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—Using the Wireless Utility

5. Click the

Configuration

tab:

6. Select AdHoc from the

Mode

dropdown list. The SSID

should be the same as the one that you entered when in-
stalling the software. Leave the other settings at their
default values.

7. Perform steps 1 through 3 on another notebook PC. When

the two computers have connected via the Wireless LAN

Summary of Contents for TEW-PC16

Page 1: ...TEW PC16 11Mbps Wireless PCMCIA Network Card User s Guide Rev 1 1...

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Page 3: ...eception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receivi...

Page 4: ...y be required to take adequate measures About this Guide This User s Guide describes how to install and operate your Wireless LAN card Please read this guide before installing the product This guide i...

Page 5: ...LAN card 7 CHAPTER 3 9 Driver installation for Windows and Linux 9 Driver installation for Windows 95 9 Driver installation for Windows 98 16 Driver installation for Windows 2000 19 Driver installati...

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Page 7: ...nterference high susceptibility guarantee reliable perform ance Delivers data rate up to 11 Mbps Dynamically shifts between 11 5 5 2 and 1 Mbps network speed based on signal strength for maximum avail...

Page 8: ...trators can configure and augment networks without installing or moving network cables WLAN technology provides users with many convenient and cost saving features Mobility WLANs provide LAN users wit...

Page 9: ...he ad hoc structure where users on the LAN contend the shared bandwidth on an infrastructure network the access point can manage the bandwidth to maximize bandwidth utilization Additionally the access...

Page 10: ...hin a range of 100 300 feet depending on the thickness and structure of the walls Radio waves can pass through walls and glass but not metal If there is interference in transmitting through a wall it...

Page 11: ...age Please ensure that the following items are included in your package If any items are missing contact your dealer Wireless LAN PCMCIA card CD ROM includes utility drivers and this manual Quick inst...

Page 12: ...erting PC cards into your notebook consult the notebook manual Follow the procedure below to install the Wireless LAN card 1 With 68 pin connector of the card facing the PCMCIA slots on notebook slide...

Page 13: ...indicates that the card is locked to a channel and the link is active Ejecting the Wireless LAN card After disconnecting from the LAN you can eject the Wireless LAN card from the PC Card slot on Note...

Page 14: ...PC cards from the PCMCIA slots Consult your notebook manual for details Warning To prevent data loss do not eject the Wireless LAN card when a data transmission is taking place Exit your commu nicatio...

Page 15: ...ME 98 95 NT and Linux operating systems Driver installation for Windows 95 There are two popular versions of Windows 95 one is for retail version ver 4 00 950 and the o ther is OEM Service Release 2...

Page 16: ...95 OSR2 1 Insert the Wireless LAN card into an available PCMCIA slot in your Notebook refer to page 6 Inserting the wire less LAN card 2 After Windows 95 detects the card the Update Device Driver Wiz...

Page 17: ...ation for Windows and Linux 11 4 Click Other Locations to bring up the following window 5 Type in H PCCard W95 please replace H with the drive letter of your CD ROM drive Then click OK The follow ing...

Page 18: ...Wireless LAN card user s guide 12 6 Click Finish to continue Windows may prompt you the fol lowing window to ask you insert the disc 7 Click OK to continue...

Page 19: ...will prompt you to input the path to the Windows 95 CD ROM Follow the in structions on your screen then click OK to continue 9 After you rebooted the computer system will start to install wireless ut...

Page 20: ...ath of driver files 4 Type H PCCard W95 where H is your CD ROM drive letter Insert the driver disc into CD ROM drive Then click OK 5 The windows will start copying files from disc and install the driv...

Page 21: ...Driver installation for Windows and Linux 15 After you rebooted the computer system will start to install Wireless utility automatically Please refer to procedures at Chapter 4...

Page 22: ...Windows 98 1 Insert the Wireless LAN card into an available PCMCIA slot on your Notebook refer to page 6 Inserting the Wire less LAN card 2 After Windows 98 detects the Wireless LAN card the Add New...

Page 23: ...Driver installation for Windows and Linux 17 4 Select Search for the best driver for your device Recommended and click Next The following screen appears 5 Ensure that the CD ROM drive box is checked...

Page 24: ...N card user s guide 18 6 Insert the driver CD ROM into your CD ROM drive and click Next The following screen appears 7 Click Next Windows 98 copies files to your hard disk drive and you see the follow...

Page 25: ...ontinue After you have rebooted the computer system will start to install Wireless utility automatically Please refer to procedures at Chap ter 4 Driver installation for Windows 2000 Follow the steps...

Page 26: ...guide 20 3 Click Next to continue the installation A screen appears prompting you to select an installation method 4 Select Search for a suitable driver for my device rec ommended and click Next The...

Page 27: ...llation for Windows and Linux 21 5 Click on CD ROM drivers box and insert the driver disc into CD ROM drive Click Next to continue The following screen appears 6 Click Next to continue The following s...

Page 28: ...ser s guide 22 7 Click Yes to continue The following screen appears 8 Click Finish to complete the installation 9 Then system will start to install Wireless utility automati cally Please refer to proc...

Page 29: ...Driver installation for Windows and Linux 23...

Page 30: ...he Network icon in the Control Panel If it has not been installed refer to the Windows NT 4 0 installation guide for instructions on installing the component Follow the steps below to install the driv...

Page 31: ...Driver installation for Windows and Linux 25 4 Click Add to add a new adapter The following screen ap pears 5 Click Have Disk The following screen appears...

Page 32: ...ROM drive letter Insert the driver disk and click OK After finding the installation file the Select OEM Option window is displayed 7 Click OK A screen appears prompting you to input the IRQ I O port...

Page 33: ...ot being used by another device on the computer Otherwise you will have a system conflict error In case of a system conflict error try another setting and continue 8 After inputting the settings click...

Page 34: ...ind the adapter with the network component and you will be prompted to restart the system 10 Click Yes to finish the installation and restart the computer 11 After you have rebooted the computer syste...

Page 35: ...ebook refer to page 6 Inserting the Wireless LAN card 2 After Windows ME detects the Wireless LAN card the Add New Hardware Wizard window appears 3 Select Automatic search for a better driver Recom me...

Page 36: ...Windows ME may need to copy required system files and will prompt you to input the path to the files Follow the instruc tions on your screen and then click OK to continue After you have rebooted the...

Page 37: ...code If you do not have the source code you can get it from the following URL ftp hyper stanford edu pub pcmcia After you have rebuilt and installed the PCMCIA module edit etc pcmcia network opts to e...

Page 38: ...uild as Station STA do not choose Access Point AP because there is no firmware available that supports the AP function cd wlan ng 0 1 6 make config make all make install 3 Edit etc pcmcia wlan ng conf...

Page 39: ...ver has been loaded successfully If you want to know if the card has connected to an access point see if the red ACT LED on the card is illuminated When the ACT LED stops blinking it means the card st...

Page 40: ...usage Installation in Windows After you have installed the wireless LAN card driver and have rebooted the computer system will start to install wireless utility automatically Please follow the steps...

Page 41: ...Read the End User License Agreement and click Yes The following screen appears 4 Type in a System ID name for your wireless LAN This system ID identifies all computers in the wireless LAN Then click N...

Page 42: ...n on which mode you should select refer to page 3 LAN Modes Select Ad Hoc for peer to peer and Infrastructure when using Access Point 6 Click Next The following screen appears 7 Select the default pat...

Page 43: ...he Wireless Utility 37 8 Type in a Program Folder name or select the default name and click Next Setup installs the software and the follow ing screen appears 9 Click Finish to finish the utility inst...

Page 44: ...lity icon in the Windows taskbar FreePort utility icon Icon Meaning Green indicates a connection is active Red indicates no connection Yellow indicates that the wireless LAN card is looking for an ava...

Page 45: ...h in megabits per second Throughput displays the transfer and receive rates in bytes per sec ond Link Quality when connected to the wired LAN displays the connection integrity the higher the scale the...

Page 46: ...ryption PS Mode allows you to enable or disable power saving mode Channel enables you to select a transmission channel Note this function is not available in Infrastruc ture Mode The Encryption window...

Page 47: ...Using the Wireless Utility 41 This screen displays the version number of the Wireless LAN card and the Configuration Utility...

Page 48: ...AN card to the LAN contact your system administrator 1 Insert a Wireless LAN card into the PCMCIA slots of two Notebook PCs 2 Install the card drivers on both notebook computers refer to Chapter 3 3 I...

Page 49: ...c from the Mode dropdown list The SSID should be the same as the one that you entered when in stalling the software Leave the other settings at their default values 7 Perform steps 1 through 3 on anot...

Page 50: ...urns green and the Link Info tab of the configuration utility shows an active connection 8 After the connection has been established double click the Network Neighborhood icon on your desktop to view...

Page 51: ...Using the Wireless Utility 45...

Page 52: ...blem Ejecting the card from the PCMCIA socket hangs or reboots the computer Solution To prevent this phenomenon from occurring stop the card by using the PC Card tool in the Control Panel or the PC Ca...

Page 53: ...with Windows 2000 Question The Wireless Utility icon on system tray is always red Answer Please make sure that all clients have the same SSID The SSID is case sensitive And set all clients to the sam...

Page 54: ...entific Medical Band Antenna Di electric Antenna internal Roaming 802 11 compliant Data Rate 11Mbps 5 5Mbps 2Mbps 1Mbps Modulation Technique Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum BPSK QPSK CCK Coverage Area...

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