Gigabyte GN-WLMR101 User Manual

IEEE 802.11b Cardbus Wireless LAN Card

GN-WLMR101

User’s Manual

http://www.gigabyte.com.tw

Rev. 1.0 First Edition

Contents

CHAPTER 1. PRODUCT OVERVIEW..........................................................................................1

1-1. INTRODUCTION TO THE WIRELESS LAN CARD...............................................................1

1-2. FEATURES .................................................................................................................1

1-3. PHYSICAL DIMENSIONS/PACKAGING.............................................................................1

1-4. LED INDICATING LIGHT...............................................................................................2

1-5. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS ............................................................................................2

1-5-1. Supported Platform.........................................................................................................2

1-5-2. Supported Operation System........................................................................................2

CHAPTER 2. INSTALLING THE WIRELESS LAN CARD........................................................3

2-1. INSTALLING THE DRIVER & UTILITY ............................................................................3

CHAPTER 3. USING THE UTILITY...............................................................................................5

3-1. CONFIGURATION........................................................................................................7

3-2. Advance Configuration …………………..…………………...…………………………7

3-3. STATUS …...………………………...………………………………...……………………8

3-4. STATISTICS...............................................................................................................9

3-5. ABOUT ……………………..………………………………………………………………9

CHAPTER 4. SPECIFICATIONS.................................................................................................11

Chapter 1. Product Overview

1-1. Introduction to The Wireless LAN Card

This wireless Local Area Network (LAN) card is composed of the IEEE 802.11b MAC with
CARDBUS interface, Baseband, radio components, and two built-in antennas. This
product adopts the direct sequence spread spectrum (DSSS) technology using the
DBPSK, DQPSK, and CCK modulations to provide a very stable wireless communication
quality and an excellent signal receiver capability.
This product features the compact size, low power consumption, and power management
functions, and provides a high-speed wireless data communication. Therefore, this
product is ideally suitable for being integrated into the personal mobile and handheld
platform.

1-2. Features

 Conforms to IEEE 802.11b specification.
 Transmits data rate up to the maximum speed of 11Mbps.
 Dynamically scales the data rate to 11, 5.5, 2, and 1Mbps.
 Automatic power management to reduce battery consumption.
 Built-in diversity antenna.
 Supports 64-bit /128-bit WEP encryption.
 Driver supports Windows 98SE/Me and Windows2000/XP.

1-3. Physical Dimensions/Packaging

Dimensions: 118mm * 54mm * 5mm

This wireless LAN card conforms to the PC card Type II standard. There are two
LED-indicating lights to indicate Act/Link status.

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1-4. LED Indicating Light

Link: The Link LED lights up when the adapter has an active connection. If the LED

isn’t on, the adapter isn’t interfacing with the network.

Act: Blinking of the Act LED indicates that both transmit and receive activity is

occurring.

1-5. System Requirements

1-5-1. Supported Platform
IBM PC/AT compatible computer

1-5-2. Supported Operation System
Windows 98SE/Me

Windows 2000/XP

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Chapter 2. Installing the Wireless LAN Card

2-1. Installing The Driver & Utility

Step 1: Please make sure that you don’t plug your card yet.
Step 2: Insert our setup CD into your CDROM drive, the following window will pop up.

Step 3: Click “Install Wireless LAN Driver”.

Step 4: Click “Next”.

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