Manual Xterasys Wireless LAN Card

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    802.11g Wireless LAN Card User’s Manual Doc. No.:120903-01 ...

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    REGULATORY STATEMENTS FCC Certification The United States F ederal Com m unication Commission (FCC) and the Canadian Department of Communications have established cer tain rules governing the use of electron ic equipment. Part15, Class B This device complies with Par t 15 of FCC rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: 1) This d ...

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    Table of Contents INTRODUCTI ON ...................................................................................... 1 W IRELESS N ETWORK O PTIONS ................................................................. 1 The Peer-to-Peer Networ k............................................................ 1 The Access Poin t Network ................... ...

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    A CCESSING THE C ONFIGURATION U TILI TY ............................................. 18 M AIN T AB ............................................................................................... 19 A DVANCED T AB ..................................................................................... 24 P RIVACY T AB ................................. ...

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    INTRODUCTION The 802.11g Wireless LAN Card is a device that allows you co nnect your computer to a wireless local area network (LAN). A wireless LAN allows your system to use wi reless Radio Frequency (RF) technol ogy to transmit and receive data without ha ving to physically attach to t he network. The Wireless proto cols that com e with this prod ...

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    - 2 - You can also use one com puter as an In ternet Server to connect to a wire d global netw ork and s hare files and inform ation wi th other comput ers via a wireless LAN. The Access Point Network The network installation allows you to share files, printers, and Internet access much more conveniently. W ith Wireless LAN Cards, you can connect w ...

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    - 3 - LED Indicators For Wireless CardBus Card Power Indicator: (Orange LED) This LED will illuminate when th e driver is well-installed. Act Indicator: (Green LED) This LED flickers whe n transmitting/receiving wi reless data. ...

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    INSTALLATION Caution: Do not ins ert the Wireless LAN Car d into your computer until the procedures in “ Install the Driver & Utility ” has been performed. Install the Driver & Utility 3. Exit all Windows programs. Insert the CD-ROM into the CD -ROM drive of y our comput er. If the CD-ROM is not launched automatically, go to your CD-ROM ...

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    5. When the Welc ome screen appea rs, click Next to continue. 6. The Choose Destination Location screen will show you the default destination chosen by the utility. Click Next to continue. - 5 - ...

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    7. Follow the instruction to select the pro gram folder. Click Next to continue. 8. Clic k Finish to complete the installation - 6 - ...

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    - 7 - Install the device 1 Note : Make sure the p rocedures in “ Install the Driver & Utility ” has been perform ed. 1. If you are using the Wireless PCI Card, before installin g the device, make su re the com puter is turned off. R emove the expansion sl ot cover from the com puter. F or Wireless C ardBus users, please locate your CardBus ...

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    - 8 - Note for Windows 2000 users: During the installation, when th e “ Digital Signature Not Found” screen appears, click “ Yes” to continue. Note for Windows XP users: 1. Select Install th e soft ware au to matically (Recommended) and click Next. ...

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    - 9 - 3. Click Continue Anyway. 4. Click Finish to complete the installation . Verify Device Installation To verify that the device has been properly installed in your computer and is enabled, go to Start ! Settings ! Control Pa nel ! System ( ! Hardware) ! Device Manager . Expand th e Network ad apters item. If ...

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    the 802.11g Wireless PCI/CardBus PC Card is listed, it means that your device is properly installed and enabled. - 10 - ...

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    NETWORK CONNECTION Once the driver has b een installed, you will need to make adjustments to your networ k se t t i ngs. In Windows 98/ME 1. Go to Start ! Settings ! Control Panel ! Network . 2. Make sure that you ha ve all the fol lowing c omponents i nstalled. " 802.11g Wireless PCI / CardBus PC Card " IPX/SPX-compatible Prot ocol " ...

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    - 12 - If any components are mi ssing, click on the Add button to install them. All of the protoco ls and clients required (listed abov e) are provided by Microsoft. 3. Next, highli ght the s pecific net work compon ent you need , click Ad d . 4. Highli ght Micros oft , and then double click on the item you want to add. Click OK . After retur ning ...

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    - 13 - 6. Click the Access Control t ab. Make sure that “ Share-level access control ” is selected. If connecting to a Netware server, share level can be set to “ User-level acc ess control .” ...

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    - 14 - 7. When finished, restart y our com puter to activate the new device. 8. Once the computer has been r ebo ot ed , a Logon window wil l appear and will require you to enter a us ern ame and password. Enter a username and password and click OK . Do not click the Cancel button, o r you wo n’t be able t o log o nto the netw ork. 9. Double-clic ...

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    - 15 - 2. Make sure t hat you have al l the foll owing com ponents inst alled. " Client for Microsoft Networks " NWLink NetBIOS " NWLink IPX/SPX/ NetBIOS Compat ible Transport Protoco l " Internet Protoc ol (TCP/IP) If any co mponents are missing , click on the Install… button to select the Client/Service/ Protocol r equired. ...

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    - 16 - 4. Select the netw ork protoc ol you wi sh to add and click OK . This will return you to the Local Area Connections Properties window. 5. To allow you r computer t o be visibl e on the network, m ake sure yo u have checke d off the File and Printer Sha ring for Micros oft Networks . 6. When finished, you must restart your co mputer to comple ...

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    CONFIGURATION After successful installation of th e Wireless LA N Card’s dri ver, a Network Status icon will display in the task bar. You will be able to access the Configuration Utility th rough the Network Status icon. If the icon doesn’t appear automatically, g o to Start ! Programs ! 802.11g WL AN ! 802.11g WLAN Utility , it will appear in ...

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    Icon Link Status Connected to network Connecting Driver not loaded Disconnected from network Accessing the Configuration Utility The Configuration Utility is accessed by clicking on the Network S tatus Icon . All settings are categorized into 5 Tab s : Main Tab Advanced Tab Privacy Tab Statistics Tab About Tab - 18 - ...

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    - 19 - Main Tab The Main tab displays the current status of the Wireless Network Adapter. Item Description External Configuration To Enable or Disable the manufa cturer’s configuration utility : Enabl e : Check this item to u s e Windows X P b uil d -in ...

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    Item Description - 20 - utility or other manufacturers’, such as Funk, Odyssey client utility. Disable : Left thi s item uncheck ed to use the utility we p r o v i de .X P’s built-in utility Status Displays the information about the status of the communication. SSID The SSID is the uniqu e name shared among all points in your wireless network ...

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    - 21 - BSSID the BSSID of the Access Point to which the card is associated Connect Highlight one of the device f rom the list area and press the Connect button to acces s it. Modify There will be three tabs for you to modify, see the detailed information on page 21. Rescan Searches for all available networks . Clicking on the button, the dev ice wi ...

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    - 22 - protection ensure mixed 802.11b and 802.11g operation. If there is no such kind of mechanism exists, the two k inds of standards may mutually interfer e and decreas e network’s performance. NONE : if you select this ite m , then there will be no an y protection provided. CTS only : Us ed only in the co-existing environment of 802.11b a ...

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    - 23 - Fragment Threshold To fragment MSDU or MMPDU into small size s of frames for increasing the re liability of frame (The maximum value of 4096 means no fragmentation is needed) transmission. The performance will be decreased as well, thus a nois y environment is recommended. RTS Threshold This value should remain at its default se tting of 409 ...

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    - 24 - Advanced Tab The Advanced tab displays the current status of the Wireless Network Adapter. Privacy Tab Use the Privacy Tab to configure yo ur WEP and CCX settings. WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) and CC X ( Cisco Compatible Extension ) encryption can be used to ens ure the securi ty of your wireless netwo rk. If you left Externa l Configu ...

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    - 25 - If you checked External C onfigurati on in the Main tab(see pa ge 10), functions in the following figure will be disabled. ...

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    - 26 - Privacy Mode Configure your NONE 、 WEP or CC X settings : NONE : No security defined. WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) is a data security mechanism based on a 40 Bit/128 Bit/256 Bit shared key algorithm . Press the Select button to change WEP configuration. A n ew dialog window will be opened(see p age 26) CCX ( Cisco Compa tible Exten ...

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    - 27 - key setting from the radio button. Encryption : This setting is the configuration key used in accessing the wireless network via WEP encryption. A key of 10 hexadecimal characters (0-9, A-F) is required if a 64- bit Key Length was selected. A key of 26 hexadecimal characters (0-9, A-F) is required if a 128 -bit Key Length was select ed. A ...

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    - 28 - name and pass word or the authentication process will fail. Statistics Tab The Statistics Tab displays the available statistic information including Receive packets, Transmit packet s, As sociation reject packets, Association timeout packets, Au thentication reject packe ts, Authentication time out packets . About Tab Click on the Ab out tab ...

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    UNINSTALLATION In case you need to uninstall the Utility and driver, please refer to below steps. (As you uninstall the utility, the driver will be uninstalled as well.) 1. Go to Start ! Programs ! 802.1 1g WL A N ! Uninstall 802.11g WLAN Utility . - 30 - 2. Clic k OK to continue. 3. Select Yes, I want to restart my computer now , and then click Fi ...

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