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Planet WL-3600 User Manual

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  • Page 2 REGULATORY STATEMENTS FCC Certification The United States Federal Communication Commis- sion (FCC) and the Canadian Department of Com- munications have established certain rules governing the use of electronic equipment. Part15, Class B This device complies with Part 15 of FCC rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: 1) This device may not cause harmful interface, and 2) This device must accept any interface received,...
  • Page 3 l Increase the distance between the equipment and receiver. l Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is con- nected. CAUTION: To comply with FCC RF exposure compliance requirements, a separation distance of at least 20 cm must be maintained between the antenna of this device and all persons.

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents INTRODUCTION ............ 1 ............1 EATURES ......2 IRELESS ETWORK PTIONS The Peer-to-Peer Network ......2 The Access Point Network ......3 LED I ..........3 NDICATORS Link: Orange (On/Blink)........ 3 Act: Green (On/Off) ........4 FOR WINDOWS CE3.0 .......... 5 ........
  • Page 5 ..........35 ONFIGURATION Use Manufacturer’s Configuration Utility ..35 Use Windows XP's Wireless Configuration Utility............44 SPECIFICATIONS..........49...

  • Page 6: Introduction

    WL-3600 is the perfect solution for your wireless network applications and based on the IEEE 802.11b standard offering a data rate of 11Mbps in a wireless LAN environment.

  • Page 7: Wireless Network Options

    Freedom to roam while staying connected 11 Mbps High-Speed Transfer Rate Rich diagnostic LED indicators with built-in An- tenna Lower power consumption and power save mode Easy to install and configure Wireless Network Options The Peer-to-Peer Network This network installation lets you set a small wire- less workgroup easily and quickly.

  • Page 8: The Access Point Network

    The Access Point Network The network installation allows you to share files, printers, and Internet access much more conven- iently. With Wireless CompactFlash Cards, you can connect wireless LAN to a wired global net- work via an Access Point. LED Indicators Link: Orange (On/Blink) Access Point Mode On –...

  • Page 9: Act: Green (On/Off)

    Peer-to-Peer Mode On – forming a Basic Service Set or joining to a Basic Service Set. Blink – searching for other wireless LAN cards in the wireless network. Act: Green (On/Off) On – transmitting / receiving wireless data. Off – no traffic on the link. - 4 -...

  • Page 10: For Windows Ce3.0

    Connect your PDA to your PC. Make sure you have the Microsoft ActiveSync Utility installed on your PC to make an active connection. Caution: DO NOT insert WL-3600 into the PDA BEFORE installing the configuration utility. Insert the device driver CD into the CD-ROM drive.
  • Page 11 Click Next to continue. Click OK. Click Finish. - 6 -...

  • Page 12: Hardware Installation

    You can now insert WL-3600 into the PDA. Then use the Settings on your Windows CE to configure the network settings. Hardware Installation Insert WL-3600 into Windows CE-based PDA by aligning the Wireless CF card toward the CF slot. - 7 -...

  • Page 13: Network Connection

    Network Connection Once the driver has been installed, you must make some changes to your network settings. Go to Start à Settings à Connections. Click on Network Adapters. Highlight PRISM 11Mbps Wireless LAN Adapter, click Properties. - 8 -...
  • Page 14 ¤ Use server-assigned IP address If your network supports DHCP, select Use server-assigned IP address. The IP address and other information will be automatically assigned. Then click ok. ¤ Use specific IP address If your network does not support DHCP, select Use specific IP address.
  • Page 15 If you forget to click OK, your settings will not take effect! A message as below may appear saying you must remove and re-insert WL-3600 to have the changes take affect. Click OK. - 10 -...

  • Page 16: Configuration Utility

    Configuration Utility After installing WL-3600’s driver successfully, go to Start à Programs. Click on PRISM Settings, the Network Status icon will appear in the task bar. Network Status Icon & Icon Menu The Status Icon Icon Link Status Green indicates a strong link.

  • Page 17: Icon Menu

    Icon Menu After clicking on the icon, the icon menu as dis- played below will prompt you to configure WL-3600. Items Description These two items allows you to Wireless Radio On enable or disable the wireless Wireless Radio Off radio.

  • Page 18: Link

    Link The Link tab provides you the status of WL-3600. Item Description State It displays the connection state of WL-3600 with the wireless network. It displays the selected channel that is Current Channel currently used. (There are 14 channels available, depends on the country.)

  • Page 19: Configuration

    Item Description It displays the link quality of the con- Link Quality nection between WL-3600 and the Access Point or Peer-to-Peer type it connects. It displays the signal strength of the Signal Strength connection between WL-3600 and the Access Point or Peer-to-Peer type it connects.
  • Page 20 Item Description Once the demands for switching be- Name tween different networking environments are required, you can also set the addi- tional profiles to eliminate the configura- tion time. To save the current parame- ters, highlight the Profile field, type a new name, and click on the Apply button.

  • Page 21: Encryption

    Encryption WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) encryption can be used to ensure the security of your wireless network. Item Description Encryption (WEP) WEP is a data privacy mechanism based on a 64-bit/128-bit shared key algorithm. Under the drop-down box, you can choose to have WEP encryption Dis- abled, 64 bit, or 128 bit.
  • Page 22 ¤ Alphanumeric: 5 Click Alphanumeric if you are using an characters alphanumeric phrase. ¤ Hexadecimal: 10 Click Hexadecimal if you are using a digits (0-9, A-F) hexadecimal number. Key 1: This setting is the configuration key Key 2: used in accessing the wireless net- Key 3: work via WEP encryption.

  • Page 23: Site Survey

    Site Survey The Site Survey tab shows all the available Ac- cess Points or Peer-to-Peer types and their fea- tures. Item Description Network Name The name must be identical for all de- vices and points attempting to connect to the same network. BSSID A set of wireless stations is referred to as a Basic Service Set (BSS).

  • Page 24: About

    Access Point. WEP Encryption It displays the status of WEP Encryption. Signal Level It displays the signal strength of the con- nection between WL-3600 and the Ac- cess Point it connects. Rescan Search for all available networks. Clicking on the button, the device will start to rescan and list all available sites.

  • Page 25: For Notebook Pc

    FOR NOTEBOOK PC Hardware Installation Plug WL-3600 into the PC card Adapter. WL-3600 is then turning into a conventional PCMCIA type II PC Card. Align the PC Card toward the PC Card slot with brand label facing upward, as shown below.
  • Page 26 Insert the device driver CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive. Click Next. Select CD-ROM drive and click Next. Click Next. - 21 -...

  • Page 27: In Windows Me

    Click Finish to complete the installation. Click Yes to restart your computer. In Windows ME Once WL-3600 is well connected to your computer, Windows ME will automatically detect the new device. Select Specify the Location of the driver… and click Next.
  • Page 28 Insert the device driver CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive on your system. Select Removable Media (Floppy, CD-ROM…) and click Next. Click Next. - 23 -...

  • Page 29: In Windows 2000

    When the following window appears, click Finish. Click Yes to restart your computer. In Windows 2000 Once WL-3600 is well connected to your computer, Windows 2000 will automatically detect the new device. Click Next. Select Search for a suitable driver… and press Next.
  • Page 30 Insert the device driver CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive. Select CD-ROM drive and click Next. Click Next to continue. In “Digital Signature Not Found” window, click Yes to continue. - 25 -...

  • Page 31: In Windows Xp

    Click Finish. The software installation is suc- cessfully completed. In Windows XP Once WL-3600 is well connected to your computer, Windows XP will automatically detect the new device. Click Install from a list… and click Next. Insert the device driver CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive on your system.
  • Page 32 Search removable media (floppy, CD-ROM…) and click Next. Click Continue Anyway to proceed. Click Finish. The software installation for this network device is now completed. - 27 -...
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  • Page 34: Network Connection

    Network Connection Once the driver has been installed, you must make some changes to your network settings. In Windows 98/ME Go to Start à Settings à Control Panel à Network. Make sure that you have all the following components installed. §...
  • Page 35 If any components are missing, click on the Add button to add them in. All the protocols and cli- ents required and listed above are provided by Microsoft. After clicking Add, highlight the component you need, click Add. Highlight Microsoft, and then double click on the item you want to add.
  • Page 36 Click the Access Control tab. Make sure that “Shared-level access control” is se- lected. If connecting to a Netware server, share level can be set to “User-level access control.” When finished, reboot your computer to acti- vate the new device. Once the computer has restarted and Win- dows has booted up, a Logon window will - 31 -...

  • Page 37: In Windows 2000/Xp

    appear and ask you to enter a username and password. Create a username and password and click OK. Do not click the Cancel button, or you won’t be able to log on to the network. 10. Double-click the Network Neighborhood icon on the windows desktop, and you should see the names of the other PCs on the network.
  • Page 38 Make sure that you have all the following components installed. § Client for Microsoft Networks § NWLink NetBIOS § NWLink IPX/SPX/NetBIOS Compatible Transport Protocol § Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) If any components are missing, click on the Install…button select Cli- ent/Service/Protocol required. After select- ing the component you need, click Add…to add it in.
  • Page 39 For making your computer visible on the network, make sure you have installed File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Net- works. When finished, you must restart your com- puter to complete installation. - 34 -...

  • Page 40: Configuration

    Link Status Green indicates a strong link. Yellow indicates a weak link. Red indicates no or a very poor link. To view the exact link quality of WL-3600, move the cursor over the status icon, as shown below. - 35 -...
  • Page 41 Icon Menu After clicking on the icon, the icon menu as dis- played below will prompt you to configure WL-3600. Items Description These two items allows you to Wireless Radio On enable or disable the wireless Wireless Radio Off radio.
  • Page 42 (There are 14 channels available, depends on the country.) Click this button to disable the wireless Disable Radio radio. WL-3600 will disconnect with the wireless network. Search for all available networks. Click- Rescan ing on the button, the device will start to rescan.
  • Page 43 Click Cancel to ignore the previous setting. Apply Click Apply to activate the settings. Configuration The Configuration tab allows to set parameters for WL-3600. Item Description Saves values for all previous setting Profile parameters. The default values contain the parameters configured at installation.
  • Page 44 Item Description for all devices and points attempting to connect to the same network. default name is ANY. To change the Network Name, simply enter a new name in the field. It displays the type of BSS. Network Type Access Point: allows the Adapter to communicate with a wired network which employing an Access Point.
  • Page 45 Note: To allow Decryption and communica- tion, all wireless devices must share the iden- tical encryption key on the same network. Item Description Encryption (WEP WEP is a data privacy mechanism security) based on a 64-bit/128-bit shared key algorithm. Under the drop-down box, you can choose to have WEP encryption Dis- abled, 64 bit, or 128 bit.
  • Page 46 Key 1: This setting is the configuration key Key 2: used in accessing the wireless net- Key 3: work via WEP encryption. Key 4: Use WEP Key The default key field can be used for specifying which of the four encryption keys to transmit data on the wireless network.
  • Page 47 Item Description Available Net- It displays all available networks. works Network Name The name must be identical for all de- vices and points attempting to connect to the same network. It displays the current SSID setting of the SSID Wireless Network Adapter. BSSID A set of wireless stations is referred to as a Basic Service Set (BSS).
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  • Page 49: Use Windows Xp's Wireless Configuration Utility

    Go to Start à Control Panel à Network Connections. In Network Connections window, right-click the Wireless Network Connections icon, and select Properties. Note: Double-click the Wireless Network Connection icon and you can also see the status of WL-3600 as described below. - 44 -...
  • Page 50 In Wireless Network Connection Proper- ties window, select the Wireless Networks tab. ¨Use Windows to configure… * Use Windows to configure Note: Once you enable windows configuration, there will be only two tabs, Status and About. You can only use Windows XP's Wireless Con- figuration Utility to configure the wireless settings.
  • Page 51 * Use Manufacturer’s Configuration Utility Note: If you want to use manufacturer’s configu- ration utility to configure the wireless settings, make sure the check box is not enabled then click the Network Status icon in the taskbar. Available networks Displays all available networks. Configure Click the button to set up a new network or WEP configuration as illustrated as below.
  • Page 52 Refresh Click the button to refresh and search for all available networks. Preferred networks From available network(s) listed above, you can select preferred one(s) in an order that you can arrange. The marked one is the currently used network. Move up Move the selected network forward one position.
  • Page 53 Click the button and the Wireless Network Prop- erties window will appear. In the Network name field, enter your desired network name listed in the above Available networks box, and click OK. Note: The new settings will be active only after you click on OK in the Wireless Network Con- nection Properties window.

  • Page 54: Specifications

    SPECIFICATIONS Standards IEEE 802.11b, Wi-Fi compliant Host Interface CompactFlash Type I Weight: 15 g Physical Dimension: 68.77(L) x 42.8(W) x 6.4(H) Antenna Internal Chip Antenna LED Indicators Link: Orange; Act: Green Operating Voltage: 5V or 3.3V Ÿ TX consumption: 300mA (Max) Power Require- Ÿ...
  • Page 55 For Notebook PC: Windows 95(OSR2)/98/ME/2000/ Supported OS XP/NT For Handheld/Pocket PC: Windows CE - FCC Part 15 in US EMC Certification - EN300328 and EN300826 (301489-17) in Europe - 50 -...
  • Page 56 EM-WL3600V1 - 1 -...

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