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WL-2100 User’s Guide

IEEE 802.11b/g

WLAN CardBus adapter

Version1.1

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Summary of Contents for WL-2100

Page 1: ...WL 2100 User s Guide IEEE 802 11b g WLAN CardBus adapter Version1 1 ...

Page 2: ...stall Driver Utility under Windows XP 2000 8 3 2 Install Driver Utility Under Windows 9x Me 10 3 3 Configuration Utility 17 4 Technical Specifications of WLAN CardBus adapter 25 Troubleshooting 26 Glossary 27 Product names mentioned herein may be trademarks and or registered trademarks of their respective companies ...

Page 3: ... accordance with the instruction may cause harmful interference to radio communication However there is no grantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment dose cause harmful interference to radio or television reception 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 ...

Page 4: ...e R TTE Directive This device complies with the specifications listed below ETS 300 826 General EMC requirements for Radio equipment ETS 300 328 Technical requirements for Radio equipment EN60950 Safety Requirements for Radio equipment The channel identifiers channel center frequencies and regulatory domains of each 22 MHz wide channel are shown in following Table Regulatory Domains Channel Identi...

Page 5: ...nd roam about the office wire free Using radio frequency RF technology WLANs transmit and receive data over the air minimizing the need for wired connections Thus WLANs combine data connectivity with user mobility and through simplified configuration enable movable LANs This wireless networking solution has been designed for both large and small businesses and it is scalable so that you can easily...

Page 6: ...ireless network The most obvious differentiation between Infrastructure wireless network and Ad Hoc wireless network is that the notebooks in Infrastructure wireless network can make use of the resource in the Internet through Access Point STA 3 STA 1 STA 2 Access Point Internet Figure 2 2 Infrastructure wireless network To set up your notebook s network as the type of Ad Hoc or Infrastructure wir...

Page 7: ... identified by a unique network address There are two methods of assigning network addresses to computer on a TCP IP network Static IP addressing Dynamic IP addressing DHCP In networks with static IP addressing the network administrator manually assigns an IP address to each computer Once a static IP address is assigned a computer uses the same IP address every time it reboots and logs on to the n...

Page 8: ...8 3 1 Install Driver Utility under Windows XP 2000 Step 1 Please insert the Device CD Windows XP 2000 was automatically running autorun Step 2 Welcome dialog please click Next Step 3 Starting Copy ...

Page 9: ...ng up and insert the card into the slot applying just enough pressure to make sure it is fully seated Windows XP 2000 automatically detects the CardBus adapter After finished install driver and utility on your system Let s starting to setup your wireless card First of all we will see the connection notice in the right corne ...

Page 10: ... Windows 98 automatically detects the Adapter briefly opens a New Hardware Found window and starts collecting information for a driver information database When Windows 98 is ready to configure the new hardware it opens the Add New Hardware Wizard dialog box as shown Click Next Step 2 A dialog box appears asking what do you want Windows to do Select Search for the best driver for your device recom...

Page 11: ...d device driver Step 4 After the hardware wizard finds the installation files in the system it displays the search results Windows driver file search for the device Broadcom 802 11g Network Adapter Click Next to copy the required files ...

Page 12: ...12 Step 5 Installation must use some path files Please insert the Windows 98 SE CD if you Os is Windows 98 98SE Step 6 Starting Copy ...

Page 13: ...talling the software that your new hardware device requires Click Finish Step 8 The System Settings Change window states To finish setting up your new hardware you must restart your computer Do you want to restart your computer now Remove the software CD and click Yes to restart the computer ...

Page 14: ... the My Computer icon on your desktop In My Computer window double click the Control Panel icon In Control Panel window double click the Network icon Step 10 Select the TCP IP Broadcom 802 11g Network Adapter for setting the IP address Click Properties ...

Page 15: ...ask your network administrator for an address and then type it into the blanket boxes as below Then click OK to return to Step 10 Network dialog box If your network has a DHCP server and Access Point supports DHCP IP address can be automatically assigned to this device Choose Use DHCP for WINS Resolution in WINS Configuration then clicks OK to return to Step 10 Network dialog box ...

Page 16: ...16 Step 12 The System Settings Change To finish setting up your new hardware you must restart your computer Do you want to restart your computer now Click Yes to restart the computer ...

Page 17: ...y this application When you insert the WLAN PC card into the PCMCIA slot a new icon should appear in your icon tray automatically wait a while If the icon is in red it means that WLAN PC Card configuration is invalid or incomplete Double click on that icon will show you the screen as shown below Left click Advanced button ...

Page 18: ...figuration The Configuration Tab contains several fields where operating parameters of the driver can be viewed or changed Changes to any of the parameters in this panel can be applied to the driver without a need to restart the PC ...

Page 19: ... 11b Access Point All communication is done via the Access Point which relays packets to other wireless clients in the BSS as well as to modes on a wired network such as Ethernet Ad Hoc This is the 802 11b peer to peer mode of operation All communication is done from Client to Client without the use of an Access Point 802 11 Ad Hoc networking use the same SSID for establishing the wireless connect...

Page 20: ...20 SSID SSID is the group name that will be shared by every member of your wireless network You will only be able to connect with an Access Point which has the same SSID ...

Page 21: ...red from this panel When an encrypted frame is received it will only be accepted if it decrypts correctly This will only happen if the receiver has the WEP Key used by the transmitter To be written to the driver and registry each key must consist of hex digits which means that only digit 0 9 and letters A F are valid entries If entered incorrectly program will not write keys to a driver You can se...

Page 22: ...en shows the information of the wireless network the adapter is connecting to linking time and link status 3 3 3 Statistics display This screen shows the information of the device LED status Accumulated Total of the sent or receive packets ...

Page 23: ...related information will be displayed or select Ad hoc networks only display peer to peer service 3 3 5 Information display About tab shows the product version including the detail of Driver Configuration Utility and NIC firmware version Users must use this version number when reporting their problems for technical support ...

Page 24: ...o Specifications Frequency Range 2 4 2 4835 GHz Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum Antenna system Two integrated antenna Mobility Seamless roaming across cell boundaries with handover Power Specifications Operating Voltage 3 3 5 Voltage DC Continuous Transmitting 330mA Continuous Receiving 280mA Specific Features Supported bit rates 54 Mbps 48 Mbps 36 Mbps 24 Mbps 18 Mbps 12 Mbps 11Mbps 5 5Mbps 2Mbps...

Page 25: ...red Possible Remedy It means there is no wireless link 1 Make sure there is any 802 11b or 802 11g device in the servicing area 2 Double click the icon to pop up the configuration window a Make sure they are sharing the same SSID and channel If the SSID is same you could press the Link Info Re Scan to scan the channel to link b Make sure they are operating under same authentication type WEP functi...

Page 26: ...P NetBEUI Broadcom 802 11g Network Adaptor Content Symptom The PC Card icon is green but can t share files with others Possible Remedy Make sure the file and printer sharing function is enabled You could enable the function by checking the icon of My Computer Control Panel Network file and printer sharing I want to be able to give others to access to my files Symptom Slow or erratic performance Po...

Page 27: ...igned by server dynamically to clients on the network DHCP is used for Dynamic IP Addressing and requires a dedicated DHCP server on the network Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum This is the method the wireless cards use to transmit data over the frequency spectrum The other method is frequency hopping Direct sequence spreads the data over one frequency range channel while frequency hopping jumps fr...

Page 28: ...ustrial Scientific and Medical band Spectrum in the vicinity of 2 4 GHz in particular is being made available worldwide This presents a truly revolutionary opportunity to place convenient high speed wireless capabilities in the hands of users around the globe Local Area Network LAN A LAN is a group of computers each equipped with the appropriate network adapter card connected by cable air that sha...

Page 29: ...n as a management information block Static IP Addressing A method of assigning IP addresses to clients on the network In networks with Static IP address the network administrator manually assigns an IP address to each computer Once a Static IP address is assigned a computer uses the same IP address every time it reboots and logs on to the network unless it is manually changed Transmission Control ...

Page 30: ... and infrared are the commonly used types of wireless transmission Most wireless LANs use spread spectrum technology It offers limited bandwidth usually under 11Mbps and users share the bandwidth with other devices in the spectrum however users can operate a spread spectrum device without licensing from the Federal Communications Commission FCC 75 020000 01 V1 1 ...

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