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IEEE802.11g Wireless PC M CIA Card WL-3560 User Manual.
2 Co p y right Co p y r i g ht 2003 b y P L ANET T echnolo g y Cor p. All r igh t s reserved. N o p art o f this p u bli- cation m a y b e repr o duced , trans m itted, transcrib e d, s tored in a.
3 T his devi c e co m plies w ith Part 1 5 o f th e FCC R u les. Operation is subject to the Foll o w ing two co n di t ions: ( 1 ) T his d e vice m a y n ot caus e har m f u l in t er f erence, a n d ( 2 ) t his Device m u st accept a n y inter f ere n ce received, in c lu d in g i n ter f erence t h at m a y cause un d esired opera t i o n.
4 Manual Cont e n t s C H A P TER 1 I NTRODUCTION .............................................. .1 1.1 F E A TURES .............................................................................................. . 1 1.2 A PPLIC A TIONS ................
1 Chapter 1 Introduction T he W L -3560 is an IEEE 802. 1 1g W ireless PCMC I A card that can oper a te in e ithe r Ad-Ho c m ode (Poin t to P o int / P o in t t o M u l t ip o int wi t ho u t a n Ac c ess Point) or I n f rastructure m ode (Poin t to P o int / P o int to M ul t i p oint with a n Access Point).
2 1.2 A pplications 1.2. 1 Infras t ructure T he W L -3560 pr o vides access to a wired LAN f or w i r eless w or k s t ations. An in te grate d wireless and wir e d L AN is called an I n f rastructure con f iguration . A g r oup o f W L-3560 P C users an d a n Access P o in t c o m pose a Basic Se r vic e Set (BSS) .
3 Ad-Hoc wir e less L A N con f igura t i o ns ar e a pprop r ia t e f or branch l e v e l de p art m en t s o r SOHO o p erations. 1.2. 3 General A ppl i catio n W L -3560 o ff ers a f ast, reli a ble , cost-e ff ective solution f or wir e less cli e nt access to the ne t w or k in a p p lica t ions li k e these: 1.
4 1.3 S p ecification Product IEEE 8 02. 1 1g Wir e le s s P CM C I A C ard Mod e l N a m e W L -3560 Attach m ent In t er f ace PC Ca r dBus 32- b it co m pli a nt LED I n d icators T w o Lin k /Act Operating Fr e qu e n c y / Cha n nel 2.4 1 2~2.4 6 2G H z (FCC, U SA & Ca n ada) / 11 Ch a nn e l s 2.
5 1.6 S A FETY PRE C A UTION Onl y use t he accessories a t t ached wi t h t h e d e vice p a ck age. Othe r w ise, the d e vi c e m a y n ot f unction.
6 Chapter 2 Installation Procedure Be f ore y o u proc e ed wi t h t he ins t a ll a ti o n, i t is necessa r y t ha t y ou h a v e e n ou gh in f or m atio n abo u t the Wireless P C M C I A Card. Use t he Procedu r e described bel o w to ins t a ll th e card un d e r W indo w s 98 / Me/ 2 00 0 /XP/Server 2 00 3 .
7 3. Y o u can clic k “ Bro w se ” to speci f y t he Des t i n ation F o lder that y o u w ant t o ins t all the con f igura t ion utili t y . Or y o u can k eep the de f ault set t in g and c lic k ” Next ” to contin u e. 4. Select the progra m f older you w a n t to ins t all t h is utili t y to.
8 2.2 Wind o w s 98/ME/2000/XP/Ser v er 2003 Dri v er Installation Note: The following insta l lation operat e s under W i n dows X P . Pro c edure s will be simil a r to other op e ratin g syste m . 1. Insert W L -3560 t o a vaca nt PC M C I A sl o t a n d tur n on t he co m pute r .
9 4. A d i a l o gue box will p op u p. Clic k “ Conti n u e A n y w ay ” t o conti n ue. 5. Clic k “ Finish ” to co m plet e t he ins t alla t io n .
10 Chapter 3 C o nfiguration U t ilit y T he Con f igura t ion U tili t y is a p o wer f ul ap p lica t i o n t h at hel p s y ou t o con f igu r e the W L -3560 an d m onitor th e s t atus o f the c o m m unication process. B y dou b l e clic k the icon on t he s y s t e m tr a y , t he d i a lo g box as b e l o w ap p ears.
11 3.2 Configuration In this screen, y o u can c o n f igure the wireless settin g s o f W L -3560 . After con f i g urati o n , pl e ase press ” A p p ly ” to s a ve settings or “ C a ncel ” t o se t ag a in. u SS I D: T he SSID m ust be i d entic a l f or each c li e n t s a n d nodes in t he wir e less ne t wor k .
12 IEEE 8 0 2. 1 1 b). At t h e receive r , t h e Pr e a m ble and h eader are p r ocessed to a id in de- m odulati o n and delive r y o f the PSDU. T he S h ort Pre a m ble and hea d er m a y be u sed t o m in i m ize overhe a d and , t hu s, m ax i m i z e t h e n e t w or k d a t a thr o ug h put .
13 three m odes, eac h m ode h as t w o k ind o f ke y le n gth a nd t h at is de c id e on th e K ey Format y o u s e lecte d . 64 b i t (5ASCI I / 1 0HEX.
14 A p pendix T his sectio n pr o vides so m e tec h nolo g y Q &A. R ea d t h e descrip t i o n b e l o w t o k now m ore abou t the wireless ne t wor k .
15 chang e d or d y n a m ical l y a s sign e d b y t he ne t wor k , the MA C a d dress o f a n et w o r k in g device is per m anent. ü What is WEP? W i red Eq u ivalen t Priva c y ( W EP) is a t y p e o f d a t a e n c r y p ti o n m echanis m described i n the I EEE 8 02.
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