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  • Page 1 11Mbps Wireless Network PC Card User Manual version 1.0...

  • Page 2: Fcc Statement

    Manufacturer's Disclaimer Statement The information in this document is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of the vendor. No warranty or representation, either expressed or implied, is made with respect to the quality, accuracy or fitness for any particular purpose of this document.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents: TABLE OF CONTENTS: ........................3 INTRODUCTION ..........................4 ..........................4 RODUCT EATURES ........................4 YSTEM EQUIREMENTS ONE CD-ROM DRIVEGETTING STARTED..............4 　 GETTING STARTED ......................5 　 PC C ............5 ETTING IRELESS ETWORK WIRELESS NETWORK PC Card’S LEDs ..................5 ....................5 ETTING IRELESS ETWORK PC C ..............7 NSTALLING...

  • Page 4: Introduction

    INTRODUCTION The 11Mbps Wireless Network Adapter delivers reliable and high-speed wireless performance of 11Mbps Product Features Full 2.4GHz IEEE 802.11b standard and Wi-Fi compliant High-Speed data transfer rate of up to 11Mbps with automatic fallback under noisy environment or longer distance. Excellent distance coverage with reliable performance.

  • Page 5: Getting Started

    GETTING STARTED Getting To Know The 11Mbps Wireless Network PC Card WIRELESS NETWORK PC Card’S LEDs Power LED ON when the unit is powered up WLAN LED ON indicates WLAN connection; blink indicates wireless activity Setting Up The Wireless Network There two wireless network topologies that you can setup your wireless card with.
  • Page 6 Setting Up Infrastructure Network order to setup an Infrastructure of a wireless network such as the example shown bove, you will need the following: . A broadband Internet connection. . ADSL or Cable modem provided by your ISP as part of the broadband connection installation.

  • Page 7: Installing Your 11Mbps Wireless Network Pc Card

    Installing Your 11Mbps Wireless Network PC Card Installing Utility Program Make sure that the Mbps Wireless Network PC Card is inserted into the Cardbus slot. Turn on the computer. Insert the software CD into the CD-ROM Drive. Please note that the installation screens in this quick guide are captured from WindowsXP. The other Windows systems will have similar screen for the installation procedure.
  • Page 8 InstallShield Wizard starts. Click “Next” to continue. Click “Next” to install program files in the default folder. Installation of driver files, click “Continue Anyway” to continue.
  • Page 9 Select the second optio and click “ Finish” to complete the installation. The Utility Icon appears in your desktop. Turn off your computer Insert the 11Mbps Wireless Network PC Card into the CardBus slot in your notebook Turn on your computer Continue with Driver Installation.
  • Page 10 lick “Continue nyway” to proceed. lick “Finish” to mplete new hardware stallation.
  • Page 11 Simply, double-click the icon to launch the utility. lick off the “Use indows to …” option to se the 11Mbps PC Card tility. ouble-click on the utility on in t he system tray gain to launch the 11Mbps C Card Utility.

  • Page 12: Configuring Your Wireless Network Pc Card

    CONFIGURING YOUR WIRELESS NETWORK PC Card ink Info. Page his is the default page when the utility starts up. tatus: Shows the BSSID associated, which can be used to identify the wireless etwork. SID: Shows current SSID, which must be the same for the wireless client and AP in rder for communication to be established.

  • Page 13: Configuration Page

    Configuration Page This is the page where you can change the basic settings of the Access Point with the minimum amount of effort to adjust a secure wireless network. SSID: Service Set Identifier, which is a unique na me shared among all clients and nodes in a wireless network.
  • Page 14 receiver, the Preamble and header are processed to aid in demodulation and delivery of the PSDU. The Short Prea mble and header may be used to minimize overhead and, thus, maximize the network data throughput. However, the Short Preamble is supported only from the IEEE 802.11b (High-Rate) standard and not from the original IEEE 802.11.

  • Page 15: Security Page

    Security Page This is the page where you configure Security settings of your 11Mbps wireless PC Card. ata Encryption: Click the box to enable Data Encryption feature. ut. Mode: There are three modes available to choose from. Open Authentication – the sender and receiver do not share secret Key for communication.

  • Page 16: Sitesurvey Page

    SiteSurvey Page This page allows to utilize the SiteSurvey function to scan for the available wireless networ k (wireless clients and Access Points) and select one to establish wireless ommunication. Available Network – displays the wireless networks (wir eless clients and Access Points) that are in your signal range.
  • Page 17 All t he detail information about each settings and configuration item are described in prev ious Configuration and Security Page sessions. Please refer to those tw o sessions r more information. When you finish enter the setting for this profile, click “OK” to add a new profile.

  • Page 18: About Page

    About Page his page displays some information about the 11mpbs PC Card utility, which cludes the version numbers for Driver, Firmware and Utility. hen there is new version of software available for upgrade, you will be able to entify by version numbers.

  • Page 19: Appendix A: Troubleshooting

    APPENDIX A: TROUBLESHOOTING This chapter provides solutions to frequently encountered probl ems that can occur uring the installation and operation of the 11Mbps Wireless Network PC Card. Please read through the following to solve your problems. The wireless clients cannot access the network in the infrastructure mode. Check that the wireless network device is being installed and working properly.
  • Page 20 o to “Hardware” Go to “Device Manager”...
  • Page 21 Right mouse click on the wireless network adapter. Go to “Properties” Check and make sure that the network adapter is working properly...
  • Page 22 What is the difference between 11Mbps and 11Mbps wireless products? What’s the benefit of 11Mbps Wireless Access Point? The 11Mbps is made possible by the new modulation method called PBCC developed by I, which is different from the current CCK modulation method for 11Mbps.
  • Page 23 The FCC and their counterparts outside of the U.S. have set aside bandwidth unlicensed use in the ISM (Industrial, Scientific and Med ical) band. The 2.4GHz unlicensed ISM band is available worldwide, which presents the opportunity for the global market of 802.11b high speed wireless products. What is 4X mode? This is a proprietary wireless data transmission mode provided by TI, which enhances TI’s 11Mbps PBC...

  • Page 24: Appendix B: Networking Basis

    APPENDIX B: NETWORKING BASIS This chapter will help you learn the basics of home networking. Usin g the Windows XP Network Setup Wizard Go to Start menu > Control Pa nel > Network Connections In the menu on the left side of the window, select “Set up a home or small office...
  • Page 25 Select the option at best describes how you connect ur computer to the Internet. In the case of using router in the network, choo se the second option. Click “Next” to continue. 1. Enter a short description for your computer. 2.
  • Page 26 Enter “Workgroup name” for your home network. Click “Next” to continue” Click “Next” an wait for the wizard to apply th e settings.
  • Page 27 ou m y create a network setup disk which saves you the trouble of having to configure every PCs in your network. Select the first choice, and insert a floppy disk into your disk drive Click “Next” to continue.
  • Page 28 Click “Format Disk” if you wish to format the disk. Click “Next” to copy the necessary files to the disk. li ck “Next” to continue with th Network Setup Wizard...
  • Page 29 !Note: Now yo u may use the Network Setup Disk you just created in any PCs in your etwork that you w ish to setup. Simply insert the Network Setup Disk into the disk rive of a PC, and open to browse the content of the disk with “My Computer” or “...
  • Page 30 Checking IP Address of Your Computer in Windows XP Sometimes you will need to know the IP address of the computer that you are using For example, when you want to make sure that your computer is in the same network domain as that of y our Access Point for you can configure and access the AP.
  • Page 31 Go to Start menu > un > type “c ommand” Click “OK” Type comm and, “ipconfig /renew” in the command prompt window and press Enter. his command releases the current IP address and acquire it from the network, i.e. command releases the current IP address and acquire it from the network, i.e. HCP server, once more.
  • Page 32 Dynamic IP Ad dress V.S. Static IP Address By definiti on Dynamic IP addresses are the IP addresses that are being automatically assigned to a network device on the network. These Dynamically assigned IP ddresses will expire and may be changed over time. Static IP ad dresses are the IP addresses that users manually enter for each of the etwork adapters.
  • Page 33 The Local Area Connection Properties would appear. Select “Internet Protocol IEEE 802.11b 11Mbps WLAN Network Adapter (TCP/IP)” and Cli “Pr operties” to continue.
  • Page 34 Dynamically Assigned IP Address he TCP/IP Properties window appears. Select “Obtain an IP addr automatically” if you are on a DHCP enabled network. Click “OK” to close the window with the changes made Static IP Address elect “Use the following IP ddress”...
  • Page 35 !Note: The IP address must be within the same range as the wireless route or Access Point. ireless Network in Windows 2000 Go to Start menu > Settings > etwork and Dial-up Connections > Double-click on IEEE 802.11b 11Mbps WLAN Network Adapter the Local Area Connection elect “Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)”...
  • Page 36 Select “Use the following IP ddress” Enter the IP address and subne mask fields. Enter the IP address of the Ro uter the Default gateway field. Enter the IP address o f the Router in the DNS ser ver field lick “Ok”...
  • Page 37 he TCP/IP Properties window pears. elect “Ob tain an IP address utomatically” if you are on a HCP enable d network. lick “OK” to close the window ith the changes made elect “Specify an IP address” nter the IP address and subnet mask fields.

  • Page 38: Appendix C: 802.1X Authentication Setup

    APPENDIX C: 802.1x Authentication Setup There are three essential compo nents to the 802.1x infrastructure: (1) Supplicant, (2) Authenticator and (3) Server. The 802.1x security supports both MD5 and TLS Extensive Authentication Protocol (EAP). The 802.1x Authentication is a plement to the current WEP encryption used in wireless network. The current security weakness of WEP encryp tion is that there is no key management and no limitation for the durati...

  • Page 39: Supplicant: Wireless Network Pc Card

    communication port to be used for the granted client. There are 2 Extensive Authentication Protocol (EAP) methods supported: (1) MD5 and (2) TLS. MD5 authentication is simply a validation of existing user account and password that is stored in the server with what are keyed in by the user. Therefore, wireless client user will be prompted for account/password validation every time when he/she is trying to get connected.
  • Page 40 Go to Start > Control Panel double-click on “Network Connections” right-click on the Wireless Network Connection that you use with our 11Mbps wireless PC Card. Click “Properties” to open up the Properties setting window.
  • Page 41 Click on the “Wireless Network” tab. 11M WLAN Adapter...
  • Page 42 Click “Properties” of the available wireless network, which you wish to connect or configure. Please note that if you are going to change to a diff erent 802.1x authentication EAP method, i.e. switch from using MD5 to TLS, , you m ust remove the current existing wireless network from your Preferred networks first, and add it in again.

  • Page 43: Tls Authentication

    TLS Authentication Select “The key is provided for me automatically” option Click “OK” to close the Wireless Network Properties window.
  • Page 44 Click “Authentication ” tab 10. Select “Enable netwo rk access control using IEEE 802.1x” option to enable 802.1x authentication. 1. Select “Smart Card or other Certificate” from the drop-down list box for EAP type. 2. Click “OK” to close the Wireless Network Connection Properties window, thus make the changes effective.
  • Page 45 TLS Authentication – Download Digital Certificate from Server most corporations, it re quires internal IT or MIS staff’s help to have the certificated downloaded to your local computer. One of the main reasons is tha each corporation uses its own server systems, and you will need the assistance from your IT or MIS for account/password, CA server location and etc.
  • Page 46 6. Now we are connected to the Certificate Service. Select “Request a certificate”, and click “Next” to continue.
  • Page 47 17. Select “User Certificate request”, and click “Next” to continue.
  • Page 48 18. Click “Submit >” to continue.
  • Page 49 19. The Certificate Service is now p rocessing the certificate request.
  • Page 50 20. The certificate is issued by the server, click “Install this certificate ” to download and store the certificate to your local computer. 21. Click “Yes” to store the certificate to your local computer.
  • Page 51 22. Certificate is now installed. All the configuration and certificate download are now complete. Let’s try to connect to the Access Point using 802.1x TLS Authentication.
  • Page 52 23. Windows XP will prompt you to select a certificate for wireless network connection. Click on the network connection icon in the system tray to continue.
  • Page 53 24. Select the certificate that was issued by the server (WirelessCA), and clic “OK” to continue. 5. Check the server to make sure that it’s the server that issues certificate, and click “OK” to complete the authentication process.

  • Page 54: Md5 Authentication

    MD5 Authentication 26. Select “Data encryption (WEP enabled)” option, but leave other option unselected. 27. Select the key format that you want to use to key in your Network key. ASCII characters: 0~9, a~z and A~Z HEX characters: 0~9, a~f 28.
  • Page 55 31. Select “Authenticatio n” tab. 32. Select “Enable network access control using IEEE 802.1X” to enable 802.1x authentication. Select “M D-5 Challenge” from the drop-down list box for EAP type. 4. Click “OK” to close Wireless Network Connection Properties window, thus make all the changes effective.
  • Page 56 Unlike TLS, which uses digital certificate for validation, the MD-5 Authentication is based on the user account/password. Therefore, you must have a valid account used by the server for validation. 35. WindowsXP will prompt you to enter your user name and password. Click on the network connection icon in the system tray to continue.
  • Page 57 36. Enter the user name, password and the logon domain that your account belongs if you have one or more network domain exist in your network. 37. Click “OK” to complete the validation process.

  • Page 58: Authenticator: Wireless Network Access Point

    Authenticator: Wireless Network Access Point This is the web page configuration in the Access Point that we use. 1. Enable 802.1x security by selecting “Enable”. 2. If MD5 EAP methods is used then you can skip step 3 and go to step 4. 3.
  • Page 59 Note!: As soon as 802.1x security is enabled, all the wireless client stations that are connected to the Access Point currently will be disconnected. The wireless clients must be configured manually to authenticate themselves with the Ra dius server to be connected.

  • Page 60: Radius Server: Window2000 Server

    Radius Server: Window2000 Server This section to help those who has Windows 2000 Server installed and wants to setup Windows2000 Server for 802.1x authentication, which includes setting up Certificate Service for TL S Authentication, and enable EAP-methods. Login into your Windows 2000 Server as Administrator, or account that has Administrator authority.
  • Page 61 Select “E nterprise root CA”, and click “Next” to continue. Enter the information that you want for your Certificate Service, and click “Next” to continue.
  • Page 62 Go to Start > Program > Administrative Tools > Certificate Authority Right-click on the “Policy Setting”, select “new” Select “Certificate to Issue” 10. Select “Authenticated Session” and “Smartcard Logon” by holding down to the Ctrl key, and click “OK” to continue.
  • Page 63 11. Go to Start > Program > Administrative Tools > Active Directory Users and Computers. 12. Right-click on domain, and se lect ”Properties” to continue. 13. Select “Group Policy” tab and click “Properties” to continue.
  • Page 64 14. Go to “Computer Configuration” > “Security Settings” > “Public Key Policies” 15. Right-click “Automatic Certificate Request Setting”, and select “New” 6. Click “Automatic Certificate Request ...”...
  • Page 65 17. The Automatic Certificate Request Setup Wizard will guide you through Automatic C ertificate Request setup, simply click “Next” through to the last step. 18. Click “Finish” to complete the Automatic Certificate Request Setup 19. Go to Start > Run, and type “command” and click “Enter” to open Command Prompt.
  • Page 66 Adding Internet Authentication Service Go to S tart > Control Panel > Add or Remove Programs 22. Select “Add/Remove Windows Components” from the panel on the left. 23. Select “Internet Authentication Service”, and click “OK” to install.
  • Page 67 ting Internet Authentication Service 24. Go to Start > Program > Administrative Tools > Internet A uthentication Service 25. Right-click “Client”, and select “New Client”...
  • Page 68 26. Enter the IP address of the Access Point in the Client address text field, a memorable name for the Access Point in the Client-Vendor text field, the access password used by the Access Point in the Shared secret text field. Re-type t he password in the Confirmed shared secret text field.
  • Page 69 In the Internet Authentication Service, right-click “Remote Access Policies ” Select “New Remote Access Policy”. 0. Select “Day-And-Time-Restriction”, and click “Add” to continue.
  • Page 70 31. Unless you want to specify the active duration for 802.1x authentication, click “OK” to accept to have 802.1x authentication enabled at all times. 32. Select “Grant remote access permission”, and click “Next” to continue.
  • Page 71 33. Click “Edit Profile” to open up...
  • Page 72 For TLS Authentication Setup (Steps 34 ~ 38) 4. Select “Authentication” Tab 5. Enable “Extensible Authentication Protocol”, and select “Smart Card or other Certificate” for TLS authentication...
  • Page 73 36. Go to Start > Program > Administrative Tools > Active Directory Users and Computers 37. Select “Users”, and double-cli ck on the user that can be newly created or currently existing, who will be configured to have the right to obtain digital certificate remotely.
  • Page 74 38. Go to the “Dial-in” tab, and check “Allow access” option for Remote Access Permission and “No Callback” for Callback Options.
  • Page 75 For MD5 Authentication (Steps 39 ~ 54) 9. Go to Start > Program > Administrative Tools > Active Directory Users and Computers. 0. Right click on the domain, and select “Properties”...
  • Page 76 41. Select “Group Policy” tab, and click “Edit” to edit the Group Policy.
  • Page 77 42. Go to “Computer Configuration” > “Windows Settings” > “Security Settings” > “Account Policies” > “Password Policies” 43. Click “Define this policy setting”, select “Enabled”, and click “OK” to continue.
  • Page 78 44. Go to Start > Program > Administrative Tools > Active Directory Us ers and Computers. 5. Go to Users. Right-click on the user that you are granting access, and select “Properties”...
  • Page 79 46. Go to “Account” tab, and enable “Store password using reversible encryption” 47. Click “OK” to continue.
  • Page 80 48. Go to Start > Program > Administrative Tools > Internet Authenticat Service. 49. Go to Remote Access Pol icies 0. Make sure that MD5 is moved up to Order 1 1. Right-click “MD5”, and select “Properties”...
  • Page 81 52. Go to “Authentication” tab Enable “E xtensible Authentication Protocol” 54. Select “MD5-Challenge” for EAP type.

  • Page 82: Appendix D: Glossary

    APPENDIX D: GLOSSARY Access Point ― An internetworking device that seamlessly connects wired and wireless networks. Ad-Hoc ― An independent wireless LAN network formed by a group of computers, each with an network adapter. Client – One of the additional AP operating modes offered by 11Mbps Access Point, which allows the Access Point to act as an Ethernet-to-Wireless Bridge, thus a LAN or a single computer station can join a wireless ESS network through it.
  • Page 83 Beacon ― A beacon is a packet broadcast by the Access Point to keep the network synchronized. Included in a beacon are information such as wireless LAN service area, the AP address, the Broadcast destination addresses, time stamp, Delivery Traffic Indicator Maps, and the Traffic Ind icator Message (TIM).
  • Page 84 retransmission. To an unintended receiver, DSSS appears as low power wideband noise and is rejected (ignored) by most narrowband receivers. Dynamic IP Address ― An IP address that is assigned automatically to a client station in a TCP/IP network by a DHCP server. Encryption ―...
  • Page 85 bandwidth for unlicensed use in the ISM (Industrial, Scientific and Medical) band. Spectrum in the vicinity of 2.4GHz, in particular, is being mad e available worldwide. MAC Address ― Media Access Control Address is a unique hex number assigned by the manufacturer to any Ethernet networkin g device, such as a network adapter, at allows the network to identify it at the hardware level.
  • Page 86 SSID ― Service Set Identifier, which is a unique name shared among all clients and odes in a wireless network. The SSID must be identical for each clients and nodes in the wireless network. Subnet Mask ― The method used for splitting IP n etworks into a series of b-groups, or subnets.

  • Page 87: Appendix E: Technical Specification

    APPENDIX E: TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION Standard 802.11b compliant (wireless) Data Rate 1 / 2 / 5.5 / 11 Mbps Emission Type Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum (DSSS) Data Modulation 1 Mbps – BPSK 2 Mbps – QPSK 5.5 / 11 Mbps – CCK RF Frequency 2412 MHz –...

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