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Allied Telesis AT-WCP201G Installation Manual

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PCI 2.2 Bus
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AT-WCP201G
Installation Guide
613-000282 Rev. A

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  • Page 1 PCI 2.2 Bus Wireless Adapter AT-WCP201G Installation Guide 613-000282 Rev. A...
  • Page 2 Copyright © 2006 Allied Telesyn, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced without prior written permission from Allied Telesyn, Inc. Microsoft and Internet Explorer are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. Netscape Navigator is a registered trademark of Netscape Communications Corporation.
  • Page 3 AT-WCP201G Wireless Adapter Card Installation Guide Regulatory Notes and Statements Wireless LAN, Radio frequency electromagnetic energy is emitted from Wireless LAN Health and devices. However, the energy levels of these emissions are far less than the electromagnetic energy emissions from similar wireless devices such Authorization For as mobile phones.
  • Page 4 In France, the equipment must be restricted to the 2.4465-2.4835GHz (channels 10 -13) frequency range and must be restricted to indoor use. The following equipment: AT-WCP201G 54Mbps PCI 2.2 Wireless Adapter. Is herewith confirmed to comply with the requirements set out in the Council Directive on the Approximation of the Laws of the Member States relating to the Electromagnetic Compatibility (89/336/EEC).
  • Page 5 AT-WCP201G Wireless Adapter Card Installation Guide However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try and correct the interference by one or more of the following measures: ❑...
  • Page 6 Regulatory Notes and Statements...
  • Page 8 Contents...
  • Page 9 Preface This guide contains the installation instructions for the AT-WCP201G wireless network adapter card. This preface contains the following sections: “Document Conventions” on page 10 “Where to Find Web-based Guides” on page 11 “Contacting Allied Telesyn” on page 12...
  • Page 10 Preface Document Conventions This guide uses the following conventions: Note Notes provide additional information. Caution Cautions inform you that performing or omitting a specific action may result in equipment damage or loss of data. Warning Warnings inform you that performing or omitting a specific action may result in bodily injury.
  • Page 11 AT-WCP201G Wireless Adapter Card Installation Guide Where to Find Web-based Guides The installation and user guides for all Allied Telesyn products are available in Portable Document Format (PDF) from our web site at www.alliedtelesyn.com . You can view the documents on-line or...
  • Page 12 Preface Contacting Allied Telesyn This section provides Allied Telesyn contact information for technical support as well as sales or corporate information. Online Support You can request technical support online by accessing the Allied Telesyn Knowledge Base from the following web site: www.alliedtelesyn.com/kb. You can use the Knowledge Base to submit questions to our technical support staff and review answers to previously asked questions.
  • Page 15 AT-WCP201G Wireless Adapter Card Installation Guide LEDs The two LEDs on the AT-WCP201G adapter are defined in Table 1. Table 1. LED Descriptions State Description Power The adapter is receiving power. The adapter is not receiving power. Link The adapter has established a connection to a wireless router or access point.
  • Page 16 Chapter 1: Installing the AT-WCP201G Wireless Adapter Card Reviewing the Package Contents The shipping package should contain the following items. If any item is missing or damaged, contact your Allied Telesyn sales representative for assistance: AT-WCP201G Wireless Adapter Omni-directional antenna with 0.5m cable and magnetic stand...
  • Page 18 Chapter 1: Installing the AT-WCP201G Wireless Adapter Card 3. Select an empty, non-shared PCI 2.2 slot and remove the faceplate. Keep the faceplate in a safe place. You may need it for future use. See Figure 3. Figure 3. Removing the Faceplate From PCI Slot...
  • Page 19 Step 2. 8. Connect the cable on the omni-directional antenna to the connector on the outside of the faceplate of the AT-WCP201G adapter. This completes the procedure for installing the adapter in the computer. Go to the next procedure to install the adapter driver.
  • Page 20 Chapter 1: Installing the AT-WCP201G Wireless Adapter Card Installing the Adapter Driver To install the adapter driver, perform the following procedure: 1. Power ON the computer. Windows detects the new adapter and launches the Found New Hardware Wizard. The first window of the wizard is shown in Figure 6.
  • Page 21 AT-WCP201G Wireless Adapter Card Installation Guide 3. In the Found New Hardware Wizard window, select No, not this time and click Next. The window shown in Figure 7 is displayed. Figure 7. Found New Hardware Wizard Window (2 of 3) 4.
  • Page 24 Chapter 1: Installing the AT-WCP201G Wireless Adapter Card 3. Click the Hardware tab. The Hardware tab is shown in Figure 10. Figure 10. System Properties Window - Hardware Tab (Microsoft Windows XP) 4. Click Device Manager.
  • Page 25 The selection expands to display the network adapter cards installed in the system. An example is shown in Figure 12. Figure 12. Expanded Network Adapters Selection 6. Double-click Allied Telesyn AT-WCP201G Wireless PCI Bus Adapter.
  • Page 26 Chapter 1: Installing the AT-WCP201G Wireless Adapter Card The Properties window for the adapter is shown in Figure 13. Figure 13. AT-WCP201G Wireless Adapter Properties Window 7. Select the Advanced tab. The Advanced tab is shown in Figure 14. Figure 14. Properties Window - Advanced Tab...
  • Page 28 Chapter 1: Installing the AT-WCP201G Wireless Adapter Card Verifying the Driver Installation To verify the installation of the driver into the Microsoft Windows operating system, perform the following procedure: 1. Open the Control Panel. 2. Double-click on System. The System Properties window with the General tab is shown in Figure 9 on page 23.
  • Page 29 AT-WCP201G Wireless Adapter Card Installation Guide Removing the Adapter Driver To remove the driver from the computer, perform the following procedure: Note The adapter must be installed in the computer in order to remove its driver. 1. Open the Control Panel.
  • Page 30 Chapter 1: Installing the AT-WCP201G Wireless Adapter Card 7. Click OK. The adapter’s driver is removed from the computer. 8. Power off the computer and remove the wireless adapter from the unit. For instructions, refer to the documentation shipped with the computer.

  • Page 31: Table Of Contents

    Chapter 2 Using the Adapter’s Configuration Utility This chapter describes the Wireless Configuration utility that comes on the CD included with your adapter. You can use the utility to configure the parameter settings on the adapter, such as its IP address and security settings.

  • Page 32: Installing The Configuration Utility

    Chapter 2: Using the Adapter’s Configuration Utility Installing the Configuration Utility To install the configuration program on your computer from the Software and Documentation CD, perform the following procedure: 1. Power ON the computer. 2. Insert the Software and Documentation CD into the CD drive of the computer.
  • Page 33 AT-WCP201G Wireless Adapter Card Installation Guide The prompt in Figure 17 is displayed. Figure 17. Internet Explorer - Active Content Warning Prompt 4. Click Run. The prompt in Figure 18 is displayed. Figure 18. File Download - Security Warning Prompt 5.
  • Page 34 Chapter 2: Using the Adapter’s Configuration Utility 6. Click Run. The Welcome window of the InstallShield Wizard is shown in Figure Figure 20. InstallShield Wizard — Welcome Window 7. Click Next. The Choose Destination Location window of the InstallShield Wizard is shown in Figure 21.

  • Page 37: Starting The Configuration Utility

    Figure 25. Configuration Utility Icon Alternatively, select the following from the Start Menu: Start -> Programs -> Allied Telesyn -> AT-WCP201G Configuration Wizard. The program consists of four tabs: Configuration, Status, Option, and About. The Configuration tab, shown in Figure 26, is displayed by default when you start the program.
  • Page 38 Chapter 2: Using the Adapter’s Configuration Utility The section is useful in reviewing the networks that are currently available for you to connect to with the adapter, as well as viewing basic information about the networks. This information includes the following: ESSID - The name of the network.
  • Page 39 AT-WCP201G Wireless Adapter Card Installation Guide In order for the wireless adapter to access one of the networks listed in Available WANs, you have to configure it with the network’s name and the appropriate security information. This is referred to as creating a Preferred WLAN profile.

  • Page 40: Creating A Preferred Wlan Profile

    No security WEP security WPA-PSK and WPA2-PSK security Note The AT-WCP201G wireless adapter also supports Ad Hoc, WPA/ WPA2 Enterprise, and 802.1x authentication. These topics are beyond the scope of this manual. To create a Preferred WLAN, perform the following procedure: 1.
  • Page 41 AT-WCP201G Wireless Adapter Card Installation Guide The Wireless Network Properties window is shown in Figure 28. Figure 28. Wireless Network Properties Window Depending on how you opened the Wireless Network Properties window, some of the information may already be filled in for you.
  • Page 42 Chapter 2: Using the Adapter’s Configuration Utility A Preferred WLAN without security is appropriate in a wireless network No Security environment where there is no encryption or authentication between the wireless nodes and the wireless routers or access points. Caution A wireless network without security is vulnerable to unauthorized access.
  • Page 43 AT-WCP201G Wireless Adapter Card Installation Guide In a Shared Key environment a node must authenticate itself to the access point using a shared WEP key that is present on both the node and the access point. Only after a node is successful authenticated will the access point allow it access to the network.
  • Page 44 Chapter 2: Using the Adapter’s Configuration Utility The key lengths for an ASCII key are as follows: – A key length of 64 bits requires 5 ASCII characters. – A key length of 128 bits requires 13 ASCII characters. – A key length of 152 bits requires 16 ASCII characters.
  • Page 45 AT-WCP201G Wireless Adapter Card Installation Guide 3. Click Data Encryption and select either TKIP (Temporal Key Integrity Protocol) or AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) from the pull-down menu. The encryption method must be the same on both the wireless node and the wireless access point.
  • Page 46 Chapter 2: Using the Adapter’s Configuration Utility 7. Click OK to close the Wireless Network Properties window. The Preferred WLANs section of the Configuration tab should now include a new Preferred WLAN profile for a wireless network using WPA-PSK or WPA2-PSK security. 8.

  • Page 47: Configuring The Ip Address

    AT-WCP201G Wireless Adapter Card Installation Guide Configuring the IP Address To configure the IP address for a Preferred WLAN profile or to activate the DHCP client, perform the following procedure: 1. Start the configuration program by clicking the program’s icon, shown in Figure 25 on page 37, located in the toolbar on the desktop.
  • Page 48 Chapter 2: Using the Adapter’s Configuration Utility The LAN Settings window is shown in Figure 30. Figure 30. LAN Settings Window 7. If you want the adapter to obtain its IP address, subnet mask, and default gateway from a DHCP server on your network, click Obtain an IP address automatically.
  • Page 49 AT-WCP201G Wireless Adapter Card Installation Guide DNS server addresses and enter the IP address in the field. You can enter up to two IP addresses of domain name servers. The alternate DNS server address is used only if the server specified as the preferred DNS server does not respond.

  • Page 50: Deleting A Preferred Wlan Profile

    Chapter 2: Using the Adapter’s Configuration Utility Deleting a Preferred WLAN Profile To delete a Preferred WLAN profile, perform the following procedure: 1. Start the configuration program by clicking the program’s icon, shown in Figure 25 on page 37, located in the toolbar on the desktop. The main window of the configuration utility is shown in Figure 26 on page 37.

  • Page 51: Importing And Exporting Preferred Wlan Profiles

    You can export a Preferred WLAN profile into a separate file and then import the file onto another computer. This can simplify the task of configuring a large number of AT-WCP201G adapters that are to have similar or identical Preferred WLAN profiles.
  • Page 52 This completes the procedure for exporting a Preferred WLAN profile. By saving the profile onto a floppy disk or CD, you can transfer the disk to another computer that has an AT-WCP201G adapter and the configuration utility, and import the profile onto that system, as explained in the next procedure.
  • Page 53 AT-WCP201G Wireless Adapter Card Installation Guide The profile is incorporated as a Preferred WLAN into the configuration utility. The wireless adapter will establish a connection if it is within range of a wireless router or access point of the network defined by the...

  • Page 54: Working With Profile Groups

    Chapter 2: Using the Adapter’s Configuration Utility Working with Profile Groups Profile groups allow you to organize your Preferred WLAN profiles. You can place the profiles in different groups to make them easier to find and manage. Creating profile groups is optional. There can be only one active profile group at a time.
  • Page 55 AT-WCP201G Wireless Adapter Card Installation Guide 5. You can now add profiles to the new group by either creating them or, if they already exist, moving them from an existing group to the new group. For directions, refer to “Creating a Preferred WLAN Profile” on page 40 and “Moving a Preferred WLAN Profile”...
  • Page 56 Chapter 2: Using the Adapter’s Configuration Utility 3. Click Rename. The Group Rename window is shown in Figure 35. Figure 35. Group Rename Window 4. Enter the new name for the group and click OK. The name can be up to 15 alphanumeric characters.
  • Page 57 AT-WCP201G Wireless Adapter Card Installation Guide This procedure selects the active profile group for an adapter. The switch Selecting the uses the profiles in the active group to establish a connection to a wireless Active Profile network. There can be only one active group at a time for a wireless Group adapter.
  • Page 58 Chapter 2: Using the Adapter’s Configuration Utility...
  • Page 59 Chapter 3 Microsoft Windows XP This chapter contains the procedures for configuring the wireless adapter on a Microsoft Windows XP system. Sections in the chapter include: “Setting the IP Address” on page 60 “Quick Configuration” on page 63 “Manually Configuring the Wireless Adapter” on page 66 Note The wireless adapter is supported on Microsoft Windows 2000, but this guide does not contain instructions for configuring the adapter...
  • Page 60 Chapter 3: Microsoft Windows XP Setting the IP Address To set the IP address of the adapter or to activate the DHCP client, perform the following procedure: 1. Open the Control Panel. 2. Double-click on Network Connections. An example of the Network Connections window is shown in Figure Figure 36.
  • Page 61 AT-WCP201G Wireless Adapter Card Installation Guide The Wireless Network Connections Properties window is shown in Figure 38. Figure 38. Wireless Network Connection Properties Window 4. Select Internet Protocol (TCP/IP), then click Properties.
  • Page 62 Chapter 3: Microsoft Windows XP The Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) Properties window is shown in Figure Figure 39. Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) Properties Window 5. If you want the adapter to obtain its IP address, subnet mask, and default gateway from a DHCP server on your network, select Obtain an IP address automatically.
  • Page 63 AT-WCP201G Wireless Adapter Card Installation Guide Quick Configuration This procedure explains how to quickly configure the wireless adapter using Microsoft Windows XP. Note the following before performing this procedure: You must be within reception range of a wireless router or access point of the network.
  • Page 64 Chapter 3: Microsoft Windows XP Windows displays the SSIDs of the detected wireless networks in the Wireless Network Connection window. An example of the window is shown in Figure 41. Figure 41. Wireless Network Connection Window 3. Double-click on the wireless network to connect to or, alternatively, click once on the network and click Connect.
  • Page 65 AT-WCP201G Wireless Adapter Card Installation Guide If there is no security on the wireless network, the Wireless Network Connections window in Figure 43 is displayed. Figure 43. Wireless Network Connection - No Security 4. Click Connect Anyway. At this point, the wireless adapter establishes a connection with the wireless router or access point.
  • Page 66 WEP security WPA-PSK and WPA2-PSK security Note The AT-WCP201G wireless adapter also supports Ad Hoc, WPA/ WPA2 (Enterprise), and 802.1x authentication. These topics are beyond the scope of this manual. To manually configure the wireless adapter’s security settings, perform the following procedure: 1.
  • Page 67 AT-WCP201G Wireless Adapter Card Installation Guide The Wireless tab is shown in Figure 44. Figure 44. Wireless Tab 5. Click Add. The Wireless Network Properties window is shown in Figure 45. Figure 45. Wireless Network Properties Window...
  • Page 68 Chapter 3: Microsoft Windows XP 6. Go to the appropriate subsection below for instructions on how to configure the Wireless Network Properties window for your wireless security system: “No Security” on page 68 “WEP Security” on page 68 “WPA/WPA2-PSK Security” on page 69 No Security To configure the Wireless Network Properties window for a wireless network that has no security, do the following:...
  • Page 69 AT-WCP201G Wireless Adapter Card Installation Guide 6. Click Key Index and specify the position of the encryption key in the encryption key table on the wireless router or access point. The range is 1 to 4. 7. Click OK. WPA/WPA2-...
  • Page 70 Chapter 3: Microsoft Windows XP...
  • Page 73 This equipment complies with FCC radiation exposure limits set forth for an uncontrolled environment. This equipment should be installed and operated with minimum distance 20cm between the radiator & your body.