key Length was selected. A key of 58 hexadecimal characters (0-9, A-F) is required if a 256-bit Key Length was selected. 40 Bit, 128 Bit or 256 Bit.
name and password or the authentication process will fail. Statistics Tab The Statistics Tab displays the available statistic information including Receive packets, Transmit packets, Association reject packets, Association timeout packets, Authentication reject packets, Authentication timeout packets. About Tab Click on the About tab to view basic version information about the OS Version, Utility Version, Driver Version, Firmware Version and EEPROM Version.
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UNINSTALLATION In case you need to uninstall the Utility and driver, please refer to below steps. (As you uninstall the utility, the driver will be uninstalled as well.) 1. Go to Start ! Programs ! 802.11g WLAN ! Uninstall 802.11g WLAN Utility. 2. Click OK to continue. 3. Select Yes, I want to restart my computer now, and then click Finish to complete the uninstalled procedure.
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