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LevelOne

WNC-0200

22Mbps Wireless PCI Adapter

User’s Manual

Version: 1.0

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Page 1: ...LevelOne WNC 0200 22Mbps Wireless PCI Adapter User s Manual Version 1 0...

Page 2: ...pearing in this document are registered property of their respective owners FCC STATEMENT This product has been tested and complies with the specifications for a Class B digital device pursuant to Par...

Page 3: ...IRELESS NETWORK PCI Adapter s LEDs 6 SETTINGUP THE WIRELESS NETWORK 6 INSTALLING YOUR LEVELONE WNC 0200 8 CONFIGURING YOUR LEVELONE WNC 0200 15 Link Info Page 15 Configuration Page 16 Security Page 18...

Page 4: ...ity makes the setting control for the PCI Adapter easier thanever The LevelOne WNC 0200 Wireless PCI Adapter is an ideal wireless device that truly makes the idea of wireless come true Please take a m...

Page 5: ...tem Requirements Windows 95 98 98SE Millennium NT 2000 and XP computers PC with Pentium III 600MHz system or above is recommended Equipped with at least one empty PCI standard v2 1 socket One CD ROM d...

Page 6: ...ireless card with One is called Ad Hoc and the other is Infrastructure On an Ad Hoc network two or more computers each has at least one wireless network client device such as wireless PCI Adapter inst...

Page 7: ...ed by your ISP as part of the broadband connection installation 3 A Router that connects to the ADSL Cable modem for internet connection sharing 4 An Access Point to connect with the Router to form a...

Page 8: ...rt the software installation CD into your CD ROM drive 3 Make sure that the 22Mbps wireless PCI Adapter is NOT installed in your computer 4 The main installation screen would appear simply follow the...

Page 9: ...9 InstallShield Wizard starts Click Next to continue Click Next to install the program files in the default folder...

Page 10: ...6 Insert the 22mpbs wireless Network PCI Adapter into the CardBus slot of your The setup program is now copying the necessary files to your local disk drive Select the second option and click Finish t...

Page 11: ...e system will detect the existence of the 22mpbs wireless network PCI Adapter 9 Since the system detects the LevelOne WNC 0200 Wireless PCI Adapter for the first time The Found New Hardware Wizard wil...

Page 12: ...12 The screen will appear Click Continue Anyway to continue with hardware installation...

Page 13: ...13 System is install the software for the 22mpbs wireless PC Card Click Next to continue...

Page 14: ...14 After successful installation an utility program icon will appear on your desktop screen Simply double click the icon to launch the utility Click Finish to complete new hardware installation...

Page 15: ...tting Channel Shows the current channel for communication Radio Off button When clicked you disable the radio signal and cut off the wireless connection Link Quality Shows the link quality of the Leve...

Page 16: ...ireless network PCI Adapter 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 1 to 13 for European ETSI domain and 1 to 14 f...

Page 17: ...implementing the original version of the protocol Power Mode There are 3 modes to choose from l Continuous Access Mode default the PCI Adapter is constantly operating with full power and it consumes...

Page 18: ...ime l Shared Authentication the sender and receiver shares the common key for data communication and the key is used for extended length of time l Auto depend on the communication to establish and aut...

Page 19: ...onnect button Click Refresh button to start 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 th...

Page 20: ...ch settings and configuration item are described in previous Configuration and Security Page sessions Please refer to those two sessions for more information When you finish enter the setting for this...

Page 21: ...s some information about the 22mpbs 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 22: ...ion and operation of the LevelOne WNC 0200 Wireless PCI Adapter Please read through the following to solve your problems 1 The wireless clients cannot access the network in the infrastructure mode Che...

Page 23: ...23 Go to Device Manager Go to Hardware...

Page 24: ...24 Right mouse click on the wireless network adapter 22Mbps WLAN Adapter Go to Properties 22Mbps WLAN Adapter...

Page 25: ...oaming is the ability of portable computers e g Packet PC and notebook to have consistent and continuous data transmission reception throughout an area covered by more than one Wireless Access Point I...

Page 26: ...the air WLAN offers two layers of protection for security First layer is on the hardware level As with Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum DSSS technology it has the inherent security feature of scrambli...

Page 27: ...earn the basics of home networking Using the Windows XP Network Setup Wizard Go to Start menu Control Panel NetworkConnections In the menu on the left side of the window select Set up a home or small...

Page 28: ...ur computer to the Internet In the case of using router in the network choose the second option Click Next to continue 1 Enter a short description for your computer 2 Enter a name for your computer to...

Page 29: ...29 Enter Workgroup name for your home network Click Next to continue Click Next and wait for the wizard to apply the settings...

Page 30: ...ou may create a network setup disk whichsaves you the trouble of having to configure every PCs in your network Select the first choice and insert a floppy disk into your disk drive Click Next to conti...

Page 31: ...31 Click Format Disk if you wish to format the disk Click Next to copy the necessary files to the disk Click Next to continue with the Network Setup Wizard...

Page 32: ...k into the disk drive of a PC and open to browse the content of the disk with My Computer or Windows File Manager Double click and run the file netsetup for the program to handle the rest Click Finish...

Page 33: ...ars type command ipconfig all and press Enter This command will display the IP addresses of all the network adapters in your computer In this case the IP address of your network adapter is 192 168 0 2...

Page 34: ...the Start menu Run type winipcfg and click OK The Windows IP Configuration Menu window would appear where you first click release button to release the current IP address followed by clicking of Renew...

Page 35: ...ddresses will expire and may be changed over time Static IP addresses are the IP addresses that users manually enter for each of the network adapters Note There might be two or more Local Area Connect...

Page 36: ...ars Select Obtain an IP address automatically if you are on a DHCP enabled network Click OK to close the window with the changes made The Local Area Connection Properties would appear Select Internet...

Page 37: ...ress Enter the IP address and subnet mask fields Enter the IP address of the Router in the Default gateway field Enter the IP address of the Router in the DNS serverfield Click Ok to close the window...

Page 38: ...CP enabled network Click OK to close the window with the changes made Select Use the following IP address Enter the IP address and subnet mask fields Enter the IP address of the Router in the Default...

Page 39: ...rs Select Obtain an IP address automatically if you are on a DHCP enabled network Click OK to close the window with the changes made Go to Start menu Settings Control Panel Double click on Network Sel...

Page 40: ...following IP address Enter the IP address and subnet mask fields Enter the IP address of the Router in the Default gateway field Enter the IP address of the Router in the DNS serverfield Click Ok to...

Page 41: ...ntication algorithms Essentially it is a null authentication algorithm Any station that requests authentication with this algorithm may become authenticated if 802 11 Authentication Type at the recipi...

Page 42: ...network it checks to see if the network is quiet senses the carrier If it is not it waits a random amount of time before retrying If the network is quiet and two devices access the line at exactly th...

Page 43: ...e of Fragmentation Threshold is to increase the transfer reliability thru cutting a MAC Service Data Unit MSDU into several MAC Protocol Data Units MPDU in smaller size The RF transmission can not all...

Page 44: ...perates with the current 1 and 2 Mbit s DSSS specification as described in IEEE Std 802 11 1999 and an optional short preamble and header At the receiver the PLCP preamble and header are processed to...

Page 45: ...ess to the Internet your computer is provided with a copy of the TCP IP program just as every other computer that you may send messages to or get information from also has a copy of TCP IP Throughput...

Page 46: ...ance Operating Channel 11 Channels North America 13 Channels Europe 14 Channels Japan RF Output Power 16 18 dBm typical Sensitivity 22MHz PBCC 80 dBm Typically 25 5 11MHz PBCC 85 dBm Typically 25 5 11...

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