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IEEE802.11g

Wireless PCMCIA Card

WL-3560

User Manual

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Summary of Contents for WL-3560

Page 1: ...IEEE802 11g Wireless PCMCIA Card WL 3560 User Manual ...

Page 2: ...respective holders Federal Communication Commission Interference Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if no...

Page 3: ...rective repeals and replaces in the directive 98 13 EEC Telecommunications Terminal Equipment and Satellite Earth Station Equipment As of April 8 2000 Safety This equipment is designed with the utmost care for the safety of those who install and use it However special attention must be paid to the dangers of electric shock and static electricity when working with electrical equipment All guideline...

Page 4: ...REQUIREMENTS 4 1 6 SAFETY PRECAUTION 4 1 7 INSTALLATION CONSIDERATIONS 4 CHAPTER 2 INSTALLATION PROCEDURE 5 2 1 CONFIGURATION UTILITY INSTALLATION 5 2 2 WINDOWS 98 ME 2000 XP SERVER 2003 DRIVER INSTALLATION 8 CHAPTER 3 CONFIGURATION UTILITY 10 3 1 LINK INFO 11 3 2 CONFIGURATION 12 3 3 ADVANCED 13 3 4 SITE SURVEY 15 3 5 ABOUT 16 APPENDIX 17 ...

Page 5: ... With all these advanced features and high performance WL 3560 is the optimal choice when constructing a wireless total solution 1 1 Features l Wireless LAN IEEE 802 11g and 802 11b standards fully compliant l Wireless connection without the difficulty and cost of cabling l Super G mode provides up to 108Mbps data rate l Based on 2 4GHz Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum DSSS Technology l Supports 64...

Page 6: ...Cs or other IEEE 802 11b and 802 11g compliant wireless adapters within one ESS must be configured with the same ESS ID and use the same radio channel Before enabling an ESS with roaming capability choosing a feasible radio channel and optimum Access Point position is recommended Proper Access Point positioning combined with a clear radio signal will greatly enhance performance 1 2 2 Ad Hoc An Ad ...

Page 7: ...560 Attachment Interface PC CardBus 32 bit compliant LED Indicators POWER LINK Operating Frequency Channel 2 412 2 462GHz FCC USA Canada 11 Channels 2 412 2 4835GHz TELEC Japan 14 Channels 2 412 2 472GHz ETSI Europe 13 Channels RF Modulation Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum DSSS Technology OFDM CCK QPSK BPSK RF Output Power 16dBm typical Sensitivity 802 11g 66dBm PER 8 54 Mbps 802 11b 82dBm PER 8 1...

Page 8: ... not function If you miss or damage the accessories please contact your local dealer 1 7 Installation Considerations l Please keep the number of walls and ceilings between the Access Point and clients as less as possible Each wall or ceiling can reduce your wireless cover range form 3 90 feet Position your Access points Residential Gateways and computers so that the number of walls or ceilings is ...

Page 9: ...lowing steps to complete the installation 2 1 Configuration Utility Installation Please install the configuration utility before insert WL 3560 into the PCMCIA slot of the computer 1 Insert the CD ROM into the CD ROM drive to initiate the autorun program Once completed a menu screen will appear as follows 2 Click on Configuration Utility hyper link in WL 3560 field to initiate the installation If ...

Page 10: ...stall the configuration utility Or you can keep the default setting and click Next to continue 4 Select the program folder you want to install this utility to Or you can keep the default setting and click Next to continue 5 Windows will start installing necessary files to system ...

Page 11: ...7 6 Click Finish to complete the installation procedures 7 Select Yes to restart your computer right away or select No to restart later ...

Page 12: ...izard screen will appear Please select Install from a specific location Advanced option and click Next to continue 3 Insert Driver and User s Manual CD into CD ROM drive Select Include this location in the search and then click Browse to find out WL 3560 driver location to install driver Assume E is your CD ROM drive you can find out WL 3560 driver in E Drivers WL 3560 Please click Next to continu...

Page 13: ...9 5 Click Finish to complete the installation ...

Page 14: ...odify the configuration parameters when the device is active Following details the configuration options Note It is recommended to use PLANET utility to configure WL 3560 even under windows XP system Thus please disable the Wireless Zero Configuration Service in windows XP before activating PLANET utility To disable the service you can go to the Properties screen of the wireless network and clear ...

Page 15: ...rent wireless mode used for wireless communication Encryption Shows the current encryption mode used for wireless network TxRate Shows the current data rate used for transmitting Channel Shows the current channel for communication Link Quality Shows the link quality of WL 3560 with the Access Point when operating in Infrastructure mode Signal Strength Shows the wireless signal strength of the conn...

Page 16: ...nication is done via the Access Point u AdHoc Band There are two bands available for selection Ø 11B Allows user to set the 802 11b standard wireless network Ø 11G Allows user to set the 802 11g standard wireless network u Channel Shows the number of the radio channel used for the networking u Tx Rate 11B G Shows the Data Transfer Rate If Auto Mode is selected the device will choose the best trans...

Page 17: ...nd not from the original IEEE 802 11 That means that stations using Short Preamble cannot communicate with stations implementing the original version of the protocol u Support Band The supported bands of WL 3560 are 11B 11G and 11G Turbo 11A and 11A Turbo are preserved for future usage With all options selected WL 3560 can keep the highest flexibility when making connection to AP If you fix the WL...

Page 18: ... that is decide on the Key Format you selected 64bit 5ASCII 10HEX 128bit 13ASCII 26HEX u Key Format You can select WEP key format to HEX Hexadecimal code 0 9 A F or ASCII American Standard Code for Information Interchange 0 9 a z A Z When WPA is selected in Encryption field please click Configuration button for advanced settings WPA uses 802 1x and Extensible Authentication Protocol EAP as the bas...

Page 19: ...nel information of all the wireless devices around you If you wish to connect to any device on the Available Network list select the device on the list and click Connect then WL 3560 will connect to the selected device and create a profile for the selected device automatically You can configure profile with those buttons Ø Add Add a new profile Ø Remove Delete the profile you selected Ø Properties...

Page 20: ...16 3 5 About It shows the current Driver Firmware and Utility version ...

Page 21: ...is applicable at a departmental scale for a branch or SOHO operation ü What is Infrastructure An integrated 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 ü What is BSS ID A specific Ad Hoc LAN is called a Basic Service Set BSS Computers in a BSS mus...

Page 22: ...ort printer sharing Wireless products perform the same function as LAN products Therefore Wireless products can work with Netware Windows NT 2000 XP or other LAN operating systems to support printer or file sharing ü What is DSSS What is FHSS And what are their differences Frequency hopping spread spectrum FHSS uses a narrowband carrier that changes frequency in a pattern that is known to both tra...

Page 23: ...y Hopping Spread Spectrum FHSS ü How does WL 3560 reach the high data rate 108Mbps WL 3560 is using Atheros AR5002G chipset which enhanced with Super G mode There are three technologies used in Super G mode First is called Packet Bursting which puts more data in one single transmission Second technology is called Compression The AR5002G chipset employs a special engine to compress and encrypt data...

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