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User’s Guide

Wireless LAN PC Card

11 Mbps

Version 2.0

Table of Contents

Information to User………………………………..

Introduction………………………………………...

Wireless LAN basics………………………………

Windows Installation………………………………

3.1

Install the Wireless LAN PC Card………..

3.2

Install Utility…………..…………………..... 17

3.3

Configuration Utility………………………..

Technical Specifications of WLAN PC Card……

Glossary……………………………………………

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Summary of Contents for WE721-AEX

Page 1: ...on 5 2 Wireless LAN basics 6 3 Windows Installation 7 3 1 Install the Wireless LAN PC Card 8 3 2 Install Utility 17 3 3 Configuration Utility 21 4 Technical Specifications of WLAN PC Card 29 Glossary 30 Product names mentioned herein may be trademarks and or registered trademarks of their respective companies ...

Page 2: ...res Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TX technician for help Notice The Part 15 radio device operates on a non interference basis with other devices operating at this frequency Any cha...

Page 3: ...talling WLAN PC Card 6 2 Wireless LAN basics Wireless LAN network defined by IEEE 802 11b standard committee could be configured as Ad Hoc wireless LAN o r Infrastructure wireless LAN Ad Hoc network is a group of notebooks with wireless LAN PC card called a BSS Basic Service Set These notebooks use their wireless LAN PC cards to communicate with each other and notebooks cannot connect to the Inter...

Page 4: ...gns an IP address to each computer Once a static IP address is assigned a computer uses the same IP address every time it reboots and logs on to the network You may manually change the IP address in the Network Properties dialog box Networks using static IP addresses are easy to set up and do not require additional network management software In networks with dynamic IP addressing a DHCP server in...

Page 5: ... folder that contains driver in CD ROM then click OK returns to previous menu and click Next 10 Step 5 After the hardware wizard finds the installation files in the software CD it displays the search results Windows driver file search for the device PRISM2 IEEE 802 11 PC CARD Adapter Click Next to copy the required files Step 6 Starting Copy ...

Page 6: ...rdware you must restart your computer Do you want to restart your computer now Remove the software CD and click Yes to restart the computer 12 Step 9 After the computer restarts double click the My Computer icon on your desktop In My Computer window double click the Control Panel icon In Control Panel window double click the Network icon Step 10 Select the TCP IP PRISM2 IEEE 802 11 PC CARD Adapter...

Page 7: ...o the blanket boxes as below Then click OK to return to Step 10 Network dialog box If your network has a DHCP server and Access Point supports DHCP IP address can be automatically assigned to this device Choose Use DHCP for WINS Resoluti on in WINS Configuration then click OK to return to Step 10 Network dialog box 14 Step 12 Click Add to select Network Protocol Step 13 Select the type of network ...

Page 8: ...t NetBEUI then click OK Step 15 The NetBEUI protocol is now installed After clicking on OKreturn back to Network Component Type box then click OK 16 Step 16 The Systems Settings Change window states To finish setting up your new hardware you must restart your computer Do you want to restart your computer now Click Yes to restart the computer ...

Page 9: ...LAN PC Card folder and double click Step icon to execute Setup exe It opens the Welcome dialog box as shown then click Next 18 Step 2 Software License Agreement click Yes Step 3 Type in an SSID The System ID or SSID is the name for your Wireless LAN All computers that are to be part of the same wireless LAN must have the same SSID Click Next ...

Page 10: ...4 Choose the Network Mode in which your wireless Mode will operate click Next Step 5 Choose Destination Location click Next 20 Step 6 Click Next Step 7 Starting Copy Step 8 Click Finish to restart your computer ...

Page 11: ... the state is Associated means normal flow of operation in infrastructure mode The PC is connected to Access Point BSSID is chose in the form of hex digits Networking is available Tx Rx Rate Information This displays the instantaneous wireless Receive and Transmit throughput in bytes per second These values are updated every two seconds Link Quality Signal Strength The Link Quality and Signal Stre...

Page 12: ...two options 802 11 Ad Hoc and Ad Hoc the 802 11 Ad Hoc mode option is recommended This is the 802 11b peer to peer mode of operation All communication is done from Client to Client without the use of an Access Point 802 11 Ad Hoc networking use the same SSID for establishing the wireless connection In this mode the Channel number will be found automatically 24 SSID SSID is the group name that will...

Page 13: ...transmitter To be written to the driver and registry each key must consist of hex digits which means that only digit 0 9 and letters A F are valid entries If entered incorrectly program will not write keys to a driver You can set this to disable 64 bit or 128 bit Encryption WEP disable 26 Encryption WEP 64 bit 128 bit There are two options to entry WEP Key In Create with Passphrase option you have...

Page 14: ...n each blanket boxes This may be necessary if you wish this node to match keys in different vendor s product 28 About About tab shows the product version including the detail of Driver Configuration Utility and NIC firmware version Users must use this version number when reporting their problems for technical support ...

Page 15: ...ected as an independent wireless LAN Ad Hoc wireless LAN is applicable at a departmental scale for a branch or SOHO operation BSSID A specific Ad Hoc LAN is called a Basic Service Set BSS Computers in a BSS must be configured with the same BSSID DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol a method in which IP addresses are assigned by server dynamically to clients on the network DHCP is used for Dyna...

Page 16: ...r checking 32 Roaming In an infrastructure network this is when a wireless PC moves out of range of the previously connected access point and connects to a newly connected access point Throughout the network environment where access point are deployed PCs can always be connected regardless of where they are located or roam SSID A Network ID unique to a network Only clients and Access Points that s...

Page 17: ...quency RF and infrared are the commonly used types of wireless transmission Most wireless LANs use spread spectrum technology It offers limited bandwidth usually under 11Mbps and users share the bandwidth with other devices in the spectrum however users can operate a spread spectrum device without licensing from the Federal Co mmunications Commission FCC ...

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