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1 1Mbps W i r e l ess LAN CF Card PDF created w ith FinePrint pd f Factor y Pro trial v ersion http://www.fineprint.com.
Date o f I ss u e: Jan u ar y . 25t h , 2 0 02 PDF created w ith FinePrint pd f Factor y Pro trial v ersion http://www.fineprint.com.
Technic a l Supp o rt The firmware and dr i ver version of the Wireless L AN CF Card i s d i sp l a y ed on the ut i li t y About tab. Users could do w n l oad and up g rade the l atest software version from t he supplier ’ s w eb s i te or refer to t he sa l es con t ac t for the la t est software infor m at i on.
FCC Information Th i s device comp l ies with Par t 15 of the FCC Rules. Opera t ion is subject to t he fo l lowin g two cond i tions: (1) t his device ma y not cause harmfu l i nterference, and (2) this device must accept an y in t erference received; inc l udin g interference tha t ma y cause undesired operation.
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-1- About Wirele s s LAN CF Card 1 The 11Mbps I EEE 802.11b W ire l ess L A N CF Card is a standard C F t y pe Ⅱ in t erface adapter in t e g ra t ed wi t h wire l ess L AN technolo g y . I t provides y ou the eas i est and fastest w a y t o access y our wire l ess and w i red network.
-2- 1-2 Applications 11Mbps Wireless LA N C F Card offers a fast, rel i able and cost-effect i ve so l ution for wireless c l ien t access t o t he network i n applicat i ons like these: 1. Re m ote access to corporate net w ork information E-mail, f i le transferrin g and t erm i nal e m ula t ion.
-3- 1-3 Product Kit 11Mbps Wireless LA N C F Card comes with the followin g i t ems. Please g o through each item be l o w . I f an y listed i t em is no t include d or found dama g ed, please contact y our local dealer. 1 1 Mbp s Wireless LA N C F Card l 11Mbps Wireless LA N C F Card ………………… .
-4- 2 Th i s chapter describes the instructions that guide y ou t hrou g h the proper hardware i ns t al l at i on of y our 11Mbps W i re l ess L A N C F Card for Pocket PC 2002 and W indows CE 3.
-5- S t ep 1 : I nsta l l the Microsof t Act i ve S y nc pro g ram that ca m e w i th y our PDA Produc t CD. Follow the on-screen i ns t ruct i ons to insta l l t he A ctive S y nc on the host compu t er.
-6- Step 3: The Ac t iveS y nc wil l star t l ookin g for y our Pocket PC/Handheld PC to get connected. Step 4 : Once the connection has been made, y ou will see t he “ connected ” messa g e shown as be l o w fi g ure. PDF created w ith FinePrint pd f Factor y Pro trial v ersion http://www.
-7- 2-3 Install the Setup Utility Step 1 : After successfull y forming a connect i on between host PC and PDA dev i ce wi t h Ac t iveS y nc Pro g ram, insert the CD-ROM in t o the C D -ROM dr i ve and run the setup u t il i t y ( nb825.exe ) for W indows CE operatin g s y stem.
-8- Step 3 : Cl i ck Y ES when prompted to insta l l t he Co m pac t Flash Card driver and u t il i t y i n the default app l ication insta l l director y . S t ep 4 : Follow on-screen instructions to i ns t al l the Setup Uti l it y . Cl i ck F i n i sh to complete the i nstallation.
-9- 2-4 Install the Wireless LAN CF Card S t ep 1: I nser t the 11Mbps Wireless L AN CF Card i nto t he CF slo t on y our PDA. The P D A wil l auto-de t ec t the W ire l ess LA N CF Card and automatical l y insta l l the correspondin g driver and ut i lit y .
-10- 3 Th i s chap t er g ives y ou assistance wi t h de t ai l ed descript i on of se t tin g the 11Mbps W ire l ess L AN CF Card with the W i reless L A N Uti l it y under Pocket / H andheld PC. 3-1 Using Wireless LAN Utility Under Pocket/Handheld PC The 11Mbps Wireless LA N CF Card is a read y -to-use device.
-11- A confi g ura t ion window appears. The W i reless L A N Util i t y provides the 5 fol l o w i n g i t ems for y ou to confi g ure and mon i tor the 11Mbps W i reless L A N CF Car d . S t a t u s The Status tab d i spla y s the current sta t us of t he W ire l ess L AN CF Card.
-12- Co n f igurat i o n The Conf i guration t ab contains several fie l ds w here t he curren t parame t ers of the Wireless L AN CF Card can be viewed and chan g ed. Y ou wil l see current confi g uration information in terms of ESS I D , Ne t w ork T y pe, Power Sav i n g Mode and T x Rate.
-13- P o w er Saving Mode The P o w er Sav i ng Mode opt i on is desi g ned to conserve bat t er y l ife of y ou compu t er. W hen the Po w er Sav i n g Mode is act i vated b y selectin g the Enab le bu t ton, y our 11Mbps Wireless L AN CF Card w i ll g o i nto sleep mode to min i mize power consump t ion.
-14- Se c u r ity To preven t unau t horized wireless stations fro m accessin g data t ransmi t ted over t he network, t he 11Mbps W i reless L AN C F Card offers h i g hl y secure data encr y p t ion, known as W EP (Wired Equ i valent Privac y ).
-15- Ø WE P K ey Type offers two methods to set the WEP ke y s, as described be l o w : Create Encrypt i on K eys by U sing a P assphrase Step 1. To create encr y pt i on ke y s b y usin g a passphrase, pu l l down the WE P Key Type and select P assphrase .
-16- Step 3. Select one ke y from the 4 WEP ke y s and click Apply but t on t o make t he set t in g take effect. Create Encrypt i on K eys Manua l ly You can also crea t e encr y p t ion ke y s m anua l l y b y choos i n g t he Char or Hex . For 40-bi t encrypt i on: ■ 5 characters in the ran g e of “ A -Z ” , “ a-z ” and “ 0-9 ” (e.
-17- Ab o u t The About tab shows dr i ver and u t il i t y version of the W i reless L A N CF Card. PDF created w ith FinePrint pd f Factor y Pro trial v ersion http://www.
-18- 4 Th i s sec t ion describes the insta l la t ion of the 11Mbps Wireless LA N CF Card dr i ver for the W i ndo w s XP/2000/NT / 98/ME operatin g s y s t ems.
-19- CF/PCMC I A A dapter CF Card C A UTION: Do not force t he cl i ent adapter i nto the slo t . Forcin g i t wil l da m a g e both t he client adapter and the slot. I f t he client adapter does no t g o in eas i l y , remove the card and reinsert i t.
-20- S t ep 2: I nsert the Product C D -ROM in t o the CD-ROM drive. Check t he “ Search re m ovab l e m edia (floppy, C D -ROM …) ” check bo x and cl i ck on Next to insta l l the driver. S t ep 3: The windows wil l f i nd “ IEEE 802.11 Wireless L A N/C F Card (3V) ” and start cop y in g correspondin g files in t o the s y ste m .
-21- S t ep 4: Cl i ck F i n i sh to complete the software installation. S t ep 5 : Ri g h t c l ick “ M y Compu t er ” from Start, select Proper t ies, g o to the H ard w are t ab and c l ick the Dev i ce Mana g er bu t ton to see if an y error icon appears ne x t to the Net w ork adapters / IEEE 802.
-22- After insta l lin g t he 11Mbps W ire l ess L A N C F Card, the W indows X P wil l displa y a “ W i reless Network Connec t ion # ” messa g e.
-23- For more i nforma t ion on usin g the au t oma t ic w i reless network confi g ura t ion p l ease refer to W i ndo w s XP He lp file. Ho w ever, the W L AN Ut i li t y , w h i ch comes wi t h the W i reless LA N CF Car d provides y ou more too l s to conf i g ure t he CF Card and mon i tor t he wire l ess connection.
-24- 4-4 Set up Wireless LAN CF Card for Windo w s 2000 S t ep 1: After insert i n g t he W ire l ess L A N C F Card into the PC, t he W indows 2000 wi l l au t oma t icall y de t ec t the 11Mbps W i reless L A N CF Card. S t ep 2 : A “ F ound New Hard w are Wizard ” w i ndo w shows up.
-25- S t ep 3: Select “ Search for a suitable driver for m y device [reco mm ended] ” and click Next . S t ep 4: I nsert the Product CD-ROM in t o the C D -ROM drive. Spec i f y t he location w here the driver i s placed, then click N ext . PDF created w ith FinePrint pd f Factor y Pro trial v ersion http://www.
-26- S t ep 5: The windows w i ll find “_ IEEE_802.11_Wireless_LA N / C F_Card ” . C l ick on Next to con t inue. S t ep 6: Cl i ck F i n i sh to complete the software installation. PDF created w ith FinePrint pd f Factor y Pro trial v ersion http://www.
-27- S t ep 7: Open Control P anel / System / Device Manager , and check Net w ork Adapters to see if an y error icon appears. I f no, y our 11Mbps W ire l ess L AN CF Card i s w ork i n g we l l.
-28- S t ep 2 : W i ndo w s N T wi l l present a list of all i t s suppor t ed adap t ers. W i ndo w s N T wil l presen t a l i s t of al l i ts supported adapters. Cl i ck Have Disk to con t inue. S t ep 3 : W i ndo w s N T w i ll ask for the path con t ain i n g the 11Mbps W i reless L AN PC Car d driver for W i ndo w s NT.
-29- S t ep 4: The W indows wi l l find “ IEEE 802.11 Wireless LAN/C F C ard ” . Click OK and W i ndo w s wi l l then cop y t he necessar y fi l es in t o t he s y stem.
-30- 4 -6 Set up Wireless LAN CF Card for Windo w s 98/ M E S t ep 1 : After i nsertin g the 11Mbps W i reless L AN PC Card i nto the PCMC I A slot on y our notebook, W i ndo w s wil l au t o-de t ec t new hardware and wi l l displa y an “ Add Ne w Hardware Wizard ” w i ndo w .
-31- S t ep 3: I nsert the Product CD-ROM in t o the CD-ROM drive. Select the “ C D -ROM drive ” check bo x and cl i ck on Next to insta l l the driver. S t ep 4: The W indows w i ll find “ IEEE 802.11 Wireless LA N / C F Card(3V) ” . C l ick Next to con t inue.
-32- S t ep 5: Once the [Please insert the disk labeled ‘ W i ndows 98 Second Edi t ion CD-ROM/ME CD-ROM ” , and then c l ick OK] window appears, i nset en t er t he pa t h correspond i n g to t he appropr i ate drives and click OK . Usual l y t hese f i les can be found a t C: W indows or C: W indows s y ste m .
-33- S t ep 8: Open Control Panel / System / Device Manager , and check Net w ork Adapters to see if an y error i con appears ne x t t o the I EEE 802.
-34- You are adv i sed to alwa y s disab l e t he W i reless LA N CF Card prior t o remov i n g the card from the PC Card slot. Th i s w i ll a l low the W indows opera t in g s y s t em to: n L og off from t he network server. n Disable t he 11Mbps W ire l ess L A N PC Card driver.
-35- 5 Th i s chap t er g i ves y ou assistance w i th deta i led conf i g urat i on for t he 11Mbps Wireless LA N CF Card under W indows XP/2000 / N T/98/ME. 5-1 Install the W LAN Utility To install the W LA N Ut i li t y , fol l o w these steps: Step 1: I nser t the Product C D -ROM or f l opp y d i sk a g ain.
-36- Sel e ct a pr o g r a m fol d e r a n d click Next . Yo u m ay a d d a sh o rtc u t i n t h e sta r t u p fo l d e r as d esir e d. Upon completion, g o to P rogra m F i l es and run t he W L AN Ut i lit y and i t s icon wil l appear in t he Syste m Tray in t he bot t om ri g h t corner of y our t ask bar.
-37- 5-2 Using the WLAN Utility The W LA N Ut i li t y enables y ou t o make confi g ura t ion chan g es and perfor m user-level dia g nos t ics on y our 11Mbps Wireless L AN C F Card in t he W i ndo w s XP / 2000/NT/98 / ME operatin g s y s t em env i ronmen t s.
-38- P rofile The P rofile field a l lows y ou to se t values for all parame t ers b y selectin g a prev i ous l y def i ned profi l e. To create the prof i le, g o t o t he P rofile fie l d, t y pe a prof i le na m e and set the correspond i n g parameters.
-39- ESSID The ESS I D i s t he unique I D used b y A ccess Poin t s and stations to iden t if y a wire l ess LA N. W ire l ess clients associatin g to an y A ccess Point m us t have the same ESS I D.
-40- WE P To preven t unau t horized wire l ess s t at i ons from accessin g data trans m it t ed over the network, the W LA N Ut i li t y offers hi g hl y secure da t a encr y p t ion, known as W EP, makin g y our data trans m iss i on over air more secure.
-41- Create Encrypt i on K eys Manually You can also crea t e encr y p t ion ke y s manua l l y b y c l ick i n g t he Create Keys Manually check bo x . For 64b i t encr y p t ion y ou ma y choose: n Alphanu m er ic : 5 characters (case sens i tive) ran g i n g from “ a-z ” , “ A- Z ” and “ 0-9 ” (e.
-42- Advance The W L AN Uti l it y also offers the advanced conf i g urat i on for user to se t the 11Mbps Wireless L AN CF Card under cer t ain network environ m ent. These advanced op t ions include Power Mana g emen t , RTS / CTS and Fragmen t at i on Threshold.
-43- Thus, the RTS Threshold m echanism prov i des a solu t ion t o prevent data col l isions. When y ou enable RTS Thresho l d on a suspect “ hidden sta t ion ” , this station and i ts A ccess Poin t wil l use a Reques t to Send/Clear t o Send pro t ocol (RTS / CTS).
-44- Status: The Status field on the Conf i guration menu provides the followin g infor m at i on. Sta t e: When operatin g i n I nfrastructure mode, t his fie l d shows the MAC address of t he Access Point wi t h which the W ire l ess LA N CF Card is com m unicatin g .
-45- L i nk Test: The Link Test t ool helps y ou e x amine da t a t ransmission qual i t y between y our 11Mbps W ire l ess L AN CF Card and an y worksta t ion on t he network. B y enterin g I P address of 2 re m ote sta t ion, se t tin g p i n g interval and packet size, y ou ma y know whether co m municat i on has been made successful l y or not.
-46- Site Survey: When the Site Survey screen is displa y ed, the channe l qual i t y of all 14 rad i o channels w i ll be displa y ed. These channel quali t y measure m ents are shown on each g au g e for t he 14 radio channels. The blue bar i ndicated t he channe l qual i t y i s clear and g ood.
-47- Li m ited W a rrant y Th i s Warran t y consti t utes the sole and e x c l us i ve remed y of an y bu y er or reselle r ’ s equipment and the so l e and e x clusive liabil i t y of the suppl i .
-48- Please complete the infor m at i on be l o w and include it a l on g with y our products. Name: T i tle: Compan y : Telephone: Fa x: E m ai l : Ci t y /Sta t e/Zipcode: Countr y : Product Name: S.
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