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Summary of Contents for Planet Networking & Communication WL-3560
- Page 1 IEEE802.11g Wireless PCMCIA Card WL-3560 User Manual...
- Page 2 Further, PLANET reserves the right to revise this publication and to make changes from time to time in the contents hereof without obligation to notify any person of such revision or changes.
- Page 3 The ETSI version of this device is also authorized for use in EFTA member states Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland. Potential restrictive use France: Only channels 10,11,12 and 13 Revision User’s Manual for PLANET IEEE802.11g Wireless PCMCIA Card Model: WL-3560 Rev: 2.0 (November, 2003) Part No. EM-WL3560V2...
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Page 4: Table Of Contents
Manual Contents CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION............1 1.1 F ......................1 EATURES 1.2 A ....................1 PPLICATIONS 1.3 S ....................3 PECIFICATION 1.4 P ..................4 ACKAGE ONTENTS 1.5 M ..............4 INIMUM YSTEM EQUIREMENTS 1.6 SAFETY PRECAUTION ...................4 1.7 I ................4 NSTALLATION ONSIDERATIONS CHAPTER 2 INSTALLATION PROCEDURE........ 5 2.1 C ...............5 ONFIGURATION... -
Page 5: Chapter 1 Introduction
IEEE 802.11b; but it provides almost 5 times data rate than traditional 802.11b products. WL-3560 is compliant to both 802.11b and 802.11g, but it is capable to offer much higher data rate than standard. With the latest innovative Super G technology integrated, the maximum data rate of WL-3560 is 108Mbps, which doubles the speed of standard 802.11g. - Page 6 Since the Access Point is able to forward data within its BSS, the effective transmission range in an infrastructure LAN is doubled. The use of a unique ID in a BSS is essential. All WL-3560 equipped PCs configured without roaming options in an independent BSS must be configured with a BSS ID corresponding to the WL-3560 used in the BSS.
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Page 7: Specification
The wireless security network installs quickly and provides the flexibility to reconfigure easily. 1.3 Specification Product IEEE802.11g Wireless PCMCIA Card Model Name WL-3560 Attachment Interface PC CardBus 32-bit compliant LED Indicators POWER, LINK Operating Frequency / Channel 2.412~2.462GHz (FCC, USA & Canada) / 11 Channels 2.412~2.4835GHz (TELEC, Japan) / 14 Channels... -
Page 8: Package Contents
1.4 Package Contents Before installation, please check the items of your package. The package should include the following items: WL-3560 Quick Installation Guide Drivers and User’s Manual CD If any of the above items are missing, contact your supplier as soon as possible. -
Page 9: Chapter 2 Installation Procedure
1. Insert the CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive to initiate the autorun program. Once completed a menu screen will appear as follows. 2. Click on “Configuration Utility” hyper link in WL-3560 field to initiate the installation. If the above screen is not shown, you can click the “Start” button and choose “Run”. - Page 10 3. You can click “Browse” to specify the Destination Folder that you want to install the configuration utility. Or you can keep the default setting and click ”Next” to continue. 4. Select the program folder you want to install this utility to. Or you can keep the default setting and click ”Next”...
- Page 11 6. Click “Finish” to complete the installation procedures. Select “Yes” to restart your computer right away, or select “No” to restart later.
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Page 12: Windows 98/Me/2000/Xp/Server 2003 Driver Installation
3. Insert Driver and User’s Manual CD into CD-ROM drive. S the search” and then click “Browse” to find out WL-3560 driver location to install driver. (Assume "E" is your CD-ROM drive, you can find out WL-3560 driver in E:\Drivers\WL-3560). Please click “Next”... - Page 13 5. Click “Finish” to complete the installation.
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Page 14: Chapter 3 Configuration Utility
Chapter 3 Configuration Utility The Configuration Utility is a powerful application that helps you to configure the WL-3560 and monitor the status of the communication process. By double click the icon on the system tray, the dialog box as below appears. -
Page 15: Link Info
TxRate: Shows the current data rate used for transmitting. Channel: Shows the current channel for communication. Link Quality: Shows the link quality of WL-3560 with the Access Point when operating in Infrastructure mode. Signal Strength: Shows the wireless signal strength of the connection between the WL-3560 and the Access Point. -
Page 16: Configuration
3.2 Configuration In this screen, you can configure the wireless settings of WL-3560. After configuration, please press ”Apply” to save settings or “Cancel” to set again. SSID: The SSID must be identical for each clients and nodes in the wireless network. -
Page 17: Advanced
Short-Preamble cannot communicate with stations implementing the original version of the protocol. Support Band: The supported bands of WL-3560 are 11B, 11G, and 11G Turbo (11A and 11A Turbo are preserved for future usage). With all options selected, WL-3560 can keep the highest flexibility when making connection to AP. - Page 18 Ø Open Authentication: With this setting, the station in the WLAN can receives and transmits data from Access Point (null authentication). Ø Shared Authentication: With this setting, allows communication only with other devices with identical WEP settings. WEP Key options: Ø...
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Page 19: Site Survey
3.4 Site Survey This screen shows the APs or Adapters which available fro WL-3560 to connect. If you configure the SSID of WL-3560 as “Any”, it will show all available APs and Adapters at the same time. Click “ Refresh “ to collect the BSSID and Channel information of all the wireless devices around you. -
Page 20: About
3.5 About It shows the current Driver, Firmware and Utility version. -
Page 21: Appendix
Appendix This section provides some technology Q&A. Read the description below to know more about the wireless network. ü What is the difference between 54Mbps and 11Mbps wireless products? What’s the benefit of 54Mbps Wireless Access Point? The 54Mbps is made possible by the new modulation method called OFDM, which is different from the current CCK modulation method for 11Mbps. - Page 22 changed or dynamically assigned by the network, the MAC address of a networking device is permanent. ü What is WEP? Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) is a type of data encryption mechanism described in the IEEE 802.11 standard. ü What is WPA (Wi-Fi Protected Access)? WPA resolves the issue of weak WEP headers, which are called initialization vectors (IV), and provides a way of insuring the integrity of the messages passed through MIC (called Michael or message integrity check) using TKIP (the Temporal Key Integrity...
- Page 23 ü How does WL-3560 reach the high data rate, 108Mbps? WL-3560 is using Atheros AR5002G chipset which enhanced with Super G mode. There are three technologies used in Super G mode. First is called Packet Bursting, which puts more data in one single transmission. Second technology is called Compression.