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Introduction: Broadcom BCM943

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PCI-E Mini

 Card User's Guide

Before you begin
Things you should know
BCM943

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network

 

Before you begin

Obtain the following information from your network administrator (if you are a home user, obtain this information from the person that 

installed your wireless access point):

     

Network names (SSID) of the specific wireless networks that you want to connect to.

     

WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) key information (if any) for the networks you want to connect to.

     

For Microsoft® Windows® networking, your customer name and workgroup name.

     

For your network account, your user name and password.

     

Your IP address (if not using a DHCP server)

Things you should know

When you start your computer, your Broadcom BCM943

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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

g

 standard) that encrypts data sent over radio 

waves. The use of the WEP key is optional and can be enabled or disabled. If the network you are connecting to has enabled WEP, you 

must also enable WEP in the network profile and set the WEP key to match the WEP key used by the network. Otherwise, you cannot 

connect to the network.

Broadcom BCM94

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 network

The Broadcom BCM943

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 solution allows you to make a wireless connection to a network, as illustrated below.

Summary of Contents for BCM94352Z

Page 1: ...ou should know When you start your computer your Broadcom BCM94352Z 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 11g...

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Page 3: ... the utility and software hardware and location 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 crea...

Page 4: ...ts order in the list Disable or enable the radio 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 provisioni...

Page 5: ...re in the row that lists the network name and 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...

Page 6: ...rusted servers enable the manual acceptance 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 Netwo...

Page 7: ...y once check box to auto provision a Protected 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 ...

Page 8: ...dicated by the Broadcom Wireless Utility Icon 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 Wirele...

Page 9: ...received See Troubleshooting for probable causes 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 accumu...

Page 10: ...AP or ad hoc network click anywhere in the row 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...

Page 11: ...g nonbroadcasting APs to which you are not currently connected The symbols under AP Band indicate IEEE 802 11a 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...

Page 12: ...rk name in the Look for box and then click Find 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 te...

Page 13: ...ecting from current network Authentication mode being 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 ...

Page 14: ...hat the Bluetooth USB Module is properly inserted inside your computer If you started at Step 1 Installing the Software The Found New Hardware Wizard detects and installs the device When the installation is finished you are ready to begin using the Bluetooth features of this computer If you skipped Step 1 Installing the Software you are ready to begin using the Bluetooth features of this computer ...

Page 15: ...Regulatory Statements for BCM94352Z Please refer to Broadcom OEM installation guide ...

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