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7. Technical specifications of WL-280

Hardware compatibility

  IBM-compatible computer with a USB port

Driver support

NDIS 4.0

  Windows 98

  Windows 2000

Standards supported

  IEEE 802.11 standard for Wireless LAN

  All major networking standards (including TCP/IP, IPX)

Environmental

Operating temperature (ambient):

  -10°C to 50°C (Operating),-20 to 70°C (Storing)

 

Max . Humidity:

95% Non-condensing

Power specifications

Operating voltage:

  +5 V ,+3.3V DC ±5%

  Nominal Temp Range:     17 dBm

  Extended Temp Range:    14 dBm min.

  Transmit Power, 2.7v to 3v:   14 dBm min.

Radio specifications

Range:

  per cell indoors approx. 35-100 meters or more

  per cell outdoors up to 100-300 meters

Frequency range:

  2.4-2.4835 GHz, direct sequence spread spectrum

Number of Channels:

  Europe: 13 (3 non-overlapping)

  US: 11 (3 non-overlapping)

  France: 4 (1 non-overlapping)

Antenna system:

  Internal patch antenna supporting diversity.

Mobility:

  Seamless roaming across cell boundaries with handover

Specific features

Summary of Contents for WL-280

Page 1: ...User Manual WL 280 USB Card Version 1 0 Sep 2000...

Page 2: ...tion which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna I...

Page 3: ...ies with FCC radiation exposure limits set forth for an uncontrolled environment This equipment should be installed and operated with the minimum distance between your body and the antenna as shown in...

Page 4: ...on 4 3 Wireless LAN Basics 6 4 Installation for Windows 95 OSR2 98 7 4 1 Installation Overview 8 4 2 Installation Procedure of WL 280 USB WLAN Card 9 5 Configuration Utilit 11 6 Troubleshooting 18 7 T...

Page 5: ...ived should contain the following items WL 280 USB WLAN Card User manual Diskette containing Wireless LAN Management utility and drivers Note if anything is missing please contact your vendor The disk...

Page 6: ...time information anywhere in their organization This mobility supports productivity and service opportunities not possible with wired networks Installation Speed and Simplicity Installing a wireless L...

Page 7: ...AP 1100 WINNT SERVER WIN 2000 NT Workstation WIN98 Notebook For PC Card Hub AP 550 WinCE WX 1150 Access Point...

Page 8: ...ftware driver and then insert the WL 280 wireless LAN card and finally set the network properties to accommodate resource sharing and select the type of wireless network that you wish to install The W...

Page 9: ...ction l Install the Access Point at first AP is needed in case of Infrastructure network mode l Install the software using the Installation Diskette l Install the Wireless LAN Card WL 280 l Install th...

Page 10: ...effective And refer to manual 10 Right click on the Network Neighborhood using the mouse 11 Select Properties from the pop up menu The network box appears and you see three main tables Configuration...

Page 11: ...omputer will pop up Select Yes It will shut down your computer and will restart Proceed to chapter 5 for the explanation of the Configuration Utility Important Restart your computer to make the change...

Page 12: ...C configuration is invalid or incomplete Sometimes icon can be colored in red This can happen when driver is in Pseudo BSS mode and the radio channel which is used for communication is defined incorre...

Page 13: ...d If this text box value stays more than several seconds it means that there are no access points or other workstations if communicating in Pseudo BSS mode or that the GemTek NIC card is plugged out o...

Page 14: ...y member of your wireless network You will only be able to connect with an Access Point which has the same ESS ID Network mode shows one of these network modes Pseudo BSS this is the 802 11 peer to pe...

Page 15: ...erface It is required to select encapsulation mode corresponding to the one your access point or other workstations use If the encapsulation mode is incorrect the PC will join to access point or will...

Page 16: ...e receiver has the WEP Key used by the transmitter This panel allows the entry of four keys which can then be written to the driver and registry Each key must consist of hex digits it means that only...

Page 17: ...field does not affect decryption as the driver can decrypt any frame that it receives which was encrypted with one of the four keys Enable This checkbox enables or disables encryption operation When...

Page 18: ...ABOUT tab Figure 6 Management window with ABOUT tab open About tab shows a software version Users must use this version number when reporting their problems to tech support...

Page 19: ...d is installed properly or not we have listed the procedure for checking the various components after you have installed the card In first part of Troubleshooting we have suggested the users to check...

Page 20: ...densing Power specifications Operating voltage 5 V 3 3V DC 5 Nominal Temp Range 17 dBm Extended Temp Range 14 dBm min Transmit Power 2 7v to 3v 14 dBm min Radio specifications Range per cell indoors a...

Page 21: ...ata encryption 40 bit WEP Encryption 128 bit key length optional Utility Software Link Config User setup diagnostics tool Key Management Automatic Dynamic Key Allocation ADKA through public key Physic...

Page 22: ...ation regarding the electromagnetic compatibility the following standards were applied ETS 300 328 Nov 1996 ETS 300 328 A1 July 1997 ETS 300 826 Nov 1997 EN 60950 1992 A1 1993 A2 1993 A3 1995 A4 1996...

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