ZyAIR 100 Wireless PC Card User’s Guide Version 1.
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ZyAIR 100 Wireless PC Card Federal Communications Commission(FCC) Interference Statement This device complies with Part 15 of FCC rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: This device may not cause harmful interference. This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operations. This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules.
ZyAIR 100 Wireless PC Card Information for Canadian Users The Industry Canada label identifies certified equipment. This certification means that the equipment meets certain telecommunications network protective, operation and safety requirements. The Industry Canada does not guarantee that the equipment will operate to a user's satisfaction. Before installing this equipment, users should ensure that it is permissible to be connected to the facilities of the local telecommunications company.
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ZyAIR 100 Wireless PC Card Table of Contents Copyright...................................................................................................................................................ii Federal Communications Commission(FCC) Interference Statement................................................iii Information for Canadian Users.............................................................................................................iv ZyXEL Limited Warranty .............................
ZyAIR 100 Wireless PC Card Problems During Driver Installation ...................................................................................................5-1 Problems With the Utility Configuration ............................................................................................5-2 Problems With Access Point Settings .................................................................................................5-2 Problems Communicating With the Computer ................................
ZyAIR 100 Wireless PC Card List of Figures Figure 2-1 Inserting the ZyAIR 100 into Notebook Computer............................................................2-2 Figure 4-1 Utility - Configuration .......................................................................................................4-3 Figure 4-2 Utility - WEP Encription ...................................................................................................4-4 Figure 4-3 Utility - Advanced Configuration ......................
ZyAIR 100 Wireless PC Card Preface About Your ZyAIR 100 Congratulations on your purchase of the ZyAIR 100 Wireless PC Card. Online Registration Do not forget to register your ZyAIR 100 (fast, easy online registration at www.zyxel.com) for free future product updates and information.
ZyAIR 100 Wireless PC Card Our Quick Start Guide is designed to help you get up and running right away. It contains a detailed easy-to-follow setup steps, default settings, handy checklists and information on setting up your network using the ZyAIR 100 utility. Glossary Please refer to www.zyxel.com for an online glossary of networking terms. ZyXEL Web Site The ZyXEL download library at www.zyxel.com contains additional support documentation.
Getting Started Part I: GETTING STARTED Chapters 1 to 3 are structured as a step-by-step guide to help you connect, install and setup your ZyAIR 100 to operate on your notebook computer.
ZyAIR 100 Wireless PC Card Chapter 1 Getting to Know Your ZyAIR 100 This chapter introduces the main features and applications of the ZyAIR 100. 1.1 Introduction The ZyAIR 100 is an 11 Mbps IEEE 802.11(b) Wireless PC Card and that has a standard PCMCIA adapter which fits into any standard PCMCIA Type II notebook computer slot. Its 11 Mbps data rate gives equivalent Ethernet speed to access corporate networks or the Internet in a wireless environment.
ZyAIR 100 Wireless PC Card 1.3 Applications The ZyAIR offers fast, reliable and cost-effective solutions for wireless networks. They include: Remote Access to Corporate Network Information For email, file transfer and terminal emulation access. Difficult to Wire Environments For use in historical or old buildings, asbestos installations and open areas where wiring is impossible to deploy.
ZyAIR 100 Wireless PC Card Chapter 2 Hardware Installation This chapter shows you how to install the hardware. 2.1 System Requirements PCMCIA Type II slot PCMCIA card and socket service that is Revision 2.1-compliant to PCMCIA specification (or higher) Windows® 95 (OSR2)/98/NT 4.0/2000/ME/XP Operating System. (You must have the actual OS dick for Windows 95/98) 500 Kbytes free hard disk space (minimum) for driver and utility program installation. 2.
ZyAIR 100 Wireless PC Card Figure 2-1 Inserting the ZyAIR 100 into your Notebook Computer The PCMCIA slot allows “hot swapping” of PCMCIA adapter, allowing you to insert or remove the ZyAIR 100 from the slot whenever you like even when power to your computer is on. However, you should always disable the ZyAIR 100 prior to card removal to allow Windows® to log off from the network server. Disable the ZyAIR 100 properly and disconnect power to the PC Card slot.
ZyAIR 100 Wireless PC Card Chapter 3 Software Installation This chapter shows you how to install the ZyAIR 100 driver for Windows® 95 (OSR2)/98/NT 4.0/2000/XP Operating Systems. 3.1 Windows® 95 (OSR2)/98/ME Setup Before starting driver installation, make sure that the ZyAIR 100 has been inserted into a standard type II PCMCIA slot on your notebook computer. Step 1. Insert the ZyAIR 100 into an avialable PCMCIA slot in your notebook computer.
ZyAIR 100 Wireless PC Card Step 2. Select Search for the best driver for your device and then click Next. Step 3. Insert the Support CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive and specify the location of the driver, then click Next.
ZyAIR 100 Wireless PC Card Step 4. Click Next to continue. Step 5. Click Next to install the necessary driver.
ZyAIR 100 Wireless PC Card Step 6. Select the parameters for the ZyAIR 100, then click OK. (Refer to the next chapter for parameter definitions). Step 7. Click Finish.
ZyAIR 100 Wireless PC Card Step 8. Click Yes to restart your computer. Step 9. Click Start, then Control Panel, System and then the Device Manager tab. Double-click Network Adapters. If no error icon appears, then your ZyAIR 100 has been successfully installed. If you see an error message, then refer to the Troubleshooting section.
ZyAIR 100 Wireless PC Card Step 10. Click OK. 3.2 Windows® NT 4.0 Setup Before starting driver installation, make sure that the ZyAIR 100 has been inserted into a standard type II PCMCIA slot on your notebook computer. Step 1. 3-6 Login as Administrator.
ZyAIR 100 Wireless PC Card Step 2. Click Start, then Control Panel. Double-click Network click on the Adapters tab and then click Add. Step 3. Select Others, or click Have Disk.
ZyAIR 100 Wireless PC Card Step 4. Insert the Support CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive and specify the location of the driver. Step 5. Click OK. Windows will attempt to locate the INF file in the path specified. If you have entered the path correctly, Windows will copy the appropriate drivers onto your computer.
ZyAIR 100 Wireless PC Card Step 6. In the ZyAIR 100 setup select the appropriate Channel, Network Type and ESSID manually according to the default setting in the next figure. You may change it later according to your needs. Click OK to continue.
ZyAIR 100 Wireless PC Card Step 7. Click Start, then Control Panel. Double-click Network, click on the Adapters tab, then click Properties. Specify each parameters required for the network to operate on such as IP Address, Subnet Mask and Default Gateway. Step 8. Click Yes to restart your computer.
ZyAIR 100 Wireless PC Card Step 9. 3.3 To find out if the ZyAIR 100 is functioning properlyt, click Start, then Control Panel. Doubleclick Devices. Your ZyAIR 100 is working if Automatic is shown in the Startup column. Click Close to exit. Windows® 2000 Setup Step 1. Insert the ZyAIR 100 into the PCMCIA slot of your computer. Windows® will auto-detect the new hardware and displays Found New Hardware dialog box and then the Upgrade Device Driver Wizard. Step 2.
ZyAIR 100 Wireless PC Card Step 3. Follow the on screen instructions to complete driver installation. Restart your computer when you are prompted to do so. 3.4 Step 1. 3-12 Windows® XP Setup Insert the ZyAIR100 into the PCMCIA slot on your notebook. Windows XP will auto-detect the ZyAIR 100 and displays the Found New Hardware Wizard dialogue. Select Install from a list or specific (Advanced) and click Next.
ZyAIR 100 Wireless PC Card Step 2. Insert the Support CD-ROM into CD-ROM drive. Specify the location of the driver. Click Next.
ZyAIR 100 Wireless PC Card Step 3. 3-14 If you encounter the following warning screen, click Continue Anyway .
ZyAIR 100 Wireless PC Card Step 4. Windows will detect the ZyAIR 100 and copy corresponding files onto your computer. Click Next. Step 5. Click Finish. .
ZyAIR 100 Wireless PC Card Step 6. After installing the ZyAIR 100, Windows XP displays a Wireless Network Connection # message. Step 7. Click Start, Control Panel, Performance and Maintenance, System, Hardware, Device Manager. Cick Network Adapters. If no error icon appears, your ZyAIR 100 is working. 3.5 Software Installation Complete Well Done! You have successfully installed and set up your ZyAIR 100 to operate on your computer.
Advanced Management Part II: ADVANCED MANAGEMENT This part provides information on configuring parameters II
ZyAIR 100 Wireless PC Card Chapter 4 Utility Setup and Configuration This chapter shows you how to install utility for ZyAIR 100. 4.1 Utility Setup Screen shots will vary depending on your version of Windows. Step 1. Insert the Support CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive and run the setup.exe file found in the Utility folder. Follow the on-screen instructions. Step 2. Click Finish to complete the utility installation.
ZyAIR 100 Wireleass PC Card Step 3. 4.2 Proceed to the next section to configure your ZyAIR 100. Utility Configuration Your ZyAIR 100 is Plug-and-Play and its default settings can be set for a typical infrastructure wireless LAN. Simply install the ZyAIR 100 onto your computer and it is ready for use. In special circumstances however, you may need to change configuration settings depending on how you want to manage your wireless network.
ZyAIR 100 Wireless PC Card Figure 4-1 Utility – Configuration 4.2.1 Utility Screen Configure and monitor your ZyAIR 100 using the following utilities: Configuration, Loop Back, AP Browser, Site Survey and About. 4.2.2 Configuration The Configuration menu allows you to view and modify the current configurations of your ZyAIR 100 easily and quickly. The configuration settings include: ESS ID, SS ID, Network Type, Use WEP and Transmission Rate.
ZyAIR 100 Wireleass PC Card SS ID The SSID is a unique ID given to the Access Point. Wireless clients associating to any Access Point must have the same SSID. Select SSID and enter a specific SSID (Access Point) you desire to connect with. Alternatively, you may not select the SSID (default setting). This allows your wireless adapter to automatically associate to any Access Point in the vicinity of your wireless adapters. You can leave SSID field blank, or enter ANY (all characters in uppercase).
ZyAIR 100 Wireless PC Card Figure 4-2 Utility – WEP Encryption The Encryption dialog box enables you to identify four different encryption keys and select one of them to encrypt your transmission data.
ZyAIR 100 Wireleass PC Card • • Alphanumeric: 13 characters (case sensitive) ranging from “a-z”, “A-Z” and “0-9” (e.g. MyKey12345678) Hexadecimal: 26 hexadecimal digits in the range of “A-F”, “a-f” and “0-9” (e.g. 00112233445566778899AABBCC). After entering the WEP keys in the key field, select one key as an active key, click OK and then click Apply to make the setting take effect.
ZyAIR 100 Wireless PC Card The Power Save function is only supported in the Ad-hoc Network Type. The Infrastructure Network Type is supported in upcoming firmware upgrades. Please contact your reseller for the most recent firmware. RTS Threshold The RTS Threshold prevents the Hidden Node problem. Hidden Node is a situation in which two stations are within range of the same Access Point, but are not within range of each other. The following figure illustrates an example of the Hidden Node problem.
ZyAIR 100 Wireleass PC Card Enabling the RTS Threshold causes redundant network overhead that could negatively affect the throughput performance instead of providing a remedy. Frag Threshold Fragmentation improves the efficiency when high traffic flows along in the wireless network. If your ZyAIR 100 often transmits large files in the wireless network, you can enable the Fragmentation Threshold by clicking Enable in Advanced Configuration window and the function will split the packet.
ZyAIR 100 Wireless PC Card clicking the Loop back button to verify the communication quality between your wireless station and Access Point. The Refresh button sets the counters back to zero. 4.2.4 Access Points Browser Click AP (Access Point) Browser to display the status of all the active Access Points. Figure 4-6 Utility – Access Point Browser The following table explains the status/statistical information found in the Access Point Browser screen.
ZyAIR 100 Wireleass PC Card Table 4-1 Utiltity – Access Point Browser Screen Menu Fields ITEM DESCRIPTION SS_ID The SS ID (Service Set ID or MAC address) of the Access Point. BSS_ID The BSS ID (Basic Service Set ID) of the Access Point. Channel The operating channel of the respective Access Point. Capability When communicating with any Access Point, it will display BSS. This means that the Access Point is in the Infrastructure mode.
ZyAIR 100 Wireless PC Card Figure 4-7 Utility – Site Survey Parameter Configuration 4-11
Additional Information Part III: ADDITIONAL INFORMATION This part contains Troubleshooting, Appendices, and the Index.
ZyAir 100 Wireless PC Card Chapter 5 Troubleshooting This chapter covers potential problems and the possible remedies. After each problem description, some instructions are provided to help you to diagnose and to solve the problem. Problems During Driver Installation Table 5-1 Troubleshooting the Installation of Your ZyAIR 100 PROBLEM CORRECTIVE ACTION The ZyAIR 100 is not working after the driver installation Insert the PCMCIA adapter into your notebook computer’s slot again.
ZyAIR 100 Wireless PC Card Problems With the Utility Configuration Table 5-2 Troubleshooting the Configuration PROBLEM Problems encountered with the configuration. CORRECTIVE ACTION Click Loopback in the Loop Back window to check the link status with the Access Point it is associated with (Infrastructure mode). Click on the Site Survey tab to check whether there is high interference around the environment. Ensure that you have set the correct IP address for the ZyAIR 100.
ZyAir 100 Wireless PC Card Problems Communicating With the Computer Table 5-4 Troubleshooting Communication Problems PROBLEM CORRECTIVE ACTION The ZyAIR 100 client cannot communicate with the other computer in the Ethernet when the Infrastructure mode is configured. Make sure that the Access Point and associated computer are on. Use the Site Survey utility to verify operating radio channel has low interference.
ZyAIR 100 Wireless PC Card Appendix A Network Configuration The ZyAIR 100 supports the same network configuration options of Legacy Ethernet LANs as defined by the IEEE 802 standard. The ZyAIR 100 can be configured as: Ad-hoc for departmental or SOHO LANs. Infrastructure for enterprise LANs. LAN-interconnection for point-to-point link as a campus backbone.
ZyAir 100 Wireless PC Card An Ad-hoc wireless LAN is a group of computers, each equipped with one wireless adapter, and connected as an independent wireless LAN. Computers in a specific Ad-hoc wireless LAN must be configured on the same radio channel. An Ad-hoc wireless LAN is available at a departmental scale for a branch or SOHO operation.
ZyAIR 100 Wireless PC Card The ZyAIR 100 provides access to a wired LAN for wireless computers. An integrated wireless and wired LAN is called an Infrastructure configuration. A group of wireless LAN computer users and an Access Point constitute a Basic Service Set (BSS). Each wireless-equipped computer in this BSS can talk to any computer in the wired LAN infrastructure via the Access Point. Infrastructure configuration will extend the accessibility of a wireless station to the wired LAN.
ZyAir 100 Wireless PC Card Appendix B Hardware Specifications Diagram 4 ZyAIR 100 Specifications PRODUCT FEATURES Operating Channels 11 for North America, 14 for Japan, 13 for Europe (ETSI), 2 for Spain, 4 for France Operating Frequency 2.412 ~ 2.462 GHz (North America) 2.412 ~ 2.484 GHz (Japan) 2.412 ~ 2.472 GHz (Europe ETSI) 2.457 ~ 2.462 GHz (Spain) 2.457 ~ 2.472 GHz (France) Range 11 Mbps: 460 feet = 140m (in an open environment) 5.
ZyAIR 100 Wireless PC Card Appendix C Important Safety Instructions The following safety instructions apply to the ZyAIR 100: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Be sure to read and follow all warning notices and instructions. Do not service the product by yourself. Refer all servicing to qualified service personnel. Generally, when installed after the final configuration, the product must comply with the applicable safety standards and regulatory requirements of the country in which it is installed.
ZyAir 100 Wireless PC Card Index A F Access Point Setting Problem ......................... 5-2 Access Points Browser.................................... 4-9 Ad-hoc Topology ...............................................B Features........................................................... 1-1 Frag Threshold................................................ 4-8 Fragmentation function................................... 4-8 Frequency Operating .......................................................
ZyAIR 100 Wireless PC Card O O/S Supported.................................................... E P Parameter Configuration................................. 4-1 PCMCIA adapter ............................................ 2-2 PCMCIA slot .................................................. 2-2 Power Ouput ............................................................. E Power Consumption........................................... E Power Save .....................................................
ZyAir 100 Wireless PC Card I Index
