Broadcom BRCM1062 User Manual

Introduction: Broadcom BCM94331CSAX PCI-E Mini Card User's Guide

Before you begin
Things you should know

BCM94331CSAX network

Before you begin

Obtain the following information from your network administrator (if you are a home user, obtain this information from the person that
installed your wireless access point):

● Network names (SSID) of the specific wireless networks that you want to connect to.

● WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) key information (if any) for the networks you want to connect to.

● For Microsoft® Windows® networking, your customer name and workgroup name.

● For your network account, your user name and password.

● Your IP address (if not using a DHCP server)

Things you should know

When you start your computer, your Broadcom BCM94331CSAX PCI-E Mini card detects certain wireless networks that are
within range. Before you can connect to these and other wireless networks, you must configure a profile for each network using the
information you obtained from your network administrator.

WEP is a security protocol for wireless local area networks (defined in the IEEE 802.11g standard) that encrypts data sent over radio
waves. The use of the WEP key is optional and can be enabled or disabled. If the network you are connecting to has enabled WEP, you
must also enable WEP in the network profile and set the WEP key to match the WEP key used by the network. Otherwise, you cannot
connect to the network.

Broadcom BCM94331CSAX network

The Broadcom BCM94331CSAX solution allows you to make a wireless connection to a network, as illustrated below.

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Using the Broadcom Wireless Utility: Broadcom AirForce™ 54g™ and Intensi-fi™ Wireless Network Adapter User Guide

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Using the Broadcom Wireless Utility: Broadcom
AirForce™ 54g™ and Intensi-fi™ Wireless Network
Adapter User Guide

Overview

Utility Components

Overview

The Broadcom Wireless Utility enables you to do the following network tasks:

● Manage your wireless networks and create network connection profiles (Wireless Networks tab)

● Connect to available networks (utility icon in notification area)

● Get information about the network status and signal and noise of your network connection (Link

Status tab)

● View current and accumulated statistics (Statistics tab)

● Find out which broadcasting networks are in range and search for nonbroadcasting networks (Site

Monitor tab)

● Run tests on the wireless network adapter (Diagnostics tab)

● Get date and version information about the utility, and software, hardware, and location details

about your wireless network adapter (

Information tab)

● Manually add or delete trusted servers and enable the manual acceptance or rejection of auto-

provisioning and A-ID group changes (

Wireless Networks tab)

● Manually import EAP-FAST PACs (Wireless Networks tab)

In the utility, you can open Wireless Network Wizard to connect to a basic network or create an ad hoc
network, or you can open the Wireless Network Connection Settings tool to connect to an advanced
network. To do any of the other tasks, click the tab that is associated with the described task.

To start using the utility, right-click the utility icon

in the notification area, and then click Open Utility.

If the icon is not available, open Broadcom Wireless Utility in Control Panel.

NOTE: The utility icon may not appear exactly as shown here. See "

Table 1. Signal

Strength Indicated by the Broadcom Wireless Utility Icon."

Utility Components

Utility components include the utility icon in the notification area, the six utility tabs, and Wireless Network
Connection Settings.

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Utility Icon

To do any of the following tasks or operations, right-click the utility icon, and then click the appropriate
item.

● Open the on-line Broadcom AirForce™ 54g™ and Intensi-fi™ Wireless Network Adapter User Guide

(Help Files)

● Open About WLAN Card Utility to view links to Broadcom and Broadcom Customer Support websites

and to view the version and date of the utility (About)

● Hide the utility icon (Hide Tray Icon)

● Disable or enable the radio (Disable/Enable Radio)

● Connect to any of the networks for which you have created a connection profile and are within

range (Connect To)

● Open the utility to the Wireless Networks tab (Open Utility)

● Open the utility to the Link Status tab to view information about the connection (Status)

● Display a log of your wireless network events (Display Log)

Wireless Networks Tab

The Wireless Networks tab has tools that enable you to do the following:

● Use the utility to manage your wireless networks

● Add a network connection profile

● Edit or remove a network connection profile

● Change the order in which profiles are listed under Preferred network connections

● Connect to any listed network without changing its order in the list

● Disable or enable the radio (Disable/Enable Radio)

● Show or hide the utility icon in the notification area

● Choose which type of network to access

● Lock or unlock a preferred network connection profile

● Save your wireless network connection profiles as a WPN file

● Import a WPN file

● Manually add or delete trusted servers and enable the manual acceptance or rejection of auto-

provisioning and A-ID group changes

● Manually import EAP-FAST PACS

On the Add menu, you can use either the wireless network wizard that is available from Broadcom
Wireless Utility (see

Connecting to a Basic Network or Creating an Ad Hoc Network Using the Wireless
Network Wizard") or the utility (see "Connecting to an Advanced Network Using the Broadcom Wireless
Utility") to add a network connection profile.

To use the utility to manage your wireless networks, select the Let this tool manage your wireless
networks check box.

To add a network connection profile, click the Add arrow, and then click either Use Wizard (basic
network) or Use Utility (advanced network).

To edit or remove a network connection profile, right-click the network name, and then click either Edit or
Remove.

To change the order in which profiles are listed under Preferred network connections, click the network
name, and then click either the up arrow or down arrow.

To connect to any listed network without changing its order in the list, right-click the network name, and
then click Connect.

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To disable the radio, clear the Enable radio check box. To enable the radio, select the Enable radio
check box.

To hide the utility icon

, clear the Show utility icon check box. To show the icon, select the Show

utility icon check box.

To choose the type of network to access, click the Options arrow, and then click Advanced.

To lock or unlock a preferred network connection profile, right-click anywhere in the row that lists the
network name, and then click Lock or Unlock, as appropriate.

NOTE: You must have system or administrator rights to be able to lock or unlock a

profile.

To save your wireless network connection profiles to a WPN file, click the Options arrow, and then click
Export (see "

Saving Preferred Network Connection Settings to a File" in "Connecting to an Advanced

Network Using the Broadcom Wireless Utility."

To import a WPN file, click the Options arrow, and then click Import (see "

Importing a Preferred Network

Connection Profiles File" in "Connecting to an Advanced Network Using the Broadcom Wireless Utility."

Click Apply or OK after you change any of the settings for the change to take effect.

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