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Global Sun GL-241102 User Manual

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  • Page 1       Version 0.2, July 07, 2000...
  • Page 2 Federal Communications Commission Statement This device complies with FCC Rules Part 15. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: This device may not cause harmful interference. This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Contents Chapter 1 About the GL-241102 PCMCIA Card ............4 1-1 Features............................... 4 1-2 Applications ............................4 1-3 Product Kit ............................5 Chapter 2 Network Configuration and Planning ............6 2-1 Network Topology..........................6 2-2 Roaming .............................. 8 Chapter 3 Adapter Installation and Configuration – Windows 98 ......

  • Page 4: Chapter 1 About The Gl-241102 Pcmcia Card

    10. Greater flexibility to locate or move networked PC’s 1-2 A PPLICATIONS GL-241102 products offer a fast, reliable, cost-effective solution for wireless client access to the network the following applications and environments: Remote access to corporate network information E-mail, file transfer and terminal emulation...

  • Page 5: Product Kit

    1-3 P RODUCT The GL-241102 product kit includes the following items. Ensure that the items in the following list have been included. If any of the listed items are missing, please contact your local dealer. 1 X GL-241102 PCMCIA Type II Adapter 1 X Driver 1 X User Manual &...

  • Page 6: Chapter 2 Network Configuration And Planning

     Fig. 1 - Ad-Hoc Wireless LAN An Ad-Hoc wireless LAN is a group of computers, each equipped with one GL-241102 adapter, connected as an independent wireless LAN. Computers in a specific Ad-Hoc wireless LAN must be configured to share the same radio channel.
  • Page 7 LAN is called an Infrastructure configuration. A group of GL-241102 PC users and an Access Point compose a Basic Service Set (BSS). Each GL-241102 PC in a BSS can talk to any computer in the wired LAN infrastructure via the Access Point.

  • Page 8: Roaming

    Extended Service Set (ESS). The continuous network allows users to roam freely within an ESS. All GL-241102 PCs and GL-241102SAs within one ESS must be configured with the same ESS ID and use the same radio channel.

  • Page 9: Chapter 3 Adapter Installation And Configuration - Windows ® 98

    ® 3-1 S YSTEM EQUIREMENTS In order to install and use the GL-241102 PCMCIA card your PC system must meet the following requirements: A PCMCIA Type II or Type III slot PCMCIA revision 2.10 compliant card and socket services Windows...

  • Page 10: Gl-241102 Driver Installation -Windows ® 98

    98 CD ready, as it will be required during the ® software installation process. Insert the GL-241102 A adapter into a standard Type II or Type III PCMCIA card slot, as described in the preceding section. Windows 98 will automatically detect the GL-241102 and prompt you to install the ®...
  • Page 11 Windows will now install the driver ® As the driver files are being copied to the appropriate location, you will be prompted to insert the Windows 98 CD. ® Insert the Windows 98 CD. Select “D:\win98” from the drop down list (where “D” ®...
  • Page 12 You will be prompted to restart your computer, click "YES" to complete the installation.

  • Page 13: Adapter Configuration - Windows ® 98

    DAPTER ONFIGURATION INDOWS After successful installation of the GL-241102 and its driver, continue the installation process by configuring the GL-241102 adapter properties. To configure the GL-241102 Adapter complete the following steps : From the Control Panel, double-click the “Network” icon Select "PRISM2IEEE 802.11b PC Card Adapter"...
  • Page 14 Select “Channel” from the list, and choose a “Value” from the drop down list. FCC regulations require a “Value” between 1 and 11. Select “Network Type”, and choose “Infrastructure” or “Ad-Hoc” as the “Value”. Note: “Infrastructure” mode allows a wireless adapter to communicate with a wired network, while “Ad-Hoc”...
  • Page 15 Select “SSID”; enter a “Value” of “PRISM2”. NOTE: The SSID can have any value, but should have the same value as the Access Point (AP). In Ad-Hoc mode, all clients should share the same SSID. Select “Transmit Rate”, and choose a “Value”. NOTE: Fixed 11 Mb/s is the preferred “Value”...
  • Page 16 NOTE: Wired Equivalent Privacy (Wep) is an encryption scheme used to protect wireless data communication. Selecting “Disabled” will prevent you from sharing data with other computers if your network uses Wep. If your network is Wep enabled, you must choose “Mandatory”. Consult your System Administrator for more information about your network type.

  • Page 17: Protocol Installation - Windows ® 98

    3-5 P – W ® ROTOCOL NSTALLATION INDOWS Before continuing with the Protocol installation consult your System Administrator for details about your specific network. To install network protocols complete the following steps. From the “Control Panel” double-click the “Network” icon. Select “PRISM2 IEEE 902.11 PC Card Adapter”...
  • Page 18 Select “TCP/IP “ and click “Properties”. Repeat step 2 – 5 to install other protocols such as NetBeui or IPX/SPX. NOTE: The following steps apply to DHCP servers. Consult your system administrator for specific information regarding your server type, and for help in specifying an IP address if you do not use a DHCP server and must manually enter the IP address and DNS number.
  • Page 19 Check both boxes and click “OK”. Enter a “Computer name”, “Workgroup” and “Computer Description”, click “OK” 10. Enter a “Computer name”, “Workgroup” and “Computer Description”, click “OK” 11. You will be prompted to restart your computer, click “Yes” to complete the installation. Note: Please see the trouble shooting if you encounter some problem while installing the PC- Card card or your PC-Card is non-functional.

  • Page 20: Gl-241102 Setup For Windows ® 2000

    RIVER NSTALLATION INDOWS Insert the GL-241102 A adapter into a standard Type II or Type III PCMCIA card slot, as described in the preceding section. Then insert the driver CD into the CD-ROM. Windows 2000 will automatically detect the GL-241102 and prompt you to install the ®...
  • Page 21 Show windows information dialog , No carrier , click “Yes”.

  • Page 22: W 11000 Setup For Windows ® Nt 4.0

    Login as Administrator From the desktop, select “Control Panel”, double-click “Network”, click “Adapters”, click “Add” Click “Have Disk” Insert the GL-241102 disk; Windows NT will manually enter the path to the driver click “OK”. Select your adapter from the list click “OK”.
  • Page 23 Click “Close” from the “Network” dialog, Windows NT will auto-bind the new adapter with any network protocols already installed on the system. After the auto-binding procedure is complete, select “Properties” from the “Network” dialog. At this point you may choose to manually specify an IP address, or automatically obtain an IP address if you are using a DHCP server.
  • Page 24 You will be prompted to restart your computer, click yes to complete the installation Upon restart, open the “Devices” menu from the “Control Panel”, to confirm that the driver installation was successful. Your adapters driver should now be listed in the “Devices” menu.

  • Page 25: Gl-241102 Setup For Linux

    3-8 GL-241102 S ETUP FOR INUX 1. Description The Linux-wlan-ng package is a Linux device driver and subsystem package that is designed to provide the full range of IEEE 802.11b MAC management capabilities for use in user-mode utilities and scripts. The package currently supports the Prism2 11Mb/s reference design PCMCIA wireless LAN (WLAN) card.
  • Page 26 Copy Linux-wlan-ng-0.1.3.tar.gz and PCMCIA-CS-3.0.14.tar.gz into the /usr/src directory. # cd /usr/src # tar -zxvf pcmcia-cs-3.0.14.tar.gz # tar -zxvf linux-wlan-ng-0.1.3.tar.gz 2) Make sure you have Linux sources on your system. 3) # cd /usr/src/pcmcia-cs-3.0.14 To clean up any unwanted files accidentally included in the tar package, run 'make clean'. If make clean behaves badly (infinite loop, for example), you may have a date/time mismatch.
  • Page 27 9) To build the package. # make all 10) To install the package. # make install 11) Edit the /etc/pcmcia/wlan-ng.opts file for configuration. These options are set every time you insert a card. # cd /etc/pcmcia # vi /etc/pcmcia/wlan-ng.opts ; Do we want to enable the card at all? It always sets to 'y'. ;...
  • Page 28 APDTIMINT=3 APCFPOLLABLE=false APCFPOLLREQ=false APCFPPERIOD=3 APCFPMAXDURATION=100 APPROBEDELAY=100 APCHANNEL=6 APBASICRATES="2 4" APOPRATES="2 4 11 22" ; Station Settings (SSID is all we have for now) ; Set the DESIRED_SSID to the SSID of the AP which you want to link. DESIRED_SSID="WLAN_PRISM2" 12) Edit your network.opts file to set up your IP settings. # vi /etc/pcmcia/network.opts ;Transceiver selection, for some cards -- see 'man ifport' IF_PORT=""...
  • Page 29 DNS_1="140.118.7.125" DNS_2="" DNS_3="" ; You can save the file and exit now if you don't care the other options. ; NFS mounts, should be listed in /etc/fstab MOUNTS="" ; For IPX interfaces, the frame type and network number IPX_FRAME="" IPX_NETNUM="" ;...

  • Page 30: Chapter 4 Installing And Navigating The Prism Configuration Utility

    Chapter 4 Installing & Navigating the PRISM Configuration Utility 4-1 PRISM C ONFIGURATION TILITY NSTALLATION Insert the PRISM Network Configuration Utility disk into an available floppy disk drive. From the "Run" window type "A:\WL1100\WLU\setup.exe" (where "A" represents a floppy disk drive). Click “Yes”...
  • Page 31 Choose the Network Mode, click “Next” Browse to install the utility in another folder, or confirm the installation and click “Next”. You will be prompted to insert Disk 2. Insert the disk and click “Browse”. Double-click the “Setup” folder; double-click again on the “setup” icon. When the path has been automatically entered in the “Setup Needs The Next Disk”...

  • Page 32: Prism Configuration Utility- Navigation

    4-2 PRISM C ONFIGURATION TILITY AVIGATION The following section describes and defines the various functions of the PRISM Network Configuration Utility. This utility provides quick access to all adapter settings. PRISM Quick-Launch Icon: After installation is complete, a PRISM utility icon will appear in the “Quick-Launch”...
  • Page 33 Configuration: Selecting this tab opens the “Configuration” menu. Here you will find options for configuring your adapter. Description of Settings Following is an explanation of each adapter setting presented by the “Configuration” menu. Mode: The Mode setting determines the architecture of your wireless LAN. Choose Ad-Hoc or Infrastructure Mode depending on your network type.
  • Page 34 WEP: An acronym for Wired Equivalent Privacy, WEP is an encryption scheme used to protect your wireless data communications. WEP uses a combination of 40-bit keys to provide access control to your network and encryption security for every data transmission. To decode a data transmission, each wireless client on the network must use an identical 40-bit key.
  • Page 35 Regulatory Channel Frequency Channel Frequency Canada ETSI France Spain Japan (MHZ) 2412 2417 2422 2427 2432 2437 2442 2447 2452 2457 2462 2467 2472 2484 Encryption: Selecting the Encryption tab allows you to create new WEP keys. The 40-bit WEP keys can be generated from a user-defined passphrase (any text string with a maximum of 32 characters).
  • Page 36 Type the exact same case sensitive text in the Passphrase entry field for each client. Click, “Generate” to create the encryption keys. The Passphrase generates four (4) unique keys. Select the same Default Key in the drop-down box for each client. This is the key the clients will use to encrypt data.

  • Page 37: Appendix A Troubleshooting

    My computer does not recognize the GL-241102. Probable Solution: The GL-241102 is not properly inserted into the PCMCIA slot. Ensure that the GL-241102 has been inserted into an available PCMCIA slot. The GL-241102 does not work properly. Probable Solution: Insert the PCMCIA adapter into Notebook’s slot again. A beep should be heard if the adapter is properly inserted.
  • Page 38 Ensure that the GL-241102 with which the station is associated is powered on. Confirm the station is configured with the same operating radio channel as the GL-241102. If the IDs are different, change the GL-241102 and all the stations within the BSS to another radio channel.

  • Page 39: Appendix B Glossary

    Appendix B Glossary Access Point - An internetworking device that seamlessly connects wired and wireless networks together. Ad-Hoc - An Ad-Hoc wireless LAN is a group of computers each with wireless adapters, connected as an independent wireless LAN. Backbone - The core infrastructure of a network, the portion of the network that transports information from one central location to another central location.

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