CyberTAN Technology WM821M User Manual

WM821-M MiniPCI Module

Wireless 802.11N dual-band mini PCI module

WM821-M

User Manual

Rev 0.1

WM821-M MiniPCI Module

Federal Communication Commission Interference

Statement

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the
limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC
Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protec­tion against harmful interference in a residential installation. This
equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency en­ergy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the
instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communi­cations. However, there is no guarantee that interference will
not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does
cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which
can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user
is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one of the fol­lowing measures:

- Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.

- Increase the separation between the equipment and re­ceiver.

- Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different
from thatto which the receiver is connected.

- Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician
for help.

FCC Caution: Any changes or modifications not expressly ap­proved by the party responsible for compliance could void the
user's authority to operate this equipment.

This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is
subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not
cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any

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interference received, including interference that may cause un­desired operation.

IMPORTANT NOTE:
FCC Radiation Exposure Statement:

This equipment complies with FCC radiation exposure limits set
forth for an uncontrolled environment. This equipment should be
installed and operated with minimum distance 20cm between the
radiator & your body.

This transmitter must not be co-located or operating in conjunc­tion with any other antenna or transmitter.

Operations in the 5.15-5.25GHz band are restricted to indoor
usage only

IEEE 802.11b or 802.11g operation of this product in the U.S.A.
is firmware-limited to channels 1 through 11.

This device is intended only for OEM integrators under the
following conditions:

1) The antenna must be installed such that 20 cm is maintained

between the antenna and users, and

2) The transmitter module may not be co-located with any other

transmitter or antenna,

3) For all products market in US, OEM has to limit the operation

channels in CH1 to CH11 for 2.4G band by supplied firmware
programming tool. OEM shall not supply any tool or info to
the end-user regarding to Regulatory Domain change.

As long as 3 conditions above are met, further transmitter
test will not be required. However, the OEM integrator is still

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responsible for testing their end-product for any additional
compliance requirements required with this module installed
(for example, LVD TV… etc.).

IMPORTANT NOTE: In the event that these conditions can
not be met (for example certain laptop configurations or co­location with another transmitter), then the FCC authoriza­tion is no longer considered valid and the FCC ID can not be
used on the final product. In these circumstances, the OEM
integrator will be responsible for re-evaluating the end prod­uct (including the transmitter) and obtaining a separate FCC
authorization.

End Product Labeling

This transmitter module is authorized only for use in device
where the antenna may be installed such that 20 cm may be
maintained between the antenna and users. The final end
product must be labeled in a visible area with the following:
“Contains FCC ID: N89-WM821M”.

Manual Information To the End User

The OEM integrator has to be aware not to provide
information to the end user regarding how to install
or remove this RF module in the user’s manual of
the end product which integrates this module.

The end user manual shall include all required regulatory in­formation/warning as show in this manual.

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Canadian Regulatory Notice

This device complies with RSS-210 of the Industry Canada
Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions:

1) this device may not cause interference and

2) this device must accept any interference, including interfer­ence that may cause undesired operation of the device

Caution:

The device for the band 5150-5250 MHz is only for indoor usage
to reduce potential for harmful interference to co-channel mobile
satellite systems.

IMPORTANT NOTE:
IC Radiation Exposure Statement:

This equipment complies with IC radiation exposure limits set
forth for an uncontrolled environment. This equipment should be
installed and operated with minimum distance 20cm between the
radiator and your body.

Industry Canada Interference Statement

The device for the band 5150-5250 MHz is only for indoor usage
to reduce potential for harmful interference to co-channel mobile
satellite systems;

The maximum antenna gain permitted (for devices in the bands
5250-5350 MHz and 5470-5725 MHz) to comply with the e.i.r.p.
limit; and

The maximum antenna gain permitted (for devices in the band
5725-5825 MHz) to comply with the e.i.r.p. limits specified for

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point-to-point and non point-to-point operation as appropriate, as
stated in section A9.2(3).

In addition, users should also be cautioned to take note that
high-power radars are allocated as primary users (meaning they
have priority) of the bands 5250-5350 MHz and 5650-5850 MHz
and these radars could cause interference and/or damage to LE­LAN devices.

Note: The WM821-M has disable the 5600-5650M band by
S/W to avoid 5600-5650M band for IC certification

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Table of contents

Introduction 1
Hardware installation 5
Using the Wireless Utility 7

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Chapter 1

Introduction

Thank you for using the Wireless MiniPCI Module. The WM821­M is a dual-band, quad-mode wireless network adapter that
works on all the frequencies allocated for WLAN operation eve­rywhere in the world. It is in compliance with the Draft
IEEE802.11n standard in a 2x3 MIMO configuration. It also
complies with the IEEE 802.11a, 802.11g, and 802.11b stan­dards. WM821-M features the compactness and high bus
speed of the Mini PCI specifications which gives users of lap­tops, notebooks, tablet PCs, and other mobile computing
devices transparent Internet access anywhere in the world
through any Wi Fi network without software changes or addi­tional hardware.

Able to provide greater than 100Mbps real world throughput
using high-speed spatial multiplexing modes, the WM821-M
provides the freedom to work as you wish, wherever you wish,
using whatever kind of application you wish to use. The adapter
installs directly in any host device with a Mini PCI slot: just plug
it in and you’re ready to access local resources and/or the Inter­net at the highest speed the WLAN, the location, and the host
computer can provide. It is ready to work “out of the box” in any
embedded device or in any computer running Microsoft® Win­dows 2000, or XP (TBD). The WM821-M Mini PCI Card is truly
a “must-have” for every productivity-sensitive laptop, notebook,

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or tablet PC user and any bandwidth-sensitive embedded de­sign..

Features

• mPCI 32 interface.

• Draft IEEE 802.11n compatible.

• Backward compatible with IEEE 802.11a/b/g standard.

• Wire-free access to networked resources from anywhere

beyond the desktop.

• Delivers data rates up to 300 Mbps.

• 802.11n: Dynamically shifts among 130, 117, 104, 78, 52,

39, 26 and 13Mbps in a 20MHz bandwidth and 300, 243,
216, 162, 108, 81, 54 and 27Mbps in a 40MHz bandwidth,
based on signal strength, for maximum availability and reli­ability of connection.

• 802.11a/g: Dynamically shifts between 54, 48, 36, 24, 18,
12, 9 and 6 Mbps network speed, based on signal strength,
for maximum availability and reliability of connection.

• 802.11b: Dynamically shifts between 11M, 5.5M, 2M, and 1
Mbps network speed, based on signal strength, for maxi­mum availability and reliability of connection.

• Supports 802.11h (DFS) power adjustment.

• Allows users move between Access Points without reset-

ting the connection reconfigurations.

• Three ultra-mini connectors with for diversity antennae.

• Uses 2.4GHz and 5GHz frequency band, complying with

regulatories worldwide

• Supports most popular operating systems: Window
2000/XP. Linux support is also available.

• Ensures great security by providing the 64/128 bits Wired
Equivalent Privacy (WEP) and WiFi Protected Access
(WPA) defined in the IEEE standard.

• WPA support with Funk client. Radius clients in EAP-TLS,
EAP, TTLS, EAP-LEAP, EAP, PEAP.

• WPA2, WMM-compliant.

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—Introduction

WiFi-Protected Setup(WPS)-supportedWhat
is Wireless LAN?

Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) systems offer a great
number of advantages over traditional wired systems. WLANs
are flexible and easy to setup and manage. They are also more
economical than wired LAN systems.

Using radio frequency (RF) technology, WLANs transmit and
receive data through the air. WLANs combine data connectivity
with user mobility. For example, users can roam from a confer­ence room to their office without being disconnected from the
LAN.

Using WLANs, users can conveniently access shared informa­tion, and network administrators can configure and augment
networks without installing or moving network cables.

WLAN technology provides users with many convenient and
cost saving features:

• Mobility: WLANs provide LAN users with access to real-
time information anywhere in their organization, providing
service opportunities that are impossible with wired net­works.

• Ease of Installation: Installing is easy for novice and ex-
pert users alike, eliminating the need to install network
cables in walls and ceilings.

• Scalability: WLANs can be configured in a variety of to-
pologies to adapt to specific applications and installations.
Configurations are easily changed and range from peer­to-peer networks suitable for a small number of users to

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full infrastructure networks of thousands of users roaming
over a broad area.

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Chapter 2

Hardware installation

This chapter covers how to installing the Wireless MiniPCI
Module in your embedded system.

Hardware description

The Wireless MiniPCI Module has a standard MiniPCI inter­face for attaching to the MiniPCI connector on embedded
system.

And this module has IPEX connector to connect to external
antenna.

Outlook

Following is the MiniPCI module outlook

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Figure 1: MiniPCI module outlook

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Chapter 3

Using the Wireless Utility

This module also come with a wireless utility, following describe
how to use the utility.

Configuration Utility

The Client Card Configuration Utility allows configuration of WM821-M high

throughput client cards through the following tabs:

•

Network Status—displays the status of the network to which the

user is connected. The Configuration Utility
initializes on this page.

•

Profile Manager—displays the current profiles and allows the user to set

attributes for network type, security options, and
protocols, as well as create/modify/delete profiles.

•

Site Survey—displays site survey information.

•

Statistics—displays the statistics of the current session.

•

Advanced—used to set protocol parameters.

•

AutoLink—to set AutoLink connection

•

Admin—used to import and export profiles.

3.1 Network Status Tab

The Network Status tab displays the status of the network. When the Wireless
client card Configuration Utility initializes, it displays the Network Status tab.

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Wireless Utility

Figure 2 :Network Status tab

3.1.1 Select Profile

The Select Profile section displays the name of the profile in use. Additional infor­mation about the profile is provided in the Profile Manager.

Select one of the profiles previously defined by clicking the down arrow and high­lighting a profile from the pull-down list.

Figure 3: Select Profile Section

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Appendix B Error Messages of Enabler Program

Figure 3: Select Profile

Profiles are created, modified, and deleted through the ProfileMan­ager.

Note

This feature is disabled when Windows Zero Configuration Utility is enabled.

3.1.2 Link Information

The Link Information section contains the current information about the wireless

connection.

Figure 4: Link Information Section

Figure 4: Link Information Section

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Table 1:Link Information

Field Description
Status Status of the wireless network connection:

•

Network SSID

Network Type

Card Unplugged Client card is not plugged in, or client card

is plugged in but not recognized.

•

Connected

Client card is plugged in and connected to a wireless network.

•

No Connection

Client card is plugged in, but no wireless connection.

•

No Radio

Client card is plugged in, but the radio is turned off. Clear the

Radio Off check box to turn the radio on.

•

Scanning for Scanning for available APs and wireless sta-

tions in the area.
Network SSID label (i.e., Network Name). The Network Name

is a text string of up to
32 characters.

Type of environment connected to: • Infrastructure Mode In
this mode, wireless clients send and receive information
through APs. When a wireless client communicates with an­other, it transmits to the AP. First the AP receives the
information and rebroadcasts it, then other devices receive the
information. The APs are strategically located within an area to
provide optimal coverage for wireless clients. A large WLAN
uses multiple APs to provide coverage over a wide area. APs
can connect to a LAN through a wired Ethernet connection.
APs send and receive information from the LAN through the
wired connection.

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Network BSSID

Appendix B Error Messages of Enabler Program

Network Basic Service Set Identifier. The BSSID is a 48-bit
identity used to identify a particular BSS within an area. In In­frastructure BSS networks, the BSSID is the MAC

Security

Tx/Rx Rates Current Tx Rate and Rx Rate of the channel being monitored.

Reports the type and level of security set. The security level is
set through the Profile

Setting of the Profile Manager tab. Configure security settings
also through the Site

Survey tab when connecting to a network.

3.1.3 Signal Strength / Wireless Mode Indicator

The color-coded Signal Strength bar displays the signal strength of the last packet

received by the client card.

Figure 5: Signal Strength

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