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WMP-A12

5GHz Wireless LAN mini PCI Card

User’s Manual

First Edition (May, 2002)

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Page 1: ...i WMP A12 5GHz Wireless LAN mini PCI Card User s Manual First Edition May 2002 6WMPA12 01 ...

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Page 6: ...be installed to provide a separation distance of at least 20 cm from all persons and must not be co located or operating in conjunction with any other antenna or radio transmitter Installers and end users must follow the installation instructions provided in this user guide This device is intended only for OEM integrators under the following conditions 1 The antenna must be installed such that 20 ...

Page 7: ...tion IMPORTANT NOTE To comply with FCC RF exposure compliance requirements the antenna used for this transmitter must be installed to provide a separation distance of at least 20 cm from all persons and must not be co located or operating in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter CE Mark Warning This is a Class B product In a domestic environment this product may cause radio interferenc...

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Page 9: ... note provides information that may apply only in special cases CAUTION Cautions call special attention to hazards that can cause system damage or data corruption to a lesser degree than warnings WARNING Warnings call special attention to hazards that can cause system damage data corruption personal injury or death ...

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Page 11: ... xx 1 Introduction 1 1 Package Contents 1 1 System Requirements 1 2 Hardware Installation 1 2 2 Windows 2000 2 1 Driver Installation First time Install 2 1 Driver Installation Previous Driver Installed 2 5 Driver Uninstallation 2 14 Device Configuration 2 17 Infrastructure Mode 2 22 Ad Hoc Mode 2 23 TCP IP Setup 2 24 ...

Page 12: ...nfiguration 4 8 Infrastructure Mode 4 9 Ad Hoc Mode 4 11 TCP IP Setup 4 13 5 Windows XP 5 1 Driver Installation First time Install 5 1 Driver Uninstallation 5 6 Device Configuration 5 10 Infrastructure Mode 5 12 Ad Hoc Mode 5 13 TCP IP Setup 5 15 Windows XP Wireless Network Configuration 5 20 Infrastructure Mode 5 22 Ad hoc mode 5 24 Connect to an Available Wireless Network 5 26 6 Windows NT 4 0 6...

Page 13: ...rify Connection 6 13 Driver Uninstallation 6 15 7 LinkMon 7 1 Installation 7 1 Features 7 5 8 RFSilent 8 1 System Requirements 8 1 Windows 98SE Environment 8 1 RFSilent Setup 8 2 Operation 8 2 9 Country Code Selector 9 1 10 Troubleshooting 10 2 ...

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Page 15: ...List of Figures Figure 2 1 Infrastructure Mode 2 17 Figure 2 2 Ad Hoc Mode 2 18 Figure 8 1 RFSilent Icon 8 2 Figure 8 2 RFSilent Menu Selections 8 2 ...

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Page 19: ...d with other STAs in ad hoc mode Instructions for installing or upgrading the diagnostic utility LinkMon are also included You should also read this before proceeding to install the D Link WMP A12 Wireless Network mini PCI Card and NDIS driver in the targeted operating system OS environment About this Document The document consists of the following chapters and appendixes Chapter 1 Introduction Ha...

Page 20: ...This document is intended for D Link customers who wish to install and evaluate the D Link WMP A12 Station Reference Design in the supported Microsoft Windows environments Additional Resources D Link STA Reference Design hardware software and documentation contain proprietary information of D Link Communications Inc and are provided under a license agreement containing restrictions on use and disc...

Page 21: ...It also supports the D Link Turbo ModeTM supporting data rates up to 108 Mbps The host interface is compatible with the PC Card 7 1 standard You can find information regarding the D Link Station Reference Designs in the detailed D Link STA Reference Design Functional Specification Package Contents Make sure the following materials are available before you begin One 802 11a PCI Card One Installatio...

Page 22: ...he wall outlet for safety purposes 2 Remove the computer cover 3 Locate an unused PCI slot and refer to your PC s manual for instructions on how to remove the plate that covers the slot if applicable 4 Align the Harmony 802 11a PCI Card over the empty slot 5 Firmly insert the card into the slot as illustrated below 6 Secure the card s metal bracket to the computer following the directions provided...

Page 23: ...PRELIMINARY Chapter錯誤尚未定義樣式 Atheros Communications Inc Introduction 1 3 COMPANY CONFIDENTIAL 錯誤錯誤錯誤錯誤找不到參照來源找不到參照來源找不到參照來源找不到參照來源 10 Turn on the computer ...

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Page 25: ...tion First time Install Insert the D Link WMP A12 Wireless Network mini PCI Card into a 32 bit CardBus slot and follow these steps to install the NDIS driver 1 Wait for the following dialog box to display and click Next to continue ...

Page 26: ...se Search for a suitable driver for my device recommended and click Next 3 Insert the installation CD in your CD ROM drive Choose Specify a location under Optional search locations and click Next to continue ...

Page 27: ...n where the NDIS driver is located assuming D is the CD ROM drive the default folder is D ndis bin production ndis5 Click OK to continue 5 When you find the D Link driver installation file net5210b inf click Next to continue ...

Page 28: ...s not have a digital signature from Microsoft Therefore Windows 2000 shows a warning message Click Yes to proceed with driver installation 7 Click Finish to complete the driver installation See Section Device Configuration for the device configuration ...

Page 29: ...ady has a previous release of the D Link NDIS installed Windows does not prompt for the device driver when the WLAN Card is inserted Follow the steps below to update the NDIS driver 1 Start System Properties from Control Panel Under Hardware tab click Device Manager ...

Page 30: ...2 Within Device Manager right click D Link WMP A12 Wireless Network mini PCI Card under Network adapters device node and click Properties ...

Page 31: ...from the Driver tab Note the Driver Version that you are updating from You may need to verify this field again after driver update completes to make sure Release 1 3 driver has been updated correctly 4 Click Next to continue ...

Page 32: ...Choose Display a list of the known drivers for this device so that I can choose a specific driver and click Next to continue 6 Insert the Release 1 3 CD into your CD ROM drive Click Have Disk to continue ...

Page 33: ...ere the NDIS driver is located assuming D is the CD ROM drive the default folder is D ndis bin production ndis5 Click OK to continue 8 Select D Link WMP A12 Wireless Network mini PCI Card from the list and click Next to continue ...

Page 34: ...9 Click Yes to continue when Windows displays the warning message ...

Page 35: ...o proceed with installation 11 The D Link NDIS evaluation driver currently does not have a digital signature from Microsoft Therefore Windows 2000 shows a warning message Click Yes to proceed with driver installation ...

Page 36: ...12 Click Finish 13 Note that Driver Version should display 1 3 as the major revision number Click OK to continue ...

Page 37: ...tart system 15 After system restarts the D Link WMP A12 Wireless Network mini PCI Card now displays under Network adapters in the Device Manager Proceed to Section Device Configuration for device configuration information ...

Page 38: ...ou wish to remove the newly installed driver from the system proceed to Step 4 The NDIS driver since Release 1 0 no longer leverages the Transport Driver Interface TDI protocol to provide the LinkMon programming interface The TDI protocol should be uninstalled Follow these steps to uninstall the TDI protocol 1 To remove the NDIS driver from the OS go to Device Manager right click D Link WMP A12 Wi...

Page 39: ...o so go to the Start menu and choose Search For Files or Folders enter oem inf in the Search for files or folders named field and enter D Link in the Containing text field Click Search Now A few files matching these criteria are possible if previous drivers have not been removed properly Choose the files that have been found and delete them from the system ...

Page 40: ...4 To complete the uninstallation ar5210b sys should also be removed from the WINNT system32 drivers folder ...

Page 41: ...rd to work in one of two modes either infrastructure mode which leverages an AP or ad hoc mode which consists of a group of stations participating in the WLAN In infrastructure mode the Wireless Network mini PCI Card participates in a basic service set BSS as a station and communicates with the other stations through an AP as illustrated in Figure 2 1 Ethernet STA1 STA2 AP Figure 2 1 Infrastructur...

Page 42: ...ure 2 2 All stations communicate directly with other stations without an AP STA1 STA2 STA3 STA4 STA5 Figure 2 2 Ad Hoc Mode To configure the WMP A12 Wireless Network mini PCI Card 1 In the Device Manager right click D Link WMP A12 Wireless Network mini PCI Card and click Properties to access the properties of the adapter ...

Page 43: ...property sheet has two pages General and Security The General page has the following fields Configuration Name This field identifies the configuration This name must be unique Configuration names are case insensitive Network Name SSID This is the name of the IEEE 802 11a wireless network for example D Link 802 11a Wireless Network This field has a maximum limit of 32 characters Network Connection ...

Page 44: ... or disables D Link turbo mode Locally Administered Address This field defines the locally administered MAC address LAA To enter a value in the address field the check box needs to be selected Typically an LAA is not required because the driver automatically loads a unique globally administered address from the EEPROM 4 The next tab on this property sheet allows for the selection of security featu...

Page 45: ...opulated Key Length This field defines the length for each encryption key As the Key Length is changed the number of available characters in the field is changed automatically If after a key is entered the length is adjusted to a smaller number the key is automatically truncated to fit If the length is increased again the field is not automatically updated to its previous value All encryption key ...

Page 46: ...E 802 11a wireless network for example D Link 802 11a Wireless Network This field has a maximum limit of 32 characters If this field is left blank the STA connects to the AP with the best signal strength Network Connection AP infrastructure Power Saving This field allows the configuration of power management options The options are Off Normal and Maximum Turbo Mode This field enables or disables D...

Page 47: ...vide unique key support In ad hoc mode a station scans the air for an existing BSS If no BSS is found the station establishes a BSS for other stations to join When other stations scan the air and find an established BSS in place they join that BSS to form an ad hoc network If a specific set of stations requires ad hoc network connectivity it is recommended to have one station establish a BSS first...

Page 48: ...rk Control Panel the TCP IP address for the network device must be configured 1 Open the Control Panel and click Network and Dial up Connections 2 Find the Local Area Connection that is associated with the D Link WMP A12 Wireless Network mini PCI Card Right click that connection and click Properties ...

Page 49: ...d to have Internet access Default gateway and DNS server information is also required IP configuration information DHCP or assigned IP address Gateway and DNS server IP addresses is usually obtained from the corporate IT staff 5 After obtaining IP configuration information from the appropriate IT staff click OK in both Internet Protocol TCP IP Properties and Local Area Connection Properties to com...

Page 50: ...rompt to determine if the TCP IP configuration has taken effect To test IP connectivity in ad hoc or infrastructure mode use the ping ipaddress command When a TCP IP connection is established the LinkMon utility See Chapter 7 can be used to monitor the D Link WMP A12 Wireless Network mini PCI Card operating status ...

Page 51: ...puter right click My Computer and click Map Network Drive 8 After mapping the drive you can perform file transfers use video streaming applications and all other network data transfers that are normally performed with wired 10 100 Ethernet connections ...

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Page 53: ...ninstallation on page 3 5 for the instructions on how to remove previous driver releases When the system no longer has the D Link NDIS driver installed insert the WMP A12 Wireless Network mini PCI Card into a 32 bit CardBus slot and follow these steps to install the NDIS driver 1 Wait for the following dialog box to appear Choose Specify the location of the driver Advanced and click Next to contin...

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Page 55: ...and select Specify a location Click Browse to locate the NDIS driver The default folder is E ndis bin production ndis5 assuming E is the CD ROM drive Click Next to continue 3 When the D Link driver installation file NET5210B INF has been found click Next to continue ...

Page 56: ...4 Click Finish to continue and restart the system to complete driver installation Refer to Section Device Configuration on page 3 7 for device configuration ...

Page 57: ...he NDIS driver from previous D Link driver releases 1 To remove the NDIS driver from the OS go to Start Search For Files or Folders and search for the INF file containing the D Link text string under the WINDOWS INF folder Be sure to include subfolders in the search criteria When D Linknet5210b inf has been found delete it by right clicking the file and choose Delete ...

Page 58: ...System Properties window Select D Link WMP A12 Wireless Network mini PCI Card from Device Manager and click Remove to uninstall the device 3 Click OK to confirm the removal of the device Restart the system to complete un installation ...

Page 59: ...Windows Control Panel Similar to Windows 2000 the device can be set to work in one of two modes infrastructure mode or ad hoc mode Please refer to Section Device Configuration beginning on page 2 17 for more details on these network connection types To launch the configuration utility go to Control Panel and double click on the D Link NIC Configuration icon ...

Page 60: ...iles Select one of the existing configuration profiles under the configuration list to modify or click New to add a new configuration profile Follow Section Infrastructure Mode on page 3 9 and Section Ad Hoc Mode on page 3 10 to set up the station to work in infrastructure mode and ad hoc mode ...

Page 61: ...ne to choose the values of each field in the configuration window Configuration Name This field identifies the configuration This name must be unique Configuration names are case insensitive Network Name SSID This is the name of the IEEE 802 11a wireless network This field has a maximum limit of 32 characters If this field is left blank the STA connects to the AP with the best signal strength Netw...

Page 62: ...configuring an D Link WMP A12 Wireless Network mini PCI Card in ad hoc or IBSS mode See Section Ad Hoc Mode on page 2 23 for descriptions of ad hoc operation 1 Similar to the set up of AP Infrastructure mode described in the previous section ad hoc mode is also configured by changing the options in the Network Configuration Settings of the D Link NIC Configuration utility Use the following informa...

Page 63: ...pported in ad hoc mode Future D Link software implementations will provide unique key support 3 Click OK when the properties are set correctly The system needs to reboot in order for the changes to take effect Note that in ad hoc mode a station scans the air for an existing BSS If no BSS is found the station establishes a BSS for other stations to join When other stations scan the air and find an ...

Page 64: ...S Configuration information can also be required IP configuration information DHCP or assigned IP address Gateway and DNS server IP addresses is usually obtained from the corporate IT staff For a simple demonstration the station is assigned a static IP address From TCP IP Properties choose IP Address and select Specify an IP address Input an IP address and subnet mask Assigning an IP address and s...

Page 65: ... determine if the TCP IP configuration has taken effect To test IP connectivity in ad hoc or infrastructure mode use the ping ipaddress command When a TCP IP connection is established the LinkMon utility see Chapter 7 can be used to monitor the D Link WMP A12 Wireless Network mini PCI Card operating status ...

Page 66: ...ick My Computer and click Map Network Drive Specify the path of a network shared folder 4 After mapping the drive you can perform file transfers video streaming and all other network data transfers that are normally performed with wired 10 100 Ethernet connections ...

Page 67: ...S driver See Section Driver Uninstallation on page 4 5 for the instructions on how to remove previous driver releases When the system no longer has the D Link NDIS driver installed insert the WMP A12 Wireless Network mini PCI Card into a 32 bit CardBus slot and follow these steps to install the NDIS driver 1 Wait for the following dialog box to appear and click Next to continue ...

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Page 69: ...and click Next 3 Insert the D Link Software Release CD in your CD ROM drive Choose Specify a location and browse to the location where the NDIS driver is located The default folder is D ndis bin production ndis5 assuming D is the CD ROM drive Click Next to continue ...

Page 70: ...4 When the D Link driver installation file NET5210B INF has been found click Next to continue 5 Click Finish to continue ...

Page 71: ...lation procedures for removing the D Link NDIS driver from the system Uninstallation is recommended for upgrading the NDIS driver from previous D Link driver releases 1 To remove the NDIS driver from the OS go to Start Search For Files or Folders and search for the INF file containing the D Link text string under the WINDOWS INF folder Be sure to include subfolders in the search criteria ...

Page 72: ...2 When D Linknet5210b inf has been found delete it by right clicking the file and choose Delete ...

Page 73: ...he Network properties window Select D Link WMP A12 Wireless Network mini PCI Card from the list and click Remove to uninstall the device 4 Click OK to confirm the removal of the device Restart the system to complete uninstallation ...

Page 74: ...2 17 for more details on these network connection types To launch the configuration utility go to Control Panel and double click on the D Link NIC Configuration icon The configuration utility allows addition modification and deletion of the configuration profiles Select one of the existing configuration profiles under the configuration list to modify or click New to add a new configuration profile...

Page 75: ...ne to choose the values of each field in the configuration window Configuration Name This field identifies the configuration This name must be unique Configuration names are case insensitive Network Name SSID This is the name of the IEEE 802 11a wireless network This field has a maximum limit of 32 characters If this field is left blank the STA connects to the AP with the best signal strength Netw...

Page 76: ...prise network is confidential It is important to configure security to make sure only stations with appropriate keys can receive sensitive data The D Link WMP A12 Wireless Network mini PCI Card and NDIS driver support key lengths of 40 bits 104 bits and 128 bits Typically the appropriate encryption and decryption keys are supplied by the corporate IT staff ...

Page 77: ...the values of each field in the configuration window Configuration Name This field identifies the configuration This name must be unique Configuration names are case insensitive Network Name SSID A Network Name is mandatory for ad hoc mode The SSID for all stations in a single ad hoc network must be the same Network Connection Ad Hoc Power Saving Power saving mode is not currently supported in an ...

Page 78: ...ot in order for the changes to take effect Note that in ad hoc mode a station scans the air for an existing BSS If no BSS is found the station establishes a BSS for other stations to join When other stations scan the air and find an established BSS in place they join that BSS to form an ad hoc network If a specific set of stations requires ad hoc network connectivity it is recommended to have one ...

Page 79: ...nfiguration information can also be required IP configuration information DHCP or assigned IP address Gateway and DNS server IP addresses is usually obtained from the corporate IT staff For a simple demonstration the station is assigned a static IP address From TCP IP Properties choose IP Address and select Specify an IP address Input an IP address and subnet mask Assigning an IP address and subne...

Page 80: ... determine if the TCP IP configuration has taken effect To test IP connectivity in ad hoc or infrastructure mode use the ping ipaddress command When a TCP IP connection is established the LinkMon utility see Chapter 7 can be used to monitor the D Link WMP A12 Wireless Network mini PCI Card operating status ...

Page 81: ...ick My Computer and click Map Network Drive Specify the path of a network shared folder 4 After mapping the drive you can perform file transfers video streaming and all other network data transfers that are normally performed with wired 10 100 Ethernet connections ...

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Page 83: ... Driver Uninstallation on page 5 6 for the instructions on how to remove previous driver releases With no existing D Link NDIS driver installed insert the D Link WMP A12 Wireless Network mini PCI Card into a 32 bit CardBus slot and follow these steps to install the NDIS driver 1 Wait for the following dialog box to appear Choose Install from a list or specific location Advanced and click Next to c...

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Page 85: ...arch for the best driver in these locations choose Include this location in the search and click Browse to find the location of the NDIS driver When the driver location has been identified click Next to continue ...

Page 86: ... digital signature from Microsoft Therefore Windows XP shows a warning message Click Continue Anyway to proceed with driver installation 4 Click Finish to complete driver installation and refer to Section Device Configuration on page 5 10 for device configuration ...

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Page 88: ...IS driver from the system Uninstallation is recommended for upgrading the NDIS driver from previous D Link driver releases 1 To remove the NDIS driver from the OS go to Device Manager right click D Link WMP A12 Wireless Network mini PCI Card and choose Uninstall 2 Click OK to uninstall the device ...

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Page 90: ...les and folder enter oem inf in the All or part of the file name field and enter D Link in the A word or phrase in the file field Enter C WINNT INF in the Look in field where C is the drive letter of where Windows XP is installed Click Search to find the driver installation file 4 A file matching the search criteria is displayed Choose this file and delete it from the system ...

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Page 92: ...ar to Windows 2000 configuration of the D Link WMP A12 Wireless Network mini PCI Card can be done through the Network Control Panel NCP in adapter properties You can set the Wireless Network mini PCI Card to work in one of two modes infrastructure mode or ad hoc mode See Section Device Configuration beginning on page 2 17 for more details on these network connection types To launch NCP go to Devic...

Page 93: ... Wireless Network mini PCI Card Properties Select one of the configurations under the configuration click Modify or New and complete the steps in Section Infrastructure Mode on page 5 12 or Section Ad Hoc Mode on page 5 13 to set up the station to work in infrastructure mode or ad hoc mode respectively ...

Page 94: ...f each field in the configuration window Configuration Name This field identifies the configuration This name must be unique Configuration names are case insensitive for example Infrastructure Network Name SSID This is the name of the IEEE 802 11a wireless network for example AP_Network This field has a maximum limit of 32 characters If this field is left blank the STA connects to the AP with the ...

Page 95: ...are supplied by the corporate IT staff Ad Hoc Mode This section defines the process of configuring an D Link WMP A12 Wireless Network mini PCI Card in ad hoc or IBSS mode See Section Ad Hoc Mode on page 2 23 for descriptions of ad hoc operation 1 Similar to the setup of AP Infrastructure mode described in the previous section ad hoc mode is also configured by changing the options in the Network Co...

Page 96: ...ad hoc network must have the same rate setting Locally Administered Address This field defines the locally administered MAC address LAA To enter a value in the address field the check box needs to be selected 2 You can optionally set up security features but it is not typically a requirement because the duration of the ad hoc network tends to be limited Currently shared key security is supported i...

Page 97: ...ions This prevents the scenario of several stations trying to form a BSS at the same time which can result in multiple singular BSSs being established rather than a single BSS with multiple stations TCP IP Setup After configuring the D Link WMP A12 Wireless Network mini PCI Card through the Network Control Panel the TCP IP address for the network device needs to be configured 1 From the Start menu...

Page 98: ...way and DNS Configuration information can also be required IP configuration information DHCP or assigned IP address Gateway and DNS server IP addresses is usually obtained from the corporate IT staff For a simple demonstration the station is assigned a static IP address Click OK in both Internet Protocol TCP IP Properties and Local Area Connection Properties to complete the IP configuration ...

Page 99: ...rmine if the TCP IP configuration has taken effect To test IP connectivity in ad hoc or infrastructure mode use the ping IP address command When a TCP IP connection is established the LinkMon utility see Chapter 7 can be used to monitor the operating status of D Link WMP A12 Wireless Network mini PCI Card ...

Page 100: ...4 To map the drive on another machine to your computer from the Start menu choose My Computer and right click to select Map Network Drive ...

Page 101: ...d folder and specify the shared folder information Click Finish to map the drive 6 After mapping the drive you can perform file transfers video streaming and all other network data transfers that are normally performed with wired 10 100 Ethernet connections ...

Page 102: ...el Right click the Local Area Network Connection icon pertinent to D Link WMP A12 Wireless Network mini PCI Card click Enable to enable the device first and then click Properties On the Wireless Networks tab select the Use Windows to configure my wireless network settings check box to enable automatic wireless network configuration Follow Section Infrastructure Mode on page 5 12 or Section Ad Hoc ...

Page 103: ...te that you can disable automatic wireless network configuration and revert back to using D Link NCP configuration settings by clearing the Use Windows to configure my wireless network settings check box ...

Page 104: ...t to an existing Access Point infrastructure network 1 Click the network name under Available networks in the Wireless Networks tab and click Configure You can update the list of available networks that are within range of your computer by clicking Refresh under Available Networks ...

Page 105: ...rrespective of the network name You may choose to enter the WEP key by clearing this check box and manually entering the network key and key length Note that the key format must be hexadecimal digits and the key length is limited to 104 bit in Windows XP as opposed to 128 bit key supported by D Link NDIS driver in the NCP configuration interface If the network that you are connecting to requires 1...

Page 106: ...Ad hoc mode To connect to an existing computer to computer ad hoc network 1 Click the ad hoc network name under Available networks in the Wireless Networks tab and click Configure ...

Page 107: ...n use the Default Encryption key from the current D Link NCP configuration profile irrespective of the network name You may choose to enter the shared key by clearing this check box and enter the key and key length manually Note that the key format must be hexadecimal digits and the key length is limited to 104 bit in Windows XP as opposed to 128 bit key supported by D Link NDIS driver in the NCP ...

Page 108: ... hoc networks only option should be selected There should be no network active from the preferred list and the Automatically connect to non preferred networks check box should be cleared Connect to an Available Wireless Network When there is more than one available network detected by Windows XP the OS will prompt the user to select and connect to a preferred network To connect to an available wir...

Page 109: ...ss network that you want to connect to If a network key is required and is automatically provided for you then leave Network key blank If the network key is not automatically provided for you then type the key in Network key Click Connect to establish the network connection ...

Page 110: ...ble to make a connection to the wireless network that you selected or need to configure additional wireless network connection settings click Advanced in Connect to Wireless Network and the Wireless Networks tab will appear ...

Page 111: ...twork Properties and the wireless network key settings if needed If the network connection that you are configuring is an ad hoc network then select This is a computer to computer ad hoc network wireless access points are not used check box The network will be added under Preferred networks in the Wireless Networks tab ...

Page 112: ...cking Move up or Move down You can change the wireless network connection settings of a preferred network by selecting the wireless network clicking Properties and then changing the settings as needed To remove a wireless network from the list of preferred networks select the wireless network that you want to remove and then click Remove ...

Page 113: ...d in the preferred networks list but you know it is available and you want to automatically connect to it then click Advanced in the Wireless Networks tab and select the Automatically connect to non preferred networks check box ...

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Page 115: ...re loaded then you can purchase it from SystemSoft Corporation www systemsoft com or you can download a 14 day evaluation copy from ftp www systemsoft com pub Wn51tren exe Note that CardWizard requires Windows NT 4 0 Build 1381 Service Pack 6 installed in order to function correctly Please install Service Pack 6 if your Windows NT 4 0 is not updated After CardWizard utility is loaded insert the D ...

Page 116: ...2 Click OK to continue 3 Windows NT 4 0 Network Properties windows displays Click Add to continue ...

Page 117: ...4 Click Have Disk 5 Manually enter the location of where the D Link NDIS 4 0 driver is located For example D NDIS BIN PRODUCTION NDIS4 Click OK to continue ...

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Page 119: ...6 Make sure D Link WMP A12 Wireless Network mini PCI Card is selected Click OK to continue 7 Set Map Registers QoS and Transmit Power Control to default values and click OK ...

Page 120: ... IP configuration information DHCP or assigned IP address Gateway and DNS server IP addresses is usually obtained from the corporate IT staff For a simple demonstration the station is assigned a static IP address Choose Specify an IP address and enter an IP address and subnet mask Assigning an IP address and subnet mask allows the station to interact with the AP or other stations in the same IP su...

Page 121: ...ugh the D Link NIC Configuration Control Panel applet provided by D Link Similar to Windows 2000 the device can be set to work in one of two modes either infrastructure mode or ad hoc mode See Section Device Configuration beginning on page 2 17 for more details on these network connection types Start D Link NIC Configuration utility from the Control Panel ...

Page 122: ...P A12 Wireless Network mini PCI Card in infrastructure mode Refer to Section Device Configuration beginning on page 2 17 for detailed descriptions of each option in the Network Configuration Settings 1 Under the General tab make sure the Locally Administered Address checkbox is unchecked Use the following information as a guideline to choose the values of each field in the configuration window Con...

Page 123: ...imit of 32 characters If this field is left blank the STA will connect to the AP with the best signal strength Network Connection AP Infrastructure Power Saving This field allows the configuration of power management options The options are Off Normal and Maximum Turbo Mode This field enables or disables D Link Turbo mode ...

Page 124: ...se network is confidential It is important to configure security to make sure only stations with appropriate keys can receive sensitive data The D Link WMP A12 Wireless Network mini PCI Card and NDIS driver support key lengths of 40 bits 104 bits and 128 bits Typically the appropriate encryption and decryption keys will be supplied by the corporate IT staff ...

Page 125: ...ch field in the configuration window Configuration Name This field identifies the configuration This name must be unique Configuration names are case insensitive For example Ad Hoc Network Name SSID A Network Name is mandatory for ad hoc mode The SSID for all stations in a single ad hoc network must be the same Network Connection Ad Hoc Power Saving Power saving mode is not currently supported in ...

Page 126: ...eatures but it is not typically a requirement since the duration of the ad hoc network tends to be limited Currently only shared key security is supported in ad hoc mode Future D Link software implementations will provide unique key support ...

Page 127: ...ch may result in multiple singular BSSs being established rather than a single BSS with multiple stations Verify Connection You may use LinkMon utility to monitor the operating status of D Link WMP A12 Wireless Network mini PCI Card once the STA is connected Please refer to Chapter 7 for descriptions of LinkMon utility If the STA is configured properly then you will be able to perform ping test as...

Page 128: ...ck My Computer and click Map Network Drive 3 Specify the path of a network shared folder 4 After mapping the drive you can perform file transfers video streaming and all other network data transfers that are normally performed with wired 10 100 Ethernet connections ...

Page 129: ... Uninstallation This section provides uninstallation procedures for removing the D Link NDIS driver from the system 1 To remove the NDIS driver from the system go to Control Panel and open Network properties ...

Page 130: ...2 Under the Adapters tab choose D Link WMP A12 Wireless Network mini PCI Card and click Remove 3 Click OK to confirm the removal of the D Link WMP A12 Wireless Network mini PCI Card ...

Page 131: ...4 D Link WMP A12 Wireless Network mini PCI Card is no longer listed under the Adapters tab Click Close to continue 5 Restart the system to complete the un installation of D Link NDIS 4 0 driver ...

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Page 133: ... this file from the CD to a local drive for execution Since Windows 98 SE does not have native support for WMI which is required to make LinkMon work correctly an upgrade from Microsoft is needed Use the procedures described in the following section to acquire and install the necessary WMI module from Microsoft This is only required for Windows 98 SE installations 1 Download WMI installer from Mic...

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Page 135: ...3 Click Next to continue 4 Click I accept this agreement and then click Next to continue ...

Page 136: ...to continue 6 The installer now installs files to the SYSTEM directory 7 The system must be rebooted for the WMI installation files to become effective When the system completes the rebooting process launch LinkMon ...

Page 137: ...mation about the program and its operations Under the Frame Statistics tab is statistical information showing the number of frames being sent and received retry count on frames sent frame checksum error counts for received frames and receive signal strength indicator RSSI information These fields are described in the Station Programmer s Guide under Appendix A as OIDs LinkMon supports most of the ...

Page 138: ...Under the Transmit Retries tab is detailed transmit retry statistical information for transmitted frames ...

Page 139: ...tion tab is detailed BSS information including SSID BSSID association status operating channel frequency and information about scanned APs Under the Driver tab is statistical data pertaining to NDIS driver operation ...

Page 140: ...unloading and reloading and network interface card NIC reset Note that driver unload option is not available in Windows Me Windows 98SE and Windows NT 4 0 NIC reset is also not available in Windows NT 4 0 On the Options menu choose Settings ...

Page 141: ...llected from the beginning of driver load Relative mode displays differences in the statistical data since the last update Under the Log File tab the logging function can be enabled to log to a file the statistical information collected by the LinkMon utility for later reference or post processing by an application such as Microsoft Excel ...

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Page 143: ...NT 4 0 RFSilent communicates through the Input and Output Control IOCTL mechanism If you are using Windows 98SE WMI does not come pre installed and you must install it prior to using RFSilent Refer to the following procedure to acquire and install the required WMI module from Microsoft Windows 98SE Environment If you want to use the RFSilent application in a Windows 98SE environment you must insta...

Page 144: ...e RFSilent application is a Windows based application that once enabled appears as an icon RF in the right hand corner of your Windows taskbar see Figure 8 1 You can automatically launch RFSilent at system boot up by entering a shortcut statement in the Startup folder Figure 8 1 RFSilent Icon Position your cursor over the RF Icon in your toolbar and use your right or left mouse button to display t...

Page 145: ...ble RF Signal Use this selection to disable D Link STA Reference Design Enable RF Signal Use this selection to enable D Link STA Reference Design About Displays copyright version information and the build date for the RFSilent application Exit Quits the RFSilent application ...

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Page 147: ... code is changed the NDIS driver scans only the legal frequency channels allowed in those countries The country code selection utility is provided as part of the NDIS driver package to allow users to switch to different countries This utility is located under NDIS BIN PRODUCTION ARCCSEL in the CD Start Country Code Selector by running ARCCSEL EXE and follow the steps below to change countries 1 Ma...

Page 148: ...2 Click Yes to continue 3 The country selection takes effect immediately You can use LinkMon to verify the country that you selected by looking at the Regulatory Domain field in the Station tab ...

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Page 150: ...insert the CardBus card into the slot A beep should be heard if the adapter is properly inserted Go to Device Manager and make sure the D Link WMP A12 Wireless Network mini PCI Card exists under the network adapters device node If you see the yellow exclamation mark then there are conflicting resources In this case make sure the computer system has a free IRQ and make sure you have installed the p...

Page 151: ...erties are correctly configured 5 ARCCSEL Country Code Selector shows the following error message No configurable D Link network cards were found in this system Make sure the D Link WMP A12 Wireless Network mini PCI Card has Release 1 1 EEPROM contents programmed D Link CardBus Reference Design boards that were released prior to Release 1 1 do not contain the regulatory domain information in the E...

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