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- Page 1 N E T G E A R ® IEEE 802.11b Wireless CF Card 11 Mbps MA701 User’s Guide...
- Page 2 © 2002 by NETGEAR, Inc. All rights reserved. NETGEAR is a trademark or registered trademark of NETGEAR, Inc. in the United States and/or other countries. Other brand and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
System Requirements........................6 Step 1—Preparation ........................7 Step 2—Install the MA701 Driver and Utility..................7 Step 3—Insert the MA701 Wireless CF Card ................9 Step 4—Configure the Network Settings ..................10 Step 5—Test For Wireless Access ....................13 CHAPTER 3—CONFIGURING THE MA701 WIRELESS CF CARD ..........15 Status Property Page........................16... -
Page 4: Chapter 1-Introduction
NTRODUCTION Thank you for purchasing NETGEAR’s IEEE 802.11b Wireless Compact Flash Type I Card, Model MA701. With this new Wireless Compact Flash Card, your Handheld PC (Windows CE 2.11 or above) and Pocket PC (Windows CE 3.0) can take advantage of wireless access to your corporate LAN, surf the Internet, access e-mails, and communicate with other mobile devices enabled for IEEE 802.11b standard-based wireless LAN connectivity. -
Page 5: Features
Offers a wireless range up to 300 feet in an office environment. Package Contents This product package should contain: ♦ IEEE 802.11b 11 Mbps Wireless Compact Flash Card, Model MA701 ♦ CD-ROM with Driver and Utility Installation Wizard ♦ This User’s Guide ♦... -
Page 6: About This Guide
About This Guide This User’s Guide will show you how to install and use NETGEAR’s Wireless Compact Flash Card, Model MA701. With a few simple steps, you can connect your Windows CE-based PDA via the 802.11b Wi-Fi certified Access Point (AP) into an existing network for secure Internet access. -
Page 7: Chapter 2-Installation
This chapter provides step-by-step instructions to install the IEEE 802.11b Wireless Compact Flash Card, Model MA701. System Requirements Before installing the MA701 Wireless CF Card, please make sure that these requirements have been met: ♦ You must have a Pocket PC 2000/2002 (P/PC), or Handheld PC (H/PC) with a Compact Flash Type I or II slot. -
Page 8: Step 1-Preparation
Pocket PC or Handheld PC with a serial or USB cable. Make an active partnership between your Pocket PC or Handheld PC and the host PC. On the host PC, insert the MA701 Driver and Utility CD into the CD- ROM drive. - Page 9 10. Press the reset button on your Pocket PC or Handheld PC. Upon successful installation of the MA701 Driver and Utility software, a MA701 icon will be created under Programs on your Pocket PC or Handheld PC. Tap this icon to start the MA701 Configuration Utility.
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Page 10: Step 3-Insert The Ma701 Wireless Cf Card
Proceed to Step 4 to enter the network settings. A Note About the LED Indicator The MA701 Wireless CF Card has a status Link LED with these settings: LED STATUS DESCRIPTION Off No Power Solid Green Indicates: 1. Associated with the Access Point, or 2. -
Page 11: Step 4-Configure The Network Settings
Step 4—Configure the Network Settings This step configures your Pocket PC or Handheld PC with the MA701 Wireless CF Card in Windows CE. : For detailed information on wireless networking, refer to Chapter 4— Note Wireless Network Fundamentals, page 28. - Page 12 Tap the Properties button to open the IP Settings page. Enter the appropriate IP address information for the MA701 Wireless CF card and then tap OK. : If you are unsure of the IP related information, please contact your Note network administrator or MIS staff personnel.
- Page 13 6. Use the Status, Configuration, Security, Ping, Performance, AP Browser, and About tabs to view or adjust the MA701 Wireless CF Card configuration settings. The default settings are: ♦ SSID: ANY ♦ Mode: Infrastructure ♦ Encryption (WEP): Disabled Tap Apply to save your configuration settings.
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Page 14: Step 5-Test For Wireless Access
Chapter 3—Configuring the MA701 Wireless CF Card on page Step 5—Test For Wireless Access Follow these steps to verify that the MA701 Wireless CF Card has been successfully installed and that your wireless access is functioning properly. - Page 15 Tap the Ping option to test the data transmission between your Pocket PC or Handheld PC and other computers, such as the host PC. Enter the IP address of the other PC or the device you need to Ping to, and then tap Start to begin the test.
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Page 16: Chapter 3-Configuring The Ma701 Wireless Cf Card
HAPTER ONFIGURING CF C IRELESS Now that you have successfully installed the MA701 Wireless CF Card, you can use the MA701 Configuration Utility to view and customize configuration settings and features. The MA701 Configuration Utility contains seven Property Pages: 1 - Status... -
Page 17: Status Property Page
Status Property Page The Status page of the MA701 Configuration Utility displays the current condition of your wireless LAN, and is the default page that will be displayed: To see a detailed description of the IP Status page options, please refer to the... - Page 18 This field displays the association of the access point (SSID) or other wireless nodes in Ad-hoc mode. AP MAC Shows the MAC address of the associated access point (AP) when the MA701 Addr Wireless CF Card is configured in infrastructure mode, or the BSSID if it is (BSSID) configured in Ad-hoc mode and 802.11 Ad-hoc mode.
- Page 19 From the Status page, tap IP Status to display this page: When you have finished making any changes, tap the OK button from the IP Status page to continue.
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Page 20: Configuration Property Page
Configuration Property Page The Configuration page of the MA701 Configuration Utility lets you change the current network settings related to the MA701 Wireless CF Card. From this page, you can configure various wireless LAN parameters. Please refer to the chart on the following table for specific details. - Page 21 Shows the current channel and frequency in use. The wireless channel in use will be between 1 to 11 for US and Canada, and 1 to 13 for Europe and Australia. Power Enables the MA701 Wireless CF Card to enter sleep mode to conserve Management battery power. Default: Off...
- Page 22 CONFIG DESCRIPTION SETTINGS Fragmentation This is the packet length used for fragmentation. Packets larger than the Threshold size programmed in this field will be fragmented. The Fragment Threshold value must be larger than the RTS Threshold value. Default: 2346 RTS Threshold The packet size that the wireless node uses to determine if it should use the CSMA/CD mechanism or the CSMA/CA mechanism for packet transmission.
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Page 23: Security Property Page
Security Property Page The Security page of the MA701 Configuration Utility allows you to enable the WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) for secure wireless data transmission. Please refer to Chapter 4—Wireless Network Fundamentals on page 28 for details. The 64-bit or 128-bit WEP keys can be generated from a user-defined Passphrase by selecting the Create with Passphrase option, or entered manually by selecting Manual Entry. - Page 24 The Passphrase can be a text string with a maximum of 31 alpha-numeric characters. Key 1 One of the data encryption keys defined in the MA701 Wireless CF Card. Each data encryption key contains 10/26 hexadecimal numbers, making it 40/104 bits wide. This combined with the twenty-four factory- set bits, makes up a 64/128-bit encryption key.
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Page 25: Ping Property Page
Ping Property Page The Ping page of the MA701 Configuration Utility lets you perform a data transmission test to evaluate if your wireless access connections are working properly. The data transmission test sends an ICMP ping packet across the network to a pre-configured address to test data transmission between the MA701 Wireless CF Card and other network nodes. -
Page 26: Performance Property Page
The Performance page of the MA701 Configuration Utility displays a real-time graph of the radio signal transmission strength and the link quality from the MA701 Wireless CF Card to the associated Access Point. It also periodically updates the throughput of the transmitted and received packets. -
Page 27: Ap Browser Property Page
AP Browser Property Page The AP Browser page of the MA701 Configuration Utility displays a list of the Access Points that have been detected by the MA701 Wireless CF Card. The SSID, MAC Address, Channel in use, Signal Strength, WEP information will be displayed. -
Page 28: About Property Page
About Property Page The About page of the MA701 Configuration Utility displays the Driver, Firmware, Configuration Versions, and the Regulatory Domain of the MA701 Wireless CF Card. -
Page 29: Chapter 4-Wireless Network Fundamentals
4—W HAPTER IRELESS ETWORK UNDAMENTALS Wireless Network Configuration Ad-hoc Mode (Peer-to-Peer Workgroup) The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) standard for wireless LANs (WLANs), 802.11, offers two methods for configuring a wireless network — Ad-hoc and infrastructure. In an Ad-hoc network, computers are brought together as needed;... -
Page 30: Infrastructure Mode
♦ Set all stations to use no WEP encryption key or an identical WEP encryption key. ♦ Set all stations to use the same wireless channel for communication. Infrastructure Mode With a wireless access point, you can put the wireless LAN into the infrastructure mode. -
Page 31: Service Set Identification (Ssid)
Service Set Identification (SSID) The Service Set Identification (SSID) is a thirty-two alphanumeric character (maximum) string identifying the wireless local area network. Some vendors refer to the SS ID as network name. For stations to communicate with each other, all stations must be configured with the same SSID. A wireless LAN consisting of nodes operating in Ad-hoc configuration without an access point is called a Basic Service Set (BSS). - Page 32 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 two shared key methods implemented in most commercially available products, forty-bit WEP data encryption and 128-bit WEP data encryption.
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Page 33: Wireless Channel Selection
Wireless Channel Selection IEEE 802.11 wireless nodes communicate with each other using radio frequency signals in the ISM (Industrial, Scientific, and Medical) band between 2.4Ghz and 2.5Ghz. Neighboring channels are 5Mhz apart. However, due to spread spectrum effect of the signals, a node sending signals using a particular channel will utilize frequency spectrum12.5Mhz above and below the center channel frequency. -
Page 34: Appendix A-Troubleshooting
Access settings. configured the same WEP settings as Point within the Access Point range Check to see if the MA701 Wireless Incorrect Network Mode. CF Card is configured in Infrastructure mode. The Pocket PC Incorrect setting on Pocket... -
Page 35: Appendix B-General Specifications
B—G PPENDIX ENERAL PECIFICATIONS MODEL MA701 802.11B WIRELESS COMPACT FLASH CARD Host Interface Compact Flash V1.4, CF+ I/O interface, Type I (Type II compatible) Standards IEEE 802.11b, Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum (DSSS) Data Rate 1, 2, 5.5, or 11 Mbps, and Auto Fall-back 2.412 ~ 2.462 GHz for US and Canada... -
Page 36: Appendix C-Regulatory Compliance
All rights reserved. Certificate of the Manufacturer/Importer It is hereby certified that the Model MA701 Wireless Compact Flash Card 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. - Page 37 20 cm (8 inches) during normal operation. EN 55 022 Statement This is to certify that the Model MA701 Wireless Compact Flash Card is shielded against the generation of radio interference in accordance with the application of Council Directive 89/336/EEC, Article 4a. Conformity is declared by the application of EN 55 022 Class B (CISPR 22).