D-Link AirPro DWL-A520 User Manual Download Page 13

Page: 13 / 136

List of Figures

Figure 2-1.

Infrastructure Mode ............................................................... 2-16

Figure 2-2.

Ad Hoc Mode ......................................................................... 2-17

Figure 8-1.

RFSilent Icon ........................................................................... 8-2

Figure 8-2.

RFSilent Menu Selections ....................................................... 8-2

Summary of Contents for AirPro DWL-A520

Page 1: ...DW 590 DWL A520 5GHz Wireless PCI Adapter User s Manual First Edition December 2001 6DWLA520 01 ...

Page 2: ...h am Geräten befinden sind zu beachten 12 Wird das Gerät über einen längeren Zeitraum nicht benutzt sollten Sie es vom Stromnetz trennen Somit wird im Falle einer Überspannung eine Beschädigung vermieden 13 Durch die Lüftungsöffnungen dürfen niemals Gegenstände oder Flüssigkeiten in das Gerät gelangen Dies könnte einen Brand bzw Elektrischen Schlag auslösen 14 Öffnen Sie niemals das Gerät Das Gerä...

Page 3: ...BE IDENTICAL ANY PRODUCT OR PART REPAIRED BY D LINK PURSUANT TO THIS WARRANTY SHALL HAVE A WARRANTY PERIOD OF NOT LESS THAN 90 DAYS FROM DATE OF SUCH REPAIR IRRESPECTIVE OF ANY EARLIER EXPIRATION OF ORIGINAL WARRANTY PERIOD WHEN D LINK PROVIDES REPLACEMENT THEN THE DEFECTIVE PRODUCT BECOMES THE PROPERTY OF D LINK WARRANTY SERVICE MAY BE OBTAINED BY CONTACTING A D LINK OFFICE WITHIN THE APPLICABLE ...

Page 4: ...CEMENT WHICH MAY BE PROVIDED FOR DOWNLOAD VIA THE INTERNET OR TO ANY UPDATE WHICH MAY OTHERWISE BE PROVIDED FREE OF CHARGE D LINK S SOLE OBLIGATION UNDER THIS SOFTWARE WARRANTY SHALL BE TO REPLACE ANY DEFECTIVE SOFTWARE PRODUCT WITH PRODUCT WHICH SUBSTANTIALLY CONFORMS TO D LINK S APPLICABLE PRODUCT DOCUMENTATION PURCHASER ASSUMES RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE SELECTION OF APPROPRIATE APPLICATION AND SYS...

Page 5: ...OR BY ACCIDENT FIRE LIGHTNING OR OTHER HAZARD LIMITATION OF LIABILITY IN NO EVENT WILL D LINK BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES INCLUDING LOSS OF DATA LOSS OF PROFITS COST OF COVER OR OTHER INCIDENTAL CONSEQUENTIAL OR INDIRECT DAMAGES ARISING OUT THE INSTALLATION MAINTENANCE USE PERFORMANCE FAILURE OR INTERRUPTION OF A D LINK PRODUCT HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY THIS LIMITATION WILL APPLY...

Page 6: ...s may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient or r...

Page 7: ... transmitter Installers and end users must follow the installation instructions provided in this user guide 1 Modifications to this device unless expressly approved by D Link could void the user s right to operate this equipment 2 The frequency band 5150 5250 MHz is only for indoor usage to reduce potential for harmful interference to co channel Mobile Satellite systems The device can only be oper...

Page 8: ......

Page 9: ...lation 1 2 2 Windows 2000 2 1 Driver Installation First time Install 2 1 Driver Installation Previous Driver Installed 2 5 Driver Uninstallation 2 13 Device Configuration 2 16 Infrastructure Mode 2 21 Ad Hoc Mode 2 22 TCP IP Setup 2 23 3 Windows Millennium Edition 3 1 Driver Installation 3 1 Driver Uninstallation 3 4 Device Configuration 3 6 Infrastructure Mode 3 8 Ad Hoc Mode 3 9 TCP IP Configura...

Page 10: ...ure Mode 5 8 Ad Hoc Mode 5 9 TCP IP Setup 5 11 Windows XP Wireless Network Configuration 5 16 Infrastructure Mode 5 18 Ad hoc mode 5 20 Connect to an Available Wireless Network 5 22 6 Windows NT 4 0 6 1 Driver Installation and TCP IP Setup 6 1 Device Configuration 6 6 Infrastructure Mode 6 7 Ad Hoc Mode 6 10 Verify Connection 6 12 Driver Uninstallation 6 14 7 LinkMon 7 1 Installation 7 1 Features ...

Page 11: ...Operation 8 2 9 Troubleshooting 9 1 A Channel and Data Rate Selection A 9 2 ...

Page 12: ......

Page 13: ...List of Figures Figure 2 1 Infrastructure Mode 2 16 Figure 2 2 Ad Hoc Mode 2 17 Figure 8 1 RFSilent Icon 8 2 Figure 8 2 RFSilent Menu Selections 8 2 ...

Page 14: ......

Page 15: ...List of Tables Table 8 1 RFSilent Menu Descriptions 8 2 ...

Page 16: ......

Page 17: ...d with other STAs in ad hoc mode Instructions for installing or upgrading the diagnostic utility LinkMon are also included You should also read this before proceeding to install the D Link DWL A520 Wireless Network Adapter and NDIS driver in the targeted operating system OS environment About this Document The document consists of the following chapters and appendixes Chapter 1 Introduction Hardwar...

Page 18: ...ence This document is intended for D Link customers who wish to install and evaluate the D Link DWL A520 Station Reference Design in the supported Microsoft Windows environments Additional Resources D Link STA Reference Design hardware software and documentation contain proprietary information of D Link Communications Inc and are provided under a license agreement containing restrictions on use an...

Page 19: ...t also supports the D Link Turbo Mode TM supporting data rates up to 108 Mbps The host interface is compatible with the PC Card 7 1 standard You can find information regarding the D Link Station Reference Designs in the detailed D Link STA Reference Design Functional Specification Package Contents Make sure the following materials are available before you begin One 802 11a PCI Card One Installatio...

Page 20: ...tlet for safety purposes 2 Remove the computer cover 3 Locate an unused PCI slot and refer to your PC s manual for instructions on how to remove the plate that covers the slot if applicable 4 Align the Harmony 802 11a PCI Card over the empty slot 5 Firmly insert the card into the slot as illustrated below 6 Secure the card s metal bracket to the computer following the directions provided in your P...

Page 21: ...tallation First time Install Insert the D Link DWL A520 Wireless Network Adapter into a 32 bit CardBus slot and follow these steps to install the NDIS driver 1 Wait for the following dialog box to display and click Next to continue ...

Page 22: ...oose Search for a suitable driver for my device recommended and click Next 3 Insert the installation CD in your CD ROM drive Choose Specify a location under Optional search locations and click Next to continue ...

Page 23: ...ion where the NDIS driver is located assuming D is the CD ROM drive the default folder is D ndis bin production ndis5 Click OK to continue 5 When you find the D Link driver installation file net5210b inf click Next to continue ...

Page 24: ...oes not have a digital signature from Microsoft Therefore Windows 2000 shows a warning message Click Yes to proceed with driver installation 7 Click Finish to complete the driver installation See Section Device Configuration for the device configuration ...

Page 25: ...ready has a previous release of the D Link NDIS installed Windows does not prompt for the device driver when the WLAN Card is inserted Follow the steps below to update the NDIS driver 1 Start System Properties from Control Panel Under Hardware tab click Device Manager ...

Page 26: ...2 6 2 Within Device Manager right click D Link DWL A520 Wireless Network Adapter under Network adapters device node and click Properties ...

Page 27: ...r from the Driver tab Note the Driver Version that you are updating from You may need to verify this field again after driver update completes to make sure Release 1 3 driver has been updated correctly 4 Click Next to continue ...

Page 28: ...5 Choose Display a list of the known drivers for this device so that I can choose a specific driver and click Next to continue 6 Insert the Release 1 3 CD into your CD ROM drive Click Have Disk to continue ...

Page 29: ...ed assuming D is the CD ROM drive the default folder is D ndis bin production ndis5 Click OK to continue 8 Select D Link DWL A520 Wireless Network Adapter from the list and click Next to continue 9 Click Yes to continue when Windows displays the warning message ...

Page 30: ...t to proceed with installation 11 The D Link NDIS evaluation driver currently does not have a digital signature from Microsoft Therefore Windows 2000 shows a warning message Click Yes to proceed with driver installation ...

Page 31: ...2 11 12 Click Finish 13 Note that Driver Version should display 1 3 as the major revision number Click OK to continue ...

Page 32: ...o restart system 15 After system restarts the D Link DWL A520 Wireless Network Adapter now displays under Network adapters in the Device Manager Proceed to Section Device Configuration for device configuration information ...

Page 33: ...and you wish to remove the newly installed driver from the system proceed to Step 4 The NDIS driver since Release 1 0 no longer leverages the Transport Driver Interface TDI protocol to provide the LinkMon programming interface The TDI protocol should be uninstalled Follow these steps to uninstall the TDI protocol 1 To remove the NDIS driver from the OS go to Device Manager right click D Link DWL A...

Page 34: ...o do so go to the Start menu and choose Search For Files or Folders enter oem inf in the Search for files or folders named field and enter D Link in the Containing text field Click Search Now A few files matching these criteria are possible if previous drivers have not been removed properly Choose the files that have been found and delete them from the system ...

Page 35: ...2 15 4 To complete the uninstallation ar5210b sys should also be removed from the WINNT system32 drivers folder ...

Page 36: ...r to work in one of two modes either infrastructure mode which leverages an AP or ad hoc mode which consists of a group of stations participating in the WLAN In infrastructure mode the Wireless Network Adapter participates in a basic service set BSS as a station and communicates with the other stations through an AP as illustrated in Figure 2 1 Et her net STA1 STA2 AP Figure 2 1 Infrastructure Mod...

Page 37: ... Figure 2 2 All stations communicate directly with other stations without an AP STA1 STA2 STA3 STA4 STA5 Figure 2 2 Ad Hoc Mode To configure the DWL A520 Wireless Network Adapter 1 In the Device Manager right click D Link DWL A520 Wireless Network Adapter and click Properties to access the properties of the adapter ...

Page 38: ...property sheet has two pages General and Security The General page has the following fields Configuration Name This field identifies the configuration This name must be unique Configuration names are case insensitive Network Name SSID This is the name of the IEEE 802 11a wireless network for example D Link 802 11a Wireless Network This field has a maximum limit of 32 characters Network Connection ...

Page 39: ...es or disables D Link turbo mode Locally Administered Address This field defines the locally administered MAC address LAA To enter a value in the address field the check box needs to be selected Typically an LAA is not required because the driver automatically loads a unique globally administered address from the EEPROM 4 The next tab on this property sheet allows for the selection of security fea...

Page 40: ... populated Key Length This field defines the length for each encryption key As the Key Length is changed the number of available characters in the field is changed automatically If after a key is entered the length is adjusted to a smaller number the key is automatically truncated to fit If the length is increased again the field is not automatically updated to its previous value All encryption ke...

Page 41: ...E 802 11a wireless network for example D Link 802 11a Wireless Network This field has a maximum limit of 32 characters If this field is left blank the STA connects to the AP with the best signal strength Network Connection AP infrastructure Power Saving This field allows the configuration of power management options The options are Off Normal and Maximum Turbo Mode This field enables or disables D...

Page 42: ...vide unique key support In ad hoc mode a station scans the air for an existing BSS If no BSS is found the station establishes a BSS for other stations to join When other stations scan the air and find an established BSS in place they join that BSS to form an ad hoc network If a specific set of stations requires ad hoc network connectivity it is recommended to have one station establish a BSS first...

Page 43: ...work Control Panel the TCP IP address for the network device must be configured 1 Open the Control Panel and click Network and Dial up Connections 2 Find the Local Area Connection that is associated with the D Link DWL A520 Wireless Network Adapter Right click that connection and click Properties ...

Page 44: ...and to have Internet access Default gateway and DNS server information is also required IP configuration information DHCP or assigned IP address Gateway and DNS server IP addresses is usually obtained from the corporate IT staff 5 After obtaining IP configuration information from the appropriate IT staff click OK in both Internet Protocol TCP IP Properties and Local Area Connection Properties to c...

Page 45: ...e C prompt to determine if the TCP IP configuration has taken effect To test IP connectivity in ad hoc or infrastructure mode use the ping ipaddress command When a TCP IP connection is established the LinkMon utility See Chapter 7 can be used to monitor the D Link DWL A520 Wireless Network Adapter operating status ...

Page 46: ...omputer right click My Computer and click Map Network Drive 8 After mapping the drive you can perform file transfers use video streaming applications and all other network data transfers that are normally performed with wired 10 100 Ethernet connections ...

Page 47: ...er See Section Driver Uninstallation on page 3 4 for the instructions on how to remove previous driver releases When the system no longer has the D Link NDIS driver installed insert the DWL A520 Wireless Network Adapter into a 32 bit CardBus slot and follow these steps to install the NDIS driver 1 Wait for the following dialog box to appear Choose Specify the location of the driver Advanced and cl...

Page 48: ...d and select Specify a location Click Browse to locate the NDIS driver The default folder is E ndis bin production ndis5 assuming E is the CD ROM drive Click Next to continue 3 When the D Link driver installation file NET5210B INF has been found click Next to continue ...

Page 49: ...3 3 4 Click Finish to continue and restart the system to complete driver installation Refer to Section Device Configuration on page 3 6 for device configuration ...

Page 50: ... the NDIS driver from previous D Link driver releases 1 To remove the NDIS driver from the OS go to Start Search For Files or Folders and search for the INF file containing the D Link text string under the WINDOWS INF folder Be sure to include subfolders in the search criteria When D Linknet5210b inf has been found delete it by right clicking the file and choose Delete ...

Page 51: ... the System Properties window Select D Link DWL A520 Wireless Network Adapter from Device Manager and click Remove to uninstall the device 3 Click OK to confirm the removal of the device Restart the system to complete un installation ...

Page 52: ...Windows Control Panel Similar to Windows 2000 the device can be set to work in one of two modes infrastructure mode or ad hoc mode Please refer to Section Device Configuration beginning on page 2 16 for more details on these network connection types To launch the configuration utility go to Control Panel and double click on the D Link NIC Configuration icon ...

Page 53: ...rofiles Select one of the existing configuration profiles under the configuration list to modify or click New to add a new configuration profile Follow Section Infrastructure Mode on page 3 8 and Section Ad Hoc Mode on page 3 9 to set up the station to work in infrastructure mode and ad hoc mode ...

Page 54: ...e to choose the values of each field in the configuration window Configuration Name This field identifies the configuration This name must be unique Configuration names are case insensitive Network Name SSID This is the name of the IEEE 802 11a wireless network This field has a maximum limit of 32 characters If this field is left blank the STA connects to the AP with the best signal strength Netwo...

Page 55: ...f configuring an D Link DWL A520 Wireless Network Adapter in ad hoc or IBSS mode See Section Ad Hoc Mode on page 2 22 for descriptions of ad hoc operation 1 Similar to the set up of AP Infrastructure mode described in the previous section ad hoc mode is also configured by changing the options in the Network Configuration Settings of the D Link NIC Configuration utility Use the following informatio...

Page 56: ...supported in ad hoc mode Future D Link software implementations will provide unique key support 3 Click OK when the properties are set correctly The system needs to reboot in order for the changes to take effect Note that in ad hoc mode a station scans the air for an existing BSS If no BSS is found the station establishes a BSS for other stations to join When other stations scan the air and find a...

Page 57: ...onfiguration information can also be required IP configuration information DHCP or assigned IP address Gateway and DNS server IP addresses is usually obtained from the corporate IT staff For a simple demonstration the station is assigned a static IP address From TCP IP Properties choose IP Address and select Specify an IP address Input an IP address and subnet mask Assigning an IP address and subn...

Page 58: ...ig to determine if the TCP IP configuration has taken effect To test IP connectivity in ad hoc or infrastructure mode use the ping ipaddress command When a TCP IP connection is established the LinkMon utility see Chapter 7 can be used to monitor the D Link DWL A520 Wireless Network Adapter operating status ...

Page 59: ... click My Computer and click Map Network Drive Specify the path of a network shared folder 4 After mapping the drive you can perform file transfers video streaming and all other network data transfers that are normally performed with wired 10 100 Ethernet connections ...

Page 60: ...3 14 ...

Page 61: ...e NDIS driver See Section Driver Uninstallation on page 4 4 for the instructions on how to remove previous driver releases When the system no longer has the D Link NDIS driver installed insert the DWL A520 Wireless Network Adapter into a 32 bit CardBus slot and follow these steps to install the NDIS driver 1 Wait for the following dialog box to appear and click Next to continue ...

Page 62: ...d and click Next 3 Insert the D Link Software Release CD in your CD ROM drive Choose Specify a location and browse to the location where the NDIS driver is located The default folder is D ndis bin production ndis5 assuming D is the CD ROM drive Click Next to continue ...

Page 63: ...4 3 4 When the D Link driver installation file NET5210B INF has been found click Next to continue 5 Click Finish to continue ...

Page 64: ...allation procedures for removing the D Link NDIS driver from the system Uninstallation is recommended for upgrading the NDIS driver from previous D Link driver releases 1 To remove the NDIS driver from the OS go to Start Search For Files or Folders and search for the INF file containing the D Link text string under the WINDOWS INF folder Be sure to include subfolders in the search criteria ...

Page 65: ...4 5 2 When D Linknet5210b inf has been found delete it by right clicking the file and choose Delete ...

Page 66: ...nch the Network properties window Select D Link DWL A520 Wireless Network Adapter from the list and click Remove to uninstall the device 4 Click OK to confirm the removal of the device Restart the system to complete uninstallation ...

Page 67: ...2 16 for more details on these network connection types To launch the configuration utility go to Control Panel and double click on the D Link NIC Configuration icon The configuration utility allows addition modification and deletion of the configuration profiles Select one of the existing configuration profiles under the configuration list to modify or click New to add a new configuration profile...

Page 68: ...e to choose the values of each field in the configuration window Configuration Name This field identifies the configuration This name must be unique Configuration names are case insensitive Network Name SSID This is the name of the IEEE 802 11a wireless network This field has a maximum limit of 32 characters If this field is left blank the STA connects to the AP with the best signal strength Netwo...

Page 69: ...enterprise network is confidential It is important to configure security to make sure only stations with appropriate keys can receive sensitive data The D Link DWL A520 Wireless Network Adapter and NDIS driver support key lengths of 40 bits 104 bits and 128 bits Typically the appropriate encryption and decryption keys are supplied by the corporate IT staff ...

Page 70: ...the values of each field in the configuration window Configuration Name This field identifies the configuration This name must be unique Configuration names are case insensitive Network Name SSID A Network Name is mandatory for ad hoc mode The SSID for all stations in a single ad hoc network must be the same Network Connection Ad Hoc Power Saving Power saving mode is not currently supported in an ...

Page 71: ...eboot in order for the changes to take effect Note that in ad hoc mode a station scans the air for an existing BSS If no BSS is found the station establishes a BSS for other stations to join When other stations scan the air and find an established BSS in place they join that BSS to form an ad hoc network If a specific set of stations requires ad hoc network connectivity it is recommended to have o...

Page 72: ...guration information can also be required IP configuration information DHCP or assigned IP address Gateway and DNS server IP addresses is usually obtained from the corporate IT staff For a simple demonstration the station is assigned a static IP address From TCP IP Properties choose IP Address and select Specify an IP address Input an IP address and subnet mask Assigning an IP address and subnet m...

Page 73: ...ectivity in ad hoc or infrastructure mode use the ping ipaddress command When a TCP IP connection is established the LinkMon utility see Chapter 7 can be used to monitor the D Link DWL A520 Wireless Network Adapter operating status 3 To map the drive on another machine to your computer right click My Computer and click Map Network Drive Specify the path of a network shared folder ...

Page 74: ...4 14 4 After mapping the drive you can perform file transfers video streaming and all other network data transfers that are normally performed with wired 10 100 Ethernet connections ...

Page 75: ...iver See Section Driver Uninstallation on page 5 4 for the instructions on how to remove previous driver releases With no existing D Link NDIS driver installed insert the D Link DWL A520 Wireless Network Adapter into a 32 bit CardBus slot and follow these steps to install the NDIS driver 1 Wait for the following dialog box to appear Choose Install from a list or specific location Advanced and clic...

Page 76: ...Search for the best driver in these locations choose Include this location in the search and click Browse to find the location of the NDIS driver When the driver location has been identified click Next to continue ...

Page 77: ... a digital signature from Microsoft Therefore Windows XP shows a warning message Click Continue Anyway to proceed with driver installation 4 Click Finish to complete driver installation and refer to Section Device Configuration on page 5 6 for device configuration ...

Page 78: ...nk NDIS driver from the system Uninstallation is recommended for upgrading the NDIS driver from previous D Link driver releases 1 To remove the NDIS driver from the OS go to Device Manager right click D Link DWL A520 Wireless Network Adapter and choose Uninstall 2 Click OK to uninstall the device ...

Page 79: ...files and folder enter oem inf in the All or part of the file name field and enter D Link in the A word or phrase in the file field Enter C WINNT INF in the Look in field where C is the drive letter of where Windows XP is installed Click Search to find the driver installation file 4 A file matching the search criteria is displayed Choose this file and delete it from the system ...

Page 80: ...5 16 Similar to Windows 2000 configuration of the D Link DWL A520 Wireless Network Adapter can be done through the Network Control Panel NCP in adapter properties You can set the Wireless Network Adapter to work in one of two modes infrastructure mode or ad hoc mode See Section Device Configuration beginning on page 2 16 for more details on these network connection types To launch NCP go to Device...

Page 81: ...L A520 Wireless Network Adapter Properties Select one of the configurations under the configuration click Modify or New and complete the steps in Section Infrastructure Mode on page 5 8 or Section Ad Hoc Mode on page 5 9 to set up the station to work in infrastructure mode or ad hoc mode respectively ...

Page 82: ... each field in the configuration window Configuration Name This field identifies the configuration This name must be unique Configuration names are case insensitive for example Infrastructure Network Name SSID This is the name of the IEEE 802 11a wireless network for example AP_Network This field has a maximum limit of 32 characters If this field is left blank the STA connects to the AP with the b...

Page 83: ...s are supplied by the corporate IT staff Ad Hoc Mode This section defines the process of configuring an D Link DWL A520 Wireless Network Adapter in ad hoc or IBSS mode See Section Ad Hoc Mode on page 2 22 for descriptions of ad hoc operation 1 Similar to the setup of AP Infrastructure mode described in the previous section ad hoc mode is also configured by changing the options in the Network Confi...

Page 84: ...e ad hoc network must have the same rate setting Locally Administered Address This field defines the locally administered MAC address LAA To enter a value in the address field the check box needs to be selected 2 You can optionally set up security features but it is not typically a requirement because the duration of the ad hoc network tends to be limited Currently shared key security is supported...

Page 85: ...ing stations This prevents the scenario of several stations trying to form a BSS at the same time which can result in multiple singular BSSs being established rather than a single BSS with multiple stations TCP IP Setup After configuring the D Link DWL A520 Wireless Network Adapter through the Network Control Panel the TCP IP address for the network device needs to be configured 1 From the Start m...

Page 86: ...teway and DNS Configuration information can also be required IP configuration information DHCP or assigned IP address Gateway and DNS server IP addresses is usually obtained from the corporate IT staff For a simple demonstration the station is assigned a static IP address Click OK in both Internet Protocol TCP IP Properties and Local Area Connection Properties to complete the IP configuration ...

Page 87: ... determine if the TCP IP configuration has taken effect To test IP connectivity in ad hoc or infrastructure mode use the ping IP address command When a TCP IP connection is established the LinkMon utility see Chapter 7 can be used to monitor the operating status of D Link DWL A520 Wireless Network Adapter ...

Page 88: ...5 14 4 To map the drive on another machine to your computer from the Start menu choose My Computer and right click to select Map Network Drive ...

Page 89: ...ared folder and specify the shared folder information Click Finish to map the drive 6 After mapping the drive you can perform file transfers video streaming and all other network data transfers that are normally performed with wired 10 100 Ethernet connections ...

Page 90: ... Panel Right click the Local Area Network Connection icon pertinent to D Link DWL A520 Wireless Network Adapter click Enable to enable the device first and then click Properties On the Wireless Networks tab select the Use Windows to configure my wireless network settings check box to enable automatic wireless network configuration Follow Section Infrastructure Mode on page 5 8 or Section Ad Hoc Mo...

Page 91: ... Note that you can disable automatic wireless network configuration and revert back to using D Link NCP configuration settings by clearing the Use Windows to configure my wireless network settings check box ...

Page 92: ...nect to an existing Access Point infrastructure network 1 Click the network name under Available networks in the Wireless Networks tab and click Configure You can update the list of available networks that are within range of your computer by clicking Refresh under Available Networks ...

Page 93: ... irrespective of the network name You may choose to enter the WEP key by clearing this check box and manually entering the network key and key length Note that the key format must be hexadecimal digits and the key length is limited to 104 bit in Windows XP as opposed to 128 bit key supported by D Link NDIS driver in the NCP configuration interface If the network that you are connecting to requires...

Page 94: ...5 20 Ad hoc mode To connect to an existing computer to computer ad hoc network 1 Click the ad hoc network name under Available networks in the Wireless Networks tab and click Configure ...

Page 95: ...then use the Default Encryption key from the current D Link NCP configuration profile irrespective of the network name You may choose to enter the shared key by clearing this check box and enter the key and key length manually Note that the key format must be hexadecimal digits and the key length is limited to 104 bit in Windows XP as opposed to 128 bit key supported by D Link NDIS driver in the N...

Page 96: ...ad hoc networks only option should be selected There should be no network active from the preferred list and the Automatically connect to non preferred networks check box should be cleared Connect to an Available Wireless Network When there is more than one available network detected by Windows XP the OS will prompt the user to select and connect to a preferred network To connect to an available w...

Page 97: ...eless network that you want to connect to If a network key is required and is automatically provided for you then leave Network key blank If the network key is not automatically provided for you then type the key in Network key Click Connect to establish the network connection ...

Page 98: ...nable to make a connection to the wireless network that you selected or need to configure additional wireless network connection settings click Advanced in Connect to Wireless Network and the Wireless Networks tab will appear ...

Page 99: ... Network Properties and the wireless network key settings if needed If the network connection that you are configuring is an ad hoc network then select This is a computer to computer ad hoc network wireless access points are not used check box The network will be added under Preferred networks in the Wireless Networks tab ...

Page 100: ...licking Move up or Move down You can change the wireless network connection settings of a preferred network by selecting the wireless network clicking Properties and then changing the settings as needed To remove a wireless network from the list of preferred networks select the wireless network that you want to remove and then click Remove ...

Page 101: ...ined in the preferred networks list but you know it is available and you want to automatically connect to it then click Advanced in the Wireless Networks tab and select the Automatically connect to non preferred networks check box ...

Page 102: ...5 28 ...

Page 103: ... pre loaded then you can purchase it from SystemSoft Corporation www systemsoft com or you can download a 14 day evaluation copy from ftp www systemsoft com pub Wn51tren exe Note that CardWizard requires Windows NT 4 0 Build 1381 Service Pack 6 installed in order to function correctly Please install Service Pack 6 if your Windows NT 4 0 is not updated After CardWizard utility is loaded insert the ...

Page 104: ...6 2 2 Click OK to continue 3 Windows NT 4 0 Network Properties windows displays Click Add to continue ...

Page 105: ...6 3 4 Click Have Disk 5 Manually enter the location of where the D Link NDIS 4 0 driver is located For example D NDIS BIN PRODUCTION NDIS4 Click OK to continue ...

Page 106: ...6 4 6 Make sure D Link DWL A520 Wireless Network Adapter is selected Click OK to continue 7 Set Map Registers QoS and Transmit Power Control to default values and click OK ...

Page 107: ... IP configuration information DHCP or assigned IP address Gateway and DNS server IP addresses is usually obtained from the corporate IT staff For a simple demonstration the station is assigned a static IP address Choose Specify an IP address and enter an IP address and subnet mask Assigning an IP address and subnet mask allows the station to interact with the AP or other stations in the same IP su...

Page 108: ...ugh the D Link NIC Configuration Control Panel applet provided by D Link Similar to Windows 2000 the device can be set to work in one of two modes either infrastructure mode or ad hoc mode See Section Device Configuration beginning on page 2 16 for more details on these network connection types Start D Link NIC Configuration utility from the Control Panel ...

Page 109: ...k DWL A520 Wireless Network Adapter in infrastructure mode Refer to Section Device Configuration beginning on page 2 16 for detailed descriptions of each option in the Network Configuration Settings 1 Under the General tab make sure the Locally Administered Address checkbox is unchecked Use the following information as a guideline to choose the values of each field in the configuration window Conf...

Page 110: ...limit of 32 characters If this field is left blank the STA will connect to the AP with the best signal strength Network Connection AP Infrastructure Power Saving This field allows the configuration of power management options The options are Off Normal and Maximum Turbo Mode This field enables or disables D Link Turbo mode ...

Page 111: ...erprise network is confidential It is important to configure security to make sure only stations with appropriate keys can receive sensitive data The D Link DWL A520 Wireless Network Adapter and NDIS driver support key lengths of 40 bits 104 bits and 128 bits Typically the appropriate encryption and decryption keys will be supplied by the corporate IT staff ...

Page 112: ...ch field in the configuration window Configuration Name This field identifies the configuration This name must be unique Configuration names are case insensitive For example Ad Hoc Network Name SSID A Network Name is mandatory for ad hoc mode The SSID for all stations in a single ad hoc network must be the same Network Connection Ad Hoc Power Saving Power saving mode is not currently supported in ...

Page 113: ... features but it is not typically a requirement since the duration of the ad hoc network tends to be limited Currently only shared key security is supported in ad hoc mode Future D Link software implementations will provide unique key support ...

Page 114: ...e which may result in multiple singular BSSs being established rather than a single BSS with multiple stations Verify Connection You may use LinkMon utility to monitor the operating status of D Link DWL A520 Wireless Network Adapter once the STA is connected Please refer to Chapter 7 for descriptions of LinkMon utility If the STA is configured properly then you will be able to perform ping test as...

Page 115: ...click My Computer and click Map Network Drive 3 Specify the path of a network shared folder 4 After mapping the drive you can perform file transfers video streaming and all other network data transfers that are normally performed with wired 10 100 Ethernet connections ...

Page 116: ...ver Uninstallation This section provides uninstallation procedures for removing the D Link NDIS driver from the system 1 To remove the NDIS driver from the system go to Control Panel and open Network properties ...

Page 117: ...6 15 2 Under the Adapters tab choose D Link DWL A520 Wireless Network Adapter and click Remove 3 Click OK to confirm the removal of the D Link DWL A520 Wireless Network Adapter ...

Page 118: ...6 16 4 D Link DWL A520 Wireless Network Adapter is no longer listed under the Adapters tab Click Close to continue 5 Restart the system to complete the un installation of D Link NDIS 4 0 driver ...

Page 119: ...ndis bin production Copy this file from the CD to a local drive for execution Since Windows 98 SE does not have native support for WMI which is required to make LinkMon work correctly an upgrade from Microsoft is needed Use the procedures described in the following section to acquire and install the necessary WMI module from Microsoft This is only required for Windows 98 SE installations 1 Downloa...

Page 120: ...7 2 3 Click Next to continue 4 Click I accept this agreement and then click Next to continue ...

Page 121: ...t to continue 6 The installer now installs files to the SYSTEM directory 7 The system must be rebooted for the WMI installation files to become effective When the system completes the rebooting process launch LinkMon ...

Page 122: ...ormation about the program and its operations Under the Frame Statistics tab is statistical information showing the number of frames being sent and received retry count on frames sent frame checksum error counts for received frames and receive signal strength indicator RSSI information These fields are described in the Station Programmer s Guide under Appendix A as OIDs LinkMon supports most of th...

Page 123: ...7 5 Under the Transmit Retries tab is detailed transmit retry statistical information for transmitted frames ...

Page 124: ...tation tab is detailed BSS information including SSID BSSID association status operating channel frequency and information about scanned APs Under the Driver tab is statistical data pertaining to NDIS driver operation ...

Page 125: ...r unloading and reloading and network interface card NIC reset Note that driver unload option is not available in Windows Me Windows 98SE and Windows NT 4 0 NIC reset is also not available in Windows NT 4 0 On the Options menu choose Settings ...

Page 126: ...collected from the beginning of driver load Relative mode displays differences in the statistical data since the last update Under the Log File tab the logging function can be enabled to log to a file the statistical information collected by the LinkMon utility for later reference or post processing by an application such as Microsoft Excel ...

Page 127: ...hrough the Input and Output Control IOCTL mechanism If you are using Windows 98SE WMI does not come pre installed and you must install it prior to using RFSilent Refer to the following procedure to acquire and install the required WMI module from Microsoft Windows 98SE Environment If you want to use the RFSilent application in a Windows 98SE environment you must install WMI Follow these steps to i...

Page 128: ...in the right hand corner of your Windows taskbar see Figure 8 1 You can automatically launch RFSilent at system boot up by entering a shortcut statement in the Startup folder Figure 8 1 RFSilent Icon Position your cursor over the RF Icon in your toolbar and use your right or left mouse button to display the RFSilent application selections see Figure 8 2 The radio button on the side of menu selecti...

Page 129: ...riptions Reference Design Enable RF Signal Use this selection to enable D Link STA Reference Design About Displays copyright version information and the build date for the RFSilent application Exit Quits the RFSilent application ...

Page 130: ......

Page 131: ...nsert the CardBus card into the slot A beep should be heard if the adapter is properly inserted Go to Device Manager and make sure the D Link DWL A520 Wireless Network Adapter exists under the network adapters device node If you see the yellow exclamation mark then there are conflicting resources In this case make sure the computer system has a free IRQ and make sure you have installed the proper ...

Page 132: ...rastructure configuration Make sure the station is associated and joined with the AP If Wired Equivalent Privacy WEP security is enabled on the AP the station must have the proper WEP keys specified Also make sure TCP IP properties are correctly configured ...

Page 133: ......

Page 134: ...dit to open Registry Editor 2 For Windows 2000 and Windows XP locate the following registry key and select Find from the Edit menu HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE SYSTEM CurrentControlSet For Windows 98SE and Windows Me locate the following registry key and select Find from the Edit menu HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE System CurrentControlSet 3 Type clist and click Find Next to find the registry key Note that if you have ...

Page 135: ... not calibrated 32 5 16 GHz N A not calibrated 34 5 17 GHz TELEC 36 5 18 GHz FCC 38 5 19 GHz TELEC 40 5 20 GHz FCC 42 5 21 GHz TELEC 44 5 22 GHz FCC 46 5 23 GHz TELEC 48 5 24 GHz FCC 50 5 25 GHz N A not calibrated 52 5 26 GHz FCC 54 5 27 GHz N A not calibrated 56 5 28 GHz FCC 58 5 29 GHz N A not calibrated 60 5 30 GHz FCC 62 5 31 GHz N A not calibrated 64 5 32 GHz FCC 66 5 33 GHz N A not calibrate...

Page 136: ...er the value specified in the following table to select the actual data rate For example enter 3 for 18 Mbps Rate Number Data Rate 0 6 Mbps 1 9 Mbps 2 12 Mbps 3 18 Mbps 4 24 Mbps 5 36 Mbps 6 48 Mbps 7 54 Mbps 6 For the changes to take effect If you are running Windows 98SE or Windows Me close Register Editor and restart the systems If you are running Windows 2000 or Windows XP unload and load the ...

Search results

Summary of Contents for AirPro DWL-A520

Reviews:

Brands by name

Popular brands

D-Link AirPro DWL-A520, User Manual

Search results

Summary of Contents for AirPro DWL-A520

Reviews:

Brands by name

Popular brands