GN-WLM01 IEEE 802.11b PCMCIA Wireless LAN Card User`s Manual
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1. 98SE Me and Windows2000 XP Received signal intensity indicating LED allows user to easily Know about the condition of receiver signals 1 3 Physical Dimensions Packaging Dimensions 118 4 mm x 54 mm x 6 mm This wireless LAN card conforms to the PC card Type ll Mechanical Standard There are five LED indicating lights one indicating power Link status and the others indicating the intensity of received signals 1 4 LED Indicating Light 1 4 1 Purpose The LED indicating light provides users the information about the present intensity of the received signal of the wireless LAN card It is a convenient function for those who want to adjust the wireless LAN card and refer to the LED lights to obtain the best quality 1 4 2 Description The LED display window shows the current condition of the receiver signals It specifies the four conditions of POOR FAIR GOOD and EXCELLENT receiver signals lt also provides additional information if the station is NOT LINKED WEP ERROR or in Peer to Peer mode TABLE 1 shows the relation between the LED light and the condition of the receiver gt 8000 0000 ee eooo Condition of the POOR FAIR GOOD EXCELLENT Receiver LED Light 0000 0000 0000 Blinking Blinking eceiver Table 1 Relation Between LED Light and the Condition of Receiver Note The quality of receiver signal shows the condition of the receiver signal between the station wireles2. Stations BIBABYTE OF Cancel Apply Link State There are five states of a Wireless LAN Card 1 Access Point associated The wireless LAN card is now connecting to an Access Point 2 Peer to Peer associated The wireless LAN card is now connecting to a Peer to Peer network 3 Access Point scanning The wireless LAN card is now searching for an Access Point with the same network name or SSID for the connection 4 Peer to Peer scanning The wireless LAN card is now searching for another wireless LAN card with the same SSID and the same channel for the connection 5 WEP security rejection This will occur if you are connected to a wireless network with incorrect WEP key Other items in the table are the detailed information about the link state which are available only when the wireless LAN card is connected to an access point or other wireless LAN card SSID Network name BSSID MAC address of the base station Channel The current channel used by the wireless LAN card TxRate The current transmission rate used by the wireless LAN card Throughput The actual data transmitting and receiving rate RF silent Disable the RF module RF active Enable the RF module Signal lt shows the signal quality and signal intensity of the currently connected base station Signal Quality lt is only available in Access Point Station mode which represents the quality of communication between the Wireless LAN Card and Acc
3. in the wireless network The SSID must be identical for all points in the network for sharing information and communication It is case sensitive and must not exceed 32 characters Network Type This field allows you to select the network type from a list of supported Network Modes The modes displayed have two values Peer to Peer and Access Point Peer to Peer This is the 802 11 peer to peer mode of operation All communications are done from Client to Client without using the base station Peer to Peer networking uses the same SSID for establishing the wireless connection Base Station Access Point This mode of operation requires the presence of an 802 11 Base Station All communications are done via the Base Station which relay packets to other wireless Clients in the BSS as well as the nodes on a connected network such as Ethernet Peer to Peer channel This specifies the channel used in wireless communication and should be set to the same channel as the other points in the wireless network This setting can only be adjusted in Peer to Peer mode TX Rate The transmission rate for transmitting data packets at the user end You may set the transmission rate to 1Mb 2 Mb 5 5 Mb 11 Mb or Fully Automatic 3 3 Encryption To prevent unauthorized user to access the data on wireless stations the Wireless LAN Card offers a highly secure data encryption known as WEP Wired Equivalent Privacy If you require high se
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6. Wizard This wizard helps you install a device driver for a hardware device To continue click Ment Found New Hardware Wizard Install Hardware Device Drivers A A device driver ls a software program that enables a hardware device to work with an operating system This wizard will complete the installation for this device 7 Gigabyte GN WLMO1_P25L_404PTER A device driver is a software program that makes a hardware device work Windows needs driver files for pour new device To locate driver files and complete the Installation click Mest What do you want the wizard to do Search for a suitable driver for my device recommended Display a list of the known drivers for this device so that can choose a specific driwer Back Cancel Step 3 Click Next Another window opens and asks where is your optional search Location Found New Hardware Wizard Locate Driver Files a Where do vou want Windows to search for driver files Search for driver files for the following hardware device Oo Gigabyte GN wWLMO1 P25L_4D4PTER The wizard searches for suitable drivers in its driver database on your computer and in any of the following optional search locations that you specify To start the search click Mest IF you are searching on a floppy disk or CD ROM drive Insert the floppy disk or CO before clicking Next Optional search locations CO ROM drives W Specify a location M
7. curity in transmission go to the Encryption tab and set it up as follows gt Pull down the Encryption menu and select either 64bit or 128bit encryption method gt Specify the encryption keys There are two methods to set the WEP password as described below aa Wireless Settings a E x Info Configuration Encryption About Encryption WEF security Ga bit RIBABYTE Create Keys Manually Alphanumeric 5 charscte f Hexadecimal 10 digits 0 9 A F kep 4 EXEXMERXXE Create Keys with Passphrase Passphraze From the WEP encryption item pull down the menu and it will list three options Disable Allows the communication between the wireless LAN card and Access Point without data encryption 64 Bit Allows wireless LAN card to encrypt data with the 64 Bit encryption algorithm 128 Bit Allows wireless LAN card to encrypt data with the 28 Bit encryption algorithm The Encryption tab enables you to identify up to 4 different encryption passwords and select one of them to encrypt your transmission data The password of your choice may either be For 64 bit encryption E Five alphanumeric characters in the range of a z A Z and 0 9 e g MyKey m 10 digit hexadecimal values in the range of A F and 0 9 e g 11AA22BB33 For 128 bit encryption W 13 alphanumeric characters in the range of a z A Z and 0 9 e g WEPencryption m 26 digit
8. e direct sequence spread spectrum DSSS technology and the DBPSK DQPSK and CCK modulation mode to provide a very stable wireless communication quality and an excellent signal receiver capability Our product features the compact size low power consumption and power management functions and provides a high speed wireless data communication Therefore our product is ideally suitable for being integrated into the personal mobile and handheld platform Because of the nature of wireless communication the received signal quality depends on different environments and locations ordinary users generally do not have much idea where to put the card for the best quality therefore Gigabyte has arranged 5 LED indicating lights at the front end to show the intensity of the received signals It is very similar to the intensity indication of the handset signal which let users know about the condition of the received signal of the environment easily and allow users to enjoy high quality communication when they make changes to their direction and location Such humanistic innovative design is one of the major features of this product 1 2 Features Conforms to IEEE 802 11b specification Transmits data rate up to the maximum speed of 11Mbps Dynamically scales the data rate to 11 5 5 2 and 1Mbps Automatic power management to reduce battery consumption Built in polarized antenna Supports 64 bit 128 bit WEP encryption Driver supports Windows 98
9. ess Point Reachable Access Points Stations This item will show you all of the 802 11 Access Points or Wireless LAN Cards in your wireless environment The icon in the front of every item represents an Access Point or a Wireless LAN Card You can add a network easily by clicking on the desired SSID Refresh After this button is clicked the wireless LAN card will rescan the wireless environment and show you all the updated reachable Access Points and Stations 3 2 Configuration The Configuration Tab contains several fields where operating parameters of the driver can be viewed or changed Changes to any of the parameters in this panel can be applied to the driver without the need to reset the wireless LAN card aa Wireless Settings E x Info Configuration Encryption About Profile Hame E BISABYTE Network Mame aa Network Type Peer to Peer Peer to Peer Channel j1 Detaults Tranemit Rate Fully Automatic Defaults Pressing this button restores the default value in each field of the panel The Apply Changes button or OK should be pressed before the default values are saved to the driver and registry Profile You can save various wireless settings for different environments The system allows you to have 5 different configurations Network Name It is also known as SSID and is the unique name shared among all access points base station or stations wireless LAN card
10. hexadecimal values in the range of A F and 0 9 e g 11AA22BB33123456789ABCDEFP Alternatively a Passpharse may be entered as a seed to randomly generate the four passwords This saves considerable time since the same password must be entered into each node on the wireless network Passwords 1 4 These four fields can be used to manually enter the passwords It is necessary if you wish this node could match the passwords for the products of different vendors These fields also display the passwords when Passphrase is used 3 4 About tunami Wireless Settings eo x Info Configuration Encryption About BIBABYTE Network Driver Version 2 00 02 D ate Aug 23 002 Configuration Utility Version 2 00 02 Date 4ug 23 2002 NIC Firmware Version 1 0409 00 Address 00 0 b 29 00 21 The About tab shows the detailed information on the version of the product such as the version of Driver Configuration Utility and the version of wireless LAN card s firmware Users must use this version number when reporting their problems to the technical support Chapter 4 Specification Radio Technology DSSS Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum N rber f Channel 11 Channels US Canada 4 channels France Recre saiu al 83dBm 11 Mbps date rate 8 PER Antenna Two built in polarized antennas EMC certification FCC Part 15 USA CE Europe Temperature Range Operating 0 55 deg C
11. icrosoft Windows Update Back Cancel Step 4 Select Specify a location and then click Next The wizard will ask you to insert the manufacturer s installation disk into the drive selected Found New Hardware Wizard a xX f Insert the manufacturer s installation disk into the drive Ok selected and then click OF Copy manufacturer s files Forn JESSIE Step 5 Insert our installation CD into your CDROM drive enter or browse to the path where the driver is located If your CDROM drive is drive E the path should be E INF Click OK The wizard finds the installing files and displays the search results Found New Hardware Wizard Driver Files Search Results hi Nias The wizard has finished searching for driver files for Your hardware device Sy The wizard found a driver for the following device oy Gigabyte GN wLMO1_P25L_4D4PTER Windows found a driver for this device To install the driver Windows found click Next eon grin int LS Cancel Step 6 Click Next Your operating system will warn you that the software doesn t contain a Microsoft digital signature and asks whether you want to continue the installation Digital Signature Not Found ee x Pr aw The Microsoft digital signature affirms that software has been tested with Windows and that the software haz not been altered since it was tested The software you are about to install does n
12. ot contain a Microsoft digital signature Therefore there is na guarantee that this software works correctly with Windows Gigabyte GIGABYTE Wireless LAN PC Card IF you want to search for Microsoft digitally signed sofware visit the Windows Update Web site at http windowsupdate microsoft com to see if one ls available Do you want to continue the installation Ho More Info Step 7 Click Yes Found New Hardware Wizard Completing the Found New Hardware Wizard Gigabyte GIGABYTE Wireless LAN PE Card Windows has finished installing the software for this device The hardware you installed will not work until you restart Your computer To close this wizard click Finish Eancel Step 8 Click Finish and then your installation is ok Chapter 3 Using The Utility The Wireless LAN Card Monitor Utility enables you to make changes to the configuration The Wireless LAN Card Utility consists of a window with 4 items including Info Configuration Encryptions and About for you to monitor and configure the Wireless LAN Card 3 1 Info The Info tab shows you the current Link State of the Wireless LAN Card and the Reachable Assess Points and the Wireless LAN Card aa Wireless Settings Into Configuration Encryption About Link State Peer to Peer associated SSID BSSID i Throughput eget Te ve a Rs o RF silent RF active Signal Reachable Access Points
13. s LAN card and the Access Point base station 1 5 System Requirements 1 5 1 Supported Platform IBM PC AT compatible computer 1 5 2 Supported Operation System Windows 98 98SE Me Windows 2000 XP Chapter 2 Installing the Wireless LAN Card 2 1 Installing The Driver amp Utility Applicable to any supported OS Method 1 Step 1 Insert our setup CD into your CDROM drive Step 2 Execute the setup exe on our CD Step 3 If you have not ever installed any wireless LAN card driver the following window will pop up or else the setup program will uninstall your previous driver for reinstallation GIGABYTE Wireless Network Setup Check Setup Information Setup has enough information to begin the file transter operation IF pou want to review or change any of the settings click Back IF You are satished with the settings click Nest to begin copying files Current Settings c Cancel InstallShield Step 4 Press Next GIGABYTE Wireless Network Setup InstallShield Wizard Complete Setup has finished installing GN LM 11 Mbps Wireless LAM for Windows on your computer Eancel Back Step 5 Press Finish and then your installation is ok Method 2 Step 1 After you insert our card into your computer Operating system automatically detects it and briefly opens the Found New Hardware window Found New Hardware Wizard Welcome to the Found New Hardware
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