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  • Page 1 GN-WPKG PCI Wireless LAN Card User’s Manual http://www.gigabyte.com.tw Rev. 1.0 First Edition...
  • Page 2 Federal Communication Commission Interference Statement 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. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Contents CHAPTER 1 PRODUCT OVERVIEW 1-1. I ......................1 NTRODUCTION 1-2. F .........................1 EATURES 1-3. P ................1 HYSICAL IMENSIONS ACKAGING 1-4. LED I ....................2 NDICATING IGHT 1-5. S ....................2 YSTEM EQUIREMENTS CHAPTER 2 INSTALLING THE WLAN CARD 2-1. I & U 98SE/ME) .............3 NSTALLING RIVER...

  • Page 4: Chapter 1 Product Overview

    1-3. Physical Dimensions/Packaging Dimensions: 134mm* 121mm* 22mm(134mm* 81mm* 22mm) Before the installation procedures, please ensure the components are not damaged during the shipping. The shipment of the GN-WPKG includes: One GN-WPKG Wireless LAN Card One Bracket One Installation CD (including User’s Guide and Driver)

  • Page 5: Led Indicating

    1-4. LED Indicating Light Link Blink Meaning No power applied to card Looking for network the card has an association active connection LED Blinking LINK Condition of the Link Receiver 1-5. System Requirements 1-5-1. Supported Platform: IBM PC/AT compatible computer 1-5-2.

  • Page 6: Chapter 2 Installing The Wlan Card

    2-1. Installing The Driver & Utility (Win 98SE/ME) Step 1: Insert our setup CD into your CDROM drive, the following window will pop up. Step 2: Please plug-in your “Gigabyte” WLAN card device. Step 3: Click “Next”. Step 4: Click “Search for the best driver for your device” and Click “Next”.
  • Page 7 Win ME Step 5: Click “Specify a location”, Click “CD-ROM:\Driver\win9xme”and Click “Next”. Win 98 SE Win ME...
  • Page 8 Step 6: Click “Next”. Step 7: Click “Finish”. Step 8: Click “No”.
  • Page 9 Step 9: Click “Install Wireless LAN Driver”. Step 10: Click “Next”. Step 11: Click “Next”.
  • Page 10 Win 98 SE Win ME Step 12: Click “Finish”.

  • Page 11: 2000/Xp)

    2-2. Installing The Driver & Utility (Win 2000/XP) Step 1: Please make sure that you don’t plug your card yet. Step 2: Insert our setup CD into your CDROM drive, the following window will pop up. Step 3: Click “Install Wireless LAN Driver”. Step 4: Click “Next”.
  • Page 12 Win 2000 Win XP Step 6: Click “Yes” (Win 2000). Win 2K...
  • Page 13 Win XP Step 7: Click “Finish”. Step 8: Please plug-in your “Gigabyte” WLAN card device. Step 9: Click “OK” and Rebooted you computer.
  • Page 14 Win 2K Win XP...

  • Page 15: Chapter 3 Using The Utility

    You can open it by double-clicking on this icon. Figure 3-1. The icon of the Configuration & Monitor Utility You can open the utility by double-clicking on this icon. Or through 「Start」\「Programs」\「GIGABYTE GN-WMKG」\「GN-WMKG Utility」 3-1. Profile The “Profile”...
  • Page 16 SSID: Wireless network name. This is the wireless network name expressed as text string that all members within the same network share. Devices that don’t share the same network name cannot communicate with each other. Channel: The current channel number used by the WLAN card. Authentication: Use Open System(No WEP key) or Shared Key(WEP key) to authenticate the peer side when association was initiated.
  • Page 17 3-1-2. Authentication & Security setting: Authentication & Security: One of the settings in the Profile Page; this settings includes Authentication type selection, Encryption input type & length encrypted/decrypted payload information, and WEP key index selection. (see Figure 3-4) Figure 3-4. Authentication & Security Configuration This card provides Three security options: No security, WEP encryption, WPA-PSK security architecture.

  • Page 18: Link Status

    3-1-2-3. Use WPA-PSK Security (WPA Pre-Shared Keys): When you select this item, the target 802.11 device must has the same encryption keys and be configured to use encryption in order to communicate with each other. To configure your WPA-PSK encryption, please click “Authentication “then the following window will pop up (see Figure 3-5).

  • Page 19: Site Survey

    Other items reports the following information: Throughput: Display current total number of Tx/Rx packets in KBits/sec. Link Quality: The percentage of the radio link quality while communicates with the associated Access Point or peer station. Signal Strength: The percentage of the signal strength while communicates with the associated Access Point or peer station.

  • Page 20: Statistics

    Authentication: The current Authentication setting. Encryption: The current Encryption setting. Network Type: The current network type. Rescan: Rescan the available network and then refresh the result. Add to Profile: Add the selected entry and save into Profile Page. 3-4. Statistics The “Statistics”...
  • Page 21 Figure 3-9. Advance configuration screen If you want to turn off the card’s radio, click 「RADIO OFF」of the screen, (see Fig 3-10) Just click it「RADIO ON」 again to turn on the radio. (see Figure 3-9). Figure 3-10. Advance configuration screen Wireless Mode: Wireless Mode: Select wireless mode.

  • Page 22: About

    Ad Hoc Mode use OFDM rate: you can select OFDM wireless modes for the “Ad Hoc Mode” communication link. 11B/G Protection: ERP protection mode of 802.11G definition. User can chosse from Auto, On, and Off. 1. Auto: STA will dynamically change as AP announcement. 2.

  • Page 23: Chapter 4 Troubleshooting

    Chapter 4 Troubleshooting This troubleshooting guide provides answers to some common problems which you may encounter while installing or using GIGABYTE WLAN card products. These problems requires simple troubleshooting that you can perform by yourself. Contact the WLAN Technical Support if you encounter problems not mentioned in this section.

  • Page 24: Chapter 5 Specification

    Seamless roaming among 802.11b/g access points. Management Utility Monitors the network situation. 5. Mechanical Dimensions 134mm*121mm*22mm (134mm*81mm*22mm) Weight 55.5(51.5)± 1 g Packaging Packaging specially used by Gigabyte. LED indicators Act and Link *This specification is subject to change without notice.

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