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Gigabyte GN-WMAG User Manual

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IEEE 802.11b/g CardBus Wireless LAN Card
User's Manual
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Rev. 1.0 First Edition

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  • Page 1 GN-WMAG IEEE 802.11b/g CardBus Wireless LAN Card User’s Manual http://www.gigabyte.com.tw Rev. 1.0 First Edition...
  • Page 2 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 the 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.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Contents CHAPTER 1 PRODUCT OVERVIEW 1-1. I ......................1 NTRODUCTION 1-2. F .........................1 EATURES 1-3. P ................1 HYSICAL IMENSIONS ACKAGING 1-4. LED I ....................2 NDICATING IGHT 1-5. S ....................2 YSTEM EQUIREMENTS CHAPTER 2 INSTALLING THE WLAN CARD 2-1. I & U 98SE) ............3 NSTALLING RIVER...

  • Page 4: Chapter 1 Product Overview

    Chapter 1 Product Overview 1-1. Introduction This 802.11b/g Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) card is composed of the MAC, Baseband, and radio components, CARDBUS interface, and two built-in antennas. It operates in 2.4GHz frequency bands, providing fast (up to 108Mbps) and secure (support AES, 802.1x &...

  • Page 5: Led Indicating Light

    Blink Meaning Looking for network the card has an active No power applied to association connection card LED Blinking GIGABYTE GIGABYTE Condition of the Power Link Receiver 1-5. System Requirements 1-5-1. Supported Platform: IBM PC/AT compatible computer 1-5-2. Supported Operation System:...

  • Page 6: Chapter 2 Installing The Wlan Card

    2-1. Installing The Driver & Utility (Win 98SE) Step 1: Insert our setup CD into your CDROM drive. Step 2: Please plug-in your “Gigabyte” WLAN card device. Step 3: Click “Next”, and Insert our setup CD into your CDROM drive.
  • Page 7 Step 5: Click “Specify a location” , Click “Browse” , Click “CD-ROM Device:” , Select the directory “\Inf\Win98”, and Click “Next”. Step 6: Click “Next”.
  • Page 8 Step 7: Click “Finish”. Step 8: Click “No”. Step 9: Click “Install Wireless LAN Utility”.
  • Page 9 Step 10: Click “Next”. Step 11: Click “I accept this agreement” , and Click “Next”.
  • Page 10 Step 12: Click “Next”. Step 13: Click “Finish”. Step 14: Click “OK”.
  • Page 11 Step 15: Click “Finish” and Reboot you computer.

  • Page 12: Installing The Driver & Utility (Win98 Me)

    2-2. Installing The Driver & Utility (Win98 ME) Step 1: Insert our setup CD into your CDROM drive. Step 2: Please plug-in your “Gigabyte” WLAN card device. Step 3: Click “Specify the location of the device” ,Click “Next”, and Insert our setup CD into your CDROM drive.
  • Page 13 Step 5: Click “Next”. Step 6: Click “Finish”. Step 7: Click “No”.
  • Page 14 Step 8: Click “Install Wireless LAN Utility”. Step 9: Click “Finish” and Reboot you computer.

  • Page 15: I Nstalling T He D River & U Tility (W In 2000)

    2-3. Installing The Driver & Utility (Win 2000) Step 1: Please plug-in your “Gigabyte” WLAN card device. Step 2: Click “Cancel” Step 3: Insert our setup CD into your CDROM drive, the following window will pop up. Step 4: Click “Install Wireless LAN Utility”.
  • Page 16 Step 5: Click “Finish”. Step 6: Click “Yes”.
  • Page 17 Step 7: Click “Yes” and Reboot you computer.

  • Page 18: I Nstalling T He D River & U Tility (W In Xp)

    2-4. Installing The Driver & Utility (Win XP) Step 1: Please plug-in your “Gigabyte” WLAN card device. Step 2: Click “Cancel” Step 3: Insert our setup CD into your CDROM drive, the following window will pop up. Step 4: Click “Install Wireless LAN Utility”.
  • Page 19 Step 5: Click “Finish” and Reboot you computer.

  • Page 20: Chapter 3 Using The Utility

    Chapter 3 Using The Utility The Configuration & Monitor Utility is a powerful application that helps you to configure the card and monitor the statistics of the communication link. Unlike the standard method of configuring the card via the operating system utilities (e.g. Control Panel), this application permits the dynamic modification of the configuration parameters while the card is operating.
  • Page 21 Figure 3-3. Current link status of the wireless LAN card If you want to turn off the card’s radio, click the radio icon at the bottom of the screen, (see Fig 3-4) shows the result Click “Yes” (see Figure 3-5). Just click it again to turn on the radio.
  • Page 22 Figure 3-4. Turn off the card’s radio Figure 3-5 Disabled WLAN Card. Figure 3-6 Enabled WLAN Card. Other items reports the following information: Association State: The field shows you if WLAN card is communicating with an access...
  • Page 23 point or peer-to peer group. When the card’s network mode is set to Ad Hoc, you can select a channel from the AD Hoc channel drop-down menu for your Ad Hoc group to use. MAC Address: This card’s physical address. Channel [Freq]: The current channel and center frequency used by the WLAN card.

  • Page 24: Site Survey

    3-2. Site Survey The “Site Survey” tab shows you the list of reachable access points and/or peer-to-peer stations. In Fig 3-7, the card one 802.11b and three 802.11g wireless devices. Figure 3-7. Reachable access points and/or peer-to-peer stations Other items reports the following information: SSID: Wireless network name.

  • Page 25: Configuration

    3-3. Configuration The “Configuration” Tab contains several fields where operating parameters of the driver can be viewed or changed. Just click “APPLY” button, changes to any of the parameters in this panel can be applied to the driver without the need to reset the WLAN card. (see Figure 3-8) 3-3-1.
  • Page 26 Figure 3-9 Click “Advance” button to enter the advance configuration screen (see Figure 3-10). Figure 3-10. Advance configuration screen Power Saving: The card supports advanced power management to extend battery life. a. When set to “off ”: the card does not use the power saving mechanism. b.
  • Page 27 802.11b Preamble: Specifies “Short & Long”, or “Long Only” preamble. Allows ad hoc compatibility with other 2.4GHz devices. Transmit Power Level: Select 100%, 50%, 25%, 12.5%, or lowest transmit power. 3-3-3. Security setting: Click “Modify” and “Security” button (see Figure 3-11) Figure 3-11 This card provides five security options: No security, WEP encryption, WPA-PSK, WPA security and 802.1x security architecture.
  • Page 28 Figure 3-12. Configure WEP Key To configure your encryption key, please follow these steps: 1. Select a Key Entry Method (Hex or ASCII). 2. Enter one unique encryption key and its key length. 3. Enter one to four different shared keys and their individual key length. For 64-bit encryption, enter 10 digitals by Hex or 5 characters by ASCII.
  • Page 29 used to control access to wired and wireless networks and dynamically provide keys for encryption. To use this function, an access point with its WPE or 802.1X function is required to act as an intermediary between WLAN card and the network’s RADIUS (Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service) server.
  • Page 30 Step 3: Setup Wireless LAN card(see Figure 3-16), Click ”Use Windows to configure” to cancel the schedule and Click「OK」. Figure 3-16. Wireless Networks...

  • Page 31: Statistics

    3-4. Statistics The “Statistics” tab shows you the number of packets sent and received by the card(see Figure 3-17). Figure 3-17. The statistic number of packets sent and received by the card...

  • Page 32: Driver Info

    3-5. Driver Info The “Driver Info” tab shows you the information of the card’s driver(see Figure 3-18). Figure 3-18. Driver’s information...

  • Page 33: You Are "802.1

    Chapter 4 Troubleshooting This troubleshooting guide provides answers to some common problems which you may encounter while installing or using GIGABYTE WLAN card products. These problems requires simple troubleshooting that you can perform by yourself. Contact the WLAN Technical Support if you encounter problems not mentioned in this section.

  • Page 34: Ialways Have Poor Link Quality And Low Signal

    encryption is enabled, set the same WEP or WPA keys for the WLAN and AP. Make sure the network protocol parameters (IP address, subnet mask, gateway, and DNS) of your computer are correctly set. Check the proxy settings of the WEB browser. I always have poor link quality and low signal Keep the WLAN card away from microwave ovens and large metal objects to avoid radio interference.

  • Page 35: Chapter 5 Specification

    WPA; AES; 802.1X client for Windows XP;64/128/152 bit WEP Roaming Seamless roaming among 802.11b/g access points. Management Utility Monitors the network situation. 5. Mechanical Dimensions 120 x 54 x 6 mm Weight 40± 1 g Packaging Packaging specially used by Gigabyte.
  • Page 36 LED indicators Two LEDs indicating Power/Link Subject to Change without Notices...

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