IBM 19K4543 User Manual

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High-Rate Wireless LAN PC Card
User’s Guide
IBM
High-Rate Wireless LAN PC Card
User’s Guide
19K4543
Note:Before using this information and the product it supports, be sure to
read the information under Appendix D, “Product warranties and
notices” on page D-1.
First Edition (May 2000)
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Contents
Safety Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v
About this book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
Part 1: Installation and user’s guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-1
Appendix A. Product specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-1
Appendix B. Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-1
Appendix C. Help and service information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-1
Appendix D. Product warranties and notice s. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-1
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Safety Information

Before installing this product, read the Safety Information book.
Antes de instalar este produto, leia o Manual de Informações sobre Segurança.
Pred instalací tohoto produktu si prectete prírucku bezpecnostních instrukcí.
Læs hæftet med sikkerhedsforskrifter, før du installerer dette produkt. Lue Safety Information -kirjanen, ennen kuin asennat tämän tuotteen. Avant de procéder à l'installation de ce produit, lisez le manuel Safety Information. Vor Beginn der Installation die Broschüre mit Sicherheitshinweisen lesen.
Installálás el tt olvassa el a Biztonsági el írások kézikönyvét !
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Prima di installare questo prodotto, leggere l’opuscolo contenente le informazioni sulla sicurezza.
Lees voordat u dit product installe er t eerst het boe kje met v e ilig he id svoorschriften.
Les heftet om sikkerhetsinformasjon (Safety Information) før du installerer dette produktet.
Przed zainstalowaniem tego produktu należy przeczytać broszurę Informacje Dotyczące Bezpieczeństwa.
Antes de instalar es te produto, leia o f olheto Informações sobre Segurança.
Перед установкой продукта прочтите брошюру по технике безопасности (Safety Information).
Pred inštaláciou tohto produktu si pre ítajte Informa nú brožúrku o bezpe nosti.
Preden namestite ta izdelek, preberite knjižico Varnostne informacije.
Antes de instalar este product o, lea la Información de Seguridad. Läs säkerhetsinformati onen innan du installerar den här produkten.
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About this book
This manual contains instructions for installing and using the IBM High-Rate WIreless LAN PC Card. The manual is divided into two parts:
Part 1: Installation and user’s guide
This guide contains the product description, hardware and software installation instructions, and product use and maintena n ce info rm ation .
Part 2: Appendixes
The appendixes contain help an d service information, the product warranties, and notices. Note: The illustrations in this manual might be slightly different from your hardware.
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1.Part 1: Installation and user’s guide

This section provides the product and software descriptions, and the installation and user’s guide.
Product description
The High-Rate Wireless LAN PC Card is a standard PC Card that fits into any PC Card Type II slot.
The High-Rate W ire less LAN PCCard has two light-emitting diode (LED) ind ica tors a n d two integrated antennas. You can use the High-Rate Wireless LAN PC Card in combination with an external antenna.
The High-Rate Wireless LAN PC Card is a wireless network PC Card that complies with the IEEE 802.11 standard on wireless LANs (Revision B) and supports data transfer rates up to 11 MBps.
The High-Rate Wireless LAN PC Card is fully co mpatible with any other wireless LAN system based on direct sequence spread spectrum (DSSS) radio technology that complies with the IEEE 802.11 standard on wireless LANs (Revision B).
The High-Rate Wireless LAN PC Card supports the following wireless LAN features:
• Automatic Transmit Rate Select mechanism in the range of “High, Medium, Standard and Low”
• Frequency Channel Selection (2.4 GHz)
• Roaming over multiple channels
• Card Power Management
• Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) data encryption, based on the 64 bit RC4 encryption algorithm as defined in the IEEE 802.11 standard on wireless LANs
In addition to this manual, your package contains the following:
• High-Rate Wireless LAN PC Card
• Transparent protective casing for PC Card storage Note: T o e x tend the life of the PCCard hardware, store the PC Card in the prote cti v e
casing whenever carrying the computer on travel without operating the device.
• The High-Rate Wireless LAN software CD
If any of these items are missi ng or damaged, contact your reseller.
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Software description
The High-Rate Wireless LAN software CD contains software and documentation for all High-Rate Wireless LAN products that support roaming functionality in indoor environments.
The High-Rate Wireless LAN software CD is divided into two sections:
X:\Manuals: User’s guides and reference documents, where X is the drive letter of your CD-ROM drive
X:\Software: Software for High-Rate W ireless LAN cli ent stations and infrastructure products, such as the High-Rate Wireless LAN Access Point
Before installing the software, read the software license agreement (LICENSE.TXT) located in the root folder of the CD.
You can visit the IBM Web site to:
• Verify if newer versions of the software that was shipped with your product are available
• Download and install the latest software with your purc hased product
You can download the latest software and documentation from the High -Rate Wireless LAN Web site at
http://www.ibm.com/pc/
The High-Rate Wireless LAN software CD also contains a folder named Xtras. This folder contains additional tools that might be helpful for installing and managing your High-Rate Wireless LAN Network.
The Acrobat folder includes a copy of the Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is required to view or print the High-Rate Wireless LAN user documentation included on this CD.
The Adobe Acrobat Reader is owned by and licensed from Adobe Systems Incorporated. This software is provided “as is.”
Note: IBM makes no warranty or representation, express or implied, relating to the
completeness, reliability, effectiveness, accuracy, performance, or operation of the Adobe software, or as to its suitability, merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose or against infringement of intellectual property rights of any party.
For more information about Adobe Acrobat software, see the Adobe Web site at
http:\\www.adobe.com\acrobat
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Configuring the High-Rate Wireless LAN network
You can use the High-Rate Wireless LAN PC Card Kit to:
• Connect your computer to a Peer-to-Peer workgroup of wireless computing devices
• Connect your computer to a local area n et work (LAN) infra stru ct ure that includes
IBM High-Rate Wireless LAN Access Points (Access Points), or other IEEE 802. 11­compliant LAN systems
• Expand the capabilities of your Access Points, to support wireless devices that have
been equipped with High-Rate Wireless LAN PC Cards
Peer-to-Peer workgroups
With the Peer-to-Peer workgroup configurati on, you can quickly set up a small wireless workgroup, where the workgroup participants can exchange files using feature s like “Files
and Printer Sharing” as support ed by the Microsoft
use this type of wireless Peer-to-Peer networks while mobile, or in Small Office/Home Office (SOHO) environments. As long as the stations are within range of one another, this is the easiest and least expensive way to set up a wireless network.
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Infrastructure network
With the High-Rate Wireless LAN Access Point, you can connect to a corporate LAN infrastructure to have wireless access to all network facilities.
LAN infrastructures can be stand-alone wireless LANs or wireless network infrastructures connected to an existing Ethernet network
Installing the High-Rate Wireless LAN PC Card
Note: If you intend to use the High-Rate Wireless LAN PC Card in a High-Rate Wireless
LAN Access Point, see the User’s Guide that was shipped with the access point, or download it from the IBM High-Rate Wireless LAN Web site at
http://www.ibm.com/pc/downloads
Perform the installation in two steps:
1. Install the Client Manager software
2. Install the device drivers
Installing the Client Manager software
The High-Rate Wireless LAN Cl ient Manager can be used to monitor th e quality of your network connection.
T o install th e Clie ntManager software, do the following:
1. Insert the High-Rate Wireless LAN software CD into the CD-ROM drive of your computer. If Autorun is enable d on your computer, the Wireless Networking Cl ient Software window opens.
Note: If you downloaded the software from the web, please refer to the installation
instructions found on the Web site.
2. Click Install Client Manager; then follow the on-screen instructions.
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Note: If Autorun is not enab led on your computer, you can st art Client Manager by
running the .EXE file located in the root directory of the High-Rate Wireless LAN software CD; then following the on-screen instructions.
For instructions on how to use Cli e nt Manager, see “Using Client Manager” on page 1-12.
Installin g the device drivers
This section provides instructions on installing the device drivers for your High-Rate Wireless LAN PC Card in Windows
2000. Note: Keep the Microsoft Windows installation CDs or software diskettes close at hand.
If your computer came with a factory-installed Windows operating system, these files will be stored as .CAB files on the hard disk drive of your computer.
Installing a High-Rate Wireless LAN PC Card requires the same level of expertise that you need to install any other type of standard Ethernet network adapter card. This manual assumes that you have a working knowledge of standard Microsoft Windows operating systems and of installing network adapter cards.
Note: If your computer uses the CardWizard program for PC Card configuration, you
must install the latest version of CardWizard on your computer. The latest version can be downloaded from the IBM Web site at
http://www.ibm.com/pc/downloads
Depending on your operating system and the configuration of your computer, the installation of the device drivers will consist of:
1. Installing the device drivers
2. Selecting the Miniport device driver
Note: You will need to perform this procedure only if Windows did not
automatically detect the right High-Rate Wireless LAN Miniport device drivers.
3. Network installation
Note: You will need to perform this procedure only if this is the very first time that
networking supp ort is installe d on your computer.
Installing the device drivers in Windows 95 and Windows 98
The Windows 95 and Windows 98 operating systems support Plug and Play operation for PC Cards. When you insert the High-Rate Wireless LAN PC Card into your computer, these operating systems automatically detect the card and enable the High -Rate Wireless LAN Miniport device driver, or prompt you to install the device driver, when the operating system cannot find the required device driver. This typically occurs the first time you insert the High-Rate Wireless LAN PC Card into your computer.
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95, Windows 98, Windows NT® 4.0, and W in dows
When the High-Rate Wireless LAN Miniport device driver is install e d, you can remove and reinsert the card whenever you want, that is, you can "Hot Swap" the card.
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T o install th e High -Rate Wireless LAN PC Card in Windo ws95 or Windows 98, do the following:
1. Insert the High-Rate Wireless LAN PC Card into your computer.
2. Turn on your computer.
3. Insert the High-Rate Wireless LAN software CD into the CD-ROM drive of your computer. Windows automatically detects your PC Card, and the New Hardware Found Wizard window opens.
4. Follow the on-screen instructions.
5. When you are prompted to locate the device driver installation files, select the High­Rate Wireless LAN CD that comes with your PC Card kit, or select another source if you downloaded the most recent device drivers from the IBM High-Rate Wireless LAN Web site. Windows installs the device drivers.
Note: When Windows completes the installation of the device drivers, the Add/Edit
Configuration Profile window opens. In most cases, the Windows 95 or Windows 98 operating system automatically finds the correct device drivers. If you are prompted to select the device dr ivers from a list of device drivers, continue with “Selecting the Miniport device driver” on page 1-6.
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