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  • Page 1 Wireless PCMCIA Card User Manual...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Chapter 1 About the Wireless PCMCIA Card ......3 1-1 Features................3 1-2 Applications.................3 1-3 Product Kit ................4 Chapter 2 Network Configuring and Planning......5 2-1 Network Topology ..............5 2-2 Roaming................7 Chapter 3 Installation..............8 3-1 System Requirements ............8 3-2 Inserting the Wireless Card..........8 3-3 Installation and Uninstall Process........8...

  • Page 3: Chapter 1 About The Wireless Pcmcia Card

    8. Omni - directional antenna provides wide range of reception. 9. Greater flexibility to locate or move networked PC’s 10. PCMCIA will support a ACTIVITY LED for feedback to the user on the current WLAN activity state. The signaling shall reflect the activity as follows:...

  • Page 4: Product Kit

    Perfect for users that need a small, easy-to-install network that deploys rapidly. 1-3 Product Kit The wireless PCMCIA card includes the following items. Ensure that the items in the following list have been included. If any of the listed items are missing, please contact your local dealer.

  • Page 5: Chapter 2 Network Configuring And Planning

    Network Configuring and Planning The wireless PCMCIA card supports legacy Ethernet LAN network configuration options as defined by the IEEE 802.11b. The wireless PCMCIA card can be configured . Ad-Hoc mode for no Access Point wireless environment. . Infrastucture mode for wireless environment with Access Point.
  • Page 6 File Server Desktop PC Desktop PC ? ? ? ? Desktop PC with Desktop PC with T60L198/T60L244 A c c e s s P o i n t A c c e s s P o i n t T60L198/T60L244 Desktop PC with Desktop PC with Notebook with...

  • Page 7: Roaming

    BSS can be configured as an Extended Service Set (ESS). The continuous network allows users to roam freely within ESS. All wireless PCMCIA cards and Access Point within one ESS must be configured with the same ESSID in order to utilize roaming function.

  • Page 8: Chapter 3 Installation

    Chapter 3 Installation 3-1 System Requirements In order to install and use the wireless PCMCIA card in your notebook computer. Your notebook system must meet the following requirements: A PCMCIA Type II Slot Compact Disk Device 3-2 Inserting the Wireless Card 1.
  • Page 9 It displays a License Agreement dialog. Press ‘Next’ to continue. Select the destination folder that you want to place the files.
  • Page 10 Wait for the install program to do the installation. Congratulations! AMBIT Wireless LAN has been installed successfully. Please click ‘Finish’ to go to the next step.
  • Page 11 Please remove any disks from any drives before your click ‘finish’. Then click ‘Finish’ to complete setup.
  • Page 12 Uninstall Wireless LAN (Windows 98/2K/ME/XP) One can remove the AMBIT Wireless LAN via the ‘Add/Remove Programs’ in the ‘Control Panel’. Select ‘AMBIT Wireless LAN’ and click ‘Add/Remove’ button, the dialog as below displays.
  • Page 13 Select ‘Remove’ and then click the ‘Next’ button to perform the un-installation. Click ‘OK’ button if you really want to remove the AMBIT Wireless LAN.
  • Page 14 Wait for the un-installation to do its work. Click ‘Finish’ to complete the un-Installation.
  • Page 15 5 If you want to restart your computer now. Please remove any disks from any drives before your click ‘finish’. Then click ‘Finish’ to complete uninstallation.

  • Page 16: Chapter 4 Wireless Utility And Configuration

    Chapter 4 Wireless Utility and Configuration The following sections describe the Wireless Network Configuration Utility. This utility provides quick access and friendly interface to configure the card setup. 4-1 Windows 98/ME/2000 Wireless Utility After installation is completed, a Wireless LAN Utility icon will appear in Desktop screen.

  • Page 17: Card Configuration

    identical for all clients or Access Points participating in the same network. The ESSID is case sensitive and must not exceed 32 characters. Press ‘Rescan’ it will scan the specific ESSID that your profile set. If your profile set the ESSID to be ANY, then while you press ‘Rescan’...
  • Page 18 If you want to change this Card configuration, then select Profile Name as PROFILE1 , then you can start changing these columns. There are two network types: Ad-Hoc: This mode is used for a simple peer-to-peer network. It offers file sharing between wireless clients without a wireless Access Point (AP).

  • Page 19: Site Survey

    KEY Format: You can choose to enter ASCII Characters (0~9, a~z, A~Z) or Hexadecimal number (0~9, a~f, A~F) Default Key: The current KEY you choose KEY1~4: If you choose 40-bit keys, then you must enter 5 ASCII Characters or 10 Hexadecimal numbers.
  • Page 20 About You will find the Network Driver, Configuration driver and NIC Firmware at About.

  • Page 21: Windows Xp Wireless Utility

    4-2 Windows XP Wireless Utility 1. To configure the wireless card setting, you can select Start\Settings\Network Connection in the Windows XP. Choose the wireless network connection, then you will see below screen. From this screen, you can see wireless connection status and wireless signal level.
  • Page 22 In ‘General’ page, Wireless LAN card information and networking protocol have been displayed. Extra networking protocol can be installed in this page.
  • Page 23 3. Select Wireless Networks page, you can see available wireless networks in your nearby area. You can add your preferred wireless Access Point to your list, so your wireless card will search for specific wireless networks. Configure To connect to an existing access point (infrastructure) network, under Available networks, click the network name, and then click ‘Configure’...
  • Page 24 Advanced *If your network are configuring to a computer-to-computer (ad hoc) network, select ‘Computer-to-computer (ad hoc) network only’. *If you want to connect to a computer-to-computer and access point (infrastructure) networks are within range of your computer, click ‘Access point (infrastructure)network only’.
  • Page 25 Define your network name (SSID) in the following windows, so your can join a specific wireless network. Check AP has WEP on or not. You wireless network will need to have same WEP setting with AP in order to communicate. If your wireless network don’t have any AP, check the ‘This is computer -to computer (ad-hoc) network;...
  • Page 26 This window provides authentication via 802.1X. 802.1X, an IEEE standard that provides an authentication framework for 802-based LANs. 802.1X takes advantage of an existing authentication protocol known as the Extensible Authentication Protocol. 802.1x, giving someone secure, encrypted, wireless access on a Microsoft network will be as easy as setting a flag on the users domain account.
  • Page 27 The ‘Advanced’ window offers Firewall and Internet Connection Sharing functions. Depends on your networking environment, you can select below functions.

  • Page 28: Appendix A Troubleshooting

    2. The wireless network card does not work properly. Check and Solution: Insert the PCMCIA card into Notebook’s slot again. A beep should be heard if the card properly inserted. The Activity LED indicator is active if the card is properly connected.

  • Page 29: Appendix B Glossary

    PCMCIA - Personal Computer Memory Card International Association, which develops standards for PC cards, formerly known as PCMCIA cards, are available in three “types” which are about the same length and width as credit cards, but range in thickness from 3.3 mm (Type I) to 5.0 mm (Type II) to 10.5 mm (Type III). These cards can be used for many functions, including memory storage, as landline modems and as wireless LAN.

  • Page 30: Appendix C Specifications For Wireless Card

    Antenna Type: Printed antenna Power Consumption : 5 V TX mode 350 m A (Max.) Rx mode 230 m A (Max.) Package : PCMCIA Type II Certification: ARIB STD33 & T66 Driver : Windows 98/2000/ME/XP FCC Regulatory statement Note: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC rules.
  • Page 31 instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However there is no guarantee that interference will not corrur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures: Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna...
  • Page 32 separation dista nce of at least 20 cm from all persons and must not be c o-located or operating in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter. End-users and installers must be provided with antenna installation instructions and transmitter operating conditions f o r satisfying RF exposure compliance."...

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