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Troubleshooting 

 

Symptom: 

The LED is off. 

Possible Remedy: 

Make sure X-Micro WLAN 11g PCMCIA Card is inserted properly. Otherwise contact 

your vendor. 

 

Symptom: 

The LED is always on not blinking.   

Possible Remedy: 

Make sure that you have installed the driver from attached CD. Otherwise contact your 

vendor. 

 

Symptom: 

The LED is blinking but X-Micro WLAN 11g PCMCIA Card icon does not appear in 

your icon tray.   

Possible Remedy: 

Make sure that you have installed the Utility from attached CD.   

 

Symptom: 

X-Micro WLAN 11g PCMCIA Card icon is red. 

Possible Remedy: 

It means there is no wireless link. 

1.  Make sure there is any 802.11b or 802.11g device in the servicing area. 

2.  Double click the icon to pop up the configuration window 

a.  Make sure they are sharing the same SSID and channel. If the SSID is same, 

you could press the 

Link Info 

 Re-Scan 

to scan the channel to link.   

b.  Make sure they are operating under same authentication type. WEP function 

has to be enabled, if Shared Key Authentication is the selection, and the 

secret Keys have to be same in the communicating group. 

3.  Position the antenna to gain the maximum RF power and make sure there is no 

metal objects, electron devices or cordless phone in the vicinity. 

             

Содержание XWL-11GPRG

Страница 1: ...X Micro WLAN 11g PCMCIA Card User Manual Version 1 1 ...

Страница 2: ...eless LAN basics 6 3 Windows Installation 7 3 1 Install Driver Utility under Windows XP 2000 8 3 2 Install Driver Utility Under Windows 9x Me 10 3 3 Configuration Utility 17 4 Technical Specifications of X Micro WLAN 11g PCMCIA Card 25 Troubleshooting 26 Glossary 27 ...

Страница 3: ... accordance with the instruction may cause harmful interference to radio communication However there is no grantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment dose 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 or more of the ...

Страница 4: ...R TTE Directive This device complies with the specifications listed below ETS 300 826 General EMC requirements for Radio equipment ETS 300 328 Technical requirements for Radio equipment EN60950 Safety Requirements for Radio equipment The channel identifiers channel center frequencies and regulatory domains of each 22 MHz wide channel are shown in following Table Regulatory Domains Channel Identifi...

Страница 5: ...t the office wire free Using radio frequency RF technology WLANs transmit and receive data over the air minimizing the need for wired connections Thus WLANs combine data connectivity with user mobility and through simplified configuration enable movable LANs This wireless networking solution has been designed for both large and small businesses and it is scalable so that you can easily add more us...

Страница 6: ...ireless network The most obvious differentiation between Infrastructure wireless network and Ad Hoc wireless network is that the notebooks in Infrastructure wireless network can make use of the resource in the Internet through Access Point STA 3 STA 1 STA 2 Access Point Internet Figure 2 2 Infrastructure wireless network To set up your notebook s network as the type of Ad Hoc or Infrastructure wir...

Страница 7: ...rk is identified by a unique network address There are two methods of assigning network addresses to computer on a TCP IP network Static IP addressing Dynamic IP addressing DHCP In networks with static IP addressing the network administrator manually assigns an IP address to each computer Once a static IP address is assigned a computer uses the same IP address every time it reboots and logs on to ...

Страница 8: ...8 3 1 Install Driver Utility under Windows XP 2000 Step 1 Please insert the Device CD Windows XP 2000 was automatically running autorun Step 2 Welcome dialog please click Next Step 3 Starting Copy ...

Страница 9: ...ng up and insert the card into the slot applying just enough pressure to make sure it is fully seated Windows XP 2000 automatically detects the X Micro WLAN 11g PCMCIA Card After finished install driver and utility on your system Let s starting to setup your wireless card First of all we will see the connection notice in the right corne ...

Страница 10: ... Windows 98 automatically detects the Adapter briefly opens a New Hardware Found window and starts collecting information for a driver information database When Windows 98 is ready to configure the new hardware it opens the Add New Hardware Wizard dialog box as shown Click Next Step 2 A dialog box appears asking what do you want Windows to do Select Search for the best driver for your device recom...

Страница 11: ...ind device driver Step 4 After the hardware wizard finds the installation files in the system it displays the search results Windows driver file search for the device X Micro WLAN 11g PCMCIA Card Click Next to copy the required files ...

Страница 12: ...Installation need some files under CD Rom Please insert product s CD in Your computer select path about CD Rom like D than click OK Step 6 Only Win98se User Installation must use some path files Please insert the Windows 98 SE CD ...

Страница 13: ...13 Step 7 Starting Copy Step 8 The Add New Hardware Wizard window appears stating that Windows has finished installing the software that your new hardware device requires Click Finish ...

Страница 14: ...ur computer Do you want to restart your computer now Remove the software CD and click Yes to restart the computer Step 10 After the computer restarts double click the My Computer icon on your desktop In My Computer window double click the Control Panel icon In Control Panel window double click the Network icon ...

Страница 15: ...nter the IP address and Subnet masking You should ask your network administrator for an address and then type it into the blanket boxes as below Then click OK to return to Step 10 Network dialog box If your network has a DHCP server and Access Point supports DHCP IP address can be automatically assigned to this device Choose Use DHCP for WINS Resolution in WINS Configuration then clicks OK to retu...

Страница 16: ...16 Step 13 The System Settings Change To finish setting up your new hardware you must restart your computer Do you want to restart your computer now Click Yes to restart the computer ...

Страница 17: ...pplication When you insert the X Micro WLAN 11g PCMCIA Card into the PCMCIA slot a new icon should appear in your icon tray automatically wait a while If the icon is in red it means that X Micro WLAN 11g PCMCIA Card configuration is invalid or incomplete Double click on that icon will show you the screen as shown below Left click Advanced button ...

Страница 18: ...figuration The Configuration Tab contains several fields where operating parameters of the driver can be viewed or changed Changes to any of the parameters in this panel can be applied to the driver without a need to restart the PC ...

Страница 19: ... 11b Access Point All communication is done via the Access Point which relays packets to other wireless clients in the BSS as well as to modes on a wired network such as Ethernet Ad Hoc This is the 802 11b peer to peer mode of operation All communication is done from Client to Client without the use of an Access Point 802 11 Ad Hoc networking use the same SSID for establishing the wireless connect...

Страница 20: ...20 SSID SSID is the group name that will be shared by every member of your wireless network You will only be able to connect with an Access Point which has the same SSID ...

Страница 21: ...red from this panel When an encrypted frame is received it will only be accepted if it decrypts correctly This will only happen if the receiver has the WEP Key used by the transmitter To be written to the driver and registry each key must consist of hex digits which means that only digit 0 9 and letters A F are valid entries If entered incorrectly program will not write keys to a driver You can se...

Страница 22: ...en shows the information of the wireless network the adapter is connecting to linking time and link status 3 3 3 Statistics display This screen shows the information of the device LED status Accumulated Total of the sent or receive packets ...

Страница 23: ...related information will be displayed or select Ad hoc networks only display peer to peer service 3 3 5 Information display About tab shows the product version including the detail of Driver Configuration Utility and NIC firmware version Users must use this version number when reporting their problems for technical support ...

Страница 24: ...Radio Specifications Frequency Range 2 4 2 4835 GHz Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum Antenna system Two integrated antenna Mobility Seamless roaming across cell boundaries with handover Power Specifications Operating Voltage 3 3 5 Voltage DC Continuous Transmitting 330mA Continuous Receiving 280mA Specific Features Supported bit rates 54 Mbps 48 Mbps 36 Mbps 24 Mbps 18 Mbps 12 Mbps 11Mbps 5 5Mbps 2...

Страница 25: ...N 11g PCMCIA Card icon is red Possible Remedy It means there is no wireless link 1 Make sure there is any 802 11b or 802 11g device in the servicing area 2 Double click the icon to pop up the configuration window a Make sure they are sharing the same SSID and channel If the SSID is same you could press the Link Info Re Scan to scan the channel to link b Make sure they are operating under same auth...

Страница 26: ...work TCP IP NetBEUI X Micro WLAN 11g PCMCIA Card Content Symptom X Micro WLAN 11g PCMCIA Card icon is green but can t share files with others Possible Remedy Make sure the file and printer sharing function is enabled You could enable the function by checking the icon of My Computer Control Panel Network file and printer sharing I want to be able to give others to access to my files Symptom Slow or...

Страница 27: ...igned by server dynamically to clients on the network DHCP is used for Dynamic IP Addressing and requires a dedicated DHCP server on the network Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum This is the method the wireless cards use to transmit data over the frequency spectrum The other method is frequency hopping Direct sequence spreads the data over one frequency range channel while frequency hopping jumps fr...

Страница 28: ...ustrial Scientific and Medical band Spectrum in the vicinity of 2 4 GHz in particular is being made available worldwide This presents a truly revolutionary opportunity to place convenient high speed wireless capabilities in the hands of users around the globe Local Area Network LAN A LAN is a group of computers each equipped with the appropriate network adapter card connected by cable air that sha...

Страница 29: ...n as a management information block Static IP Addressing A method of assigning IP addresses to clients on the network In networks with Static IP address the network administrator manually assigns an IP address to each computer Once a Static IP address is assigned a computer uses the same IP address every time it reboots and logs on to the network unless it is manually changed Transmission Control ...

Страница 30: ... and infrared are the commonly used types of wireless transmission Most wireless LANs use spread spectrum technology It offers limited bandwidth usually under 11Mbps and users share the bandwidth with other devices in the spectrum however users can operate a spread spectrum device without licensing from the Federal Communications Commission FCC 75 020000 01 V1 2 ...

Страница 31: ...31 www x micro com ...

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