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Wireless 11b Mini PCI  User’s Guide

If you are going to use the wireless network in Infrastruc-
ture mode, please follow the steps:

1. Double click the 

MSI Wireless LAN

 icon on the task

bar to launch the network configuration window.

D ouble  click   the
MSI Wireless LAN
icon

2. The window appears. Click 

Advanced.

Click here

4.1 In wireless network tab

Enter network  key
if  the wireless ad-
ministrator has set
a  netw ork  key  in
advance

4. msi  wireless  network  utility

Содержание MS-6804

Страница 1: ...Wireless 11b Mini PCI MS 6804 User s Guide...

Страница 2: ...esidential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at his own expense Notice 1 The changes or modifications not expressly appro...

Страница 3: ...f your telephone equipment causes harm to the telephone network the Telephone Company may discontinue your service temporarily If possible they will notify you in advance but if advance notice is not...

Страница 4: ...correctness of its contents Our products are under continual improvement and we reserve the right to make changes without notice Copyright Notice Trademarks All trademarks used in this manual are the...

Страница 5: ...uipment should be noted 6 Never pour any liquid into the opening that could damage or cause electrical shock 7 If any of the following situations arises get the equipment checked by a service personne...

Страница 6: ...000 XP 9 4 MSI wireless network utility 13 4 1 In wireless network tab 13 4 2 Encryption 18 4 3 In status tab 19 4 4 In information tab 22 4 5 Using Windows XP as Access Point 23 5 Networkconnection 2...

Страница 7: ...5 5Mbps or up to 11Mbps and is compatible with any existing IEEE802 11b devices With Wirelss 11b Mini PCI you can roam between con ference room and office without being disconnected the LAN cables in...

Страница 8: ...the duration of a communications session Users on the network can share files print to a shared printer and access the Internet with a shared modem In this kind of network new de vices can be quickly...

Страница 9: ...less users to take advantage of the wired networks resources such as Internet email file transfer and printer sharing The scale and range of the Infrastructure networking are larger and wider than tha...

Страница 10: ...Operating Channels US Canada 11 channels Europe 1 to 13 channels France 4 channels Spain 2 channels Japan 14 channels Modulation DBPSK 1 Mbps DQPSK 2Mbps CCK 5 5 and 11 Mbps Media Access Protocol CSMA...

Страница 11: ...User s Guide Power Consumption Tx 436mA Rx 283mA Standby 84mA Operating Temperature 0 to 550 C Operating Humidity 0 to 95 non condensing Operating system Windows 98SE ME 2K XP Dimensions WxDxH 59 71...

Страница 12: ...e The package should contain the following items Laptop PC with mini PCI module or desktop PC with mini PCI module Windows 98SE ME 2000 XP operating system Minimum 5M bytes free disk space for install...

Страница 13: ...er s Guide 1 6 Layout External antenna connectors Connecting to external antennas for enhanced data transmis sion and reception The external antenna is well designed on the desktop computer or the lap...

Страница 14: ...ard mini PCI module is shown as the drawing To install Wireless 11b Mini PCI in yoursystem 2 Place Wireless 11b Mini PCI over the Mini PCI slot at an angle of 30 degrees Then gently in sert it into th...

Страница 15: ...Each installation procedure comes with a drawing and instruction Follow the instruction step by step to finish the installation During the installation Win dows 98SE ME 2000 XP may need to copy Windo...

Страница 16: ...r s Guide 2 Click Next to read the License Agreement Check the radio box to agree and click Next to continue or No to end the installation Enter user s information and then click Next Check here Click...

Страница 17: ...r computer 5 After restarting your PC you will find an icon indicated MSI Wireless LAN on your taskbar Just double click on it for configuration 3 Click Install to start installation then click Finish...

Страница 18: ...12 Wireless 11b Mini PCI User s Guide Note...

Страница 19: ...ps 1 Double click the MSI Wireless LAN icon on the task bar to launch the network configuration window Double click the MSI Wireless LAN icon 2 Thewindow appears ClickAdvanced Click here 4 1 In wirele...

Страница 20: ...esh button to refresh or search for the available networks Click Configure to configure the existing networks All available networks list Click here 4 As an administrator you can change the network na...

Страница 21: ...may also choose the networks you prefer from the Available Networks list and use the Move up Move down to set the priority of your preferred networks Preferred net work list 6 Click OK and you can use...

Страница 22: ...g to use the wireless network in Ad hoc mode please follow the steps 1 Double click the MSI Wireless LAN icon on the task bar to launch the network configuration window Double click the MSI Wireless L...

Страница 23: ...ame SSID and network key which is encoded by 5 13 char acters 10 26 hex adecimal digital Enter a network name SSID for this ad hoc network Add a new network Check here to enable Ad hoc network Check E...

Страница 24: ...Ad hoc mode 4 2 Encryption In this window you can set up 4 sets of WEB keys which can be 5 characters 10 hex adecimal digital or 13 char acters 26 hex adecimal digital and specify one of them to use N...

Страница 25: ...d This field sets the current transmitting rate There are four fixed rates 1 Mbps 2 Mbps 5 5 Mbps and 11 Mbps The speed should be set to Auto rate to optimize performanceandrange whichwilladjust thetr...

Страница 26: ...points in the network Then the card will be able to connect to an access point with the same SSID Status It shows status information about the radio link Signal Strengh This bar shows the received si...

Страница 27: ...of preamble in this field Setting opt i ons Long Short Auto Long It is set to 144 bits Short It is set to 72 bits Auto The card supports an auto detection feature it automatically selects the Preambl...

Страница 28: ...22 Wireless 11b Mini PCI User s Guide In Information tab you can get some information about the manufacturer hardware and software 4 4 In information tab...

Страница 29: ...ol Panel to help to link two networks 1 In the Control Panel select Network Connections and the window below will appear 2 Select Wireless NetworkConnection and Local Area Connection simultaneously an...

Страница 30: ...box then click OK A DOS prompt window appears 4 Then type net bridge show adapter 5 Then type netsh brid ge set ad apter X forcecompatmode enable where X is your ethernet identifier 6 Then type netsh...

Страница 31: ...ight click the MSI Wireless LAN icon in the right bottom of system bar choose View Available Wire less Network Advanced You will get Wireless Network Connection Properties window Click Add to add a ne...

Страница 32: ...k wireless access point are not used In this case this compu ter will function as an access point while other com puters can use this network name which is aaa in the picture below to connect to Once...

Страница 33: ...work or accessing the Internet on multiple computers with one connection 5 network connection The following in Control Panel Network Configu ration is required for all computers if you want to con nec...

Страница 34: ...a particular network to avoid confusion Please note that the computer s name should not be more than 15 characters without space Please verify that each computer has a unique name and commonworkgroup...

Страница 35: ...group name which this computer will be long to in the Workgroup box All the computers on your network should have an identical Workgroup name 5 The Computer Description box is optional You may enter a...

Страница 36: ...less 11b Mini PCI User s Guide 3 If you do see the TCP IP network as the following screen pleseselect MSI NetDancer WirelessNetwork Adapter and click Add 4 Select Protocal and click Add Click here Cli...

Страница 37: ...TCP IP installation is finished Click here Please prepare a copy of the Windows 98SE ME 2000 XP installation disk CD at hand if needed 5 3 Configuring a dynamic IP address When the drivers are instal...

Страница 38: ...32 Wireless 11b Mini PCI User s Guide 2 Double click Network icon 3 Select TCP IP and then click Properties Click here...

Страница 39: ...s window appears choose IP Address tab and check Obtain an IP Address Automatically 5 When the Network properties window comes back up click OK Then click Yes to reboot the computer Check here 5 4 Con...

Страница 40: ...34 Wireless 11b Mini PCI User s Guide 2 Double click Network icon 3 Select TCP IP and then click Properties Click here...

Страница 41: ...ars choose IP Address tab and select Specify an IP Address 5 Enter an IP address into the empty field Suggested IP Range is 172 16 0 2 to 172 16 0 254 and suggested Subnet Mask is 255 255 255 0 Then c...

Страница 42: ...d in the Open box Click OK 3 A DOS prompt window appears 4 Enter winipcfg and press Enter 5 The IP Configuration screen will be displayed and the IP address will be displayed in the IP Address box Ple...

Страница 43: ...User s Guide 1 Go to Start Run 2 Enter cmd in the Open box Click OK 3 A DOS prompt window appears 4 Enter ipconfig all to display IP information 6 Click on More Info to display additional IP informat...

Страница 44: ...Start Run 2 Enter command in the Open box Click OK 3 A DOS prompt window appears 4 Type ping www msi com tw or any URL address which is the the IP address of the Gateway in this case and press Enter...

Страница 45: ...ter has aunique name and common workgroup name if you had previously given your Windows 98SE ME 2000 XP computers names Follw the steps below to share specific files and folders with other computers o...

Страница 46: ...folder or disk drive to share which means you can share a folder that both you and your family member colleaque needs to ac cess occassionally You can also share your CD ROM drive for others to use i...

Страница 47: ...older for others on the network 14 Access Type allows you to designate how much someone else can do with this disk drive or folder Read Only only allows others to look at or open the files on the disk...

Страница 48: ...y do so by double clicking the My Network Places icon on your desktop or inside Windows Explorer 18 Navigate to the computer with the shared disk drive or folder recognized by the Computer Name you pr...

Страница 49: ...e This part describes the problems and corresponding so lutions of driver installation To check if the wirelessnetwork adapter drivers are loaded properly 1 Go to Start Settings Control Panel 2 Double...

Страница 50: ...er s Guide 3 Click the Device Manager Tab 4 Click the symbol in front of Network Adapters 5 Highlight MSI NetDancer Wireless Network Adapter 6 Click Properties 7 Check under Device Status to see if th...

Страница 51: ...obtained from this user s manual please contact your place of purchase or local distributor Alternatively please try the following help resources for further guidance Visit the MSI website for FAQ te...

Страница 52: ...Point 1 Ad hoc 3 Antenna 4 ASCII 18 Available Networks 14 B Bridge Connections 23 C CCK 4 channel 4 command 36 Computer Identification 28 Country 21 D DBPSK 4 Device Manager 44 Device Status 44 DOS 24...

Страница 53: ...Fragmentation Threshold 21 G Gateway 36 golden finger 8 H hex adecimal digital 14 I IEEE802 11b 1 information 22 Infrastructure 1 InstallShield Wizard 11 interference 8 Internet 2 K Key format 18 Key...

Страница 54: ...Power LED 7 Power save 21 Preamble Type 21 Preferred network list 15 priority 15 Protocol 4 R Radio 19 Range 4 RTS CTS Threshold 21 S Service Set Identifier 20 Signal Strengh 20 Speed 19 SSID 14 stat...

Страница 55: ...49 Wireless 11b Mini PCI User s Guide Windows 1 winipcfg 36 Wireless Network Connection 23 Wireless Network Connection Properties 25...

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