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  • Page 1 IWAVEPORT WLM54GP30 USER MANUAL...

  • Page 2: Trademark Information

    Compex, Inc. may make improvements and/or changes to the product and/or specifications of the product described in this manual, without prior notice. Compex, Inc will not be liable for any technical inaccuracies or typographical errors found in this guide. Changes are periodically made to the information contained herein and will be incorporated into later versions of the manual.

  • Page 3: Fcc Notice

    FCC NOTICE This device has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation.

  • Page 4: Declaration Of Conformity

    The warranty information and registration form are found in the Quick Install Guide. For technical support, you may contact Compex or its subsidiaries. For your convenience, you may also seek technical assistance from the local distributor, or from the authorized dealer/reseller that you have purchased this product from.

  • Page 5: Chapter 1 Basic Setup

    Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Middle East and the rest of the World Write Compex Systems Pte Ltd 135, Joo Seng Road #08-01, PM Industrial Building Singapore 368363 Call Tel: (65) 6286-1805 (8 a.m.-5 p.m. local time) Tel: (65) 6286-2086 (Ext.199 Technical Support)
  • Page 6 WLM54AG PCI slot...
  • Page 7 Driver & Utility Installation Insert the Product CD into your computer CD-ROM drive. Click on Driver & Utility section and the system will run the setup.exe automatically. Next, the Atheros Client Installation Program screen appears. Click on the Next> button to proceed. When the License Agreement screen appears, you are required to read and accept the agreement to continue.
  • Page 8 Select your preferred setup: Install Client Utilities and Driver (Recommended) option You are recommended to select this setup type. This option will install both the driver and utility that support your PCI adapter. Install Driver Only option (For Windows XP user only) Select this option if you are going to use the Wireless Zero Configuration Utility to configure your PCI adapter.
  • Page 9 For Windows XP users If you are using Windows XP as operating system, the following screen will appear. Read the notice carefully and click on the Next> button to proceed. Select your choice of tool to assist you in configuring your adapter. Click on the Next>...
  • Page 10 If you have selected Third Party Supplicant configuration tool, a screen similar to that below will appear, prompting you to enable/disable the system tray icon. Click on the checkbox besides Enable Atheros System Tray Utility and click on the Next> button to proceed.

  • Page 11: Chapter 2 Using The System Tray Utility

    Click on the OK button to reboot your system and this will complete the installation. Chapter 2 Using the System Tray Utility This chapter will elaborate on the Atheros system tray utility found at the right bottom corner of your screen.
  • Page 12 Help Open the online help. Exit Exit the Atheros Client Utility application. Once you exit, the icon will disappear from the system tray. Open Atheros Client Utility… Launch the Client Utility. Wireless-G Excellent Signal Strength Example Different signal strength indications Wireless-AG No Link Example Manual LEAP Login If you select this option, you will have to manually start the LEAP authentication...
  • Page 13 Reauthenticate Reauthenticate to a LEAP-configured access point each time you login to a LEAP network. Select Profile Click on a configuration profile name to switch to a particular wireless network. If no configuration profile exists, you will need to add a profile first. Connection Status To view the connection status of your wireless PCI adapter.
  • Page 14 Link Quality States the quality of the link connection. SSID Displays the SSID of the network to which the network adapter is associated. Access Point Name Shows the name of the access point the wireless adapter is connected to (if any). Access Point IP Address Shows the IP address of the access point the wireless adapter is connected to (if any).

  • Page 15: Chapter 3 Utility Features

    Chapter 3 Utility Features This chapter shows you how to make use of the utility to view the status of your wireless connection, to change your settings and also to monitor your wireless performance via the network statistics. Current Status Tab Displays the performance of the network adapter in the wireless network.
  • Page 16 Profile Management Tab Selecting this tab displays the profiles and the details. You only need to create a profile if you have more than one wireless connection. Diagnostics Tab The Diagnostics tab lists the following receive and transmit diagnostics for packets received by or transmitted to the network adapter.
  • Page 17 This button shows more detailed statistical information on frames that are either received by or transmitted by the network adapter. This button allows you to run the diagnostic test, save the test report and view the test results on the wireless adapter configuration and association.

  • Page 18: Chapter 4 Utility Configuration

    Chapter 4 Utility Configuration This chapter will elaborate on the Client Manager configuration of the network adapter using some simple examples. the wireless clients communicate through router, which are devices that act as base station for all wireless communication. Data packets from the wireless clients are transferred to the wireless router before being transmitted to other hosts on the network.

  • Page 19: Configuration Mode

    Configuration Mode In this example, three work station act as wireless clients to communicate with the wireless router. Once all configuration has been done, wireless clients with the same SSID as the AP will be able to access wirelessly to PC1 via the wireless router For Router Ensure that you have enabled the DHCP server in your router and that...
  • Page 20 For PC 1 Activate your utility. Go to the Profile Management tab, click on the Scan button to look for the wireless AP. Click on the Refresh button if your system is unable to detect your wireless AP. Once found, select the Network Name (SSID) used by the router: wireless-router and click on the Activate button to add it to your profile list.
  • Page 21 The SSID of both the wireless router and the wireless client must be the same for them to communicate with one another. Enter the Profile Name, e.g. Workstation 2 for easy identification.
  • Page 22 Next, proceed to the Security tab. The wireless client must use the same security mode as the router. In our example, select WPA Passphrase and click on the Configure… button. Enter the encryption key in the field provided. Please note that this key must be the same as the one that you had configured for your wireless router.
  • Page 23 Alternatively, you can also check the connection from the MS-DOS Prompt. From PC2, simply proceed to the Start Menu, Run… and type in cmd. Click on the OK button. In the MS-DOS Prompt window, type ping 192.168.168.1 –t, whereby this IP address belongs to your access point.
  • Page 24 Click on New button to create a new profile. Enter the profile name (a unique name to identify this profile), a client name and the SSID of the wireless network to connect to. Note that the Client name refers to the name that is registered to your PC.
  • Page 25 For details on how to set the different authentication and encryption types available under the Security Tab, kindly refer Chapter 7 “Types Authentication Encryption mode” Click on the OK button to update the changes. Notice that ABC has been added to the profile list.
  • Page 26 To modify an existing profile, select the profile that you wish to modify and click on this button. We are using profile: Any as an example.
  • Page 27 To delete an existing profile, select the particular profile that you wish to delete and click on this button. We are using profile: default as an example. Note that the active profile (the profile that you are currently using) cannot be deleted! Active profile indicated by this icon cannot be...
  • Page 28 To activate a profile, select the profile and click on this button. We are using profile: wireless-AP as an example. Once a profile is activated, this icon will appear next to the profile name: wireless-AP.
  • Page 29 This function allows you to save the settings of your profile onto disk. Select the profile that you wish to save and click on this button. We are using profile: ESSID as an example. Choose the folder to save to, enter the name under which to save the profile and click on the Save button.
  • Page 30 This function allows you to retrieve a saved profile from disk. We are using profile: ESSID as an example. Go to the folder where you have saved your profile, select ESSID.prf and click on the Open button. Notice that the profile: ESSID has been imported to the list of profiles. If you have created several profiles, this function allows you to establish the priority order in which the network adapter should try to connect to a WLAN.
  • Page 31 through the 1 profile, it will then try to connect using the 2 profile and so on. Notice that if this function is disabled, this means that you have not added any profile in the Auto Selected Profiles list. When auto profile selection is enabled, the network adapter scans for available wireless networks and will connect to the highest priority profile that matches the...
  • Page 32 Select and click on the Add button to transfer another profile. You need to transfer at least two profiles to the Auto Selected Profiles list to activate the Auto Select Profile function. Transmit Power Level Specifies the wireless transmit power to be used. Reducing the power level lowers the risk of interference with other nearby wireless devices and conserves battery power but decreases radio range.
  • Page 33 The PCI adapter wakes up more often and responds sooner to network requests in Normal mode than in Maximum mode; and the Maximum mode consumes less power than Normal mode. Network Type Select either Infrastructure if you are connecting to the WLAN using an access point 802.11b Preamble The preamble is part of the IEEE 802.11b physical layer specification.

  • Page 34: Technical Specifications

    Appendix 1.Technical Specifications Network Protocol, Standards and Electrical Emissions Industry Standards • IEEE 802.11g • IEEE 802.11b Performance Operating Frequency • 2412~2462MHz Modulation • Binary Phase Shift Keying (BPSK) • Quadrature Phase Shift Keying (QPSK) • Complementary Code Keying (CCK) •...

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