LevelOne WPC-0500 User Manual

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User Manual

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CONTENTS

1 INTRODUCTION............................................................................. 1

1.1 Features......................................................................................................................... 2

1.2 Specifications................................................................................................................ 2

1.3 Package Contents.......................................................................................................... 3

2 INSTALLATION PROCEDURE .....................................................4

3 CONFIGURATION UTILITY .........................................................8

3.1 Site Survey.................................................................................................................. 11

3.2 Profile.......................................................................................................................... 12

3.2.1 Configure the Profile .....................................................................................13

3.2.1.1 Configuration ........................................................................................................ 13

3.2.1.2 Authentication and Security .................................................................................. 15

3.2.1.3 802.1x Setting-Certification .................................................................................. 19

3.2.1.4 802.1x Setting-CA Server ..................................................................................... 20

3.3 Link Status .................................................................................................................. 21

3.4 Statistics ...................................................................................................................... 22

3.5 Advance ...................................................................................................................... 23

3.6 About........................................................................................................................... 25

3.7 Turbo Mode................................................................................................................. 26

3.8 WMM Function .......................................................................................................... 26

4 TROUBLESHOOTING .................................................................. 29

1 Introduction

Thank you for purchasing the LevelOne MIMO Wireless LAN PC Card. With the MIMO technology, this

card enables you to connect to wireless networks at farther distances than before. The card has two

internal antennas for signal reception and one internal antenna for high power signal transmission. Not

only the connection distance is enhanced, but also the “dead spots” in the network will be reduced. In

addition, the card remains backward compatible to 802.11b and 802.11g. When the card is connecting

to the standard 11g or 11b APs or Routers, it can perform much better than standard clients.

This card supports higher data throughput than the IEEE 802.11g standard. It supports specific ways to

increase the data transfer rate at a time; compress the data and decrease the waiting time to send the

next data to the Routers or APs. This feature is called Turbo Mode. When the card is connecting to the

Routers or APs with the proprietary feature, the wireless network will be more effective.

For WLAN security issues, this card supports 64/128-bit WEP data encryption that protects your

wireless network from eavesdropping. It also supports WPA (Wi-Fi Protected Access) feature that

combines IEEE 802.1x and PSK (Pre-Shared Key), TKIP (Temporal Key Integrity Protocol)

technologies. Client users are required to authorize before accessing to APs or AP Routers, and the

data transmitted in the network is encrypted/decrypted by a dynamically changed secret key.

Furthermore, this card supports WPA2 function, WPA2 provides a stronger encryption mechanism

through AES (Advanced Encryption Standard), which is a requirement for some corporate and

government users.

When you use the devices such as Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) phones, televisions, VCRs and

MP3 players, how can you speed up the audio, video and voice data to pass through the wireless

network? IEEE 802.11e Quality of Service (QoS) (The Wi-Fi Alliance defined WMM as a profile of the

IEEE 802.11e) extensions for 802.11 networks will help to define the priorities of the data traffics by the

data categories to provide enhanced multimedia support. This card supports the advanced technology

for sure.

This card is cost-effective, together with the versatile features; it is the best solution for you to build your

wireless network.

1.1 Features

• Works with both IEEE 802.11b and IEEE 802.11g products.

• High-speed transfer data rate.

• Farther coverage, less dead spaces and higher throughput with MIMO (Multiple Input

Multiple Output) technology.

• Supports Turbo Mode to enhance the data transfer speed within the specific wireless

network.

• Supports WMM (IEEE 802.11e QoS standard) function to meet the multi-media data

bandwidth requirement.

• Supports 64/128-bit WEP, WPA (PSK, TKIP with IEEE 802.1x), WPA2 (PSK, AES with

IEEE 802.1x) functions for high level of security.

*WPA2 supports Windows 2000/XP only

• Automatic fallback increases data security and reliability.

• Supports the most popular operating system: Windows 98SE/ME/2000/XP.

• Supports 32-bit Cardbus interface.

1.2 Specifications

• Standard: IEEE 802.11b/g

• Interface: 32-bit Cardbus

• Frequency Band: 2.4000 ~ 2.4835GHz (Industrial Scientific Medical Band)

• Modulation: OFDM with BPSK, QPSK, 16QAM, 64QAM (11g)

BPSK, QPSK, CCK (11b)

• Data Rate: 54/48/36/24/18/12/11/9/6/5.5/2/1Mbps auto fallback

• Security: 64/128-bit WEP Data Encryption, WPA (PSK, TKIP with IEEE 802.1x), WPA2

(PSK, AES with IEEE 802.1x)

Note: WPA2 is only enabled in Windows 2000/XP.

• Internal Antenna: Two Receiving Antennas and One Transmitting Antenna

• Drivers: Windows 98SE/ME/2000/XP

• LEDs: Link, Activity

• Transmit Power: 18dBm ± 2dBm

• Dimension: 8(H) x 118(W) x 54(D) mm

• Temperature: 32~131°F (0 ~ 55°C)

• Humidity: Max. 95% (NonCondensing)

• Certification: FCC, CE

1.3 Package Contents

Before you begin the installation, please check the items of your package. The package should include

the following items:

• MIMO Wireless PCMCIA Adapter

• CD (Driver/Utility/User Manual.)

• Quick Guide

If any of the above items is missing, contact your supplier as soon as possible.

2 Installation Procedure

Before you proceed with the installation, please notice following descriptions.

Note1: Please do not install the card into your laptop computer before installing the software

program from the CD.

Note2: The following installation was operated under Windows XP. (Procedures are similar for

Windows 98SE/ME/2000.)

Note3: If you have installed the Wireless LAN PC Card driver & utility before, please uninstall

the old version first.

A. Insert the Installation CD to your CD-ROM Drive. Click “WPC-0500”

Click “Driver & Utility” proceed installation

B. Click “Yes” to process the installation if you accept the license agreement.

C. In Windows XP, there is a “Windows Zero Configuration Tool” for you to setup wireless cards.

You can choose to configure the card through the “Zero Configuration Tool” or the “LevelOne Configuration Tool” for the card. It is recommended to choose the “LevelOne Configure Tool” for the card. Click “Next” to continue.

* This option only available under Windows XP

D. If you need the card to operate with better performance, please choose the “Optimize for

performance” to enable the Tx Burst mode. Or you can choose “Optimize for Wi-Fi mode” to let the

card run in standard wireless network.

E. The system starts to install the software of the card. Follow the instruction of the program to plug in

the PC card into the Cardbus slot of your laptop computer.

F. Please click “Finish” to complete the installation.

3 Configuration Utility

LevelOne Configuration Utility is a powerful application that helps you configure the PC card and

monitor the link status and the statistics during the communication process.

When the card is installed, LevelOne configuration utility will be displayed automatically. This card will

auto connect to wireless device which has better signal strength and no wireless security setting.

LevelOne Configuration Utility appears as an icon on the system tray of Windows while the card is

running. You can open the utility by double-click on the icon.

Right click the icon, there are some items for you to operate the configuration utility.

 Lauch LevelOne Config Utilities

Select “Lauch LevelOne Config Utilities” to open the Configuration Utility tool.

 Use Zero Configuration as Configuration Utility

 Select “Use Zero Configuration as Configuration Utility” to use Windows XP built-in wireless

configuration utility (Windows Zero Configuration) to configure the card.

 Exit

Select “Exit” to close the Configuration Utility tool.

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