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Turbo-G Wireless LAN Card 

WT-2000PCI 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

User’s Manual 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 

 

Summary of Contents for WT-2000PCI

Page 1: ...Turbo G Wireless LAN Card WT 2000PCI User s Manual ...

Page 2: ...red trademarks of their respective holders Federal Communication Commission Interference Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio fr...

Page 3: ... with all the requirements of DIRECTIVE 1999 5 EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL of March 9 1999 on radio equipment and telecommunication terminal Equipment and the mutual recognition of their conformity R TTE The R TTE Directive repeals and replaces in the directive 98 13 EEC Telecommunications Terminal Equipment and Satellite Earth Station Equipment As of April 8 2000 Safety This equ...

Page 4: ... Utility 4 3 CONFIGURATION UTILITY 8 3 1 Site Survey 10 3 2 Profile 11 3 2 1Configure the Profile 12 3 2 1 1 Configuration 12 3 2 1 2 Authentication and Security 14 3 2 1 3 802 1x Setting Certification 18 3 2 1 4 802 1x Setting CA Server 20 3 3 Link Status 20 3 4 Statistics 22 3 5 Advance 22 3 6 About 25 3 7 Turbo Mode 26 3 8 WMM Function 26 4 TROUBLESHOOTING 29 ...

Page 5: ...ent users are required to authorize before accessing to APs or AP Routers and the data transmitted in the network is encrypted decrypted by a dynamically changed secret key Furthermore this card supports WPA2 function WPA2 provides a stronger encryption mechanism through AES Advanced Encryption Standard which is a requirement for some corporate and government users When you use the devices such as...

Page 6: ...pular operating system Windows 98SE Me 2000 XP Supports 32 bit PCI interface 1 2 Specifications Standard IEEE 802 11b g Interface 32 bit PCI Frequency Band 2 4000 2 4835GHz Industrial Scientific Medical Band Modulation OFDM with BPSK QPSK 16QAM 64QAM 11g BPSK QPSK CCK 11b Data Rate 54 48 36 24 18 12 11 9 6 5 5 2 1Mbps auto fallback Security 64 128 bit WEP Data Encryption WPA TKIP with IEEE 802 1x ...

Page 7: ...installation please check the items of your package The package should include the following items One PCI Card One CD Driver Utility User s Manual One Quick Guide If any of the above items is missing contact your supplier as soon as possible 3 ...

Page 8: ... before please uninstall the old version first I Install the Hardware A Turn off your computer and remove its cover B Insert the PCI card to an available PCI slot firmly C Secure this card to the rear of the computer chassis and put back the cover D Secure the antenna to the antenna connector of the card E Turn on the computer II Install the Driver and Utility A Found New Hardware Wizard is displa...

Page 9: ...Windows XP there is a Windows Zero Configuration Tool for you to setup the wireless adaptor You can choose to configure the adaptor through the Windows Zero Configuration Tool or the AirLive Turbo G Configuration Tool for the adaptor It is recommended to choose the AirLive Turbo G Configuration Tool for the adaptor Click Next to continue The system starts to install the software of the card 5 ...

Page 10: ... the adaptor to operate with better performance please choose the Optimize for performance to enable the Tx Burst mode Or you can choose Optimize for Wi Fi mode to let the adaptor run in standard wireless network 6 ...

Page 11: ...F The system will automatically detect the card and display Hardware Installation screen Click Continue Anyway to continue G Please click Finish to complete the installation 7 ...

Page 12: ...tem tray of Windows while the card is running You can open the utility by double click on the icon Right click the icon there are some items for you to operate the configuration utility z Lauch Config Utilities Select Lauch Config Utilities to open the Configuration Utility tool z Use Zero Configuration as Configuration Utility z Select Use Zero Configuration as Configuration Utility to use Window...

Page 13: ...of the ways as below First Way Right click the icon in the system tray and select Use AirLiveConfig as Configuration Utility Second Way A Right click the icon and select View Available Wireless Networks B Click Advanced C Uncheck Use Windows to configure my wireless network settings to enable the utility for the card 9 ...

Page 14: ...u open the Configuration Utility the system will scan all the channels to find all the access points stations within the accessible range of your card and automatically connect to the wireless device with the highest signal strength From the Site Survey all the networks nearby will be listed You can change the connection to another networks or add one of the networks to your own profile list 10 ...

Page 15: ...tworks on the list double click the item on the list and the card will automatically connect to the selected network Rescan Button Click Rescan button to collect the new information of all the wireless networks nearby Connect Button Click Connect to connect to the selected network Add to Profile Button Add the selected network to Profiles list 3 2 Profile The Profiles List is for you to manage the...

Page 16: ... the selected profile When a profile is activated the card will be initially connected to the profile 3 2 1 Configure the Profile 3 2 1 1 Configuration Parameter Description Profile Name Define a recognizable profile name for you to identify the different networks SSID The SSID up to 32 printable ASCII characters is the unique name identified in a WLAN The ID prevents the unintentional merging of ...

Page 17: ...gth and the coverage range Ad Hoc Wireless Mode When the card is set in Ad Hoc Peer to Peer Mode you can designate the wireless connection mode for the Ad Hoc network 802 11 B only This card can be compatible with both 802 11g and 802 11b wireless stations If there are only 802 11b wireless stations in the network you can set the card to this mode 802 11 B G mix If you have a mix of 802 11b and 80...

Page 18: ...is value and experience high packet error rates you can increase it again but it will likely decrease overall network performance Select a setting within a range of 256 to 2346 bytes Minor change is recommended Channel This setting is only available for Ad Hoc mode Select the number of the radio channel used for the networking The channel setting should be the same with the network you are connect...

Page 19: ...mode designed for home and small business users who do not have access to network authentication servers In this mode known as Pre Shared Key the user manually enters the starting password in their access point or gateway as well as in each wireless stations in the network WPA PSK takes over automatically from that point keeping unauthorized users that don t have the matching password from joining...

Page 20: ... the same encryption method to ensure the communication WPA Pre Shared Key The WPA PSK key can be from 8 to 64 characters and can be letters or numbers This same key must be used on all of the wireless stations in the network WEP Key Key1 Key4 The WEP keys are used to encrypt data transmitted in the wireless network There are two types of key length 64 bit and 128 bit Select the default encryption...

Page 21: ...rotocol PPP support as many internet service providers and enterprises do When an AP acting as an authenticator detects a wireless station on the LAN it sends an EAP Request for the user s identity to the device EAP or the Extensible Authentication Protocol is an authentication protocol that runs before network layer protocols transmit data over the link In turn the device responds with its identi...

Page 22: ...MD5 PEAP specifies that an EAP compliant authentication protocol must be used this card supports EAP MSCHAP v2 EAP TLS Smart card and Generic Token Card The client certificate is optional required for the authentication TLS Smart Card TLS is the most secure of the EAP protocols but not easy to use It requires that digital certificates be exchanged in the authentication phase The server presents a ...

Page 23: ...entication type is PEAP or TTLS select a protocol to be used to build the encrypted tunnel Identity This is the protected user EAP Identity used for authentication The identity specified may contain up to 63 ASCII characters is case sensitive and takes the form of a Network Access Identifier consisting of name of the user user s home realm The user s home realm is optional and indicates the routin...

Page 24: ...te which contains the issuer s public key into the trusted root certification authority certificate store of the host computer Intermediate or subordinate certification authorities are trusted only if they have a valid certification path from a trusted root certification authority Server Name Enter the authentication server name Server name must match exactly When selected the server name must mat...

Page 25: ...ption rate of the network The maximum transmission rate is 54Mbps Throughput Kbits sec Display the speed of data transmitted and received Link Quality This bar indicates the quality of the link The higher the percentage the better the quality dBm If you want to know the signal strength in the unit of dBm select this check box Signal Strength This bar shows the signal strength level The higher perc...

Page 26: ...e wireless environment 3 4 Statistics This option enables you to view the statistic information of the connection including transmit statistics and receive statistics You may reset the counters by clicking Reset Counter 3 5 Advance This option enables you to configure more advanced settings for example wireless mode protection mode and etc 22 ...

Page 27: ...y 802 11g wireless stations in the network you can set the card to this mode Select Your Country Region Code The available channel differs from different countries For example USA FCC is channel 1 11 Europe ETSI is channel 1 13 The operating frequency channel will be restricted to the country user located before importing If you are in different country you have to adjust the channel setting to co...

Page 28: ...sender can send on a particular connection before it gets an acknowledgment back from the receiver that it has gotten some of it When the Router or AP the card is connecting to have set up the TCP Window you can enable the parameter to meet the data size for the Router or AP connection The larger TCP Window the better performance Fast Roaming at 70dBm When you want to fast roaming to the network n...

Page 29: ... monitoring through the associated CCX compliant clients to continuously monitor the WLAN radio environment and discover any new APs that are transmitting beacons Non Serving Channel Measurements The Cisco AP can perform monitoring measurements through the CCX compliant clients on the non serving channels when this parameter is enabled Limit xxx milliseconds 0 2000 It limits the channel measuremen...

Page 30: ... Function In addition to the Turbo Mode this card also supports WMM function When you use the devices such as Voice over Internet Protocol VoIP phones televisions VCRs and MP3 players IEEE 802 11e Quality of Service QoS The Wi Fi Alliance defined WMM as a profile of the IEEE 802 11e extensions for 802 11 networks will help to define the priorities of the data traffics by the data categories to pro...

Page 31: ...B Right Click the Wireless Network Connection and select Properties C Click Configure 27 ...

Page 32: ...D Select Advanced page enable the WMM Capable 28 ...

Page 33: ...des the modulation schemes found in 802 11b including CCK for 11 and 5 5 Mbps and Barker code modulation for 2 and 1 Mbps B A protection mechanism called RTS CTS that governs how 802 11g devices and 802 11b devices interoperate 2 What is the IEEE 802 11b standard The IEEE 802 11b Wireless LAN standard subcommittee which formulates the standard for the industry The objective is to enable wireless L...

Page 34: ...th Netware Windows 2000 or other LAN operating systems to support printer or file sharing 11 Would the information be intercepted while transmitting on air WLAN features two fold protection in security On the hardware side as with Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum technology it has the inherent security feature of scrambling On the software side WLAN series offer the encryption function WEP to enhan...

Page 35: ...ther words more bandwidth is consumed than in the case of narrowband transmission but the trade off produces a signal that is in effect louder and thus easier to detect provided that the receiver knows the parameters of the spread spectrum signal being broadcast If a receiver is not tuned to the right frequency a spread spectrum signal looks like background noise There are two main alternatives Di...

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