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INTRODUCTION

 

 

Being five times faster than the speed of 802.11b network standard devices, the innovative 802.11g 

standard lets the wireless network become incredibly easier and faster (up to 54Mbps) than ever. Your 

802.11b/g WLAN Cardbus surely will bring you into such a high-speed network sphere. This document 

describes how to install your 802.11b/g WLAN Cardbus, which aims to let your computer communicate 

with 802.11 networks quickly and seamlessly. Wireless LAN is local area networking without wires, 

which  uses radio  frequencies to  transmit and receive data between  PCs or other network devices. 

Additionally, wireless LAN is able to configure either independent networks, which is also known as 

peer-to-peer or ad-hoc network, or infrastructure networks. The former is suitable for small or  

temporary peer-to-peer  configurations,  and the  later  is  offering fully distributed data connectivity via 

micro cells and roaming. 

 

 

To obtain  most benefits  your 802.11b/g WLAN Cardbus brings, please read  this  manual carefully 

before using it. 

 

1.1 Features 

With 802.11b/g WLAN Cardbus, you can: 

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establish a wireless connection without the hassles and cost of cabling 

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operate Ad-Hoc or Infrastructure mode 

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utilize up to 128-bit WEP encryption 

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enjoy high-speed data transfer rate up to 54 Mbps 

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employ automatic data rate switching which offers  maximum reliability,  throughput and 

connectivity 

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possess the network’s range up to 100 meters indoor and 400 meters outdoor 

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monitor  and  configure  the  network  via  the  supplied  friendly-interfaced  application  – 

WLAN-G Configuration Tool

 

 

1.2 Product Package 

Before starting the installation, please make sure the package you purchased includes the following 

items: 

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One 802.11b/g WLAN Cardbus. 

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One Setup Wizard CD with User Manual 

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One Quick Installation Guide 

If any of the items above is missing or damaged, please contact your distributor. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Page 1: ...GigaFast WF728 AEX IEEE 802 11 B G WLAN CardBus User Manual Version 1 1 M090403V11 ...

Page 2: ...es and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction may cause harmful interference to radio communication 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 the equipment off and on the ...

Page 3: ... Radio Off 7 Remove Status Icon 7 Wireless Network Status 8 Advanced Configuration 8 WEP Encryption 8 IBSS Channel 8 Country Domain 8 Version Information 8 3 2 PROGRAM CONTROLS 9 The Status Tab 9 The Configuration Tab 11 The Encryption Tab 12 The Site Survey Tab 14 The IBSS Tab 14 The Domain Tab 15 The About Tab 16 APPENDIX A TROUBLESHOOTING 18 DISABLE 802 11b g WLAN CARDBUS 18 UNINSTALL WLAN G CO...

Page 4: ...MOVE WIRELESS STATUS ICON DIALOG BOX 8 FIGURE 3 3 THE WIRELESS SETTINGS DIALOG BOX 9 FIGURE 3 4 THE STATUS TAB 10 FIGURE 3 5 THE CONFIGURATION TAB 11 FIGURE 3 6 THE ENCRYPTION TAB 13 FIGURE 3 7 THE SITE SURVEY TAB 14 FIGURE 3 8 THE IBSS TAB 15 FIGURE 3 9 THE DOMAIN TAB 16 FIGURE 3 10 THE ABOUT TAB 17 FIGURE 4 1 THE DEVICE MANAGER DIALOG BOX 18 FIGURE 4 2 THE CONFIRM DEVICE REMOVAL MESSAGE BOX 19 F...

Page 5: ...ter is offering fully distributed data connectivity via micro cells and roaming To obtain most benefits your 802 11b g WLAN Cardbus brings please read this manual carefully before using it 1 1 Features With 802 11b g WLAN Cardbus you can g establish a wireless connection without the hassles and cost of cabling g operate Ad Hoc or Infrastructure mode g utilize up to 128 bit WEP encryption g enjoy h...

Page 6: ...meet the following minimum requirements g Microsoft Windows 98 98 Second Edition ME 2000 or Windows XP g Minimum 5 Mbytes free disk space for installing the driver and the utility program g 32 MB RAM or above g A CD ROM drive g 300 MHz processor or higher g Cardbus interface 2 ...

Page 7: ...illustrate the installation instructions based on Windows XP operating system 2 1 Installation Procedures a Insert the 802 11b g WLAN Cardbus into your PC s Cardbus slot The Found New Hardware Wizard dialog box will appear because the system has detected the insertion of the Card b In the Found New Hardware Wizard dialog box choose Cancel Figure 2 1 The Found New Hardware Wizard Dialog Box c Inser...

Page 8: ...tart to copy the drivers found It may take a couple of minutes Figure 2 3 The Setup Status Screen f Windows will notify you that the driver has not passed the Windows Logo testing Because the Card has been tested to work with Windows XP please choose Continue Anyway 4 ...

Page 9: ...choose No I will restart my computer later instead Then click Finish to finish the installation Figure 2 5 The Complete Screen h Then you will find the WLAN G Configuration Tool icon appeared in the system tray Figure 2 6 The WLAN G Configuration Tool Tray Icon Double click the icon to launch the application and open the Wireless Settings dialog box in which seven tabs are contained Now you may st...

Page 10: ...he Device Manager button 3 In the opened window expand Network adapters to find the input device WLAN G FRISBEE Wireless LAN 802 11b g Adapter Right click over the item and choose Properties 4 From the opened dialog box on the General tab find the descriptions under the Device Status pane to learn if the card is working properly However if there s an error message shown please choose Uninstall fro...

Page 11: ...ion Tool icon in the system tray will open a menu as the following picture Figure 3 1 Right Click Menu of the Tray Icon Check the descriptions below to obtain detailed information about each command in the menu Wireless Radio On Choose the Wireless Radio On command to receive the radio frequency signal Wireless Radio Off Choosing the Wireless Radio Off command will stop receiving the radio frequen...

Page 12: ...ptions to maintain the secure management in a wireless LAN environment See the explanations in The Encryption Tab under the Program Controls section below for more details IBSS Channel Choosing this command will launch the IBSS tab of the Wireless Settings dialog box To obtain more information about the tab please refer to The IBSS Tab in the Program Controls section below Country Domain Choosing ...

Page 13: ...e Survey IBSS Domain and About Figure 3 3 The Wireless Settings Dialog Box Check the desired items below to obtain more information about these tabs The Status Tab In the Wireless Settings dialog box click the Status tab and you will see the following display Here presents the status of your current connection To close the window click OK Note Choosing the Wireless Network Status command from the ...

Page 14: ...Radio button to stop scanning However if you are already in the disabled radio mode you will find the Enable Radio button here instead Click Enable Radio to regain the link then State Here displays either the MAC Address of the current associated access point in the Infrastructure mode or a BSSID from any computer joining in the Ad Hoc network Current Tx Rate This feature indicates the transmissio...

Page 15: ...ed in terms of percentage As the signal gets stronger the signal percentage rate gets higher It is noted that the Signal Strength and Link Quality features only apply to the Infrastructure mode They are inapplicable in the Ad Hoc mode since data will be transferred from many different computers The Configuration Tab Click this tab to edit different profiles for different network configurations Whe...

Page 16: ...h is also known as the Infrastructure mode allows you to communicate with a wired network via an access point If you attempt to operate this mode you must indicate the identical Network Name to make a communication with the intended access point On the other hand the Peer to Peer mode provides you with the so called Ad Hoc communication which means each wireless equipped computers within a group i...

Page 17: ...he Create Key Manually option you may directly enter up to 4 WEP keys for use in WEP encryption To generate the WEP keys please define the key entry method as Alphanumeric or Hexadecimal for hexadecimal characters only digits 0 9 and letters A F are valid Then edit the texts in the blank fields below from Key 1 to Key 4 as the encryption codes Note that these codes keys shall be identical between ...

Page 18: ...s The Site Survey Tab First of all while entering this tab please do choose the Rescan button to reinitiate the scanning process and update the list Later the result of scanning will be renewed and displayed afterwards From the offered information you may learn the general information on the status of current scan lines including BSSID SSID signal strength the channel number WEP type and network t...

Page 19: ...n done click Apply to activate the new configuration On the other hand while in the Access Point mode you will find the channel number is the same as the associated access point Thus there s no need to manually set the value Figure 3 8 The IBSS Tab The Domain Tab While in the 5GHz range the network operation may differ from country to country or domain to domain This is because the 802 11d protoco...

Page 20: ...egulatory domain from the drop down menu of this command according to the country you are located in More detailed information about the defined country domain will be listed below afterwards When you are done remember to click Apply to let the new settings take effect The About Tab This tab reveals general information on your 802 11b g WLAN Cardbus including the following items Note Choosing the ...

Page 21: ...plays the current version and released date of the WLAN G Configuration Tool application NIC Firmware Displays the current NIC card firmware version and the MAC Media Access Control address of your wireless card It is consisted of 12 digit hexadecimal numbers 48 bits in length to identify your computer s physical address on the local area network 17 ...

Page 22: ...rhaps drivers please go to our website at www gigafast com and download the latest driver for your PCMCIA wireless adapter 4 Will this card work with my wireless router A As long as the router is 802 11b or g compatible then you should be able to have your wireless connection set up 5 Everything runs fine and there is a connection going through but how come my connection is extremely slow A Make s...

Page 23: ...ireless router If the Channel on your wireless router is 3 then change the value on the card to 3 This applies on the SSID also 10 How do I determine the type of chipset I have on the wireless adapter A The back of each wireless adapter will have a S N follow by a number The first letter represents a different chipset The first letter of the S N represents a different manufacture For example C Rea...

Page 24: ...tops Thus be sure that you have closed all the network applications before processing the removal Uninstall WLAN G Configuration Tool and the Card s Driver Prior to starting uninstalling please make sure that the utility is closed and then go along with the procedures below to entirely uninstall WLAN G Configuration Tool and the card driver 1 Right click the My Computer desktop icon and choose Pro...

Page 25: ...askbar and choose Control Panel from the Settings menu 6 Select Add or Remove Programs to open the dialog box shown as below Figure 4 3 The Add or Remove Programs Dialog Box 7 Click the Change Remove button under WLAN FRISBEE IEEE802 11b g 8 In the prompted WLAN IEEE802 11b g Setup window choose Remove and then click the Next button to begin uninstalling the program 19 ...

Page 26: ...LAN IEEE802 11b g Setup Message Box 10 From the Maintenance Complete screen choose Yes I want to restart my computer now if you are running Windows 98 or ME on the other hand if your current system is Windows 2000 or XP choose No I will restart my computer later Then choose Finish to entirely complete the removal 20 ...

Page 27: ...ick the Hardware tab and then choose the Device Manager button In the opened window find your Cardbus to see if the installation is successful If you see a yellow exclamation mark beside the item please go along with the steps below to reinstall the drivers 1 Uninstall the software and hardware drivers from your PC Please refer to the previous topic for details 2 Restart your computer and repeat t...

Page 28: ...s 48Mbps 54Mbps Transmit Power 802 11b 17dBm 802 11g 6 9Mbps 17dBm 12 18Mbps 15dBm 24Mbps 14dBm 36Mbps 14dBm 48Mbps 12dBm 54Mbps 12dBm Receive Sensitivity 802 11b 8 FER 1Mbps 91dBm 8 FER 2Mbps 88dBm 8 FER 5 5Mbps 85dBm 8 FER 11Mbps 83dBm 802 11g 10 PER 6Mbps 88dBm 10 PER 9Mbps 87dBm 10 PER 12Mbps 84dBm 10 PER 18Mbps 82dBm 10 PER 24Mbps 79dBm 10 PER 36Mbps 75dBm 10 PER 48Mbps 69dBm 10 PER 54Mbps 68...

Page 29: ...r CSMA CA with ACK Warranty 1 year Temperature Range 0 65 C Operating Humidity Max 95 Non condensing Operating Range Open Space up to 400meters Indoor up to 100meters The transmission speed varies in the surrounding environment CIS Customer Defined ...

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