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Summary of Contents for Atel Electronics RP-WP288P
- Page 1 RP-WP288P USER’S MANUAL...
- Page 2 User Manual Version: 1.2 (December. 2003)
- Page 3 Wireless LAN CardBus Card / Wireless LAN PCI Adapter Copyright Copyright © 2003 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...
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Page 4: Federal Communication Commission Interference Statement
Wireless LAN CardBus Card / Wireless LAN PCI Adapter All brand and product names mentioned in this manual are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective holders. 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 FCC Rules. -
Page 5: Eu Countries Not Intended For Use
Wireless LAN CardBus Card / Wireless LAN PCI Adapter 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. Safety This equipment is designed with the utmost care for the safety of those who install and use it. - Page 6 Wireless LAN CardBus Card / Wireless LAN PCI Adapter C h a p t e r Installation The product includes a CD-ROM containing the drivers and configuration software for the installation of the WLAN CardBus Card / PCI Adapter under Windows environment.
- Page 7 Wireless LAN CardBus Card / Wireless LAN PCI Adapter 2. Click “ Browse” to locate the driver on your CD-ROM, then click “ Next” to select the right folder. The following wizard box will appear to show the folder’s information.
- Page 8 Wireless LAN CardBus Card / Wireless LAN PCI Adapter 3. Select “ Yes” and click “ Finish” to restart computer. 4. After reboot, insert the Wireless LAN CardBus Card / PCI Adapter into your PC, and the Windows System will install the rest of the driver automatically. Note 1: After installing a new network adapter, Windows automatically configures the TCP/IP protocol to automatically obtain an IP address from a DHCP server.
- Page 9 Wireless LAN CardBus Card / Wireless LAN PCI Adapter Quick Configuration Guide: Windows 98/Me/2000 Following installation of your Wireless LAN CardBus Card / PCI Adapter, the device must now be configured for your network. If no network is available, or if the device does not need to be associated with a network at this time, the following steps are unnecessary.
- Page 10 Wireless LAN CardBus Card / Wireless LAN PCI Adapter If the Wireless CardBus Card/PCI Adapter is used with an Access Point, the checkbox This is a computer-to-computer (ad hoc) network… should not be checked. 4. Click OK to return to Wireless Network Configuration. 5.
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Page 11: Installation For Windows Xp
Wireless LAN CardBus Card / Wireless LAN PCI Adapter Installation for Windows XP 1. Insert the Wireless LAN CardBus Card / PCI Adapter into your PC. 2. The Found New Hardware Wizard will automatically detect the new card. 3. Select Don’t Search. I will choose the driver to install and click Next. 4. - Page 12 Wireless LAN CardBus Card / Wireless LAN PCI Adapter 6. Select Continue Anyway. Windows XP detects that the driver does not contain a digital signature. The Wizard then displays the following screen. 7. Click Finish to complete the driver installation. Note: After installing a new network adapter, Windows XP automatically configures the TCP/IP protocol to automatically obtain an IP address from a DHCP server.
- Page 13 Wireless LAN CardBus Card / Wireless LAN PCI Adapter Quick configuration Guide: Windows XP Following installation of the Wireless LAN PC Card, the card must now be configured for your network. If no network is available, or the card does not need to be associated with a network at this time, the following steps are unnecessary.
- Page 14 Wireless LAN CardBus Card / Wireless LAN PCI Adapter 5. Select the SSID of the network to log on, and click Configure. This will open up the Wireless Networks Properties window. 6. Ensure the WEP key is correct. If the Wireless PC Card is used with an access point, the checkbox This is a computer-to-computer (ad hoc) network…...
- Page 15 Wireless LAN CardBus Card / Wireless LAN PCI Adapter C h a p t e r Glossary Ad-Hoc Mode - A client setting that provides independent peer-to-peer connectivity in a wireless LAN. An alterative setup is where PCs communicate with each other through an access point.
- Page 16 Wireless LAN CardBus Card / Wireless LAN PCI Adapter DSSS (Direct-Sequencing Spread-Spectrum) - DSSS operate over the radio airwaves in the unlicensed ISM band (industrial, scientific, medical). DSSS uses a radio transmitter to spread data packets over a fixed range of frequency band. Encryption - A security method that applies a specific algorithm to data in order to alter the data's appearance and prevent other devices from reading the information.
- Page 17 Wireless LAN CardBus Card / Wireless LAN PCI Adapter ISM band - The FCC and their counterparts outside of the U.S. have set aside bandwidth for unlicensed use in the ISM (Industrial, Scientific and Medical) band. Spectrum in the vicinity of 2.4 GHz, in particular, is being made available worldwide.
- Page 18 Wireless LAN CardBus Card / Wireless LAN PCI Adapter RTS/CTS Threshold Value - Should remain at its default setting of 2,347. A preamble is a signal used to synchronize the transmission timing between two or more systems. A series of transmission pulses is sent before the data to indicate that “someone is about transmit data.”...
- Page 19 Wireless LAN CardBus Card / Wireless LAN PCI Adapter WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) - A data privacy mechanism based on a 40 bit shared key algorithm, as described in the IEEE 802 .11 standard. The optional cryptographic confidentiality algorithm specified by IEEE 802.11 used to provide data confidentiality that is subjectively equivalent to the confidentiality of a wired LAN medium that does not employ cryptographic techniques to enhance privacy.
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