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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. 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.
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Federal Communications Commission (FCC) RF Exposure Requirements SAR compliance has been established in the laptop computer(s) configurations with PCMCIA slot, as tested in the application for Certification, and can be used in laptop computer(s) with substantially similar physical dimensions, construction, and electrical and RF characteristics.
1 Introduction Thank you for purchasing the 802.11g Wireless LAN PC 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. For WLAN security issues, this card supports 64/128-bit WEP data encryption that protects your wireless network from eavesdropping.
• Power Consumption: TX: 400mA, RX: 330mA • Dimension: 5(H) x 116(W) x 54(D) mmTemperature: 32~131°F (0 ~55°C) • Humidity: Max. 95% (NonCondensing) • Certification: FCC, CE 1.3 Package Contents Before you begin the installation, please check the items of your package. The package should include the following items: •...
2 Installation Procedure Before you proceed with the installation, please notice following descriptions. Note1: The following installation was operated under Windows XP. (Procedures are similar for Windows 98SE/Me/2000.) Note2: If you have installed the Wireless PC Card driver & utility before, please uninstall the old version first.
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D. Please select the “Driver\Winxp” folder (select the folder based on your computer’s OS system) and the system will start install the driver. E. The “Hardware Installation” screen is popped up. Click “Continue Anyway” to continue. F. The system is installed the driver automatically.
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G. Click “Finish’ to complete the driver installation. II. Install the Utility A. Execute “Utility\Setup.exe” from the installation CD. B. The “InstallShield Wizard” is displayed. Click “Next”.
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C. Click “Yes” to process the installation if you accept the license agreement. D. The system starts to install the utility. After the installation, you will see a “Realtek Wireless LAN Utility” icon in your desktop and an icon in the system tray. III.
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First Way A. Double click the icon in the system tray. B. The utility of the card is displayed and it alerts you that you are in the Windows Zero Configuration mode. Click “Ok”. C. Uncheck “Windows Zero Config” to enable the utility of the card. Second Way A.
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C. Uncheck “Use Windows to configure my wireless network settings” to enable the utility for the card.
3 Configuration Utility The Configuration Utility is a powerful application that helps you configure the Wireless LAN Cardbus Card and monitor the link status and the statistics during the communication process. The Configuration Utility appears as an icon on the system tray and desktop of Windows. You can open it by double-click on the icon.
Parameter Description Refresh – Refresh card list in the “B“ block. Mode – There are two modes: Station and Access Point. If “Station“ is selected, the card works as a wireless card. If “Access Point“ is selected, the card will works as a wireless AP. View –...
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Parameter Description Available Network(s) This list shows all information of the available wireless networks within the range of your card. The information includes SSID, Channel, Encryption, Network Authentication, Signal and etc. If you want to connect to any network on the list, double-click the selected network.
General To check the connection status of the card, select “General“. This screen shows the information of Link Speed, Network Type, Encryption Method, SSID, Signal Strength and Network Address of the card. Parameter Description Status It will show the connection status of the card. Speed It shows the current speed Type...
Profile The “Profiles List” is for you to manage the networks you connect to frequently. You are able to Add/Remove/Edit/Duplicate/Set Default to manage a profile. Parameter Description Available Profile(s) This list shows the preferred networks for the wireless connection. You can add, remove, edit, duplicate the preferred networks or set one of the networks as the default connection.
3.4.1 Configure the Profile Parameter Description Profile Name Define a recognizable profile name for you to identify the different networks. 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.
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Parameter Description Channel This setting is only available for Ad Hoc mode. Select the number of the radio channel used for the networking. The channel setting should be the same with the network you are connecting to. Network Authentication This setting has to be consistent with the wireless networks that the card intends to connect.
Parameter Description Key Length There are two kinds of key lengths: 64-bit and 128-bit. Larger key length will provide higher level of security, but the throughput will be lower. Network Key The keys are used to encrypt data transmitted in the wireless network.
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From here, right click the icon to select “View Available Wireless Networks”. Press “Advanced” button from “Wireless Network Connection”. Press “Configure” button to configure the WPA function for the current network.
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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.
Advanced The “Advanced” option enables you to configure more advanced settings, for example: Power Save, wireless mode and etc. Parameter Description Power Save None – The card will always set in active mode. Min – Enable the card in the power saving mode when it is idle, but some components of the card are still alive.
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Parameter Description 802.11b Preamble Mode The preamble defines the length of the CRC block for communication among the wireless stations. There are three mode including Long, Short and Auto. High network traffic areas should use the shorter preamble type. If “Auto“ mode is selected, the card will auto switch the preamble mode depending on the wireless stations that the card is connecting to.
Status This screen shows the information of manufacturer, driver version, settings of the wireless network the card is connecting to, linking time and link status. If you don’t ensure the status of the card and the network you are connecting, please go to the screen for more details. Statistics You can get the real time information about the packet transmission and receiving status during wireless communication from the screen.
Software AP This card can run as a wireless AP. The relative configurations of the AP including channel, SSID, WEP encryption and so on are described as follows. Parameter Description SSID The SSID (up to 32 printable ASCII characters) is the unique name identified in a WLAN.
3.8.1 AP Properties Setting Please refer to Section 3.4.1 for the setting of the parameters for AP. Note that Ad Hoc mode is not enabled for AP. Notes: The operating frequency channel will be restricted to the country user located by firmware before importing.
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Parameter Description Beacon Interval Beacon Interval that specifies the duration between beacon packets (milliseconds). The range for the beacon period is between 20-1000 milliseconds with a typical value of 100. DTIM Period Determines the interval the Access Point will send its broadcast traffic.
3.8.3 AP 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“.
4 Troubleshooting This chapter provides solutions to problems usually encountered during the installation and operation of the card. 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.
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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.
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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.