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X-Micro XWL-11GPIG User Manual

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  • Page 1 WLAN 11g PCMCIA Card User Manual...
  • Page 2 This product is in compliance with the essential requirements and other relevant provisions of the R&TTE directive 1999/5/EC. Product Name: X-Micro WLAN 11g PCMCIA Card Model Name : XWL-11GPIG COUNTRY Spain 2400-2483.5 MHz France 2400-2454 MHz France 2454-2483.5 MHz Italy 2400-2483.5 MHz...
  • Page 3 REGULATORY INFORMATION X-Micro WLAN 11g PCMCIA Card must be installed and used in strict accordance with the instructions. This device complies with the following radio frequency and safety standards.
  • Page 4 Copyright Copyright 2004 by X-Micro Technology Corp., 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 X-Micro Technology Corp.

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    1. Introduction ...6 1.1 Product Features...6 1.2 System Requirements ...6 2. Getting Started ...6 2.1 LED Indicators...6 2.2 Installation of the X-Micro WLAN 11g PCMCIA Card ...6 3. Configuration ...11 3.1 Link Information...11 3.2 General ...12 3.3 Encryption ...13 3.4 Advanced ...14 3.5 Site Survey...15...

  • Page 6: Introduction

    The Power LED will be on when the unit is powered up. A blinking Link LED indicates a WLAN connection. 2.2 Installation of the X-Micro WLAN 11g PCMCIA Card NOTE: All the screenshots of the installation pictured in this manual are based on...
  • Page 7 2.2.1 Driver and utility Installation Turn on your computer. Insert the X-Micro WLAN 11g PCMCIA Card in the cardbus slot of your PC. The Find New Hardware Wizard will appear. Click [Cancel]. Insert the X-Micro WLAN 802.11g CD into the CD-ROM Drive. Select...
  • Page 8 The Install Shield Wizard will automatically start. Click [Next] to continue.
  • Page 9 In the next screen click [Install] Note: in some configurations of Windows 2000 and XP a Microsoft Digital Signature warning may appear on your screen. Click [Yes] or [Continue anyway] to continue the installation.
  • Page 10 The X-Micro WLAN 11g PCMCIA Card driver and utility will be installed on your PC. After the install procedure is complete, the following screen will appear. Click [Finish] to exit the Wizard. You can now proceed with the configuration of the card...

  • Page 11: Configuration

    3. Configuration Double-click the X-Micro WLAN 11g PCMCIA Card icon that has been created on your desktop. A new histogram icon will appear in the system tray at the lower right corner of your screen. Click the icon once to start the utility program.

  • Page 12: General

    Signal Strength: Shows the wireless signal strength of the connection between the X-Micro WLAN 11g PCMCIA Card with the Access Point. Link Quality: Shows the link quality of the X-Micro WLAN 11g PCMCIA Card with the Access Point when operating under Infrastructure mode.

  • Page 13: Encryption

    3.3 Encryption In the Configuration screen click the [Encryption] tab to bring up the following page. On this page you can configure the security settings of your X-Micro WLAN 11g PCMCIA Card. Encryption Mode: Select Enable or Disable data encryption from the drop down...

  • Page 14: Advanced

    Authenticication Mode: Select one of the following three available modes: ● O pen system – the sender and receiver do not share a confidential key for   communication. Instead, each party generates its own set of keys and asks the other party to accept.

  • Page 15: Site Survey

    Power Saving: Enabling this option offers the following 3 modes: ● Continuous Access Mode (default) – the X-Micro WLAN 11g PCMCIA Card is constantly operating at full power. ● Maximum Power Save – the X-Micro WLAN 11g PCMCIA Card consumes the least power and only operates when there is wireless network activity.

  • Page 16: About

    Available Networks: Displays the wireless networks (wireless clients and access points) that are within your signal range. Rescan: Start (re-)scanning for available wireless networks. New: Add a new profile. 3.6 About In the Utility screen click the [About] tab to bring up the following page. This screen displays the current driver and utility version.

  • Page 17: Glossary

    4. Glossary Access Point An Internet working device that seamlessly connects wired and wireless networks. Ad-Hoc An independent wireless LAN network formed by a group of computers, each with a network adapter. AP Client One of the additional AP operating modes offered by a 54Mbps Access Point, which allows the Access Point to act as an Ethernet-to-Wireless Bridge, thus a LAN or a single computer station can join a wireless ESS network through it.
  • Page 18 Bandwidth The transmission capacity of a device, which is calculated by how much data the device can transmit in a fixed amount of time expressed in bits per second (bps). Beacon A beacon is a packet broadcast by the Access Point to keep the network synchronized.
  • Page 19 CSMA/CD Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Collision Detection, which is a LAN access method used in Ethernet. When a device wants to gain access to the network, it checks to see if the network is quiet (senses the carrier). If it is not, it waits a random amount of time before retrying.
  • Page 20 ESS stands for “Extended Service Set”. More than one BSS is configured to become Extended Service Set. LAN mobile users can roam between different BSSs in an ESS. ESSID The unique identifier that identifies the ESS. In infrastructure association, the stations use the same ESSID as the AP’s to get connected.
  • Page 21 technology and allied sciences for the benefit of humanity, the advancement of the profession. The IEEE fosters the development of standards that often become national and international standards. Infrastructure An infrastructure network is a wireless network or other small network in which the wireless network devices are made a part of the network through the Access Point which connects them to the rest of the network.
  • Page 22 PPDU PLCP protocol data unit Preamble Type During transmission, the PSDU shall be appended to a PLCP preamble and header to create the PPDU. Two different preambles and headers are defined as the mandatory supported long preamble and header which interoperates with the current 1 and 2 Mbit/s DSSS specification as described in IEEE Std 802.11-1999, and an optional short preamble and header.
  • Page 23 The mask is a binary pattern that is matched up with the IP address to turn part of the host ID address field into a field for subnets. TCP/IP Transmission Control Protocol/ Internet Protocol. The basic communication language or protocol of the Internet. It can also be used as a communications protocol in a private network, i.e.
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