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Summary of Contents for WL-8313

Page 1: ...IEEE 802 11g Wireless PCI Card WL 8313 User Manual ...

Page 2: ... 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 not installed and used in accordance with the instruc...

Page 3: ...3 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 guidelines of this and of the computer manufacture must the...

Page 4: ...lication 2 1 3 SPECIFICATION 3 1 4 PACKAGE CONTENTS 4 1 5 MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS 4 1 6 INSTALLATION CONSIDERATIONS 5 CHAPTER 2 INSTALLATION PROCEDURE 6 2 1 CONFIGURATION UTILITY INSTALLATION 6 2 2 DRIVER INSTALLATION 8 CHAPTER 3 CONFIGURATION UTILITY 10 3 1 LINK INFO 11 3 2 CONFIGURATION 12 3 3 SITE SURVEY 14 APPENDIX 16 GLOSSARY 18 ...

Page 5: ...ss 802 11b g products so both 11b and 11g clients can reside on the same network Support of most operating systems such as Windows98SE ME 2000 XP Server 2003 offers greater scalability and usability making the device a perfect choice for users who are getting tired of running cables or in constant need of wireless access 1 1 Features l 2 4GHz ISM band unlicensed operation l A fast Wireless connect...

Page 6: ...SS All wireless clients using WL 8313 or other IEEE 802 11b compliant wireless adapters within one ESS must be configured with the same ESS ID and use the same radio channel Before adopting an ESS with roaming capability choosing an available radio channel with less interference is highly recommended Proper Access Point positioning combined with a clear radio channel will greatly enhance performan...

Page 7: ...02 11g Wireless PCI card Model Name WL 8313 Attached Interface PCI V2 2 LED Indicators LINK ACT Operating Frequency Channel 2 412 2 462GHz FCC Canada 11 Channels 2 412 2 472GHz ETSI Europe 13 Channels 2 412 2 484GHz TELEC Japan 14 Channels Emission type Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum DSSS Technology RF Modulation OFDM with CCK BPSK QPSK 16QAM 64QAM RF Output Power 13 15dBm Data Rate 802 11b 1 2 5...

Page 8: ...ct your supplier as soon as possible 1 5 Minimum System Requirements Before installation please check the following requirements Operating System Windows 98SE Me 2000 XP Serer 2003 Desktop PC with a CD ROM drive One vacant PCI slot Important WL 8313 is compliant with the PCI V2 2 with 3 3V output voltage standard Some old model motherboards especially those for Intel Pentium Pentium II AMD K6 K6 I...

Page 9: ...s and clients is minimized l Building materials make a difference A solid metal door or aluminum studs may have a negative effect on signal coverage range Try to properly position Access Points and computers with wireless adapters so that there would be less obstacles existing between them l Keep your wireless LAN devices away from microwaves cordless phones and child incubators It is likely that ...

Page 10: ...guration Utility Installation Note The following installation operates under Window XP The procedure also applies to Window 98SE Me 2000 Server 2003 Please install the configuration utility before inserting WL 8313 into the PCI slot of the computer 1 Insert the bundled CD into the CD ROM drive to launch the autorun program Once completed a menu screen will show up as follows 2 Click the Configurat...

Page 11: ...u prefer for the installation of utility Otherwise you can keep the default setting and click Next to proceed 4 Once the utility is installed select Yes to restart your computer right away or select No to restart later After making the decision click Finish to go on ...

Page 12: ...ou to reboot For Windows 98SE the system installation CD will be required Just click Yes to proceed 1 Power off your computer Insert WL 8313 into a vacant PCI slot and turn on the computer 2 Windows will automatically detect the device Choose Install the software automatically Recommended Then click Next to continue 3 A screen will appear to inform you that the PCI adapter has not passed Windows L...

Page 13: ... 9 9 Note If your operating system is Windows 2000 the below window will pop up Please click Yes to continue 4 When the driver is installed click Finish to complete the installation procedure ...

Page 14: ...over the configuration of the PCI adapter after installation of the configuration utility and driver for the PCI adapter if the operating system is Windows XP Server 2003 Make sure to disable the Wireless Zero Configuration utility provided by Windows XP Server 2003 before launching PLANET utility To complete this firstly restart your computer and click the Windows XP Server 2003 networking icon i...

Page 15: ...ressing Rescan button enables the wireless PCI adapter to rebuild the link with the Access Point 1 Status It shows the BSSID associated with which can be used to identify the wireless network 2 SSID It shows the current SSID which must be the same for the wireless client and AP in order to establish the link 3 TxRate It shows the current data rate for transmission 4 Channel It shows the current ch...

Page 16: ...can be changed 4 Tx Rate It shows the data transfer rate If Auto mode is selected the device will choose the best data transfer rate automatically 5 Preamble Auto Long Short There are 3 options Auto Short and Long Preamble Preamble is a sequence of bits transmitted at 1Mbps that allows the PHY circuitry to reach steady state demodulation and synchronization of bit clock and frame start It is the f...

Page 17: ... Point without any authentication null authentication You can decide whether to employ WEP data encryption 2 Shared Authentication In this mode wireless stations communicate with the Access Point with the identical WEP key settings for authentication and data encryption It combines with WEP data encryption 3 WEP Key options This will be configurable only when Data Encryption is enabled 1 Default K...

Page 18: ...nk Odyssey Client or MDC Aegis Client 3 3 Site Survey In this page The Available Network list displays all available Access Points Infrastructure mode and adapters Ad hoc mode within the signal coverage range for WL 8313 to connect to Click Refresh to scan all available networks again Select one of them you prefer to establish the link by simply double clicking the specified Access Point or clicki...

Page 19: ...elected profile After clicking Add or Properties the dialog box as below will appear for your configuration You can refer to the above to configure the settings of the profile to meet your needs About This page displays the current firmware driver and utility version of WL 8313 ...

Page 20: ...s stations communicate with each other via an Access Point ü 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 XP Server 2003 or other networking operating systems to support the printer or file sharing ü Would the information be intercepted while transmitting on air WLAN featu...

Page 21: ...pread Spectrum technology is a wideband radio frequency technique developed by the military for use in reliable secure mission critical communication systems It is designed to trade off bandwidth efficiency for reliability integrity and security In other words more bandwidth is consumed than in the case of narrowband transmission but the trade off produces a signal that is in effect louder and thu...

Page 22: ...d amount of time expressed in bits per second bps Beacon A beacon is a packet broadcast by the Access Point to keep the network synchronized What is Included in a beacon is the information such as wireless LAN service area the IP address the Broadcast destination addresses time stamp Delivery Traffic Indicator Maps and the Traffic Indicator Message TIM Bit A binary digit which is either 0 or 1 for...

Page 23: ... ESS ESS stands for Extended Service Set More than one BSS is configured to become an Extended Service Set WLAN mobile users can roam between different BSSs in an ESS ESSID The unique identifier that identifies the ESS In infrastructure mode the stations use the same ESSID as AP s to communicate Ethernet A popular local area data communications network originally developed by Xerox Corp Ethernet o...

Page 24: ... receiver the PLCP preamble and header are processed to aid in demodulation and delivery of the PSDU The optional short preamble and header is intended for application where maximum throughput is desired and interoperability with legacy and non short preamble capable equipment is not consideration That is it is expected to be used only in networks of like equipment that can all handle the optional...

Page 25: ...ay send messages to or get information from those with a TCP IP program Throughput The amount of data transferred successfully from one point to another in a given period of time WEP Wired Equivalent Privacy WEP is an encryption scheme used to protect wireless data communication To enable the icon will prevent other stations without the same WEP key from linking to the Access Point ...

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