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54Mbps standard 11g   

PCI Bus Wireless LAN Adapter   

WL-8314 

User Manual 

 

 

Summary of Contents for WL-8314

Page 1: ...1 1 54Mbps standard 11g PCI Bus Wireless LAN Adapter WL 8314 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...

Page 3: ...ecommunications 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 Howeve...

Page 4: ...PECIFICATION 3 1 4 PACKAGE CONTENTS 4 1 5 MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS 4 1 6 INSTALLATION CONSIDERATIONS 4 CHAPTER 2 INSTALLATION PROCEDURE 5 2 1 CONFIGURATION UTILITY INSTALLATION 5 2 2 DRIVER INSTALL...

Page 5: ...ess 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...

Page 6: ...S All wireless clients using WL 8314 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...

Page 7: ...odel Name WL 8314 Attached Interface PCI V2 2 LED Indicators ACT Operating Frequency Channel 2 412 2 462GHz FCC US Canada 11 Channels 2 412 2 472GHz ETSI Europe 13 Channels 2 412 2 484GHz TELEC Japan...

Page 8: ...th installation of the Wireless adapter please do examine the system requirements for the adapter particularly the specification of the PCI slots of the motherboard The PC with Intel Pentium III 600MH...

Page 9: ...on operates under Window XP The procedure also applies to Window 98SE Me 2000 Server 2003 Please install the configuration utility before inserting WL 8314 into the PCI slot of the computer 1 Insert t...

Page 10: ...dow 98SE Me 2000 Server 2003 If your operating system is Windows 2000 please directly skip to step 3 If your operating system is Windows 98SE ME Windows will automatically detect the device and ask yo...

Page 11: ...dapter does not passed Windows Logo testing WHQL Click Continue Anyway to proceed since the card has been tested thoroughly to verify the compatibility Note If your operating system is Windows 2000 th...

Page 12: ...8 8 4 When the driver is installed click Finish to complete the installation procedure...

Page 13: ...ro Config Service will take over the management task of the wireless adapter Make sure to disable the Wireless Zero Config Service provided by Windows XP Server 2003 before launching PLANET utility To...

Page 14: ...essing 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...

Page 15: ...an 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 Sh...

Page 16: ...2 Authentication Mode If Data Encryption is implemented it will be required to choose the authentication mode There are 4 options available 1 Open Authentication In this mode wireless stations directl...

Page 17: ...y format in HEX Hexadecimal code 0 9 A F or ASCII American Standard Code for Information Interchange 0 9 a z A Z code 4 Key Length You can select 64 or 128 bits as the length of the WEP keys Each cate...

Page 18: ...log box Please click the Certificate you want to use and press Select Then you will back to the Encryption screen please check the User Name and Certificate of Authority are correct Press Apply Note W...

Page 19: ...all available networks again Select the SSID you want to connect and double clicking the specified Access Point or clicking the Connect button Then WL 8314 will connect to the device and create a prof...

Page 20: ...cted 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 3 5 Abou...

Page 21: ...stations communicate with each other via an Access Point Can Wireless products support printer sharing Wireless products perform the same function as LAN products Therefore Wireless products can work...

Page 22: ...ead 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 effici...

Page 23: ...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 wire...

Page 24: ...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 i...

Page 25: ...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 desir...

Page 26: ...y 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 P...

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