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Wireless PCI Card 

WL-8303 

 

User

s Manual 

 

 

 

Summary of Contents for WL-8303

Page 1: ...Wireless PCI Card WL 8303 User s Manual ...

Page 2: ... for a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee...

Page 3: ...s of April 8 2000 Safety This equipment is designed with the utmost care for the safety of those who install and use it However special attention must be paid to the dangers of electric shock and static electricity when working with electrical equipment All guidelines of this and of the computer manufacture must therefore be allowed at all times to ensure the safe use of the equipment EU Countries...

Page 4: ... INSTALLATION CONSIDERATIONS 5 CHAPTER 2 INSTALLATION PROCEDURE 6 2 1 WINDOWS 98 ME 2000 DRIVER INSTALLATION 6 2 2 WINDOWS XP DRIVER INSTALLATION 8 2 3 CONFIGURATION UTILITY INSTALLATION 10 CHAPTER 3 CONFIGURATION UTILITY 12 3 1 CONFIG 13 3 2 ADVANCED CONFIG 14 3 3 STATUS 15 3 4 STATISTICS 16 3 5 ABOUT 16 3 6 EXIT 17 CHAPTER 4 TROUBLESHOOTING 18 APPENDIX 19 ...

Page 5: ...the original antenna can be replaced with other external antenna to get better signal quality and longer connection distance Its range of coverage with original antenna is up to 350 feet indoor and 1100 feet outdoor 1 1 Features l Wireless connection without the hassles and cost of cabling l Wireless LAN IEEE802 11b compliant l Up to 11 Mbps high speed Transfer Rate l Base on the 2 4GHz Direct Seq...

Page 6: ...tion Utility program to determine the BSS ID The Infrastructure Wireless LAN configuration is appropriate for enterprise scale wireless access to a central database or as a wireless application for mobile users Infrastructure mode also supports roaming capabilities for mobile users More than one BSS can be configured as an Extended Service Set ESS The continuous network allows users to roam freely...

Page 7: ...nts Retailers manufacturers and banks who frequently rearrange the workplace and change location 4 Temporary LANs for special projects or peak time Trade shows exhibitions and construction sites need temporary setup for a short time period Retailers airline and shipping companies need additional workstations for a peak period Auditors require workgroups at customer sites 5 SOHO Small Office and Ho...

Page 8: ...r and 350 feet indoor Working Mode Ad Hoc Infrastructure Power Consumption TX 3 3V 340mA RX 3 3V 160mA Stand by sleep mode 3 3V 20mA Dimension mm 135 121 19 L W H Humidity 0 90 non condensing Operating and storage Temperature 0 55 degree C Operating 10 70 degree C Storage Compatibility Windows 98 Me 2000 XP and Linux Management Utility or Windows XP built in management interface STANDARDS COMPLIAN...

Page 9: ...ing can reduce your wireless cover range form 3 90 feet Position your Access points Residential Gateways and computers so that the number of walls or ceilings is minimized l Building materials make a difference A solid metal door or aluminum studs may have a negative effect on range Try to position Access Points and computers with wireless adapters so that the signal passes through drywall or open...

Page 10: ... to install this device please refer to the following steps to complete the installation 2 1 Windows 98 Me 2000 Driver Installation Note The following installation operates under Window 2000 Procedures will be similar to Window 98 Me About Windows XP driver installation please refer to next section 1 Plug WL 8303 into your PC s PCI slot 2 Power on the PC and insert Drivers and User s manual CD int...

Page 11: ...o find the driver location Assume E is your CD ROM drive the driver can be found in E Drivers WL 8303 Win2000 Please click OK to continue 7 Windows will show this screen to prompt you that it found a driver for the device you are installing please click Next to continue ...

Page 12: ...ish to complete the driver installation For Win98 Me Windows will ask you restart your PC when driver installation finished 2 2 Windows XP driver installation 1 Plug WL 8303 into your PC s PCI slot 2 Power on the PC and insert Drivers and User s manual CD into CD ROM drive 3 Windows XP will detect WL 8303 and ask you to install driver Please select the second option and click Next ...

Page 13: ...03 driver location to install driver Assume E is your CD ROM drive you can find out WL 8303 driver in E Drivers WL 8303 WinXP Please click Next to continue 5 WinXP will show you this dialog box to prompt you the driver has not passed Windows logo testing please press Continue Anyway to continue ...

Page 14: ... exe under E Utility WL 8303 directory or click the Start button and choose Run When the dialog box appears enter E Utility WL 8303 setup exe Assume E is your CD ROM drive You will see the dialog box as the picture Please click Next to continue 2 Please check the content of this dialog box Press Yes to continue ...

Page 15: ...lease click Finish and restart your PC Note If the card is not working properly after the restart procedure you should make sure that your system has free resources since it may show them as being available although this may not be true ...

Page 16: ... the device is active Following details the configuration options After configuration utility installation finished and PC restart the configuration utility will automatically start You can find the icon in the bottom right please double click the icon to make further configuration The configuration utility will automatically search all the nearby APs in the screen as below You can select one of t...

Page 17: ...ee functions for users to edit the profiles Ø Add You can add a new profile with this button If you want WL 8303 work in Ad Hoc mode you can add a new profile and set it to Ad Hoc mode Ø Remove If you want to delete profile please select the profile and click this button Ø Set to default You can select one of the profiles and set it to default WL 8303 will use the settings of this profile to work ...

Page 18: ...ld If you are use WinXP you can use the build in utility to set this WL 8303 with Hexadecimal or ASCII code as your Network Key u Enable IEEE802 1x authentication for this network If the network has support IEEE802 1x protocol you can checked this option to join to your IEEE802 1x network u This is a computer to computer ad hoc network wireless access points are not used If you want to set this PC...

Page 19: ... when it is idle but some components of the adapter is still alive In this mode the power consumption is larger than Max mode u Encryption Algorithm WL 8303 has provided three kinds of encryption mode WEP TKIP and AES Please ensure the wireless network that it will join is working with same encryption mode u Show icon in system tray Enable or disable the icon shown in the taskbar u Radio off When ...

Page 20: ...16 3 4 Statistics In this option you can get the real time information about the packet transmission and receiving status 3 5 About You can see the configuration utility version in this option ...

Page 21: ...17 3 6 Exit When you finished the settings please select this option to exit ...

Page 22: ...to make this setting for them to connect each other ü How to create a new Ad Hoc network with WL 8303 If you want to create a new Ad Hoc network with WL 8303 please add a new profile and checked the setting This is a computer to computer ad hoc network wireless access points are not used of this profile Then set this profile to default When this setting is checked WL 8303 will work in Ad Hoc mode ...

Page 23: ... or SOHO operation ü What is Infrastructure An integrated wireless and wired LAN is called an Infrastructure configuration Infrastructure is applicable to enterprise scale for wireless access to central database or wireless application for mobile workers ü What is BSS ID A specific Ad hoc LAN is called a Basic Service Set BSS Computers in a BSS must be configured with the same BSS ID ü What is WEP...

Page 24: ...d receiver FHSS appears to be short duration impulse noise Direct sequence spread spectrum DSSS generates a redundant bit pattern for each bit to be transmitted This bit pattern is called a chip or chipping code The longer the chip the greater the probability that the original data can be recovered Even if one or more bits in the chip are damaged during transmission statistical techniques embedded...

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