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Wireless LAN PCMCIA Card

WL-3553

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Page 1: ...1 Wireless LAN PCMCIA Card WL 3553 User s Manual ...

Page 2: ...s 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 not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarante...

Page 3: ... 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 guidelines of this and of the computer manufacture must therefore be allowed at all times to ensure the safe use of the equipment EU Countries Not...

Page 4: ...E 6 2 1 WINDOWS 98 ME 2000 DRIVER INSTALLATION 6 2 2 WINDOWS XP SERVER 2003 DRIVER INSTALLATION 9 2 3 CONFIGURATION UTILITY INSTALLATION 11 CHAPTER 3 CONFIGURATION UTILITY 12 CHAPTER 4 STATION MODE 13 4 1 GENERAL 13 4 2 PROFILE 13 4 3 AVAILABLE NETWORK 15 4 4 ADVANCED 16 4 5 STATUS 17 4 6 STATISTICS 18 CHAPTER 5 AP MODE 19 5 1 GENERAL 19 5 2 ADVANCED 20 5 3 STATISTICS 21 CHAPTER 6 FREQUENTLY ASK Q...

Page 5: ...ywhere on or around your computer to get better signal quality and longer connection distance The WL 3553 has support full mobility and seamless roaming feature for mobile users to keep network connection across Access Points Its range of coverage is up to 350 feet indoor and 1100 feet outdoors 1 1 Features l Wireless connection without the hassles and cost of cabling l Wireless LAN IEEE802 11b co...

Page 6: ...within its BSS the effective transmission range in an infrastructure LAN is doubled The use of a unique ID in a BSS is essential All WL 3553 equipped PCs configured without roaming options in an independent BSS must be configured with a BSS ID corresponding to the WL 3553 used in the BSS Check your WL 3553 for its BSS ID or use the Site Survey function on Configuration Utility program to determine...

Page 7: ...he network in applications like these 1 Remote access to corporate network information E mail file transfer and terminal emulation 2 Difficult to wire environments Historical or old buildings asbestos installations and open area where wiring is difficult to employ 3 Frequently changing environments Retailers manufacturers and banks who frequently rearrange the workplace and change location 4 Tempo...

Page 8: ...odulation Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum DSSS Technology CCK DQPSK DBPSK RF Output Power 16dBm Sensitivity 83dBm PER 8 Data Rate 11 5 5 2 1 Mbps with auto rate fallback Media Access Protocol CSMA CA ACK Standard Antenna Build in patch antenna Range Up to 1100 feet outdoor and 350 feet indoor Working Mode Ad Hoc Infrastructure Access Point Power Consumption TX 3 3V 340mA RX 3 3V 160mA Stand by sle...

Page 9: ...number of walls and ceilings between the Access Point and clients 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 minimized l Building materials make a difference A solid metal door or aluminum studs may have a negative effect on range Try to position Access Points and...

Page 10: ...rst If this is the first time to install this device please refer to the following steps to complete the installation 2 1 Windows 98 Me 2000 Driver Installation Note The following installation operates under Window 2000 Procedures will be similar to Windows 98 Me About Windows XP Server 2003 driver installation please refer to next section 1 Plug WL 3553 into your PC s PCMCIA slot 2 Power on the P...

Page 11: ...on and click Next to continue 5 Select Specify a location and click Next 6 You can click Browse to find the driver location Assume E is your CD ROM drive the driver can be found in E Drivers WL 3553 Win2000 Please click OK to continue ...

Page 12: ... you that it found a driver for the device you are installing please click Next to continue 8 Windows 2000 may tell you this driver doesn t contain Microsoft digital signature Don t worry about this Pleaser click Yes to continue the installation ...

Page 13: ...cedures will be similar to Window Server 2003 1 Plug WL 3553 into your PC s PCMCIA slot 2 Power on the PC and insert Drivers and User s manual CD into CD ROM drive 3 Windows XP will detect WL 3553 and ask you to install driver Please select the second option and click Next 4 Please select Include this location in the search and then click Browse to find out WL 3553 driver location to install drive...

Page 14: ...WinXP Please click Next to continue 5 WinXP will show you this dialog box to prompt you the driver has not passed Windows logo testing please press Continue Anyway to continue 6 Please click Finish to complete the driver installation ...

Page 15: ...L 3553 setup exe Assume E is your CD ROM drive You will see the dialog box as the picture Please click Next to continue 2 Then the utility will copy to your PC Note After the utility installed it will auto start If the card is not working properly you may restart your PC If the situation still exist after computer reboot you should make sure that your system has free resources ...

Page 16: ...nstall manufacturer s utility When wireless card installed this program will auto start If you want to use our configuration utility to configure WL 3553 you have to disable the Windows built in wireless program Windows Zero Config Service firstly Then you can use our utility to configure u Refresh When you install two WL 3553s in your PC you just need to install the utility once If you cannot see...

Page 17: ...ings and the Signal Strength of the WL 3553 4 2 Profile In this option you can check and modify the profiles u Add When you want to add a profile manually please click this bottom Then you can see the dialog box as below Enter the settings as you want and click OK to save as a profile ...

Page 18: ...nication only with other devices with identical WEP settings Ø ASCII When this option is selected The WEP key format will be ASCII American Standard Code for Information Interchange 0 9 a z A Z Otherwise the WEP key format will be HEX Hexadecimal code 0 9 a f A F Ø Passphrase You can enter the charters into the field It will create the WEP keys automatically Ø Key Length Please select the WEP key ...

Page 19: ... be the first option which WL 3553 will connected when your PC bootup Please select the profile and click this button 4 3 Available Network This screen shows the APs or Adapters which available for WL 3553 to connect When operating in work mode Any it will show the available APs and Adapters at the same time Click Refresh to collect the BSSID and Channel information of all the wireless devices aro...

Page 20: ...nt modes There are two optional selections for this mode Ø None Disable Power Save mode Ø Min Enable the adapter in the power saving mode when it is idle but some components of the adapter is still alive In this mode the power consumption is larger than Max mode Ø Max Adapter will enter power saving mode when it is idle ...

Page 21: ...to mode If Auto Mode is been selected the device will select the best transfer rate automatically u Fragmentation threshold The size at which packets will be fragmented Choose a setting within a range from 256 to 2346 bytes u RTS Threshold Minimum packet size to require an RTS Request To Send For packets smaller than this threshold an RTS is not sent and the packet is transmitted directly to the W...

Page 22: ...18 4 6 Statistics In this option You can get the real time information about the packet transmission and receiving status ...

Page 23: ...u may press the Config button to configure WL 3553 as an AP for the wireless clients connected If there are some clients connect to AP mode WL 3553 you can see their information in the Association Table After click Config button you can see the dialog box as below for the configuration of AP mode WL 3553 ...

Page 24: ... Rate Select the Data Rate There are 1 Mbps 2Mbps 5 5 Mbps 11 Mbps and Auto mode If Auto Mode is been selected the device will select the best transfer rate automatically u Security Ø Open Authentication With this setting the station in the WLAN can receives and transmits data from Access Point null authentication Ø Shared Authentication With this setting allows communication only with other devic...

Page 25: ...21 5 3 Statistics In this option You can get the real time information about the packet transmission and receiving status You can click Reset button to clear the record to recount ...

Page 26: ...L 3553 please add a new profile and checked the setting This is a computer to computer ad hoc network wireless access points are not used of this profile Then set this profile to default When this setting is checked WL 3553 will work in Ad Hoc mode If unchecked WL 3553 will work in Infrastructure mode ü Does AP mode WL 3553 work like a stand along Access Point Yes AP mode WL 3553 is work likes a s...

Page 27: ...t 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 must be configured...

Page 28: ...e or more bits in the chip are damaged during transmission statistical techniques embedded in the radio 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 ü What is Spread Spectrum Spread Spectrum technology is a wideband radio frequency technique developed by the ...

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