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- Page 1 No Wires Needed Swallow 1100 PC Card/ Falcon 1100 ISA Card User Manual Version 2.1.1 – October 1999...
- Page 3 User manual Swallow 1100 PC Card/ Falcon 1100 ISA Card No Wires Needed Jan Steenlaan 3-5a 3723 BS Bilthoven The Netherlands www.nwn.com Version 2.1.1 – October 1999...
- Page 4 Swallow, Parrot, Pelican, AirLock, APCenter, ASBF and Connect are trademarks of No Wires Needed. Other product and company names are registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective holders.
- Page 5 Free Repair Period NWN undertakes a Free Repair Period of 12 months from the date of Invoice. Within the Free Repair Period NWN repairs a faulty device free of charge or replaces it in case of irreparable damage. Excluded from the Free Repair Period are malfunctions caused by operation outside the intended usage;...
- Page 6 Statement of Year 2000 Compliance Detailed information about our statement is published on our website. http://www.nwn.com...
- Page 7 FCC Radiation Exposure Statement This equipment complies with FCC radiation exposure limits set forth for an uncontrolled environment. This equipment should be installed and operated with the minimum distance of 20 centimeters (7 inches) between your body, excluding hands, wrists, feet and ankles. Integrated PCMCIA Antenna 20cm (7 inches) Optional PC Card 2dBi antenna...
- Page 8 Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that cause undesired operation. No Wires Needed Swallow 1100 Tested To Comply With FCC Standards FOR HOME OR OFFICE USE...
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Page 9: Table Of Contents
Contents Contents..............9 Introduction ............10 Wireless LAN basics..........11 Series 1100 installation ........13 Falcon 1100 ISA Card installation......14 Swallow 1100 Windows 95 installation ....15 Swallow 1100 Windows 98 installation ....18 Swallow 1100 Windows NT4 installation .....20 Installation of the external antenna ......24 Connect™... -
Page 10: Introduction
No Wires Needed Introduction Thank you for purchasing your No Wires Needed Swallow 1100 PC Card / Falcon 1100 ISA Card. This manual will assist you with the installation procedure. The package you have received should contain the following items: •... -
Page 11: Wireless Lan Basics
No Wires Needed Wireless LAN basics Wireless LAN (Local Area Networks) systems offer a great number of advantages over a traditional, wired system. Wireless LANs are more flexible, easier to setup and manage and often more cost effective than their wired equivalence. - Page 12 No Wires Needed • Installation Flexibility - Wireless technology allows the network to go where wires cannot go. • Reduced Cost-of-Ownership - While the initial investment required for wireless LAN hardware might be higher than the cost of wired LAN hardware, overall installation expenses and life- cycle costs will be significantly lower.
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Page 13: Series 1100 Installation
Follow the paragraph of the operating system you are using for detailed installation guidelines. If you are using the Falcon 1100 ISA Card please also pay attention to Paragraph 4.5 (Installation of external antenna). -
Page 14: Falcon 1100 Isa Card Installation
No Wires Needed 4.1 Falcon 1100 ISA Card installation Important: before inserting the Swallow 1100 PC Card in the PC Card Adapter, you should install the PC Card adapter. Shut Down the computer Remove the metal casing of the computer Place the PC Card adapter in a free ISA slot. -
Page 15: Swallow 1100 Windows 95 Installation
No Wires Needed 4.2 Swallow 1100 Windows 95 installation This chapter will give you assistance with the installation of the Swallow 1100 PC Card on a computer with the Windows 95 operating system. Insert the Swallow 1100 PC Card in a free PC Card slot. - Page 16 No Wires Needed A window will appear with the drivers that are found on the disk. Click <Finish> to continue. Windows will prompt for the Windows95 Disk 1, looking for the file “connect2.cpl”. Enter the location of the driver files. Typically this is “A:\”.
- Page 17 No Wires Needed Windows starts copying the necessary files. You will be asked for the Windows 95 CD-ROM. On pre-installed laptops, the CD-ROM files can often be found in C:\WINDOWS\OPTIONS\CABS. In most cases, you will have to reboot your computer now.
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Page 18: Swallow 1100 Windows 98 Installation
No Wires Needed 4.3 Swallow 1100 Windows 98 installation This chapter will give you assistance with the installation of the Swallow 1100 PC Card on a computer with the Windows 98 operating system. Insert the Swallow 1100 PC Card in a free PC Card slot. - Page 19 No Wires Needed Windows starts looking for the drivers for the Swallow 1100 PC Card. Insert the floppy disk in the drive check the box “Floppy disk drives” and click <Next>. A window will appear with the drivers that are found on the disk.
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Page 20: Swallow 1100 Windows Nt4 Installation
No Wires Needed 4.4 Swallow 1100 Windows NT4 installation You need administrator privileges to be able to install the Swallow 1100 PC Card. Make sure that the PC contains a PC Card drive. Go to Control Panel -> Devices and look for Pcmcia If the Status column indicates ‘Started’... - Page 21 No Wires Needed A list of network adapters appears. Click the <Have Disk> button. Indicate the path of the Swallow 1100 Installation Disk (typically A:\) Click <OK>, in the dialog box containing “Swallow 1100 Wireless LAN Adapter”. User manual Swallow 1100 PC Card...
- Page 22 No Wires Needed 10. Now you must select an IRQ Number and an I/O Base. Windows NT can not see if the default values are conflicting with other hardware. To make sure, look in Start -> Programs -> Administrative Tools ->...
- Page 23 No Wires Needed 11. You see the Swallow 1100 listed as a network adapter. Click <Close>. 12. If you have other protocols installed, they will review their bindings and ask some questions. TCP/IP for example will ask you whether you want to use DHCP or give a static IP address.
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Page 24: Installation Of The External Antenna
No Wires Needed 4.5 Installation of the external antenna Plug the extender into your PC Card and connect the other end to your screen. Right-mouse-click on the Connect™ icon in the icon-tray Click “Advanced Properties” Page 24 of 24 Swallow 1100 PC Card... - Page 25 No Wires Needed Default internal antenna usage is switched on. Change the settings in the pull-down-menu and close the dialog box with OK. You do not have to restart your computer. The new settings will be accepted automatically. Installation of the external antenna is completed.
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Page 26: Connect
No Wires Needed Connect™ Now that you have successfully installed your Swallow 1100 PC Card you can establish a connection with a network. Connect™ is an application that shows the user the current situation of the network connection. Using Connect™ you can diagnose your connection and choose a wireless network to establish a connection with. -
Page 27: Appearances
No Wires Needed 5.1 Appearances When you have successfully installed the drivers and the Connect™ software on your computer the taskbar will show a new icon. This icon can give you information about the status of your computer in relation to the wireless networks in your environment. - Page 28 No Wires Needed By clicking the icon once with your right mousebutton a pop-up menu appears with the next options: General info and Session info will open the dialog box of Connect™ with the respective tabsheet. The About Connect™ option will open a box with information about the version and the copyrights.
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Page 29: Establishing A Connection
No Wires Needed 5.2 Establishing a connection By double clicking on the icon in the taskbar with the left mousebutton the following dialog window will appear: This window gives information about adapter you are using. It also displays the driver- and software versions. - Page 30 No Wires Needed If you have not established a network connection yet then the text “Currently not joined with a network” is shown. In the lower half of the screen you can establish a connection to a wireless network. First, you have to select the network you want to join. The selected network will be highlighted.
- Page 31 No Wires Needed When you are connected to a network you can use the <Leave> button to disconnect. By clicking the <OK> button the dialog window will disappear and you continue working on the network. Configuration information about the network you join will be saved in the registry.
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Page 32: Network Protocols
No Wires Needed Network protocols Check with your System Administrator for additional network settings. Page 32 of 32 Swallow 1100 PC Card User manual... -
Page 33: Troubleshooting
No Wires Needed Troubleshooting The following paragraphs describe the troubleshooting tips for the various operating systems and the Connect™ utility. • Windows 95/98 • Windows NT4 • Connect™ If these tips are not sufficiently supporting you please contact your vender. -
Page 34: Windows 95/98
No Wires Needed 7.1 Windows 95/98 Q: I inserted the Swallow 1100 but windows did not recognize the PC Card. A: Proceed along the following steps Check if PC Card support is installed: Start -> Settings -> Control Panel -> PC Card. If there is a PC Card icon in the Control Panel, double click this icon. - Page 35 No Wires Needed Something went wrong during the installation of the adapter. • Go to Control Panel -> System and select the ‘Device Manager’ tab. Check the status of the Swallow 1100 adapter under Network Adapters. Double click this item to see the status of the adapter.
- Page 36 No Wires Needed If Diagnose revealed that you do not have a connection with an Access Point, you must first join a network. Click one of the networks listed on the Sessions tab and press the Join button. If no...
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Page 37: Windows Nt4
No Wires Needed 7.2 Windows NT4 Q: I inserted the Swallow 1100 before it was installed and I rebooted the system. I also have another network card. Now my other network card does not work correctly. A: You should insert the Swallow only after you have installed it via the Network Control Panel. - Page 38 No Wires Needed − If NT did not detect a resource conflict but you used I/O Base 0x278 for the Swallow 1100, there may be an undetected conflict with the Plug-and-Play features of the ISA bus. Try another I/O base.
- Page 39 No Wires Needed Q: At first it seemed to work, but I ejected the Swallow 1100 and inserted it again and now it does not work any more. A: PCMCIA hot swapping capabilities as available in Windows 95 and Windows 98 are not available in NT 4.0.
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Page 40: Connect
No Wires Needed 7.3 Connect™ Q: No icon in the taskbar although the checkmark is “om”. A: Select “Run” from the start menu and type “connect2”. Press the <OK> button and in a few seconds the icon will appear on the taskbar. -
Page 41: Technical Specifications Swallow 1100
No Wires Needed Technical specifications Swallow 1100 Hardware compatibility − IBM-compatible computer with a PC Card Type II Driver support NDIS 3.1 − Windows 95 − Windows 98 − Windows NT 4 and higher − Linux Standards supported − Compliant with ETS 300 328 and ETS 300 826 (CE marked) −... - Page 42 No Wires Needed Radio specifications Range: − per cell indoors approx. 50 meters (150 ft) or more − per cell outdoors up to 300 meters (1000 ft) Transmit power: − +18 dBm Frequency range: − 2.4-2.4835 GHz, direct sequence spread spectrum Number of Channels: −...
- Page 43 No Wires Needed Key Management: − Automatic Dynamic Key Allocation (ADKA) through public key Physical Dimensions − Extended type-II PC Card 117.8 x 54.0 x 8.4 mm User manual Swallow 1100 PC Card Page 43 of 43...