Advance Multimedia Internet Technology WL561PAM Users Manual

CardBus / PCI Adapter

11G WIRELESS Network Adapter

User’s Manual

Production component

This WIRELESS production should contain the following items:

1. One piece of CardBus or PCI adapter 11G WIRELESS LAN Card

2. One piece of CD which contain drivers, user’s manual, and utility

Quick Installation

1. Insert the product’s CD into CD-ROM.

2. Exit all application programs and insert the 11G WIRELESS adapter into the PCMCIA on
notebook or PCI slot on desktop.

3. Following “Found New Hardware Wizard” window to install driver step by step.

4. Install the WIRELESS adapter utility

5. Configure your WIRELESS adapter for connecting to a WIRELESS network.

FCC Information

This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two
conditions:

1. this device may not cause harmful interference, and

2. this device must accept any interference received; including interference that may cause
undesired operation. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Statement.

This Equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device,
pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection
against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can
radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions,
may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that
interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful
interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined b y turning the equipment off
and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following
measures:

- Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.

- Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.

- Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver

is connected.

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- Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.

FCC RF Radiation Exposure Statement:

1. This Transmitter must not be co-located or operating in conjunction with any other antenna or

transmitter.

2. This equipment complies with FCC RF radiation exposure limits set forth for an uncontrolled

environment. This equipment should be installed and operated with a minimum distance of 20
centimeters between the radiator and your body.

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Contents

CHAPTER 1 TERMINOLOGY INTRODUCTION......................................................................1

CHAPTER 2 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS....................................................................................3

2-1 HARDWARE....................................................................................................................................3

2-2 SOFTWARE.....................................................................................................................................3

CHAPTER 3 INSTALL DRIVER FOR WINDOWS SERIES......................................................4

3-1 SET UP WIRELESS LAN CARD FOR WINDOWS XP...................................................................4

3-2 SET UP WIRELESS LAN CARD FOR WINDOWS 2000................................................................7

3-3 SET UP WIRELESS LAN CARD FOR WINDOWS 98/ ME .........................................................11

3-4 UNINST A LL THE WIRELESS LA N CARD .................................................................................14

CHAPTER 4 CONFIGURE THE WIRELESS LAN ADAPTER...............................................17

4-1 INSTALL UTILITY ........................................................................................................................17

4-2 CONFIGURE WIRELESS LAN ADAPTER FOR WINDOWS XP...................................................18

4-3 CONFIGURE WIRELESS LAN ADAPTER FOR WINDOWS 98/ME/2000 BY UTILITY...............21

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Chapter 1 Terminology Introduction

This chapter will introduce terminology about IEEE802.11 what referred by this manual. And in
this character we will explain terminology according to IEEE802.11 Std.

 Ad-Hoc Network(Peer to Peer)

A network composed solely of stations within mutual communication range of each other via
the WIRELESS medium(WM). An Ad Hoc network is typically created in a spontaneous
manner. The principal distinguishing characteristic of an ad hoc network is limited temporal
and spatial extent. These limitations allow the act of creating and dissolving the ad hoc
network to be sufficiently straightforward and convenient so as to be achievable by
nontechnical users of the network facilities; i.e., no specialized “technical skills” are required
and little or no investment of time or additional resources is required be yond the stations that
are to participate in the ad hoc network. The te rm ad hoc is often used as slang to refer to an
independent basic service set(IBSS).

 Infrastructure Network

The infrastructure includes the distribution system medium (DSM), access point(AP), and
portal entities. It is also the logical location of distribution and integration service functions of
an extended service set(ESS). An infrastructure contains one or more APs and zero or more
portals in addition to the distribution system(DS).

 Basic Service Set(BSS)

A set of stations controlled by a single coordination function.

 BSSID

Basic service set identifier

 Station service(SS)

The set of services that support transport of medium access control(MAC) service data
units(MSDUs) between stations within a basic service set(BSS)

 SSID

Station service identifier

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 Association

The service used to establish access point/station(AP/STA) mapping and enable STA
invocation of the distribution system services(DSSs).

 Authentication

The service used to establish the identify of one station as a member of the set of stations
authorized to associate with another station.

 Channel

an instance of medium use for the purpose of passing protocol data units(PDUs) that may be
used simultaneously, in the same volume of space, with other instances of medium use(no
other channels) by other instances of t he same physical layer(PHY), with an acceptably low
frame error ratio due to mutual interference. Some PHYs provide only one channel, whereas
others provide multiple channels. Examples of channel types are shown in the following tables

Single channel n-channel

Narrowband radio-frequency(RF) channel Frequency division multiplexed channels
Baseband infrared Direct sequence spread spectrum(DSSS) with

code division multiple access

 Wired equivalent privacy(WEP)

The optional cryptographic confidentiality algorithm specified by IEEE 802.11 used to provide
data confidentiality that is subjectively equivalent to the confidentiality of a wired local area
network(LAN) medium that does not employ cryptographic techniques to enhance privacy.

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Chapter 2 System Requirements

Before installing the adapter and related sof `tware, make sure the computer system meets the
minimum requirements described below.

2-1 Hardware

The adapter can be installed in any recent-model IBM-type microcomputer with a PCMCIA on
notebook or PCI slot on desktop which support CardBus or PCI interface. The Cardbus adapter is a
Type II CardBus card, and can be installed in a Type II or Type III CardBus slot.

2-2 Software

The drivers included with the adapter allow the adapter to be used in Microsoft Windows 98, ME,
2000, and XP.

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Chapter 3 Install Driver for Windows Series

This section describes the installation of the 11G WIRELESS LAN Card driver for the
Windows98/ME/2000 and Windows XP operating systems. The installation procedures for
Windows XP refer to 3-1 Set up WIRELESS LAN Card for Windows XP; for Windows 2000 please
see 3-2 Set up WIRELESS LAN Card for Windows 2000; for Windows 98/ME refer to 3-4 Set up

WIRELESS LAN Card for Windows 98/ME.

3-1 Set up WIRELESS LAN Card for Windows XP

Step 1: After inserting the WIRELESS LAN Card into the PCMCIA on notebook or PCI slot
desktop, the Windows will auto-detect the WIRELESS LAN Card and a “Found New Hardware
Wizard” window will show up. Select “Install from a list or specific location (Advanced)” to
install the driver.

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Step 2: Insert the Product CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive. Select “Search removable media
[floppy, CD-ROM…]” check box and click on Next to install the driver.

Step 3: The windows will find “Ralink RT2500 Wireless LAN Card” and start copying
corresponding files into the system. Click on Next to continue.

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