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Preliminary

Wireless LAN Cards

WL2400-ISA

Desktop PC ISA Bus Card

WL2400-PCM

Notebook Computer PCMCIA Card

Installation & Operation Manual

US Rev 1.0 

                                                                                                                         June 1999

manuals\wl2400-US.doc

Summary of Contents for WL2400-ISA

Page 1: ...Preliminary Wireless LAN Cards WL2400 ISA Desktop PC ISA Bus Card WL2400 PCM Notebook Computer PCMCIA Card Installation Operation Manual US Rev 1 0 June 1999 manuals wl2400 US doc...

Page 2: ...roduct returned to the factory freight prepaid The YDI warranty covers repairs or replacement at the discretion of YDI of the product alone YDI is not responsible for the cost of removal reinstallatio...

Page 3: ...E OF STRUCTURENET 5 2 4 ROAMING 5 SECTION 3 HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE INSTALLATION 6 3 1 UNPACKING AND INSPECTION 6 3 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 6 3 3 SOFTWARE INSTALLATION 8 3 3 1 Windows 95 98 Driver Setup...

Page 4: ...rect Sequence Spread Spectrum radio data modem This radio technique scrambles the data prior to transmission and uses a correlation technique on receive to improve the signal to noise ratio This indus...

Page 5: ...Better than 10 8 Receiver Sensitivity 85 dBm or better Transmit Power 50 mW maximum These frequencies cannot be used with amplifiers due to signal levels in the restricted band above 2483 MHz Range a...

Page 6: ...ree of charge from Absolute Value ftp absolval com The source code for ISA Card LINUX drivers is available from YDI s web site at www ydi com download htm 1 4 LED Indicators for the Model WL2400 ISA P...

Page 7: ...ireless communication is between a station and an access point There must be an operational access point in the vicinity for a station to communicate Even if there are two wireless stations they canno...

Page 8: ...s point at a time it is possible for the station to dynamically change radio channels when switching from one access point to another This is known as multi channel roaming In larger networks where th...

Page 9: ...that your system has a free IRQ available If it does not then one must be freed up in order for the card to work A To find current IRQ assignments follow this procedure 1 On your Desktop right click o...

Page 10: ...nsmitting data Note Handle the card carefully Be sure not to damage or break the surface mount LED s off the card when installing removing the card The card is operating normally when the green or ora...

Page 11: ...g that you have some networking experience If not you may have some trouble understanding and networking your computers 3 3 1 Windows 95 98 Driver Setup 1 After you install the WL2400 PCM or ISA a wiz...

Page 12: ...ts that you want to communicate with 3 3 4 TCP IP Protocol Setup If you wish to use another protocol such as IPX SPX then skip this section Installing TCP IP 1 Click Start Settings Control Panel 2 Dou...

Page 13: ...ld not use 0 and 255 4 Enter the Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 5 Click on Gateway add the gateway address If you don t have a gateway then skip steps 6 and 7 Proceed with step 8 6 Click on DNS Configurati...

Page 14: ...3 Open MS DOS Prompt window and type ping 192 168 0 1 or ping 192 168 0 2 this will send a request to the computer with address specified It will send a response to your computer If you see the messa...

Page 15: ...A2 45 LP17 17 dB gain long Panel Antenna 20cm 20cm A2 45 LP15 15 dB gain long Panel Antenna 20cm 20cm A2408 8 dB gain Omni directional Antenna 20cm 20cm A2412 12 dB gain Omni directional Antenna 20cm...

Page 16: ...rom a given transmitting station that station must wait until the time gap is up to try to transmit again Once the time has passed the station selects a random amount of time called a back off interva...

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