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PCIBus Adapter
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Страница 1: ...IEEE802 11g Wireless MIMO XRTM PCIBus Adapter GW DSMM ...
Страница 2: ...perational problems while conÀguring or setting up the product you may contact with our Customer Service Department or ask the agent or the distributor from which you bought the product for help Moreover during warranty if you Ànd any defect or breakdown of the product you may bring the product assembly and its warranty card to our company or to where you bought the product to ask for repair ŘEver...
Страница 3: ...Trademarks All trade names and trademarks are the properties of their respective companies Copyright 2006 All Rights Reserved ...
Страница 4: ... Product Functions 3 Chapter2 Basic Installation Configuration 2 1 How to install the Driver Utility 5 2 2 Site Survey 11 2 3 Profile 16 2 4 Authentication and Security 20 2 5 802 1x Setting 26 2 6 Link Status 30 2 7 Statistics 32 Chapter3 Advanced Configuration 3 1 Advanced 35 3 2 QoS 39 3 3 About 41 ...
Страница 5: ...Chapter4 Soft AP Mode 4 1 How to use AP mode 43 4 2 Config 45 4 3 Auth vs Security 49 4 4 Access Control 52 4 5 MAC Table 54 4 6 Event Log 55 4 7 Statistics 56 4 8 About 58 GW DSMM Contents ...
Страница 6: ...ghput than the IEEE802 11g standard up to 54Mbps It can compress the data and decrease the waiting time of sending the data to the next routers or APs so it increases the data transmission rate This function is called Turbo Mode When GW DSMM WLAN adapter connect to the APs or routers by using this particular function your wireless network will be more effective For the security of WLAN GW DSMM sup...
Страница 7: ... 2 Features œ Compatible with IEEE 802 11b and IEEE 802 11g 2 4GHz œ Data transmission rate is up to 54Mbps œ Larger wireless coverage less dead spots and higher throughput with MIMO XRTM technology œ Supports Turbo Mode which can enhance the data transmission rate within the specific wireless network œ Supports WMM Wi Fi Multimedia function IEEE 802 11e QoS standard and can meet the requirement o...
Страница 8: ...ope to receive better radio signals you can adjust the position and the direction of the antenna to get better signals LINK LED Put GW DSMM into the PCI BUS of your computer and power on the computer If the connection if fine the LINK LED will be green all the time ACT LED Put GW DSMM into the PCI BUS of your computer and power on the computer If the data start to transmit or any action happens th...
Страница 9: ...ilar to the operating procedures on Windows 98SE ME and Windows 2000 2 1 How to install the driver and utility Please follow the instructions below to install the driver and utility of GW DSMM 1 Open the shell of your computer and then insert GW DSMM into the PCI BUS and put the external antenna at the spot which does not have many obstacles around and can have better radio signals Put back the sh...
Страница 10: ...DSMM 2 Put the installation CD ROM into the CD ROM player and then start the ņGW DSMM_v1 2 2 0 exeŇprogram After that the setup wizard will automatically start the ņInstallShield WizardŇ to continue setting up ...
Страница 11: ...e agreement and want to proceed installing please click ņYesŇ otherwise click ņNoŇ to exit the installation program 4 First you have to make sure that if you want to use GW DSMM Utility as the wireless setup tool If you want to make it to be the default tool please choose ņPlanex Configuration ToolŇ if not please choose ņMicrosoft Zero Configuration ToolŇ ...
Страница 12: ...ant to connect with supports Tx Burst mode you can selectņOptimize for performance modeŇ to enable Tx Burst mode ChooseņOptimize to Wi Fi modeŇ to let GW DSMM operate under standard mode To continue setting up please click ņNextŇ or you may click ņCancelŇto install it later 6 After click ņNextŇ on the previous page the installation wizard starts to install the software for GW DSMM ...
Страница 13: ...2 9 Chapter2 Basic Installation Configuation 7 After running the software installation there will pop up two warning windows please click ņContinue AnywayŇ to enter the installation complete page ...
Страница 14: ...ity are all installed in your computer you may start to configure the connection of GW DSMM 9 When you finish installing the driver and utility on the computer you can start to use the utility of GW DSMM to check the connection status of wireless connection Click ņStartƖProgramsƖPlanex Wireless UtilityŇ on the desktop After that the icon of the utility will show on the task bar ...
Страница 15: ...m the utility homepage you can see the information about the wireless connections Before using the utility you have to know the following restriction of the utility This adapter will work in 11b mode when the network type is in Ad hoc mode It is defines by Wi Fi organization If you want to enable the data rate up to 54Mbps 11g please follow steps listed below A Go to ņStartƖSettingsƖNetwork Connec...
Страница 16: ...s Configuration utility Click it and the adapter will stop working immediately and GW DSMM will not be the default utility anymore If you want to use GW DSMM as the default utility again just click ņUse RaConfig as Configuration utilityŇ œSwitch to AP Mode Click it to change the adapter mode of GW DSMM into AP mode If you want to use the adapter function please click ņSwitch to Station ModeŇ œExit...
Страница 17: ... DSMM is connecting with the AP Items Instructions SSID The SSID up to 32 printable ASCII characters is a unique name identified in a WLAN The SSID can prevent the unintentional merging of two co located WLANs You may assign an SSID for GW DSMM and only the device with the same SSID can interconnect to it BSSID It displays the MAC Addresses of the APs which GW DSMM has detected Signal The box disp...
Страница 18: ... encryption section shows WEP TKIP or AES etc double click on the name of the AP or click ņConnectŇ button and then the configuration page of encryption will show Authentication This section shows the authentication using by the AP There are five kinds of authentication ņUnknownŇ ņWPA PSKŇ ņWPA2 PSKŇ ņWPAŇ and ņWPA2Ň Network Type There are two types of network type including ņAd hocŇ and ņInfrastr...
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Страница 20: ...p the general settings encryption and authentication settings and so on If you want to look up the advanced setup and more information please refer to the next chapter If you want to do the general settings please follow the instructions below Items Instructions Configuration Profile Name You can give each AP a different name to define them SSID Scroll down the list to choose a detected AP as an S...
Страница 21: ...ith a wired network If enabling this mode the PSM mode will take effect and the Preamble function will be disabled Ad hoc An 802 11 networking framework in which devices or stations communicate directly with each other without the use of an Access Point AP Ad hoc mode is useful for establishing a network where wireless infrastructure does not exist or where services are not required If choose this...
Страница 22: ...bytes Normally if there are no hiding nodes problems the values no need to be altered Fragment Threshold The value defines the maximum size of packets any packet size larger than the value will be fragmented If you have decreased this value and experience higher packet error rates you can increase the value again but it will likely decrease the overall network performance Select a value within the...
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Страница 24: ...Fi products that have been enabled with WEP It also provides strong data protection by using encryption as well as strong access controls and user authentication WPA utilizes 128 bit encryption keys and dynamic session keys to ensure your wireless network s privacy and enterprise security WPA PSK is short for Wi Fi Protected Access Pre Shared Key WPA PSK is basically an authentication mechanism in...
Страница 25: ...ch as small office home office SOHO networks WPA2 Personal supports the use of a pre shared key PSK WPA2 PSK is short for Wi Fi Protected Access 2 Pre Shared Key WPA2 Personal supports PSK pre shared key WPA PSK and WPA2 PSK are special modes designed for small office home office users who do not have access to the network authentication servers If you want to use WPA as the authentication of GW D...
Страница 26: ...udes WPA WPA PSK WPA2 and WPA2 PSK WPA and WPA2 are for enterprise which requires a RADIUS Server and Certificate Server for the authentication WPA PSK and WPA2 PSK are special modes designed for small office home office users who do not have access to the network authentication servers 2 There are three authentication types under Ad hoc mode Open It does not need authentication when connecting to...
Страница 27: ...or Advanced Encryption Standard a symmetric 128 bit block data encryption technique It works at multiple network layers simultaneously and has a fixed block size of 128 bits and a key size of 128 192 or 256 bits TKIP It is short for Temporal Key Integrity Protocol TKIP scrambles the key using a hashing algorithm and by adding an integrity checking feature ensures that the keys havenŅt been tampere...
Страница 28: ...ype and length there are four WEP Key types Hexadecimal Only ņA F Ňņa f Ňandņ0 9Ň are allowed to be set in a WEP key ASCII Numerical values characters or signs are all allowed to be arranged into a WEP key It is more recognizable for user 64 bit Enter 10 digit Hex values or 5 digit ASCII values as the encryption keys For example ņ 0123456aefŇorņGuest Ň 128 bit Enter 26 digit Hex values or 13 digit...
Страница 29: ...tion Configuation OK Click this button and the utility will save the settings and close the page Cancel Click ņCancelŇ will exit the page and wonŅt save the settings Apply Click ņApplyŇ to enable the settings you made on this page ...
Страница 30: ...words over 802 11 wireless networks And it requires a set of user name and password in addition Enter theņUser NameŇandņPasswordŇand also select a certificate from theņCertificateŇ list To get the certificate and the personal user name and password please contact with your administrator 2 TLSƟSmart Card Short for Transport Layer Security a protocol that guarantees privacy and data integrity betwee...
Страница 31: ...opriate Windows Certificate Store and made available to the RADIUS server for certification Tunneled 1 ProtocolĈWhen the authentication type is PEAP or TTLS select a protocol to be used to build the encrypted tunnel Under PEAP authentication you can choose ņEAP MSCHAP v2Ň ņEAP TLS Smart CardŇ and ņGeneric Token CardŇ Under TTLS authentication there are ņCHAPŇ ņMS CHAPŇ ņMS CHAP V2Ň ņPAPŇ and ņEAP ...
Страница 32: ...ntermediate A server designates an issuer as a trusted root authority by placing the issuer s self signed certificate which contains the issuer s public key into the trusted root certification authority certificate store of the host computer Intermediate or subordinate certification authorities are trusted only if they have a valid certification path from a trusted root certification authority Ser...
Страница 33: ... but it may be any name used in the certificate name field OK Cancel Apply Click this button and the utility will save the settings and close the page ClickņCancelŇwill exit the page and wonŅt save the settings ClickņApplyŇ to enable the settings you made on this page ...
Страница 34: ...ate is 54Mbps Throughput Here display the speed of data transmitted Tx and received Rx Link Quality This bar indicates the quality of the connection The higher percentage the bar shows the better quality the linkage has Signal Strength This bar shows the level of the signal strength The higher percentage the bar shows the more radio wave has been received by the adapter This indicator helps users ...
Страница 35: ...2 31 Chapter2 Basic Installation Configuation OK ClickņOKŇbutton and the utility will save the settings and close the page ...
Страница 36: ...thout any retry Frames Transmitted Frames successfully sent with one or more retries Frames Fail To Frames failed to transmit after hitting retry limit RTS Frames Successfully receive CTS Clear To Send after sending RTS Request To Send frame RTS Frames Fail To Failed to receive CTS Request To Send after sending RTS Clear To Send Successfully Successfully Without Retry Successfully After Retry s Su...
Страница 37: ... received with CRC error Frames Dropped Due Frames dropped due to resource problem Duplicate Frames Frames received more than twice Buttons Reset Counter Click the button to reset counters to zero OK Click ņOKŇ button and the utility will save the settings and close the page Successfully With CRC Error To Out of Resource Received ...
Страница 38: ...Country The available channel differs from different countries For example USA FCC is channel 1 11 Europe ETSI is channel 1 13 The operating frequency channel will be restricted to the country user located before importing If you are in different country you have to adjust the channel setting to comply the regulation of the country B G Protection If you have a mix of 802 11b and 802 11g wireless s...
Страница 39: ... the network the shorter distance is allowed between the adapter and the wireless stations When the wireless mode isņ802 11 B onlyŇ the maximum data rate is 11Mbps 11b so that there are onlyņAuto 1 2 5 5 11MbpsŇoptions you can select Tx Burst Tx Burst enables the adapter to deliver better throughput during a period of time but the function only takes effect when connecting with the AP which also s...
Страница 40: ...ing and fast roaming 1 LEAP turn on CCKMĈDuring normal operation LEAP enabled client devices mutually authenticate with a new access point by performing a complete LEAP authentication including communication with the main RADIUS server When you configure your wireless LAN for fast re association however LEAP enabled client devices roam from one access point to another without involving the main se...
Страница 41: ...r any new APs that are transmitting beacons Turn on Turn off RF Turn radio ON OFF for FAA requirement ĈNow the radio is on and click to turn it off ĈNow the radio is off and click to turn it on Apply ClickņApplyŇto enable the settings you made on this page OK ClickņOKŇbutton and the utility will save the settings and close the page ...
Страница 42: ...le concurring applications each with different latency and throughput requirements compete for network resources Click the check box and then clickņApplyŇbutton to apply this function to the system WMM Power Click the check box and then click ņSettingĀŇ button the Power Save Setting dialog box will pop up there are four types of power saving mode including AC_BK Access Category Background ă A C_B ...
Страница 43: ...unction and then enter the MAC address of the adapter which wants to connect with the remote system Timeout Value The utility performs time outs so that the program does not sit idle waiting for input that may never come Set a value to apply to the system with WMM DLS Status The system will show you the remote devices which has already connected and supported WMM OK ClickņOKŇbutton and the utility...
Страница 44: ...browser will be opened automatically and connect to the international website of PLANEX Communications Inc Click the second one it will link to PLANEX Communications Inc Taiwan website RaConfig Version This section shows the version and released date of the Utility and Driver EEPROM Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory and Firmware version are also displayed Driver Version EEPROM Ve...
Страница 45: ... DSMM IP Address This section shows the TCP IP settings of GW DSMM and the MAC Physical Address OK ClickņOKŇbutton and the utility will save the settings and close the page Phy_Address Sub Mask Default Gateway ...
Страница 46: ...tions of GW DSMM 4 1 How to use AP mode If you want to use the Soft AP function of GW DSMM please follow the steps below to install the driver and the utility of GW DSMM 1 After finishing installation and restart the computer the task bar on the desktop will show as follows Right click the mouse on the PLANEX icon and the four options will show Launch Config Utilities Use Zero Configuration as Con...
Страница 47: ...unch Config UtilitiesŇto enter the AP mode configuration page If you want to switch back to the Station Mode you may just clickņSwitch to Station ModeŇ Also you can clickņStartƖProgramsƖPlanex WirelessƖPlanex Wireless UtilityŇon the desktop to open the utility ...
Страница 48: ...three kinds of modes ņ802 11 B G mixŇ ņ802 11 B onlyŇandņ802 11 G onlyŇ The system default isņ802 11 B G mixŇ Please set the mode according to the real environment SSID The default AP name SSID is SoftAP XX XX is last two digits of GW DSMM Mac Address Or you can chooseņUse MAC AddressŇand the system will automatically copy the NIC MAC Address to this column and add two characters ņAPŇ before the M...
Страница 49: ...gs are œ Auto STA will dynamically change as AP announcement œ On Always send frame with protection œ Off Always send frame without protection Preamble The preamble defines the length of the CRC cyclic redundancy check block when communicating among the wireless networks There are two types of preamble Long and Short Preamble Intensive network traffic areas should use the short preamble type The d...
Страница 50: ...uto 1 2 5 5 11MbpsŇoptions you can select Channel Scroll down the list to choose a channel for the AP The default setting is channel 1 Auth vs Security Click this button and then to set up the authentication and security of the AP The detailed configuration is shown in theņ4 3 Auth vs SecurityŇ Tx BURST Tx Burst enables the AP to deliver better throughput during a period of time The system default...
Страница 51: ...ng Short slot time is 9 us and long slot time is 20 us System default is long slot time Auto Channel Click this check box and the system will randomly select the channel for the AP when starting up the system next time The default setting is disabled Default Click this button and the AP will show the default value of this page Without Tx BURST and Use Short Slot Apply ClickņApplyŇto enable the set...
Страница 52: ... to the following instructions Items Instructions Authentication Authentication Type The authentication of GW DSMM must set the same as the settings of the destination Open It does not need authentication when connecting to the AP WPA includes WPA WPA PSK WPA2 and WPA2 PSK WPA and WPA2 are for enterprise which requires a RADIUS Server and Certificate ...
Страница 53: ... be entered in both the wireless access point and the WPA clients computers The WPA pre shared key should be a random sequence of either keyboard characters upper and lowercase letters numbers and punctuation You have to enter the same Passphrase or Hexadecimal key into both your access points and computers but the length requirement is changed The more random your WPA pre shared key the safer it ...
Страница 54: ... Enter 10 digit Hex values or 5 digit ASCII values as the encryption keys For example ņ 0123456aefŇorņGuest Ň 128 bit Enter 26 digit Hex values or 13 digit ASCII values as the encryption keys For example ņ 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 a b c d e f Ň o r ņadministrator Ň Show Password If you want to let the system shows the password you set you can enable this check box After that the ast...
Страница 55: ...ccess Policy Scroll down the list to set if you want to use access control function GW DSMM has three kinds of access policies ņDisableŇ ņAllow AllŇ andņReject AllŇ The default setting is ņDisableŇ Disable Do not use access control function Allow All Only the MAC addresses listed in the Access List can connect with GW DSMM Reject All Only the MAC addresses listed in the Access List can NOT connect...
Страница 56: ...o access GW DSMM in this table Access List Here displays all the accepted or rejected MAC addresses Delete Choose a MAC address which you want to delete in the Access List and click this button to delete it Remove All Click this button to delete all the MAC addresses in the Access List Apply ClickņApplyŇto enable the settings you made on this page OK Click this button and the utility will save the...
Страница 57: ... Mode status Items Descriptions MAC Address Here shows the Mac address of stations which are connecting with GW DSMM AID The number of AID will increase as the number of connections increasing It can be a kind of identification for the connection Power Saving Mode Here shows if the stations connecting with GW DSMM are in power saving mode OK Click this button and the utility will save the settings...
Страница 58: ...cription of every event happened on Soft AP Items Descriptions Event Time Here shows the time when event happened Message The utility will depict every event happened on the Soft AP including restart AP or station is failed to link or success to link and so on Clear Click this button to delete all the previous event logs OK Click this button and the utility will save the settings and close the pag...
Страница 59: ...ithout any retry Frames Transmitted Frames successfully sent with one or more retries Frames Fail To Frames failed to transmit after hitting retry limit RTS Frames Successfully receive CTS Clear To Send after sending RTS Request To Send frame RTS Frames Fail Failed to receive CTS Request To Send after sending RTS Clear To Send Successfully Successfully Without Retry Successfully After Retry Receiv...
Страница 60: ... with CRC error Frames Dropped Due Frames dropped due to resource problem Duplicate Frames Frames received more than twice Buttons Reset Counters Click the button to reset counters to zero OK ClickņOKŇbutton and the utility will save the settings and close the page Successfully With CRC Error To Out of Resource Received ...
Страница 61: ...X Communications Inc Click the second one it will link to PLANEX Communications Inc Taiwan website Utility Version This section shows the version and released date of the Utility and Driver EEPROM Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory and Firmware version are also displayed MAC Address This section shows the TCP IP settings of GW DSMM and the MAC Physical Address OK Click this button...
