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CP-108 Wireless LAN Card User’s Manual

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Page 1: ...nual Date 01 15 2002 Page 1 of 17 CP 108 Wireless LAN PCMCIA Card User s Manual Inventec ppliances Corp IMPORTANT This document contains important Information please read it carefully before using this product Copyright Inventec ppliances Corp 2002 ...

Page 2: ...Revision 0 1 CP 108 Wireless LAN Card User s Manual Date 01 15 2002 Page 2 of 17 Revision History Date By Revision Comments 01 15 2002 Danny Shih Draft Initial Draft 1 ...

Page 3: ...l protocol function such as RTS CTS generation and acknowledgment fragmentation and de fragmentation and automatic bacon monitoring are handled without host intervention Active scanning is performed autonomously once initiated by host command Host interface command and status handshakes allow additional firmware function specific to Access Point applications are also available 2 Hardware Installat...

Page 4: ...net network adapter card It is assumed that you have a working knowledge of standard Windows 95 98 operations and of installing network adapter cards Refer to the Windows Help when necessary on the Windows task bar press the Start button and 3 Driver Installation for Windows 95 98 Windows 95 98 operating systems support Plug Play for PC Cards Once you insert the CP108 PC Card into your computer th...

Page 5: ...AP201 Wireless LAN Access Point notebook PC user can communicate with those PCs user already existed in IEEE 802 3 networking environment in comfortable mobility The WL271 Wireless Local Area Network WLAN Interface card enables high speed access to Internet and intranet assets without wires This card uses the IEEE 802 11 protocol to enable communications between the host computer and either anothe...

Page 6: ...desktop The color behind the Intersil logo indicates the link status Red indicates no or very poor link quality Yellow indicates a usable but weak link Green indicates a strong link You can also view the status of the link by placing the cursor over the Configuration Utility icon as shown in the following illustration This illustration indicates that the PRISM WLAN Card is able to communicate but ...

Page 7: ...r the configuration utility will return You can also restart the Configuration Utility from the Start Menu by selecting Programs and PRISM Wireless LAN Configuration Version Information launches the Configuration Utility with the About menu selected giving the revision level of the driver configuration utility and firmware Wireless Network Status launches the Configuration Utility with the Link me...

Page 8: ... a named set of operating parameters for your PRISM WLAN Interface card The Profile field lets you set values for all parameters by selecting a previously defined profile Click the down arrow at the right of the Profile field to display the available profiles for your PRISM WLAN Interface card You will always have at least one profile named Default Initially this profile contains the parameters co...

Page 9: ... In this situation you can create a different profile for each of these three environments Each profile specifies the parameters used on a single network Moving from one location to another you only need to apply the appropriate profile to be able to participate in the local network Setting the Mode The PRISM WLAN Interface card can operate in one of three modes which are specified in the Mode fie...

Page 10: ...ging compatibility data For instance you can send broadcast frames in this mode over a given channel and expect no interruption by beacons or other packets not involved in the test This mode can be used for Packet Error Rate Testing for example to evaluate performance As with AdHoc mode each computer participating in the Pseudo AdHoc network must also specify the same SSID and AdHoc Channel in thi...

Page 11: ...o change the Transmit Rate click the down arrow at the right of the field highlight the rate you want to set and click the Apply button Under most conditions you should choose Fully Automatic as the transmit rate In general fixed rates are used only in test environments Enabling Power Save Mode The IEEE 802 11 standard provides a Power Save Mode In this mode your PRISM card listens for a beacon a ...

Page 12: ...hannel click the up or down arrow at the right of the AdHoc Channel field until the channel you want to set appears and then click the Apply button This field is greyed in infrastructure mode because the Access Point automatically selects the channel 6 Encryption Menu The Encryption menu lets you enable encryption and set the encryption keys To see the available encryption methods click the down a...

Page 13: ...ight of the Encryption field select either 64 bit or 128 bit and click the Apply button After enabling an encryption method you must then specify encryption keys as described in the following sections Creating Encryption Keys Using a Passphrase To create encryption keys using a passphrase click the radio button next to Create Key with Passphrase and type a character string in the Passphrase field ...

Page 14: ... type exactly 10 hexadecimal digits in each of the four key fields for 128 bit encryption you must type exactly 26 hexadecimal digits You then click the Apply button to create your encryption keys After you click the Apply button the Configuration Utility uses asterisks to mask your keys Default Key The Default Key field lets you specify which of the four encryption keys you use to transmit data o...

Page 15: ...shows the short term transmit and receive throughput in bytes second continuously updated Link Quality is based on the quality of the received signal of the Access Point beacon Signal Strength is based on the received signal strength measurement of the baseband processor of the Beacon signal You can click the Rescan button to force the radio to rescan all available channels If your link quality or...

Page 16: ...interference to radio or television reception 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 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 connec...

Page 17: ...esired operation IMPORTANT NOTE FCC Radiation Exposure Statement This equipment complies with FCC radiation exposure limits set forth for an uncontrolled environment This equipment should be installed and operated with minimum distance 20cm between the radiator your body This transmitter must not be co located or operating in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter ...

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