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Wireless LAN  

User's manual

   11Mbps Wireless LAN PC Card

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6. Troubleshooting

To make the installation of Wireless LAN Card more users friendly, we have suggested following the

installation steps one by one as listed in the section 4 and section 5. Still you encounter some

problems while installing the WLAN Card or you want to confirm whether your card is installed properly

or not, we have listed the procedure for checking the various components after you have installed the

card.  In first part of 

Troubleshooting, 

we have suggested the users to check the various properties of

the card to check the proper installation.  In second section, we have listed the various problems that

you may encounter during the installation and have also listed the possible solution.  Check the first

part to guess the probable reason of unsuccessful installation.

Procedure to Check the Various Properties of Card after Installation under Windows 95

(OSR2)/98:

Please check the followings if you encounter some problem while installing the PC card or your PC

card is non-functional.

1. Click on the 

Control Panel 

and then on 

PC Card.  

Check whether it has 

11Mbps Wireless

LAN PC

 

Card

 in one of the sockets or not.  If you find 

11Mbps Wireless LAN PC Card 

in one

of the sockets, it means the card is detected properly. If you see the 

Yellow 

sign of question-

mark (?), the resources are conflicting.

2. Right click on 

My Computer 

and the select 

Properties. 

Select the 

Device

 

Manager 

and click

on the 

Network Adapter. 

You will find

 11Mbps Wireless LAN PC Card 

if it is installed

successfully.  If you see the 

Yellow

 sign the resources are conflicting.  Click on PCMCIA Card

and then on PCMCIA Card Service, you can see the status of PCMCIA card.  If there are yellow

sip either on adapter or PCMCIA card, please check the followings.

1. 

Check if your Notebook supports 

3.3V 

Card.

2. 

Check if your Notebook has a free 

IRQ.  

If not, make an IRQ free by assigning

the same IRQ to some devices, for example COM 1, COM 2 can be assigned same

IRQ values.

3. 

Check that you have inserted the right card and have installed the proper driver.

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Страница 1: ...Wireless LAN User s manual 11Mbps Wireless LAN PC Card Page 1 11Mbps Wireless LAN PC Card WL 313F User s Manual Version 1 0 Oct 25 2001 GemTek Technology Co Ltd...

Страница 2: ...t statement No part of this publication may be reproduced stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means whether electronic mechanical photocopying recording or otherwise with...

Страница 3: ...rient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connec...

Страница 4: ...t However special attention must be paid to the dangers of electric shock and static electricity when working with electrical equipment All guidelines of this manual and of the computer manufacturer m...

Страница 5: ...2 Installation Procedure for Windows 95 98 10 4 3 Uninstall Procedure for Windows 95 98 12 4 4 Installation Procedure for Windows NT 4 0 13 4 5 Uninstall Procedure for Windows NT 4 0 14 4 6 Installat...

Страница 6: ...should contain the following items 11Mbps Wireless LAN PC Card User s manual Quick installation guide Diskette or CD containing Wireless LAN Management utility and drivers Note if anything is missing...

Страница 7: ...LAN users with access to real time information anywhere in their organization This mobility supports productivity and service opportunities not possible with wired networks Installation Speed and Sim...

Страница 8: ...ully You will first install software driver and then insert the Wireless LAN PC card and finally set the network properties to accommodate resource sharing and select the type of wireless network that...

Страница 9: ...ireless network connection Install the Access Point at first AP is needed in case of Infrastructure network mode Install the software using the Installation Diskette or CD Install the Wireless LAN Car...

Страница 10: ...C and Click on the Control Panel and then on PC Card Check whether it has PCMCIA card in one of the sockets or not If you find 11Mbps Wireless LAN PC Card in one of the sockets it means the card is de...

Страница 11: ...e static IP setup then enter the IP value Subnet masking DNS Domain Workgroup name and Gateway Address values After setting these parameter appropriately click OK to return to Network Component Type a...

Страница 12: ...screen Select the Programs Click on the Wireless LAN 11Mbps PC Card and click on Uninstaller Confirm message about removing the Wireless LAN 11Mbps PC Card click on Yes and all of its components appe...

Страница 13: ...guration utility or network configuration Click on Next 6 Select network type and click on Next Default is Infrastructure 7 Give the path of the destination folder To set the path of your choice click...

Страница 14: ...the Programs Click on the Uninstaller of Wireless LAN 11Mbps PC Card Confirm message about removing the 11Mbps Wireless LAN PC Card and all of its components appear Click on Yes UninstallShield remove...

Страница 15: ...and then click on Finish 10 Then insert 11Mbps Wireless LAN PC Card into the slot wizard will found new hardware 11Mbps Wireless LAN PC Card click on Next 11 Choose Display a list of the known drivers...

Страница 16: ...t the left bottom of your screen Select the Programs Click on the Uninstaller of Wireless LAN 11Mbps PC Card Confirm message about removing the 11Mbps Wireless LAN PC Card and all of its components ap...

Страница 17: ...red it means that 11Mbps Wireless LAN NIC configuration is invalid or incomplete Sometimes icon can be colored in red This can happen when driver is in Pseudo BSS mode and the radio channel which is...

Страница 18: ...sly until it finds one or more Access Points that matches its SS ID At that point it will try and authenticate and associate with the Access Point 802 11Ad Hoc Mode The driver will scan for 5 seconds...

Страница 19: ...mes Poor Link Quality is a measure of receives and transmits errors over the radio Signal Strength The Signal Strength bar graph is only active when the node is in Infrastructure Mode The bar graph di...

Страница 20: ...Pressing this button restores each field in the panel to its default value The Apply Changes button or OK must be pressed before the default values are saved to the driver and registry Undo Changes P...

Страница 21: ...one from Client to Client without the use of an Access Point 802 11 Ad Hoc networking use the same SSID for establishing the wireless connection Infrastructure This mode of operation requires the pres...

Страница 22: ...it decrypts correctly This will only happen if the receiver has the WEP Key used by the transmitter This panel allows the entry of four keys for 64 bit encryption and one set of 128 bit key according...

Страница 23: ...sing a Pass phrase Default Tx Key This button updates the driver with the four keys displayed in Key1 through Key4 The keys are also written to the registry for permanent storage For 128 bit encryptio...

Страница 24: ...anual ABOUT tab Figure 6 Management window with ABOUT tab open About tab shows the product version including the detail of Driver Configuration Utility and NIC firmware version Users must use this ver...

Страница 25: ...98 Please check the followings if you encounter some problem while installing the PC card or your PC card is non functional 1 Click on the Control Panel and then on PC Card Check whether it has 11Mbps...

Страница 26: ...sses are already assigned to some other devices you must change that value I O address needs 40h byte length 2 Click on the Control panel Double click on the PC Card you will see Wireless 11mbps WLAN...

Страница 27: ...nvironmental Operating temperature ambient 10 C to 50 C Operating 20 to 70 C Storage Max Humidity 95 Non condensing Power specifications Operating voltage 5 V 3 3V DC 5 Nominal Temp Range 16 dBm Exten...

Страница 28: ...ing diversity Mobility Seamless roaming across cell boundaries with handover Specific features Supported bit rates 11 Mbps 5 5 Mbps 1 Mbps 2 Mbps Data encryption 64 128 bit WEP Encryption Utility Soft...

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