Atheros AR5BCB-00062 User Manual

AR5BCB-00062 Cardbus Card

User’s Guide

Revision December 2004

©2000-2004 by Atheros Communications, Inc. All rights reserved.

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Example: The DK_Client package will not function, except when
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specify.

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Contents

List of Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii

Preface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix

About this Document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix

1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1

Package Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1

System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2

2 Windows 2000. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1

Driver Installation (First-Time Installation). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1

ACU Installation and Driver Update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4

Driver and ACU Uninstallation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6

Device Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7

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ACU Installation and Driver Update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4

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4 Windows Millennium Edition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1

Driver Installation (First Time Installation). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1

ACU Installation and Driver Update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4

5 Windows XP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1

Driver Installation (First Time Install) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1

ACU Installation and Driver Update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3

Windows XP Wireless Network Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3

ACU Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4

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6 Windows NT 4.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1

Driver Installation and TCP/IP Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1

ACU Installation and Driver Update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6

7 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1

A Supported Channels and Data Rates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-1

B Regulatory Compliance Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-1

FCC Requirements for Operation in the Unites States . . . . . . . . . . . . B-2

Radio Frequency Interference Warnings & Instructions. . . . . . . . . B-2

RF Exposure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-3

Declaration Of Conformity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-3

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List of Tables

Table 2-1. Setup Type Page Selections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5

Table A-1. IEEE Channel Numbers for 802.11a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-2

Table A-2. Atheros Turbo Mode Channel Numbers for FCC Regulatory

Domain A-2

Table A-3. IEEE Channel Numbers for 802.11b/802.11g . . . . . . . . . A-3

Table A-4. Data Rates for 802.11a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-3

Table A-5. Data Rates for 802.11b . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-3

Table A-6. Data Rates for 802.11g . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-4

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Preface

This user's guide provides the necessary information for first-time users to
successfully install the Atheros Network Driver Interface Specification (NDIS)
driver, for the purpose of operating the Atheros Network Adapter in a
Microsoft Windows environment. This guide also provides information for
users who wish to upgrade the Atheros NDIS driver from previous releases.

This guide describes the steps required to install NDIS drivers for the Atheros
Network Adapter 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 Adapter to interact with an
access point (AP) in infrastructure mode, or with other Wireless Stations
(STAs) in ad hoc mode.

About this Document

The document consists of the following chapters and appendix:

Chapter 1 Introduction—Hardware, Software, and System

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Chapter 3 Windows 98 Second Edition—Installation/Uninstallation

Chapter 4 Windows Millennium Edition—Installation/Uninstallation

Chapter 5 Windows XP—Installation/Uninstallation Procedures and

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Requirements needed to setup Atheros Wireless Adapter.

Device/Network Configurations for Windows 2000.

Procedures and Device/Network Configurations for
Windows 98 Second Edition.

Procedures and Device/Network Configurations for
Windows Millennium 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.

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Chapter 7 Troubleshooting—Hints on fixing common Installation/

Uninstallation and Device/Network Configurations issues.

Appendix A Supported Channels and Data Rates—Describes available

Data Rates and Channel Frequencies for operation

Appendix B Regulatory Compliance Information—Important user

information and instructions concerning operating this
device in accordance with National spectrum usage laws for
radio devices.

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Introduction

The Atheros Wireless Network Adapters implement a half-duplex,
Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) baseband processor
supporting all IEEE 802.11a/g data rates (6 to 54 Mbps) and 802.11b data rates

(1 to 11 Mbps). In the Atheros Turbo Mode
up to 108 Mbps. The host interface is compatible with the PC Card 7.1 and PCI

2.2 standards.

Package Contents

Make sure the following materials are available before beginning:

■ Atheros Software Release CD, or electronic equivalent

■ Atheros Wireless Network Adapter

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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 Windows 2000/Windows Millennium Edition/Windows 98

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

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Windows 2000

This chapter describes the Windows 2000 driver installation.

Driver Installation (First-Time Installation)

This section describes the first-time installation for the driver for Windows

2000. For a previously installed driver, Atheros provides the InstallShield
Wizard, which includes an application for upgrading the present driver and
the Atheros Client Utility.

To install the NDIS Driver (first-time installation):

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

1. Wait for the Found New Hardware Wizard dialog box to display.

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

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4. Click Next.

5. Insert the Release CD into the CD-ROM drive.

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

7. Click Next to continue.

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8. Browse to the NDIS driver directory. The default folder is
D:\ndis\bin\production\install (assuming D: is the CD-ROM drive).

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