IEEE802.11g Cardbus Wireless LAN Card Date of Issue: APR.
Table of Contents Chapter 1 About IEEE802.11g Cardbus Wireless LAN Card............. 3 1-1 Features and Benefits ...................................................................................................3 1-2 Applications .................................................................................................................3 1-3 Product Kit...................................................................................................................5 1-4 About IEEE802.
Chapter 1 About IEEE802.11g Cardbus Wireless LAN Card The IEEE802.11g Cardbus Wireless LAN Card is an enhanced high-performance, that supports high-speed wireless networking at home, or at office. IEEE802.11g Cardbus Wireless LAN Card is able to communicate with any 802.11b and 802.11g compliant products. 1-1 Features and Benefits 1. Supports 1, 2, 5.5, 11 Mbps and up to 54Mbps data rate. 2. Working range up to 800 ft. in an open environment. 3.
3. Frequently changing environments Retailers, manufacturers and those who frequently rearrange the workplace and change location. 4. Temporary LANs for special projects or peak time - Trade shows, exhibitions and construction sites where a temporary network will be practical. - Retailers, airline and shipping companies need additional workstations during peak period. - Auditors requiring workgroups at customer sites. 5.
1-3 Product Kit IEEE802.11g Cardbus Wireless LAN Card comes with the following items. Please go through each item below. If any of listed items appears to be damaged or missing, please contact your local dealer. IEEE802.11g Cardbus Wireless LAN Card l l l IEEE802.11g Cardbus Wireless LAN Card….…………….………………….….….. x 1 802.11g PC Card Software and Documentation CD ………………….….... x1 IEEE802.11g Cardbus Wireless LAN Card Quick Installation Guide…….…..…..… x 1 1-4 About IEEE802.
Chapter 2 Getting Started This chapter describes the instructions that guide you through the proper installation of your IEEE802.11g Cardbus Wireless LAN Card for the Windows XP/2000/ME/98SE operating systems. The complete installation of the IEEE802.11g Cardbus Wireless LAN Card consists of the following steps: STEP 1: Insert your IEEE802.11g Cardbus Wireless LAN Card into your notebook. STEP 2: Install the corresponding driver and utility. STEP 3: Set basic settings. STEP 4: Finish Installation.
Chapter 3 Install Driver for Windows This section describes the installation of the IEEE802.11g Cardbus Wireless LAN Card driver for the Windows 98SE/ME/2000 and Windows XP operating systems. The installation procedures for Windows XP refer to 3-1 Set up IEEE802.11g Cardbus Wireless LAN Card for Windows XP; for Windows 2000 please see 3-2 Set up IEEE802.11g Cardbus Wireless LAN Card for Windows 2000; for Windows 98SE/ME refer to 3-3 Set up IEEE802.11g Cardbus Wireless LAN Card for Windows 98SE/ME.
Step 2: Insert the Product CD-ROM into the appropriate drive. Click on Next to install the driver. Step 3: The windows will appear the message about the IEEE802.11g Cardbus Wireless LAN Card has not passed Windows Logo testing to verify its compatibility with Windows XP. Click on Continue Anyway button to continue installing.
Step 4: The windows will find “IEEE802.11g Cardbus Wireless LAN Card” and start copying corresponding files into the system. Click on Next to continue. Step 5: Click Finish to complete the installation.
Step 6: Right click “My Computer” from Start, select Properties, go to the Hardware tab and click the Device Manager button to see if any exclamation mark appears next to the Network Adapter/IEEE 802.11g Wireless Network Cardbus Adapter. If no, your IEEE802.11g Cardbus Wireless LAN Card is working well. Check if there is exclamation mark next to the IEEE802.11g Wireless Network Cardbus Adapter After installing the IEEE802.
For more information on using the automatic wireless network configuration please refer to Windows XP Help file. Warning: You must choose one way to configure Wireless LAN PCI Card either of using our WLAN Utility by un-checking this check box or using Windows XP Automatic Wireless Network Configuration first by checking this check box.
However, the WLAN Utility, which comes with the IEEE802.11g Cardbus Wireless LAN Card, provides you more tools to configure the IEEE802.11g Cardbus Wireless LAN Card and monitor the wireless connection. For more information on installing and using the WLAN Utility, please refer to the following sections “Installation of the WLAN Utility” and “Usage of the WLAN Utility”. Note: To use the WLAN utility under Windows XP, you need to disable the Automatic Wireless Network Configuration first.
3-2 Set up IEEE802.11g Cardbus Wireless LAN Card for Windows 2000 Step 1: After inserting the IEEE802.11g Cardbus Wireless LAN Card into the PCI slot on your notebook, Windows will auto-detect the IEEE802.11g Cardbus Wireless LAN Card. Step 2: A “Found New Hardware Wizard” window shows up. Click Next to proceed.
Step 3: Select “Search for a suitable driver for my device (recommended)”. Step 4: Insert the Product CD-ROM into the appropriate drive. Click on Next to install the driver.
Step 5: The windows will find “IEEE802.11g Cardbus Wireless LAN Card”. Click on Next to continue. Step 6: The windows will appear the message about the Microsoft digital signature affirms that software has not been tested with Windows and that the software has not been altered since it was tested. Click on Yes button to continue installing.
Step 7: Click Finish to complete the installation. Step 8: Open Control Panel/System/Device Manager, and check Network Adapters to see if any exclamation mark appears. If no, your IEEE802.11g Cardbus Wireless LAN Card is working well. Check if there is exclamation mark next to the IEEE802.
3-3 Set up IEEE802.11g Cardbus Wireless LAN Card for Windows 98SE/ ME Step 1: After inserting the IEEE802.11g Cardbus Wireless LAN Card into the PCI slot on your notebook, Windows will auto-detect new hardware and will display an “Add New Hardware Wizard” window. Click Next to continue. Step 2: Select “Search for the best driver for your device (Recommended)” and click Next.
Step 3: Insert the Product CD-ROM into the appropriate drive. Click on Next to install the driver. Step 4: The Windows will find “IEEE802.11g Cardbus Wireless LAN Card”. Click Next to continue.
Step 5: Once the [Please insert the disk labeled ‘Windows 98 Second Edition CD-ROM/ME CD-ROM”, and then click OK] window appears, insert and enter the path corresponding to the appropriate drives and click OK. Usually these files can be found at C:Windows or C:Windows\system. Step 6: Click Finish to complete the software installation. Step 7: Restart the computer.
Step 8: Open Control Panel/System/Device Manager, and check Network Adapters to see if any exclamation mark appears next to the IEEE802.11g Cardbus Wireless LAN Card. If no, your IEEE802.11g Cardbus Wireless LAN Card is working well. Check if there is exclamation mark next to the IEEE802.
Chapter 4 Configure the IEEE802.11g Cardbus Wireless LAN Card This chapter gives you assistance with detailed configuration for the IEEE802.11g Cardbus Wireless LAN Card under Windows XP/2000/98SE/ME. 4-1 Install the WLAN Utility To install the WLAN Utility, follow these steps: Step 1: Insert the Product CD-ROM. Step 2: Go to the utility folder and run setup.exe. Step 3: The InstallShield Wizard will show up and guide you through the rest of the setup process.
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Upon completion, go to Program Files and run the WLAN Utility and its icon will appear in the System Tray in the bottom right corner of your task bar. Clicking on the icon will open the configuration window. When you minimize the window, the system tray icon will be loaded in the System Tray again. The color behind the system tray icon indicates the link status: Blue indicates a good or excellent link. Yellow indicates a usable but weak link. Red indicates no or very poor link quality.
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Profile The Profile field allows you to set values for all parameters by selecting a previously defined profile. To create the profile, go to the Profile field, type a profile name and set the corresponding parameters. If one of the profiles is no longer used, you may remove it by clicking the Delete button. After changing parameters, save the profile and click the Apply button to take effect. You can have multiple profiles and modify the profile at any time.
Transmit Rate The IEEE802.11g Cardbus Wireless LAN Card provides various data rate options for you to select. Data rates options include 1Mbps, 2 Mbps, 5.5 Mbps, 11Mbps, 6Mbps, 9Mbps, 12 Mbps, 18Mbps, 24Mbps, 36Mbps, 48Mbps, 54Mbps and, Fully Auto. In most networking scenarios, you will see that the factory-set default “Fully Automatic” will prove the most efficient. This setting will allow your IEEE802.11g Cardbus Wireless LAN Card to operate at the maximum data rate.
Create Encryption Keys Using a Passphrase (128bit) Create Encryption Keys Manually You can also create encryption keys manually by clicking the Create Keys Manually check box. For 64bit encryption you may choose: n Alphanumeric: 5 characters (case sensitive) ranging from “a-z”, “A-Z” and “0-9” (e.g. MyKey) n Hexadecimal: 10 hexadecimal digits in the range of “A-F”, “a-f” and “0-9” (e.g.
Create Encryption Keys Manually (64bit) Warning: The WEP key must be set up exactly the same on the Wireless LAN stations as they are on the wireless Access Points. If you set “MyKey” for the IEEE802.11g Cardbus Wireless LAN Card, the same WEP Key “MyKey” must be assigned to the Access Point or other stations. Note: Different factories would have some different WEP setting. Therefore, before setting access point or PCC WEP, please refer to manual respectively.
Link Quality: Based on the quality of the received signal of the Access Point beacon. There are 5 states of link quality: 100%~80%: Excellent link. 80%~60%: Good link quality. 60%~40%: Fair link quality. Under 40%: Poor or no connection. Signal Strength: Based on the received signal strength measurement of the baseband processor of the Beacon signal. Same as link quality, there are 5 states of signal strength: 100%~80%: Excellent signal strength. 80%~60%: Good signal strength. 60%~40%: Fair signal strength.
The About item shows the versions of the Wireless LAN Utility, driver, firmware of the IEEE802.11g Cardbus Wireless LAN Card. Also, the MAC address and frequency domain are displayed. Advance Setting Advance Options The Advance configuration provides advance function about network environment if you want to know more detail of the Advanced configuration. Please consults administrator. The WLAN Utility also offers the advanced configuration for user to set the IEEE802.
Power Management The Power Save option is designed to conserve battery life of you computer. When Power Save is enabled, your IEEE802.11g Cardbus Wireless LAN Card will go into sleep mode to minimize power consumption. Warning: When power saving mode is enabled, the Access Points you use need to support power saving as well so that the communication can be established. RTS Threshold RTS Threshold is a mechanism implemented to prevent the “Hidden Node” problem.
Frag. Threshold Fragmentation mechanism is used for improving the efficiency when high traffic flows along in the wireless network. If your IEEE802.11g Cardbus Wireless LAN Card often transmit large files in wireless network, you can enable the Fragmentation Threshold by clicking the Enable button and the mechanism will split the packet. 1500. The default value is Disable. The value can be set from 256 to IRQ NO/IO Address To avoid device conflict, you may modify the IRQ No.
Limited Warranty This Warranty constitutes the sole and exclusive remedy of any buyer or reseller’s equipment and the sole and exclusive liability of the supplier in connection with the products and is in lieu of all other warranties, express, implied or statutory, including, but not limited to, any implied warranty of merchantability of fitness for a particular use and all other obligations or liabilities of the supplier.
FCC Information This device, 56Mbps WLAN Card bus (model no.: XG-350), complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received; including interference that may cause undesired operation.
Please complete the information below and include it along with your products. Name: Title: Company: Telephone: Fax: Email: City/State/Zipcode: Country: Product Name: Serial Number: MAC Address: Invoice Date: Product Description: If you have any further questions, please contact your local authorized reseller for support.
