GlobespanVirata ISL38001U User Manual

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GlobespanVirata model ISL38001U

IEEE 802.11g USB WLAN Card

User Manual

Version 0.1

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Table of Contents

0-INTRODUCTION....................................................................................................3

1-INSTALLATION PROCEDURE...........................................................................3

1.1 INSTALLING THE USB CARD ............................................................................... 3

1.2 INSTALLING THE SOFTWARE DRIVERS................................................................3

1.3 WIRELESS LAN INSTALLATION GUIDE LINES AND AUTHORIZATION FOR USE .7

2-REGULATORY INFORMATION ........................................................................7

2.1 FCC INFORMATION TO USER .............................................................................7

2.2 FCC GUIDELINES FOR HUMAN EXPOSURE........................................................ 7

2.3 FCC ELECTRONIC EMISSION NOTICES.............................................................. 7

2.4 FCC RADIO FREQUENCY INTERFERENCE STATEMENT.....................................8

2.5 EXPORT RESTRICTIONS....................................................................................... 8

2.6 EUROPE - EU DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY .................................................9

3-TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS.......................................................................10

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0-Introduction

The GlobespanVirata ISL38001U WLAN USB NIC is a complete wireless high speed Network
Interface Card (NIC). It conforms to the IEEE 802.11g protocol and operates in the 2.45 GHz ISM
frequency bands.

It provides a complete reference design evaluation platform of hardware and software to system
providers or integrators requiring wireless data communications capability and is ideal for integration
into computer platforms.

• Fully compliant with the IEEE 802.11g WLAN standards

• FCC Certified Under Part 15 (pending) to Operate in the 2.45 Bands

• Support for 54, 48, 36, 24, 18, 12, 9, and 6 Mbps OFDM, 11 and 5.5 Mbps CCK and legacy 2 and 1
Mbps data rates

• Driver Supports Microsoft Windows ® 98/SE, ME, XP and 2000 (SR1)

1-Installation procedure

1.1 Installing the USB card

a-Insert the USB connector to into the USB slot of the host PC. As this device is plug-and-play, this
can be done with the Host PC eitheron or off.

1.2 Installing the software drivers

a-Start windows

b-When windows detects new hardware and asks for drivers, point to directory where the
GlobespanVirata driver is located (for example floppy drive, cdrom , harddisk) to install.

c-after drivers are installed, restart windows

d-the GlobespanVirata WLAN icon will appear in system tray on the bottom right of the screen (see
yellow arrow in fig. 01)

fig, 01: GlobespanVirata WLAN icon