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  • Page 1 CARDBUS WIRELESS LAN CARD User’s Manual...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Index Introduction C H A P T E R 1 Specifications C H A P T E R 2 Setup for Windows 98 C H A P T E R 3 Setup for Windows ME C H A P T E R 4 Setup for Windows 2000 C H A P T E R 5 Setup for Windows XP...

  • Page 3: Introduction

    Introduction Thank you for purchasing this CardBus Wireless LAN Card. This card is a wireless network client that complies with IEEE 802.11b standard on wireless LANs. The IEEE 802.11b standards compliance means this adapter gives you the flexibility to connect it to any 802.11b network.

  • Page 4: Specifications

    Specifications Features - Compatible with IEEE 802.11b Standard - 2.4GHz spread spectrum technology - Data rate up to 11Mbps - 32bit CardBus Performance - External antenna - Support antenna diversity - Support 64/128-bit WEP Data Encryption function for high level of security - Support TKIP and AES advanced WLAN Security - Supports peer-to-peer communication among any wireless users, no Access Point required...
  • Page 5 64/128-bit TKIP Data Encryption 64/128-bit AES Data Encryption - Channel Support: US/Canada: 11 (1 ~ 11) Major European countries: 13 (1 ~ 13) France: 4 (10 ~ 13) Japan: 13 (1 ~ 13) Mechanical Dimension: 91 x 54 x 4.6 mm (L x W x H) Certification FCC, CE class B Environmental Operating Ranges...

  • Page 6: Setup For Windows 98

    Setup for Windows 98 1. Make sure your PC is powered on and that you are running the Windows 98 operating system. 2. Insert the "CardBus Wireless LAN Card" into the CardBus slot of your computer. The system will display the "Add New Hardware Wizard" dialog box. Insert the driver CD into CD-ROM drive and then click the "Next"...
  • Page 7 3. Select "Search for the best driver for your device (Recommended)", click the "Next" button. 4. Select "Specify a location" and click the "Next" button.
  • Page 8 5. After Windows finds the driver, click the "Next" button. 6. Windows may request you to "Insert Windows 98 CD-ROM into the driver selected, and click OK". Follow the instruction and insert CD-ROM or disks as needed, direct Windows to the proper location, and then click the "OK" button. 7.
  • Page 9 8. System will ask you "Do you want to restart your computer now". Click the "Yes" button to restart your computer.

  • Page 10: Setup For Windows Me

    Setup for Windows ME 1. Make sure your PC is powered on and that you are running the Windows ME operating system. 2. Insert the "CardBus Wireless LAN Card" into the CardBus slot of your computer. The system will display the "Add New Hardware Wizard" dialog box. Select "Automatic search for a batter driver (Recommended)"...
  • Page 11 3. Windows ME will search and recognize the driver, then Windows will automatically copy the driver files and related files into the system. After copying the driver files, the installation is completed; click the "Finish" button. 4. System will ask you "Do you want to restart your computer now". Click the "Yes" button to restart your computer.

  • Page 12: Setup For Windows 2000

    Setup for Windows 2000 1. Make sure your PC is powered on and that you are running the Windows 2000 operating system. 2. Insert the "CardBus Wireless LAN Card" into the CardBus slot of your computer. The system will display the "Found New Hardware Wizard" dialog box. Insert the driver CD into CD-ROM drive and then click the "Next"...
  • Page 13 3. Select "Search for a suitable driver for my device (Recommended)" and click the "Next" button. 4. Select "CD-ROM drives" and click the "Next" button.
  • Page 15 5. After Windows finds the driver, click the "Next" button, the driver then installs itself. 6. When Windows finishes the installation, then click the "Finish" button.

  • Page 16: Setup For Windows Xp

    Setup for Windows XP 1. Make sure your PC is powered on and that you are running the Windows XP operating system. 2. Insert the "CardBus Wireless LAN Card" into the CardBus slot of your computer. The system will display the "Found New Hardware Wizard" dialog box. Select "Install the software automatically (Recommended)"...
  • Page 17 3. Windows XP will search and recognize the driver, then Windows will automatically copy the driver files and related files into the system. After copying the driver files, the installation is completed; click the "Finish" button.

  • Page 18: Install The Utility

    Install the Utility 1. Insert the CD into the CD-ROM device and execute the "Utility\setup.exe" program. The InstallShield Wizard box will appear, click "Next" to continue. 2. Follow the instruction of the installation program. The program will install the software for this device directly. 3.
  • Page 19 4. When the Utility installation is completed, a shortcut named “Rtl8180“will appear in the computer’s desktop and a new icon will display in the system tray at the bottom of the screen. Double click the shortcut or the icon to start using the WLAN CardBus Adapter.
  • Page 20 B. Using the Utility of this adapter 1. Get into Windows XP’s Utility, click “Advanced“ button. 2. On the “Wireless Networks“ tab in the “Wireless Network Connection Properties“ screen, clear the “Use Windows to configure my wireless network settings“ check box. If you want to enable the Windows XP built-in utility, select the check box again.
  • Page 21 3. Double click the shortcut or the icon in the system tray and start using the WLAN CardBus Adapter.
  • Page 22 Note: If you don’t disable the XP’s Utility, you can still see the link status and statistics during communication process from the adapter’s utility.
  • Page 23 Configuration Utility The Configuration Utility is a powerful application that helps you configure the Wireless LAN CardBus Adapter and monitor the link status and the statistics during the communication process. This utility can be used to change the following configuration parameters when the device is active.
  • Page 24 Confirm Network Key Enter the same network key again to confirm the key. Advanced Button To configure additional wireless network setting, review the link status and statistics or if you have difficulty connecting to a network, click “Advanced“ button. Connect Button Click the button to connect to the selected network.
  • Page 25 2. Configuration This screen is for you to make advanced settings in order to connect to an available network or create a new wireless network connection. You could also define the connection order here. Profile Display the profiles the adapter is connected to. It also stores the profiles that the adapter had ever connected to.
  • Page 26 Available Profile(s) This list shows the preferred networks for the wireless connection. You can add, remove, edit the preferred networks or set one of the networks as the default connection. Add Button To configure a new profile, click “Add“ button. Remove Button To remove a wireless network from the available profiles list, click the button.
  • Page 27 Network Name (SSID) The SSID (up to 32 printable ASCII characters) is the unique name identified in a WLAN. The ID prevents the unintentional merging of two co-located WLANs. Only the wireless devices with the same SSID can interconnect. Wireless Network Key (WEP) WEP is an authentication algorithm, which protects authorized Wireless LAN users against eavesdropping.
  • Page 28 in the text box. The key should be 10 or 26 hexadecimal characters according to the WEP mode designated by the network. Note: The hexadecimal characters include the range of “A-F”, “a-f” and “0-9”, for example: “0123456aef“ or “01234567890123456789abcdef“. Confirmed Network Key Enter the same network key again to confirm the key.
  • Page 29 3. Advanced Configuration This screen allows you to do some advanced configuration including Power Save Mode, Encryption Algorithm and some specific settings for the adapter. Ad Hoc Default Channel Select the number of the radio channel used for the Ad Hoc networking. The channel of all the wireless stations in the Ad Hoc network should be the same.
  • Page 30 overcome the inherent weaknesses in WEP security. AES has been developed to ensure the highest degree of security and authenticity for digital information and it is the most advanced solution defined by IEEE 802.11i for the security in the wireless network.
  • Page 31 4. Status This screen shows the information of manufacturer, driver version, settings of the wireless network that the adapter is connected to, linking time and link status. If you are not sure the status of the adapter and the network you are connected to, please go to the screen for more details.
  • Page 32 5. Statistics You can get the real time information about the packet transmission and receiving status during wireless communication from the screen. If you want to recount the statistics value, please click “Reset“ button.
  • Page 33 6. About This screen displays the version and the designer of the Utility.

  • Page 34: Troubleshooting

    Troubleshooting This chapter provides solutions to problems usually encountered during the installation and operation of the adapter. 1. What is the IEEE 802.11b standard？ The IEEE 802.11b Wireless LAN standard subcommittee which formulates the standard for the industry. The objective is to enable wireless LAN hardware from different manufactures to communicate.
  • Page 35 A specific Ad hoc LAN is called a Basic Service Set (BSS). Computers in a BSS must be configured with the same BSS ID. 6. What is WEP？ WEP is Wired Equivalent Privacy, a data privacy mechanism based on a 40 bit shared key algorithm, as described in the IEEE 802 .11 standard.
  • Page 36 10. Can Wireless products support printer sharing？ Wireless products perform the same function as LAN products. Therefore, Wireless products can work with Netware, Windows 2000, or other LAN operating systems to support printer or file sharing. 11. Would the information be intercepted while transmitting on air？ WLAN features two-fold protection in security.
  • Page 37 13. What is Spread Spectrum？ Spread Spectrum technology is a wideband radio frequency technique developed by the military for use in reliable, secure, mission-critical communication systems. It is designed to trade off bandwidth efficiency for reliability, integrity, and security. In other words, more bandwidth is consumed than in the case of narrowband transmission, but the trade off produces a signal that is, in effect, louder and thus easier to detect, provided that the receiver knows the parameters of the...