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Wireless 11g MiniPCI Card MP54G User’s Guide

Step 3.

You may be asked to
insert the Windows Setup
CD during the installa­tion. Please insert the
Setup CD by the on­screen instruction to
continue the installation.

Click Install and the program will copy the necessary
files to the system. The progress indicator shows the
installing status.

Click

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Step 4.

When the installation is completed, click Finish.

Click

The system will restart. Click Yes when prompted to
reboot the system.

* For more information
of the MSI Wireless LAN
icon, please see section
4-1.

Click

After rebooting, the MSI Wireless LAN icon* appears in
the status area.

MSI Wireless LAN icon

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>>> 3.2

Step 1.

The card should be
installed into your
computer before
installing the driver
and utility.

Click

Installing on Windows® 2000/XP

Insert the driver CD into your CD-ROM drive, and the
Setup program should launch automatically.

If the Autorun program doesn’ t launch, click Start at the
taskbar and select Run...; type E:\setup.exe in the Open
box and click OK, where

Windows XP

E is your CD-drive.

Click

Click the Install Software button.

The installation screen of Setup program

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Step 2.

The welcome screen of InstallShield Wizard appears.
Click Next.

Click

Read and accept the License Agreement; then, click
Next.

Check this

Click

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Enter the user’s
information

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Enter the user’s information (User Name, Organization)
in the respective fields; then, click Next.

Click

Step 3.

Click Install. When the installation is completed, click
Finish.

Click

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The MSI Wireless LAN icon* appears in the status area.

* For more information
of the MSI Wireless LAN
icon, please see section
4-1.

Click

MSI Wireless LAN icon

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MSI Wireless Network Utility

>>> 4.1

Introduction

After installing the driver, MSI MP54G provides a conven­ient and powerful utility that allows you to set up,
configure, and know your networking status easily and
clearly.

The MSI Wireless LAN icon

Not connected to the network.

Connected to the network.

Receiving/transmitting data from/to the network.

When you move the mouse over the icon, it shows the
current connection information.

Right-click the icon will appear a sub-menu containing
more settings:

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Language

You can select language according to your operating
system.

Switch to AP Mode

This function allows you to use your MSI wireless adapter
as a virtual access point. For details, see Appendix, MSI
Software AP.

Open Network Connections

Select to open the Network Connections window.

View Available Wireless Networks

Launch the utility to configure your network settings.

Exit

Close the program.

Click the icon will launch the utility as shown below to
configure your network settings.

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>>> 4.2 Networking

Since the wireless NIC is installed in your computer, you
have to configure the settings for communication to start
working in your network environment.

Infrastructure Mode

4.2.1

Infrastructure mode allows your computer to communi­cate with the other computers in the network through an
Access Point. The following tasks should be done before
you configure the settings:

- The Access Point must be turned on.

- Your computer with wireless NIC installed and
the Access Point must be located with the
communication range of the Access Point (see
the Access Point's manual for details).

To configure the settings:

1. Click the MSI Wireless LAN icon to bring up the
Wireless Network Connection window. Then,
click Advanced.

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Click

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2. The Available Networks field contains a list of
available Access Points in your network.
Choose one network by highlighting it in the list,
and click Configure to set up the selected
network. You can click Refresh to search the
available Access Points in the network again.

Click

Only the network adminis­trator can change the
SSID and WEP settings in
the Association window; if
you have problem of
accessing the network,
please ask the administra­tor for help.

WEP settings

3. Setup the Network Key (if needed) in the Wire­less Network Key (WEP) field according to the
network’s settings.

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4. Click OK. The selected network will appear in
the Preferred Networks field. If it contains two
or more networks in the list, you can use Move
up/Move down to set the priority.

Click

5. Click OK to complete the configuration, and an
icon indicating connected to the network will
appear in the status area.

connected

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Ad-hoc Mode

4.2.2

Ad-hoc mode allows your computer to communicate
directly with any computer installed with compatible
wireless NIC. If you want to use the network in Ad-Hoc
mode:

- All the computers connected should be set to
Ad-hoc mode.

- The computers have the same SSID (network
name) setting.

To configure the settings:

1. Click the MSI Wireless LAN icon to bring up the
Wireless Network Connection window. Then,
click Advanced.

Click

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2. You can build up the Ad-Hoc network by clicking
Add... in the Preferred Networks field.

3. Set up the Network Name (SSID) and Network
Key (if needed) for the network. Then, check
the "This is a computer-to-computer [ad hoc]
network; wireless access points are not used"
option and click OK to enable the Ad-Hoc mode.

Enter a Network
Name (SSID)

Check this option
and cancel the
bottom option

IMPORTANT

Check this to enable
Ad-Hoc mode.

Click

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4. The computer set up with this Ad-Hoc network
in step 3 is the designated administrator of the
network. Any computer can access the network
by selecting Connect in the Wireless Network
Connection window.

5. Click OK to complete the configuration, and an
icon indicating connected to the network appears
in the status area.

Click

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connected

>>> 4.3 Encryption

To setup the Network Key,
check Encryption option
first, then cancel The key is

provided for me automati­cally option.

Check this

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In the wireless network environment, the administrator
can set up password (Network Key) to protect the network
from being attacked or unauthorized access. When
building the network, you can set up 4 sets of WEP keys,
which can be 5 characters (10 hex-adecimal digital) or 13
characters (26 hex-adecimal digital) and specify one of
them to use.

Network key

Enter a key for the network.

Key format

You can decide the network key to be encoded by
ASCII characters or hexadecimal digitals.

Key length

In ASCII characters format, it can be 5 or 13 charac­ters. In hexadecimal digitals format, it would be 10
or 26 digitals.

Key index

There can be up to 4 sets of WEP key (1~4). The 4
sets of WEP key must have the identical sequence
with the key settings on the Access Point.

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>>> 4.4

Signal Strength:

shows the received signal
strength level.

Link Quality:

shows the measured signal
level and connection status.

Status

In Status tab, you can configure more network settings.

Channel

Specify the operating radio frequency channel in
Ad-hoc mode, which should be set to the same
channel as the other points in the wireless net­work.

Speed

This field sets the current transmitting rate. The
speed should be set to Auto rate to optimize
performance and range, which will adjust the
transfer speed for best performance and longest
range automatically.

Radio
Set to On to activate the radio.

SSID

Means Service Set Identifier, a unique name
shared among all points in a wireless network. It
must be identical for all points in the network.
Then the card will be able to connect to an access
point with the same SSID.

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It is not recommended to
change these settings if
you are not familiar with
the advanced configura­tion.

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Click Advance, and you can get more information about
the LAN traffic status and more detailed settings.

Fragmentation Threshold

You may set the length of the fragment in this field.
Please note that each fragment should not be
larger than the Fragmentation Threshold.

RTS/CTS Threshold

You may set the length threshold.

Preamble Type

You may set the length of preamble in this field.
Setting options are: Long - it is set to 144 bits.
Short - it is set to 72 bits. Auto - The card supports
an auto-detection feature, it automatically selects
the Preamble Type depending on the Access Point
Preamble Type if this option is selected.

Country

Select one option according to your location you are
in. The options are: Worldwide 1-13, Japan 1-13,
and USA 1-11. The default setting is Worldwide 1-

13.

Power save

The card will turn into power save mode when idle.

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>>> 4.5

Information

In Information tab, you can get some information about the
manufacturer, hardware and software.

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