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- Page 1 Networking & Communication Wireless PCI Card WL-8305 User’s Manual...
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Page 2: Federal Communication Commission Interference Statement
Copyright 2002 by PLANET Technology Corp. All rights reserved. No part of this Copyright 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 PLANET. -
Page 3: Fcc Caution
The ETSI version of this device is also authorized for use in EFTA member states Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland. Potential restrictive use France: Only channels 10,11,12 and 13 Revision User’s Manual for PLANET Wireless PCI Adapter Model: WL-8305 Rev: 1.0 (July, 2002) Part No. EM-WL8305V1... -
Page 4: Table Of Contents
Table of Contents CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION....................1 1.1 F ......................... 1 EATURES 1.2 A ........................2 PPLICATIONS 1.2.1 Infrastructure......................2 1.2.2 Ad-Hoc ........................3 1.2.3 General Application....................3 1.3 S ........................4 PECIFICATION 1.4 P ......................4 ACKAGE ONTENTS 1.5 M .................. -
Page 5: Chapter 1 Introduction
Multipoint with Access Point). It operates in 2.4GHz unlicensed ISM band in the home or office environment. WL-8305 provided with a detachable dipole antenna and is connected to PC’s PCI slot. Thus, it is capable of being placed practically anywhere on or around your computer to get better signal quality and longer connection distance. -
Page 6: Applications
LAN is called an Infrastructure configuration. A group of WL-8305 PC users and an Access Point compose a Basic Service Set (BSS). Each WL-8305 PC in a BSS can talk to any computer in the wired LAN infrastructure via the Access Point. -
Page 7: Ad-Hoc
1.2.2 Ad-Hoc An Ad-Hoc wireless LAN is a group of computers, each equipped with one WL-8305 adapter or other wireless adapters, connected as an independent wireless LAN. Computers in a specific Ad-Hoc wireless LAN must be configured to share the same radio channel. -
Page 8: Specification
Electromagnetic Compatibility FCC Part 15 class B, CE Mark, ETSI 300 328 Note: LED will lights on when WL-8305 get the power source and blinks to indicate activity. 1.4 Package Contents Before installation, please check the items of your package. The package should include the... -
Page 9: Minimum System Requirements
If any of the above items are missing, contact your supplier as soon as possible. 1.5 Minimum System Requirements Before installation, please check the following requirements with your equipment. • Operating System: Windows 98/Me/2000/XP • Desktop PC with CD-ROM driver •... -
Page 10: Chapter 2 Installation
Window 98/ME. About Windows XP driver installation, please refer to next section. 1. Slide in WL-8305 to a vacant PCI slot and fix the adapter to your PC. 2. Power on the PC and insert Drivers and User’s manual CD into CD-ROM drive. - Page 11 5. Select “Specify a location” and click “Next”. 6. You can click “Browse” to find out WL-8305 driver location for Windows to install the correct driver. (Suppose "E" is your CD-ROM drive, you can find the WL-8305 driver in E:\Drivers\WL-8305). Please click “OK” to continue.
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Page 12: Windows Xp Driver Installation
2.2 Windows XP driver installation 1. Slide in WL-8305 to a vacant PCI slot and fix the adapter to the PC. 2. Power on the PC and insert Drivers and User’s manual CD into CD-ROM drive. 3. Windows XP will detect WL-8305 and ask you to install driver. Please select the... - Page 13 4. Please select “Include this location in the search” and then click “Browse” to find out WL-8305 driver location to install driver. (Suppose "E" is your CD-ROM drive, you can find out WL-8305 driver in E:\Drivers\WL-8305). Please click “Next” to continue.
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Page 14: Configuration Utility Installation
2.3 Configuration Utility Installation 1. Run “setup.exe” under “E:\Utility\WL-8305\” directory, or click the “Start” button and choose “Run”. When the box appears, enter “E:\Utility\WL-8305\setup.exe” (Suppose “E” is your CD-ROM drive). You will see the dialog box as the picture. Please click “Next”... - Page 15 Note: If the card is not working properly after the restart procedure, you should make sure that your system has free resources since it may show them as being available, although this may not be true. -11-...
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Page 16: Chapter 3 Configuration
Please find the following for details of configuration options. 3.1 “Link Info.” In screen above, you can check the status when WL-8305 is working. You can also click “Radio Off” button to let the WL-8305 stop working. When WL-8305 stops working, the button will rename to “Radio On”. - Page 17 In this option, you can configure the settings of WL-8305 for the AP it will connect to. After configuration, please press ”Apply” to save settings or “Cancel” to set again. SSID: Shows and can be configured the SSID of the BSS that willing to join.
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Page 18: Security
3.3 “Security” Additional security can be achieved by using the WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) encryption. WEP encrypts each frame transmitted from the radio using one of the keys entered from this panel. Data Encryption: You can tick this option for enabling WEP function. Auth. -
Page 19: Site Survey
If you wish to connect to any device on the “Available Network” list, select the device on the list and click “Connect”, then WL-8305 will connect to the selected device and create a profile for the selected device automatically. -
Page 20: About
3.5 “About” It shows the current Driver, Firmware and Utility version. -16-... -
Page 21: Appendix
Appendix This section provides some technology document of IEEE802.11b. Read the description below to know the standards about IEEE802.11b. What is the IEEE 802.11b standard? The IEEE 802.11b Wireless LAN standards subcommittee, which is formulating a standard for the industry. The objective is to enable wireless LAN hardware from different manufactures to communicate. - Page 22 Can Wireless products support printer sharing? Wireless products perform the same function as LAN products. Therefore, Wireless products can work with Netware, Windows NT/2000/XP, or other LAN operating systems to support printer or file sharing. Would the information be intercepted while transmitting on air? WLAN features two-fold protection in security.
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