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WMP-A13V
User Manual
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Alpha Networks WMP-A13V User Manual

5GHz Wireless LAN mini PCI Card
WMP-A13V
User’s Manual
First Edition (May, 2002)
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Contents
List of Figures .......................................................... v
Preface ..................................................................... ix
About this Document ..................................................................................... ix
Audience......................................................................................................... x
Additional Resources...................................................................................... x
1 Introduction ........................................................... 1-1
Package Contents .......................................................................................1-1
System Requirements .................................................................................1-2
Hardware Installation.............................................................................................1-2
2 Windows 2000 ....................................................... 2-1
Driver Installation (First-time Install) ............................................................2-1
Driver Installation (Previous Driver Installed)...............................................2-5
Driver Uninstallation ..................................................................................2-14
Device Configuration .................................................................................2-17
Infrastructure Mode .............................................................................2-22
Ad Hoc Mode.......................................................................................2-23
TCP/IP Setup ......................................................................................2-24
3 Windows Millennium Edition ................................3-1
Driver Installation......................................................................................... 3-1
Driver Uninstallation ....................................................................................3-5
Device Configuration ...................................................................................3-7
Infrastructure Mode ...............................................................................3-9
Ad Hoc Mode.......................................................................................3-10
TCP/IP Configuration ..........................................................................3-12
4 Windows 98 Second Edition.................................4-1
Driver Installation......................................................................................... 4-1
Driver Uninstallation ....................................................................................4-5
Device Configuration ...................................................................................4-8
Infrastructure Mode ...............................................................................4-9
Ad Hoc Mode.......................................................................................4-11
TCP/IP Setup ......................................................................................4-13
5 Windows XP ...........................................................5-1
Driver Installation (First-time Install) ............................................................5-1
Driver Uninstallation ....................................................................................5-6
Device Configuration .................................................................................5-10
Infrastructure Mode .............................................................................5-12
Ad Hoc Mode.......................................................................................5-13
TCP/IP Setup ......................................................................................5-15
Windows XP Wireless Network Configuration ...........................................5-20
Infrastructure Mode ............................................................................. 5-22
Ad hoc mode .......................................................................................5-24
Connect to an Available Wireless Network.......................................... 5-26
6 Windows NT 4.0 .....................................................6-1
Driver Installation and TCP/IP Setup........................................................... 6-1
Device Configuration ................................................................................... 6-7
Infrastructure Mode ...............................................................................6-8
Ad Hoc Mode.......................................................................................6-11
Verify Connection ................................................................................6-13
Driver Uninstallation ..................................................................................6-15
7 LinkMon ................................................................. 7-1
Installation ...................................................................................................7-1
Features ......................................................................................................7-5
8 RFSilent.................................................................. 8-1
System Requirements .................................................................................8-1
Windows 98SE Environment .................................................................8-1
RFSilent Setup ............................................................................................8-2
Operation..................................................................................................... 8-2
9 Country Code Selector ......................................... 9-1
10 Troubleshooting.................................................. 10-2
List of Figures
Figure 2-1. Infrastructure Mode.............................................................. 2-17
Figure 2-2. Ad Hoc Mode ....................................................................... 2-18
Figure 8-1. RFSilent Icon ......................................................................... 8-2
Figure 8-2. RFSilent Menu Selections...................................................... 8-2
List of Tables
Table 8-1. RFSilent Menu Descriptions .................................................. 8-3
Preface
This user’s guide provides the necessary information for first-time users to successfully install the Alphanetworks Network Driver Interface Specification (NDIS) driver, for the purpose of evaluating and/or operating the Alphanetworks WMP-A13V Station Reference Design in a Microsoft Windows environment. This guide also provides information for users who wish to upgrade the Alphanetworks NDIS driver from previous releases.
This guide describes the steps required to install NDIS drivers for the Alphanetworks WMP-A13V Wireless Network mini PCI Card in Windows 2000, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98 Second Edition, Windows XP, and Windows NT 4.0. This guide also includes detailed instructions for configuring the PC Card device, or IEEE 802.11a station (STA), to interact with an access point (AP) in infrastructure mode and with other STAs in ad hoc mode. Instructions for installing or upgrading the diagnostic utility LinkMon are also included. You should also read this before proceeding to install the Alphanetworks WMP-A13V Wireless Network mini PCI Card and NDIS driver in the targeted operating system (OS) environment.
About this Document
The document consists of the following chapters and appendixes:
Chapter 1 Introduction—Hardware, Software, and System
Requirements needed to setup Alphanetworks WMP-A13V Station Reference Design.
Chapter 2 Windows 2000—Installation/Uninstallation Procedures and
Device/Network Configurations for Windows 2000.
Chapter 3
Chapter 4 Windows 98 Second Edition—Installation/Uninstallation
Chapter 5 Windows XP—Installation/Uninstallation Procedures and
Windows Millennium Edition—Installation/Uninstallation Procedures and Device/Network Configurations for Windows Millennium Edition.
Procedures and Device/Network Configurations for Windows 98 Second Edition.
Device/Network Configurations for Windows XP.
Chapter 6 Windows NT 4.0—Installation/Uninstallation Procedures
and Device/Network Configurations for Windows NT 4.0.
Chapter 7 LinkMon—Graphical User Interface for Operational Status
and Statistics of Alphanetworks WMP-A13V Station Reference Design.
Chapter 8 RFSilent—RFSilent application that allows you to enable or
disable the RF Signal (radio) on all Alphanetworks STA Reference Designs.
Chapter 9 Country Code Selector—Utility for selecting countries’
regulatory domains, FCC (USA and Canada) and TELEC (Japan).
Chapter 10
Troubleshooting—Hints on fixing common Installation/Uninstallation and Device/Network Configurations issues.
Audience
This document is intended for Alphanetworks customers who wish to install and evaluate the Alphanetworks WMP-A13V Station Reference Design in the supported Microsoft Windows environments.
Additional Resources
Alphanetworks STA Reference Design hardware, software, and documentation contain proprietary information of Alphanetworks Communications, Inc., and are provided under a license agreement containing restrictions on use and disclosure, and are also protected by copyright law. Reverse engineering of this hardware, software, or documentation is prohibited.
The following resources should be referenced regarding topics that are not addressed in this document:
AR5112 Radio-on-a-Chip for 5-GHz Wireless LANs data sheet
AR5213 MAC/Baseband Processor for IEEE 802.11a 5-GHz Wireless
LAN data sheet
AP User’s Guide
STA Reference Design Functional Specification
The Alphanetworks V Wireless Network mini PCI Card is an IEEE 802.11a two­chip solution reference design based on the Atheros AR5112 and AR5213chipset. This reference design implements a half-duplex, Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) baseband processor supporting all IEEE 802.11a data rates (6 to 54 Mbps). The host interface is compatible with the PC Card 7.1 standard. You can find information regarding the Alphanetworks Station Reference Designs in the detailed Alphanetworks STA Reference Design Functional Specification.
Package Contents
Make sure the following materials are available before you begin:
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Introduction
One 802.11a PCI Card
One Installation CD-ROM containing software and utilities and this user’s
guide
One 802.11a PCI Card Quick Start Guide
One warranty registration card
System Requirements
A computer that meets the following specifications:
-Windows 2000,Windows ME, or Windows 98SE
PCI expansion slot
At least 64 MB of memory
A 300 MHz processor or higher
At least one other IEEE 802.11a-compliant device
Hardware Installation
Follow these steps to install the 802.11a PCI Card in a computer’s PCI slot:
1. Turn off your computer and unplug its power cord from the wall outlet for safety purposes.
2. Remove the computer cover.
3. Locate an unused PCI slot and refer to your PC ’s manual for instructions on how to remove the plate that covers the slot (if applicable).
4. Align the Harmony 802.11a PCI Card over the empty slot.
5. Firmly insert the card into the slot, as illustrated below.
6. Secure the card’s metal bracket to the computer following the directions provided in your PC’s manual.
7. Replace the computer cover.
8. Plug the computer’s power cord back into the wall outlet.
9. Place the antenna with the longer cable on top of your desk, computer, or monitor.
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Windows 2000
Driver Installation (First-time Install)
Insert the Alphanetworks WMP-A13V Wireless Network mini PCI Card into a 32-bit CardBus slot and follow these steps to install the NDIS driver:
1. Wait for the following dialog box to display, and click Next to continue.
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2. Choose “Search for a suitable driver for my device (recommended),” and
click Next.
3. Insert the installation CD in your CD-ROM drive. Choose “Specify a
location” under “Optional search locations,” and click Next to continue.
4. Browse to the location where the NDIS driver is located (assuming D is the CD-ROM drive), the default folder is D:\ndis\bin\production\ndis5. Click OK to continue.
5. When you find the Alphanetworks driver installation file (net5210b.inf), click Next to continue.
6. The Alphanetworks NDIS evaluation driver currently does not have a digital signature from Microsoft. Therefore, Windows 2000 shows a warning message. Click Yes to proceed with driver installation.
7. Click Finish to complete the driver installation. See Section “Device Configuration” for the device configuration.
Driver Installation (Previous Driver Installed)
If the system already has a previous release of the Alphanetworks NDIS installed, Windows does not prompt for the device driver when the WLAN Card is inserted. Follow the steps below to update the NDIS driver:
1. Start System Properties from Control Panel. Under Hardware tab, click
Device Manager.
2. Within Device Manager, right-click “Alphanetworks WMP-A13V Wireless Network mini PCI Card” under “Network adapters” device node, and click Properties.
3. Click “Update Driver…” from the Driver tab. Note the Driver Version that
you are updating from. You may need to verify this field again after driver update completes to make sure Release 1.3 driver has been updated correctly.
4. Click Next to continue.
5. Choose “Display a list of the known drivers for this device so that I can choose a specific driver,” and click Next to continue.
6. Insert the Release 1.3 CD into your CD-ROM drive. Click “Have Disk…” to continue.
7. Browse to the location where the NDIS driver is located (assuming D is
the CD-ROM drive), the default folder is “D:\ndis\bin\production\ndis5”. Click OK to continue.
8. Select “Alphanetworks WMP-A13V Wireless Network mini PCI Card”
from the list and click Next to continue.
9. Click Yes to continue when Windows displays the warning message.
10. Click Next to proceed with installation.
11. The Alphanetworks NDIS evaluation driver currently does not have a
digital signature from Microsoft. Therefore, Windows 2000 shows a warning message. Click Yes to proceed with driver installation.
12. Click Finish.
13. Note that Driver Version should display 1.3 as the major revision number. Click OK to continue.
14. Click Yes to restart system.
15. After system restarts, the “Alphanetworks WMP-A13V Wireless Network
mini PCI Card” now displays under “Network adapters” in the Device Manager. Proceed to Section “Device Configuration” for device configuration information.
Driver Uninstallation
This section provides information about uninstallation procedures required for upgrading the NDIS driver from previous Alphanetworks software releases. If the system does not have previously installed versions of the NDIS driver and you wish to remove the newly installed driver from the system, proceed to Step 4.
The NDIS driver since Release 1.0 no longer leverages the Transport Driver Interface (TDI) protocol to provide the LinkMon programming interface. The TDI protocol should be uninstalled. Follow these steps to uninstall the TDI protocol:
1. To remove the NDIS driver from the OS, go to Device Manager, right­click “Alphanetworks WMP-A13V Wireless Network mini PCI Card,” and choose Uninstall.
2. Click OK to uninstall the device.
3. When the device is uninstalled from Device Manager, search for and
delete the driver files that reside in the system. To do so, go to the Start menu and choose Search For Files or Folders…, enter “oem*.inf” in the “Search for files or folders named:” field, and enter “Alphanetworks” in the “Containing text:” field. Click Search Now. A few files matching these criteria are possible, if previous drivers have not been removed properly. Choose the files that have been found and delete them from the system.
4. To complete the uninstallation, “ar5210b.sys” should also be removed from the “\WINNT\system32\drivers” folder.
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