X-Micro XWL-11GPAR User Manual

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  • Page 1 WLAN 11g PCMCIA Card WLAN 11g PCI Card User Manual ver 1.0...
  • Page 2: Information To User

    REGULATORY INFORMATION X-Micro 11g WLAN PCMCIA Card and X-Micro 11g WLAN PCI Adapter must be installed and used in strict accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions. This device complies with the following radio frequency and safety standards.
  • Page 3 Europe - R&TTE Directive This device complies with the specifications listed below • ETS 300-826 General EMC requirements for Radio equipment. • ETS 300-328 Technical requirements for Radio equipment. • EN60950 Safety Requirements for Radio equipment The channel identifiers, channel center frequencies, and regulatory domains of each 22-MHz-wide channel are shown in following Table.
  • Page 4 Copyright Copyright 2006 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

    TABLE OF CONTENT Introduction ....................6 Purpose ....................6 Terms/Usage ..................6 Overview of this User’s Guide .............6 Unpacking and Setup ................7 Unpacking....................7 Setup ....................7 Hardware Installation ................8 LED Indicator..................8 Check the installation ................8 Software Installation ................9 Windows 98se/ME/2000/XP Utility and Driver Installation ....9 Wireless Utility Setting...............11 Technical Specifications ..............22...
  • Page 6: Introduction

    INTRODUCTION Congratulations on your purchase of this 108Mbps IEEE 802.11g Wireless PCMCIA /PCI Adapter. This manual helps to get familiar with the Wireless PCMCIA /PCI Adapter. This manual contains detailed instructions in operation of this product. Please keep this manual for future reference. With a Wireless (IEEE 802.11g) PCMCIA /PCI Adapter, a laptop computer or a station can communicate with another computer in a wireless way.
  • Page 7: Unpacking And Setup

    UNPACKING AND SETUP This chapter provides unpacking and setup information for the Wireless PCMCIA /PCI Adapter Unpacking Open the box of the Wireless and carefully unpack PCMCIA /PCI Adapter it. The box should contain the following items: One 108Mbps IEEE 802.11g Wireless PCMCIA /PCI Adapter One Driver &...
  • Page 8: Hardware Installation

    HARDWARE INSTALLATION LED Indicator Power (PWR) The PWR indicator lights green while the Wireless PCMCIA /PCI Adapter is connecting to the CardBus /PCMCIA or PCI slot, otherwise, it is off. ACT (Activity) The ACT indicator blinks green when the Wireless PCMCIA /PCI Adapter is connected to a network successfully and transmitting data.
  • Page 9: Software Installation

    SOFTWARE INSTALLATION This section will lead you to install the driver and utility of the Wireless PCMCIA /PCI Adapter Windows 98se/ME/2000/XP Utility and Driver Installation 1. Insert the Wireless PCMCIA /PCI Adapter Driver & Utility CD-ROM into computer’s CD-ROM Drive and it will automatically run a setup menu and install the driver and the utility.
  • Page 10 4. The installation program will help you to setup the Wireless PCMCIA utility. /PCI Adapter Be noted that the Windows XP have its own Wireless Utility; you can either use the utility of Windows XP or the provided utility. After finish the installation, plugged in the WLAN PCMCIA /PCI , you will see Wireless Configuration Utility Country Selector, Adapter...
  • Page 11: Wireless Utility Setting

    Wireless Utility Setting With the WLAN utility, users can configure all the PCMCIA /PCI Adapter functions provided by the Wireless Monitor Utility. Double-click the utility icon that appears in the taskbar. The Wireless Monitor Utility includes seven tabs: Status, Configuration, Advanced, Profile, Network, Statistics and About.
  • Page 12 Configuration The Configuration function helps you to configure the Network and the Security. Network: the setting of the Network mode, the Network SSID and the Channel: Network Mode: If you want to connect with an Access Point, please set to “Infrastructure”...
  • Page 13 using the Encryption function. Enable Encryption: Enable or Disable the WLAN encryption on the WLAN PCMCIA /PCI Adapter Authentication Mode: Auto: Will automatically adjust to the Authentication mode of the WLAN PCMCIA /PCI Adapter Open System: with the same WEP key between the stations, the stations don’t need to be authenticated, and this algorithm was set to default.
  • Page 14 WPA-PSK: WPA-PSK (Wi-Fi Protected Access pre-shared key) is a simpler version that does not support 802.1x and requires a separate RADIUS server for mutual authentication. Enter a Passphrase in the WPA-PSK dialog box. This Passphrase must be the same on each computer that is connected to the wireless network.
  • Page 15 WPA2-PSK: WPA-PSK2 (Wi-Fi Protected Access pre-shared key) is a simpler version that does not support 802.1x and requires a separate RADIUS server for mutual authentication. Enter a Passphrase in the WPA2-PSK dialog box. This Passphrase must be the same on each computer that is connected to the wireless network.
  • Page 16 /PCI Adapter WEP-Key: WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) relies on a secret key that is shared between a mobile station and a base station (Access Point). WEP-Passphrase: the Passphrase in the dialog box helps you to create a group of WEP key in the Key Setting. Default Key (Key 1 ~ Key 4): You can type the key that you want to use from Key#1 to Key #4, and the key that you type will be the encryption between the stations...
  • Page 17 Key Length, Key Format and WEP Key: If you select 64bit in Hex format, you must type 10 values in the following range (0~F, hexadecimal), or 64bit in ASCII format, you must type 5 values in the following range (0~9, A~Z and a~z Alphanumeric).
  • Page 18 Wireless Mode: You can check of the wireless modes; 802.11b, 802.11g and SuperG: IEEE 802.11b: checked to support IEEE 802.11b wireless mode, at this mode the bandwidth is up to 11Mbps. IEEE 802.11g: checked to support IEEE 802.11g wireless mode, at this mode the bandwidth is up to 54Mbps.
  • Page 19 RTS/CTS Threshold: The RTS/CTS Threshold is a station initiates the process by sending a RTS frame, the other ends receives the RTS and responds with a CTS frame, the station must receive a CTS frame before sending the data frame. This is to prevent the collisions by each station. Choose a setting within a range of 256 to 2432.
  • Page 20 Network The screen shows all the Wireless devices around your Wireless . The information of the wireless devices includes PCMCIA /PCI Adapter the SSID, MAC Address, Channels, Signal, the Security type and the Network mode. You can click the Rescan button to find the new wireless devices, and double-click the device to choose the wireless station that you want to connect with.
  • Page 21 About The About section shows the Device Name, Regulatory Domain, Driver Version, Firmware Version, MAC Address and the Utility version.
  • Page 22: Technical Specifications

    TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS General Radio Technology IEEE 802.11b Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum (DSSS) IEEE 802.11g Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) Interface CardBus Type II specification 32bit data bus (PCMCIA) 32-bit PCI interface (PCI) Data Transfer Rate 1, 2, 5.5, 6, 9, 11, 12, 18, 24, 36, 48, 54Mbps (auto sense) Receiver Sensitivity 54Mbps: Typical -73dBm @ 10% PER (Packet Error Rate) 11Mbps: Typical -85dBm @ 8% PER (Packet Error Rate) Transmit Rate...
  • Page 23 Certifications FCC Part 15.247 for US, ETS 300 328 for Europe,...
  • Page 24 www.x-micro.com...

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