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Using the Broadcom Wireless Utility: Broadcom AirForce™ 54g™ and Intensi-fi™ Wireless Network Adapter User Guide

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Using the Broadcom Wireless Utility: Broadcom 

AirForce™ 54g™ and Intensi-fi™ Wireless Network 

Adapter User Guide

 

  

Overview

  

Utility Components

Overview

The Broadcom Wireless Utility enables you to do the following network tasks: 

     

Manage your wireless networks and create network connection profiles (

Wireless Networks

 tab) 

     

Connect to available networks (

utility icon

 in notification area) 

     

Get information about the network status and signal and noise of your network connection (

Link 

Status

 tab) 

     

View current and accumulated statistics (

Statistics

 tab) 

     

Find out which broadcasting networks are in range and search for nonbroadcasting networks (

Site 

Monitor

 tab) 

     

Run tests on the wireless network adapter (

Diagnostics

 tab) 

     

Get date and version information about the utility, and software, hardware, and location details 

about your wireless network adapter (

Information

 tab) 

     

Manually add or delete trusted servers and enable the manual acceptance or rejection of auto-

provisioning and A-ID group changes (

Wireless Networks

 tab) 

     

Manually import EAP-FAST PACs (

Wireless Networks

 tab) 

In the utility, you can open Wireless Network Wizard to connect to a basic network or create an ad hoc 

network, or you can open the Wireless Network Connection Settings tool to connect to an advanced 

network. To do any of the other tasks, click the tab that is associated with the described task. 

To start using the utility, right-click the utility icon 

 in the notification area, and then click 

Open Utility

If the icon is not available, open 

Broadcom Wireless Utility

 in Control Panel. 

 

NOTE:

 The utility icon may not appear exactly as shown here. See "

Table 1. Signal 

Strength Indicated by the Broadcom Wireless Utility Icon

." 

Utility Components

Utility components include the utility icon in the notification area, the six utility tabs, and Wireless Network 

Connection Settings. 

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Страница 1: ...LL6190D25 802 11g 802 11n WLAN PCI E Mini Card detects certain wireless networks that are information you obtained from your network administrator WEP is a security protocol for wireless local area networks defined in the IEEE 802 11g standard that encrypts data sent over radio waves The use of the WEP key is optional and can be enabled or disabled If the network you are connecting to has enabled ...

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Страница 3: ...ion details about your wireless network adapter Information tab Manually add or delete trusted servers and enable the manual acceptance or rejection of auto provisioning and A ID group changes Wireless Networks tab Manually import EAP FAST PACs Wireless Networks tab In the utility you can open Wireless Network Wizard to connect to a basic network or create an ad hoc network or you can open the Wir...

Страница 4: ...adio Disable Enable Radio Show or hide the utility icon in the notification area Choose which type of network to access Lock or unlock a preferred network connection profile Save your wireless network connection profiles as a WPN file Import a WPN file Manually add or delete trusted servers and enable the manual acceptance or rejection of auto provisioning and A ID group changes Manually import EA...

Страница 5: ...d then click Lock or Unlock as appropriate NOTE You must have system or administrator rights to be able to lock or unlock a profile To save your wireless network connection profiles to a WPN file click the Options arrow and then click Export see Saving Preferred Network Connection Settings to a File in Connecting to an Advanced Network Using the Broadcom Wireless Utility To import a WPN file click...

Страница 6: ...or rejection of auto provisioning and A ID group changes or import or delete PACS as described in the following instructions In general you should use the default settings Therefore check with the network administrator before you make any changes To manually add a trusted server to the trust list 1 Open Broadcom Wireless Utility 2 From the Wireless Networks tab click Options point to Cisco Compati...

Страница 7: ...ed Access Credential PAC only once To import or remove an EAP FAST PAC 1 Open Broadcom Wireless Utility 2 From the Wireless Networks tab click Options point to Cisco Compatible Extensions and then click Manage PACs 3 To import a PAC in Protected Access Credentials click Add and then follow the on screen instructions NOTE The PAC is password protected so you must know the password to be able to imp...

Страница 8: ...n for details To view the network name SSID speed signal strength rating connection status and the client IP address of the network connection move your mouse pointer over the utility icon NOTE On computers running Windows XP you also can view the SSID speed signal strength rating and connection status by moving your mouse pointer over the Windows Wireless Network Connection icon in the notificati...

Страница 9: ...uses and suggested action The radio is disabled or switched off See Troubleshooting for suggested action Statistics On the Statistics tab under Current the following current statistics are shown Network name SSID Connection time Packets sent Packets received Sent packets lost Received packets lost Total packets lost Under Accumulated the following accumulated statistics are shown Packets sent Pack...

Страница 10: ...ow that lists the wireless router AP or ad hoc network The network information is shown under Selected Network To view or change the network connection settings for a particular wireless router AP or ad hoc network right click anywhere in the row that lists the wireless router AP or ad hoc network and then click Edit if you have not yet created a network connection profile for that particular wire...

Страница 11: ...e not currently connected The symbols under AP Band indicate IEEE 802 11b IEEE 802 11g or IEEE 802 11n operation To see more detailed information about a particular wireless router AP or ad hoc network click anywhere in the row that lists the wireless router AP or ad hoc network and then click Advanced Advanced Site Monitor To save the activity log to a file click the Options arrow and then click ...

Страница 12: ...ind To reset the site monitor to the broadcasting networks click Clear Diagnostics On the Diagnostics tab you can run a number of tests to determine if your wireless network adapter is functioning properly Select the tests you want to run and then click Run For information about an individual test look under Information before you click Run To see the test results look under Information after you ...

Страница 13: ...ng used Driver status Supplicant status New wireless device available Initializing wireless state machine Wireless utility is managing this adapter Wireless utility is not managing this adapter If your Broadcom 802 11 Network Adapter fails any of the diagnostics tests go to http www broadcom com for technical support Information file P User 20Manuals WLANCard UM302_LaLa HTML utility htm 11 of 12 4...

Страница 14: ...Network Connection Settings component is intended for use by advanced users or network administrators You can use Wireless Network Connection Settings to create a connection profile for an advanced infrastructure network a basic infrastructure network or an ad hoc network see Connecting to an Advanced Network Using the Broadcom Wireless Utility Back to Contents Page file P User 20Manuals WLANCard ...

Страница 15: ...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 an outlet on ...

Страница 16: ...e FCC ID can not be used on the final product In these circumstances the OEM integrator will be responsible for re evaluating the end product including the transmitter and obtaining a separate FCC authorization End Product Labeling This transmitter module is authorized only for use in device where the antenna may be installed such that 20 cm may be maintained between the antenna and users The fina...

Страница 17: ... d exposition aux radiations Cet équipement est conforme aux limites d exposition aux rayonnements IC établies pour un environnement non contrôlé Cet équipement doit être installé et utilisé avec un minimum de 20 cm de distance entre la source de rayonnement et votre corps This device is intended only for OEM integrators under the following conditions For module device use 1 The antenna must be in...

Страница 18: ...utorisation du Canada n est plus considéré comme valide et l ID IC ne peut pas être utilisé sur le produit final Dans ces circonstances l intégrateur OEM sera chargé de réévaluer le produit final y compris l émetteur et l obtention d une autorisation distincte au Canada End Product Labeling This transmitter module is authorized only for use in device where the antenna may be installed such that 20...

Страница 19: ... users the antenna type and its gain should be so chosen that the equivalent isotropically radiated power e i r p is not more than that necessary for successful communication This radio transmitter IC 1353A WLL6190D25 Model WLL6190D25 has been approved by Industry Canada to operate with the antenna types listed below with the maximum permissible gain and required antenna impedance for each antenna...

Страница 20: ...tionner avec les types d antenne énumérés ci dessous et ayant un gain admissible maximal et l impédance requise pour chaque type d antenne Les types d antenne non inclus dans cette liste ou dont le gain est supérieur au gain maximal indiqué sont strictement interdits pour l exploitation de l émetteur Approved antenna s list Type Gain Brand Manufacturer Dipole 2dBi KINSUN KINSUN PIFA 2dBi N A N A ...

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