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minimum amount of effort to implement a secure wireless network environment. 

 

 

SSID: 

Service Set Identifier, which is a unique name shared among all clients and 

nodes in a wireless network. The SSID must be identical for each clients and nodes in 
the wireless network. 

Wireless Mode: 

There are two types available for selection 

Infrastructure – to establish wireless communication with LAN and other wireless 

clients through the use the Access Points. 

Ad-Hoc – to establish point-to-point wireless communication directly with other 

wireless client devices such as wireless network PCI Adapter. 

AdHoc Band: 

There are two bands available for selection- 11B and 11G 

Channel: 

The value of channel that AP will operate in. You can select the channel 

range of 1 to 11 for North America (FCC) domain and 1 to 13 for European (ETSI) 
domain and 1 to 14 for Japanese domain. 

Tx Rate: 

Select the data rate for data transmission.

 

Power Mode: 

There are 3 modes to choose. 

Continuous Access Mode (default) – the PCI Adapter is constantly operating with 

full power and it consumes the most power. 

Maximum Power Save – the PCI Adapter consumes the least power and only 

operates when there is wireless network activity. 

Power Save – the PCI Adapter consumes the moderate level of power. 

Summary of Contents for GL2454VP-1A

Page 1: ...54Mbps Wireless Network PCI Adapter USER S MANUAL Model Name GL2454VP 1A Version 1 0 Date 11 11 03...

Page 2: ...Getting Start 3 2 1 LED Indicators 3 2 2 Install the 54Mbps Wireless Network PCI Adapter 3 2 2 1 Utility Installation 3 2 2 2 Driver Installation 7 3 Configuration 9 3 1 Link Information 9 3 2 Config...

Page 3: ...upport most commonly used operating systems including Windows 98SE ME 200 XP 1 2 System Requirement Windows 98 98SE Millennium Edition ME 2000 and XP operating systems PC with Pentium III 600MHz syste...

Page 4: ...ion mentioned in this manual are based on Windows XP For other windows operating system all the procedures are the same but the screens are not the exactly same 2 Turn on the computer Insert the CD in...

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Page 6: ...4 Please click Finish 5 Please make sure TURN OFF your computer and remove the power cord from...

Page 7: ...ess PCI Adapter into the empty PCI slot of your computer system Once the 54Mbps Wireless PCI Adapter is installed place the computer case back Turn ON your computer 2 2 2 Driver Installation 1 Please...

Page 8: ...3 Please click Finish 4 To make sure if the installation is successful you could check it through the device management...

Page 9: ...tion is successful a utility program icon will show on your desktop To lunch the utility just double click the icon 3 Configuration 3 1 Link Information The default page is as below after you launch t...

Page 10: ...TxRate Shows the current data rate used for transmitting Channel Shows the current channel for communication Link Quality Shows the link quality of the 54Mbps wireless network PCI Adapter with the Acc...

Page 11: ...er wireless client devices such as wireless network PCI Adapter AdHoc Band There are two bands available for selection 11B and 11G Channel The value of channel that AP will operate in You can select t...

Page 12: ...802 11b At the receiver the Preamble and header are processed to aid in demodulation and delivery of the PSDU The Short Preamble and header may be used to minimize overhead and thus maximize the netwo...

Page 13: ...for extended length of time Auto depend on the communication to establish and automatically use the proper authentication mode The following will only be activated to allow for configuration when Encr...

Page 14: ...rt scanning for available network again Profile You can create and manage the created profiles for Home offices or public areas By double clicking on one of the created profile the setting will adapt...

Page 15: ...s some information about the 54Mpbs PCI Adapter utility which includes the version numbers for Driver Firmware and Utility When there is new version of software available for upgrade you will be able...

Page 16: ...gh it ASCII American Standard Code for Information Interchange ASCII is one of the two formats that you can use for entering the values for WEP key It represents English letters as numbers from 0 to 1...

Page 17: ...th it Channel The bandwidth which wireless Radio operates is divided into several segments which we call them Channels AP and the client stations that it associated work in one of the channels CSMA CA...

Page 18: ...P s to get connected Ethernet A popular local area data communications network originally developed by Xerox Corp that accepts transmission from computers and terminals Ethernet operates on a 10 100 M...

Page 19: ...ion Packet A unit of data routed between an origin and a destination in a network PLCP Physical layer convergence protocol PPDU PLCP protocol data unit Preamble Type During transmission the PSDU shall...

Page 20: ...l in a private network i e intranet or internet When you are set up with direct access to the Internet your computer is provided with a copy of the TCP IP program just as every other computer that you...

Page 21: ...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 d...

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