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WMP-G02V

High-Speed 2.4GHz WLAN Mini PCI Card

User’s Manual

                                             

First Edition (November, 2003)

Содержание WMP-G02V

Страница 1: ...WMP G02V High Speed 2 4GHz WLAN Mini PCI Card User s Manual First Edition November 2003...

Страница 2: ...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...

Страница 3: ...figuration 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...

Страница 4: ...c Mode 6 11 Verify 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 Operati...

Страница 5: ...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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Страница 7: ...List of Tables Table 8 1 RFSilent Menu Descriptions 8 3...

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Страница 9: ...and 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 AlphanetworksWMP...

Страница 10: ...nded for Alphanetworkscustomers who wish to install and evaluate the AlphanetworksWMP G02V Station Reference Design in the supported Microsoft Windows environments Additional Resources AlphanetworksST...

Страница 11: ...ke sure the following materials are available before you begin One 802 11b g PCI Card One Installation CD ROM containing software and utilities and this user s guide One 802 11b g PCI Card Quick Start...

Страница 12: ...the 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 applicabl...

Страница 13: ...PRELIMINARY Chapter Atheros Communications Inc Introduction 1 3 COMPANY CONFIDENTIAL 10 Turn on the computer...

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Страница 15: ...on First time Install Insert the AlphanetworksWMP G02V 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 t...

Страница 16: ...ose 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...

Страница 17: ...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 Alphanetworksdriver installation file net5210...

Страница 18: ...does 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 Se...

Страница 19: ...y has a previous release of the AlphanetworksNDIS 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...

Страница 20: ...2 6 2 Within Device Manager right click AlphanetworksWMP G02V Wireless Network mini PCI Card under Network adapters device node and click Properties...

Страница 21: ...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...

Страница 22: ...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 cont...

Страница 23: ...e 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 AlphanetworksWMP G02V Wireless Network mini PCI Card from th...

Страница 24: ...2 10 9 Click Yes to continue when Windows displays the warning message...

Страница 25: ...proceed with installation 11 The AlphanetworksNDIS evaluation driver currently does not have a digital signature from Microsoft Therefore Windows 2000 shows a warning message Click Yes to proceed wit...

Страница 26: ...2 12 12 Click Finish 13 Note that Driver Version should display 1 3 as the major revision number Click OK to continue...

Страница 27: ...rt system 15 After system restarts the AlphanetworksWMP G02V Wireless Network mini PCI Card now displays under Network adapters in the Device Manager Proceed to Section Device Configuration for device...

Страница 28: ...you 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...

Страница 29: ...do 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 Alpha in the Containing text field Click Search Now A few file...

Страница 30: ...2 16 4 To complete the uninstallation AR5212b sys should also be removed from the WINNT system32 drivers folder...

Страница 31: ...CI Card 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...

Страница 32: ...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 G02V Wireless Network mini PCI Card 1 In the Device Manage...

Страница 33: ...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...

Страница 34: ...r disables Alphanetworksturbo 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 Typ...

Страница 35: ...populated 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 enter...

Страница 36: ...02 11b g wireless network for example Alphanetworks802 11b g 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 signa...

Страница 37: ...will provide 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...

Страница 38: ...ork 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 wi...

Страница 39: ...nd 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...

Страница 40: ...mpt 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 LinkMo...

Страница 41: ...mputer 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 norma...

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Страница 43: ...iver Uninstallation on page 3 5 for the instructions on how to remove previous driver releases When the system no longer has the AlphanetworksNDIS driver installed insert the WMP G02V Wireless Network...

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Страница 45: ...d 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 Alphanetworksdrive...

Страница 46: ...3 4 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...

Страница 47: ...the NDIS driver from previous Alphanetworksdriver 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 Alpha text string...

Страница 48: ...stem Properties window Select AlphanetworksWMP G02V 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...

Страница 49: ...the 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...

Страница 50: ...files 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 Sectio...

Страница 51: ...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 N...

Страница 52: ...onfiguring an AlphanetworksWMP G02V 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 Infras...

Страница 53: ...orted in ad hoc mode Future Alphanetworkssoftware 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 t...

Страница 54: ...y 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 Fo...

Страница 55: ...etermine 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 utilit...

Страница 56: ...click 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...

Страница 57: ...NDIS 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 AlphanetworksNDIS driver installed insert th...

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Страница 59: ...d click Next 3 Insert the AlphanetworksSoftware 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 p...

Страница 60: ...4 4 4 When the Alphanetworksdriver installation file NET5210B INF has been found click Next to continue 5 Click Finish to continue...

Страница 61: ...on procedures for removing the AlphanetworksNDIS driver from the system Uninstallation is recommended for upgrading the NDIS driver from previous Alphanetworksdriver releases 1 To remove the NDIS driv...

Страница 62: ...4 6 2 When Alphanet5210b inf has been found delete it by right clicking the file and choose Delete...

Страница 63: ...Network properties window Select AlphanetworksWMP G02V 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 th...

Страница 64: ...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 AlphanetworksNIC Configuration icon The configuration utili...

Страница 65: ...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 N...

Страница 66: ...ise network is confidential It is important to configure security to make sure only stations with appropriate keys can receive sensitive data The AlphanetworksWMP G02V Wireless Network mini PCI Card a...

Страница 67: ...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 S...

Страница 68: ...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 ot...

Страница 69: ...d 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...

Страница 70: ...etermine 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 utilit...

Страница 71: ...click 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...

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Страница 73: ...er Uninstallation on page 5 6 for the instructions on how to remove previous driver releases With no existing AlphanetworksNDIS driver installed insert the AlphanetworksWMP G02V Wireless Network mini...

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Страница 75: ...earch 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...

Страница 76: ...ve a 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...

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Страница 78: ...driver from the system Uninstallation is recommended for upgrading the NDIS driver from previous Alphanetworksdriver releases 1 To remove the NDIS driver from the OS go to Device Manager right click...

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Страница 80: ...files and folder enter oem inf in the All or part of the file name field and enter Alpha 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...

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Страница 82: ...Windows 2000 configuration of the AlphanetworksWMP G02V Wireless Network mini PCI Card can be done through the Network Control Panel NCP in adapter properties You can set the Wireless Network mini PC...

Страница 83: ...G02V 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 Secti...

Страница 84: ...of 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 Networ...

Страница 85: ...are supplied by the corporate IT staff Ad Hoc Mode This section defines the process of configuring an AlphanetworksWMP G02V Wireless Network mini PCI Card in ad hoc or IBSS mode See Section Ad Hoc Mo...

Страница 86: ...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 se...

Страница 87: ...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...

Страница 88: ...eway 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...

Страница 89: ...ine 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 se...

Страница 90: ...5 18 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...

Страница 91: ...red 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 ar...

Страница 92: ...nel Right click the Local Area Network Connection icon pertinent to AlphanetworksWMP G02V Wireless Network mini PCI Card click Enable to enable the device first and then click Properties On the Wirele...

Страница 93: ...e that you can disable automatic wireless network configuration and revert back to using AlphanetworksNCP configuration settings by clearing the Use Windows to configure my wireless network settings c...

Страница 94: ...ect 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...

Страница 95: ...espective 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 an...

Страница 96: ...5 24 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...

Страница 97: ...he Default Encryption key from the current AlphanetworksNCP configuration profile irrespective of the network name You may choose to enter the shared key by clearing this check box and enter the key a...

Страница 98: ...d 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 a...

Страница 99: ...less 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 t...

Страница 100: ...able 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...

Страница 101: ...Network 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 wir...

Страница 102: ...icking 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 neede...

Страница 103: ...ned 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...

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Страница 105: ...pre 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 requir...

Страница 106: ...6 2 2 Click OK to continue 3 Windows NT 4 0 Network Properties windows displays Click Add to continue...

Страница 107: ...6 3 4 Click Have Disk 5 Manually enter the location of where the AlphanetworksNDIS 4 0 driver is located For example D NDIS BIN PRODUCTION NDIS4 Click OK to continue...

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Страница 109: ...6 5 6 Make sure AlphanetworksWMP G02V 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...

Страница 110: ...uired 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...

Страница 111: ...gh the AlphanetworksNIC Configuration Control Panel applet provided by Alpha Similar to Windows 2000 the device can be set to work in one of two modes either infrastructure mode or ad hoc mode See Sec...

Страница 112: ...sWMP G02V 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 Setti...

Страница 113: ...it 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 po...

Страница 114: ...network is confidential It is important to configure security to make sure only stations with appropriate keys can receive sensitive data The AlphanetworksWMP G02V Wireless Network mini PCI Card and...

Страница 115: ...of 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 Ad Hoc Network Name S...

Страница 116: ...tures 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 Alphanetworkssoftware imp...

Страница 117: ...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 AlphanetworksWM...

Страница 118: ...lick 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...

Страница 119: ...Uninstallation This section provides uninstallation procedures for removing the AlphanetworksNDIS driver from the system 1 To remove the NDIS driver from the system go to Control Panel and open Networ...

Страница 120: ...6 16 2 Under the Adapters tab choose AlphanetworksWMP G02V Wireless Network mini PCI Card and click Remove 3 Click OK to confirm the removal of the AlphanetworksWMP G02V Wireless Network mini PCI Card...

Страница 121: ...AlphanetworksWMP G02V 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 AlphanetworksNDIS 4 0 d...

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Страница 123: ...production Copy 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 Microsof...

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Страница 125: ...7 3 3 Click Next to continue 4 Click I accept this agreement and then click Next to continue...

Страница 126: ...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...

Страница 127: ...rmation 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 er...

Страница 128: ...7 6 Under the Transmit Retries tab is detailed transmit retry statistical information for transmitted frames...

Страница 129: ...ation 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...

Страница 130: ...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 N...

Страница 131: ...ollected 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...

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Страница 133: ...ows 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 Refe...

Страница 134: ...n The 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...

Страница 135: ...F Signal Use this selection to disable AlphanetworksSTA Reference Design Enable RF Signal Use this selection to enable AlphanetworksSTA Reference Design About Displays copyright version information an...

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Страница 137: ...installed Re 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 AlphanetworksWMP G02V Wireless Network mini PCI Car...

Страница 138: ...astructure configuration Make sure the station is associated and joined with the AP If Wired Equivalent Privacy WEP security is enabled on the AP the station must have the proper WEP keys specified Al...

Страница 139: ...t and receiver Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help FCC Caution An...

Страница 140: ...thorization End Product Labelling This transmitter module is authorized only for use in devices where the antenna may be installed such that 20 cm may be maintained between the antenna and users for e...

Страница 141: ...PRELIMINARY Chapter Atheros Communications Inc Troubleshooting 9 5 COMPANY CONFIDENTIAL...

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