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- Page 2 Certificate of the Manufacturer/Importer It is hereby certified that the Model HA501 Wireless Adapter has been suppressed in accordance with the conditions set out in the BMPT- AmtsblVfg 243/1991 and Vfg 46/1992. The operation of some equipment (for example, test transmitters) in accordance with the regulations may, however, be subject to certain restrictions.
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
CONTENTS CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION ... 4 ENEFITS ... 4 EATURES ... 4 NETGEAR IEEE 802.11 ELATED A PRODUCTS CHAPTER 2: WIRELESS NETWORK FUNDAMENTALS IRELESS ETWORK ONFIGURATION ... 5 (SSID) ERVICE DENTIFICATION ... 6 WEP E UTHENTICATION AND NCRYPTION IRELESS HANNEL ELECTION ... -
Page 4: Chapter 1: Introduction
CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION Congratulations on your purchase of NETGEAR’s HA501 802.11a Wireless 32-bit CardBus Adapter, which gives you the ultimate in office mobility. This high-speed wireless device lets you quickly network multiple PCs together without laying any new cabling, and gives users the freedom to roam throughout the workplace and stay connected to corporate resources, e-mail, and the intranet. -
Page 5: Chapter 2: Wireless Network Fundamentals
In the infrastructure mode, the wireless access point converts airwave data into wired Ethernet data, acting as a bridge between the wired LAN and wireless clients. Connecting multiple HA501 Access Points via a wired Ethernet backbone can further extend the wireless network coverage. As a mobile computing device moves out of the range of one access point, it moves into the range of another. -
Page 6: Service Set Identification (Ssid)
Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) data encryption is utilized when the wireless nodes or access points are configured to operate in Shared Key authentication mode. There are three shared key methods implemented in Netgear’s 802.11a solutions: the standard based forty-bit WEP data encryption and 128-bit WEP data encryption plus the extended 152-bit WEP data encryption. -
Page 7: Wireless Channel Selection
Max. Power Output 50 mW Note: The high band is not supported in HA501 Wireless Adapter. IEEE 802.11a uses Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM), a new encoding scheme that offers certain benefits over a spread spectrum in channel availability and data rate. The 802.11a uses OFDM to define a total of 8 non-overlapping 200 MHz channels across the 2 lower bands;... - Page 8 The HA501 user can use three channels in turbo mode. Turbo mode: ON Channel Frequency 5.21 GHz 5.25 GHz 5.29 GHz Note: The available channels supported by the wireless products in various countries are different.
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Page 9: Chapter 3: Hardware Installation
Wireless Adapter Installation The HA501 802.11a Wireless Adapter is hot swappable, which means that you can insert it into a notebook PC that is either powered on or shut down. You may insert the HA501 Wireless Adapter into any available CardBus slot at any time. -
Page 10: Chapter 4: Driver Installation
In the next Add New Hardware Wizard dialog box, select “Search for the best driver for your device (Recommended).” Click “Next”. The next Add New Hardware Wizard dialog box opens prompting for the location of the driver. Insert the HA501 Wireless Adapter Resource CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive. Click “Browse”. -
Page 11: Windows Millennium Driver Software
Double-click the HA501 Wireless Adapter. The Device Status dialog box should indicate that the Wireless Adapter is working properly. The installation of the HA501 Wireless Adapter driver in Windows Millennium is now completed. Proceed to install the HA501 802.11a Configuration Utility. -
Page 12: Windows Nt 4.0 Driver Software
Double-click the Control Panel icon, and then click on the Devices tab. A list of devices installed in the system will be shown. Scroll down the list to locate the NETGEAR HA501 driver entry. The Wireless Adapter entry should indicate that the Wireless Adapter is started. -
Page 13: Windows 2000 Driver Software
Double-click the HA501 Wireless Adapter. The Device Status dialog box should indicate that the Wireless Adapter is working properly. The installation of the HA501 Wireless Adapter driver in Windows 2000 is now completed. Proceed to install the HA501 802.11a Configuration Utility. -
Page 14: Windows Xp Driver Software
The installation of the HA501 Wireless Adapter driver in Windows XP is now completed. If you want to setup your wireless network to use turbo mode with Windows XP, do not install the HA501 802.11a Configuration Utility now. If you do not want to use turbo mode, proceed to the Netgear 802.11a HA501 Configuration Utility installation... -
Page 15: Chapter 5: Wireless Lan Configuration
Note: Users of Windows 98 or Me must reboot after making any configuration changes in the HA501 Configuration Utility. Note: Users of Windows 98 or Me need to install the Windows Message Interface (WMI) to complete the installation of the HA501 Configuration Utility Note: Users of Windows XP will have increased configuration capability if they use the HA501 802.11a... - Page 16 Double-clicking the wireless adapter SysTray icon activates the wireless LAN configuration utility for the HA501 Wireless Adapter. You can click on any of the folder tabs in the NETGEAR HA501 802.11a Configuration Utility dialog box to view current status or modify the operational parameters.
- Page 17 Wireless LAN - Status The Status section of the NETGEAR HA501 802.11a Configuration Utility dialog box shows you the current condition of the wireless LAN. The table below describes the information displayed in the Status section of the dialog box.
- Page 18 Shows the current channel and frequency in use. The wireless channel in use will be Channel/Frequency between 36 and 64. Shows the current maximum transmit data rate of the wireless node. The possible data rates Transmit Rate supported are: 54 Mbps, 48 Mbps, 36 Mbps, 24 Mbps, 18 Mbps, 12 Mbps, 9 Mbps, and 6 Mbps.
- Page 19 The Configuration section of the NETGEAR HA501 802.11a Configuration Utility dialog box shows you the configuration parameters of the wireless LAN and allows you to modify them. The table below describes the information displayed in the Configuration section of the NETGEAR HA501 802.11a Configuration Utility dialog box.
- Page 20 An HA501 Wireless adapter can support up to four WEP keys. Wireless LAN - Statistics The Statistics section of the NETGEAR HA501 802.11a Configuration Utility dialog box indicates the real-time Rx/Tx packets performance in graph form and also displays the performance statistics in figures.
- Page 21 Wireless LAN - About The About section of the NETGEAR HA501 802.11a Configuration Utility dialog box shows the release information of both the device driver for the wireless adapter and the wireless LAN configuration utility software.
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Page 22: Chapter 6: Troubleshooting
Solution • Remove and reinsert the wireless adapter. • Check the device manager in Windows to see if the adapter card is properly recognized in the Windows operating system. Reload the driver if necessary. • Try to install the driver in different CardBus PC card slot on your Windows NT system if it’s available. -
Page 23: Hardware Specifications
HARDWARE SPECIFICATIONS Model HA501 802.11a Wireless 32-bit CardBus Adapter Radio Data Rate 6, 9, 12, 18, 24, 36, 48, 54, 72 for Turbo mode (Auto rate capable) 5.15 ~ 5.25 GHz (lower band) for US/Canada, Japan Frequency 5.25 ~ 5.35 GHz (middle band) for US/Canada...