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- Page 1 User Manual Version: 1.0 (January, 2004)
- Page 2 COPYRIGHT Copyright ©2004/2005 by this company. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any language or computer language, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, magnetic, optical, chemical, manual or otherwise, without the prior written permission of this company This company makes no representations or warranties, either expressed or implied, with respect to the contents hereof and specifically disclaims any warranties,...
- Page 3 Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Radiation Exposure Statement This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. 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 may cause undesired operation.
- Page 4 R&TTE Compliance Statement This equipment complies with all the requirements of DIRECTIVE 1999/5/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL of March 9, 1999 on radio equipment and telecommunication terminal Equipment and the mutual recognition of their conformity (R&TTE) The R&TTE Directive repeals and replaces in the directive 98/13/EEC (Telecommunications Terminal Equipment and Satellite Earth Station Equipment) As of April 8, 2000.
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Page 5: Table Of Contents
CONTENTS 1 INTRODUCTION ................1 Features ......................... 1 Specifications........................ 1 Package Contents ......................2 2 INSTALLATION PROCEDURE ............. 3 3 CONFIGURATION UTILITY ............5 Status..........................6 Site Survey ........................8 3.1.1 Configure the Profile ....................9 3.1.2 Enable WPA ......................12 Statistics ........................ -
Page 6: Introduction
1 Introduction Thank you for purchasing the 802.11g Wireless LAN Mini-PCI Card. This card complies with IEEE 802.11g standard, which supports up to 54Mbps high-speed wireless network connections. It can also work with IEEE 802.11b devices. When the card connects to 11b devices, the link speed will be up to 11Mbps. -
Page 7: Package Contents
• Data Rate: 54/48/36/24/18/12/11/9/6/5.5/2/1Mbps auto fallback • Security: 64/128/152-bit WEP Data Encryption, WPA, AES and IEEE 802.1x • Antenna Connector: I-PEX x 2 • Drivers: Windows 98SE/Me/2000/XP • LEDs: Link/Activity • Transmit Power: 15dBm~19dBm • Power consumption: Tx: 370mA, Rx: 310mA •... -
Page 8: Installation Procedure
2 Installation Procedure Before you proceed with the installation, please notice following descriptions. Note1: Please do not install the card into your laptop computer before installing the software program from the CD. Note2: The following installation was operated under Windows XP. (Procedures are similar for Windows 98SE/Me/2000.) Note3: If you have installed the Wireless Mini-PCI Card driver &... - Page 9 4. When the installation is done, install the Mini-PCI Card into the Mini-PCI slot of your laptop computer. 5. The system will automatically detect the card as a new device and display “Found New Hardware Wizard” dialog box. Follow the installation wizard to complete the device setup step by step. 6.
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Page 10: Configuration Utility
3 Configuration Utility The Configuration Utility is a powerful application that helps you configure the Mini-PCI card and monitor the link status and the statistics during the communication process. The Wireless LAN Configuration Utility appears as an icon on the system tray of Windows while the card is running. -
Page 11: Status
Status From the “Status” screen, you can view all the information of the network you are connecting to. To change the configuration parameters of the network, press the “Configuration” button. Parameter Description Profile Display the network the card is connecting to. SSID The SSID (up to 32 printable ASCII characters) is the unique name identified in a WLAN. - Page 12 Parameter Description Signal Strength This bar shows the signal strength level. The higher percentage shown in the bar, the more radio signal been received by the card. This indicator helps to find the proper position of the wireless device for quality network operation.
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Page 13: Site Survey
Site Survey By choosing the “Site Survey” option, you can scan all the channels to find all the access points/stations within the accessible range of your card. You can also create your own profiles list to connect to the network you designated quickly. Parameter Description Available Networks... -
Page 14: Configure The Profile
3.1.1 Configure the Profile When you press Add or Edit button, the “Profile Editing” screen will be popped up. In the screen, there are three pages including General, Encryption, and Advanced. General Parameter Description Profile Name Select a recognizable profile name for you to identify the different networks. - Page 15 Parameter Description Desired Rate There are several options including Automatic/1/2/5.5/11/6/9/12/18/24/36/48/54Mbps for you to select. When the “Automatic” is selected, the device will choose the most suitable transmission rate automatically. The higher data rate you designated in the network, the shorter distance is allowed between the card and the wireless stations.
- Page 16 Parameter Description Authentication This setting has to be consistent with the wireless networks that the card intends to connect. Open System – No authentication is needed among the wireless network. Shared Key – Only wireless stations using a shared key (WEP Key identified) are allowed to connecting each other.
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Page 17: Enable Wpa
Advanced Parameter Description Power Saving Disable – The card will always set in active mode. Enable (Fast) – Enable the card in the power saving mode when it is idle, but some components of the card is still alive. In this mode, the power consumption is larger than “Max“... - Page 18 1. From here, right click the icon to select “View Available Wireless Networks”. 2. Press “Advanced” button from “Wireless Network Connection”. 3. Press “Configure” button to configure the WPA function for the current network.
- Page 19 Parameter Description Network Authentication Open –No authentication is needed among the wireless network. Shared – Only wireless stations using a shared key (WEP Key identified) are allowed to connecting each other. WPA – This mode is for enterprise with an authentication server (Radius Server), WPA-enabled access point, and a WPA-enabled client.
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Page 20: Statistics
Statistics This option enables you to view the available statistic information with its Tx counts (Tx success, Tx error), Tx Throughput, and its Rx counts (Rx success, Rx error), Rx Throughput. You may reset the counters by pressing its RESET button. -
Page 21: About
About By choosing this option, you can view basic information about the Utility such as the Driver and Utility Version. And you can click the hyperlink to connect the website for the information of the wireless chipset vendor. -
Page 22: Troubleshooting
4 Troubleshooting This chapter provides solutions to problems usually encountered during the installation and operation of the adapter. 1. What is the IEEE 802.11g standard? 802.11g is the new IEEE standard for high-speed wireless LAN communications that provides for up to 54 Mbps data rate in the 2.4 GHz band. 802.11g is quickly becoming the next mainstream wireless LAN technology for the home, office and public networks. - Page 23 6. What is BSS ID？ A specific Ad hoc LAN is called a Basic Service Set (BSS). Computers in a BSS must be configured with the same BSS ID. 7. 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 24 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 spread-spectrum signal being broadcast.
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