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Wireless LAN PCMCIA Card 

 

 

 

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Troubleshooting 

 
This section provides solutions to problems usually encountered during the installation and 
operation of this Wireless PCMCIA Card. Read the description below to solve your problems. 
 

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What is the IEEE 802.11b standard

 

The IEEE 802.11b Wireless LAN standard subcommittee which formulates the 
standard for the industry. The objective is to enable wireless LAN hardware from 
different manufactures to communicate. 
 

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What does IEEE  802.11 feature support

 

The product supports the following IEEE 802.11 functions: 

CSMA/CA plus Acknowledge Protocol 

Multi-Channel Roaming 

Automatic Rate Selection 

RTS/CTS Feature 

Fragmentation 

Power Management 

 

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What is Ad-hoc

 

An Ad-hoc integrated wireless LAN is a group of computers, each has a W ireless LAN 
adapter, Connected as an independent wireless LAN. Ad hoc wireless LAN is 
applicable at a departmental scale for a branch or SOHO operation. 
 

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What is Infrastructure

 

An integrated wireless and wireless and wired LAN is called an Infrastructure 
configuration. Infrastructure is applicable to enterprise scale for wireless access to 
central database, or wireless application for mobile workers. 
 

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What is BSS ID

 

A specific Ad hoc LAN is called a Basic Service Set (BSS). Computers in a BSS must 
be configured with the same BSS ID. 
 

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What is WEP

 

WEP is Wired Equivalent Privacy, a data privacy mechanism based on a 40 bit shared 
key algorithm, as described in the IEEE 802 .11 standard. 
 

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Can Wireless products support printer sharing

  

Wireless products perform the same function as LAN products. Therefore, Wireless 
products can work with Netware, Windows NT/2000, or other LAN operating systems to 
support printer or file sharing. 

 

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Would the information be intercepted while transmitting on air

 

WLAN features two-fold protection in security. On the hardware side, as with Direct 
Sequence Spread Spectrum technology, it has the inherent security feature of 
scrambling. On the software side, WLAN series offer the encryption function (WEP) to 
enhance security and Access Control. Users can set it up depending upon their needs. 
 
 
 

Summary of Contents for PCMCIA Card

Page 1: ...W Wi ir re el le es ss s L LA AN N P PC CM MC CI IA A C Ca ar rd d User Manual Version 1 1 Aug 2002...

Page 2: ...laims any warranties merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose Any software described in this manual is sold or licensed as is Should the programs prove defective following their purchase...

Page 3: ...uipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected 4 Consult the dealer or an experienced radio technician for help FCC Caution This equipment must be installed...

Page 4: ...ver special attention must be paid to the dangers of electric shock and static electricity when working with electrical equipment All guidelines of this and of the computer manufacture must therefore...

Page 5: ...1 Introduction 6 Chapter 2 Installation Procedure 7 Chapter 3 Configuring Utility 10 3 1 Status 10 3 2 Statistic 11 3 3 Site Survey 12 3 4 Encryption 12 3 5 Advanced 13 3 6 Version 13 Chapter 4 Techni...

Page 6: ...ne Wireless PCMCIA Card One CD Based Software Including Wireless PCMCIA Card driver utility and user manual One Quick Guide If any of the above items is missing contact your supplier as soon as possib...

Page 7: ...turn to page 9 Note2 If you have installed the Wireless PCMCIA Card driver utility before please uninstall the old version first Note3 Be sure not to insert the Wireless PCMCIA Card before the instal...

Page 8: ...start the computer now Then insert the Wireless PCMCIA Card in your computer Please wait for 2 3 minutes for the system to find the device Note When you complete the installation the Configuration Mon...

Page 9: ...em will find the device and search for its driver Please select the Driver Utility Drivers WinXP folder C Please wait for 2 3 minutes the system will restart the computer after it finishes the install...

Page 10: ...lication 3 1 Status Click Change to set up the necessary parameters and click Submit after the configuration has been changed u Operation mode Shows the following network modes Infrastructure This ope...

Page 11: ...is indicator helps to find the most comfortable antenna workstation position for quality network operation u Link Quality The measured Signal Strength level gives the overall Link Quality and Connecti...

Page 12: ...4 Encryption Additional security can be achieved by using the WEP Wired Equivalent Privacy encryption WEP encrypts each frame transmitted from the radio using one of the keys entered from this panel...

Page 13: ...d Long Preamble The Short Preamble option improves throughput performance u Fragmentation Threshold The size at which packets will be fragmented Choose a setting within a range of 256 to 2346 bytes u...

Page 14: ...00M l LED Indicator Link l Power consumption 3 3V DC 500mA Tx 230mA RX l Operating Temperature 0 to 55 l Storage Temperature 20 to 70 l Operating Humidity 0 to 70 Non Condensing l Storage Humidity 0 t...

Page 15: ...astructure An integrated wireless and wireless and wired LAN is called an Infrastructure configuration Infrastructure is applicable to enterprise scale for wireless access to central database or wirel...

Page 16: ...o can recover the original data without the need for retransmission To an unintended receiver DSSS appears as low power wideband noise and is rejected ignored by most narrowband receivers What is Spre...

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