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Benq Wireless LAN PCMCIA Adapter AWL100 User Manual Version 1.0...
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MPE Statement (Safety Information) Your device contains a low power transmitter. When device is transmitted it sends out Radio Frequency (RF) signal. Safety Information In order to maintain compliance with the FCC RF exposure guidelines, this equipment should be installed and operated with minimum distance 2.5cm between the radiator and your body. Use only with supplied antenna.
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---Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help. The identification of the product: Product Name : BenQ WLAN PCMCIA Adapter Model : AWL100 BenQ Wireless LAN Technical Support: BenQ Corporation Address 8, Jihu Rd., Nei-hu Dist., Taipei 114, Taiwan, R.O.C.
Benq Wireless LAN 1. Installation 1.1 Driver Installation Insert AWL100 PCMCIA Adapter into your PC, and then Windows will show the dialog – ‘Add New Hardware Wizard’. Select ‘Search the location of the driver’ and press Next button. AWL100 PCMCIA Adapter User Manual...
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Benq Wireless LAN Select ‘Specify a location’ and browse the Benq Wireless LAN CD to find AWL100. For example, if your CD-ROM is drive D and you want to install the English version of driver, the location is D:\AWL100\English. Windows has found AWL100 PCMCIA Adapter. Press Next button.
Benq Wireless LAN Press Finish. Press Yes and restart your computer. 2. AWL100 Wireless Settings You can launch AWL100 Wireless Settings utility by clicking the icon or from Control Panel. AWL100 PCMCIA Adapter User Manual...
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The driver will restart and begin its Connection Procedure if the rescan button is pressed. In general, the connection procedure will be different according to the Mode of the driver. Enable / Disable Radio This button is used to enable or disable the radio of AWL100 AWL100 PCMCIA Adapter User Manual...
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100 bytes long which are received from the Access Point. Status information about the radio link is displayed in this tab. Detailed description should be placed in this field. AWL100 PCMCIA Adapter User Manual...
These settings will be stored by the given name Network Name This field shows the network name or called SSID which your AWL100 will be associated with. If “ANY” is the name, it means any network name will be associated...
Point which relays packets to other wireless Clients in the BSS as well as to nodes on a wired network such as Ethernet. Peer-to-Peer (Ad Hoc) This is a non-compliant mode which will allow AWL100 cards to talk with one another without an AP regardless any SSID. 3.3 Encryption According to WEP function select, this page allows the entry of four keys for 64-bit encryption and one set of 128-bit key.
This button clears all the bytes in the four keys. It’s very useful when you wish to start over or enter manually. 3.4 Site Survey Rescan This button will scan all available Access Points in your neighborhood and then list their SSID, channel, BSSID and signal respectively. AWL100 PCMCIA Adapter User Manual...
You may learn the product version including the detail of Network Driver, Configuration Utility, and NIC firmware version from this “About” tab. When users want to report their problems to technical support, they must use this version number. AWL100 PCMCIA Adapter User Manual...
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