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High-Speed Wireless   

Cardbus Adapter 

 

 

 

User’s Manual

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Contents  

 

CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................2

 

1-1 P

ACKAGE 

C

ONTENTS

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1-2 PC C

ARD 

D

ESCRIPTION

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1-3 S

YSTEM 

R

EQUIREMENTS

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Version: 1.1 

 

Summary of Contents for AT53V214

Page 1: ...1 High Speed Wireless Cardbus Adapter User s Manual Contents CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 2 1 1 PACKAGE CONTENTS 3 1 2 PC CARD DESCRIPTION 3 1 3 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS 4 Version 1 1 ...

Page 2: ...KING AND ADDING NETBEUI 16 3 3 CHECKING AND ADDING TCP IP 16 3 4 CHECKING AND ADDING FILE AND PRINTER SHARING FOR MICROSOFT 17 NETWORKS 17 3 5 CHECKING AND ADDING COMPUTER NAME WORKGROUP NAME 18 CHAPTER 4 TROUBLESHOOTING 19 APPENDIX A PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS 22 APPENDIX B R EGULATORY COMPLIANCE INFORMATION 24 Chapter 1 Introduction The Dual Band Wireless A G Cardbus Adapter operates seamlessly and ...

Page 3: ...n your location With the Dual Band Wireless Cardbus Adapter you will experience the bes wireless connectivity nowadays 1 1 Package Contents The PC Card package contains the following items 1 One PC Card 2 One Quick Installation Guide 3 One Installation CD 1 2 PC Card Description The PC Card is a standard PC Card that fits into any PCMCIA Card Type II slot The PC Card has a LED as shown in Figure 1...

Page 4: ...1d support Automatically adjusts regulatory domain to operate in different countries 1 5 Applications The wireless LAN products are easy to install and highly efficient The following list describes some of the many applications made possible through the power and flexibility of wireless LANs 1 Difficult to wire environments There are many situations where wires can not or not easily be laid Histor...

Page 5: ...mation information exchanges and learning 1 6 Network Configurations To better understand how the wireless LAN products work together to create a wireless network it might be helpful to depict a few of the possible wireless LAN PC card network configurations The wireless LAN products can be configured as 1 Ad hoc or peer to peer for departmental or SOHO LANs 2 Infrastructure for enterprise LANs 3 ...

Page 6: ...Ns by acting a repeater which effectively doubling the distance between wireless stations as shown in Figure 1 3 Figure 1 3 Extended range independent WLAN using AP as repeater If wired to an Ethernet network as shown in Figure 1 4 the AP serves as a bridge and provides the link between the server and the wireless clients The wireless clients can move freely throughout the coverage area of the AP ...

Page 7: ...or campus as shown in Figure 1 5 In this scenario access points hand the client off from one to another in a way that is invisible to the client ensuring roken connectivity Wireless clients can roam seamlessly between different coverage areas and remain connected to the network Figure 1 5 Multiple AP and roaming Wireless Router and IP Sharing In infrastructure mode in addition to acting as a bridg...

Page 8: ...viously installed driver we provides the InstallShield Wizard which includes an application for upgrading the present driver and the Utility Installation Procedure 1 Turn on your computer 2 Be sure that there is no PCMCIA adapter inserted yet 3 Insert the Wireless LAN Installation CD into your CD ROM drive Then executing Setup exe by selecting file from the CD ROM drive 4 When the Setup exe progra...

Page 9: ...Card into the PCMCIA slot of your computer and wait for the Found New Hardware Wizard dialog box to display 7 During the installation the driver and utility will both been installed into the system so please select Install the software automatically Recommended as shown in Figure 2 3 and click Next to search the driver installation file ...

Page 10: ...Figure 2 5 Figure 2 5 10 Click Finishto complete the driver installation as shown in Figure 2 6 Figure 2 6 2 2 Checking after Installation After installing the driver and utility follow the steps below to check that the PC Card is operating correctly 1 Click the Start button select Settings and then click Control Panel 2 In the Control Panel window double click the System icon then select the Devi...

Page 11: ...e wireless LAN PC Card is not operating properly Uninstall and re install the driver referring to Chapter 2 4 Uninstalling Driver and Utility 2 3 IEEE 802 11 WLAN NIC Client Utility Use the WLAN NIC Client Utility to configure the device driver Access the Utility by clicking the Start button and choosing Programs IEEE 802 11 ACU The ACU tray icon is displayed in the right side of the Toolbar Launc...

Page 12: ... see icon shown in Taskbar you can use Disable Tray Icon function to hide the icon Option you can use Display settings to change Signal Strength Display Units Refreash Interval and Data Disply settings Help click About IEEE 802 11 Client Utility function to get related information of the Client Utility Except for tool bar s function the Utility also provides Current Status Profile Management and D...

Page 13: ... click New button it will pop Profile Management window including General Security and Advanced three configuration pages In General page type the desirable profile name into the Profile Name field and the known SSID into the Network field In Security page the default value is Disable and we provide Pre Shared Keys LEAP and Externally Managed 802 1x Keys for selection In Advanced page you can set ...

Page 14: ...and Total Bytes for Transmit and Receive as shown in Figure 2 13 Figure 2 13 In Advanced Statistics it provides more advanced information for reference as shown in Figure 2 14 Figure 2 14 In Driver Information it provides information of Card Name MAC Address Driver Driver Version and Driver Date as shown in Figure 2 15 ...

Page 15: ...r and utility as shown in Figure 2 16 Figure 2 16 Select Remove in InstallShield Wizard and click Next to start to remove driver then click Finish to complete driver and utility uninstallation as shown in Figure 2 17 Figure 2 17 Chapter 3 Connecting to a Network This chapter describes how to prepare for connection to network after install the PC Card drivers and utility The following is required f...

Page 16: ... Select Configuration tab to check Client for Microsoft Networks is installed as shown in Figure 3 1 If no click the Add or Install button Select Client and click the Add button Figure 3 1 Select Microsoft for Manufacturer and Client for Microsoft Networks for Network Client and then click OK 3 2 Checking and Adding NetBEUI NetBEUI is a protocol you can use to connect to Windows NT Windows for Wor...

Page 17: ...the Specify and IP address then you need to enter an IP address Subnet Mask Gateway IP address and DNS Server IP address for connecting to Internet Figure 3 2 3 4 Checking and Adding File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks File and printer sharing for Microsoft networks gives you the ability to share your files or printers with Windows NT and Windows for Workgroups computers If you want to...

Page 18: ...etworks Select Identification tab or User Information tab to check the computer name workgroup and computer description are entered If no enter a computer name a workgroup name and then click OK The description field may be left blank If you want to share data with other persons make sure you have the same workgroup name In Windows 2000 XP from Start Settings Control Panel and click System select ...

Page 19: ...dows does not detect the PC Card when installed Verify that the PC Card is properly inserted into the PC Card slot Check whether the computer has a Plug and Play BIOS Windows 98 ME 2000 XP might not detect the PC Card if a previous installation of the PC Card was cancelled before it was finished Remove the previous driver and redo The installation again ...

Page 20: ... with the PC Card you have the option of changing that device s I O address or IRQ instead of changing the PC Card No resource conflicts were detected but the wireless station does not attach to the network Verify that the SSID of the PC Card matches that of the access point Use the Network Configuration Properties Application in the Control Panel to modify the SSID Verify that the Network Mode of...

Page 21: ...lear from materials that could block radio transmission such as metal objects electronic devices and cordless telephones If your signal is weak change the direction of the antenna slightly If necessary move your notebook computer a few inches to find a better signal Use the Signal Strength display in the Client Utility to determine the best location and orientation for a network connection ...

Page 22: ...EE802 11b compliant Operating Voltage 3 3V 5V Regulation Certifications FCC Part 15 UL ETSI 300 328 CE LED Indicator RF Link activity 2 RF Information Frequency Band 802 11a 5 15 to 5 25GHz 5 25 to 5 35GHz 5 725 to 5 825GHz 802 11b g 2 412 to 2 462GHz 2 412 to 2 484GHz 2 412 to 2 472GHz 2 457 to 2 462GHz 2 457 to 2 472GHz Modulation Technology 802 11a g OFDM 64 QAM 16 QAM QPSK BPSK 802 11b DSSS DB...

Page 23: ...on condensing 5 to 95 Typical 4 Physical Specifications Interface 32 bit CardBus PC Card Standard V7 1 Type II Antenna Integrated built in diversity Antenna Dimensions 118 L mm 54 W mm 6 3 H mm 4 65in 2 13in 0 30in ...

Page 24: ...t occur in a particular installation If this equipment does 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 of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment into ...

Page 25: ...is equipment complies with FCC radiation exposure limits set forth for an uncontrolled environment This device complies with FCC RF Exposure limits set forth for an uncontrolled environment under 47 CFR 2 1093 paragraph d 2 This transmitter must not be co located or operating in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter The device has been SAR evaluated and authorized for use in laptop not...

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