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  • Page 1 802.11g Wireless MIMO PCI Adapter WML-8315 User’s Manual...

  • Page 2: Federal Communication Commission Interference Statement

    Copyright Copyright © 2005 by PLANET Technology Corp. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any language or computer language, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, magnetic, optical, chemical, manual or otherwise, without the prior written permission of PLANET.
  • Page 3 Do not dispose of WEEE as unsorted municipal waste and have to collect such WEEE separately. Revision User’s Manual for PLANET 802.11g Wireless MIMO PCI Adapter Model: WML-8315 Rev: 1.0 (December 2005) Part No. EM-WML8315...

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    CONTENTS 1 INTRODUCTION ................1 Features ......................... 1 Specifications........................ 1 Package Contents ......................2 2 INSTALLATION PROCEDURE ............. 3 Configuration Utility Installation.................. 3 Hardware Installation....................6 Driver Installation ......................7 3 CONFIGURATION UTILITY ............9 Site Survey ........................10 Profile.......................... 11 3.2.1 Configure the Profile....................

  • Page 5: Introduction

    1 Introduction Thank you for purchasing the 802.11g MIMO Wireless LAN PCI Card, WML-8315. With the MIMO technology, this card enables you to connect to wireless networks at farther distances than before. WML-8315 has two antennas for signal reception and one antenna for high power signal transmission.

  • Page 6: Package Contents

    1.3 Package Contents Before you begin the installation, please check the items of your package. The package should include the following items: 1 x WML-8315 1 x Driver and User's manual CD 1 x Quick Installation Guide 3 x External Antenna...

  • Page 7: Installation Procedure

    Note2: If you have installed other Wireless PC Card driver & utility before, please uninstall them first. Note3: Before install configuration utility to your PC, please do not plug WML-8315 into your Configuration Utility Installation 1. Insert the bundled CD into the CD-ROM drive to launch the autorun program. Once completed, a menu screen will appear.
  • Page 8 4. It is suggested to use “PLANET Configuration Tool” to manage the WML-8315. Click “Next” to continue. 5. If “Optimize for performance mode” is selected, the “Tx BURST” option will be enabled to increase the transfer speed. However, the AP must support this feature as well.
  • Page 9 6. You can see the installation progress in this screen. 7. Please click “Finish” to complete the installation.

  • Page 10: Hardware Installation

    Hardware Installation Installation Procedure A. Turn off your computer and remove its cover. B. Insert the PCI card to an available PCI slot firmly. C. Secure this card to the rear of the computer chassis and put back the cover. D.

  • Page 11: Driver Installation

    (For Windows 98SE, the system installation CD will be required). Just click “Yes” to proceed. After the PC restart. Please insert WML-8315 into a vacant PCI slot. The system will automatically detect the card and display “Found New Hardware Wizard” screen.

  • Page 13: Configuration Utility

    3 Configuration Utility The Configuration Utility is a powerful application that helps you configure the WML-8315 and monitor the link status and the statistics during the communication process. When the WML-8315 is installed, the configuration utility will be displayed automatically. This card will auto connect to wireless device which has better signal strength and no wireless security setting.

  • Page 14: Site Survey

    Site Survey When you open the Configuration Utility, the system will scan all the channels to find all the access points/stations within the accessible range of your card and automatically connect to the wireless device with the highest signal strength. From the “Site Survey”, all the networks nearby will be listed. You can change the connection to another networks or add one of the networks to your own profile list.

  • Page 15: Profile

    Profile The “Profiles List” is for you to manage the networks you connect to frequently. You are able to Add/Delete/Edit/Activate a profile. Parameter Description Profiles List The profiles list display all the profiles and the relative settings of the profiles including Profile Name, SSID, Channel, etc. This sign indicates the activated profile is been connecting.

  • Page 16: Configure The Profile

    WLAN. The ID prevents the unintentional merging of two co-located WLANs. You may specify a SSID for the WML-8315 and then only the device with the same SSID can interconnect to the card. If you want to add the network nearby to the profile list, pull down the menu, all the networks will be listed for you to add one of them to the profile list.
  • Page 17 saving mode when it is idle. Network Type Infrastructure – This operation mode requires the presence of an 802.11 Access Point. All communication is done via the Access Point or Router. Ad-Hoc – Select this mode if you want to connect to another wireless stations in the Wireless LAN network without through an Access Point or Router.

  • Page 18: Authentication And Security

    larger than the value will be fragmented. If you have decreased this value and experience high packet error rates, you can increase it again, but it will likely decrease overall network performance. Select a setting within a range of 256 to 2346 bytes. Minor change is recommended.
  • Page 19 vendors to implement this protocol, so it should be selected for use only when limited vendor choice for client, access-point, and server products is not a concern. When you have set up LEAP authentication, you have to enter the user name and password of your computer.

  • Page 20: 802.1X Setting-Certification

    selected, you have to continue setting the WEP Encryption keys. TKIP – TKIP (Temporal Key Integrity Protocol) changes the temporal key every 10,000 packets (a packet is a kind of message transmitted over a network.) This insures much greater security than the standard WEP security.
  • Page 21 An example for MD5 Authentication IEEE 802.1x RADIUS RADIUS Access Client Client Server Access Point Windows 2000 IAS (Internet Authentication Service) (1) Client requests to login the (3) Send username, password to network. RADIUS server. (4) Approve or deny user (2) Login with username, login to the LAN.
  • Page 22 within an encrypted tunnel. TTLS supports any protocol within its tunnel, including CHAP, MS-CHAP, MS-CHAPv2, PAP and EAP-MD5. PEAP specifies that an EAP-compliant authentication protocol must be used; this card supports EAP-MSCHAP v2, EAP-TLS/Smart card and Generic Token Card. The client certificate is optional required for the authentication.

  • Page 23: 802.1X Setting-Ca Server

    3.2.1.4 802.1x Setting-CA Server Parameter Description Use Certificate Chain When the EAP authentication type such as TLS, TTLS or PEAP is selected and required a certification to tell the client what server credentials to accept from the authentication server in order to verify the server, you have to enable this function.

  • Page 24: Link Status

    blueberry.zeelans.com) but it may be any name used in the certificate name field. Link Status From the “Link Status” option, you can view all the information of the network you are connecting to. Parameter Description Status Display the SSID and MAC ID of the network the card is connecting to.

  • Page 25: Statistics

    If you want to know the signal strength in the unit of dBm, select this check box. Signal Strength This bar shows the signal strength level. The higher percentage shown in the bar, the more radio signal been received by the card. This indicator helps to find the proper position of the wireless device for quality network operation.

  • Page 26: Advance

    Advance This option enables you to configure more advanced settings, for example: wireless mode, protection mode and etc. Parameter Description Wireless Mode 802.11 B/G mix – If you have a mix of 802.11b and 802.11g wireless stations in your network, it is recommended to setting the card to this mode.
  • Page 27 network, it is recommended to enable the protection mechanism. This mechanism can decrease the rate of data collision between 802.11b and 802.11g wireless stations. When the protection mode is enabled, the throughput of the card will be a little lower due to many of frame traffic should be transmitted.
  • Page 28 LEAP Turn on CCKM During 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 server.

  • Page 29: About

    By choosing this option, you can click the hyperlink to connect the PLANET website. You can also obtain basic information about the WML-8315 such as the Driver, Utility and EEPROM Version. The MAC Address of the card is displayed in the screen as well.

  • Page 30: Wmm Function

    When the WML-8315 is connected to the AP or Router with WMM function, you can enable the function of the card by following the steps below.
  • Page 31 D. Select “Advanced” page, enable the “WMM Capable”.

  • Page 32: Advanced Settings

    Advanced Settings The WML-8315 provides more advanced parameters in Windows Device Manager. You can find the Advanced configuration following the step A to D in section 3.7. Please check below to know the function of the settings. Note: The chipset manufacturer reserves those functions in red for future use. Those options are not effective on WML-8315.

  • Page 33: Troubleshooting

    4 Troubleshooting This chapter provides solutions to problems usually encountered during the installation and operation of the adapter. 1. What is the IEEE 802.11g standard? 802.11g is the new IEEE standard for high-speed wireless LAN communications that provides for up to 54 Mbps data rate in the 2.4 GHz band. 802.11g is quickly becoming the next mainstream wireless LAN technology for the home, office and public networks.
  • Page 34 5. What is Ad-hoc An Ad-hoc integrated wireless LAN is a group of computers, each has a Wireless LAN adapter, Connected as an independent wireless LAN. Ad hoc wireless LAN is applicable at a departmental scale for a branch or SOHO operation. 6.
  • Page 35 short-duration impulse noise. Direct-sequence spread-spectrum (DSSS) generates a redundant bit pattern for each bit to be transmitted. This bit pattern is called a chip (or chipping code). The longer the chip is, the greater the probability that the original data can be recovered. Even if one or more bits in the chip are damaged during transmission, statistical techniques embedded in the radio can recover the original data without-the need for retransmission.

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