Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product SDW11b Boca Research
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SDW11b SDIO Wireless LAN Card User Manual 1.
Table of Contents Package Conte nts & System Requirement s ........................................................................................................ 3 Package .........................................................................
PACKAGE CONTENTS & SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS Package 1. Manual (I n CD -ROM ) 2. Drivers and configuration utilities on CD-ROM 3. Quick Install Guide 4. Product Device If you miss any of these items please co ntact your reseller.
other IEEE 802.11b com pliant LAN systems Wireless stations ca n be equipped with the SDW11b, but also with other WLAN PC Cards. Both the SDW11b and the WLAN PC Card share the same wireless functionality.
3. Click “YES” to proceed th e in stallation. Step 1 4. Click “OK” to complete the driver installation. 5.
To verify if the installation of the driver was completed successfully: 1. Soft reset t he PDA (push Soft-reset B utton of PDA) * Some PDA may not require resetting but it should be safer to reset. 2. Insert the SDW11b into the PDA 3. Check the LED on the SDW11b.
3. Click “OK” to complete the driver installation. 7.
CONFIGURING UTILITY Status tab SSID The current access point name (ESS ID) St a t u s The current connection status. Ty p e The current connect ion mode . Channel The wireless radio cha nnel currentl y used by the card. Tx Rate The current t ransmit rat e.
Statistics tab Tx Success The number of successfully transm itted packets. Tx Error The number of unsuccessfully transmitted packets. Tx Throughput (kbps) The actual instantaneous transmit rates, in Kbps. Rx Success The number of successfully received packets.
Site Survey tab Rescan Searches for all available networks. Clicki ng on the button, the device will start to rescan and list all available sites. BSSID The MAC address for th e Access Point or station. SSID The current access point name (ESS ID). Mode The currently connected device m ode.
Radio tab S/W Radi o Select Off or On to tu rn off/ on Radio Frequency f unction. Channel Select from the pull-down list, ther e are 13 channels in the list. Power Sa ving Disable : Select to disable power sa vi n g funct ion. Enable (Max): Select to en ter power sav ing mode in stan tly .
SDIO WIRELESS LAN CARD SPECIFICATIONS Item Specification 1 Frequency Range 2412 – 24 84 MHz (ISM band ) 2 Tx Modulation Direct Sequence Spread S pectrum, DSSS 3 Coding Modulati on DBPSK (1Mbps), DQPSK (2Mbps), CCK (5.5 & 11Mbps) 4 Media Access Contro l Method CSMA/CA 5 Bus Type SD (by CG-100 SD IO controller) 6 Standard IEEE802.
TROUBLESHOOTING Introduction This chapter provides typical problems with their own sp ecific troubleshooting tips. Common Troubleshooting Tips LED Activity If you enco unt er di ffic ult y usi ng and/.
Some devices wi th non-powe rful CPU may suffer their per formance signi ficantly. If t he system i s very slow, check - If you are opening many windows, close them - Change the antenn a or ientation for better signal reception - Check the si gnal strengt h if it is weak move toward the AP.
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