AzureWave Technologies GM100 User Manual

Azure Wave AW-GM100 Wireless LAN module

User Guide

Release History:

0.96 2005/8/29 First Release

Contents:

Section 1 Getting Start.........................................................................................................................1-3

1.1 Overview....................................................................................................................................1-3

1.2 Equipment..................................................................................................................................1-3

1.2.1 Standard Mini-PCI Adapter ............................................................................................1-3

1.2.2 Antenna...........................................................................................................................1-3

1.3 System Requirement..................................................................................................................1-4

1.4 Specification Summary..............................................................................................................1-4

Section 2 Windows Driver Installation ................................................................................................... 6

2.1 Utility............................................................................................................................................ 6

2.1.1 Production Options ............................................................................................................ 6

2.1.2 Welcome............................................................................................................................. 7

2.1.3 Customer Information........................................................................................................ 8

2.1.4 Setup Type.......................................................................................................................... 8

2.1.5 Read Install ........................................................................................................................ 9

2.1.6 Finish................................................................................................................................ 10

2.1.7 Odyssey ~ Welcome......................................................................................................... 10

2.1.8 Odyssey ~ License Agreement......................................................................................... 11

2.1.9 Odyssey ~ Finish.............................................................................................................. 11

2.2 Device Driver.............................................................................................................................. 12

Section 3 Network Management Software ........................................................................................... 12

3.1 Marvell Client Configuration...................................................................................................... 12

3.2 Odyssey Client Management...................................................................................................... 13

Appendix A: Release History ............................................................................................................. 14

Section 1

1.1 Overview

This document describes how to install and use the AzureW ave GM100 Mini-PCI a dapter. So does the
software command line interface to test the installed adapter. In section 1, we introduce you the basic
instruction manual for GM100. In section 2, we represent the software installation for GM100. In
section 3, we introduce the command line interface as test reference.

1.2

Equipment

1.2.1 Standard Mini-PCI Adapter

AzureWave GM100 is a standard Mini-PCI
interface adapter that designs in a wireless
LAN module for wireless network connection.

Getting Start

The system would install GM100 should provide
Mini-PCI interface to be adapter connection.
The overall hardware setup of GM100 is
shown in right figure. It shows the installation
of standard Mini-PCI adapter.

1.2.2

There are total two antenna connectors on the GM100. The minimal installation is one antenna. Two
antenna installation is applied to enhance data receive. The antenna should satisfy the connector on
the adapter. Please reference the following figure.

Antenna

1.3

System Requirement

The only requirement of system is to provide Mini-PCI slot and support PCI device. AzureWav e GM100
represents as a standard PCI device in system platform that satisfies Plug-And-Play specification.
Standard PCI device access could detect GM100 without problem. Then y ou could follow the softw are
installation, descript in later sections.

1.4

Specification Summary

Host system connections

Interface
Date transfer rate

z Mini-PCI
z 33Mhz with 64-bit data length

Wireless LAN (WLAN) environment connections

WLAN Interface

WLAN transfer rate

z Multimode features
z Fully complies with IEEE 802.11 b/g specifications
z IEEE 802.11 data rates of 1 and 2 Mbps

z IEEE 802.11b data rates of 5.5 and 11 Mbps
z IEEE 802.11g data rates of 6, 9, 12, 18, 24, 36, 48, and 54 Mbps for

multimedia content transmission

z IEEE 802.11a data rates of 6, 9, 12, 18, 24, 36, 48, and 54 Mbps for

multimedia content transmission

z Proprietary data rate of 22 Mbps (802.11b)

WLAN Frequency band
Operation Channel
Compatibility
Security

z 2.4 ~ 2.497 GHz ((Industrial Scientific Medical Band)
z Channel 1 ~ 11 for Tiawan ,USA, CANADA
z Fully compatible to IEEE 802.11 b/g devices
z WEP 64- and 128-bit encryption
z WPA (Wi-Fi Protected Access)
z AES hardware implementation as part of 802.11i security standard

Antenna At most two antennas

z Supports Ad Hoc and Infrastructure modes
z Supports Contention Free (CF)-Poll and CF-ACK for operation under

Point Coordination Function (PCF)

z Supports Request to Send (RTS)/Clear to Send (CTS) for operation

under Distributed Coordination Function (DCF)

z Hardware filtering of 64 multicast and 96 unicast addresses and

additional software options

z Support for 802.11e Quality of Service (QoS), On-chip Tx and Rx

FIFOs for maximum throughput

z Supports Open System and Shared Key Authentication services
z Supports long and short preamble