Askey Computer WLC221-D4 Users manual

Wireless LAN Card

User Guide

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Nov 2002, Rev01

Contents

About this Document ..................................................................iii

Audience ......................................................................................iv

1. Introduction........................................................5

Package Contents ......................................................................5

System Requirements................................................................5

2. Windows 2000 ..................................................7

Driver Installation (First -Time Install).......................................7

Driver Installation (Previous Driver Installed).........................8

Driver Uninstallation...................................................................9

Device Configuration................................................................10

Selecting Encryption Types.....................................................12

3. Windows Millennium Edition.........................17

Infrastructure Mode.........................................................13

Ad Hoc Mode...................................................................14

TCP/IP Setup...................................................................15

Driver Installation......................................................................17

Driver Uninstallation.................................................................18

Device Configuration................................................................18

Selecting Encryption Types.....................................................19

TCP/IP Configuration...............................................................19

4. Windows XP....................................................21

Driver Installation (First -time Install)......................................21

Driver Uninstallation.................................................................21

Device Configuration................................................................22

Selecting Encryption Types.....................................................23

TCP/IP Setup.............................................................................23

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Windows XP Wireless Network Configuration.....................24

Infrastructure Mode.........................................................25

Ad Hoc Mode...................................................................25

Connect to an Available Wireless Network.................26

5. Regulatory Compliance Information............28

Radio Frequency Interference Requirements......................28

DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY......................................28

FCC WARNING........................................................................28

RF Exposure ..............................................................................29

Preface

This user's guide provides the necessary information for first -time users to successfully install the Network Driver Interface Specification (NDIS) driver. This guide al o provides information for user who wish to upgrade the NDIS driver from previous releases.

This guide describe the step required to Install NDIS driver for the Wireless Network Adapter in Windows 2000,Windows Millenni um Edition, Windows 98 Second Edition, Windows XP, and Windows NT 4.0.

This guide also includes detailed instruction for configuring the PC Card device, or IEEE 802.11a station (STA), to interact with an access point (AP) in infrastructure mode and with ot her STAs in ad hoc mode. You should also read this before proceeding to install the Wireless Network Adapter and NDIS driver in the targeted operating system (OS) environment.

About this Document

The document consists of the following chapters and appendix :

Chapter 1 Introduction —Hardware, Software, and System

Requirements.

Chapter 2 Windows 2000 —Installation/Uninstallation Procedure

and Device/Network Configuration for Windows 2000.

Chapter 3 Windows 98 Second

Edition —Installation/Uninstallation Procedures and

Device/Network Configurations for Windows 98 Second Edition.

Chapter 4 Windows XP —Installation/Uninstallation Procedure

and Device/Network Configuration for Windows XP.

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Audience

This document is intended for customers who wish to install and evaluate the Wireless Station in the supported Microsoft Window environments.

1. Introduction

The Wireless Network Adapter is an IEEE 802.11a two-chip solution reference design based on the Atheros chipset.

This reference design implements a half -duplex, Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) baseband processor supporting all IEEE 802.11a data rates (6 to 54 Mbp) and

802.11b.It al o supports the Atheros Turbo Mode TM supporting data rates up to 108 Mbps .The host interface is compatible with the PC Card 7.1 standard.

Package Contents

Make sure the following materials are available before you begin:

• Release CD, or electronic equivalent

• Wireless Network Adapter

System Requirements

• Laptop PC containing:

− 32-bit CardBus slot (or Desktop PC with PC

Card-PCI adapter)

− 32 MB memory or greater

− 300 MHz processor or higher

• Microsoft Window 2000/Windows Millennium

Edition/Windows 98 Second Edition/Windows XP/Windows NT 4.0 (with Service Pack 6)

2. Windows 2000

This chapter describes the Windows 2000 driver installation.

Driver Installation (First- Time Install)

This section describes the first -time installation for the driver for Windows 2000. If you have a previously installed driver, refer to the section “Driver Installation (Previous Driver Installed)”.

We recommend that you remove any existing drivers (NDIS, DK, or TDI) on the PC system before installing the Version 1.0 release of the NDIS driver. See Section “Driver Uninstallation” for the instruction on how to remove previous driver releases.

Insert the Wireless Network Adapter into a 32-bit CardBus slot and follow these steps to install the NDIS driver:

1. Wait for the following dialog box to display.

2. Click Next to continue.

3. Choose “Search for a suitable driver for my device (recommended)

4. Click Next.

5. Insert the Release CD in your CD-ROM drive.

6. Choose Specify a location under “Optional search locations.”

7. Click Next to continue.

8. Browse to the location where the NDIS driver is located (assuming D is the CD-ROM drive),the default folder is D: \ndi \bin \production \ndi 5.

9. Click OK to continue.

10. When you find the driver installation file (net5211.inf),click Next to continue.

11. The NDIS evaluation driver currently does not have a digital signature from Microsoft. Therefore, Windows 2000 show a warning message. Click Yes to proceed with driver installation.

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12. Click Finish to complete the driver installation. See “Device

Configuration” for the device configuration information.

Driver Installation (Previous Driver Installed)

If the system already has a previous release of the NDIS installed, Windows does not prompt for the device driver when the WLAN Card is inserted.

Follow the step 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 “Wireless Network Adapter” 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 the driver has been updated correctly.

4. Click Next to continue.

5. Choose “Display a list of the known drivers for this device so that is can choose a specific driver.”

6. Click Next to cont inue.

7. Insert the Release CD into your CD-ROM drive. Click Have Disk...to continue.

8. Click Browse to specify the location where the NDIS driver is located (assuming D is the CD-ROM drive),the default folder is “D:\ndi \bin \production \ndis5”.

9. Click OK to continue.

10. Select “Wireless Network Adapter” from the list.

11. Click Next to continue.

12. Click Yes to continue when Windows displays the warning message.

13. Click Next to proceed with the installation.

14. The NDIS evaluation driver currently does not have a digital signature from Microsoft. Therefore, Windows 2000 show a warning message. Click Yes to proceed with driver installation.

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