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Broadcom Corporation 

 

Type Approval Application (E) 

BCM943225HM

Section 9 

User’s Manual 

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BCM943225HM

User Guide 

18 pages 

Summary of Contents for BCM943225HM

Page 1: ...Broadcom Corporation Type Approval Application E BCM943225HM Section 9 User s Manual x BCM943225HM User Guide 18 pages ...

Page 2: ...u should know When you start your computer your Broadcom BCM943225HM PCI E Mini card detects certain wireless networks that are within range Before you can connect to these and other wireless networks you must configure a profile for each network using the information you obtained from your network administrator WEP is a security protocol for wireless local area networks defined in the IEEE 802 11...

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Page 4: ...ion details about your wireless network adapter Information tab Manually add or delete trusted servers and enable the manual acceptance or rejection of auto provisioning and A ID group changes Wireless Networks tab Manually import EAP FAST PACs Wireless Networks tab In the utility you can open Wireless Network Wizard to connect to a basic network or create an ad hoc network or you can open the Wir...

Page 5: ...adio Disable Enable Radio Show or hide the utility icon in the notification area Choose which type of network to access Lock or unlock a preferred network connection profile Save your wireless network connection profiles as a WPN file Import a WPN file Manually add or delete trusted servers and enable the manual acceptance or rejection of auto provisioning and A ID group changes Manually import EA...

Page 6: ...d then click Lock or Unlock as appropriate NOTE You must have system or administrator rights to be able to lock or unlock a profile To save your wireless network connection profiles to a WPN file click the Options arrow and then click Export see Saving Preferred Network Connection Settings to a File in Connecting to an Advanced Network Using the Broadcom Wireless Utility To import a WPN file click...

Page 7: ...or rejection of auto provisioning and A ID group changes or import or delete PACS as described in the following instructions In general you should use the default settings Therefore check with the network administrator before you make any changes To manually add a trusted server to the trust list 1 Open Broadcom Wireless Utility 2 From the Wireless Networks tab click Options point to Cisco Compati...

Page 8: ...ed Access Credential PAC only once To import or remove an EAP FAST PAC 1 Open Broadcom Wireless Utility 2 From the Wireless Networks tab click Options point to Cisco Compatible Extensions and then click Manage PACs 3 To import a PAC in Protected Access Credentials click Add and then follow the on screen instructions NOTE The PAC is password protected so you must know the password to be able to imp...

Page 9: ...n for details To view the network name SSID speed signal strength rating connection status and the client IP address of the network connection move your mouse pointer over the utility icon NOTE On computers running Windows XP you also can view the SSID speed signal strength rating and connection status by moving your mouse pointer over the Windows Wireless Network Connection icon in the notificati...

Page 10: ...uses and suggested action The radio is disabled or switched off See Troubleshooting for suggested action Statistics On the Statistics tab under Current the following current statistics are shown Network name SSID Connection time Packets sent Packets received Sent packets lost Received packets lost Total packets lost Under Accumulated the following accumulated statistics are shown Packets sent Pack...

Page 11: ...ow that lists the wireless router AP or ad hoc network The network information is shown under Selected Network To view or change the network connection settings for a particular wireless router AP or ad hoc network right click anywhere in the row that lists the wireless router AP or ad hoc network and then click Edit if you have not yet created a network connection profile for that particular wire...

Page 12: ...e not currently connected The symbols under AP Band indicate IEEE 802 11b IEEE 802 11g or IEEE 802 11n operation To see more detailed information about a particular wireless router AP or ad hoc network click anywhere in the row that lists the wireless router AP or ad hoc network and then click Advanced Advanced Site Monitor To save the activity log to a file click the Options arrow and then click ...

Page 13: ...ind To reset the site monitor to the broadcasting networks click Clear Diagnostics On the Diagnostics tab you can run a number of tests to determine if your wireless network adapter is functioning properly Select the tests you want to run and then click Run For information about an individual test look under Information before you click Run To see the test results look under Information after you ...

Page 14: ...ng used Driver status Supplicant status New wireless device available Initializing wireless state machine Wireless utility is managing this adapter Wireless utility is not managing this adapter If your Broadcom 802 11 Network Adapter fails any of the diagnostics tests go to http www broadcom com for technical support Information file P User 20Manuals WLANCard UM302_LaLa HTML utility htm 11 of 12 4...

Page 15: ...cation Wireless Network Connection Settings The Wireless Network Connection Settings component is intended for use by advanced users or network administrators You can use Wireless Network Connection Settings to create a connection profile for an advanced infrastructure network a basic infrastructure network or an ad hoc network see Connecting to an Advanced Network Using the Broadcom Wireless Util...

Page 16: ...n which can be determined by tuning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try and correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the distance between the equipment and the receiver Connect the equipment to outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Consult the dealer or an experience...

Page 17: ...event radio interference to the licensed service this device is intended to be operated indoors and away from windows to provide maximum shielding Equipment or its transmit antenna that is installed outdoors is subject to licensing Pour empecher que cet appareil cause du brouillage au service faisant l objet d une licence il doit etre utilize a l interieur et devrait etre place loin des fenetres a...

Page 18: ...trum Matters ERM Electromagnetic Compatibility EMC standard for radio equipment and services Part 17 Specific Conditions for Wideband Data and HIPERLAN Equipment EN 60950 Safety of Information Technology Equipment EN 50385 Product standard to demonstrate the compliances of radio base stations and fixed terminal stations for wireless telecommunication systems with the basic restrictions or the refe...

Page 19: ...ell as function by company enterprise or user for approved Low power radio frequency devices is not allowed Article 14 Low power radio frequency devices shall not influence aircraft security and interfere legal communications If found shall cease operating immediately until no interference is achieved Above mentioned Legal Communications is defined as radio communications operation follows Telecom...

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