Broadcom BCM94356Z User Manual Download

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Using the Broadcom Wireless Utility: Broadcom AirForce™ 54g™ and Intensi-fi™ Wireless Network Adapter User Guide

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Initiation of user session

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Connecting to a network

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Disconnecting from current network

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Authentication mode being used

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Driver status

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Supplicant status

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New wireless device available

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Initializing wireless state machine

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Wireless utility is managing this adapter

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Wireless utility is not managing this adapter

If your Broadcom 802.11 Network Adapter fails any of the diagnostics tests, go to

http://www.broadcom.

com/

for technical support.

Summary of Contents for BCM94356Z

Page 1: ...ou should know When you start your computer your Broadcom BCM94356Z PCI E Mini card detects certain wireless networks that are within range Before you can connect to these and other wireless networks you must configure a profile for each network using the information you obtained from your network administrator WEP is a security protocol for wireless local area networks defined in the IEEE 802 11g...

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Page 3: ... the utility and software hardware and location details about your wireless network adapter Information tab Manually add or delete trusted servers and enable the manual acceptance or rejection of auto provisioning and A ID group changes Wireless Networks tab Manually import EAP FAST PACs Wireless Networks tab In the utility you can open Wireless Network Wizard to connect to a basic network or crea...

Page 4: ...ts order in the list Disable or enable the radio Disable Enable Radio Show or hide the utility icon in the notification area Choose which type of network to access Lock or unlock a preferred network connection profile Save your wireless network connection profiles as a WPN file Import a WPN file Manually add or delete trusted servers and enable the manual acceptance or rejection of auto provisioni...

Page 5: ...re in the row that lists the network name and then click Lock or Unlock as appropriate NOTE You must have system or administrator rights to be able to lock or unlock a profile To save your wireless network connection profiles to a WPN file click the Options arrow and then click Export see Saving Preferred Network Connection Settings to a File in Connecting to an Advanced Network Using the Broadcom...

Page 6: ...rusted servers enable the manual acceptance or rejection of auto provisioning and A ID group changes or import or delete PACS as described in the following instructions In general you should use the default settings Therefore check with the network administrator before you make any changes To manually add a trusted server to the trust list 1 Open Broadcom Wireless Utility 2 From the Wireless Netwo...

Page 7: ...y once check box to auto provision a Protected Access Credential PAC only once To import or remove an EAP FAST PAC 1 Open Broadcom Wireless Utility 2 From the Wireless Networks tab click Options point to Cisco Compatible Extensions and then click Manage PACs 3 To import a PAC in Protected Access Credentials click Add and then follow the on screen instructions NOTE The PAC is password protected so ...

Page 8: ...dicated by the Broadcom Wireless Utility Icon for details To view the network name SSID speed signal strength rating connection status and the client IP address of the network connection move your mouse pointer over the utility icon NOTE On computers running Windows XP you also can view the SSID speed signal strength rating and connection status by moving your mouse pointer over the Windows Wirele...

Page 9: ...received See Troubleshooting for probable causes and suggested action The radio is disabled or switched off See Troubleshooting for suggested action Statistics On the Statistics tab under Current the following current statistics are shown Network name SSID Connection time Packets sent Packets received Sent packets lost Received packets lost Total packets lost Under Accumulated the following accumu...

Page 10: ...AP or ad hoc network click anywhere in the row that lists the wireless router AP or ad hoc network The network information is shown under Selected Network To view or change the network connection settings for a particular wireless router AP or ad hoc network right click anywhere in the row that lists the wireless router AP or ad hoc network and then click Edit if you have not yet created a network...

Page 11: ...g nonbroadcasting APs to which you are not currently connected The symbols under AP Band indicate IEEE 802 11a IEEE 802 11b IEEE 802 11g or IEEE 802 11n operation To see more detailed information about a particular wireless router AP or ad hoc network click anywhere in the row that lists the wireless router AP or ad hoc network and then click Advanced Advanced Site Monitor To save the activity log...

Page 12: ...rk name in the Look for box and then click Find To reset the site monitor to the broadcasting networks click Clear Diagnostics On the Diagnostics tab you can run a number of tests to determine if your wireless network adapter is functioning properly Select the tests you want to run and then click Run For information about an individual test look under Information before you click Run To see the te...

Page 13: ...ecting from current network Authentication mode being used Driver status Supplicant status New wireless device available Initializing wireless state machine Wireless utility is managing this adapter Wireless utility is not managing this adapter If your Broadcom 802 11 Network Adapter fails any of the diagnostics tests go to http www broadcom com for technical support ...

Page 14: ...r 3 Right click the Bluetooth icon in the taskbar notification area system tray and click Start Using Bluetooth Follow the instructions provided by the Initial Bluetooth Configuration Wizard Glossary Authentication A Bluetooth security feature that is used to verify identity it requires a Bluetooth PIN Code from the remote device Authorization A Yes or No Bluetooth security feature that requires o...

Page 15: ...Regulatory Statements for BCM94356Z Please refer to Broadcom OEM installation guide ...

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