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  • Page 1 WL-3501 WireFree USER'S MANUAL...

  • Page 2: Fcc Information

    FCC Information The Federal Communication Commission Radio Frequency Interference Statement includes the following paragraph: 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.

  • Page 3: Limited Warranty

    Limited Warranty In no event will Planet be liable for any damage, including loss of data or profits, cost of cover, or other incidental, consequential or indirect damages arising from the installation, maintenance, use, performance, failure or interruption of Planet’s products, whatever caused...

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    Contents CHAPTER 1 ABOUT WL-3501 PCMCIA CARD....................1 1-1 F ..........................1 EATURES AND ENEFITS 1-2 A ..............................1 PPLICATIONS 1-3 P ...............................2 RODUCT CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION ....................3 2-1 S ..........................3 YSTEM EQUIREMENTS 2-2 H WL-3501 .....................3 ARDWARE NSTALLATION FOR CHAPTER 3 SOFTWARE INSTALLATION.....................5 3-1 S 95 / 98 .......................5 ETUP...

  • Page 5: Chapter 1 About Wl-3501 Pcmcia Card

    Chapter 1 About WL-3501 PCMCIA Card The WL-3501 IEEE 802.11 PCMCIA Card is a standard PC card that fits into any standard PCMCIA Type II slot in a notebook computer. As a Plug-and-Play device, Windows 95/98 will automatically detect the card and begin the installation process. When installed, WL-3501 can communicate with other WireFree products to create a wireless network in your office or home.

  • Page 6: Product Kit

    SOHO users need easy and quick installation of a small computer network. 7. Inter-building connection The wireless building-to-building network installs quickly, requires no monthly lease fees, and provides the flexibility to reconfigure easily. (Please refer to Planet Air Access Series for Inter-Building application.) 1-3 Product Kit WireFree WL-3501 includes the following items.

  • Page 7: Chapter 2 Hardware Installation

    Chapter 2 Hardware Installation 2-1 System Requirements In order to use the WL-3501 PCMCIA card, your computer must be equipped with the following: 1. A PCMCIA Type II slot, and a PCMCIA card and socket services compliant with revision 2.10 of the PCMCIA specification (or higher). 2.
  • Page 8 Step2: Setup PCMCIA Driver For DOS and Windows 3.1, a PCMCIA card and socket services compliant with revision 2.10 (or higher) of the PCMCIA specification are required. Please check the documents of your PCMCIA driver to install WireFree WL-3501. For applicable drivers, please refer to CardSoft / CardWizard published by SystemSoft, Card Manager by Phonex, AMI Card Manager Pro.

  • Page 9: Chapter 3 Software Installation

    Chapter 3 Software Installation 3-1 Setup WireFree for Windows 95 / 98 1. Insert the WL-3501 PCMCIA adapter into a standard type II PCMCIA slot in your notebook. 2. Windows 95/98 will automatically detect the new hardware and will prompt you to install the driver needed.
  • Page 10 4. Select the location of driver from ”Floppy disk devices”, insert the diskette labeled “WireFree WL-3501 Driver & Utility Diskette” into any 3 1/2 floppy drive in your computer, then click Next. 5. Windows 95/98 will find “WireFree WL-3501 PCMCIA Adapter”, now click Next. WLAN/WPCMCIA PCMCIA adapter A:\WPCMCIA.INF...
  • Page 11 6. Set parameters for WL-3501. Please refer to 4-2, C. for the definition of each parameter. WLAN/WPCMCIA PCMCIA Adapter Properties 7. Click Finish to complete the hardware installation. WLAN/WPCMCIA PCMCIA Adapter...
  • Page 12 8. Restart the computer. 9. Open the Control Panel folder, double-click System and Adapters to see if any error message appears. If no, that means your WL-3501 is working well. WLAN/WPCMCIA PCMCIA Adapter Fig 3.1 Chick OK if WL-3501 works properly.

  • Page 13: Setup Wire Free For Windows Nt 3.51 Or 4.0

    3-2 Setup WireFree for Windows NT 3.51 or 4.0 Login as Administrator. From the desktop, select Control Panel, double-click Network, go to the Interface Card tab, and then click the Add button.
  • Page 14 Windows NT will present a list of all its supported adapters. Select OTHERS, or click Have Disk to continue. Windows NT will ask for the drive/path containing the WireFree WL-3501 Windows NT drivers. Insert the WL-3501 Driver and Utility diskette into the floppy drive, and then type A:\...
  • Page 15 Windows NT will attempt to locate an INF file in the specified path. If you have entered the path name correctly, Windows NT should copy the appropriate drivers to the Windows NT system. You need to recognize the selection. WLAN/WPCMCIA PCMCIA Adapter Fig 3.2 Choose device model.
  • Page 16 Now, the drivers would have been properly copied and the installation would proceed to the next step --- “Network Setup”. Please specify each parameter required the network to work on. WLAN/WPCMCIA PCMCIA Adapter Restart the system. To ensure whether the WL-3501 adapter works fine or not, go to Control Panel and double-click Devices.

  • Page 17: Setup Wire Free For Net Ware Client -Using Odi Driver

    3-3 Setup WireFree for NetWare Client –Using ODI Driver (DOS / Windows 3.x) For DOS and Windows 3.x NetWare Clients, WireFree provides the ODI driver. ODI driver program allows you to run Novell NetWare’s IPX protocol stack in your workstation. The WireFree ODI driver supports the Port, Node Address, Protocol and Frame options for creating your own NET.CFG file.
  • Page 18 Link Driver WPCMCIA ; or WISA for WL-2400, ISA FRAME Ethernet_802.3 FRAME Ethernet_802.2 Link Driver WPCMCIA Fig 3.3 Configure NET.CFG 5. A typical STARTNET.BAT for the ODI workstation performs the following commands: SET NWLANGUAGE=ENGLISH ; Set NetWare 4.X to English ;...
  • Page 19 You may run STARTNET.BAT to access (logon) the Novell NetWare server. WPCMCIA.COM Fig 3.4 Configure STARTNET.BAT NWServer Fig 3.5 Login NetWare Server.

  • Page 20: Setup Wirefree For Dos Tcp/Ip Applications

    3-4 Setup WireFree for DOS TCP/IP Applications For the entire legacy TCP/IP applications in DOS environment, please install WireFree Packet Driver. First, setup the configurations of WL-3501. Type “A:\PACKET\PKTCFG.COM” Fig 3.6 Configure WL-3501 Please select the ”Wireless LAN Net work type” ¡ B “ ESSID” and “Default Channel” manually.
  • Page 21 4. To install Packet Driver for WL-3501, load “WLACFG.COM” from DOS command prompt. Syntax: WLACFG.COM [-h] <packet_int_no> Options: [-u] Uninstall packet driver. <packet_int_no> The software interrupt vector number used by the packet driver program, which can be from 96 (0x60) to 128 (0x80). Example: To load packet driver for the WL-2400 card, which will be found first by the driver, on packet interrupt vector 0x60:...

  • Page 22: Chapter 4 Network Configuration

    Chapter 4 Network Configuration 4-1 Installation of “WLU” utility Insert WireFree WL-3501 Driver & Utility Diskette into floppy drive, and then execute :\WLU\setup.exe Fig 4.1 Step1 of Wireless LAN Utility setup. 2. Click “Next” to continue. Fig 4.2 Step2 of Wireless LAN Utility setup.
  • Page 23 Fig 4.3 Step3 of Wireless LAN Utility setup. Fig 4.4 Step4 of Wireless LAN Utility setup.

  • Page 24: Using The Wirefree Utility

    Fig 4.5 Step5 of Wireless LAN Utility setup. 4-2 Using the WireFree Utility To set up your wireless network environment, please follow these steps: Step 1: Configure the adapter - Select “Network Configuration” in the main menu screen and follow the instructions. Step 2: Diagnose the operation - Using “Diagnostics Tools”...
  • Page 25 1. Click Start, point to Programs and run WLA Utility. 2. Main menu appears. WLAN/WPCMCIA PCMCIA Adapter...
  • Page 26 Network Configuration Screen The Network Configuration screen allows you to check and modify current configuration of the WireFree wireless LAN adapter. The user-configurable parameters are divided into three groups: ESS ID, Network Type and RTS Threshold. Fig 4.6 Network Configuration C-1.

  • Page 27: Site Survey

    Diagnostics Tools Screen The Diagnostics Tools screen shows all diagnostics tools in the WireFree Utility. There are buttons for executing the following diagnostics tools: WireFree Utility – Diagnostics Tools Fig 4.7 Diagnostic Tools ¨ [Site Survey] - Inspect channel quality for your site. ¨...
  • Page 28 WireFree Utility – Site Survey Fig 4.8 Site Survey l Link Quality Test Link Quality Test is a useful diagnostic tool for you to understand the point-to-point data transmission quality between two wireless LAN stations. Or, if you use the Infrastructure wireless LAN configuration, you can test the transmission quality between your wireless LAN station and the WAP-1000 Access Point.
  • Page 29 1. Act as Master test station: You should input the destination slave test station address before press [Start] button. slave address can be found from the slave test station’s screen. The “Master Test Station” window will be displayed after pressing [Start] button. Fig 4.9 Act as Master test station The “Master Test Station”...
  • Page 30 Act as Slave test station: You can press [Start] button to start the slave test station. The ”Slave Test Station” window will be displayed after pressing [Start] button. The “Slave Test Station” window contains following status/statistical information during the Link Quality Test session: Fig 4.10 Act as Slave test station ¨...
  • Page 31 3. Loopback through Access Point: If you use the infrastructure wireless LAN configuration, you can select the Access Point loopback test. The loopback test is between this wireless station and the associated Access Point. Fig 4.11 Loopback through Access Point ¨...
  • Page 32 LAN adapter. l Obtain The New Firmware The latest version of WireFree firmware can be obtained from Planet’s home page at “www.planet.com.tw” or contact your local dealer for detail information. l Preparation...
  • Page 33 Close all running applications (especially, network applications), or, a reboot of your system is preferred. Make sure the new firmware file is for your type of wireless LAN adapter (i.e., WL- 2400/ISA, WL-3501/PCMCIA). Otherwise, the firmware upgrade tool will show up an “Invalid Firmware”...

  • Page 34: Chapter 5 Troubleshooting

    Make sure the BSS ID is the same as the WAP-1000 for a roaming disabled station, or the ESS ID is the same as the WAP-1000 for a roaming enabled station. 2. How to obtain further assistance Direct your questions to support@planet.com.tw Planet’s technical support hot-line is:...
  • Page 35 Tel: +886-2-22199518 Fax: +886-2-22199528 Direct any of your questions to the sales support department. Check Planet’s Web site at www.planet.com.tw for FAQ and updated information.

  • Page 36: Appendix A Network Configuration And Planning

    Appendix A Network Configuration and Planning WireFree supports the same network configuration options of the legacy Ethernet LANs as defined by IEEE 802 standard committee. WireFree can be configured as: u Ad-Hoc for departmental or SOHO LANs u Infrastructure for enterprise LANs u LAN-Interconnection for point-to-point link as a campus backbone.
  • Page 37 u Infrastructure Desktop PC, File Servers Desktop PC Desktop PC WL-2400 WL-2400 Notebook PC WL-3501 Ethernet Desktop PC WL-2400 BSS1 BSS2 Notebook PC Notebook PC WL-3501 WL-3501 Desktop PC WL-2400 Notebook PC WL-3501 Notebook PC Notebook PC WL-3501 WL-3501 Fig a-2 An Example of Infrastructure Wireless LAN WireFree provides access to a wired LAN for wireless workstations.
  • Page 38 BSS ID is, in essential, the ID of each independent WAP-1000. All WireFree PCs configured without roaming options in this independent BSS must be configured with BSS ID of that WAP-1000. Check your WAP-1000 for its BSS ID or use the Access Point Browser Utility program described in next section, “Roaming”.

  • Page 39: Roaming

    u LAN-Interconnection Directional Directional Antenna Antenna Access Point Access Point LAN 1 LAN 2 Fig a-4 An Example of Wireless LAN-Interconnection Two Access Points could be used, with a directional antenna (it is an optional accessory, please contact your dealer for detail information), as a point-to-point link between two LANs. LAN-Interconnection is applicable to a wireless backbone between buildings.
  • Page 40 Desktop PC, File Servers Ethernet BSS1 BSS2 Desktop PC WL-2400 Notebook PC WL-3501 Notebook PC Notebook PC WL-3501 WL-3501 Fig a.5 Roaming in an Extended Service Set (ESS) Before setting up an ESS for roaming, it would be helpful to improve the performance by choosing a feasible radio channel and right places for Access Points.
  • Page 41 u Site Survey WAP-1000 WAP-1000 WAP-1000 WAP-1000 WAP-900 or WL-3501 Fig a-6 Site Survey Utility Site Survey function can be found in the WLU program. After running WLU, select [Diagnostics Tools] ð[Site Survey]. Site Survey displays the quality of all 12-radio channels in your environment.
  • Page 42 Access Point Browser functions can be found in the WLU program. After running WLU, select [Diagnostics Tools] ð [Access Points Browser]. Each Access Point broadcasts “beacon” periodically. The mobile station (with the “roaming” option being enabled) receives beacons from different Access Points, compares the signal level (technically, the RSSI, Radio Signal Strength Indicator), then the mobile station connects to the Access Point with the highest (i.e., best) signal value.

  • Page 43: Appendix B Specifications

    Appendix B Specifications Product WireFree WL-3501 Operating Frequency 2.412-2.462 GHz (FCC, Canada); 2.422-2.462 GHz (ETSI); 2.484 GHz (Japan) RF Technology Spread Spectrum Direct Sequence Transceiver RF Output Power 50 mW Data Rate 2 Mbps Media Access Protocol CSMA/CA, 802.11 Ready No.

  • Page 44: Appendix C Glossary

    Appendix C Glossary Access Point An internetworking device that seamlessly connects wired and wireless networks together. Ad-Hoc An Ad-Hoc wireless LAN is a group of computers each with wireless adapters, connected as an independent wireless LAN. Backbone The core infrastructure of a network. The portion of the network that transports information from one central location to another central location where it is unloaded onto a local system.

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