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GW-DSMM

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  • Page 1 IEEE802.11g Wireless MIMO PCIBus Adapter GW-DSMM...
  • Page 2 Seeking for service or searching for an agent or a distributor Thank you for purchasing products from Planex Communications Inc. If you have any operational problems while con guring or setting up the product, you may contact with our Customer Service Department or ask the agent or the distributor from which you bought the product for help.
  • Page 3 Trademarks: All trade names and trademarks are the properties of their respective companies. Copyright © 2006, All Rights Reserved.

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    Contents Foreword Chapter1 Introduction to GW-DSMM 1.1 Package Contents ....2 1.2 Features ......2 1.3 Product Functions .
  • Page 5 4.7 Statistics ......56 4.8 About ......58 GW-DSMM Contents...

  • Page 6: Chapter1 Introduction To Gw-Dsmm

    In addition, GW-DSMM is backward compatible with 802.11b. When GW-DSMM is connecting to the standard 802.11b or 802.11g APs or routers, it can perform much better than other standard stations. GW-DSMM supports higher data throughput than the IEEE802.11g standard (up to 54Mbps).

  • Page 7: Package Contents

    1.1. Package Contents After purchasing GW-DSMM, IEEE 802.11g Wireless MIMO XR PCIBus Adapter, from a reseller or an agency, please open the package and check all the components listed below are included. If there is any item missing, please contact with the reseller or the agency at once.

  • Page 8: Product Functions

    Antennas get better signals. Put GW-DSMM into the PCI-BUS of your computer, and power on the computer. If the connection if fine, LINK LED the LINK LED will be green all the time.

  • Page 9: Chapter2 Basic Installation & Configuration

    Please follow the instructions below to install the driver and utility of GW-DSMM. 1.Open the shell of your computer, and then insert GW-DSMM into the PCI-BUS and put the external antenna at the spot which does not have many obstacles around and can have better radio signals. Put back the shell and power on the computer.
  • Page 10 2.Put the installation CD-ROM into the CD-ROM player and then start the GW-DSMM_v1.2.2.0.exe program. After that, the setup wizard will automatically start the InstallShield Wizard to continue setting up. GW-DSMM...
  • Page 11 Yes ; otherwise, click to exit the installation program. 4.First, you have to make sure that if you want to use GW-DSMM Utility as the wireless setup tool. If you want to make it to be the default tool, please choose Planex Configuration Tool ;...
  • Page 12 Tx Burst mode, you can select Optimize for performance mode to enable Tx Burst mode. Choose Optimize to Wi-Fi mode to let GW-DSMM operate under standard mode. To continue setting up, please click Next , or you may click Cancel to install it later.
  • Page 13 7.After running the software installation, there will pop up two warning windows, please click Continue Anyway to enter the installation complete page. Chapter2 Basic Installation & Configuation...
  • Page 14 GW-DSMM. 9.When you finish installing the driver and utility on the computer, you can start to use the utility of GW-DSMM to check the connection status of wireless connection. Click Start Programs Planex Wireless Utility on the desktop.

  • Page 15: Site Survey

    2.2. Site Survey The configuration utility is a powerful application that helps you configure GW-DSMM and monitor the link status during the communication process. When you open the utility program, it will scan all the channels to find all the access points/stations within the accessible range and automatically connect to one of the wireless devices which has the highest signal strength.
  • Page 16 Use Zero Configuration as Configuration utility Click it and the adapter will stop working immediately and GW-DSMM will not be the default utility anymore. If you want to use GW-DSMM as the default utility again, just click RaConfig as Configuration utility .
  • Page 17 GW-DSMM has not connected to any AP yet. GW-DSMM is unplugged or it is not in use. 2.Open the configuration utility of GW-DSMM, the Site Survey page displays several settings. The items and the setup instructions are listed below. After opening the utility, the system will scan all the channels...
  • Page 18 There are two types of network type, including Ad-hoc Infrastructure . Rescan Rescan and update all the details of every detected Connect Click this button to connect with the selected AP. Add to Profile Click this button to add the selected AP to the profile. GW-DSMM...
  • Page 19 Click this button and the utility will save the settings and close the page. Chapter2 Basic Installation & Configuation...

  • Page 20: Profile

    Items Instructions Configuration Profile Name You can give each AP a different name to define them. SSID Scroll down the list to choose a detected AP as an SSID. CAM (Constantly Awake Mode) – Choose this mode GW-DSMM...
  • Page 21 If choose this mode, you can select a channel for GW-DSMM. If enabling this mode, the PSM mode will NOT take effect and the Preamble function will be enabled.
  • Page 22 2346 bytes. The default value is 2346. OK/Cancel/Apply Click OK and the utility will save the settings and close the page. Click Cancel will exit the page and won t save the settings. Click Apply enable the settings you made on this page. GW-DSMM...
  • Page 23 Chapter2 Basic Installation & Configuation...

  • Page 24: Authentication And Security

    As long as the passwords match, a client will be granted access to a WLAN. Encryption mechanisms used for WPA and WPA-PSK are the same. The only difference between the two is in WPA-PSK, authentication is reduced to a simple common password, instead of user-specific credentials. GW-DSMM...
  • Page 25 PSK are special modes designed for small office/home office users who do not have access to the network authentication servers. If you want to use WPA as the authentication of GW-DSMM, you can refer to the following instructions to do the configuration.
  • Page 26 (WEP Key identified) are allowed to connecting to the AP. WPA NONE– Under this mode, you can only set encryption and WPA-Preshared Key settings. Use 802.1x This setting only takes effect when using Open , Shared , WPA2 mode. Click GW-DSMM...
  • Page 27 this button and then click 802.1x Setting , the 802.1x Setting sub-window will pop up. Encryption Under Open Shared mode, you can use None encryption types. Under WPA-PSK WPA2-PSK , you can use TKIP AES . WEP – Short for Wired Equivalent Privacy, a security protocol for wireless local area networks (WLANs) defined in the 802.11b standard.
  • Page 28 For example: 0123456 7890123456789abcdef or administrator. Show Password If you want to let the system shows the password you set, you can enable this check box. After that, the asterisk(*) will be replaced by the showing the password. GW-DSMM...
  • Page 29 Click this button and the utility will save the settings and close the page. Cancel Click Cancel will exit the page and won t save the settings. Apply Click Apply to enable the settings you made on this page. Chapter2 Basic Installation & Configuation...

  • Page 30: 802.1X Setting

    Click Authentication and Security tab on the page of Add Profile and then click 802.1x Setting , and the following picture will pop up. Please refer to the following instructions to configure GW-DSMM. The 802.1x authentication is mainly focus on WPA and WPA2 encryption.
  • Page 31 Session Resumption After reconnecting the signal which broke up, you can set the session resumption to reduce the transferring packet to accelerate the speed. There are five types of session resumption: Disable , Reauthentication , Roaming , SameSsid and Always . These are the Identity and Password for passing through the server.
  • Page 32 Server name must When selected, the server name field identifies a end in specified name domain. The certificate must use a server name belonging to this domain or to one of its sub- domains (e.g. zeelans.com, where the server is GW-DSMM...
  • Page 33 blueberry.zeelans.com) but it may be any name used in the certificate name field. OK/ Cancel/ Apply Click this button and the utility will save the settings and close the page. Click Cancel will exit the page and won t save the settings. Click Apply to enable the settings you made on this page.

  • Page 34: Link Status

    Items Instructions Status Here displays the SSID and MAC ID of the network which GW-DSMM is connecting to. Extra Info Here displays the current link status and channel. Link Speed Here display the transmission and reception rate of the network.
  • Page 35 Click OK button and the utility will save the settings and close the page. Chapter2 Basic Installation & Configuation...

  • Page 36: Statistics

    After All Retries RTS Frames Successfully receive CTS (Clear To Send) after Successfully Receive sending RTS (Request To Send) frame. RTS Frames Fail To Failed to receive CTS (Request To Send) after Receive CTS sending RTS (Clear To Send). GW-DSMM...
  • Page 37 Receive Statistics Frames Receive Frames received successfully. Successfully Frames Receive Frames received with CRC error. With CRC Error Frames Dropped Due Frames dropped due to resource problem. To Out-of-Resource Duplicate Frames Frames received more than twice. Received Buttons Reset Counter Click the button to reset counters to zero.

  • Page 38: Advanced

    Advanced Con guration 3.1. Advanced Click on the Advanced tab on the homepage of the utility, and you can do more detailed settings. Items Instructions Wireless mode Scroll down the list and you can choose the wireless mode: 802.11 B/G mix 802.11 B only .
  • Page 39 When the Router or AP which the adapter is connecting to has set up the TCP Window, you can enable the parameter to meet the GW-DSMM...
  • Page 40 GW-DSMM will fast roaming to the near network when the receive sensitivity (signal strength) is lower to the value you have set up.
  • Page 41 Now the radio is on, and click to turn it off. Now the radio is off, and click to turn it on. Apply Click Apply to enable the settings you made on this page. Click OK button and the utility will save the settings and close the page. GW-DSMM...

  • Page 42: Qos

    3.2. QoS Click on the QoS tab on the homepage of the utility, and you can do more detailed settings. Items Instructions WMM Enable WMM is short for Wi-Fi Multimedia. It is a standard created to define quality of service (QoS) in Wi-Fi networks.
  • Page 43 Set a value to apply to the system with WMM. DLS Status The system will show you the remote devices which has already connected and supported WMM. Click OK button and the utility will save the settings and close the page. GW-DSMM...

  • Page 44: About

    PLANEX Communications Inc. Click the second one, it will link to PLANEX Communications Inc. Taiwan website.
  • Page 45 T h i s s e c t i o n s h o w s t h e T C P/I P s e t t i n g s o f Phy_Address / GW-DSMM and the MAC/Physical Address. Sub Mask /...

  • Page 46: Chapter4 Soft Ap Mode

    GW-DSMM. 4.1. How to use AP mode If you want to use the Soft AP function of GW-DSMM, please follow the steps below to install the driver and the utility of GW-DSMM. 1.After finishing installation and restart the computer, the task bar on the desktop will show as follows.

  • Page 47: Config

    AP mode configuration page. If you want to switch back to the Station Mode, you may just click Switch to Station Mode . Also you can click Start Programs Planex Wireless Planex Wireless Utility on the desktop to open the utility. GW-DSMM...
  • Page 48 4.2. Con g After switch GW-DSMM to the AP mode, users can set up the general settings, encryption, authentication, and so on. If you want to check the advanced setup and information, please refer to the following chapters. If you want to configure the general settings, please refer to the following instructions.
  • Page 49 The default preamble is Long one (128 bit sync field). Beacon(ms) The time between two beacons. System default is 100 ms. TX Power Please manually choose the transmitting power for GW-DSMM.There are 100% 25% and Lowest . The system default is 100% GW-DSMM...
  • Page 50 GW-DSMM has the maximum TX Power on wireless network. TX Rate There are several options including Auto/1/2/5.5/11/ 6/9/12/18/24/36/48/54Mbps for you to select. When Auto is selected, the device will choose the most suitable transmission rate automatically. The higher data rate you designated in the network, the shorter distance is allowed between the adapter and the AP.
  • Page 51 Click this button and the AP will show the default value of this page. (Without Tx BURST, and Use Short Slot) Apply Click Apply to enable the settings you made on this page. Click OK button and the utility will save the settings and close the page. GW-DSMM...

  • Page 52: Auth. Vs. Security

    Please refer to the following instructions. Items Instructions Authentication Authentication Type The authentication of GW-DSMM must set the same as the settings of the destination. Open – It does not need authentication when connecting to the AP.
  • Page 53 PSK , WPA2-PSK and WPA-PSK/ WPA2- authentication. The key set by the user will be changed according to the interval set by the user. The system default value is 0. WEP Key Key#1~#4 This setting only takes effect after selecting GW-DSMM...
  • Page 54 encryption. There are four types of WEP key settings, please set the key depending on the real environment. According to the type and length, there are four WEP Key types: Hexadecimal – Only A~F, a~f, and 0~9 are allowed to be set in a WEP key. ASCII –Numerical values, characters or signs are all allowed to be arranged into a WEP key.

  • Page 55: Access Control

    Items Instructions Access Policy Scroll down the list to set if you want to use access control function. GW-DSMM has three kinds of access policies: Disable , Allow All , and Reject All . The default setting is Disable .
  • Page 56 MAC address is a unique identification for hardware devices on the network. It is a 12-digit hexadecimal value. Fill in the MAC addresses of wireless adapters you want to accept or reject to access GW-DSMM in this table. Access List Here displays all the accepted or rejected MAC addresses.

  • Page 57: Mac Table

    4.5. MAC Table Click on the MAC Table tab on the homepage of the AP mode, the page will display the clients which are connecting with GW-DSMM. The MAC Table will show you the MAC address, AID and Power Saving Mode status.

  • Page 58: Event Log

    4.6. Event Log Click on the Event Log tab on the homepage of the AP mode, the page will display the happened events after start up GW-DSMM. The Event Log page will show you the time and the description of every event happened on Soft AP.

  • Page 59: Statistics

    After All Retries RTS Frames Successfully receive CTS (Clear To Send) after Successfully sending RTS (Request To Send) frame. Receive CTS RTS Frames Fail Failed to receive CTS (Request To Send) after To Receive CTS sending RTS (Clear To Send). GW-DSMM...
  • Page 60 Receive Statistics Frames Receive Frames received successfully. Successfully Frames Receive Frames received with CRC error. With CRC Error Frames Dropped Due Frames dropped due to resource problem. To Out-of-Resource Duplicate Frames Frames received more than twice. Received Buttons Reset Counters Click the button to reset counters to zero.

  • Page 61: About

    PLANEX Communications Inc. Click the second one, it will link to PLANEX Communications Inc. Taiwan website.

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